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mclem said:
Two gold medals in the space of about fifteen minutes, and I'm not sure if they could be more wildly different; one in dressage, the other in women's boxing. Delightful. I shall look forward to the Spandau Ballet tonight.
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Also potentially 2 more with a low forcast of 3 gold total tonight.
 
If you're watching only one handball game this olympics, I'd pick the one going on now. Norway - South Korea semis for women. Two very good teams who always play close matches
 
Parch said:
The Canadian funding has been debated and criticized for decades, but the success of the Vancouver games has changed public opinion considerably. Funding is never going to reach the levels that the American pour at their athletes, but there will be less reluctance for Canadian funding now.
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There is essentially no funding provided by the American government so unless that is the case in Canada as well, I don't really understand the comparison.

I am not sure if that post by Sealda was more or less silly than his suggestion that swimmers in high school and college are legitimate celebrities on campus here in the States. :lol
 
mclem said:
1pt for a body blow.
2pts for a spinning body blow
3pts for a head blow
4pts for a spinning head blow

Any blow has to contact with 'reasonable' force.
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I guess it's the reasonable force part that confuses me. lol It makes sense, but doesn't seem the easiest thing to judge.
 
Bo-Locks said:
Britian has the same amount of golds as France, Germany and Italy combined. Rest of Europe, are you even trying?
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Host nations always get a huge boost in performance. I wonder why? Part of it is because of bribing traditionally, but I don't think the Brits would do that honestly. Plus, the events in which they are winning are non-subjective judging events.
 
vas_a_morir said:
Host nations always get a huge boost in performance. I wonder why? Part of it is because of bribing traditionally, but I don't think the Brits would do that honestly. Plus, the events in which they are winning are non-subjective judging events.
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Because britain has spent tons of money to make sure they would be competitive on home turf. And every athlete had probably spent years on maximizing their form for this competition
 
Good Job Bob said:
Sealda continues his tradition of saying dumb things.
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Lol what i said was to put some perspective on the whole medal list craze, which i know, i have personally been involved in.

If the law makers of the European Union got their wish, all EU members would compete as one single "nation". The goal is to unify EU into one identity. For instance, we are no longer just French citizens, we are European Union citizens. All our passport says that we are part of the EU. Every 5 years a new EU treaty is signed which gives the EU even more power and its members even less sovereignty. The talk of EU becoming a federal state is widely discussed and to suggest it is going that way is in no way a dumb thing to say.

Having said that, it is therefore no way stupid for entertaining purpose to showcase the EU states combined medal count.
 
Well Gold for Ireland is one thing I never expected to hear at the Olympics. Proof the games bring miracles.

On another note the French are really pissed at Team GB cycling team lol, they found it really annoying to see British flags all over the Champs Elysée during the Tour De France.
 
Mckayla teaching Jenna Bush how to dougie.

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….failure.

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Sealda said:
Lol what i said was to put some perspective on the whole medal list craze, which i know, i have personally been involved in.

If the law makers of the European Union got their wish, all EU members would compete as one single "nation". The goal is to unify EU into one identity. For instance, we are no longer just French citizens, we are European Union citizens. All our passport says that we are part of the EU. Every 5 years a new EU treaty is signed which gives the EU even more power and its members even less sovereignty. The talk of EU becoming a federal state is widely discussed and to suggest it is going that way is in no way a dumb thing to say.

Having said that, it is therefore no way stupid for entertaining purpose to showcase the EU states combined medal count.
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But then the EU couldn't enter as many athletes. What is the combined Olympic delegation of the EU member countries?
 
vas_a_morir said:
Host nations always get a huge boost in performance. I wonder why? Part of it is because of bribing traditionally, but I don't think the Brits would do that honestly. Plus, the events in which they are winning are non-subjective judging events.
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Lots of investment from the National Lottery over the last 10-15 years or so. Massive investment in cycling in particular has led Britian to dominate that particular sport. After a dismal showing in Atlanta in 96 by winning only one gold medal, shit had to change, and it did. Brits have been ramping it up ever since and were extremely successful in Beijing, and with the home advantage in London, it's Britian's best showing in the Olympics for over a century.

So essentially, time and money.
 
Sealda said:
Lol what i said was to put some perspective on the whole medal list craze, which i know, i have personally been involved in.

If the law makers of the European Union got their wish, all EU members would compete as one single "nation". The goal is to unify EU into one identity. For instance, we are no longer just French citizens, we are European Union citizens. All our passport says that we are part of the EU. Every 5 years a new EU treaty is signed which gives the EU even more power and its members even less sovereignty. The talk of EU becoming a federal state is widely discussed and to suggest it is going that way is in no way a dumb thing to say.

Having said that, it is therefore no way stupid for entertaining purpose to showcase the EU states combined medal count.
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They would then get to send only one team and not 20 plus. How many EU athletes are at the Olympics?
 
Sealda said:
Lol what i said was to put some perspective on the whole medal list craze, which i know, i have personally been involved in.

If the law makers of the European Union got their wish, all EU members would compete as one single "nation". The goal is to unify EU into one identity. For instance, we are no longer just French citizens, we are European Union citizens. All our passport says that we are part of the EU. Every 5 years a new EU treaty is signed which gives the EU even more power and its members even less sovereignty. The talk of EU becoming a federal state is widely discussed and to suggest it is going that way is in no way a dumb thing to say.

Having said that, it is therefore no way stupid for entertaining purpose to showcase the EU states combined medal count.
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While you do have a point to a certain extent, Numble is right, a single EU would enter only a fraction of the combined European athletes that it currently does. As it stands, the Olympics favours smaller nations. EU would probably still win the medals table though, IMO.
 
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