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zuvuyeay on 08 August 2012
Conegamer said:
zuvuyeay said:

here come the russians now about time,

do they keep those gold post boxes for ever or just a while,

i don't understand why they changed the rule for cycling when they don't change it for swimming,the olympics isn't amateur anymore its about seeing the best in the world compete,i was wacthing the ladies gymanstics who are so amazing they truly are,especially in the matrix cam,how the hell do they do these things but they are restricted to 2 a country i don't agree with this if for example 3 romanians are in the top six of the world,

i don't want to be a killjoy but please the aussie v england is the battle not great britain which is 4 countries,let the aussies join up with 3 other countries to make it a fair fight,i doubt the aussies give a monkeys about a scot winning anything i know i don't

i'd like to see a break down of england,scotland,wales Ni medals before i start crowing to the aussies

I think the English have won about 16 of the 22 Golds, and around 38 of the 48 medals.


a few team golds have multi people not sure if we'd win alone but who knows,

it is interetsing on how they choose events though isn't it,surely every sport will be included one day,how do they choose taekwondo(spelling?) over all over of those type of sports for example and yeah what about snooker or darts,lol,full on rugby etc,personally i wouldn't have mens football but i would have ladies football or maybe just under 21 for mens but then whats the point in that,

i wonder who makes these deciisions and why

edit @ ajesecent test cricket in the olympics,lol,would be hilarious 20/20 could work but maybe better for the commonwealth games first like they have rugby sevens now which i think will be in the olympics next apparently like golf will be



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Exile1987 on 08 August 2012
zuvuyeay said:
kowenicki said:
zuvuyeay said:

here come the russians now about time,

do they keep those gold post boxes for ever or just a while,

i don't understand why they changed the rule for cycling when they don't change it for swimming,the olympics isn't amateur anymore its about seeing the best in the world compete,i was wacthing the ladies gymanstics who are so amazing they truly are,especially in the matrix cam,how the hell do they do these things but they are restricted to 2 a country i don't agree with this if for example 3 romanians are in the top six of the world,

i don't want to be a killjoy but please the aussie v england is the battle not great britain which is 4 countries,let the aussies join up with 3 other countries to make it a fair fight,i doubt the aussies give a monkeys about a scot winning anything i know i don't

i'd like to see a break down of england,scotland,wales Ni medals before i start crowing to the aussies


The Aussies have been dishing it out for years.  Now that we regularly kick their ass in cricket, won the rugby world cup against them in their own country and have beaten them at the last two olympics..... its gone strangely quiet.  They serve it but they cant take it.  I have a few aussie mates who are oh so quiet at the moment.  Its just banter.

i know its banter and i know i will come across as a prick but still i don't know of any epic australia v great britain battles in sport unless i'm forgetting something,

personally i'd like to be just england in sport in everything we do including athletics and other olympic sports like in the commonwealth games where the aussies win incidentally and sir chris hoy will be racing for scotland in glasgow in 2014,if i was french or itlaian i'd be wondering why we can have different teams for different events,there are no great britain teams in a rugby world cup or six nations or in a world cup or euros etc but GB in athletics olympics and world championships plus every minor sport going,doesn't make sense to me and i don't like it,just my politics but i'd rather we went alone or we have a britsh premier league for football/rugby etc and one national team with one govt in westminster or just split for good

on a lighter note the dutch like their hockey don't they,must have a good setup like they do for footy,always good,

The problem is all the fast people stayed in Britain, all the slow ones got caught and were sent to Australia.

 



zuvuyeay on 08 August 2012
Exile1987 said:
zuvuyeay said:
kowenicki said:
zuvuyeay said:

here come the russians now about time,

do they keep those gold post boxes for ever or just a while,

i don't understand why they changed the rule for cycling when they don't change it for swimming,the olympics isn't amateur anymore its about seeing the best in the world compete,i was wacthing the ladies gymanstics who are so amazing they truly are,especially in the matrix cam,how the hell do they do these things but they are restricted to 2 a country i don't agree with this if for example 3 romanians are in the top six of the world,

i don't want to be a killjoy but please the aussie v england is the battle not great britain which is 4 countries,let the aussies join up with 3 other countries to make it a fair fight,i doubt the aussies give a monkeys about a scot winning anything i know i don't

i'd like to see a break down of england,scotland,wales Ni medals before i start crowing to the aussies


The Aussies have been dishing it out for years.  Now that we regularly kick their ass in cricket, won the rugby world cup against them in their own country and have beaten them at the last two olympics..... its gone strangely quiet.  They serve it but they cant take it.  I have a few aussie mates who are oh so quiet at the moment.  Its just banter.

i know its banter and i know i will come across as a prick but still i don't know of any epic australia v great britain battles in sport unless i'm forgetting something,

personally i'd like to be just england in sport in everything we do including athletics and other olympic sports like in the commonwealth games where the aussies win incidentally and sir chris hoy will be racing for scotland in glasgow in 2014,if i was french or itlaian i'd be wondering why we can have different teams for different events,there are no great britain teams in a rugby world cup or six nations or in a world cup or euros etc but GB in athletics olympics and world championships plus every minor sport going,doesn't make sense to me and i don't like it,just my politics but i'd rather we went alone or we have a britsh premier league for football/rugby etc and one national team with one govt in westminster or just split for good

on a lighter note the dutch like their hockey don't they,must have a good setup like they do for footy,always good,

The problem is all the fast people stayed in Britain, all the slow ones got caught and were sent to Australia.

 


oh the irony of being sent to aussie as punishment and a worse life,it took a while but still



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ethomaz on 08 August 2012

Broze for Juliana/Larissa (BRA) in female beach volleyball.

Congrats.



Carl on 08 August 2012

USA had a brilliant night.

3 Golds, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze in Athletics?



                            

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Ajescent on 08 August 2012

terrible day for GB, nil point...



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Conegamer on 08 August 2012
benao87 said:
Carl2291 said:
Conegamer said:
I'm amazed, we have 5 boxing medals confirmed, and both hockey teams in the semis. Just how.many medals can we get? More than the US or China? I.doubt it, but who knows...



No chance, Conegamer. Maybe if they didn't stop us from destroying everyone in Cycling with the shit rule...

They're too far ahead.


I've read alot about that in this thread, whats that rule?

And I really hope Golf doesn't get in. Talking about that, why isn't inline speed skating in?

Basically, you're only allowed one athelete from each country to compete in each event, rather than the fastest as in every single other sport (so you can have around 5 Americans in the Athletics, but imagine if you had to choose only one, e.g. Bolt and Blake). 

It's a stupid rule, designed to limit GB success. More fool them, we won 7/10 gold, a Silver, a Bronzeand were dsq from a certain silver at least for a pointless reason.



 

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Ajescent on 08 August 2012

The flying side-kick of doom in the bronze medal match confirms why I love Taekwondo so much



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benao87 on 08 August 2012
Conegamer said:
benao87 said:


I've read alot about that in this thread, whats that rule?

And I really hope Golf doesn't get in. Talking about that, why isn't inline speed skating in?

Basically, you're only allowed one athelete from each country to compete in each event, rather than the fastest as in every single other sport (so you can have around 5 Americans in the Athletics, but imagine if you had to choose only one, e.g. Bolt and Blake). 

It's a stupid rule, designed to limit GB success. More fool them, we won 7/10 gold, a Silver, a Bronzeand were dsq from a certain silver at least for a pointless reason.

Why and who pushed that rule? Personally I think there are too many swimming events.



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mjk45 on 08 August 2012
Conegamer said:
benao87 said:
Carl2291 said:
Conegamer said:
I'm amazed, we have 5 boxing medals confirmed, and both hockey teams in the semis. Just how.many medals can we get? More than the US or China? I.doubt it, but who knows...



No chance, Conegamer. Maybe if they didn't stop us from destroying everyone in Cycling with the shit rule...

They're too far ahead.


I've read alot about that in this thread, whats that rule?

And I really hope Golf doesn't get in. Talking about that, why isn't inline speed skating in?

Basically, you're only allowed one athelete from each country to compete in each event, rather than the fastest as in every single other sport (so you can have around 5 Americans in the Athletics, but imagine if you had to choose only one, e.g. Bolt and Blake). 

It's a stupid rule, designed to limit GB success. More fool them, we won 7/10 gold, a Silver, a Bronzeand were dsq from a certain silver at least for a pointless reason.

get over it those type of rules have effected other countries over the years as well  ,its not the first time .



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