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Post by rewardman on Jul 26, 2014 4:50:53 GMT 1
Attachment Deleted I loved the tweet re. this horrendous outfit "This Commonwealth Games uniform is the reason why Scotland should not be allowed to make any more own decisions."
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Post by o on Jul 26, 2014 11:08:36 GMT 1
I have to say I dislike the highlights show, it's supposed to show the highlights of the day, not have a band playing intro music every 5 minutes! Novel idea to spend the licence payer's money I guess, and while interviews with the medalists is good, I'd like to see more than 10 seconds as to how they got that medal!
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Post by Panda on Jul 26, 2014 19:32:09 GMT 1
A highlights show kind of loses its importance as a highlights show when they're showing everything live anyway. Why not do something different with it. Certainly beats having Dan Walker sat in a studio pretending to be Alan Partridge.
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Post by Panda on Jul 26, 2014 20:28:31 GMT 1
Some great results for the English and Scottish swimmers, though in some cases, I can't help but think where the hell were those performances two years ago? It seems a bit like our swimmers are like the Aussie cyclists - peaking two years too soon.
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Post by rewardman on Jul 26, 2014 21:43:39 GMT 1
Some great results for the English and Scottish swimmers, though in some cases, I can't help but think where the hell were those performances two years ago? It seems a bit like our swimmers are like the Aussie cyclists - peaking two years too soon. Could that be two years too late?
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Post by Panda on Jul 26, 2014 21:54:46 GMT 1
Quite possibly. I did actually put that in my initial post but took it out before I actually pressed the button, mainly on the grounds that British swimming seemed to go backwards last year with a terrible World Championship. Good that they're back on the up now but for whatever reason they just don't seem when it really matters.
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Post by Panda on Jul 26, 2014 22:56:53 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia Canada Cyprus England Ghana India Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales DAY 2 Bangladesh Cameroon Jamaica Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Sri Lanka Zambia DAY 3 Isle of Man Mauritius Pakistan
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Post by rewardman on Jul 27, 2014 0:37:28 GMT 1
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Post by suedehead on Jul 27, 2014 0:49:34 GMT 1
Why have you waited until the first time England are not top? Not seem much so far apart from the mens triathlon and the triathlon relay. I didn't realise there was such a thing as a triathlon relay until these games.
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Post by rewardman on Jul 27, 2014 3:00:03 GMT 1
Why have you waited until the first time England are not top? Not seem much so far apart from the mens triathlon and the triathlon relay. I didn't realise there was such a thing as a triathlon relay until these games. I assure you it wasn't planned. I tried to get good medal tables the other day but the images were too poor when I tried to post here so I didn't. I don't get bent out of shape when England do well at sport. Stereotypes don't always apply.
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Post by rewardman on Jul 27, 2014 15:02:02 GMT 1
I trust Scotland will do a great job. Watching from afar I'll pay most attention to the athletics but I'll take any medal for Scotland even if it's in the more 'obscure' events. Is it being shown in the US at all? I discovered that it is being screened here but it's on a premium sports channel that I don't subscribe to. Can't recall its name at the moment.
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Post by Panda on Jul 27, 2014 22:55:05 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia Canada Cyprus England Ghana India Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales DAY 2 Bangladesh Cameroon Jamaica Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Sri Lanka Zambia DAY 3 Isle of Man Mauritius Pakistan DAY 4 Bahamas Kenya Namibia Uganda
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Post by rewardman on Jul 28, 2014 4:36:44 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jul 28, 2014 23:29:04 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia Canada Cyprus England Ghana India Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales DAY 2 Bangladesh Cameroon Jamaica Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Sri Lanka Zambia DAY 3 Isle of Man Mauritius Pakistan DAY 4 Bahamas Kenya Namibia Uganda DAY 5 Mozambique
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 29, 2014 0:49:47 GMT 1
My first day at the Commonwealth Games today, and rather fun it was too. Started at the beautifully located Kelvingrove Bowls Club. Excitement in the Men's Pairs Final, where Scotland thrashed Malaysia. Then some gymnastics. Here's England's Louis Smith in action on the pommel horse. And finished with weightlifting. New Zealand's Richard Patterson celebrates winning a gold medal, after lifting 184kg in the clean and jerk.
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Post by Panda on Jul 29, 2014 23:10:27 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia Canada Cyprus England Ghana India Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales DAY 2 Bangladesh Cameroon Jamaica Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Sri Lanka Zambia DAY 3 Isle of Man Mauritius Pakistan DAY 4 Bahamas Kenya Namibia Uganda DAY 5 Mozambique DAY 6 Barbados Fiji Grenada Trinidad & Tobago
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Post by o on Jul 30, 2014 12:38:54 GMT 1
The silver medal in the ladies 1500 was well won on effort, also Gemili getting silver was excellent as well!
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Post by Panda on Jul 30, 2014 22:17:47 GMT 1
First ever medal for Kiribati! And it's gold!!
Great day for England in gymnastics and diving and another gold medal for Greg Rutherford. England back on top of the medal table and with a really good chance of staying there now the swimming has finished. Australia don't seem to have as much talent across the different sports as the home nations do.
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Post by suedehead on Jul 30, 2014 23:03:31 GMT 1
Congratulations to Kiribati although I have to admit that "picking something heavy up from the floor" is not my idea of an exciting sport.
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Post by Panda on Jul 30, 2014 23:14:05 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia Canada Cyprus England Ghana India Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales DAY 2 Bangladesh Cameroon Jamaica Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Sri Lanka Zambia DAY 3 Isle of Man Mauritius Pakistan DAY 4 Bahamas Kenya Namibia Uganda DAY 5 Mozambique DAY 6 Barbados Fiji Grenada Trinidad & Tobago DAY 7 Kiribati
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