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Olympics 2008 thread...
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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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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spoonbeast wrote:
> Again, paula radcliffe has proven to be a disappointment. But
> then, i predicted back in 2004 and thus proven right. Damn, i
> should have put a wager that she wasn't going to make it.
You wouldnt have found a bookie stupid enough to take your bet. She was injured. It's pretty cruel to be honest, i watched the race and the commentator said she's run 9 marathons in her career and won 7 of them. The 2 she didnt win? Athens and Beijing Olympics.
> Again, paula radcliffe has proven to be a disappointment. But
> then, i predicted back in 2004 and thus proven right. Damn, i
> should have put a wager that she wasn't going to make it.
You wouldnt have found a bookie stupid enough to take your bet. She was injured. It's pretty cruel to be honest, i watched the race and the commentator said she's run 9 marathons in her career and won 7 of them. The 2 she didnt win? Athens and Beijing Olympics.
a good weekend for team gb. We're 3 and we've bagged ourselves a lot of medals. Now it becomes A question as to what we'll get during the week. Chances are, we've played are ace in the hole and we're not going to get many more medals and we'll probably slip back to 6th or worse.
Again, paula radcliffe has proven to be a disappointment. But then, i predicted back in 2004 and thus proven right. Damn, i should have put a wager that she wasn't going to make it.
Again, paula radcliffe has proven to be a disappointment. But then, i predicted back in 2004 and thus proven right. Damn, i should have put a wager that she wasn't going to make it.
Population size is essentially irrelevant. It would only mean something if all other factors were equal and since they clearly arent...
They might have far bigger populations but we've far more athletes at the games.
I got bored...
China (population - 1,321 million)
35g / 13s / 13b = 61
USA (population - 304 million)
19g / 21s / 25b = 65
Europe (population - 728 million)
57g / 76s / 92b = 225
China (population - 1,321 million)
35g / 13s / 13b = 61
USA (population - 304 million)
19g / 21s / 25b = 65
Europe (population - 728 million)
57g / 76s / 92b = 225
Excellent, I really hope we do win some more. Its all very encouraging considering its our turn in 4 years.
So what did the Australian Olympic committee member say? Something about being surprised by our success considering we don't have any swimming pools or soap? :/
Teenage girls today should find role models in people like Rebecca Adlington, not Jordan, Chantelle and Charlotte Church.
So what did the Australian Olympic committee member say? Something about being surprised by our success considering we don't have any swimming pools or soap? :/
Teenage girls today should find role models in people like Rebecca Adlington, not Jordan, Chantelle and Charlotte Church.
There will be more Gold to come for team GB. I watched the cycling this morning and we were completely dominant in it. There's also the triple-jump to come.
Machie wrote:
> In America all the sites (CNN, Fox News etc) do the medal counts
> by medal total rather than total number of gold. So in their eyes
> they're winning the Olympics. The rest of the world do it by
> number of golds, which is the correct way.
>
> The reason for this is simple. Should a country with 100 bronze
> medals rank higher than a country with 99 gold medals?
>
> I should mention America have been doing it this way for awhile.
How stupid is that! As you say, what's better 100 bronze or 99 gold!!!
Mind you 'they' spell 'tyre' - 'tire' etc. etc. so they don't really have a clue ;¬)
GB with a population of around 60 million seems to be doing rather well against counties with many times our population (USA around 300m for example).
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> In America all the sites (CNN, Fox News etc) do the medal counts
> by medal total rather than total number of gold. So in their eyes
> they're winning the Olympics. The rest of the world do it by
> number of golds, which is the correct way.
>
> The reason for this is simple. Should a country with 100 bronze
> medals rank higher than a country with 99 gold medals?
>
> I should mention America have been doing it this way for awhile.
How stupid is that! As you say, what's better 100 bronze or 99 gold!!!
Mind you 'they' spell 'tyre' - 'tire' etc. etc. so they don't really have a clue ;¬)
GB with a population of around 60 million seems to be doing rather well against counties with many times our population (USA around 300m for example).
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Woo, nice one Louis Smith got us a bronze in gymnastics :O we haven't won a medal in gymnastics for 80 years.
The last two Olympics we ended in 10th place. Hopefully over the next week we'll win some more medals and stay in the top 5. It'd be nice to stay in 3rd and beat Australia and Germany oh and of course Russia who are still quite low down the table.
China are doing well closing the gap between the Americans. They've won 4 more golds since this morning. It'd be nice if they beat America in both number of golds and total medals. That'll really push both sides to do their best in 2012. :)
I didn't know who to root for in the Women's individual pursuit. Rebecca Romero (GBR) or Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR).
The last two Olympics we ended in 10th place. Hopefully over the next week we'll win some more medals and stay in the top 5. It'd be nice to stay in 3rd and beat Australia and Germany oh and of course Russia who are still quite low down the table.
China are doing well closing the gap between the Americans. They've won 4 more golds since this morning. It'd be nice if they beat America in both number of golds and total medals. That'll really push both sides to do their best in 2012. :)
I didn't know who to root for in the Women's individual pursuit. Rebecca Romero (GBR) or Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR).
In America all the sites (CNN, Fox News etc) do the medal counts by medal total rather than total number of gold. So in their eyes they're winning the Olympics. The rest of the world do it by number of golds, which is the correct way.
The reason for this is simple. Should a country with 100 bronze medals rank higher than a country with 99 gold medals?
I should mention America have been doing it this way for awhile.
The reason for this is simple. Should a country with 100 bronze medals rank higher than a country with 99 gold medals?
I should mention America have been doing it this way for awhile.
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