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[Afrikan]

I knew Belarus was going to make it...she got crazy hops.

 

[Psychotext]

Man, the heptathlon women are clearly the hottest group as a whole in the Olympics so far. Om nom nom.

Poor Ennis, her fine arse is clearly a disadvantage in the high jump.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Coming from a footballing background, its nice to see the crowd so supportive and friendly to foreign athletes

 

[Raist]

Which sport?

Women football.

 

[Kurtofan]

Which sport?

Women's football.

 

[davidsaurus]

Lithuanian straight up looks like a high jumper.

 

[Tea and Toast]

Well if they can't make money what are they going to do when they stop competing?
I don't know how it works, but 25,000$ for a Gold Medal isn't not so much?

There are plenty of other tournaments where they can make money. Sponsorship deals too.

Saying that though, If a country wants to award its athletes for great performances, I have no problem with it.

 

[Brazil]

Ahahaha. Olympic Boxing scoring continues being absolutely ridiculous.

Women's football.

Oh, dang. I didn't know the quarter-final matches were today.

Pretty cool for France.

 

[BobTheBub]

I only chimed in because of your statements around whether Shin should have disputed this before the end of the match, I think you are conceding that this would have been impractical. So I'm glad we got the misunderstanding out of the way.

To be clear, whether Shin got hit in that last remaining second shouldn't be debated, as recordings show it was 0.01 seconds before the second ran off. That's not the issue.

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Edit 3:
Too lazy, need to work. Maybe this is helpful ? I don't know, need to work now and stop posting.
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/xjyrg/proof_that_officials_made_the_wrong_call_in/

I think this is still the crux of the issue and the link you posted shows that it is being debated - and that it was extremely close, in fact I have less sympathy for shin after watching it but what I still don't understand is how they could have cocked up the timing.

There is clearly a beep sounded when they restart - how does that not restart the clock, why is there also a 15 year old kid that supposedly was late starting the clock?

 

[John Dunbar]

Men's finals in archery starting.

 

[Nekki]

Man what a second set. Delpo's level has gone down a bit, but Fed ain't playin good yet

 

[clemenx]

There are plenty of other tournaments where they can make money. Sponsorship deals too.

That's absolutely not true for most of the "obscure" sports.

 

[numble]

Olympians should not need monetary incentives to compete for Olympic medals.

It's great how the IOC can make money off their free labor though.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Italy and Korea having a tough match in Men's Sabre Team if anyone is interested. Lots of emotion.

 

[Vicetrailia]

Olympians should not need monetary incentives to compete for Olympic medals.

Why not? Hell some of them really need it anyway.

 

[Diprosalic]

tie-break. RIP Federer

 

[Tea and Toast]

It's cute seeing Johnson-Thompson. She looks like she is one evolutionary step behind Ennis ( Mentally & Physically ) . Hopefully she

is one too look out for.

 

[Nekki]

Tie break!! Intense.. at least on an emotional level.

 

[LTWheels]

I didn't say it was wrong for them to be awarded money, just it should not be a motivating factor.

 

[clemenx]

Fuck, I'm gonna break down on this tiebreak.

 

[bryanee]

The crowd is awesome inside the stadium.

 

[killer_clank]

Johnson Thomson was so close!

 

[Hoo-doo]

Trampoline starting now, right?

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Unlucky KJT we still love you!

 

[Linkified]

Johnson Thomson was so close!

If she didn't put her arm on the bar when she was flicking herself over she would be still in this.

 

[Nekki]

Damn, Fed don't wanna lose this set!

 

[Zaph]

Glad this is getting some attention in the UK, it's a massive problem:

BBC News: Olympics 'dominated by privately educated'

Too many of Britain's top sportsmen and women were educated privately, the country's Olympic chief has said.

Lord Moynihan said it was wholly unacceptable that more than 50% of medallists at the Beijing Olympics came from independent schools.

He described it as one of the "worst statistics in British sport".

He said it meant half of Great Britain's medals came from just 7% of the population who are privately educated.

Chairman of the British Olympic Association Lord Moynihan called for an urgent overhaul of school sport policy, saying private school dominance of sports was "wholly unacceptable".
'Future priority'

He said: "There is so much talent out there in the 93% that should be identified and developed.

"That has got to be a priority for future sports policy. I have spoken about it many times and I will continue to speak about it until there is not breath left in me."

Lord Moynihan said Olympic sport should aim to have the same ratio of state to private school pupils as football.

I went to an inner-London state school - the only two sport 'programs' (e.g. after school classes) were football for boys and tennis for girls...

 

[Psychotext]

Looks like DP's head might be going a bit.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

I am going to get Karatina's number and post a picture of us on Show Your Partner thread. Give me 2 months, GAF.

I have her twitter so I am ahead of you

 

[Meadows]

Glad this is getting some attention in the UK, it's a massive problem:

BBC News: Olympics 'dominated by privately educated'



I went to an inner-London state school - the only two sport 'programs' (e.g. after school classes) were football for boy and tennis for girls...

Yeah, I went to a state school in Warrington.

All they really concentrated on was Football and Rugby League. Netball for the girls.

 

[LTWheels]

Glad this is getting some attention in the UK, it's a massive problem:

BBC News: Olympics 'dominated by privately educated'



I went to an inner-London state school - the only two sport 'programs' (e.g. after school classes) were football for boy and tennis for girls...

It's the government's fault for not funding/encouraging more sporting activities in school or in local communities outside of football.

 

[clemenx]

Jesus fucking Christ, Federer.

 

[Psychotext]

Football, Rugby (Union) and Netball at mine.

 

[Afrikan]

come oooon.. i need to get some sleep.... only 5hrs before the shot put and 100m dash start.

 

[Empty]

Glad this is getting some attention in the UK, it's a massive problem:

BBC News: Olympics 'dominated by privately educated'



I went to an inner-London state school - the only two sport 'programs' (e.g. after school classes) were football for boy and tennis for girls...

not that surprising. a lot of sport is expensive to support and the sports we're good at are things like rowing and sailing that are especially costly and not accessible through traditional routes. plus british private schools loving their rowing programs helps a lot too.

 

[LegoArmo]

Glad this is getting some attention in the UK, it's a massive problem:

BBC News: Olympics 'dominated by privately educated'



I went to an inner-London state school - the only two sport 'programs' (e.g. after school classes) were football for boys and tennis for girls...

Can't say I'm surprised. My school had football for boys and I think hockey for the girls.

 

[saelz8]

Federer choking?

 

[Shadow780]

lol Kobe is early, considering the orgy he received last night.

 

[Kurita]

That rally was CRAZY !

 

[Psychotext]

JT opens her mouth and instantly I know in my heart that she'll never replace Ennis for me.

/shrivels

 

[Meadows]

JT opens her mouth and instantly I know in my heart that she'll never replace Ennis for me.

/shrivels

fu

 

[jl4855]

Glad this is getting some attention in the UK, it's a massive problem:

BBC News: Olympics 'dominated by privately educated'



I went to an inner-London state school - the only two sport 'programs' (e.g. after school classes) were football for boys and tennis for girls...

fully and wholly expected

 

[Nolan.]

There's trampoline events? I didn't know that

 

[modulaire]

JT opens her mouth and instantly I know in my heart that she'll never replace Ennis for me.

/shrivels

I just wanted to post this - sounds like a 40-year old talking

 

[clemenx]

Fuck meeeeeee. I don't know how he pulled it playing like utter shit but he did it. One set left.

 

[danwarb]

fu

x2

 

[Empty]

yes roger. finally stopped choking.

 

[John Dunbar]

3rd set. interesting to see can Del Potro keep up this level.

 

[Setsuna]

These High jumpers, I dont think they believe they can make it.

 

[Keyser Soze]

KJT is extremely likable