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On August 04 2012 02:51 Thurken wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2012 02:32 sinii wrote:
Another GB World Record for the men in the Velodrome! :D:D You should not brag about this since Philip Hindes admitted he kind of cheated (or was not fair play according to your standards) during the qualifiers to get a restart... The same kind of behaviour got several badminton team banned. Maybe the difference is that they were not english.
Quit your whinging, other people got restarts just for wheelspin. It was perfectly fine to do what he did, it is legal.
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On August 04 2012 02:50 AxionSteel wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2012 02:44 sinii wrote:On August 04 2012 02:41 holy_war wrote:
Question to the Brits out there, how is Team GB doing so far vs expectations? We are on course, our expectations are to better our Beijing tally of 47 medals and 19 golds. So if we get 48 medals and 19 golds we have met expectations. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18787235
Well that is very ambitious and a few "experts" does not represent everyone. We need Wales, Scotland and NI to step up and win some golds.
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God, our cyclists have broken 5 world records so far
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On August 04 2012 02:55 AxionSteel wrote:
K, time to harvest another silver here
lol have some confidence!
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Russian Federation798 Posts
US could tie with China again after the swimming today, this is getting really exciting  . And maybe a gold there for GB too if Adlington comes through for us.
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Get in! That was power to lead out for over a lap.
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Bloody hell that was brilliant
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Very exciting race right there and what a day for GB at the velodrome.
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get in vicky.
cycling carrying us again XDDD
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What a total choke, this is unbelievable
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On August 04 2012 02:55 Aristodemus wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2012 02:51 Thurken wrote:On August 04 2012 02:32 sinii wrote:
Another GB World Record for the men in the Velodrome! :D:D You should not brag about this since Philip Hindes admitted he kind of cheated (or was not fair play according to your standards) during the qualifiers to get a restart... The same kind of behaviour got several badminton team banned. Maybe the difference is that they were not english. Quit your whinging, other people got restarts just for wheelspin. It was perfectly fine to do what he did, it is legal.
If all that flaming had not happened to the asian badminton teams, I wouldn't have said anything but Sebastian Coe called their behaviour unaceptable and did not have the same statement/punishment for his countrymen. Adding the fact the olympics are held in London I find all this very not ok.
(I have nothing against englishmen in general, i'm only discussing this issue, and i'm also impressed by the cycling results)
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On August 04 2012 03:12 Thurken wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2012 02:55 Aristodemus wrote:On August 04 2012 02:51 Thurken wrote:On August 04 2012 02:32 sinii wrote:
Another GB World Record for the men in the Velodrome! :D:D You should not brag about this since Philip Hindes admitted he kind of cheated (or was not fair play according to your standards) during the qualifiers to get a restart... The same kind of behaviour got several badminton team banned. Maybe the difference is that they were not english. Quit your whinging, other people got restarts just for wheelspin. It was perfectly fine to do what he did, it is legal. If all that flaming had not happened to the asian badminton teams, I wouldn't have said anything but Sebastian Coe called their behaviour unaceptable and did not have the same statement/punishment for his countrymen. Adding the fact the olympics are held in London I find all this very not ok. (I have nothing against englishmen in general, i'm only discussing this issue, and i'm also impressed by the cycling results)
There was no rule broken. In the badminton they were fixing results... how are the two even comparable?
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woo discus
a lot of hot female discus throwers
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On August 04 2012 03:12 Thurken wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2012 02:55 Aristodemus wrote:On August 04 2012 02:51 Thurken wrote:On August 04 2012 02:32 sinii wrote:
Another GB World Record for the men in the Velodrome! :D:D You should not brag about this since Philip Hindes admitted he kind of cheated (or was not fair play according to your standards) during the qualifiers to get a restart... The same kind of behaviour got several badminton team banned. Maybe the difference is that they were not english. Quit your whinging, other people got restarts just for wheelspin. It was perfectly fine to do what he did, it is legal. If all that flaming had not happened to the asian badminton teams, I wouldn't have said anything but Sebastian Coe called their behaviour unaceptable and did not have the same statement/punishment for his countrymen. Adding the fact the olympics are held in London I find all this very not ok. (I have nothing against englishmen in general, i'm only discussing this issue, and i'm also impressed by the cycling results)
One - We compete as GB
Two - IOC selects refs/judges I am sure
Three - You cannot compare it with what happened in badminton
Four - Other people as I said had restarts for just wheelspin, it was only a qualifying round too and in no way breaks rules
Five - Seb Coe is not a team GB spokesman as the US swim coach isnt for team USA
Last - You chose to belittle the achievement of our pursuit team for something that they were not even involved in.
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On August 04 2012 03:15 sinii wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2012 03:12 Thurken wrote:On August 04 2012 02:55 Aristodemus wrote:On August 04 2012 02:51 Thurken wrote:On August 04 2012 02:32 sinii wrote:
Another GB World Record for the men in the Velodrome! :D:D You should not brag about this since Philip Hindes admitted he kind of cheated (or was not fair play according to your standards) during the qualifiers to get a restart... The same kind of behaviour got several badminton team banned. Maybe the difference is that they were not english. Quit your whinging, other people got restarts just for wheelspin. It was perfectly fine to do what he did, it is legal. If all that flaming had not happened to the asian badminton teams, I wouldn't have said anything but Sebastian Coe called their behaviour unaceptable and did not have the same statement/punishment for his countrymen. Adding the fact the olympics are held in London I find all this very not ok. (I have nothing against englishmen in general, i'm only discussing this issue, and i'm also impressed by the cycling results) There was no rule broken. In the badminton they were fixing results... how are the two even comparable?
They are comparable in the sense that the badminton players did not actually break a rule either, they were disqualified for not trying to win and get an advantage in the next round - which is against the spirit of the Olympics. The cyclist here also did not break a rule but admitted to getting an advantage by questionable means. They both strictly did not break a rule but it was not very sportsman like.
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On August 04 2012 03:19 fishinguy wrote:Show nested quote +On August 04 2012 03:15 sinii wrote:On August 04 2012 03:12 Thurken wrote:On August 04 2012 02:55 Aristodemus wrote:On August 04 2012 02:51 Thurken wrote:On August 04 2012 02:32 sinii wrote:
Another GB World Record for the men in the Velodrome! :D:D You should not brag about this since Philip Hindes admitted he kind of cheated (or was not fair play according to your standards) during the qualifiers to get a restart... The same kind of behaviour got several badminton team banned. Maybe the difference is that they were not english. Quit your whinging, other people got restarts just for wheelspin. It was perfectly fine to do what he did, it is legal. If all that flaming had not happened to the asian badminton teams, I wouldn't have said anything but Sebastian Coe called their behaviour unaceptable and did not have the same statement/punishment for his countrymen. Adding the fact the olympics are held in London I find all this very not ok. (I have nothing against englishmen in general, i'm only discussing this issue, and i'm also impressed by the cycling results) There was no rule broken. In the badminton they were fixing results... how are the two even comparable? They are comparable in the sense that the badminton players did not actually break a rule either, they were disqualified for not trying to win and get an advantage in the next round. - which is against the spirit of the Olympics. The cyclist here also did not break a rule but admitted to getting an advantage by questionable means. They both strictly did not break a rule but it was not very sportsman like.
The cyclist lost his balance and fell, from there it's the judges decision whether they get to rerun is it not? As far as I can see GB did nothing wrong only the judges can be held accountable for any mistake?
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Finally our country decided to stop sucking and pwn everyone at cycling :D. Vic Pendleton...fuck yeah :D
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GOGOGO korea fencing got much stroner
and wow ESPN, you gotta be kidding me.
Sportscenter was ranking countries by medal count, not gold medals, so that US is first, China 2nd, and Japan 3rd. In reality, Japan is nowhere close to the top countries.
Gold is what really counts, not bronze or silver. I'm not saying winning silver or bronze is not amazing but how snobby it is for ESPN to rank by medal count when the Olympic website counts by gold medals.
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On August 04 2012 03:24 ssi.bal-listic wrote:
GOGOGO korea fencing got much stroner
and wow ESPN, you gotta be kidding me.
Sportscenter was ranking countries by medal count, not gold medals, so that US is first, China 2nd, and Japan 3rd. In reality, Japan is nowhere close to the top countries.
Gold is what really counts, not bronze or silver. I'm not saying winning silver or bronze is not amazing but how snobby it is for ESPN to rank by medal count when the Olympic website counts by gold medals.
They probably did it to just show america was first  .
But wooooooo GB is 3rd :D
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