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Post by rubcale on Aug 8, 2012 19:02:15 GMT 1
Australia's poor showing "worries" me.
Waht does this say about the legacy?
Little over a decade after the Sydney Games Australia has fallen away in sport right across the board (no tennis players in second round of Wimbledon this year for example).
Heaven forbid the same thing will happen to us.
I never believed we could get anywhere near the same level of success as Beijing in the cycling. Already USA is trying to muscle in on it.
They've taken on one of our Gold winning sprint team from Beijing to oversee their cyclists and presumably "spill the beans" on what the Brits are doing to achieve this fantastic level.
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Post by Johnny on Aug 8, 2012 19:25:36 GMT 1
Rubcale, it surely must be harder to get as many cycling gold medals next time in Rio. The US and Australia will be tougher competition...but then I thought that after Bejing. Australia have really slumped. They did well in Athens in 2004 but sharply down since then. I wonder how the Aussies feel about being thrashed by us "poms" in the medal table?  |
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Post by Panda on Aug 8, 2012 19:51:18 GMT 1
Very comfortable run by Lisa Dobriskey to qualify for the 1500m final. Could she win the medal she threw away in Beijing?
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Post by Arcadia on Aug 8, 2012 20:08:06 GMT 1
This stuff about where Yorkshire would be if it was a separate country is all a bit silly. First, Yorkshire has a population of over four million so it isn't really doing much better than would be expected given the overall British performance. Second, people are counting medals in team events where one team member was from Yorkshire which is cheating a bit. It's a bit of fun Suedy and we're proud of our athletes. Don't have to take it so seriously. And it's more of a dig at the Aussies as well who have bragged for years about their sporting prowess. Hear hear! |
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Post by suedehead on Aug 8, 2012 20:33:04 GMT 1
This stuff about where Yorkshire would be if it was a separate country is all a bit silly. First, Yorkshire has a population of over four million so it isn't really doing much better than would be expected given the overall British performance. Second, people are counting medals in team events where one team member was from Yorkshire which is cheating a bit. It's a bit of fun Suedy and we're proud of our athletes. Don't have to take it so seriously. And it's more of a dig at the Aussies as well who have bragged for years about their sporting prowess. Of course it's largely a bit of fun but the Today programme devoted several minutes to this non-story this morning. |
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Post by suedehead on Aug 8, 2012 20:37:29 GMT 1
A friend of my brother's is an expat living in the US and has posted this on his Facebook page
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Post by Johnny on Aug 8, 2012 21:25:01 GMT 1
Not a good day for GB. I didn't think it was that enjoyable. There were no great Finals today.
200m tomorrow. I want Blake to beat Bolt. Relays on Friday, and for me the Olmpics will effectively be over then.
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Post by Jordan on Aug 8, 2012 21:27:56 GMT 1
How many medals did GB win today, anyone know?
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Post by Mart!n on Aug 8, 2012 21:30:45 GMT 1
How many medals did GB win today, anyone know? None so far.. I think, but we have the boxing later on tonight. |
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Post by ROBERTLEE on Aug 8, 2012 21:33:13 GMT 1
There seems to be a great disparity in the British performances with some way ahead of expectations and others putting in sub-par performances.
I believe some were saying Shara Proctor had a chance of a medal. On what I have just seen this was ridiculous.
Apparently, there is quite a strong wind blowing in the stadium and this is what caused Holly Bleasedale's failure in the pole vault. Everytime she was due to jump the wind came up and hadn't abated before her time was up.
That was a good fourth place for the guy in the hurdles.
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Post by Panda on Aug 8, 2012 21:45:46 GMT 1
Today was a quiet day. A lot of the team sports are approaching their finals, so there wasn't a lot of actual medal action. Even in the Olympics stadium, it was a bit of a "meh" night in terms of the finals on offer. I almost went to the football instead. However, there's some good stuff to come in the final four days.
GB didn't win any medals today and weren't really expected to. We came close in the showjumping but that one fence down cost us. We did guarantee a few medals in boxing and sailing but they won't be added to the medal table until the competitions finish and we know what colour they are.
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Post by Panda on Aug 8, 2012 21:49:14 GMT 1
I believe some were saying Shara Proctor had a chance of a medal. On what I have just seen this was ridiculous. It wasn't ridiculous at all considering she jumped further than anyone in qualifying. She was an outside bet for a medal but if she'd jumped a PB in the final, it would've been enough for bronze and considering we've seen three PBs by British athletes today, that wasn't out of the question. Sadly, she just underperfomed on the night. |
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Post by Panda on Aug 8, 2012 23:34:24 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Aug 8, 2012 23:39:11 GMT 1
GB 2012 v VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE:
Gold: 22-13
Silver: 13-14
Bronze: 13-14
Total: 48-41
GB 2012 v GB 2008:
Gold: 22-16
Silver: 13-10
Bronze: 13-11
Total: 48-37
GB 2012 v GB 2004:
Gold: 22-7
Silver: 13-8
Bronze: 13-9
Total: 48-24
GB 2012 v GB 2000:
Gold: 22-6
Silver: 13-7
Bronze: 13-6
Total: 48-19
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2012 0:29:03 GMT 1
DAY 13 GOLD MEDAL EVENTS:
ATHLETICS
Men's triple jump
Men's 800m
Men's 200m
Women's javelin
Men's decathlon
BOXING
Women's flyweight
Women's lightweight
Women's middleweight
CANOEING
Men's C-2 1000m
Men's K-4 1000m
Women's K-1 500m
Women's K-2 500m
DIVING
Women's 10m platform
EQUESTRIAN
Individual dressage
FOOTBALL
Women's
SAILING
Men's 470
SWIMMING
Women's 10km open water
TAEKWONDO
Women's 57kg
Men's 68kg
VOLLEYBALL
Men's beach
WATER POLO
Women's
WRESTLING
Women's 55kg freestyle
Women's 72kg freestyle
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Day 12 was expectedly quiet for GB but Day 13 will see the medal tally rise with at least two medals guaranteed.
Nicola Adams can make history by becoming the first ever woman to win an Olympic boxing gold medal when she goes in the flyweight final. Hers will be the first of five guaranteed medals for GB's boxers - their best Olympic haul since 1956.
Also guaranteed at least a silver medal are the men's 470 pair of Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell. They go into the medal race four points behind leaders Australia, meaning the will win gold if they can finish two places ahead of the Australian boat.
GB's great equestrian campaign continued on Tuesday with gold in the team dressage competition. Day 13 sees the GB riders go in the individual competition with Charlotte Dujardin possibly having the best chance of double gold.
Keri-Anne Payne won silver in the 10km open water swimming marathon in Beijing and last year she became the first British athlete to qualify for these Olympics in any sport when she won the world title. She's suffered with injuries this year but if fully recovered, she has a great chance of winning a medal again this time.
In athletics, Philips Idowu's failure to qualify for the triple jump final leaves Andrew Osagie as GB's only finalist in the Olympic Stadium. He goes in the 800m, which should be dominated by Kenya's David Rudisha. However, the rest of the race is wide open and although a medal would be a big ask, no-one can ever be ruled out in an 800m final.
But the highlight of the night will again be Usain Bolt, as he attempts a second consecutive sprint double in the 200m.
Day 13 sees the first GB taekwondo fighters make their appearance and these Games and both Jade Jones and Martin Stamper have medal chances, having won silver and bronze respectively at last year's World Championships.
INFOSTRADA SPORTS' VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE PREDICTION:
Gold: 2 - Philips Idowu (eliminated), Savannah Marshall (eliminated)
Silver: 3 - Nicola Adams, Laura Bechtolsheimer, Keri-Anne Payne
Bronze: 1 - Jade Jones
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Post by Panda on Aug 9, 2012 0:35:16 GMT 1
Countries that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia  Belgium  Brazil  China  Colombia  Hungary  Italy  Japan  Kazakhstan  Netherlands  North Korea  Norway  Poland  Romania  Russia  Serbia  South Korea  United States  Uzbekistan DAY 2 Azerbaijan  Canada  Chinese Taipei  Cuba  France  Georgia  Great Britain  Moldova  Slovakia  South Africa  Ukraine DAY 3 Germany  India  Indonesia  Lithuania  Mexico  Mongolia  Thailand DAY 4 Denmark  Egypt  New Zealand  Qatar  Slovenia  Sweden DAY 5 Belarus  Czech Republic  Greece  Singapore  Spain  Venezuela DAY 6none DAY 7 Croatia  Ethiopia  Hong Kong  Iran  Kenya DAY 8 Guatemala  Jamaica  Switzerland  Tunisia DAY 9 Armenia  Argentina  Malaysia DAY 10 Cyprus  Dominican Republic  Estonia  Grenada  Kuwait  Puerto Rico  Saudi Arabia  Trinidad & Tobago  Turkey DAY 11 Algeria  Finland  Morocco DAY 12 Ireland  Portugal |
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Post by Johnny on Aug 9, 2012 9:38:58 GMT 1
We are 11 medals up on this time in Beijing and six up in gold...are we really going to win that much more?
Is the running order of events and when they are held the same for Bejing and London, in any case?
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Post by Jordan on Aug 9, 2012 10:58:31 GMT 1
I think the last few days were always going to be slow for GB, I think it's all lost a bit of steam now, I'm finding myself less and less interested in what's going on. Bring on the closing ceremony!
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Post by Mart!n on Aug 9, 2012 11:22:53 GMT 1
I think the last few days were always going to be slow for GB, I think it's all lost a bit of steam now, I'm finding myself less and less interested in what's going on. Bring on the closing ceremony! I feel the same now, but I keep the TV on in the background, and if something interesting I sit down and watch, I saw the British entries in the Taekwondo earlier, they are both through to the quarters this afternoon. Jade Jones was pretty good, and Martin Stamper was awful, he was lucky to get through all the points came towards the end of the last round. |
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Aug 9, 2012 12:15:12 GMT 1
we have the 10km open water swimming, looks like they are swimming in sewerage, multiple boxing, taekwondo, hockey, mens 5000m all chance of GB medals
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