The Olympics, London 2012 - A time to be proud

[Siam Sam 964]

Hi,

 

Because of Trainspotting I assumed he was Scottish. Still not really English is he ?

 

That was Irvine Welsh, he only made the film.

Edited July 30, 2012 by Siam Sam

[Montydog 135]

Hi,

 

Because of Trainspotting I assumed he was Scottish. Still not really English is he ?

 

He also directed Slumdog Millionaire, doesn’t make him Indian

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Congrats to Thailand on their first medal - Pimsiri Sirikaew in the weightlifting. A dainty little spinner from Khon Kaen I'm led to believe. Dr. Mick will be over the moon ...

 

Err ...

 

 

Edited July 30, 2012 by CheshireTom

[Siam Sam 964]

Congrats to Thailand on their first medal - Pimsiri Sirikaew in the weightlifting. A dainty little spinner from Khon Kaen I'm led to believe. Dr. Mick will be over the moon ...

 

Err ...

 

 

 

Oh my Buddha. A "gentlemen girl" if I ever I saw one.

[Fornicator 106]

Oh my Buddha. A "gentlemen girl" if I ever I saw one.

 

 

Maybe ladyboy/girl ?

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

Hey CT, that's an awfully big bulge in nether regions!

 

Must be Tampax. Ya, that must be it.

 

[TheFiend 1,181]

Congrats to Thailand on their first medal - Pimsiri Sirikaew in the weightlifting. A dainty little spinner from Khon Kaen I'm led to believe. Dr. Mick will be over the moon ...

 

And another Thai lass just missed out on the Bronze...

[steamer 158]

Been watching lots from the opening ceremony. So far most everything is a snooze fest.

 

The French betting the Yanks in swimming was the most exciting part yet IMO.

[pattaya_mad 208]

I would imagine there are gender tests for the Thai athletes .

[MM 6,562]

Congrats to the USA women's artistic gymnastics team. Gold for their performance, and they managed to shut out China!

Silver to Russia, bronze to Romania. No need to cry, girls!

 

Sent from my GT-I9300

[Siam Sam 964]

I think I need to change the title of this thread.

[MM 6,562]

I think I need to change the title of this thread.

Yeah, how's that medal hunt going?

 

Sent from my GT-I9300

[Idefix 2,275]

I think I need to change the title of this thread.

Don't worry Siam Sam, only 4 days until now and still 12 to play.

Organizing country usually makes a good score due to high motivation

[jacko 8,822]

Don't worry Siam Sam, only 4 days until now and still 12 to play.

Organizing country usually makes a good score due to high motivation

They were punching above their weight in Beijing..... an excellent tally there. Poor so far on home turf. Edited August 1, 2012 by jacko

[steamer 158]

Well, Canada is ahead of pace compared to Beijing so things are lookin' good so far.

 

The Tsonga- Raonic match was incredible and I'm not a tennis fan.

[Siam Sam 964]

Don't worry Siam Sam, only 4 days until now and still 12 to play.

Organizing country usually makes a good score due to high motivation

 

As long as we get the most medals out of the European nations I'll be happy but I fear we won't even achieve that now. Still, I've always got going out on penalties in the quarter final of the world cup in two years time to look forward to.

[atlas2 4,329]

Congrats to the USA women's artistic gymnastics team. Gold for their performance, and they managed to shut out China!

Silver to Russia, bronze to Romania. No need to cry, girls!

 

Sent from my GT-I9300

 

I can't help this.....and I don't like myself for it but.......

 

I'm becoming increasingly.........anti Chinese. I don't resent their success........What am I saying? I do resent it. Just as I resented the East Germans for the means they employed to trounce the rest of the world.

 

The Chinese seem to have adopted the old East German template. Picking children by body-type and enslaving them in the most extreme of physical regimes.

 

Anyway, I'm not proud of this but I've found myself cheering on anyone with a chance of denying them gold as vocally as I do the GB team.

 

Anyone else feeling like this?

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Anyone else feeling like this?

 

I think it's a bit easy to get carried away ... Lot's of press reports have picked up on the 16 year-old Chinese girl who has big hands and feet that apparently assist her in water sports. I recall a 14 year old who had been identified at the age of 8 as having similar attributes being sent to Beijing to compete in aquatic events by Team GB - nobody kicked up a fuss then.

 

As it is, UK Sport have put together a well established talent identification programme, right down to hormonal markers and saliva screening. Imagine being rejected as a six year-old for no other reason than your spit ain't up to scratch - it's frightening! Sports science has developed hugely in the last 10 years or so, it would be naive to think that the Chinese haven't got their finger on the pulse, so to speak. It's a huge subject, probably worthy of its own thread ... personally I reckon that if Chinese swimmers have a dodgy history, where does that leave Jamaican sprinters? I was reading earlier today about gene doping ... scary stuff!

 

As an aside ... this had me in stitches ...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Hw5dWgfOM

Edited August 1, 2012 by CheshireTom

[wacmedia 277]

I think it's a bit easy to get carried away ... Lot's of press reports have picked up on the 16 year-old Chinese girl who has big hands and feet that apparently assist her in water sports. I recall a 14 year old who had been identified at the age of 8 as having similar attributes being sent to Beijing to compete in aquatic events by Team GB - nobody kicked up a fuss then.

 

 

Hi,

 

I'm not a great fan of the Chinese but in this case I think it is propaganda. Ian Thorpe was on BBC and said he improved a lot around tthis age and that it is not unusual. I like the swimmers as they are freaks of nature and I dont think they need drugs. Sprinters in athletics are a different kettle of fish but I think Bolt is another freak and as such may not need any drugs. In the past we had sprinters like Johnson, Christie and too many Americans to mention who looked like they were on all sorts of drugs.

[CheshireTom 1,377]

Hi,

 

I'm not a great fan of the Chinese but in this case I think it is propaganda. Ian Thorpe was on BBC and said he improved a lot around tthis age and that it is not unusual. I like the swimmers as they are freaks of nature and I dont think they need drugs. Sprinters in athletics are a different kettle of fish but I think Bolt is another freak and as such may not need any drugs. In the past we had sprinters like Johnson, Christie and too many Americans to mention who looked like they were on all sorts of drugs.

 

I worked on the Asian Games in Qatar in 2006 and for various reasons I became friendly with the anti-doping people ... they seemed to be mainly from Australia and New Zealand (maybe that was a throwback to the Sidney Olympic and Melbourne Commonwealth Games). They used to explain the science of it all to me, but it was a constant game of catch-up for them - it could take forever just to get a test or testing procedure approved. We had a test athletics event before the actual Games where Gatlin broke the world record but the medics just shrugged. A couple of weeks later it was revealed he had already tested positive. I'm sure I read recently that he'd just run a new personal best - not bad for a man over 30. That said, it would be unfair to just highlight Gatlin - IMHO, it's a disgrace that Chambers and Millar are part of the GB team.

 

Back to the sport - Wiggins, Froome et al are on the go soon ...

 

You'll enjoy (if that's the right word) this vid ....

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIR3d2wVgtQ

Edited August 1, 2012 by CheshireTom

[Siam Sam 964]

Two golds and eleventh in the medal table! There's hope yet..............

[TheFiend 1,181]

Two golds and eleventh in the medal table! There's hope yet..............

 

And above the Aussies.....

[jacko 8,822]

I can't help this.....and I don't like myself for it but.......

 

I'm becoming increasingly.........anti Chinese. I don't resent their success........What am I saying? I do resent it. Just as I resented the East Germans for the means they employed to trounce the rest of the world.

 

The Chinese seem to have adopted the old East German template. Picking children by body-type and enslaving them in the most extreme of physical regimes.

 

Anyway, I'm not proud of this but I've found myself cheering on anyone with a chance of denying them gold as vocally as I do the GB team.

 

Anyone else feeling like this?

Yes......I felt pleased to see their badminton pair booted!

[atlas2 4,329]

Yes' BAD'MING' ton.

 

Having said that all the countries involved have made the right noises publically about it!

[Siam Sam 964]

Three more golds today! That's more like it. Fifth in the medal table and one medal behind France.