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sinii
England989 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:26 Trok67 wrote: you mean a mechanical problem like the british cyclist who admitted having felt on purpose because he did a bad start ?... pathetic No I mean the guy's f'ing seat came away from his boat, GB hating Frenchman. | ||
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Aristodemus
England2006 Posts
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LeafMeAlone
United States301 Posts
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
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Crushinator
Netherlands2138 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:13 radiatoren wrote: Rowing has had a restart. Again it was Great Britain having a bad start and complaining about broken equipment... Great Britain trying to outdo China in unfair play? Heyhey, I think it was 2 Korean teams disqualified, some European team, and one team from China for badminton. Not sure though. But none of the badminton teams got away with it  Jessica Ennis is indeed very pretty :o beast athlete as well. | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
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Bobble
Australia1493 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:29 Aerisky wrote: Heyhey, I think it was 2 Korean teams disqualified, some European team, and one team from China for badminton. Not sure though. But none of the badminton teams got away with it Jessica Ennis is indeed very pretty :o beast athlete as well. Indonesian, not European. | ||
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Heouf
Netherlands787 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:27 SpiffD wrote: FUCK YES FIRST GOLD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good for your country. | ||
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Caesarion
Australia8332 Posts
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Aristodemus
England2006 Posts
 As for rowing his seat broke and if it happens in the first 100m you get a restart. Mathew Pinsent explains here "The news is that the wheel of the bow seat came off. It was inside 100m. The British boat have been allowed to fix it and can race in the final which will begin again at 1221 BST." Yet you compare it to match fixing? Pfft. | ||
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sinii
England989 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:34 Aristodemus wrote: You know, these complaints keep popping up about the cycling (usually from French) but if you watched it all you saw teams getting restarts just for spinning their wheels (it is explained as sweat being mechanical reason) and Hinds had a much bigger problem. Nobody mentions this though because the other teams didnt smash the WR and the Frenchies As for rowing his seat broke and if it happens in the first 100m you get a restart. Mathew Pinsent explains here "The news is that the wheel of the bow seat came off. It was inside 100m. The British boat have been allowed to fix it and can race in the final which will begin again at 1221 BST." Yet you compare it to match fixing? Pfft. The rules are clear in both cases and the actions of the refs were completely correct, there isn't even any debate to be had, and comparing it to match fixing is just hilarious. However if you have ever read the football threads on here the hatred for the Brits from the French is pretty deeply engrained, not sure what their problem is! Leave them with their hate, love make's the world go round. | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:41 sAsImre wrote: Gatlin... running faster than before he was suspended T.T 2 times caught doping, why can he still participate -.- | ||
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Crushinator
Netherlands2138 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:34 Aristodemus wrote: You know, these complaints keep popping up about the cycling (usually from French) but if you watched it all you saw teams getting restarts just for spinning their wheels (it is explained as sweat being mechanical reason) and Hinds had a much bigger problem. Nobody mentions this though because the other teams didnt smash the WR and the Frenchies As for rowing his seat broke and if it happens in the first 100m you get a restart. Mathew Pinsent explains here "The news is that the wheel of the bow seat came off. It was inside 100m. The British boat have been allowed to fix it and can race in the final which will begin again at 1221 BST." Yet you compare it to match fixing? Pfft. I think the rule is bad. Taking care of your equipment is part of any sport. The other athletes shouldn't be at a disadvantage, just because British people are terrible mechanics. Can't accuse them of cheating ofcourse, it is a rule afterall. The cycling thing is total bullshit, having a rego under false pretenses, just because it didnt go well is borderline cheating. If this is common in track cycling then that sport can fuck off. | ||
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fishinguy
Russian Federation798 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:41 LaNague wrote: 2 times caught doping, why can he still participate -.- Hopefully he is off the drugs now | ||
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imre
France9263 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:41 LaNague wrote: 2 times caught doping, why can he still participate -.- Well at least he was suspended compared to Cielo or Busquets in swimming... I wonder if Pekin'll hold the record of the biggest meeting of doped in the eyes of experts. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:41 LaNague wrote: 2 times caught doping, why can he still participate -.- You know, rules are rules and he's perfectly allwoed to do so  | ||
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sinii
England989 Posts
On August 04 2012 20:42 Crushinator wrote: I think the rule is bad. Taking care of your equipment is part of any sport. The other athletes shouldn't be at a disadvantage, just because British people are terrible mechanics. Can't accuse them of cheating ofcourse, it is a rule afterall. The cycling thing is total bullshit, having a rego under false pretenses, just because it didnt go well is borderline cheating. If this is common in track cycling then that sport can fuck off. The rule in question reads: "THE RULE IN FULL FROM UCI - Cycling Regulations Team Sprint section 3.2.154 Qualifying rounds: In the event of a mishap, the team must restart at the end of the qualifying rounds. Any team which may have been hindered by a mishap to its opponents may, by decision of the commissaires' panel, be granted a restart at the end of the qualifying rounds. In the qualifying rounds a team may only be permitted two starts." I agree it probably needs more clarification, seems very unclear. However what happened to GB would clearly be described as a 'mishap'. So the result doesn't even need debating and it's frankly completely unfair to the athletes to question it. | ||
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
Lets see if he decides to belt it in the heat or just jogs through to the next round. | ||
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