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[B-Dex]

This Japanese Badminton player can get his hands on my shuttlecock anytime. Just saying.

 

[NihonTiger90]

You can't knight him twice!

Ser Hoy - a Legend.

They'll make an exception. XD

Spoiler

I forgot for a sec he was knighted after Beijing

 

[nilbog21]

Indoor nascar cycling..hmm, I gues the euros are just as lame as us after all

 

[Peru]

Mixed doubles.. now that's olympic tennis done right.

 

[davidsaurus]

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/bbc_two_2012_hd

This one?

Must be because it's BBC2 and the cycling was on 1, but they cut back to the cycling JUST as it ended.

Anyways great job team GB

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2zsm

I was on the individual cycling one.

 

[fuenf]

They wouldn't have even gotten bronze technically. Their last run was worse than the Australians.

The GB DQ/relegation was clear though, they had great pictures for that. The riders were clearly at fault and an appeal wouldn't have changed anything. Not sure why people are complaining about the rules. Maybe it should just be a time penalty, I don't know, but the rule itself is perfectly understandable. You can't change riders before your team mate completes their lap.

In regards to the Chinese team relegation, the pictures I saw were terrible and showed nothing. I'm assuming the judges had better footage to look at, from the same camera that provided the footage of the GB team's fault, otherwise it's pretty baffling. They were really unlucky. Break the world record twice and walk away without the gold? Shattering.

They were unlucky but nothing more. I mean look at how close all these teams are, Germany playing it safe during the exchanges could've been the difference between winning and losing. The Chinese risked more and got burned, too bad.

 

[HoodWinked]

team fencing

korea v france

 

[D4Danger]

not even David Cameron could stop Chris Hoy

 

[Knux-Future]

Olympic boxing doesn't exist. Yall should know this already.

hell does actual boxing even exist at this point. Everybody is just waiting for that one fight that probably won't happen with dudes catching feelings.

That sport is dead in the water.

 

[LTWheels]

Playing Heroes in the velodrome. Nice!

 

[LanceVance]

What a day for GB. Shame about Pendleton but the rules are the rules I guess. GB!!!

 

[Brinbe]

Damn, that was a nice race.

Congrats, GB.


I noticed they fucked up their fencing feed too. Thus I'm using BBC's stream instead.

Yep, same here.

 

[Atrophis]

HOY IS SUCH A BEAST.

Track domination as expected. Fucking beautiful. This track is amazing. So many WR to come.

 

[Psychotext]

British boys are monsters. Still gutted for the girls though.

 

[nilbog21]

WAter polo is so goofy lol. So many bourgeois sports in the olympics...

 

[davidsaurus]

Hey, it's actually 9-5 US vs GB now. Surprising they aren't getting destroyed, I don't exactly think water polo is exactly a big sport. 10-5 now.
PS. GBR girls are playing at field hockey. Pool matches though.

 

[MrPing1000]

BBC music is boss, USA swim highlight reel with Purple Haze.

 

[Dance Inferno]

Man I hate NBC's USA-centric broadcasting schedule. I wanna watch the velodrome dammit, not this ridiculous water polo match.

 

[Pacbois]

HOY IS SUCH A BEAST.

Track domination as expected. Fucking beautiful. This track is amazing. So many WR to come.

Wondered about that, is the track playing a role in performance ? Beaucause those WR were just tumbling.

 

[Xun]

WAter polo is so goofy lol. So many bourgeois sports in the olympics...

It really is.

It's pretty boring to watch.

 

[Brazil]

Wondered about that, is the track playing a role in performance ? Beaucause those WR were just tumbling.

Most definitely.

 

[KennyLinder]

Any one of you guys read Chris Hoys book? It's a really interesting read about his life. Worth picking up

 

[Big-E]

It really is.

It's pretty boring to watch.

It just looks weird like when there is no stoppage when a penalty is called, just some guy swims to the outside like nothing has happened. The goalies don't really save shit and every point looks the same.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Man I hate NBC's USA-centric broadcasting schedule. I wanna watch the velodrome dammit, not this ridiculous water polo match.

Seriously.

 

[Randdalf]

Wondered about that, is the track playing a role in performance ? Beaucause those WR were just tumbling.

Yeah, they did say before the Olympics that it was a very fast track.

 

[Peru]

Team fencing is a marathon huh?

 

[SDBurton]

I don't get the rules for fencing. Girl from Korea gets the first hit yet the girl from France gets the point, dumb as hell.

 

[3Sixty]

Man that Velodrome was rocking, imagine racing in that atmosphere.

 

[mrklaw]

They were unlucky but nothing more. I mean look at how close all these teams are, Germany playing it safe during the exchanges could've been the difference between winning and losing. The Chinese risked more and got burned, too bad.

Relegations and changes of results (especially in finals) should always have overwhelming evidence,otherwise the benefit of the doubt should be with the status quo. Especially with no right of appeal. I saw nothing in the replays that made it clear that the Chinese broke the rules, hopefully the officials will release better pics.

 

[Peru]

I don't get the rules for fencing. Girl from Korea gets the first hit yet the girl from France gets the point, dumb as hell.

Hafta hit the right spots.

 

[masud]

It really is.

It's pretty boring to watch.

Treading water: the sport.

 

[Kjellson]

Kinda surprising that Hungary is below the qualifying line in water polo. They are usually considered the best at the sport.

 

[Pacbois]

I don't get the rules for fencing. Girl from Korea gets the first hit yet the girl from France gets the point, dumb as hell.

This is foil, to score you need to hit the grey area of the suit and have priority.

 

[SUPREME1]

Can people mention what sport they're watching when shouting out stuff like "GB GOLD!! WR TOO!!" because this thread is the only way I can keep up at work...


...and I don't have a clue what sport GB just won.



I'd appreciate it. Lots of posts in this thread I just don't get.

: (



Thanks!

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Wondered about that, is the track playing a role in performance ? Beaucause those WR were just tumbling.

Dat Siberian pine wood!

 

[SteveWD40]

Man I hate NBC's USA-centric broadcasting schedule. I wanna watch the velodrome dammit, not this ridiculous water polo match.

No suprise there.

 

[Trey]

Sounds like Britain is doing work.

 

[MasterShotgun]

I don't get the rules for fencing. Girl from Korea gets the first hit yet the girl from France gets the point, dumb as hell.

Right-of-way rules in fencing make no sense to me. They apply for Foil and Sabre styles. I'm glad Epee style has none of that nonsense.

 

[HoodWinked]

team fencing looks like korea is running away with it.

 

[Brinbe]

Definitely feel the same about Water Polo... I tried to give it a chance, but it's definitely boring as fuck.

Except for this Women's team Fencing (which takes forever!), not much going on right now. Just waiting for that Badminton semi with the Canadians and Swimming.

 

[Kjellson]

...and I don't have a clue what sport GB just won.

Some weird cycling thing.

 

[LTWheels]

Lads, GB playing Beligum in Woman's Hockey.

 

[Nesotenso]

Seriously.

maybe we need more US cyclists. velodrome drama is great

 

[fuenf]

Relegations and changes of results (especially in finals) should always have overwhelming evidence,otherwise the benefit of the doubt should be with the status quo. Especially with no right of appeal. I saw nothing in the replays that made it clear that the Chinese broke the rules, hopefully the officials will release better pics.

afaik there's a special high speed camera for the judges.

 

[ezrarh]

Japanese guy coming back against Lin Dan in Badminton!

 

[Linkified]

More controversy with cycling according to BBC, flags have not been raised on the podium.

 

[SteveWD40]

Think we are 5th on the table now, which is an improvement...

 

[FlashbladeGAF]

Right-of-way rules in fencing make no sense to me. They apply for Foil and Sabre styles. I'm glad Epee style has none of that nonsense.

have they already done the team epee yet?

 

[Atrophis]

Wondered about that, is the track playing a role in performance ? Beaucause those WR were just tumbling.

It's not just the track surface. This velodrome has really good regulation of temperature and humidity which also affects the speed of the riders.

 

[Good Job Bob]

What time is swimming?