Posted August 17, 2008 Oh my jesus! Got up this morning, looked at the medal table and we're third OH MY! Loved the last of the rowing this morning <3 The Olympics, been totally addicted. Fuck Big Brother, this is entertainment Shocked me too. It won't last but it's nice to be so high up the table. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 17, 2008 I watched the first half of the marathon last night. Paula Radcliffe was falling away by that point, so its no big surprise that she didn't challenge for a medal. Tennis! I was hoping Safina would have taken the gold, but silver ain't so bad. In the mens, fooking Nadal got the gold. Gonzales played some decent stuff, just bottled it at the most crucial moments. Anyone watching the badminton then? The mens final in it should be something spectacular. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 17, 2008 11 golds, 25 medals in total, 3rd in the table. Good times! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 17, 2008 11 golds, 25 medals in total, 3rd in the table. Good times! Shame we have a poor Track and Field Team; it would be nice to finish above the Aussie's for once... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 17, 2008 Apparently this is GBs best Olympic performance since 1920. Jolly good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 17, 2008 Fantastic stuff from the Brits today. Couldn't believe it when I woke up and saw we'd won another 4 golds. Should be able to get a few more in the cycling over the next few days too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 17, 2008 We're beating Australia... We're beating Australia... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 19, 2008 Christine Ohuruogu just won us the 400m gold. That was such a good race, and as the commentator said "I hope everyone watching is proud of her" - because knowing the british press they'll just bring up the 3 missed drug tests in 2006 that led to a ban for a while. Actually no, knowing the british press now she's won a gold for us the drugs tests will be forgotten about and won't be mentioned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 19, 2008 YAY, Ireland finally have got some medals... 2 boxers got to the semi finals of their weight classes, which means guaranteed medal since both semi final losers get a bronze. Now the question is which colour will they bring home, will it be bronze or will they get to fight for the gold... come on I wanna hear our anthem played in Beijing at least once Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 19, 2008 YAY, Ireland finally have got some medals... 2 boxers got to the semi finals of their weight classes, which means guaranteed medal since both semi final losers get a bronze. Now the question is which colour will they bring home, will it be bronze or will they get to fight for the gold... come on I wanna hear our anthem played in Beijing at least once There isn't a third place play-off? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 19, 2008 There isn't a third place play-off? Not in boxing for some reason. No idea why. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 19, 2008 This has been utter shite for Portugal, we had so many hopes for some athletes and non won anything. Here's hoping for the female triathlon. Unfortunately... At least we have a Silver, which isn't bad, but the rest of the results are very disappointing. Obikwelu and Naide flunked, Telma was robbed, Lima was 1 single point from winning a medal... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 19, 2008 Shame we have a poor Track and Field Team; it would be nice to finish above the Aussie's for once... The aussies have an even worse track and field team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 19, 2008 The aussies have an even worse track and field team. We're really only doing better than them because Phelps did so well in the swimming and stopped them winning loads of the medals they (or Ian Thorpe, who's now retired) usually win. Doesn't bother me though, we're doing great and that's all that counts. The lottery money is looking like it's been put to good use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 20, 2008 Yeh, that 200m run was phenomenal. I honestly didn't think he would beat Johnson's record. If he hadn't of bent for the line, he wouldn't have beaten it. But good on him. He completely blow the field away again. It just shows how far ahead of the other athletes he is. I mean, if you look at the current young athletes running the circuit with him, there really isn't anyone out there that can compete with Bolt. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 20, 2008 Wohoo... another Irishman gets to the semis of his boxing weightclass, Darren Sutherland in the middleweight division. That makes 3 medals... all boxing.... if these guys can pull off the triple and all bring home the gold it should bring new reason for the sterotype of Irishmen doing nothing but drinking and fighting, cuz that's apparently what we're best at Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 20, 2008 Bolt is a joke. He can go faster. He will go faster. He's 22 (as of today) and definitely hasn't reached his prime yet. Bolt will best both of those records at least once before his career is through. Disgusting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2008 3rd in the table. Good times! Try telling that to an American. Unlike the rest of the world, the American media show the table sorted by total medals, which puts the US comfortably in first place and us down below Russia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2008 Woo! Portugal finally won a gold medal! It's not as good as we could've done... But a gold and a silver are pretty good, nonetheless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2008 Yaaahuu! Iceland just beat the snot out of Spain in handball 36-30 Iceland is now playing for the gold tomorrow against france Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2008 Jamaica just won the 4x100m by a second. Amazing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 23, 2008 Yaaahuu!Iceland just beat the snot out of Spain in handball 36-30 Iceland is now playing for the gold tomorrow against france Norway is playing for gold against Russia in the woman's game So far Norway got 1 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Edit: Gold for Norway in woman's handball We crushed Russia 34-27. At best we were eleven goals ahead. We also got a woman in the finals for taekwondo(67+kg). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 23, 2008 Awesome, and people think football is bad. The taekwondo guy just kicked the ref in the head after a bad decision. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 23, 2008 S***...Anyone watching Taekwondo? A Cuban player just kicked the referee in the head for disqualifying him. 0_0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
