London 2012

[Leonormous Boozer]

I was watching one of team GB's boxers about half an hour ago. I forget his name but the shocking part of the fight was how badly it was judged in his favor. The first round he won 7-4 he deserved to be leading but probably not by that much but in the second round, everyone including Jim Neely commenting thought the Indian had won the round convincingly enough but the score went 9-5 in the British boxers favor giving him a 16-9 lead going into the last round where the Indian completely dominated much more than GB in round 1 but only won the round 7-4.

If the judging remains like this for the GB fighters I worry for Katie Taylor who is most likely going to fight a brit in her first bout.

I'm not accusing anyone in the GB set up of anything as it is all independent judging but the same thing happened in the Beijing light heavyweight final where the Chinese boxer was judged into a gold medal quite easily against Irish boxer Kenneth Egan when most people saw it as a very close fight.

 

[smartcooky]

Awkward

http://tvnz.co.nz/olympics-2012/aussie-broadcaster-wipes-nz-off-olympic-medal-table-5006115

Nah, doesn't bother us really. Its par for the course for the one-eye and blinkered media in the West Island. Who needs approval or acknowledgement from a bunch of convict descendants anyway?

 

[admartian]

Angry? haha over something some poster on trf wrote? okay you got me bro.

You can have your idea, i font like it though.

If you were going to rid of a sport from the Olympics why not get rid of those that have higher level of comp outside the olympics.

Seemed it anyway. :lol:

That's a fair point - since they've gimped the Soccer/Football (well FIFA has anyway) and that the NBA is looking to do the same with the Basketball. Tennis looks to be another one they could do away with if they had a chance.

Nah, doesn't bother us really. Its par for the course for the one-eye and blinkered media in the West Island. Who needs approval or acknowledgement from a bunch of convict descendants anyway?

Yeah it's actually laughable. Just see any time the ABs/Kiwis/Blackcaps beat their teams (blackcaps least so ) - and you'll see coverage/analysis of it dropped or a given a very brief mention in Aussie tv/publication.

At least here, we take the time to lambast our sportsmen for losing giving both winning and losing. Not perfect, but at least it's acknowledged.







On topic; good on GB getting Golds and medals all over the place. Always good to see home teams do it. I've never really seen the big deal in winning big games/tournaments for the home side, but after last year's RWC atmosphere, I usually tend to root for the home nations now (providing there isn't a Kiwi in the midst of it ).

Except for France....

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Fixed.

Zing!

 

[Groundhog]

John Jooooooooooooooooooee Nevin

 

[dudeabides]

Some race, huh? Wow that guy is fast.

 

[Draggs]

Some race, huh? Wow that guy is fast.

Yeah, but only one man in it.
Superb athlete, Bolt.
Toulon's next Rugby conversion? Can't be worse than Willie.

 

[lucky number 7]

Nevin is class , Bolt is class.

Murray looked awkward after winning , it's like he didn't know what to do...

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Annalise Murphy is in the medal race tomorrow and needs to finish ahead of one of the other three leaders for a medal.

With Katie Taylor in with a chance of securing a medal and Annalise Murphy in medal contention it could be one of the best days in Irish Olympic history... That is quite sad really.

 

[lucky number 7]

Annalise Murphy is in the medal race tomorrow and needs to finish ahead of one of the other three leaders for a medal.

With Katie Taylor in with a chance of securing a medal and Annalise Murphy in medal contention it could be one of the best days in Irish Olympic history... That is quite sad really.

That's news to me...who would have thought that...

 

[LittleGuy]

Apparently some moron threw a bottle at Bolt before his race, I didn't notice this during the broadcast, did anyone else catch it?

 

[cyRil]

Yeah I saw it at the time but didn't know what it was, literally a second before the gun went you can see it bobbling about in the background.

 

[LittleGuy]

Yeah I saw it at the time but didn't know what it was, literally a second before the gun went you can see it bobbling about in the background.

I'll have to check out the race again, I might have been focused on another runner when it happened, there's always one idiot trying to ruin things.

 

[King_D'Arcy]

Annalise Murphy is in the medal race tomorrow and needs to finish ahead of one of the other three leaders for a medal.

With Katie Taylor in with a chance of securing a medal and Annalise Murphy in medal contention it could be one of the best days in Irish Olympic history... That is quite sad really.

You're forgetting about the day Michelle Smith spiked her urine sample with whiskey!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

I noticed the bottle on the ground behind the starting blocks - apparently (well, according to some journo on twitter) a Swedish Judo woman punched the guy who threw it.

 

[admartian]

You'd think Olypmpians would be one of the last people you'd mess with - they're either super strong, incredibly fast, or know a martial art or two.

Idiot.

 

[Icemn]

i realised last night i actaully didn't watch the opening ceremony :? the opening ceremony is all about the host country's history and culture etc... so i was cuttered i didn't watch England's... it would have been just like id imagined it... a bunch of brits invading a country and stealing all their resources... prob have a poor black guy representing SA, and a brit with the red uniform coming in and stealing the daimonds etc... have Williams Wallace there...freedom... is coming tomorow, no wait that is madeba song :? i need to stop my **** seriously

 

[TRF_Ezequiel]

I noticed the bottle on the ground behind the starting blocks - apparently (well, according to some journo on twitter) a Swedish Judo woman punched the guy who threw it.

Dutch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19149278

 

[Feicarsinn]

Dutch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19149278

I heard she threw a clog at him and tried to beat him with a wheel of cheese.

 

[TRF_heineken]

I just had a look at the Medals table, based on TRF representation it will be as follows:

1. Great Britain - 18 Gold 11 Silver 11 Bronze
2. France - 8 Gold 9 Silver 9 Bronze
3. Italy - 7 Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze
4. Netherlands - 3 Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze
5. New Zealand - 3 Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze
6. South Africa - 3 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze
7. Australia - 2 Gold 12 Silver 8 Bronze
8. Brazil - 2 Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze
9. Canada - 1 Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze
10. Argentina - 0 Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze

Is Ireland at the Olympics??