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Post by Si. on Aug 19, 2008 15:43:11 GMT 1
I can't wait for London 2012 now, its been a great Olympics so far, and long may it continue. How many more medals can we hope to get?
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Post by Panda on Aug 19, 2008 15:52:53 GMT 1
I can't wait for London 2012 now, its been a great Olympics so far, and long may it continue. How many more medals can we hope to get? Shanaze Reade is favourite to win the BMX. We should get something in the flatwater kayaking. We have 2 boxers through to the semis in their weight divisions, and there's Phillips Idowu in the triple jump...
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Post by rubcale on Aug 19, 2008 15:55:59 GMT 1
OH............MY..........GOODNESS. HOORAY! I WAS WRONG.
Cannot believe Christine Ohuruogu has won the 400m and she must have been 10 metres behind in the home straight. Plus an unexpected silver in the high jump and Rooney into the 400m final!
This is just fantastic.
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Post by frag on Aug 19, 2008 17:31:54 GMT 1
Great stuff for Team GB, up to the target of 33, and with at least two more medals to come from the Boxing (the pundits keep saying that the boxers in the semis are guaranteed medals, so I'm guessing that both losing semi-finalists get bronze medals), and then there's the three more that mrh mentioned. So is the government target of 41 achievable?
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Post by greendemon on Aug 19, 2008 17:48:23 GMT 1
that high jump final was amazing, can't believe a brit managed a medal! i'm so pleased for christine - after everything she's been through she really deserved to win gold wonderful stuff... on a non-british note, has anyone been watching the gymnastics?
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Post by rubcale on Aug 19, 2008 18:20:37 GMT 1
Even if Andy Murray wins the US Open I'm voting for Chris Hoy for BBC Sports Personality Of The Year.
What is a team? but my choice for the Team Of The Year is the British Cycling Team!!
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Post by Si. on Aug 19, 2008 18:40:35 GMT 1
The only way a non-Olympian will win Sports Personality, is if Lewis Hamilton wins the F1 Championship.
Team of the year will probably be team GB.
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Post by o on Aug 19, 2008 22:14:07 GMT 1
Just been watching the brazil v argentina game which the argies won 3-0, the 2 red cards for the brazilians were harsh to say the least, but at least they came at the end of the game, just hope that ref is not in charge for the final game, else it could get down to 5 a side if you get a red card every time you trip someone up! Great day for GB though!
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Post by Pablo on Aug 19, 2008 23:55:52 GMT 1
The only way a non-Olympian will win Sports Personality, is if Lewis Hamilton wins the F1 Championship. Team of the year will probably be team GB. Well Sports Personality has been won by Olympians in the past 2 Olympics but the list of people will be huge. Also I still find it funny how the Chinese think Steve Parry is Michael Phelps and literally swamping him.
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Post by Panda on Aug 20, 2008 9:35:54 GMT 1
The only way a non-Olympian will win Sports Personality, is if Lewis Hamilton wins the F1 Championship. Team of the year will probably be team GB. Well Sports Personality has been won by Olympians in the past 2 Olympics but the list of people will be huge. However, the last 2 occasions when an Olympian didn't win it in Olympic year were also the last 2 occasions when a British driver won the F1 World Championship, and the SPOTY winners in those years were Damon Hill and Nigel Mansell... Chris Hoy would get my vote, though.
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Post by Panda on Aug 20, 2008 9:57:05 GMT 1
3 more medals for GB this morning.
Keri-Anne Payne and Cassie "Dame Rebecca Adlington!" Patten took silver and bronze in the women's 10k open water swimming.
Bryony Shaw took bronze in the windsurfing and swore in her live interview straight afterwards!
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Post by Panda on Aug 20, 2008 10:07:12 GMT 1
Heptathlon silver medallist Lyudmila Blonska has failed a drug test!
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Post by LittleChristmasTurkey on Aug 20, 2008 11:30:47 GMT 1
Heptathlon silver medallist Lyudmila Blonska has failed a drug test! That lifts Kelly Sotherton to 4th? I hope another one fails too!
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Post by Si. on Aug 20, 2008 11:31:50 GMT 1
Is she the one that Sotherton was talking about having cheated earlier in the week?
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Post by Robin on Aug 20, 2008 11:35:42 GMT 1
In fairness, Sotherton doesn't deserve a medal. She was poor throughout the tournament.
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Post by o on Aug 20, 2008 12:19:14 GMT 1
But if the people above her are using drugs, that gives them an advantage surely? Have there been any other drug cheats in the medals that I've missed?
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Post by Panda on Aug 20, 2008 12:27:12 GMT 1
But if the people above her are using drugs, that gives them an advantage surely? Have there been any other drug cheats in the medals that I've missed? None that were that high profile from this games. A couple of weightlifters, I think. The women's 400m hurdles champion from 2004 failed a drug test before her event started.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 20, 2008 12:28:23 GMT 1
not a drug cheat, but apparently the russian who took gold in the 10k open water swim held patten back as she swam through
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Post by Panda on Aug 20, 2008 12:31:00 GMT 1
not a drug cheat, but apparently the russian who took gold in the 10k open water swim held patten back as she swam through Patten should have chinned her. If the Sports Personality of the Year award was actually based on personality, she'd win.
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Post by Panda on Aug 20, 2008 13:05:26 GMT 1
Afghanistan has won its first ever Olympic medal! A bronze in taekwondo...
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