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HoodWinked said:
there are some real cutie pies for high jump.
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Just saw Nadiya Dusanova.
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dejay said:
Best thing I've seen in a long time. We had some Kiwis in our NZ office giving us shit a couple of days ago - I'm glad at least that is over.

What the GB medal count from Beijing and London demonstrates is just how under performing they had been for many years, considering their size and wealth. Australia, by contrast, is under performing now, but then again the medal count is always going to drop off 12 years after you host an Olympics. I'm actually happy that the Brits have the ascendancy - easy beats aren't much fun to compete against.

One thing I'd recommend to GB after these games - make sure your coaches are paid well, otherwise they're going to get poached.
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I saw a stat buried in a BBC report that said that the olympics after hosting, countries get about 30% fewer medals on average. Rio may be unpleasant.

(Canada appear to have avoided that risk by boycotting Moscow - a cunning ploy!)
 
I'm pleased with how the Olympics have been so far. Some great performances by various athletes and a good job by Great Britain.



Meanwhile, Usain Bolt received a more dubious offer from Premier League footballer Rio Ferdinand, who tweeted: “if you want that trial at Man Utd shout me, I'll speak to the boss!!”

“After the Olympics we work on that...” Bolt joked.
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Do you think he can run keeping a ball in front of him?
 
HoodWinked said:
LOL these high jump womans is cheesing the system. everyone is passing so that they advance to finals.

i think. kinda confusing
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That seemed to be the case but have a couple waited till everyone else has passed then decided to jump

We can safely say they should all be DQ'd now for not giving their all right?
 
It's so funny watching the women high jumpers trying to decide whether to jump or pass, but don't understand why they won't tell them what happens if you pass.
 
numble said:
I'm not watching at the moment, is there commentary explaining what's going on?
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14 qualified for the final, which has 12 spots. Choice is either to let 14 through to the final, or set the bar to 1.96 and let them jump again.

But they asked the women whether they wanted to jump or not. Now some are preparing to jump, others (like Hellebaut) are passing
 
Creamium said:
Pure chaos, what a farce this is
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It's like high school level of organisation they should'nt be leaving it down to the athletes to make anyway they're there to compete. I just don't understand why they were keeping them in the dark about what happens if you chose either route. The commentators obviously knew and the German girl but some didn't have a clue anyway it's over but just strange.
 
High jump stuff appears to be the same thing as the men's pole vaulting yesterday. Athletes ended up winning that one.
 
numble said:
Who tried to trick them all?
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It seemed to be the German girls idea for everyone to pass then they all go through, they all got asked individually what they wanted to do and weren't allowed to change their minds.

In the end just two jumped I think the German girl and one other.

Maybe someone else decided to jump though I dont know fully
 
Jeff Albertson said:
It seemed to be the German girls idea for everyone to pass then they all go through, they all got asked individually what they wanted to do and weren't allowed to change their minds.

In the end just two jumped I think the German girl and one other.

Maybe someone else decided to jump though I dont know fully
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what? i think you got that all wrong buddy.
 
Jeff Albertson said:
It seemed to be the German girls idea for everyone to pass then they all go through, they all got asked individually what they wanted to do and weren't allowed to change their minds.

In the end just two jumped I think the German girl and one other.

Maybe someone else decided to jump though I dont know fully
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Yeah I think the German girl and the Greek girl decided to jump to make sure but others decided to pass Barrett? was undecided but her team mate was telling her don't pass, lot of mind games
 
Nolan. said:
It's like high school level of organisation they should'nt be leaving it down to the athletes to make anyway they're there to compete. I just don't understand why they were keeping them in the dark about what happens if you chose either route. The commentators obviously knew and the German girl but some didn't have a clue anyway it's over but just strange.
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Maybe it's just me but I think if your at the Olympics in your given sport you should have an understanding of the rules

The judge couldn't tell them as it all depended on if they all decided not to jump, he would e in trouble if he advised them to almost cheat the system

Edit - sk1zz maybe I got it wrong watching on a stream and commentary is on and off, BBC seemed to think the german girl initiated it though
 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443659204577575401395853744.html

You've just won an Olympic gold medal, the culmination of a lifetime of training and sacrifice. You're standing on the podium, the flag is rising and the national anthem is blaring. How are you going to react? Are you going to stand stoically? Or are you going to turn into a blubbering mess of mucus and tears?

To find out what happens most often, the Journal reviewed the tape of 129 gold-medal winners from the London Games. About 16% of them cried at some point during the ceremony. Another 16% either bit or kissed their medal on the podium, while 44% sang along with their anthem—sometimes through a stream of tears. Women cry more than men—25% compared to 8%—but many of the men who did cry seriously lost it. South Africa's Chad le Clos needed tissues after he beat Michael Phelps in the 200-meter butterfly, while the Dominican Republic's Felix Sanchez was a complete wreck after winning the 400-meter hurdles.

Among the three countries with the most gold medals thus far, China cries the least, with only 7% of its athletes succumbing to tears. More than 17% of American winners cried, while a whopping 37.5% of athletes from host country Great Britain cried. And since they weren't crying, the Chinese also sang the most: 92% of their athletes belted out the anthem, compared to 61% from Great Britain and 44% from the U.S.
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Jeff Albertson said:
Maybe it's just me but I think if your at the Olympics in your given sport you should have an understanding of the rules

The judge couldn't tell them as it all depended on if they all decided not to jump, he would e in trouble if he advised them to almost cheat the system

Edit - sk1zz maybe I got it wrong watching on a stream and commentary is on and off, BBC seemed to think the german girl initiated it though
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With both the men and the women it didn't really seem like something they were all familiar with at all, maybe the coaches usually know that stuff I think it's also the way the guy was presenting it to them like it was a trick question.


Wooo! relay heats!
 
Thanks. There are no qualification tables that I can find on the BBC olympics website. There were no score tables for the heptathlon either.
 
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