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Olympics 2008 thread...
Full Olympics Medal Table from the BBC.

GB's roll of honour (again from the BBC).


I've been quite impressed with the opening ceremony - I watched most of it live this afternoon and I'm watching the highlights as I type this.

I hope 'we' can pull off something as respectable in 2012!!!


The BBC say 4bn people will be watching!
I was surprised to see Sara Brightman had got in there singing the Olympics anthem (good for album sales!).

I did a Google and some Chinese sites say she is from the USA! :¬(


Let's hope it's a good one - it's certainly started rather well...


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I disagree with Garin. I think footballers earn far too much money and our olympic athletes hardly earn a thing.

I also think there should be more games lessons in school. When I was a kid we didn't have fancy gym equipment like video game cycling machines. Also they should get rid of R.E and replace it with Drivers Ed.

Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Stop whining and get training ;)

no. Its there job to win. I expect them to do a good job of it. My job is to watch it on tv or on the internet. I've done that well. Whats their excuse?

Hmmm... wrote:
> Anyone know how the professional tennis players can compete but
> boxers, footballers? etc. have to be amateurs?

Because the event is open to professional tennis players. :) The footballers arent amateurs either.

I think its very hard to make distincts these days. None of the top track and field stars are amateurs. I suspect boxing maintains its status because of the strong standing of the amateur boxing associations and the clear distinction between them and the professional associations.

Anyone know how the professional tennis players can compete but boxers, footballers? etc. have to be amateurs?







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Stop whining and get training ;)

well, at least we didn't leave empty handed. But we need more gold! atheletics teams have been rubbish. So has englands football team. If we didn't have top notch cyclists or sailers we would have been much, much lower in the table.

BMX was a travasty.

spoonbeast wrote:
> but we still have a chance at a bronze right?

She has already won the bronze

Hmmm... wrote:
> She got knocked out in her next fight though... (not literally!)
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but we still have a chance at a bronze right?

Gold in the boxing in what can only be described as a wrestling match.

She got knocked out in her next fight though... (not literally!)









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