John Dunbar
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Is this the number 1 American? He's in trouble now. (archery)
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London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT2|
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Napoleonthechimp
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Archery seems like a pretty inconsistent sport. Once you let that arrow go there's no guarantee that a gust a wind won't blow it slightly off course and take away your gold medal.
Those two awards are guaranteed to happen now.
planar1280
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How to easily watch olympics on bbc in the US on both MAC and PC
http://lifehacker.com/5930437/how-a...ficial-olympics-coverage-and-overcome-nbcfail
http://lifehacker.com/5930437/how-a...ficial-olympics-coverage-and-overcome-nbcfail
which round ?
BertramCooper
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Damn, Ellison.
Jezbollah
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God damn. Im in the UK but that is an epic link.
They changed to this format this year to specifically make the sport more random.
It used to be the total score of all the arrows (like shooting events) instead of 3 arrows a set. Now a less consistent and skilled player has a higher chance of winning.
I suppose this is intended to stop the Korean dominance.
Not really, Olympics should be a celebration of sports, this is why nobody boos in the audience. It's about the athletes doing their best, like Bolt breaking the world record, nobody really care if he's is Jamaican or not. But I understand some people use it as a way to say their nation is the best.
Napoleonthechimp
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I don't fully understand why they let a country (not just China) have multiple national teams in one event.
We'll boo cheaters like with the badminton.
vagabondarts
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Thank you for this. Needs it's own stickied thread almost.
vas_a_morir
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You misunderstand me, bro. I love it.
I read that Wiggo is the first person ever.
Kobalty
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match to end all matches, they should throw it.
But we're not really trolling when we state simple facts like "we da the bess mane".
vagabondarts
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That's the way I see it too, I love the olympics for this. I'm also not butthurt if someone feels proud of their country because their player wins.
Hypnotoad
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This is the singles final.
CrunchinJelly
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The BBC is paid for, no?
Jezbollah
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Arise, Sir Bradley!
Also, Unblock.us is a brilliant service - I use it to access the US Netflix service from the UK. It works great. Highly recommended.
The Olympics takes the place of world championship competitions during Olympic years. Many of these competitions are not nation vs. nation competitions, but just athletes competing to be the best in the world. That's why there are multiple entries for those sports.
Psychotext
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Others have said it... but if you do use our fantastic BBC (which we all pay for!) please consider giving a little to the BBC backed charities of Children In Need or Sport Relief.
It isn't fair otherwise. How would you feel if you were second in the world but couldn't go to the Olympics. There are other Jamaicans who could beat almost anyone in the 100 but they can't go because of the others. It's only fair to have a couple people go through.
planar1280
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Not for olympics
BertramCooper
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So are there any American archers left (male or female)?
Because it makes competition better, some country are better than others, that's a fact. If you only allow one Italian in Fencing it's not fair when Italians dominate, same for Table Tennis (it used to be three athtletes, they already changed it so they don't take all three places).
vas_a_morir
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I came close to changing my avatar to George Washington with "U mad, world?" for the Olympics... but of course, I'd be met with a picture of Emperor Xin saying "I ain't even mad." lol
planar1280
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So basically like America's PBS except with less suck
The spaniard is only 21! And she is from my town xD
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