ColossalLazy
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So much choking. China wins the set.
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So much choking. China wins the set.
killer_clank
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There's no way in hell the goal was to get EVERY gold. They wanted to make all the finals, which they did aside from 1 I think.
It's a myth that Britain is amazing at every rowing event.
Longest rally: 48 strokes
Haha I saw that...don't think it's accurate unless I just have no idea what it means
Even the FIE admitted it was their fault (and they are going to ask the IOC to give her a silver medal), yet you're here spinning everything to blame her or the coach. She should've blabla, you're missing context (it happened fast, nobody knew what was going on and it was at the very end of a semifinal) and that doesn't change the fact that she was screwed. She trained her life for this moment, she fought to be in the final and you're making a joke of it.
Hopefully they win this game. Our girls don't deserve to be there.
Still looking for those links that state they "rejected the appeal because she appealed at the wrong time"?
Or did you make all of that up?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7QENF5Uf7k (the commentary by the audience member taping it is hilarious)
What a joke, seriously.
Wtf is wrong with you? The ignorance in this thread is simply mind boggling, Google it, read the comments from Csar / Heidemann and other fencing guys. Instead of accusing ElTropo of spinning the facts, everything has already been discussed a 100 times and the relevant articles were posted. Yeah it was an unfortunate decision, it was controversial but it's not like anyone deliberately screwed Shin Lam over.
Soyongdori
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You are being way too harsh, man.
Or that the Rowing teams along with other Team GB members don't do the equivalent training of the other countries participating, bar cycling.
Haha I saw that...don't think it's accurate unless I just have no idea what it means
It's the number of times they strike the feather ball before one of the teams scores a point. 48 is a rather high number.
ColossalLazy
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Its True, they are being abysmal.
I don't think they were expected to win. Ones to watch today are the women's double sculls in about 26 minutes and Victoria Pendleton and Rebecca Adlington later on.
I've read dozens of articles about the incident.
Not ONE states that the reason the appeal was rejected was because she appealed at the wrong time. In fact they accepted the appeal, but upheld the original result. They didn't reject the appeal itself. They took the South Korean team's appeal cash and even announced it to the audience.
Since you've said that hundreds of relevant articles were posted, why don't you link me one? Preferably quote the piece of the article that states it.
Also, few people are stating that she was "deliberately" screwed over. We're contesting ElTropo's claim that she was at fault because she supposedly appealed it at the wrong time.
Sviatoslav
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Ugh, as expected track and field coverage is just track coverage. CTV didn't show a single jump from the triple jump qualifying for example.
Ya I think it was meant to be 18 with the one rally that happened half-way through the second set. No way that was 48 lol
I agree and I wouldn't go that far; I believe it was just a mistake and for whatever reason in spite of the evidence in front of them that seemed to prove the error was theirs, they chose to uphold the refs decision / time-keeping. Nonetheless it doesn't change the fact that the decision was clearly wrong; the truth of it is that Shin was the winner of that match, not Heidemann. If I was her, that win and the subsequent Silver medal would be pretty hollow, but hey, that's just me.
Napoleonthechimp
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We weren't even that good at rowing until the mid-1980s so it isn't even an event we've always dominated at. I think when it comes to rowing we really only remember the highlights like Redgrave's achievements so we tend to think more highly of ourselves than is realistic.
Soyongdori
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LMAO @ French fans at Judo match. They even brought a blow horn for their cheering.
Napoleonthechimp
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I heard otherwise. If that is the case then the entire match was fucked up.
Great. Still waiting for a single link. There's no point in discussing anything further until you can prove you're not making things up.
As a bonus, a non-German source would be great too.
I'm assuming it's like other sports where they try to influence decisions.
or they actually thought they scored
You really don't understand what happened, nobody is arguing about the reset, it's the 1 second after the reset where the incident that everyone is arguing about happened.
That does semi explain some of the weird statements that you have made though.
You mean volleyball?
In volleyball if you lose 3-2 you still get a point, while the winner team gets 2. Any other result, the winner team gets 3 and the loser 0.
^^^Seems to be this mainly, depending on the discipline. In Foil, the point goes to the one who made the first offensive move, so both will often believe it was them. It can also depend on whether the hit was on a valid target or not. This is why I prefer epee, where the target is the entire body and simultaneous hits from both fencers are each awarded points.
This is simply depressing.
Yeah this is very, very sad. It's thanks to our incredibly good promotion of sportiing in the country.
We're better in team sports though, and those aren't close to being done yet, and even there we're having a quite poor showing.
ElTropo means this article: http://www.volksblatt.at/index.php?id=97237&MP=61-9400
It's in German but oh well, they are basically arguing that Korea accepted "to fight out" the last second because they didnt deny the "Prêt?" (ready?) question by the referee.
I'd suggest that we simply drop this argument now, i mean it's just fencing.
killer_clank
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Good bronze!
Yeah.... That won't last, big brother will blitz us in the end.
Your salty tears will make a most excellent seasoning for my fush and chups.
An English article please. I think German articles may be biased...ElTropo means this article: http://www.volksblatt.at/index.php?id=97237&MP=61-9400
It's in German but oh well, they are basically arguing that Korea accepted "to fight out" the last second because they didnt deny the "Prêt?" (ready?) question by the referee.
I'd suggest that we simply drop this argument now, i mean it's just fencing.
killer_clank
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Now this boat is a favourite!
Fingers crossed!
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