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2012 Olympics Event Discussion Thread - Page 109
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terialk
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Grettin
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Caesarion
Australia8332 Posts
Well, Britain with a medal. Can't be too unhappy. | ||
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Benjef
United Kingdom6921 Posts
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
 A bronze is well above and beyond all expectations in our first ever team final in like 80 years or something so weee :D | ||
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Humbalumba
Germany463 Posts
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ProxyKnoxy
United Kingdom2576 Posts
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HolydaKing
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
Korean sits down on the stage crying. | ||
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
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Caesarion
Australia8332 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
Roy Jones Jr vs Park Si Hun in the 1988 olympics The speed skating dq of Kim Dong Sung in the 2002 winter olympics which gave Apolo Anton Ohno the gold 2004 gymnastics controversy with Paul Hamm and Yang Tae Young Park Tae Hwan's overturned DQ a few days ago and now this fencing issue. | ||
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Benjef
United Kingdom6921 Posts
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esperanto
Germany357 Posts
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
On July 31 2012 03:20 red4ce wrote: Why does it seem like Korea is always in the middle of Olympic controversies? Roy Jones Jr vs Park Si Hun in the 1988 olympics The speed skating dq of Kim Dong Sung in the 2002 winter olympics which gave Apolo Anton Ohno the gold 2004 gymnastics controversy with Paul Hamm and Yang Tae Young Park Tae Hwan's overturned DQ a few days ago and now this fencing issue. Growing pains for a newcomer to break into the party of the rich and powerful. This is all I can say as a "whole". Controversies are everywhere, but Korea is one nation that doesn't let each one go without a fight. It seems to get the negative light in the western media (which we're more familiar with), but in Korean media, each effort is heralded as the country strives to improve in tournament standings. Just in this olympics alone, there's the swimming (Park Tae Hwan's overturned DQ), judo (3 white flags which meant the Korean athlete has won, a senior referee interrupts in and talks to the 3 match referees, then the 3 match referees all switch to 3 blue flags which sent the Japanese athlete through), and now fencing. Heartbreaking, and there are (and will be) lessons learned from each. | ||
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vdale
Germany1173 Posts
I'm sorry for the Korean fencer, but every decision would have felt wrong. They should show the milliseconds in the future. | ||
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dafunk
France521 Posts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/30/ye-shiwen-world-record-olympics-2012?newsfeed=true | ||
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