The Official 2012 London Olympic Thread.
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Well, it's almost time, so I think it is a good idea to start a thread to keep the medal tally, share the news and events, etc.
It would be nice if you guys in EU and the Americas post a summery of the medal tally and something interesting so that when I wake up in AUS, having missed out everything when I am in bed, I can have a quick catch up without searching what's hot during the game.
And...
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!
The official Australian chant for any sport event. 12 years since its invention and it does not gets old.
It would be nice if you guys in EU and the Americas post a summery of the medal tally and something interesting so that when I wake up in AUS, having missed out everything when I am in bed, I can have a quick catch up without searching what's hot during the game.
And...
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!
The official Australian chant for any sport event. 12 years since its invention and it does not gets old.
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Screw that horrible Advance Australia Fair piece of rubbish.
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Screw that horrible Advance Australia Fair piece of rubbish.
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"The Redback on the Toilet Seat" was my favourite ... along with "I'd love to have a beer with Duncan" and "The Pub with no beer".
I do like Kevin Bloody Wilson though ... er his songs are not really something to link to here though ...
I hope Liesel Jones does well in the swimming ... we are 100% hoping she gets a medal ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisel_Jones
I am deleting any links to FairFax Media group (shameful Un-Australian Reporters) in this thread as a courtesy to her.
Go Lethal Leisel !!
I do like Kevin Bloody Wilson though ... er his songs are not really something to link to here though ...
I hope Liesel Jones does well in the swimming ... we are 100% hoping she gets a medal ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisel_Jones
I am deleting any links to FairFax Media group (shameful Un-Australian Reporters) in this thread as a courtesy to her.
Go Lethal Leisel !!
Oldmangamer_73
July 26, 2012 12:37:51 PM
Too bad this Ozzie hottie didn't qualify. I never get tired of watching her........I feel like a dirty old man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfkwW4GgAiU&feature=rela...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfkwW4GgAiU&feature=rela...
wanamingo
July 26, 2012 12:48:05 PM
Oldmangamer_73
July 26, 2012 1:17:58 PM
wanamingo
July 26, 2012 2:16:30 PM
What about Steph Rice ??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Rice
Stunner.
Go Team Aussie !!
http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athletes/athlete-prof...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Rice
Stunner.
Go Team Aussie !!
http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athletes/athlete-prof...
The search ends here:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1196960-olympic-hott...
Still have to read through the article. Lets see which country win.
After thought: Somehow the majority of the winning country is from Europe.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1196960-olympic-hott...
Still have to read through the article. Lets see which country win.
After thought: Somehow the majority of the winning country is from Europe.
This one has 100!!:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1223953-100-hottest-...
22 Fatima Moreira de Melo (Holland, hockey)
Going to watch more hockey
Melanie Adams (Australia, pole vault, somehow not on the list) gets my vote for hottest Australian athlete.
Upon further goggling, she is also Miss universal contestant and a model as well. Makes sense why there are so many bikini photos of her.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1223953-100-hottest-...
22 Fatima Moreira de Melo (Holland, hockey)
Going to watch more hockey
Melanie Adams (Australia, pole vault, somehow not on the list) gets my vote for hottest Australian athlete.
Upon further goggling, she is also Miss universal contestant and a model as well. Makes sense why there are so many bikini photos of her.
gropouce
July 29, 2012 2:01:35 PM
wanamingo
July 30, 2012 2:22:13 PM
Pyree said:
Why? Because we and they play rugby? But NZ, ZA and CA also play rugby. What about countries that plays American "football"?American football players are only brave when they have all of that armour on.
None of their top sides will play Rugby or Aussie rules against our teams as they are worried about getting hurt.
/ducks for cover ...
Oldmangamer_73
July 30, 2012 3:13:30 PM
This why they have to wear "armour". Just sayin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNtmxsGY0pA&feature=rela...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNtmxsGY0pA&feature=rela...
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/london-games/what...
The questions were inevitable. Slender 16-year-old Chinese girls do not bring home the gruelling 400m IM in times comparable to a powerfully built American male, especially one on track to emerge from these Olympics as the greatest swimmer on the planet.
In the 100 years since Australia's Fanny Durack and Wilhelmina Wylie won gold and silver in the first Olympic swimming race, no woman champion has ever finished faster than the winner of the equivalent men's event.
Among the questions that arise from this, two stand out: where is the logic of going to the exorbitant cost of conducting Olympic Games in order to witness athletic feats never achieved before only to cast suspicion on them?
And would Ye be under suspicion if she were not from China, a country still on probation as far as the swimming world is concerned after it cheated a generation of female swimmers out of medals that rightfully were theirs?
Susie O'Neill and Grant Hackett both had cause during their careers to suspect that they had been robbed of major medals by drug cheats, but both cautioned against making any accusations against Ye.
Twice O'Neill was relegated to the bronze behind two Chinese swimmers in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the notorious 1994 Rome world championships - just weeks before a swag of Chinese swimmers tested positive at the Asian Games - but she is adamant Ye's world record deserves to be taken at face value.
The questions were inevitable. Slender 16-year-old Chinese girls do not bring home the gruelling 400m IM in times comparable to a powerfully built American male, especially one on track to emerge from these Olympics as the greatest swimmer on the planet.
In the 100 years since Australia's Fanny Durack and Wilhelmina Wylie won gold and silver in the first Olympic swimming race, no woman champion has ever finished faster than the winner of the equivalent men's event.
Among the questions that arise from this, two stand out: where is the logic of going to the exorbitant cost of conducting Olympic Games in order to witness athletic feats never achieved before only to cast suspicion on them?
And would Ye be under suspicion if she were not from China, a country still on probation as far as the swimming world is concerned after it cheated a generation of female swimmers out of medals that rightfully were theirs?
Susie O'Neill and Grant Hackett both had cause during their careers to suspect that they had been robbed of major medals by drug cheats, but both cautioned against making any accusations against Ye.
Twice O'Neill was relegated to the bronze behind two Chinese swimmers in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the notorious 1994 Rome world championships - just weeks before a swag of Chinese swimmers tested positive at the Asian Games - but she is adamant Ye's world record deserves to be taken at face value.
dogman_1234
July 30, 2012 11:22:06 PM
Well, a test will clear the name.
But I agree with Reynod. It is unfair. Hopefully a clean test result will shut them up for good.
You know some athletes in China are recruited from the poorest part of the country and they are removed from their family some times as young as 9 months to 1 year old and they receive their training as soon as they can walk. In this case, Ye Shiwen could learn swimming even before she can walk!!
Time for wiki too see her biography...
Edit: Not much on her in wiki.
But I agree with Reynod. It is unfair. Hopefully a clean test result will shut them up for good.
You know some athletes in China are recruited from the poorest part of the country and they are removed from their family some times as young as 9 months to 1 year old and they receive their training as soon as they can walk. In this case, Ye Shiwen could learn swimming even before she can walk!!
Time for wiki too see her biography...
Edit: Not much on her in wiki.
dogman_1234
July 31, 2012 6:22:11 AM
dogman_1234
July 31, 2012 11:32:29 PM
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/london-olympics/borat...
Borat 3 ... GB 0.
lol ... MM ... you there??
Borat 3 ... GB 0.
lol ... MM ... you there??
wanamingo
August 1, 2012 1:06:42 PM
Who would have thought that badminton (I have always said Bad-Mitten) was susceptible to match throwing.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-olympics/badminton-...
http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-olympics/badminton-...
dogman_1234
August 1, 2012 4:09:48 PM
fazers_on_stun
August 2, 2012 9:00:17 PM
fazers_on_stun
August 2, 2012 10:35:22 PM
Pyree said:
The search ends here:http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1196960-olympic-hott...
Still have to read through the article. Lets see which country win.
After thought: Somehow the majority of the winning country is from Europe.
Couldn't view your list while at work
, but my vote goes to #2 on the list - Leryn Franco of Paraguay. Doesn't seem possible she could throw a javelin without toppling over, but what the hey!
I am tempted to ride my camel across the nullaboor plain and come to Adelaide just to wash your mouth out with soap Pyree.
You might have started out as an Asian ... but be are converting you my son.
Your an Aussie now so we are going to put you on a weight machine and biff you up ... get you a real sheila ... teach you how to swear ... play footy ... cast dispersion on umpires of all sport ... swim, surf, eat from a can and sleep on the beach. Your also expected to learn dreamtime stories and respect the tribal elders at welcome to country. If you can't shotgun a can of beer in 10 seconds there will be trouble.
Yes our Olympians are not doing so well at present but I am hoping for a strong finish.
The whippings will start after the closing ceremonies ... actually all of those silver and bronze medals are pretty awesome ... there is no shame in 2nd or 3rd.
You might have started out as an Asian ... but be are converting you my son.
Your an Aussie now so we are going to put you on a weight machine and biff you up ... get you a real sheila ... teach you how to swear ... play footy ... cast dispersion on umpires of all sport ... swim, surf, eat from a can and sleep on the beach. Your also expected to learn dreamtime stories and respect the tribal elders at welcome to country. If you can't shotgun a can of beer in 10 seconds there will be trouble.
Yes our Olympians are not doing so well at present but I am hoping for a strong finish.
The whippings will start after the closing ceremonies ... actually all of those silver and bronze medals are pretty awesome ... there is no shame in 2nd or 3rd.
wanamingo
August 3, 2012 2:04:22 PM
This is really funny... http://www.popsci.com/archive-viewer?id=pCkDAAAAMBAJ&pg...
Popular Science has been releasing their old archives and they recently pointed out this little gem. The title of the piece is "Why Men Beat Women at Sports" note this is from the 1926 Olympics, so before women were considered "People"
I think I can see Marv and Oldman in some of the pics....... I kid.
Popular Science has been releasing their old archives and they recently pointed out this little gem. The title of the piece is "Why Men Beat Women at Sports" note this is from the 1926 Olympics, so before women were considered "People"
I think I can see Marv and Oldman in some of the pics....... I kid.
Reynod said:
I am tempted to ride my camel across the nullaboor plain and come to Adelaide just to wash your mouth out with soap Pyree.You might have started out as an Asian ... but be are converting you my son.
Your an Aussie now so we are going to put you on a weight machine and biff you up ... get you a real sheila ... teach you how to swear ... play footy ... cast dispersion on umpires of all sport ... swim, surf, eat from a can and sleep on the beach. Your also expected to learn dreamtime stories and respect the tribal elders at welcome to country. If you can't shotgun a can of beer in 10 seconds there will be trouble.
Yes our Olympians are not doing so well at present but I am hoping for a strong finish.
The whippings will start after the closing ceremonies ... actually all of those silver and bronze medals are pretty awesome ... there is no shame in 2nd or 3rd.
It really pisses me off when the kiwis is on 13th and the canuck who is really only good at curling is only 2 place below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/medals/countri...
I am pretty impressed with the way the medals are being spread around the planet more which is a good thing really.
The US and China have retained their Olympic status but the rest of the world is more evenly spread with the medals and I think that is great.
One thing the Australian team lacks this time is a Sports Psychologist ... for some insane reason the Australian Olympic Committee decided to make some budget cuts and not send one ... how stupid is that??
Our committee needs to be sacked for such stupidity ... useless tools.
A Sports Psuchologist would have made sure the team was mentally prepared and assisted with the appropriate responses when an individual performed below expectations.
They would have rallied the team behind them.
A sports psych would have also provided support and mentoring for the younger new team members.
Our Australian Media also have a lot to answer for in terms of bagging our own athletes ...
Suzy O-Neil and the other Olypic hazbeens who have inanely made inappropriate comments should be ashamed of themselves ... I don't want to see her (or others that made negative comments) representing our country again in any official capacity on the media.
I kust hope the Australian Team realise there are a lot of proud Aussies watching them do their best for us ... their best is good enough for us ... the medal they win or not is just a bonus.
The US and China have retained their Olympic status but the rest of the world is more evenly spread with the medals and I think that is great.
One thing the Australian team lacks this time is a Sports Psychologist ... for some insane reason the Australian Olympic Committee decided to make some budget cuts and not send one ... how stupid is that??
Our committee needs to be sacked for such stupidity ... useless tools.
A Sports Psuchologist would have made sure the team was mentally prepared and assisted with the appropriate responses when an individual performed below expectations.
They would have rallied the team behind them.
A sports psych would have also provided support and mentoring for the younger new team members.
Our Australian Media also have a lot to answer for in terms of bagging our own athletes ...
Suzy O-Neil and the other Olypic hazbeens who have inanely made inappropriate comments should be ashamed of themselves ... I don't want to see her (or others that made negative comments) representing our country again in any official capacity on the media.
I kust hope the Australian Team realise there are a lot of proud Aussies watching them do their best for us ... their best is good enough for us ... the medal they win or not is just a bonus.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-05/scathing-watt-tel...
He has got the right idea.
Maybe we should name and shame all of the media personailities who have caste our team in a negative light.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/08/05/olympic-level-gloa...
He has got the right idea.
Maybe we should name and shame all of the media personailities who have caste our team in a negative light.
http://www.theroar.com.au/2012/08/05/olympic-level-gloa...
Oldmangamer_73
August 5, 2012 4:25:38 PM
dogman_1234
August 5, 2012 6:42:06 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18907373?ocid=glo...
Three women you wouldn't want to be cheeky to at a nightclub ...
Three women you wouldn't want to be cheeky to at a nightclub ...
Oldmangamer_73 said:
A silver medal is nothing to sneeze at, seriously. Be proud Aussies!!Our media and Olypic commentators are getting stuck into them though ... I hope the athletes remember ... and don't grant them interviews accordingly.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-06/silver-medalist-w...
Mitchell Watt sums up the issue nicely ...
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