EPTEquestrian Apparently Zara Phillips and her GB team-mates celebrated their Olympic silver medal success with a McDonald's last night. Wonder what the horses got?
Oh wow, how Princess' live eh? After a show on the horses they trott to McDonalds >.<
2012 Olympics Event Discussion Thread - Page 143
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
Equestrian Apparently Zara Phillips and her GB team-mates celebrated their Olympic silver medal success with a McDonald's last night. Wonder what the horses got? Oh wow, how Princess' live eh? After a show on the horses they trott to McDonalds >.< | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
On August 01 2012 21:51 Pandemona wrote: Badminton A further update. The eight women players have been disqualified by their federation from the competition, but have NOT been expelled from the London Games, the International Olympic Committeee said. Presumably, that means they could still take part in the individual event. confusing xD I thought it was very unsportsmanlike to deliberately throw the match on the olympic stage. Hard to swallow that suddenly we have two less teams competing for the event, but a strong message had to be sent to prevent this embarrassment from repeating in the future. | ||
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Trok67
France384 Posts
I thought it was very unsportsmanlike to deliberately throw the match on the olympic stage. Hard to swallow that suddenly we have two less teams competing for the event, but a strong message had to be sent to prevent this embarrassment from repeating in the future. If they want to prevent it in the future, the first thing they have to do is to change the format. No athlete should be in a position where losing is more beneficial for them than winning... | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
On August 01 2012 22:15 Trok67 wrote: If they want to prevent it in the future, the first thing they have to do is to change the format. No athlete should be in a position where losing is more beneficial for them than winning... That too, I was actually thinking about it on the morning commute today. I was thinking, but I couldn't figure out a clear-cut solution... | ||
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SpiffD
Denmark1264 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
da fuck 0.O thats unlucky/lucky | ||
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Dust14
Belgium490 Posts
On August 01 2012 22:06 KarlKaliente wrote: Gooooooo Martin! Or surprise gilbert beastmode. Maybe hes been saving himself all season for today. You don't follow cycling that much do you? ^^ Gilbert is not really a TT-specialist, he rode our national championship on last year's form and no one came close. As you may have noticed he is not as good as last year and so is his TT, top 20 would be good if you ask me. I look forward to what Taylor Phinney is capable of ^^ | ||
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KarlKaliente
United States434 Posts
On August 01 2012 22:33 Dust14 wrote: You don't follow cycling that much do you? ^^ Gilbert is not really a TT-specialist, he rode our national championship on last year's form and no one came close. As you may have noticed he is not as good as last year and so is his TT, top 20 would be good if you ask me. I look forward to what Taylor Phinney is capable of ^^ I know hes been out of from and a classics guy, not TT. Just hoping for an inexplicable performance  I haven't followed Phinney much but a USA medal for Mens cycling would be awesome. Really I'm rooting for anyone but team sky. Excellent performances lately but someone else needs to step up and take a win | ||
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
On August 01 2012 22:20 OpticalShot wrote: That too, I was actually thinking about it on the morning commute today. I was thinking, but I couldn't figure out a clear-cut solution... The possible solutions are: - A restructuring of the tournament to a single elimination bracket (Like olympic table tennis). That is not very good since it would eliminate a lot of potential candidates from surprising. - A repercharge-like structure, would help some (like judo), but it is still a bad solution. - The badminton-players themself suggests that all last group matches should happen simultaniously and therefore making it a lot harder to plan for this kind of disgrace. It is not a perfect solution, but it has shown some use in other sports (soccer etc.). The rest of the possible solutions require more games. I think that certainly would be possible, since no other sport seems to be using the badminton-fields. | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
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KingPaddy
1053 Posts
On August 01 2012 22:54 radiatoren wrote: The possible solutions are: - A restructuring of the tournament to a single elimination bracket (Like olympic table tennis). That is not very good since it would eliminate a lot of potential candidates from surprising. - A repercharge-like structure, would help some (like judo), but it is still a bad solution. - The badminton-players themself suggests that all last group matches should happen simultaniously and therefore making it a lot harder to plan for this kind of disgrace. It is not a perfect solution, but it has shown some use in other sports (soccer etc.). The rest of the possible solutions require more games. I think that certainly would be possible, since no other sport seems to be using the badminton-fields. Perhaps it could also help if the bracket is drawn after the group stage is finished. This way you wouldn't know who you'll face in the next round and till the finals. | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On August 01 2012 22:58 AxionSteel wrote: an NZ cyclist named Jack Bauer, he's going to own shit up right now I hope he wins! | ||
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
On August 01 2012 22:58 KingPaddy wrote: Perhaps it could also help if the bracket is drawn after the group stage is finished. This way you wouldn't know who you'll face in the next round and till the finals. That's definitely the easiest solution and would have prevented this mess. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
Oh wow the pace has been set by Froome, 24seconds quicker in the next checkpoint (18km) | ||
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radiatoren
Denmark1907 Posts
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Darneck
Sweden1394 Posts
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fishinguy
Russian Federation798 Posts
On August 01 2012 23:31 Darneck wrote: Womens table tennis final starting now, China vs China China will win all of the table tennis medals, they always do. Anyway looks like we are going to get a gold here, maybe even silver/bronze if froom does well`. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium3994 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51449 Posts
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