At long last a Gold for Team GB.
Well done ladies, hope your example is reflected throughout the rest of the team.
Bill
I agree entirely with that :thumbsup:
John.
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Bet you wont get decent odds for Sports Personality of the Year ! :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
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New Zealand ain't far behind ya, our first gold in Rowing!
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Quote from: kaiwhara on August 02, 2012, 12:58:02 PM
New Zealand ain't far behind ya, our first gold in Rowing!
I didn't know arguing was an olympic sport or I'd have entered 8)
Lol, Moron!
Rowing as in a boat with Paddles, not screaming at your Mrs! :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: EtchedPixels on August 02, 2012, 01:25:06 PM
Quote from: kaiwhara on August 02, 2012, 12:58:02 PM
New Zealand ain't far behind ya, our first gold in Rowing!
I didn't know arguing was an olympic sport or I'd have entered 8)
We also beat Brazil in the soccer (despite missing a penalty). I know that there is a long way to go before a medal can be considered but beating Brazil is a hell of an achievement whether it is in mens or womens football.
Potential Gold in Ladies Judo as well. Brit just beat French World Champion..
Richard Wilson wins GOLD in the Double Trap Clay Pigeon Shooting!!!
Gold and Silver in the two man canoe slalom now.
The flood gates begin to open 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 4 Bronze to date taking Team GB to number 5 in the table.
Absolutely incredible stuff in the Velodrome tonight :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Just watching the ladies hockey - lovely white smiles they have
Great stuff in the cycling. Hopefully Chris and the rest of the team will increase their haul.
Alex :wave:
Quote from: newportnobby on August 02, 2012, 06:56:21 PM
Absolutely incredible stuff in the Velodrome tonight :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Just watching the ladies hockey - lovely white smiles they have
Apart from the poor girl that had her jaw broken by being hit in the face with a hockey stick and she is planning on playing in more matches.
Quote from: Pengy on August 02, 2012, 10:24:16 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on August 02, 2012, 06:56:21 PM
Absolutely incredible stuff in the Velodrome tonight :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Just watching the ladies hockey - lovely white smiles they have
Apart from the poor girl that had her jaw broken by being hit in the face with a hockey stick and she is planning on playing in more matches.
Statistically speaking - ladies(?) hockey is one of the most dangerous sports played! Second only to Equestrian among the Summer Olympic events!
Quote from: PLD on August 03, 2012, 09:30:23 AM
Statistically speaking - ladies(?) hockey is one of the most dangerous sports played! Second only to Equestrian among the Summer Olympic events!
Tell me about it. I used to go to a mixed school in my yoof and we had to play hockey against the girls. By heck, they were vicious :o No talk of 'the fairer sex' there - they would just flatten you by any means, fair or foul :P
Quote from: kaiwhara on August 02, 2012, 01:41:45 PM
Lol, Moron!
Rowing as in a boat with Paddles, not screaming at your Mrs! :smiley-laughing:
>:( Rowing is done with
OARS ::)
Its canoeing that uses
PADDLES (my old sport :'( ) and didn`t we do fantastic in the C1 and C2 slalom
I gotta say I hate the Olympics in general for its cost, time wasting, disruption to our country etc but I did enjoy the slalom 8) 8) 8)
Second Gold for New Zealand, in the Coxless Pairs Rowing!
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After the upset of Beijing 2008, Mahe Drysdale finally wins Gold in Single Skulls!
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Could that be the Single Sculls ??? ;)
Incredible stuff by the ladies in the Velodrome today - six rides, 6 world records and the gold medal. To set a new world record in their 6 consecutive rides is just awesome :beers:
And the rowers have done well too! I'm really proud to be a Brit at the moment!
Getting quite emotional at the moment - yelling at the TV etc :claphappy:
I've just got a gold in the couch-potato discipline
Come on GB :admiration:
I'm just waiting for Jessica in the Heptathalon, got me gin and tonic ready for a toast :pint: (not quite what I want but can't see anything better in Tanks lovely new offerings
Quote from: whiteswan on August 04, 2012, 08:56:49 PM
I'm just waiting for Jessica in the Heptathalon, got me gin and tonic ready for a toast :pint: (not quite what I want but can't see anything better in Tanks lovely new offerings
YES YES YES :bounce: - Jessica's done it. Now blubbing like a baby :'( :claphappy:
You and me both Mick :'(, girl did good didn't she :claphappy: :claphappy:
From someone who wasn't interested at all (didn't watch the opening ceremony or anything), I now can't turn the TV off in case I miss something. Epic performances by Team GB :toot: :toot:
On a whingeing note, my brother-in-law and niece have tickets to the athletics next Wednesday but they get thrown out at 4p.m. That's just pants as they don't see any finals :veryangry2:
Long Jump gold now - :bounce:
Remote control is red-hot now as I'm flicking between the athletics and the soccer.
Come on GB :claphappy:
It's just so addictive now that we are doing so well. Go team GB :bounce: :toot:
Marty
And another gold 10,000 meters, well done Farah :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
:worried:
GB have given their all in the soccer but it is penalties now
:sweat:
What a shame - they played their hearts out. Korea probably best side though and very impressive with their penalties. :'(
But a phenomenal day for team GB overall!
Half way through now and well on target for a record tally. :claphappy: :laugh: :claphappy:
Congratulations to all involved :beers: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
May this success continue into the second week.
Bill
Well done England hope you get a whole lot more, some thrilling finishes in the Rowing and 10,000 Meter Run.
I must be a traitor as I have been supporting the English teams in everything, must be because our media over here have all the competitors winning gold even before the games started.
We have gone from being a team who might/ought to get a medal to being the team to beat in certain disciplines - and we have consistently delivered the performance required in these events!
After decades of being the gallant losers that came fourth or had some hard luck stories we are now winners. Absolutely brilliant - so proud of them and proud to be a Brit.
Looked at the medal table and shocked to see our great rivals, the Aussies, so far down. Although I don't want them to beat the Brits, I hope they can return to form in the second week and get a gold or two.
Gold for Ben Ainslie!
B****r missed that, having a siesta :sleep: at the time :-[ Murray's a set up in the tennis and 2-0 up in the second - come on Andy (despite coming from north of the border :laugh: )
Well done team GB. Good to see them in 3rd position. Also good to be beating the Aussies who at present are in 19th place on the medals table. Even the kiwi's are in front of them :laugh3:
Oh Dear!
Aussies in 21st position now !
Even Malta with it's x5 athletes stand a better chance of beating Australia to two Olympic gold medals :laugh3:
Am watching DEMU's running at the moment.
Oops - that should be DEMUS :bounce:
The Aussies are sore losers officialy (with humblest apologies to Australian members here of course ;) ). The Sydney Morning Herald has cleverly, but foolishly combined their own Medal Table with that of New Zealand (who are ahead by virtue of having 3 Golds, against Australia's 1), and stuck that on the medal table under the name Aus Zealand (I kid you not!)
Of course, this is considered an absolute outrage on this side of the Tasman, in fact as a news story is second only to the two New Zealand soldiers killed in Afganistan this week. This is not the first time Australia has tried to claim the glory of a New Zealand victory, quoting Auckland's New Zealand Herald, "After Australia was smashed 4-0 by Germany at the 2010 Football World Cup and New Zealand claimed a historic draw with Slovakia, the Sydney Morning Herald's headline read "Australasia 1 - Slovakia 1".". See pic below:
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For the record, New Zealand currently holds 3 Gold and 4 Bronze Medals, with Australia holding the balance.
You can see what the New Zealand Herald had to say about this here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10825019 (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10825019)
They really are soare losers. And stealing another countries glory is very poor sportsmanship in my books.
That's why I have no sympathy for those 'whinging Aussies' who pretty much claimed they would win everything with their 'world class' athletes. Looks like the kiwis and Brits should give them some swimming lessons. ;)
My friend in Australia says the media are absolutely furious with the Aussie swimmers for their poor performances, they were expecting a lot of golds because swimming is like a religion in Australia.
They came out with several excuses including :
1) Social media
2) The other swimmers were using illegal kicks
3) All the best Australian coaches were being paid to coach other country's swimmers
4) The Australian coaches are too soft
Meanwhile saw these on twitter yeaterday :
BREAKING NEWS: Unconfirmed reports circulating that Australia's Olympic team is due to arrive in London a week on Monday.
Hey kids, spelling is important. Look! The difference between won and one: Great Britain have just won gold. Australia have just one gold. :D
No wonder the Ozzies havn't won anything, clearly they never turned up!!! :P :claphappy:
Quote from: SymonC on August 06, 2012, 08:26:24 AM
Meanwhile saw these on twitter yeaterday :
BREAKING NEWS: Unconfirmed reports circulating that Australia's Olympic team is due to arrive in London a week on Monday.
Heard on Chris Evans radio show this morning that if Yorkshire was a country they'd be 10th in the medal table :laugh:
Quote from: Pengy on August 05, 2012, 07:37:33 AM
Looked at the medal table and shocked to see our great rivals, the Aussies, so far down.
The trouble is they didn`t have long enough to become acclimatised. It take ages to get used to standing the other way up and trying to get used to the revesed direction of gravity that we have in the northern hemisphere
:laughabovepost: :D :D
Quote from: newportnobby on August 06, 2012, 08:54:34 AM
Heard on Chris Evans radio show this morning that if Yorkshire was a country they'd be 10th in the medal table :laugh:
Dorset would also be above Australia in the medal table!
Even Borat Country is above the Ozzies! :claphappy:
As a Brit living in Australia, I have to say I am enjoying seeing the Australians not doing so well almost as much as I'm enjoying seeing the Team GB successes. I've said for a long time that Aussies are bad losers and ungracious winners - you get the impression that the other competitors are just there to mkake up the numbers. (If Australia wins, they're the best. If Australia lose, they had a bad day.)
I have to bite my tongue, because SWMBO is Australian . . . but she doesn't complain about modelling BR, so life isn't all bad :D
- Michael
I'm very much of the same opinion. I personally don't care too much who wins and loses, I'm just enjoying watching it all unfold. I do however, like many New Zealanders take exception to the Australians taking credit for win's they had absolutely no responsibility for, and claiming our Gold's as belinging to Greater Oceania.
Well, they don't!
New Zealand athletes won the Golds for New Zealand, and themselves. Not for Australia, Australasia, Oceania, or Aus Zealand for that matter! The only input Australia had in our Gold's was that they didn't win those same events, and we did! :veryangry:
Grump over :thankyousign:
Quote from: ToothFairy on August 06, 2012, 09:36:10 AM
As a Brit living in Australia, I have to say I am enjoying seeing the Australians not doing so well almost as much as I'm enjoying seeing the Team GB successes. I've said for a long time that Aussies are bad losers and ungracious winners - you get the impression that the other competitors are just there to mkake up the numbers. (If Australia wins, they're the best. If Australia lose, they had a bad day.)
I have to bite my tongue, because SWMBO is Australian . . . but she doesn't complain about modelling BR, so life isn't all bad :D
- Michael
The major problem is the media put that Aussie sportsmen on a pedestal when they are doing well, as soon as they start loosing the bring them down like a ton of bricks, for that reason I feel sorry for the blokes and girls that train so hard to achieve success.
It is true in some cases the Aussies can be poor losers and I have seen and heard it in this games but for every bad sport there is still another that is gracious in defeat.
I just wish all sportsmen were as good in defeat as Roger Federer when he was beaten by Andy Murray in the tennis, a true gentleman and great sportsman.
Being an Englishman I am having a ball watching England climb the medal ladder but not as much as I like to see any team on the planet beat them in the cricket, now that is what I call a real pack of moaners.
That is utterly absurd......frankly if i was an Aussie i would be seriously embarrassed by that :hmmm:
It's like the Manchester Evening News or the Liverpool Echo putting their teams name in with the other teams name......depending on who was top of the league.
Liverpool United.....Manchester Pool......anyone...? ???
It just wouldn't happen..... :no:.....
I've heard that the Royal Mail are going to produce future stamps with Gold winning British athletes on them.
I'm sending at least x16 letters to the Australian Olympic Sports federation. :laugh:
I was starting to feel sorry for the Aussies until I saw Kaiwhara's comment!
However the thread is about GB gold so congrats to Andy Murray on his win (and I agree with the comments about Roger Federer. He is a truly great sportsman.)
Righto you lot!
Stop whining about us whinging :D that said on tv today one station went to the length of using medal tally vs population, the best we could do was forth, it had no up as first but I think that might of been wrong as I don't think it is real country :P :P
Anyway as has been said our media and the sponsor make them to be better then they are and when they get the big sponsor dollars or mag money like Rice and co, they forget what themy are supposed to be doing, that's swim that's win because it's my tax dollar that is paying for their lifestyle they choose. They should be setting examples to my kids in leadership,sportsman like behavior but they are off the rails. At work I have to improve productivity and performance(not sure how that works in fire fighting maybe need to use less water who knows) but in the real world they be looking for a new job going by the way some of them behave.
Anyway have to go prepare for the next plane load of kiwis who want to be Australian hahahaha
Bart
Righto you lot! This topic has been hi-jacked by all of this Aussie bashing :thumbsdown: It is about GB Gold :bounce:
Quote from: Pengy on August 06, 2012, 12:14:18 PM
Righto you lot! This topic has been hi-jacked by all of this Aussie bashing :thumbsdown: It is about GB Gold :bounce:
Fair dinkums :-X
Quote from: jonclox on August 06, 2012, 09:00:43 AM
Quote from: Pengy on August 05, 2012, 07:37:33 AM
Looked at the medal table and shocked to see our great rivals, the Aussies, so far down.
The trouble is they didn`t have long enough to become acclimatised. It take ages to get used to standing the other way up and trying to get used to the revesed direction of gravity that we have in the northern hemisphere
:laughabovepost: :D :D
Well I don't agree. The kiwis got acclimatised real quick. That's why they got more golds :laugh:
Bit of irony from Jonclox there :hmmm:
Right, back to Team GB please :thumbsup:
Quote from: oldrailbug on August 06, 2012, 10:38:09 AM
Being an Englishman I am having a ball watching England climb the medal ladder
Being a Scotsman I would like to remind you it is Team Great Britain not Team England. :telloff:
The BBC used to be notorious for their commentary when the English won anything they were always referred to as English, if the Scots, Irish or Welsh won they were always referred to as British. :veryangry:
Possibly the only good thing to emerge from this PC world we live in is this is now not the case as it is frowned upon the presenters even apologise and correct themselves if they slip up. :thumbsup:
John.
Quote from: kaiwhara on August 06, 2012, 09:40:04 AM
New Zealand athletes won the Golds for New Zealand, and themselves. Not for Australia, Australasia, Oceania, or Aus Zealand for that matter! The only input Australia had in our Gold's was that they didn't win those same events, and we did! :veryangry:
Well yes we understand that but many over here forget that Auz. is still New Zealands largest Island and colony even if it is still sparsely populated and mainly desert :D
Quote from: newportnobby on August 06, 2012, 01:42:52 PM
Right, back to Team GB please :thumbsup:
Good call Nobby, let's talk about Real Gold Medal winning nations like NZ & GB ;)
(not nations who 'embrace' other countries achievements) :hmmm:
As Pengy said :offtopicsign: :offtopicsign:
Perhaps you Oceanists should create your own thread to bash each other up on and leave us to revel in our golden glory :bounce:
Well done team GB. Another Gold Medal. Takes Great Britain's tally to 17 golds now. Very well done :thumbsup:
Quote from: OwL729 on August 06, 2012, 05:07:58 PM
Well done team GB. Another Gold Medal. Takes Great Britain's tally to 17 golds now. Very well done :thumbsup:
Nick Skelton, 54 years young - awesome performance. First Olympic medal - well deserved for a fine career in show jumping
Jason Kenny bags Britain's 18th Gold Medal in cycling. Well done :D
Shane Perkins of Australia gaining bronze in the same event.
Well done England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales great to see you win your 18th medal :claphappy:
Big celebrations here in Oz as the 49ers (is that the right number) sailing boats off Weymouth take home gold, this mighty sporting nations 2nd :beers: at least they wont be able to complain about those two blokes :thumbsup:
Alastair Brownlee has just won Gold for TeamGB in the triathlon with his brother Jonathan winning bronze despite a 15 second penalty!
That's 19 Golds for TeamGB, equalling what we achieved at Beijing in 2008. :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Gold in the Dressage!
Now officially GB's best olympics for 104 years! :claphappy:
:claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
Another cycling Gold Laura Trott - It makes staying up most of the night well worth it.
My Olympics will be complete if Team GB Hockey can go all the way.
Definitely will be a :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: :pint: night
Gold for Hoy and Silver for Pendleton
and the French are a bit jealous of our success . . .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/05/london-2012-wheels-gb-cycling (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/05/london-2012-wheels-gb-cycling)
It's getting embarrassing! But :claphappy:
Quote from: Pengy on August 07, 2012, 06:14:20 PM
Gold for Hoy and Silver for Pendleton
and the French are a bit jealous of our success . . .
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/05/london-2012-wheels-gb-cycling (http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/05/london-2012-wheels-gb-cycling)
Following the successes in Beijing, the rest of the world forced changes to the type of races to be run in the Olympics in an attempt to stifle British dominance.
They have singularly failed as Team GB has just adapted to those changes and thrashed the rest of the world big time :thumbsup:
I see the French complained about the "Magic Wheels" that the GB Team were using in the Velodrome - until it was pointed out to them that they were "Mavic Wheels" manufactured in France by Mavic and also used by the French Team...
:doh:
Don't count your chickens yet everyone. Team GB have 22 well earned golds, however the Russian Federation are now finding form on 10 gold medals earning 6 of those in the last few days.
If I recall, the Russians pipped team GB to the post for 3rd position in Beijing.
There are still 5 days left...........
Hope team GB hold 3rd spot or even some how threaten the USA for 2 nd place.
Good luck team GB :claphappy:
I don't want to put the kiss of death on GB, but we have medals guaranteed in boxing and sailing (we just don't know what colour they will be) and hopefully the Equestrian team might continue their good form.
We also have the World Champion to go in the BMX event :D
I heard Australia are in line for 3 Gold medals, sailing, hurdles and beer drinking.
Quote from: oldrailbug on August 07, 2012, 09:44:14 PM
I heard Australia are in line for 3 Gold medals, sailing, hurdles and beer drinking.
Not with our very own Minzapint in the running for the last event :pint: :claphappy:
Go on laugh, we just picked up a few golds, anyway they are so last year :laugh
This ones for K, aust def nz at this stage 4 to 3 :P
Bart
A bronze in the High Jump this evening to go with the 4 Golds 2 Silvers and Bronze we won earlier today (hope I've counted right!) :claphappy:
Also :
http://www.channel4.com/news/krishnan-helps-aussie-sports-minister-with-losing-bet (http://www.channel4.com/news/krishnan-helps-aussie-sports-minister-with-losing-bet) :D
Quote from: 1936ace on August 07, 2012, 10:09:23 PM
Go on laugh, we just picked up a few golds, anyway they are so last year :laugh
This ones for K, aust def nz at this stage 4 to 3 :P
Bart
That's alright. Because Team GB are good sports, they will let NZ 'embrace' British gold medals meaning a combined total of 25 Golds compared to a paltry 4 for Australia. This now means NZ are third in the table, well above Australia for a second time in the competition. ;) :D
I guess by NZ you blokes are talking about Northern Zimbabwe, crikey I didn't even know they were at the Olympics :confused2: well done NZ if the British want you they are welcome :D :D
Quote from: oldrailbug on August 07, 2012, 09:44:14 PM
I heard Australia are in line for 3 Gold medals, sailing, hurdles and beer drinking.
I think you typoed wailing and hurling
Quote from: oldrailbug on August 08, 2012, 12:03:33 AM
well done NZ if the British want you they are welcome :D :D
Seems the New Zealand team are in high demand, as three days ago the Aussie team wanted to use them to boost their own tiny medal tally. ;)
To quote a famous Toyota Ad:
Bugger! :unimpressed:
Quote from: 1936ace on August 07, 2012, 10:09:23 PM
Go on laugh, we just picked up a few golds, anyway they are so last year :laugh
This ones for K, aust def nz at this stage 4 to 3 :P
Bart
Yep, Ill go along with that!! :claphappy:
Quote from: OwL729 on August 07, 2012, 10:47:46 PM
That's alright. Because Team GB are good sports, they will let NZ 'embrace' British gold medals meaning a combined total of 25 Golds compared to a paltry 4 for Australia. This now means NZ are third in the table, well above Australia for a second time in the competition. ;) :D
You'll keep... :unimpressed:
Quote from: oldrailbug on August 08, 2012, 12:03:33 AM
I guess by NZ you blokes are talking about Northern Zimbabwe, crikey I didn't even know they were at the Olympics :confused2: well done NZ if the British want you they are welcome :D :D
No gold for these
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/controversy-over-mini-minis-olympic-athletics-161157575.html (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/controversy-over-mini-minis-olympic-athletics-161157575.html)
:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Its about time the horses in the equestrian events were awarded for their skills. Not just the riders
Quote from: jonclox on August 09, 2012, 10:58:09 AM
Its about time the horses in the equestrian events were awarded for their skills. Not just the riders
Yes - and the GB owners deserve some credit too. They could have sold the horses abroad and made a mint but their aim was to win a gold over mega-bucks
Another Gold in the individual dressage, well down Team GB :bounce: :bounce:
Quote from: jonclox on August 08, 2012, 07:48:46 PM
No gold for these
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/controversy-over-mini-minis-olympic-athletics-161157575.html (http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/londonspy/controversy-over-mini-minis-olympic-athletics-161157575.html)
:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
I don't see any controversy there. The Olympics is a massive commercial branding event, so having one particular sponsor's brands whizzing around in the stadium isn't exactly an issue.
This is an issue though: http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/commentanalysis/corporatewatch/thegreatolympictaxswindle.aspx (http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/commentanalysis/corporatewatch/thegreatolympictaxswindle.aspx)
BMW are one of the companies that have caved in to public pressure and said they won't be using it as a chance to dodge paying any UK tax, but there's still a lot of sponsors using the dodge.
Boxing and Taekwondo golds now!
And our medal winners are great winners too - you don't hear Sir Chris Hoy, or Ben Ainslie (or Sir Steve Redgrave in the past) declaring themselves to be 'living legends'
Totally brilliant effort by all involved with team GB and the venues.
Let's hope that the funding continues and the up and coming talent get the breaks they deserve.
Dave
Quote from: daveg on August 10, 2012, 07:47:52 AM
Totally brilliant effort by all involved with team GB and the venues.
Let's hope that the funding continues and the up and coming talent get the breaks they deserve.
Dave
Good point - I heard that some of our near misses may not get the funding.
Well done team GB for finishing confirmed third place behind USA and China, many thanks to all the staff and volunteers that made the games possible :thumbsup:
Australia: Better luck next games :P
It has been a phenomenal performance both in terms of the organisation and the performance of the team.
I was trying to think who was the UK standout performer of the Games and it is an impossible task. How can you separate Ainslie, Hoy, Kenny, Farah, Murray, Wiggins etc or Ennis, Pendleton, Dujardin, Trott etc for the girls. And there are probably more that I haven't mentionned that have exceeded expectations just to get past the heats of some events.
Lets hope our boxers can do the biz this afternoon!
I completely ran out of superlatives over a week ago regarding the performances of the entire Team GB who have played their hearts out.
The only disappointing thing for me is the organisers seem to have created an air of anti-climax for the Paralympics. I realise there is always an end of show extravaganza but it leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth that guys & gals will be doing their utmost for medals next week, and their achievements (to me, at least) will be equal to or above what has occurred over the last 2 weeks
Quote from: newportnobby on August 12, 2012, 12:16:37 PM
I completely ran out of superlatives over a week ago regarding the performances of the entire Team GB who have played their hearts out.
The only disappointing thing for me is the organisers seem to have created an air of anti-climax for the Paralympics. I realise there is always an end of show extravaganza but it leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth that guys & gals will be doing their utmost for medals next week, and their achievements (to me, at least) will be equal to or above what has occurred over the last 2 weeks
Not quite next week, the paralympics doesn't start until August 29th.
Channel 4's trailer (which was shown on BBC1 this morning!)
Channel 4 Paralympics - Meet the Superhumans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuAPPeRg3Nw#noexternalembed-ws)
Thanks for correcting my error, Symon.
If anything that makes it worse in my eyes.
The euphoria surrounding GB performances should have been sustained IMHO
I think there has to be some kind of the break as it takes a while for the athletes, equipment etc to leave the olympic village and return to their repective countries.
They can't all be expected to leave overnight and then for all the Paralympians to move in.
I for one will be watching though!
Gold in the boxing bringing TeamGB's gold tally to 29! :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy: :claphappy:
This is rather good as well! :claphappy:
adidas | Team GB Don't Stop Me Now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYtpL5YhWOQ#ws)
A Wonderful end to the competitive part of the games.
Well Done Team GB - You are the greatest
Should have had another gold medal for the video.
Look forward to the closing ceremony tonight and ....
The Paralympics in two weeks time.
Well done all who have been involved from the Olypians to the volunteers, not forgetting our Armed Forces.
Quite emotional really
Bill
and nicely finished off with a silver in the Women's Pentathlon!
Special mention to the BBC for their excellent coverage, well worth £5.58 of my licence fee!
Bring on the Paralympics!