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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby 85 WAS A GOOD YEAR » Sun May 06, 2012 5:55 pm

As long as I get to see Sam Willoughby in the BMX I'll be happy :D
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby MatteeG » Sun May 06, 2012 6:24 pm

85 WAS A GOOD YEAR wrote:As long as I get to see Sam Willoughby in the BMX I'll be happy :D


Agreed!
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby Tassie Blues » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:05 pm

50 days to go getting very close now. A few protests in place for non selected athletes but to be fair I don’t think Pippa or Emma Snowsill will win.

The media/Nick D’arcy haters are at it again a photo in a gun shop. Im shocked that these guy are the first Australians to ever have their photo taken in a gun shop shocking stuff! Looking forward to the reactions when he win gold.
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby Grahaml » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:23 pm

Snowsill was never in our top 3 at any stage. The 3 other girls just always had her measure. I know you give champions some leeway, which no doubt was why they gave them extra time, but the process sucked. Having endurance sports undecided until so late is a shockingly bad preparation. For any sport based on physical performance rather than skill preparation is vital. Athletes need to time their preparation properly, which means being down on form at certain times. If we force athletes to be at the top of their game for 12 months they will be at a severe disadvantage.

Swimming is our best sport and due in no small part to the fact that all positions are decided at the same time so far in advance. Athletes know to be at their best for the qualifications then they prepare as they need to for maximum performance at the games. Triathlon should be the same. Name the time and place a distance out and let them decide it on the course. If you want a few races, name them and stick to the results.

Pippa Savage seems a little unlucky to me. Sounds like it was just a "personality clash" which should have been solved much earlier. The chemistry of a rowing crew is important so the decision is probably right, but far too late. She should have been moved to a new crew and given a chance to earn her place there.
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby Grahaml » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:26 pm

We also now have a weighlifter allegedly blackmailed $5000 from officials. The wierd thing about this was he was apparently offered $1000 by these officials first. I don't see why the officials would make up the story but I definitely want to see proof ($5000 in withdrawals by various officials in the hour before competition should be easy enough to show) before hanging the guy. In fact I'd have asked for said proof before this even got to the media.
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby heater31 » Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:19 pm

Grahaml wrote:We also now have a weighlifter allegedly blackmailed $5000 from officials. The wierd thing about this was he was apparently offered $1000 by these officials first. I don't see why the officials would make up the story but I definitely want to see proof ($5000 in withdrawals by various officials in the hour before competition should be easy enough to show) before hanging the guy. In fact I'd have asked for said proof before this even got to the media.



What about the Athletics Saga :roll:


More bitch fights than a bloody netball court :shock:
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby MightyEagles » Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:00 am

U. Bolt has been beaten twice in a meet in the last week or 2.
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby Sam_goUUUdogs » Thu Jul 12, 2012 6:28 pm

Got a couple emails yesterday regarding security at the events I'm going to, says to arrive at least 2 hours before the scheduled event start time as ticket holders will be subject to airport style security measures, liquids in plastic bags, all have to be under 100ml, everything out of pockets to be screened, certainly never been to any sporting event anywhere that's had these sort of measures in place :shock:
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby heater31 » Thu Jul 12, 2012 10:01 pm

Sam_goUUUdogs wrote:Got a couple emails yesterday regarding security at the events I'm going to, says to arrive at least 2 hours before the scheduled event start time as ticket holders will be subject to airport style security measures, liquids in plastic bags, all have to be under 100ml, everything out of pockets to be screened, certainly never been to any sporting event anywhere that's had these sort of measures in place :shock:



Good luck to those that are attending the early morning Hockey sessions :shock:
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby Bully » Sun Jul 22, 2012 9:03 pm

IMO i dont believe the aussies will do that well in london. Maybe 8-10 gold medals, nothing more then that. Most in swimming.....maybe in cycling but dont see much else

US still the team to beat, along with china
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby brod » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:03 pm

Only a couple of hours until the first sporting competition, with women's soccer tonight
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby dedja » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:07 pm

That's it, get through as many women's football matches before the opening ceremony ... :lol:
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby brod » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:56 pm

dedja wrote:That's it, get through as many women's football matches before the opening ceremony ... :lol:


Mens soccer on tonight, and in both competitions our regions is represented by.....New Zealand :roll:
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby Dirko » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:25 pm

dedja wrote:That's it, get through as many women's football matches before the opening ceremony ... :lol:


They put the South Korea flag out for the North Korean team :lol:
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby dedja » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:29 pm

understandable mistake ... the buggers look the same.
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby dedja » Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:43 am

UAE have some promising divers, pity they're on a football pitch and not at the Aquatic Centre ... :D
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby on the rails » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:26 am

dedja wrote:UAE have some promising divers, pity they're on a football pitch and not at the Aquatic Centre ... :D


LOL - I thought that too! Great minds (and first names)......!
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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby dedja » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:07 am

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Re: 2012 London Olympics

Postby Bully » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:35 am

brod wrote:Only a couple of hours until the first sporting competition, with women's soccer tonight


lets hope they get the flags for the nations correct this time ;)
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