Athletics - Running and Jumping and Throwing and stuff!

[Lord Camomile]

Who said it first? (As in, in reality, not the other thread)

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Wait, you could be right there, 4 in total.

As we were...

Ennis, Rutherford, Farah - Gold

Ohuruogo (sp?) - Silver

 

[Lord Camomile]

Yes, yes, we're all back on the same page now. Everything got a little excitable, ok?

 

[belboid]

Anyone?

he's concentrating on the 200

 

[Lord Camomile]

Yeah, in the end I had to google it. You bastards.

(Cheers )

 

[quimcunx]

Who said it first? (As in, in reality, not the other thread)

The sports reporter on BBC news.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yes, yes, we're all back on the same page now. Everything got a little excitable, ok?

Speak for yourself

 

[Maggot]

10pm hardly strikes me as the optimum time for the human body to perform at its best. How fast would they be at 10am?

Good point.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Anyway, now that's all over, have the Mini retrievers been mentioned on this thread?

 

[smmudge]

But it was 4pm in Jamaica.

 

[quimcunx]

But it was 4pm in Jamaica.

Nap time in my book.

 

[quimcunx]

Yes, yes, we're all back on the same page now. Everything got a little excitable, ok?

Is that what you say after showing people 9.63 secs of excitement?

 

[smmudge]

I'm sure feeling sleepy is a real problem for athletes just about to run a 100m final at the Olympics

 

[Lord Camomile]

Is that what you say after showing people 9.63 secs of excitement?

No, generally I'm never on the same page after that.

 

[1927]

They're the only ones allowed to advertise etc. Stupid innit, pretty much counts for fuck all. See about Dr Dre's headphones? Guerilla advertising, they gave non-samsung etc phones to team gb, dusguised with union jacks

whole lot's a loada bollox tbh

How are Adidas the only ones allowed to advertise at the Olympics, tahts a load of bollcks.

Every team has their own suppliers, some Adidas, some Nike, Jamaican team are supplied by Puma as are many other teams!

 

[Hollis]

I know every Olympics 100m final is hyped up, but has there ever been one so hotly anticipated.

Yes - 1988 Seoul. Even Inverdale was playing down Carl Lewis, Johnson rightly corrected him.

 

[kabbes]

Christine Ohuruogu really is astonishing. To put it in context: a month ago, lots of people were still saying she shouldn't even be in the GB team because she was too slow, there were others better, she is past it etc. And yet she is disappointed with silver! That, my friends, is a winner. That's why she has a world championship gold and an Olympic gold and silver. Absolute self-belief.

She executes her plan perfectly too. Times it to perfection and runs through the field, time after time. Not the best on paper but a fantastic big-match racer. It was almost a carbon copy of four years ago.

 

[Maggot]

But it was 4pm in Jamaica.

What has that got to do with it? The Jamaican athletes will have adjusted to British Summertime.

 

[paulhackett]

What has that got to do with it? The Jamaican athletes will have adjusted to British Summertime.

By running with umbrellas..

 

[Lord Camomile]

Wow, our discus thrower was rather happy with his third throw

 

[Ich bin ein Mod]

Just a tad. As was his coach.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Wow, our discus thrower was rather happy with his third throw

Grrr! I can only get text commentary at work so can't see this. Well done him

 

[Espresso]

I read somewhere today that he has a place at Oxford to read law, but he put it on hold so as he could train for the Olympics.
Crikey.
If he was the prosecution, I'd be admitting to most things.

 

[agricola]

One of the favourites for the 1500m - Taoufik Makhloufi - who comfortably won his semi-final - has been thrown out of the Olympics for not trying in the 800m, which his national team tried but failed to remove him from.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19152117

 

[twistedAM]

One of the favourites for the 1500m - Taoufik Makhloufi - who comfortably won his semi-final - has been thrown out of the Olympics for not trying in the 800m, which his national team tried but failed to remove him from.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19152117

That's well harsh. There was a French cyclist who pulled out of the road race after 5km so he could concentrate on track events.

 

[twistedAM]

Christine Ohuruogu really is astonishing. To put it in context: a month ago, lots of people were still saying she shouldn't even be in the GB team because she was too slow, there were others better, she is past it etc. And yet she is disappointed with silver! That, my friends, is a winner. That's why she has a world championship gold and an Olympic gold and silver. Absolute self-belief.

She executes her plan perfectly too. Times it to perfection and runs through the field, time after time. Not the best on paper but a fantastic big-match racer. It was almost a carbon copy of four years ago.

Still feel dodgy about her and the drugs tests many years ago. With some sporting bodies, missing a series of tests is worse than failing one.

 

[Lord Camomile]

One of the favourites for the 1500m - Taoufik Makhloufi - who comfortably won his semi-final - has been thrown out of the Olympics for not trying in the 800m, which his national team tried but failed to remove him from.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19152117

The 24-year-old completed barely 200m of his heat before quitting.

Fuck's sake, why do they make it so blatant?! At least complete the fucking race

Can see it here

 

[butchersapron]

Because he thought.had been told that was enough. That is too harsh and too OTT penalty.

 

[Idaho]

Still feel dodgy about her and the drugs tests many years ago. With some sporting bodies, missing a series of tests is worse than failing one.

There are four kinds of athletes, those who get caught doping, those who don't get caught doping, freaks of nature who can compete without doping, and honest people who never win anything.

 

[Ranbay]