posted Aug 18, 2008

Good morning folks!!

Are we ready to roll?!?!

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Pranav - great commentary hombre - as good as your Rugby reparte !! Have to say, the Brits have done us proud, and 8 days of action to go ! This is entertainment indeed and your commentary as ever - lively and engaging !!

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posted Aug 18, 2008

"Anyone else noticed that a USA team without Phelps would currently have as many gold medals as Great Britain?"

Not quite because a number of the swimming medals would have been won second placed swimmer (often American) or the substitute in the various relay teams.

Were the US to have taken the Team China approach there is no way they would have had Lochte and co. challenging their compatriots given that gold had already been guaranteed.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

You are so lucky to have this commentary in the UK. I'm in the US and mostly NBC have had good coverage but why oh why are we watching taped events when there is live stuff happening right now? I wish I could post on an NBC website to comment. Sigh....

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posted Aug 18, 2008

I presume that most people on here are at work now or jobless as why would anyone who has to get up early this morning be on here this time of morning.....??

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posted Aug 18, 2008

I'm sad like that.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Talking of the medals table: as an ex-pat in the US, it's amusing to see that US TV stations (including ESPN) and web sites claim that America is top of the medals table based on total medals even though it has fewer Golds than China. Is it exceptionally cynical of me to suggest that these US outlets would adopt the universal, long-standing convention of putting the country with the most Golds first if the circumstances were reversed?

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Ronnie, we are not all on your time zone, I am on Beijing time and at work!

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posted Aug 18, 2008

considering the ratio of the number of medals and population, GB is top of the pile. Anyone can confirm?

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Team GB have really suprised me over the weekend, lets hope they can continue.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Thank you, thank you, thank you. If it wasn't for the live feed I'd barely know Britain were competing in the Olympics, such is my Chinese TV coverage. Back to work in Beijing today, you will keep me sane!

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Evenin/Mornin/Afternoon all.

So, one minor storm in a (China) tea cup here in the US is the correct pronounciation of Beijing. Most of the TV commentators are going with "Bay-shing" invoking much nose wrinkling with the sniffy academics who insist it should be "Bay-jing". So what is the BBC going with?

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Morning guys!

Lets hope for another great day in cycling and sailing as well as excellent performances from our other atheletes elsewhere in the games.

Might be a bit of a comedown day after this weekend's amazing medal haul, but there's no reason we shouldn't expect more golds!

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posted Aug 18, 2008

"considering the ratio of the number of medals and population, GB is top of the pile. Anyone can confirm?"

Possibly, but any analysis should also take into account the total spend of each of the respective teams because if you throw enough money around you'll eventually win golds.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Glad to know i'm not the only one working then.........

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posted Aug 18, 2008

You get addicted to this, my wife and I have had one of the Olympic channels running all the time, Friday nite, watched the boxing all night long: and apparently, the bantam weights more, but some of the boxing seems to not have been judged justly in the eyes of many.

TV use to show more international events like volleyball but that seems to be in the past.

All this, the Holland/Italy waterpolo game that went to a shootout, has been great.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

"considering the ratio of the number of medals and population, GB is top of the pile. Anyone can confirm?"

That's usually the argument of Australians when GB beats them at anything, but I think if you look at countries like Jamaica, NZ, Slovakia and a couple of others you will find than not even Oz can claim that one this time around!

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posted Aug 18, 2008

WOW, GB really stormed through that weekend. Flew right past everyone. Well Done....as an Aussie im hoping our fortunes change in the Cycling.....or anyting else really.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

I presume that most people on here are at work now or jobless as why would anyone who has to get up early this morning be on here this time of morning.....??

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That's the good thing about working in education - 6 weeks off in the summer.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

I would be interested to hear how the BBC is pronouncing Beijing. Brian Williams, who is usually spot on, apparently checked it out with cab drivers and other locals in Beijing and the correct pronunciation is indeed Bay Jing.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

"Talking of the medals table: as an ex-pat in the US, it's amusing to see that US TV stations (including ESPN) and web sites claim that America is top of the medals table based on total medals even though it has fewer Golds than China. Is it exceptionally cynical of me to suggest that these US outlets would adopt the universal, long-standing convention of putting the country with the most Golds first if the circumstances were reversed?"

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They have a long tradition of doing that, perhaps that is a carryover from the Cold War honestly. You know, it might have been different when the big opponent was the USSR: maybe they were vying for total medals hall as much as anything.

Some other news outlets may do that too.

Maybe the IOC has an official stance on this even if they themselves list it golds first, I don't know if that makes it official.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

supernatural transportation?? - look no further than Bradley's bike...

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posted Aug 18, 2008

what a weekend for us brits. Love being above the assuies. makes it even sweeter when you watch the olympics with a bunch of them. Shame about paula radcliffe and Kelly sotherton though i had high hopes for medals there

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Anyone know what time Usain Bolt is on today. Probably fly off my screen again. The cameras cant keep up with that machine.

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posted Aug 18, 2008

Ok for some dannytheref im going bed early up at 2am go to work at 6am get home today early about midday ,same tomorrow then rest of week will most of the action as i get home between 1-2.30.

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