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Good shooting, Peter Wilson! Another gold! :thumb:
Conoeing looking good too and guaranteed a medal in the judo later. |
Gold and silver! Flippin' brilliant, boys!! Now 5th in the table! :luxhello:
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Originally Posted by DYK
(Post 10733264)
Get me rope lol Yeah right :rolleyes: |
Good day for team GB .........
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 10734411)
Gold and silver! Flippin' brilliant, boys!! Now 5th in the table! :luxhello:
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Post 135, tattoo thread. ;)
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superb
a good day for GB, just heading off to Horse Guards Parade now!! |
Women's gymnastics is amazing. The stuff they do is insane.
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Shame about the women's cycling eh...
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Originally Posted by DYK
(Post 10734584)
Shame about the women's cycling eh...
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2 world records , just in the prelims :luxhello:
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Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 10734625)
And then the Chinese are disqualified gifting the gold to the Germans. :cuckoo:
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Originally Posted by dpb
(Post 10734638)
Just as it should be, except they weren't disqualified
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:luxhello:
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:luxhello:
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Excellent result in the track cycling, including a new world record .............
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love all the gymnastics events, awsome skills, male and female
even found myself mildly intereseted in rowing events recently, and archery lol diving good too, looking forward to track and feild :) anyone like the boxing? not doing it for me tbh. |
GB in fourth now after the women's skulls. Well done, Katherine and Anna! :thumb:
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Originally Posted by joz8968
(Post 10735682)
I'm glad we've got away from 6 6 6 ;) Could have been a bad omen.
If Rebecca wins the 800m tonight, we'll leapfrog S Korea into 3rd. Which will realistically be our highest placing at the end of the games... Let's see if we can indeed achieve that. :) |
Why not.
Er.... it's something to 'aim' for. A bit of national pride. Not everyone is a 'Games hating' killjoy. |
Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
(Post 10735685)
So ****ing what? Why does it matter to you or me where team jee bee come in the medal table? :lol1:
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TdW, you should take an interest in where your tax money is spent ;)
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Originally Posted by GlesgaKiss
(Post 10735720)
We want our team to win. So the higher up the table the better.
I enjoyed the skill and drama of the gymnastics but reducing it down to nationalism is nauseating. |
Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
(Post 10735743)
It's extremely parochial and jingoistic.
I enjoyed the skill and drama of the gymnastics but reducing it down to nationalism is nauseating. |
The (good :lol1:) countries are all the same as regards the jingoistic aspect.
So nothing to be 'gained' by being frightfully British about it and pretending we're not bothered... Plus, the medals table is based on each country's collective achievement, so it's totally relevant (otherwise a medals table wouldn't exist). Simples. Sport is, ultimately, about winning - and the associated bragging rights. Otherwise topflight sport is pretty pointless... |
Originally Posted by joz8968
(Post 10735761)
The (good :lol1:) countries are all the same as regards the jingoistic aspect.
So nothing to be 'gained' by being frightfully British about it and pretending we're not bothered... Plus, the medals table is based on each country's collective achievement, so it's totally relevant (otherwise a medals table wouldn't exist). Simples. Sport is, ultimately, about winning - and the associated bragging rights. Otherwise topflight sport is pretty pointless... 'lympics was better when it was armature, now we're just cheering on rich corporate reps. Not much romance there for me, maybe a bit of distraction, but the jingoism is nauseating and the media backslapping which goes with it. |
I see where you're coming from. But, rightly or wrongly, it is what it is.
So may as well just go with the flow (resistance is futile)... :lol1: |
Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
(Post 10735779)
It's pathetic. What have the achievements of some national lottery funded athletes got to do with me or you just because we have the same passport?
'lympics was better when it was armature, now we're just cheering on rich corporate reps. Not much romance there for me, maybe a bit of distraction, but the jingoism is nauseating and the media backslapping which goes with it. The French have taken our fourth spot. :mad: |
Bitches' :D Team Pursuit just done a new WR! Qualified in first, beating USA by nearly 4secs!
See, I told you resistance was futile! :lol: |
Originally Posted by JTaylor
(Post 10735786)
...The French have taken our fourth spot. :mad:
It's just not cricket. |
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