[Closed] The Olympics

Rockape63

This isn't the Olympic doping thread, we can all do that if we want! This is a thread to discuss sport

You should probably just ban the next person who breaks the rules on your forum.

Dismissing performances of people you know nothing about is just spoiling it and depressing me!

Sorry, but it's a depressing affair. Human nature is generally to win at any cost. When the rewards are so high corruption and cheating are inevitable. The best I support I can muster is to find sporting heroes that you can offer a level of trust based upon truly decent personality. And hope for the best.

Plus campaign for transparent sporting organisation. The IOC has done enormous damage by letting Russia off the hook. One can only begin to imagine the influence Putin's cronies had in that output.

[quote=slimjim78 ]One look at the table of banned athletes or athletes whom have tested positive and the total number damns each and every other athlete by virtue of the sheer volume of the guilty.

My last comment on this (on this thread, feel free to do a doping thread as suggested), what is the volume of athletes who haven't ever tested positive or been implicated in scandals? You can't damn the majority for the actions of a small minority. Not that personal anecdotes matter, but even if you're just sticking to Olympic athletes then you're damning people I know and have trained with, who are certainly clean.

We done golf at the Olympics yet? What's that about?!

Depends MrBlobby, is your glass half empty or half full?

Sorry to head back on topic but Katherine Grainger and Vicky Thornley just won silver. Wahey! 😀

[quote=mrblobby ]We done golf at the Olympics yet? What's that about?!

They do at least seem not to spoil their walk by lifting both feet off the ground at once...

Lots of mixed emotions for Thornley and Grainger there - as the commentators keep saying a silver is an amazing result from where they came from (though I suspect that a week ago they knew how well they were going and that they did stand a chance), but they seemed to be struggling to contain the disappointment of not going one better given where they were with 30s to go. Hopefully they'll go away really pleased with the silver (it's not like Beijing where the quad were strong favourites), but I bet there will always be a little bit of thinking "what if".

Jumping fish!

They do at least seem not to spoil their walk by lifting both feet off the ground at once...

Topical interjection there, the Italian walking precious gold medal winner has just been banned for eight years for steroid abuse. This following his previous ban for doping.
The daftest event of all, and cheating.

Fiji are quite good at 7's is the non news of the day. Into final so guaranteed a first olympic medal for fiji

GB v Fiji in the 7's final

GET IN YOU BEAUTIES!!!!

James Davies is pretty good at 7's, quite surprised. However Mrs Anagallis twice referred to the team as England so we are now getting divorced!!

Everyone staying up for the final, then?

Wooohoooo

Fiji playing a different game to Britain. Has to be said GB are dull as **** to watch

Is that really Fijis first medal? Blimey. What time is the final?

slimjim78 - Member

The Russians shouldn't be there. It's one big horridly organised political shit-fest.

Worst atmosphere at an Olympics ever. The road race safety, green pool, crowds(?) are a shambolic joke.

Celebrating a bronze like a gold is exactly the reason you'll never win gold.

Hey ho, at least we have Bolt to look forward to. The man who has run massively faster than the four other fastest proven drug taking sprinters in history.
Who to put his astonishing world record achievements into perspective, is akin to slaughtering an EPO riddled Armstrong up Ventoux, on a Raleigh Grifter.

Pfffftt.

slimjim78 - Member

One look at the table of banned athletes or athletes whom have tested positive and the total number damns each and every other athlete by virtue of the sheer volume of the guilty.

Re Bolt - he has utterly destroyed the competition by apparently not even running a perfect race. We aren't talking about someone who is just a bit better than a few others, we are talking about a relative chasm of time faster - hugely faster than those with 'better sprinting physiques and techniques', all riddled with massive performance enhancing drugs.
The 4 closest men to him in the history of his event (miles behind Bolt, miles ahead of the rest) are all proven cheats.
To suggest/hope that this speed is purely down to his chicken nugget diet, long legs, and cheeky personality is pretty much absurd.
Unfortunately, Bolt defenders now sound like Armstrong defenders did, before the biggest doping scandal in history unraveled.

Despite this, bizarrely, I still hope that Bolt is clean.

slimjim78 - Member

Dismissing performances of people you know nothing about is just spoiling it and depressing me!

Sorry, but it's a depressing affair. Human nature is generally to win at any cost. When the rewards are so high corruption and cheating are inevitable. The best I support I can muster is to find sporting heroes that you can offer a level of trust based upon truly decent personality. And hope for the best.

Plus campaign for transparent sporting organisation. The IOC has done enormous damage by letting Russia off the hook. One can only begin to imagine the influence Putin's cronies had in that output.

slimjim78 - Member

They do at least seem not to spoil their walk by lifting both feet off the ground at once...

Topical interjection there, the Italian walking precious gold medal winner has just been banned for eight years for steroid abuse. This following his previous ban for doping.
The daftest event of all, and cheating.

Still no...

... I can see that you're trying to say something, you little ray of sunshine, you. But I'm just not seeing it.
Would it be possible to get to the point and actually say what you mean (repeatidly)? 😛

Was just watching on catch up there, fiji are different class eh? I now know what skill is in rugby! would expect them as favourites for the final, aye?

Have to say the rugby has been a class addition to the olympics. 🙂

final is at 11pm, bronze game is at 10.30. 🙂

Was just watching on catch up there, fiji are different class eh? I now know what skill is in rugby! would expect them as favourites for the final, aye?

would be shame for japan to finish this way, done well in the tourney. south africa rampant. hope they pull something back.

edit, good stuff, 14 - 7. :), 21-7 half time.

However Mrs Anagallis twice referred to the team as England so we are now getting divorced!!

😀

I had to endure the second half of GER-BRA handball.
Lots of emphasis on endure.

Incredibly squeaky game.

On a side note, yesterday 7s was shown (in Germany, via internet), but without commentary. It was great.
Now they've since guy commentating. The level is similar if i were to commentate on the ice dancing.

where does the extra time come from?

thought as much, SA march to the bronze 14-54.

Dare to believe....

Oh no a rugby player with a Bale haircut. Noooooo

Hmmmm

some win if they do manage it, from my limited experience (like this tourney) got to be fiji eh?

the power and control is awesome in them.

This isn't looking very good

Jesus. They're big and they're rapid.

well deserved gold for fiji! 😆

no shame in silver for britain, great achievement!

Can barely get away from under our posts.

Had to look away... not great boys!

A complete rout

Slaughter

Some pretty basic handling errors? As the commentators have said, keeping hold of the ball would be a start.

Fiji are playing a different sport to GB.

Looking at the positive, Fiji are going to win their first ever medal. A gold one.

On current form it is utterly deserved!

Scarily awesome

Brilliant Fiji

Fiji are awesome. Well done them!

Fiji open their can of whoop-ass in the final..

Taxi for the England team..

James Davies showed that not all Welsman sing during the anthem!