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Olympics: Judo

AllLeftFoot
AllLeftFoot Posts: 1,500
edited August 2012 in Other Football and Sports
Couldn't see another thread on this...

GB's Gemma Gibbons, who was brought up in Charlton, has just won her second bout of the day (in the final second) and is through to the quarter-finals.
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  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,231
    When are the quarters?
  • AllLeftFoot
    AllLeftFoot Posts: 1,500
    She just won it - now through to the semi-final this afternoon.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    Great ippon against the Portuguese girl!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Go on Gem! local girl and used to see her around bexleyheath in our younger days
  • Paddy Powell
    Paddy Powell Posts: 2,844
    Her semi-final is scheduled for 2:20pm (ish). She's taking on the world number two.

    If she doesn't manage to make the final, she will fight one of the repechage winners for bronze.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    ValleyGary said:

    Go on Gem! local girl and used to see her around bexleyheath in our younger days

    Did ya?

  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    yep she went Westwood
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,859
    Whoosh... I think :-)
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    lol that was a whooosh. no i never.

    her fella is the guy that cried during his interview when he got knocked out the mens judo the other day.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    I couldn't work out one way or another because it's VG!

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,833
    Good luck to her, but have to say I've found judo the most boring sport I've seen in the Olympics so far, and difficult to follow
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Ooo hark at Bruce Lee. ;-)
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    are they not allowed to do up their coats properly after a ruck? the clothes just dont seem suitable for what they are trying to do?
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    It is a bit dull.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,863
    Not seen one decent punch landed yet...
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,897
    reminds me of a Next sale
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,053
    Was it judo that had all the controversy over the guy that got selected for Team GB over the world champion ?
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,667
    se9addick said:

    Was it judo that had all the controversy over the guy that got selected for Team GB over the world champion ?

    I think it was taekwondo.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,925
    ValleyGary said:



    her fella is the guy that cried during his interview when he got knocked out the mens judo the other day.

    That was a bit funny

  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    AFKABartram said:

    Good luck to her, but have to say I've found judo the most boring sport I've seen in the Olympics so far, and difficult to follow

    I was thinking the same but there are a lot of dull sports in the Olympics.

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  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    Go Gemma...into the semi's....not into judo at all but it's the Olympics so what the feck.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,646
    I did a bit of Judo when at school - was taught by the bloke who coached Brian Jacks !!
  • Hastingsaddick
    Hastingsaddick Posts: 4,079
    LawrieAbrahams said:

    AFKABartram said:

    Good luck to her, but have to say I've found judo the most boring sport I've seen in the Olympics so far, and difficult to follow

    I was thinking the same but there are a lot of dull sports in the Olympics.
    Fencing....now that is dull.....but if it was a Brit going for gold then I think I could force myself to watch it.
  • Curb_It
    Curb_It Posts: 21,231
    Shooting, i went on saturday. The men's 10m pistol qualifiers, my stepdaughter fell asleep and who could blame her. Dull.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,820
    still don't understand it despite the bit the BBC just did about it....mind you the venue is packed out!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,016
    Elthamaddick said:

    still don't understand it despite the bit the BBC just did about it....mind you the venue is packed out!

    It's easy. You have to throw your opponent to the ground & jump on top of them :-)
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 6,166
    gibbons on now
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    That girls she's against looks fierce.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,897
    girl?
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,483
    Mike said:

    gibbons on now

    Aha gibbons........well at a guess they might do something a bit more interesting!

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