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Post by rubcale on Aug 7, 2008 18:21:21 GMT 1
Britain's leading hope for a boxing gold medal, Frankie Gavin, is out of the Games as he hasn't made the 60kg weight limit at lightweight. Disgraceful. Something inherently wrong here. Is it the boxer or the powers that be who brought him to Beijing in the first place?
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Post by Panda on Aug 7, 2008 18:27:55 GMT 1
Britain's leading hope for a boxing gold medal, Frankie Gavin, is out of the Games as he hasn't made the 60kg weight limit at lightweight. Disgraceful. Something inherently wrong here. Is it the boxer or the powers that be who brought him to Beijing in the first place? It's unclear where the blame lies. Apparently he's been struggling with the weight all year and has been fighting at light welterweight. However, he couldn't switch to light welter for the Olympics as we already have another strong medal contender at that weight. The skeptics will say that he could've made the weight if he'd worked hard enough but was scared that losing when not at 100% would damage his stock when he turns professional. The other way of looking at it is that he would've had to spend 2 weeks dehydrated to get through the competition (boxers have to make the weight for every fight) and the GB trainers weren't prepared to put their fighter through that, risking serious damage.
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Post by Panda on Aug 7, 2008 19:39:52 GMT 1
Order of entry to the stadium for the parade of athletes during the Opening Ceremony:
1. Greece 2. Guinea 3. Guinea-Bissau 4. Turkey 5. Turkmenistan 6. Yemen 7. Maldives 8. Malta 9. Madagascar 10. Malaysia 11. Mali 12. Malawi 13. Macedonia 14. Marshall Islands 15. Cayman Islands 16. Bhutan 17. Ecuador 18. Eritrea 19. Jamaica 20. Belgium 21. Vanuatu 22. Israel 23. Japan 24. Chinese Taipei 25. Central African Republic 26. Hong Kong 27. Gambia 28. Benin 29. Mauritius 30. Mauritania 31. Denmark 32. Uganda 33. Ukraine 34. Uruguay 35. Uzbekistan 36. Brunei 37. Barbados 38. Papua New Guinea 39. Brazil 40. Paraguay 41. Bahrain 42. Bahamas 43. Panama 44. Pakistan 45. Palestine 46. Cuba 47. Burkina Faso 48. Burundi 49. East Timor 50. Qatar 51. Rwanda 52. Luxembourg 53. Chad 54. Belarus 55. India 56. Indonesia 57. Lithuania 58. Niger 59. Nigeria 60. Nicaragua 61. Nepal 62. Ghana 63. Canada 64. Gabon 65. San Marino 66. St. Vincent & the Grenadines 67. St. Lucia 68. Sao Tome & Principe 69. St. Kitts & Nevis 70. Guyana 71. Djibouti 72. Kyrgyzstan 73. Laos 74. Armenia 75. Spain 76. Bermuda 77. Liechtenstein 78. Congo 79. Democratic Republic of Congo 80. Iraq 81. Iran 82. Guatemala 83. Hungary 84. Dominican Republic 85. Dominica 86. Togo 87. Iceland 88. Guam 89. Angola 90. Antigua & Barbuda 91. Andorra 92. Tonga 93. Jordan 94. Equatorial Guinea 95. Finland 96. Croatia 97. Sudan 98. Surinam 99. Libya 100. Liberia 101. Belize 102. Cape Verde 103. Cook Islands 104. Saudi Arabia 105. Algeria 106. Albania 107. United Arab Emirates 108. Argentina 109. Oman 110. Aruba 111. Afghanistan 112. Azerbaijan 113. Namibia 114. Tanzania 115. Latvia 116. Great Britain 117. British Virgin Islands 118. Kenya 119. Romania 120. Palau 121. Tuvalu 122. Venezuela 123. Solomon Islands 124. France 125. Poland 126. Puerto Rico 127. Bosnia-Herzegovina 128. Bangladesh 129. Bolivia 130. Norway 131. South Africa 132. Cambodia 133. Kazakhstan 134. Kuwait 135. Ivory Coast 136. Comoros 137. Bulgaria 138. Russia 139. Syria 140. United States 141. US Virgin Islands 142. American Samoa 143. Honduras 144. Zimbabwe 145. Tunisia 146. Thailand 147. Egypt 148. Ethiopia 149. Lesotho 150. Mozambique 151. Netherlands 152. Netherlands Antilles 153. Grenada 154. Georgia 155. Somalia 156. Colombia 157. Costa Rica 158. Trinidad & Tobago 159. Peru 160. Ireland 161. Estonia 162. Haiti 163. Czech Republic 164. Kiribati 165. Philippines 166. El Salvador 167. Samoa 168. Micronesia 169. Tajikistan 170. Vietnam 171. Botswana 172. Sri Lanka 173. Swaziland 174. Slovenia 175. Slovakia 176. Portugal 177. South Korea 178. North Korea 179. Fiji 180. Cameroon 181. Montenegro 182. Chile 183. Austria 184. Burma 185. Switzerland 186. Sweden 187. Nauru 188. Mongolia 189. Singapore 190. New Zealand 191. Italy 192. Senegal 193. Serbia 194. Seychelles 195. Sierra Leone 196. Cyprus 197. Mexico 198. Lebanon 199. Germany 200. Moldova 201. Monaco 202. Morocco 203. Australia 204. Zambia 205. China
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Post by Smurfie on Aug 8, 2008 18:43:34 GMT 1
I managed to catch some of this today. Our work has very kindly turned off the call centre call monitoring screens, so that employees can watch the Olympics on them instead. It was pleasing to see that the privilege wasn't being abused with people sitting around glued to them, but working at the same time.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Aug 8, 2008 18:59:50 GMT 1
I saw some of it in my lunch break, though not really watching. More a guess the country from the flag competition....
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Post by rubcale on Aug 9, 2008 12:30:26 GMT 1
I hope this is not the forerunner of things to come.
Disastrous start for GB. Following the debacle of the boxer who didn't make the weight, the Equestrians who were expected to challenge strongly are down in 6th place, Craid Fallon a real prospect in the Judo lost to two opponents he would normally beat and is out and a British female swimmer among the top 8 in the world has scraped into a semi-final as 16th fastest.
On top of this two Brits in the individual medlay are out having swum 2 seconds outside their PBs. No-one can be expected to automatically win but the alarm bells must be ringing when people are way below their personal beats in what is supposed the highlight of thier career.
Worrying times.
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 12:36:31 GMT 1
British swimmers underperforming on the big stage is no big surprise. They've been doing it for 20 years.
Didn't see any of the equestrian but I don't think it's one of our big gold medal chances this time, given the withdrawals.
Craig Fallon was our only medal contender today and given the same thing happened in Athens, it's not that much of a surprise that he's missed out again. In fact, I think the first week could be quiet for GB in terms of medals. I wouldn't be surprised if we didn't pick up a gold until Friday. Things should really pick up after that.
At least Ben Ainslie has recovered from a difficult start to win the second race in his sailing class and there were some good performances in the rowing.
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 12:46:19 GMT 1
David Carry misses out on the final of the 400m freestyle but does manage to set a British record...
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Post by Maximo Mark on Aug 9, 2008 13:17:04 GMT 1
I've been watching all morning and it's been very good. The cycling road race finale was excellent...
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Post by Maximo Mark on Aug 9, 2008 13:21:45 GMT 1
David Carry misses out on the final of the 400m freestyle but does manage to set a British record... Hannah Miley has made the final of the womens 400m Freestyle!
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 13:25:11 GMT 1
David Carry misses out on the final of the 400m freestyle but does manage to set a British record... Hannah Miley has made the final of the womens 400m Freestyle! Just! Good job, though. She'll probably need to break her own European record to stand any chance of a medal though. It was the IM, by the way.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Aug 9, 2008 13:26:06 GMT 1
Ah, I meant that. Clearly not paying enough attention whilst on the internet as well!
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 13:27:13 GMT 1
I wonder who made the decision to have snooker MC Rob Walker reporting on the sailing...?
I keep expecting him to say "Let's get the boys (or buoys?) in the breeze!"
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 13:42:44 GMT 1
It's worth mentioning that in Athens, GB didn't win a gold medal until the first Thursday, though it would've been a day earlier if Leslie Law's 3-day event win had been confirmed at the time. We only had one silver and one bronze after 4 days...
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 14:05:05 GMT 1
Victories for Andrew Smith and Tracey Hallam in badminton today...
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Post by Smurfie on Aug 9, 2008 14:36:37 GMT 1
I thought Andrew Smith did well today. It wasn't a brilliant start, but he played confidently in the end, in my opinion.
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Post by dawak on Aug 9, 2008 15:49:40 GMT 1
Silver for Paischer in judo - nice start for those games. Other medal prospects for the Olympics? Possibly in triathlon, sailing and swimming (Rogan / Jukic).
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 15:58:33 GMT 1
Silver for Paischer in judo - nice start for those games. Other medal prospects for the Olympics? Possibly in triathlon, sailing and swimming (Rogan / Jukic). How many medals do Austria usually get in the summer games (I'm guessing you have more success in the Winter Olympics)? Louis Smith has qualified 5th for the final of the pommel horse, whilst Daniel Keatings has sneaked into the all-around competition in 24th place.
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Post by dawak on Aug 9, 2008 16:04:06 GMT 1
How many medals do Austria usually get in the summer games (I'm guessing you have more success in the Winter Olympics)? True, if only they had grass ski at the Summer Olympics... Our average is 3-4 medals, which is estimated for Beijing as well. We managed to grab 7 in Athens - our second-best performance ever. Come to think of it, Kate Allen should do well in Triathlon as the defending champion.
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2008 21:30:50 GMT 1
Doubt I'll be awake for the swimming finals through the night but GB's best chances of a medal on day 2 are probably Nicole Cooke in the cycling road race and the women's archery team.
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