TrippyLondoner
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Chinese lead in most golds, that's what i always go by. I see we've picked up a bronze and a silver today, in what events were those???
who will win the overall medals table?
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CharlieAddict
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the americans are catching up and the track/field events haven't started yet.
think it'll be close right to the end...
where the fuck is australia?
think it'll be close right to the end...
where the fuck is australia?
TrippyLondoner
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Ah thanks, not bad. 
Still looking forward to the cycling and rowing, we should rise in the medal table after them.
Still looking forward to the cycling and rowing, we should rise in the medal table after them. 
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
southern hemisphere, between new zealand and indonesia
TrippyLondoner
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CharlieAddict
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kyser_soze
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5th, level with Italy on 5 golds altho they're one ahead of Italy on the total. We're 9th level with Russia and Czech Rep with 2 golds., would probably be about 12th on overall haul, with 5 medals so far, same as the Germans, and 1 behind the Japanese...indeed, there are a lot of countries on 3 golds at the moment...
CharlieAddict
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...the tracks haven't started yet - reckon that's where GB should get more medals
and of course, more cycling...
bit disappointed with the americans.
they're usually thrashing the chinese by now.
hope it's not gonna be too one sided....
and of course, more cycling...
bit disappointed with the americans.
they're usually thrashing the chinese by now.
hope it's not gonna be too one sided....
CharlieAddict
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they withdrew loads of their athletes cos of the new drug testing procedures introduced by the IOC and the world anti-drug agency.
the new tests apparently are constant - tested randomly for two weeks...
it's pretty harsh going - just surprised so few americans and chinese have been caught...or am i just too cynical?
The withdrawn Russian urine swappers were just track and field athletes though? The Russians have imploded this week, they should have done better at the gymnastics for a start.
After the Marian Jones/ Justin Gatlin disaster, any more +ve American tests would just blow them all to smithereens.
The Chinese have reputedly spent 20 billion on the games- that can buy you a fuck load of chemistry.
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After the Marian Jones/ Justin Gatlin disaster, any more +ve American tests would just blow them all to smithereens.
The Chinese have reputedly spent 20 billion on the games- that can buy you a fuck load of chemistry.
[/sad cynic]
The withdrawn Russian urine swappers were mostly track and field athletes though, werent they? The Russians have just imploded this week, they should have done better at the gymnastics for a start.
After the Marian Jones/ Justin Gatlin disaster, any more +ve American tests would just blow them all to smithereens.
The Chinese have reputedly spent 20 billion on the games- that can buy you a fuck load of chemistry.
[/sad cynic]
The Koreans have had a wonderful games so far, and in such diverse events.
After the Marian Jones/ Justin Gatlin disaster, any more +ve American tests would just blow them all to smithereens.
The Chinese have reputedly spent 20 billion on the games- that can buy you a fuck load of chemistry.
[/sad cynic]
The Koreans have had a wonderful games so far, and in such diverse events.
CharlieAddict
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the russian gymnastic team have weakened considerably since the late 80s.
gosh as a kid, they use to be scary - thrashing the americans, east germans and the chinese.
nowadays, they're just mediocre.
china have a shitload of medals - and not even ONE is a cheat?
have the PRC bought out the IOC and WADA?
like the americans, the chinese have a bad rep too - i think the 90s was a terrible time for them...
the olympics so far is a success...
i reckon the worse thing that can happen is if china were exposed to be cheats...
that would be dreadful.
interestin article this:
"There's little question that China desperately wants its team to avoid scandal in Beijing. Any drug-tainted performance will be a huge loss of face for a country that wants to prove that its athletic successes can come naturally. In the run-up to Beijing, just before American swimmer Jessica Hardy was cut from the U.S. swimming team because of a positive doping test, China, too, busted its best men's backstroker, Ouyang Kunpeng, for steroid use and slapped him with a lifetime ban. Ouyang claimed that the anabolic agent entered his system through contaminated food, not through deliberate drug use — an explanation that China's anti-doping association didn't buy."
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832730,00.html
yeah the koreans are doing very well.
watched the ladies playing against australia in basketball.
vg game.
CharlieAddict
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cool.
and about time too.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ts-target-with-shot-at-redemption-897223.html
ETA - good article on china's Project 119. 7 years in the making. incredible stuff http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/45023,features,chinas-119-olympic-dreams
and about time too.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ts-target-with-shot-at-redemption-897223.html
ETA - good article on china's Project 119. 7 years in the making. incredible stuff http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/45023,features,chinas-119-olympic-dreams
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they won't win much in the track and field though i shouldnt think. will be interesting to see whether the US will catch back up
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Funnier than he thinks he is.
I am sceptical of some of the chinese performances. they were sating the other day that in the pool some of the chinese swimmers had improved by 10secs this season, that imho is not feasible without some sort of chemical assistance. There is no way a chinese athlete is going to be positively tested, and considering their affiliations I would suspect that the chinese will ensure that tehir mates the russians come out of it OK too.
TrippyLondoner
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Yeh gotta admit i'm slightly skeptical to.
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remember that in the pool we've had more world records than ever before. these new swimming suits plus the amount of work being pumped into chinese sport for the games doesnt make it quite so far fetched for me. pretty much every swimmer has improved huge amounts in times this season. i've no idea what addlington's PB was before the games but considering she broke the world record by more than 2 seconds today, i'd be surprised if her PB hadnt been cut by around 10 seconds as well.
CharlieAddict
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the chinese have pumped so many billions into the olympics.
they've opened bloody factories where they've trained kids and young adults to perform for the last 7 years...shouldn't be that much of a surprise if they've improved by 10 secs+ in the pool.
that's they only thing i don't like about this olympics.
the money spent on producing sportspeople, artificial lakes, stadiums etc...
and yet, you have so much poverty, inequality etc...
eta historically, the chinese have been great performers in weight lifting.
shorter body frame = shorter lifts, less travel.
i train with a chinese powerlifter in grappling and she was demonstrating her strength last friday. it really is silly cos she's so short.
they've opened bloody factories where they've trained kids and young adults to perform for the last 7 years...shouldn't be that much of a surprise if they've improved by 10 secs+ in the pool.
that's they only thing i don't like about this olympics.
the money spent on producing sportspeople, artificial lakes, stadiums etc...
and yet, you have so much poverty, inequality etc...
eta historically, the chinese have been great performers in weight lifting.
shorter body frame = shorter lifts, less travel.
i train with a chinese powerlifter in grappling and she was demonstrating her strength last friday. it really is silly cos she's so short.
CharlieAddict
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surprisingly no...
the US are doing very shit in the track and field events!
and that's a good thing cos for far too long their athletes have given the sport bad name - with their dope positive failures etc.
china are 5 off from their target...impressive stuff.
shame to see their ladies didn't win gold in individual gymnastics - they were exciting to watch.
