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scoob wrote:Wouldn't it be great to hear someone say nothing went wrong and they were beaten by a better person on the day... Even if there are genuine excuses there is no need to make them public... being Gracious in defeat

Hear hear.

overloaded wrote:

scoob wrote:Wouldn't it be great to hear someone say nothing went wrong and they were beaten by a better person on the day... Even if there are genuine excuses there is no need to make them public... being Gracious in defeat - we wouldn't even win a silver

If he had have stretched his fingers out to the wall he would have won gold. Using his palm cost him

Story of your life hey OL

fish wrote:

scoob wrote:Wouldn't it be great to hear someone say nothing went wrong and they were beaten by a better person on the day... Even if there are genuine excuses there is no need to make them public... being Gracious in defeat

Hear hear.

Well said.

The Aussie females are reading 50 Shades of Grey at night.............................

lesthemechanic wrote:

fish wrote:

scoob wrote:Wouldn't it be great to hear someone say nothing went wrong and they were beaten by a better person on the day... Even if there are genuine excuses there is no need to make them public... being Gracious in defeat

Hear hear.

Well said.

X3

I think the swimmers need to wear the yellow cap again!

BIG SEXY wrote:

lesthemechanic wrote:

fish wrote:

scoob wrote:Wouldn't it be great to hear someone say nothing went wrong and they were beaten by a better person on the day... Even if there are genuine excuses there is no need to make them public... being Gracious in defeat

Hear hear.

Well said.

X3

I think the swimmers need to wear the yellow cap again!

Whats the go with the white caps, why change?

Cant automatically tell if there is an aussie swimming now.

the one in the lead isn't the Aussie ...

dedja wrote:the one in the lead isn't the Aussie ...

Fair call

According to the channel 9 this morning, the french guy in the breast stroke cheated and had an extra dolphin kick underwater...

Im going to start supporting PNG I think

scoob wrote:According to the channel 9 this morning, the french guy in the breast stroke cheated and had an extra dolphin kick underwater...

Im going to start supporting PNG I think

that cheating frog ****! ban the prick for life, whats the ******* world coming to!

scoob wrote:According to the channel 9 this morning, the french guy in the breast stroke cheated and had an extra dolphin kick underwater...

Im going to start supporting PNG I think

Wasn't it a South African? Officials are refusing to use underwater vision which clearly shows several swimmers breaking the rules.

heater31 wrote:

scoob wrote:According to the channel 9 this morning, the french guy in the breast stroke cheated and had an extra dolphin kick underwater...

Im going to start supporting PNG I think

Wasn't it a South African? Officials are refusing to use underwater vision which clearly shows several swimmers breaking the rules.

Yeah sorry.. should have just said non-Aussie... would they run that story if we had won?

More stories of non-aussies cheating... http://www.news.com.au/sport/london-oly ... 6442226016 ... This really makes me feel better about going so sh!t...

Funnily enough not how the BBC are reporting the event.

do you think theres lots of excuses floating around because the australian public doesnt want to hear that our athletes arent good enough?

We complain that athletes don't give honest answers, then when they do we complain they're making excuses? Most of these athletes work their backsides off for years to be at their very best on the day and often something goes wrong and they aren't at their best. I don't think any of them have suggested they weren't beaten fair and square but what's the problem with them giving an honest answer as to why they didn't perform at their best? As time goes on I think they'll be satisfied with what they did but when you are a genuine chance to win and don't get it, the first reaction for a true competitor is to be disappointed. How about WE harden the F up and stop looking to pot everyone we can.

Grahaml wrote:We complain that athletes don't give honest answers, then when they do we complain they're making excuses? Most of these athletes work their backsides off for years to be at their very best on the day and often something goes wrong and they aren't at their best. I don't think any of them have suggested they weren't beaten fair and square but what's the problem with them giving an honest answer as to why they didn't perform at their best? As time goes on I think they'll be satisfied with what they did but when you are a genuine chance to win and don't get it, the first reaction for a true competitor is to be disappointed. How about WE harden the F up and stop looking to pot everyone we can.

Not quite gracious in defeat as the olmpic ethos stands for though. I didn't win because I was up all night on twitter (not because my fellow competitor was better).

Grahaml wrote:We complain that athletes don't give honest answers, then when they do we complain they're making excuses? Most of these athletes work their backsides off for years to be at their very best on the day and often something goes wrong and they aren't at their best. I don't think any of them have suggested they weren't beaten fair and square but what's the problem with them giving an honest answer as to why they didn't perform at their best? As time goes on I think they'll be satisfied with what they did but when you are a genuine chance to win and don't get it, the first reaction for a true competitor is to be disappointed. How about WE harden the F up and stop looking to pot everyone we can.

Well said.

I can guarantee that we make more excuses everyday in our lives for not doing things than these athletes ever will.

Russell Mark complained about the light and said at his age he struggled to see

OLYMPIC swim boss Leigh Nugent has bizarrely attacked Australia's "easy life" society as the reason for the nation's worst pool performance in 16 years.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/lon ... 6442766416