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[Diprosalic]

womens fencing is cool.

 

[spiderman123]

womens fencing is cool.

and hot

 

[Diprosalic]

and hot

yeah that's what i meant lol.


zoe smith won? i know her, i accidentally watched a bbc program on her, she's cool.

 

[seattle6418]

I don't really understand what are you trying to say. You can't compare professional sports where people make millions and millions of money to Olympics athletes and their sports. If you're salty because some other country is gaining more medals than yours, then you're missing the point of the Olympics.

No, that´s not it because my country has always sucked in the olympics (Brazil), but i don´t know, it just seems like a common thing to all the people i talk to.

If a sport is so irrelevant that nobody plays or watch, then why is it in the olympics? (and some of them having a lot of importance). History showed us they stopped having some when they became obsolete, so what i´m saying is, they need some changes.

Don´t get me wrong, i love some niche sports, but some of the things i watched can´t even be considered a real sport. (Like the horse walking sideways).

 

[Diprosalic]

Don´t get me wrong, i love some niche sports, but some of the things i watched can´t even be considered a real sport. (Like the horse walking sideways).

but golf is?

 

[zomgbbqftw]

yeah that's what i meant lol.


zoe smith won? i know her, i accidentally watched a bbc program on her, she's cool.

No, she came second in Group B, there is still Group A to go, it is unlikely that Zoe will win a medal this time around, but she is only 18 and has a long career ahead of her.

 

[fuenf]

Damn Ula Radwanska doesnt stand a chance against Serena.

 

[Ark]

I used to go to the same school as Dani King, hoping she gets gold.

 

[davidsaurus]

but golf is?

You going to argue golf isn't a sport now?

 

[Miles X]

No, she came second in Group B, there is still Group A to go, it is unlikely that Zoe will win a medal this time around, but she is only 18 and has a long career ahead of her.

Has a shot at bronze though?

 

[Psychotext]

zoe smith won? i know her, i accidentally watched a bbc program on her, she's cool.

No, she should end up being top 10, but she did really well. New British record.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

Has a shot at bronze though?

Unlikely.

 

[Diprosalic]

You going to argue golf isn't a sport now?

i know to little about golf, i see it more as a game. old overweight men win all the time no?


edit: i'm all for golf at the olympics though.

 

[helloresolven]

Wish NBC Olympics had a setting that was inbetween normal size & full screen like on YouTube.

But time for Round of 16 epee!

 

[Psychotext]

Don´t get me wrong, i love some niche sports, but some of the things i watched can´t even be considered a real sport. (Like the horse walking sideways).

lol... what's this shit? Do you decide which strange show of skill is worthy and which is not? I'm guessing controlling a horse to that level of precision is trivial. Does that count for showjumping too?

(I don't even like the thing, but if you're only focussing on althetic prowess then you'd lose a whole lot of "sports")

 

[Wes]

Has a shot at bronze though?

The woman who beat Zoe in the group by 10kg or so is highly unlikely to get a medal.

Zoe was never expected to get a medal. It's experience for her before Rio.

 

[Canis lupus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results

Click on the day and it'll show you exactly what's on when.

Thanks mate.

 

[davidsaurus]

Man, BBC stream was perfect for me yesterday but today it keeps stuttering every 30seconds even though it's buffered way ahead. No idea whats up.

 

[Minamu]

How did the table tennis game between North and South Korea go? Any tension or anything?

 

[Deadman]

Federer vs Benneteau is about to start

 

[aceface]

I haven't watched any Judo yet It's time to watch some Judo.

 

[jl4855]

stream a bit slow here too.

 

[UnblessedSoul]

Why does fancing look so stupid? Looks like it requires no skill

 

[davidsaurus]

Watching Greece vs Japan in Table Tennis, greece player plays so far back it's ridiculous

 

[Forceatowulf]

Kim Yeon Kyoun is not of this world......

Someone check if her parents farm doesn't have a Space Ship in their barn with a capital "S" on it.

god damn

 

[Psychotext]

Kim Yeon Kyoun

What sport is that?

 

[aceface]

Wow this Japanese Judo woman, Matsumoto, so intense. She looks like she is going to wreck shit.

 

[UnblessedSoul]

That female ref in the fencing would get it hard

 

[Meadows]

some Puerto Rican chav won in the boxing

 

[KillerMan91]

Everytime the Olympics are around, i get bugged with some of the sports included/not included and how they balance then.

I just read that China won 38 of their 51 golds in 2008 in Diving, Gymnastics, Shooting, Weightlifting and Table Tennis. I reckon that some of those are real big following sports, but that seems weird to me.

I look at Spain, and even tough they don´t win as many medals, if you consider that they have grat teams on the two biggest sports worldwide (football and basketball), and that they have had great success in two other huge sports (autoracing and tennis) they appear to me, a more succesfull country at sports than China.

Goldmining obscure events the way China does only happens because those sports have a different meaning in olympics then they do in real life.

I still can´t believe you can win a medal by making a horse walk sideways, gently, but you can´t by playing golf.

You can win eight golds on diving alone and you can´t win a single one in Rugby or Cricket combined.

If some events would be taken out of the olympics, the "sport" would even exist, so i think that´s sad. I think you would have to had people watching and playing a sport, so that this thing can be big enough to be in the olympics.

Anyways, regular Olympic rant.

Not to mention that several countries have huge winter olympics teams also that draw a lot of talents (like my country Finland) so they might not be as succesful as others during these summer olympics. Although for China's defense they are progressing in other more popular sports dominated usually by western countries. Just look at swimming. It's only matter of time before they are succesfull in pretty much every sport. Dat 1.3 billion population with constantly rising standards of living.

 

[Pacbois]

Why does fancing look so stupid? Looks like it requires no skill

 

[Pixel_boy]

*makes a note to go to Greenwich Park one sunny day* I think all the rain help it a lot looks so green

 

[fuenf]

man i just hate watching Serena play tennis, she's an amazing athlete but i just dont like this "power" play style

 

[Forceatowulf]

What sport is that?

Indoor Volleyball.

 

[Meadows]

is GB in anything at the moment?

 

[modulaire]

There is a horse on the loose.

 

[Psychotext]

Thanks. Unrelated, Ben Ainsley (GB) is doing ok in the sailing.

 

[davidsaurus]

Green Britain's team of relatively attractive Handball players are playing against Russia now. The Russians look intimidating as hell

 

[Deadman]

is GB in anything at the moment?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00wp1jy

Laura robson in 1st set tiebreak

 

[davidsaurus]

Two sisters refereeing the handball game, holy shit they look identical.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Wow. I know I'm late but I tried out the BBC Olympic iPlayer for the first time today and it's absolutely brilliant.

Women's handball about to...err....kickoff. GBR vs RUS. Come on Team GB!

BBC Stream for UK Gaffers

 

[Phonomezer]

Finally caught the opening ceremony just now. Garbage.

 

[Meadows]

Finally caught the opening ceremony just now. Garbage.

no u

 

[hoos30]

My favorite non-US player at the moment. Best Korea's Kim Yeon Koung. 6'3", pretty cute, but has an arm like a Howlitzer. She scores like every other point for her team.

She bad.

 

[Tesseract]

any standout highlights yet? what should i watch.

 

[dc89]

Finally caught the opening ceremony just now. Garbage.

Each to their own but in my eyes it was far from garbage.

 

[Phonomezer]

no u

I wanted to love it, but aside from the first 30 minutes and THE QUEEN, it was just a mess.

 

[Shikoro]

Finally caught the opening ceremony just now. Garbage.

Where did you see it?

 

[killer_clank]

Robson takes the first set!

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

I wanted to love it, but aside from the first 30 minutes and THE QUEEN, it was just a mess.

GTFO