Thread: London 2012 results and comments only (no politics)

Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

Games are over for us. We got 9 medals ( 2 - 5 - 2 ), pretty good for a country where nobody is practicing any sport.

Now I'm interested only in the Spice Girls performance on the final ceremony.

I think it's very good for such a small country, and your strength in gymnastics has always been rather good! Congratulations.

ALL the money for sports in my country, India, is funneled ONLY into cricket. While that did get us 2 Cricket world cups in the span of 4 years, we are nowhere on the world map when it comes to Olympics, which is rather disgraceful for the second most populated country on Earth. I mean look at China.

The people, nor the politicians care about any other sport than Cricket, which is a shame.

The Indian athlete Abhinav Bindra who won gold for India in air rifle 10 m at the Beijing Olympics got very little or next to no training or funding from the Indian government. He was lucky that he was filthy rich and could afford his own German trainers.

In my country elite athletes aquire wealth in the order of possibly turning an urban tough into a posative roll model for fat black gurlz around her age and up, up in here.
Congrat's Gadgji

Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden

I think it's very good for such a small country, and your strength in gymnastics has always been rather good! Congratulations.

Thanks for your nice words - although I don't see us as "small" but unimportant.

Gymnastics contribution was rather poor ( 1-1-1) but I've heard on TV that the number of gymnasts in Romania is only 200 ( including juniors ). Coach Belu had only 8 girls for the selection in the olympic team and had to convince the veterans Ponor ( 25y.o ) and Izbasa ( 22 y.o.) to come back. The result wasn't spectacular but good enough.

P.S. And thank you Doctor.

Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden

I think it's very good for such a small country, and your strength in gymnastics has always been rather good! Congratulations.

Not bad but not that good either... or maybe we've been spoiled before:
Sydney 26 medals (11-6-9);
Athens 19 medals (8-5-6);
Beijing 8 medals (4-1-3)

We are sinking... but than again who am I to criticize.

What those coaches and the girls are doing in gymastics is pretty amazing. I've heard there are around 200 gymnasts in Romania while China has 2 millions...

Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

Now I'm interested only in the Spice Girls performance on the final ceremony.

You are not kidding, are you? They really are going to perform? FFS, do they have no standards any more? Couldn't they find anyone even worse? What a joke.

Originally Posted by Mintexmemory

I'm waiting for mud wrestling to be made an Olympic sport - the boxing is too sanitised!

Have you ever seen girls trying to fight? I promise, it is very funny.

Canada knocks off France. Aotually it was scoreless up untiil the 92nd minute of stoppage regulation time Canada scored. BTW how many of 'awl boys want anybody but USA in soccer.We have China by the shorthairs right now but I wouldn't bet against hem

Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo

Thanks for your nice words - although I don't see us as "small" but unimportant.

Small purely in terms of area and population, nothing else. Trust me, when you go to one of the big countries, you will understand.

Going by this logic, Hungary did even better for a tiny country.

Romania's population is 19 million. India's population is 1.2 billion. We should have been able to at least do better than 4 medals to your 9.

Problem is, for a kid growing up in India, no other sport than Cricket makes any monetary sense. If they succeed in Cricket, they make a lot of money and get really famous. Athletes from all other disciplines struggle to make any decent money.

Best example is Mary Kom, the Indian boxer, who also happens to be a five time world champion, and just got a bronze medal 4 days ago. Mary Kom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Lives in a 2 room tiny house, doing training in her part time at a dingy corner of the stadium and struggling to go from one salary to another. The government doesn't care, and I bet not even half the population has any idea we have a world champion.

Originally Posted by Big Ben

Not bad but not that good either... or maybe we've been spoiled before:
Sydney 26 medals (11-6-9);
Athens 19 medals (8-5-6);
Beijing 8 medals (4-1-3)

Well, at least you've won gold medals. I can count on my fingers the number of Indian athletes who've won gold at the Olympics.

Edit: wrong thread

Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Have you ever seen girls trying to fight? I promise, it is very funny.

Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini

LONDON -- U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova.





The 17-year-old Shields shuffled, danced and slugged her way past her 33-year-old opponent, showing off the free-spirited style and brute strength that made her unbeatable at the London Games.
Claressa Shields, here celebrating here celebrating her semifinal victory, on Thursday won a gold medal in women's boxing. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times / August 8, 2012)

The 17-year-old Shields shuffled, danced and slugged her way past her 33-year-old opponent, showing off the free-spirited style and brute strength that made her unbeatable at the London Games.

Hello persons!!
Who was the freckle-faced black Scotsman that was a decathalon olympic gold medalist? I forget his freakin' name.

prop's to Claressa Shields

Nice 4x400 heat

US women's roundball leading Aus' late

200m final soon... blink and you'll miss it

My prediction:

1) Bolt
2) Blake
3) Lemaitre

Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

My prediction:

1) Bolt
2) Blake
3) Lemaitre

Yep, I predict exactly the same.

Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini

US women's roundball leading Aus' late

just barely won ......in semi's

Bolt!