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Post by Panda on Aug 11, 2008 13:20:04 GMT 1
Incidentally, I'm not sure what GB's record for most medals in one day is (apart from 1908) but I reckon it could be under threat this weekend.
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Post by Tom on Aug 11, 2008 13:40:45 GMT 1
and i just think the tennis is genuinely exciting this time with Murray having a chance of a medal in both singles and doubles. Unfortunately in the singles, which is his best chance of a medal imo, the draw hasn't been kind to him and he could face Nadal in the quarters and then Djokovic in the semis. Oops. I know what you mean about the athletics but for me one of the best things about the Olympics is the first week when you get to see a lot of sports you usually wouldn't. Even more so this year as our best medal chances are away from track and field (apart from Phillips Idowu). Andy Murray is out of the men's singles, losing in the first round to Lu Yen-Hsu from Taiwan, in straight sets. Didn't know the result and was just about to check how he got on, hence my post above about his medal chances! I know you wouldn't post rubbish, but that sounds like something of a wind-up! That looked like one of the easiest 1st round draws Andy could have got, so im gobsmacked by that result, and in straight sets too Actually having checked, im being harsh on the Taiwanese guy, i may never have heard of him but he is in the Top 100, at 77 in the world! Which is baffling as i've heard of players outside the Top 100 and would like to think i know of the majority of players in the Top 100, certainly in the mens, but i've never noticed that guy in a Grand Slam before. Heck even Cara Black is playing singles for Zimbabwe and shes predominantly a doubles player now, can't remember the last time i came across her playing singles. Anyway, makes you wonder why Andy bothered showing up! And i agree with what you say about the 1st week events. This is the only time i ever watch any hockey, and the same is true for the rowing although i don't really know who we've got in the rowing nowadays I just generally don't choose to watch 1st week events live, prefer to just watch the highlights later. Whereas with the athletics i would plan to watch a lot of the events. The 100m is probably my favourite event of the whole Games and i would choose to watch the heats in this event plus some of the others. I remember taping the Atlanta 100m in 1996, when Christie was disqualified, overnight to watch in the morning.
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Post by Panda on Aug 11, 2008 13:48:51 GMT 1
Anyway, makes you wonder why Andy bothered showing up! I'm really not sure he wants to be there. Had it not been for his recent good form, he might've been more up for the Olympics but he must surely have one eye on the US Open and probably isn't going to lose any sleep over going out in the first round in Beijing. I remember taping the Atlanta 100m in 1996, when Christie was disqualified, overnight to watch in the morning. I watched that live! I was gutted for Christie. He got probably the best start of his entire life but was DQ'd because it was faster than what is supposedly humanly possible. I think that may also have been the same night Jonathan Edwards got silver in the triple jump (having been hot favourite for gold) and nearly got nothing after fouls with his first 2 jumps.
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Post by Maximo Mark on Aug 11, 2008 18:23:44 GMT 1
I'm glad we failed in the synchronised diving, crap sport anyway. I don't really agree with anything being a sport if the winner relies solely on what a few judges think. I watched some of the females on sunday and some of the synchronisation marks were nothing short of ridiculous when you compared different teams dives.
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Post by Pablo on Aug 11, 2008 22:43:13 GMT 1
Andy and Jamie through to the second round in the doubles in 3 sets. Brilliant effort from both of them, especially from Andy after the singles defeat!
I have huge respect for those people diving, especially the 10m board! I wouldn't be able to jump off it, let alone do some somersaults.
Brilliant performance from Adlington and Jackson, I'd actually watched that race live at 3am and man! it was a thrilling morning session! I still can't believe how USA won the gold in the 4x100m freestyle from France.
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Post by LittleChristmasTurkey on Aug 12, 2008 12:19:44 GMT 1
Canoeist David Florence has won Britain’s fourth medal of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games following a tremendous final run in the C1 single slalom on Tuesday evening local time.
Florence was the fourth fastest qualifer for the final, but his time of 178.61 put him in first place as the final canoeist, Michal Martikan from Slovakia, began his run.
The Slovakian registered 176.65 to take the gold, with Florence finishing in silver medal position.
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Post by tdino on Aug 12, 2008 12:26:53 GMT 1
BASKETBALL: after a TERRIBLE start against China, the spanish team made an EPIC recover at the very end, forcing an overtime and sweeping shocked chinese players. GO SPAIN!
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Post by rubcale on Aug 12, 2008 13:13:16 GMT 1
Maybe I'm getting too old and I know the winning swimmers were only 19 but if I was talented enough to win an Olympic medal for my countrey I woudl be humbled and proud.
I was really disgusted by the disrespect they showed chatting and laughing while the National Anthem was being played during the medal ceremony. It took away from their performance.
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Post by Panda on Aug 12, 2008 13:54:57 GMT 1
Maybe I'm getting too old and I know the winning swimmers were only 19 but if I was talented enough to win an Olympic medal for my countrey I woudl be humbled and proud. I was really disgusted by the disrespect they showed chatting and laughing while the National Anthem was being played during the medal ceremony. It took away from their performance. How old are you?
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Post by Panda on Aug 12, 2008 13:57:34 GMT 1
A fantastic match in the badminton (and I never thought I'd say that) with Gail Emms & Nathan Robertson going through to the quarter-finals after beating a pair from China (one of whom was one half of the pair who beat Emms & Robertson in the final in Athens). They trailed 17-12 in the final game but somehow turned it around to win 21-19 in the decider.
I saw Florence winning silver earlier. A great performance. I
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Post by LittleChristmasTurkey on Aug 12, 2008 13:59:25 GMT 1
Maybe I'm getting too old and I know the winning swimmers were only 19 but if I was talented enough to win an Olympic medal for my countrey I woudl be humbled and proud. I was really disgusted by the disrespect they showed chatting and laughing while the National Anthem was being played during the medal ceremony. It took away from their performance. Haha, you're funny! That was a joke, right?
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Post by Panda on Aug 12, 2008 23:31:51 GMT 1
Double BRONZE[/color] for Britain in the eventing as the team finish 3rd and Tina Cook is 3rd in the individual standings.
That means GB's medal tally doubled on day 4 of the games.
Day 5 sees Nicole Cooke attempting to win a second gold in the time trial though she isn't one of the favourites.
Caitlin McClatchey in the 200m freestyle and the men's 4x200m freestyle relay are GB's best medal chances in swimming.
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Post by Si. on Aug 13, 2008 9:39:20 GMT 1
We've won a silver in the cycling time trial, just not with cooke. Its rowing semi finals, so hopefully all our boats can make it into their finals.
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Post by rubcale on Aug 13, 2008 13:30:57 GMT 1
Maybe I'm getting too old and I know the winning swimmers were only 19 but if I was talented enough to win an Olympic medal for my countrey I woudl be humbled and proud. I was really disgusted by the disrespect they showed chatting and laughing while the National Anthem was being played during the medal ceremony. It took away from their performance. Haha, you're funny! That was a joke, right? I'm nearer 40 than 50 but it certainly isn't a joke. I thought it was really disrespectful - but that's just my opinion. Very interesting debate on Five Live this morning as to just who is the greatest Olympian. Many have made the point about how many Gold medals are available to swimmers and how much easier it is in that sport to compete in multiple events - e.g. in athlerics there is really no way an athlete could compete in a maximum of 4 and that would even be unusual. The sailing is a bit confusing. Apparently they have changed the rules so that instead of dropping 1 of 11 races the top 10 now all compete in the 11th race which must count and is worth double points. This means you could be well ahead, have one bad race and get beaten. Hopewfully Ben Ainslie will be too far ahead to be caught. Most of the British crews have made it through to the finals in the rowing. Can't wait for the indoor cycling - surely we'll bag a few medals there.
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Post by Panda on Aug 13, 2008 16:14:32 GMT 1
Great silver for Emma Pooley in the time trial. She deserves it after the way she helped Nicole Cooke on Sunday.
Great to see the rowers doing well. We have 8 boats through to finals and as rubcale said, with the track cycling starting soon, we should be in for a hatful of medals.
Just saw David Price stop his Russian opponent in the 2nd round of his opening super-heavyweight bout. I think only one British boxer has been eliminated so far...
Low points of the day: The ridiculous decision to rest certain swimmers in the heats of the women's relay. We're improving in swimming but not enough to justify resting people in the heats and saving them for the final. The Murray brothers being sent packing. GB's men losing 1-0 to Holland in the hockey.
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Post by LittleChristmasTurkey on Aug 13, 2008 16:23:05 GMT 1
Haha, you're funny! That was a joke, right? I'm nearer 40 than 50 but it certainly isn't a joke. I thought it was really disrespectful - but that's just my opinion. Disrespectful to who, exactly? The Queen? The country? The individual won the event, with very input from either queen or country - it's a cumlulation of a lot of hard work by the indivual and the team supporting them. Most of our competitors even have to pay for their own coaches. Our national anthem is entirely outdated - nobody really gives a sh*t about god or the queen anymore. The former is make believe, and the latter does nothing but bring a bit of tourism in. If anything is disrespectful, it's forcing people to listen to the tripe each time they win a medal!
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Post by Panda on Aug 13, 2008 16:28:47 GMT 1
I would much rather we had Land Of Hope And Glory as our national anthem but that's probably a debate for another time (or forum)...
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Post by frag on Aug 13, 2008 17:32:32 GMT 1
A fantastic match in the badminton (and I never thought I'd say that) with Gail Emms & Nathan Robertson going through to the quarter-finals after beating a pair from China (one of whom was one half of the pair who beat Emms & Robertson in the final in Athens). They trailed 17-12 in the final game but somehow turned it around to win 21-19 in the decider. That was a great match. Another example of how any British sportsperson can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory (in the 2nd set) and victory from the jaws of defeat (in the 3rd).
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Post by frag on Aug 13, 2008 17:33:07 GMT 1
I'm glad we failed in the synchronised diving, crap sport anyway. I don't really agree with anything being a sport if the winner relies solely on what a few judges think. I watched some of the females on sunday and some of the synchronisation marks were nothing short of ridiculous when you compared different teams dives. Yeah, it's all so subjective. And China is sweeping up all the golds in those events...
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Post by Robin on Aug 14, 2008 9:21:17 GMT 1
All these swimmings world records being broken is making the event lose some credibility in my opinion! 18 world records have been broken, some by average olympic swimmers.
Apparently the pool is a lot wider, meaning the splash of the swimmers disperses more easily. This enables the swimmer to go faster. You would think there would be a regulation width really!
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