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2016 Olympics in Rio...

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  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,255

    We have carried on from London 2012 and the feel good factor is amazing.

    One question thou ?

    what has happened to all that bad news that was on the news every day;
    Is their a truce or has it just been relegated to the middle pages ?

    Theresa May is on holiday so all that political stuff is on hold. Or maybe we are just better off without anyone running the country? Who knows?

    It's interesting that most nights since the Olympics started, the BBC news at 10 has opened with it, except tonight. Shocking pictures from Syria. Brings you back down to earth with a horrible crash. I don't mean to put a dampener on what has been a great thread, but does put it back into perspective some what
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    All the South Eastern High speed trains (Javelins) are named after Olympians from 2012. Coming back from Canterbury tonight after the cricket, it was rather appropriate that my train was named after Alastair Brownlee, who retained his gold medal today!
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    Taekwondo gold for Jade!
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620
    Jade Jones gold in taekwando. Smashed the Spaniard in final round
  • Got to laugh, Bolt absolutely destroys the field to win yet another gold medal, then afterwards looked a bit upset and said he wished he'd run faster!

    Only 4 men have ever won the 100/200 Olympic double. He's done in 3 times in a row!
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Cook out the tae kwan doo mo through
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    The boyfriend of the German woman Beach volleyball gold medalist,
    wondered what was in it for him after watching her win match after match ?


    SAND.
  • clb74 said:

    Cook out the tae kwan doo mo through

    They think it's all over Moldova.
    It is now.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,782
    Just watched a bit of the Women's Hockey Bronze medal play off between Germany and New Zealand.
    For a good five minutes I had the teams mixed up because Germany were in All Black and New Zealand were in white. Why did they do that? Surely NZ in black and Deutschland in white should be the first choice?
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  • clb74 said:

    Cook out the tae kwan doo mo through

    You speaking Chinese?
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223
    Just been sent a few questionable pictures and a video of the Argentinian women's hockey team... Would not say no to a few of em!
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,258

    Just watched a bit of the Women's Hockey Bronze medal play off between Germany and New Zealand.
    For a good five minutes I had the teams mixed up because Germany were in All Black and New Zealand were in white. Why did they do that? Surely NZ in black and Deutschland in white should be the first choice?

    Some team colour choices have been weird this olympics. Canada wearing bright turquoise in cycling for instance, or the neon colour Japan are wearing in track and field.

    I must say the sheer amount of navy in the British kit is disappointing, i prefer it when it's mostly white
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    Oh yes? I'm guessing that is not shareable here....


  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    edited August 2016
    Why have they only given joe Joyce a bronze have I missed a bout did he get beat?? I reckon have backed him for gold
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824

    clb74 said:

    Cook out the tae kwan doo mo through

    You speaking Chinese?
    Sort of cook out British bloke through
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824

    Why have they only given joe Joyce a bronze have I missed a bout did he get beat?? I reckon have backed him for gold

    Is he not fighting later in semis
  • Why have they only given joe Joyce a bronze have I missed a bout did he get beat?? I reckon have backed him for gold

    If you mean the links Callum has posted they are just projections of what medals us and China will win from now on by some company so you haven't missed anything.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,595
    clb74 said:

    Why have they only given joe Joyce a bronze have I missed a bout did he get beat?? I reckon have backed him for gold

    Is he not fighting later in semis
    That would make life difficult for him.
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  • Anyone see the guy who 'did a Lineker' in the walking race?

    Thought you weren't supposed to trot.

    Stupid event anyway. Just run you weird waddlers.
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223

    Oh yes? I'm guessing that is not shareable here....


    Definitely not
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,786

    Fiiish said:

    We already overtook China in the Gold medals but we now equal them in total medals. Incredible stuff considering the relative difference in both population and wealth.

    The way we've progressed since Atlanta '96 we'll be catching the United States for Gold Medals in a few years time!!
    That's never going to happen. More like, can Britain keep up at this pace?
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,258
    What the fuck is this modern pentathlon all about?
  • We will be found out by Russia that we too have a mouse hole and are bang on the doping
  • Been watching the BMX over the last few days and someone needs to have a word with the Swiss bloke: Graff.

    Just crashed for the THIRD time this time in the Semi Finals!!
  • Thank God for that go on joe Joyce
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Cmon
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Ýèeeeefssss
  • red_murph
    red_murph Posts: 2,460
    Showjumping gold for Nick Skelton