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NintendoPie on 03 August 2012
Conegamer said:
The_Botman said:

Here in the US, channels covering the medal counts just base it on total medals. So the chart would say, 1. US, 2. China, 3. Japan

That's because it'd place the Americans in first, and drop the UK down a couple places. But it's not how the official table is. This is the official medals table, from the official Olympics website:


Don't you think it'd be unfair is Slovakia was ranked on level with Kazakstan, for example? Your media outlet is wrong, they're just spinning it in their favour.

 

And a great day so far today, with a great match with the Tennis, 8-8!

You're wrong, Conegamer.

If that were the case then they would want China to be looking better based off the first few days. 

It's not because they want to make America look better, it's because they do it differently, just like we do everything else differently.



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Conegamer on 03 August 2012

Another truly great tennis match in centre, now 17-17!



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

NintendoPie on 03 August 2012

LOL! One of our track people (Male) has a Sonic tattoo. (Or at least I think he's ours.)



okr on 03 August 2012


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/03/london-2012-philip-hindes-crash-translation?newsfeed=true

Badminton => Asians (from suspicious countries which win too many medals in some people's opinions) => bad girls => "a shame for the Olympic spirit" => disqualified (rightfully)

Cycling => local heroes => good boys => "lost in translation" => "no rule broken" => no further inquiry planned



ethomaz on 03 August 2012

I watched an amazing game between Federer and Del Potro.

The game deserves a tie but Federer won with technical and will.

Federer is ready for Gold.



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Conegamer on 03 August 2012
okr said:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/03/london-2012-philip-hindes-crash-translation?newsfeed=true

Badminton => Asians (from suspicious countries which win too many medals in some people's opinions) => bad girls => "a shame for the Olympic spirit" => disqualified (rightfully)

Cycling => local heroes => good boys => "lost in translation" => "no rule broken" => no further inquiry planned

It's a completely different scenario. The Badminton players were trying to lose, and deliberately played to fail. 

The Cyclists were trying to win, and the actual interview says that his bike was wobbling and unstable, and crashed in order to get his bike sorted out, and play to win. This was confirmed by the officials, otherwise they would have just been disqualified. 



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

Conegamer on 03 August 2012
spurgeonryan said:
So Federer just won The Tennis gold medal? If so, then great!

No, he's in the final, and will play either Murray or Djokovic. Would be great if it was Murray, for a Wimbledon rematch though! 

Great match, 19-17 in the final set at the end.



 

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yo_john117 on 03 August 2012

Wow it appears that the US really does dominate in swimming events. Once that's all over we'll probably drop like a rock.



NintendoPie on 03 August 2012
yo_john117 said:
Wow it appears that the US really does dominate in swimming events. Once that's all over we'll probably drop like a rock.


We're pretty good at Track, too.



okr on 03 August 2012
Conegamer said:
okr said:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/03/london-2012-philip-hindes-crash-translation?newsfeed=true

Badminton => Asians (from suspicious countries which win too many medals in some people's opinions) => bad girls => "a shame for the Olympic spirit" => disqualified (rightfully)

Cycling => local heroes => good boys => "lost in translation" => "no rule broken" => no further inquiry planned

It's a completely different scenario. The Badminton players were trying to lose, and deliberately played to fail. 

The Cyclists were trying to win, and the actual interview says that his bike was wobbling and unstable, and crashed in order to get his bike sorted out, and play to win. This was confirmed by the officials, otherwise they would have just been disqualified. 

Nope, it's not completely different, but you proved what I always thought about doping and sportsmanship: People only care about misuse and only question decisions if their country is not involved. Of course I expected a quick reply telling me they were "just tring to win", even if a 19year old boy - who miraculously seems to be unable to speak proper English despite a British father - admitted he was told by his British coaches to crash for a restart if they start too slowly.

Evil Asian girls => "outrageous, crying shame for the Olympic spirit, burn the witches, plus: their swimmers are all on heavy dope anyway"
Splendid British team => "nothing to see here folks, good sportsmanship by default, just trying to win even if a team member admitted fraud"