posted Aug 14, 2008

Not sure if anyone saw the Swede in the wrestling, but he was strangely given a point against him in the final second, and lost out on a place in the final, he went on to claim a bronze, but after recieving it, he then threw it onto the wrestling mat in protest...


After looking at the incident i think he had a point!!

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posted Aug 14, 2008

People everywhere are not as enthusiastic as they were years ago. Drug taking & the money signs everywhere mean the Olympic spirit, the ideal is not what it was. And the BBC are giving it far too much coverage in relation to the interest shown by the public.

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posted Aug 14, 2008

Great games.

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posted Aug 14, 2008

So neither Murray nor Saunders prepared properly.

Oh well, at least Mark Foster did. The way he carried that flag was simply majestic - it will live with me forever. It was a lifetimes work manifested in that glorious procession. If ever I need a flag carried, I will definately give Mr Foster a call.

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posted Aug 14, 2008

Too many Micky Mouse events in the Olympics. 17 medals awarded for that global sport called Fencing. I've never met anyone who was a "fencer" is it?

Anyway, what are we good at? Yes darts. Let's get it included as an Olympic sport. We'll win loads of medals because you can have dartsmen competing in all different weights from 50 kg category to about 150 kgs. Then there's billiards and snooker. Let's get them in. We're bound to pick up a few medals. On a more serious note, what happened to golf and cricket or Rugby? If you've got football, tennis and basketball, why not?

Oh and I mustn't forget Formula 1.Do the Spanish want bullfighting included?

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posted Aug 14, 2008

No pressure....but does Rebecca automatically qualify for a knighthood if she wins her next race?

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posted Aug 14, 2008

I appear to be all about the less popular sports - I know several people who fence, actually. They all really enjoy it.

Re the longbows/recurve bows debate (recurves are what the Olympics people use) - they're designed for different things. Recurves are more about accuracy, while longbows are for power and distance.

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posted Aug 14, 2008

Is it possible to stand John Inverdale in front of one of the shooting competitions?He makes me cringe every time I hear him.

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posted Aug 15, 2008

Has there been a more fitting name for a sprinter as Usain Bolt?

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posted Aug 15, 2008

"It's too hot"; "I didn't train enough" and now "I've been training for two years now - to know I've not won a medal has taken a big weight off my shoulders.” How much money has been wasted on these poor people, whom we compel to go to Beijing and who, sooner or later, will turn professional and make a killing off the back of state-subsidised training?

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