Gibbo 04 188 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Agree Stu....if only Jonny Brownlee didn't get a 15 second penalty, it would have been Gold and Silver!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 I don't know too much about that event but apparently he got the penalty for mounting his bike too quickly. That's now NINETEEN Golds - the equal of Beijing - with five days still to go! Fantastic, Team GB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 What do you reckon Stu? Another three Golds in the Velodrome? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Not really up to date with who's doing what there but nothing would surprise me with British cycling at the moment - just tremendous! Doing such a good job for furthering the sport in this country! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Has anyone else noticed the fact that three quarters of the Golds have come with the athletes sitting down! Eg: sailing, rowing, cycling, horse riding, canoeing, yachting........there's hope for me yet!! ( ps: Is there an event involving a tv remote control? ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 Keep going guys......amazing talent all of you.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 ...............or beer?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted August 7, 2012 Report Share Posted August 7, 2012 In the Velodrome.........1 down, 2 to go!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Just about to watch womens 1500 metres, cheering for Lisa Dobrisky, local girl from the 'marsh'............had some bad luck in previous attempts, just hope that changes tonight..................GO LISA.............. :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 What a fantastic Olympic games...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Limey 242 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Just read that 40.7 Million Americans watched the opening ceremonies on NBC! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted August 14, 2012 Report Share Posted August 14, 2012 I thoroughly enjoyed every bit I saw. Let's see if our ' superstar ' footballers can match all the commitment shown by the athletes....probably not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Crikey just been on Sky News....................... Mo Farah missed two drugs tests before winning double gold at London 2012, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 To be fair, it's really easy for athletes to miss drugs tests. The testers can arrive any time and if you're not where your schedule says you should be then you've missed the test. If you pop out to the shops during a scheduled period at home then you can miss it. In Farah's case, I don't know the details of the first one in 2010 but in the second(a year later) he says he didn't hear the door bell. Happens to me all the time if I'm in the back garden. You're allowed to miss 2 in 12 months, it was 2 in 18 months back then. I would surmise that during that year, Farah will have been tested upwards of 20 times anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,535 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 To save all this condemnation of athletes why not have two Olympics?one for the drug users (assisted) and one for the non drug users,(unassisted) after all it's their bodies that are being abused, if an athlete wins an event their name gets loads of publicity and no doubt increases their income and everyone is happy for them,it's not until later when some sort of drug scandal hit's the press that everyone is suddenly unhappy, if, like I suggest there is two Olympics (assisted and unassisted events) every one is happy plus there is a chance that more revenue will be generated to benefit the community. Just a thought Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 Because that then trickles down to pressure on young people to take drugs too. Also there would then be a race to make the most effective drugs without thenm having to be 'invisible' which would inevitably lead to ones that are even more damaging. You would also have to have the two types of competition at every level, not just the Olympics. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Aren't Team GB doing well in Rio? Come on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Absolutely fantastic. I wasn't going to watch Murray last night as I was weary, but I sat up in bed with my iPad and watched it all. Also the cyclists.... Absolutely fascinating I'm so proud of them all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 The technical coverage of the Rio games is brilliant but I just wish the stupid talking heads would stop calling them heroes. They just happen to be able to run, jump, kick, hit, throw or stand still better than the average Joe, but heroes they aint. Heroes are those among us who daily put their lives on the line for us, the active armed forces, the emergency services, civil rescue etc. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Well my, my, the transition to the new host and the ensuing technicalities seems to have seriously detracted from Team GB's phenomenal success in the Rio Games. The cycling, rowing etc we knew we'd be relatively successful, but the ladies hockey team winning gold against Holland the current champions, and Nick Skeltons success in the showjumping at the tender age of 58 is nothing short of spectacular given the horrific injuries he's endured, and has been retired for 16 years. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
freckles 196 Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 Well done the ladies hockey team. Well done Nicola Adams . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted August 20, 2016 Report Share Posted August 20, 2016 While in Greece the master and I went on a visit to Olympia. It was decided by a king that every four years they would stop fighting and have a sessions of games. You can still run on the running track that the very first games took place. (of course I could not refuse) When the first games was held women where not allowed to go in to the stadium but one lady's son was running in the games so she dressed up as a man, the trouble was that her son won his race and she jumped up and revealed that she was a women, after that women were allowed into the games. There were also cheats and if you were caught they made a statue of you and placed it at the entrance arch so as the new athletes passed they would know who had cheated. If you get chance to go to Olympia then go. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davep5491 360 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 What a fantastic achievement by Team GB in the medal tables who seem to have confused the world by their ability to perform so well. Good to see the clean cut athletes looking smart fit and so comfortable when being interviewed. With the very few exceptions maybe rowers and equestrian , everyone else, managers, trainers and competitors all seem to have removed TH from the english language it is now pronounced F if at the beginning of a word or V if in the middle. We now have fink, togevva, wiv. Why? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Yes DAVE,......Different world and language mate.........listened to Notts co manager on radio Nottingham today he's got it an'all,........and sick of hearing their self praise........'ive worked so hard'........supposed to aren't we?........... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted August 21, 2016 Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 A really great effort..loved the cycling, boxing and hockey. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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