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[Addnan]

•Highlight of the Games :GB Cycling, love the sport and they performed great.

•Lowpoint of the Games Victoria Pendleton losing in the sprint finals, GB doing pretty bad at swimming. and Cavendish :'(

•Athlete(s) of the Games Mo Farah and well I guess Phelps. Love watching him swim, will miss it.

•Biggest Villian of the Games Ehh, don't know. No hate.

•Funniest Moment of the Games Seeing the Mobot after the 10k.

•Sport you've most enjoyed watching I guess Cycling, but I found new sports like Handball and even Basketball is pretty new to me. Never watched live matches.
Also Taekwondo, went and watched it at the Excel, really good.

 

[TylerD]

The Olympics aren't over guys! I'm watching the team rhythmic gymnastics final right now!

Oh.

Spoiler

R. gymnastics is beautiful

 

[jorma]

*sigh* it's over already?

I can't belive how little i caught of these games, even though i was on vacation the entire time. I saw the 100m and a few handball games and nothing else :X

Oh well, i'll catch the next one instead.

 

[kitch9]

Failed a drug test and subsequently paid his debt to the sporting world by sitting out 4 years but people from loser countries act like he murdered someone

Dudes a cheating fool who fucked over anyone who paid money to watch him "perform."

He should fuck right off. Same as Dwyane Chambers.

 

[mokeyjoe]

•Highlight of the Games
The great crowds and atmosphere.


•Lowpoint of the Games
Some dodgy officiating


•Athlete(s) of the Games
David Rudisha


•Biggest Villain of the Games
DQd badminton teams


•Funniest Moment of the Games
French Accusing the British cyclists of having special wheels on their bikes. The Korean flag mix-up


•Sport you've most enjoyed watching
Track cycling, taekwando and handball.

 

[Tesseract]

•GAF Moment of the Games

what's the context behind this? i don't get it.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

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[Napoleonthechimp]

Good idea, let's ban China and the Soviet Bloc from ever competing in the Olympics again.

Michael Johnson on Gatlin winning the bronze: "It is a bronze medal nobody will pay attention to because of who's won it."

Also (from the BBC's Q&A section with Michael Johnson):

Can Justin Gatlin win at London 2012?

"He is running very, very well right now, he's a great talent, I'm a little surprised how well he's running at the moment, his speed and power is incredible but he was out of the sport for four years. He could win but some other things would have to happen, if he runs his fastest race and other people run their fastest race, he's not going to win. He did a tremendous amount of damage to the sport, I don't have many words for him when I see him, but we'll see what happens."

I guess he joins the "lesser countries" in not forgiving dopers.

 

[kitch9]

Dude, edit.

Done.

 

[D4Danger]

Good idea, let's ban China and the Soviet Bloc from ever competing in the Olympics again.

uhm, they weren't all cheating. Nobody is saying we should ban the USA because of Gatlin.

 

[Randdalf]

OK GAF. Now it's all over, let's have some nominations for

•Highlight of the Games
4th August evening athletics session
Andy Murray winning gold!

•Lowpoint of the Games
Pendleton's relegations
Cav not winning road race

•Athlete(s) of the Games
Mo Farah
Bradley Wiggins
Laura Trott
Sir Chris Hoy

•Biggest Villian of the Games
The velodrome commissaire
Anna Meares

•Funniest Moment of the Games
Bolt & Farah
Harting hurdling (forgot about that one!)

•Sport you've most enjoyed watching
Cycling

•GAF moment of the game
British flag spam whenever we got gold

 

[Oxx]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

 

[LTWheels]

Christ, my sister was working in a box at the basketball final. She got a $500 tip from an American businessman. He also gave out $400 to another girl and $100 to the guy working there.

 

[Subliminal]

Dudes a cheating fool who fucked over anyone who paid money to watch him "perform."

He should fuck right off. Same as Dwyane Chambers.

 

[numble]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

20 km race walk. Probably can't medal, but probably can qualify if you're not in Russia, China, Guatemala, Australia.

 

[fredrancour]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

Short? Sounds like a jockey. Horse Dancing time.

 

[krishian]

•Highlight of the Games: My country geting 4 medals, wooo

•Lowpoint of the Games: Convicted dopers allowed to participate/1 second fencing debacle

•Athlete(s) of the Games: David Rudisha, Epke Zonderland, Ye Shiwen

•Biggest Villian of the Games: Dopers

•Funniest Moment of the Games: Dickpuch fatality

•Sport you've most enjoyed watching: Archery, gymnastics, handball, weightlifting, fencing

•GAF Moment of the Games:

 

[HiddenAway]

I've enjoyed the Olympics too much to name that many negatives but here we go...

•Highlight of the Games
Super Saturday for the Brits and though I never watched it live, Gemma Gibbons' emotional semi-final win

•Lowpoint of the Games
The badminton game throwing

•Sport you've most enjoyed watching
Judo and Handball

•GAF Moment of the Games
All those GIF's

 

[bjaelke]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

Buy a horse

 

[mokeyjoe]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

Archery.

 

[TylerD]

Most dramatic* and/or tragic event of the games. Just google Shin Lam.

Yep, it was heartbreaking.

 

[Tesseract]

Most dramatic* and/or tragic event of the games. Just google Shin Lam. We've had pretty heated discussions about this (and there've been many at fencing forums as well).

*Not counting Matthias Steiner just barely avoiding a severe injury.

neat, thanks.

*edit* oh god.

 

[Parch]

Dopers don't deserve the opportunity to come back.

Agreed. If an individual is caught, his olympic career should be over.

It's also disgusting to see all the hypocrits who question the success of other countries when their own country has a history of doping.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

You can compete--I just want access to the Rio Olympic Village.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

Horse dancing.

 

[weekend_warrior]

•Highlight of the Games
Women's soccer and gymnastics.

•Athlete(s) of the Games
Women's soccer players and gymnasts.

•Sport you've most enjoyed watching
Women's soccer and gymnastics.

 

[mclem]

I wanna compete in Rio. What can a short, white, 27 year old master in 4 years?

Coxing.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

You can compete--I just want access to the Rio Olympic Village.

lol

I foresee a lot of Olympic athletes competing purely for the privilege of access to the Olympic village orgies.

 

[Red Blaster]

uhm, they weren't all cheating. Nobody is saying we should ban the USA because of Gatlin.

China and the Soviets cheating is systemic, USA doping is at the individual level.

I don't care much for Gatlin but this haranguing is pretty stupid, not like he won gold and smashed records. He's not like Marion Jones who lied for years and was deservedly tarred and feathered.

 

[Subliminal]

China and the Soviets cheating is systemic, USA doping is at the individual level.

I don't care much for Gatlin but this haranguing is pretty stupid, not like he won gold and smashed records. He's not like Marion Jones who lied for years and was deservedly tarred and feathered.

Well, No one from china cheated this year and I'm not sure who you mean by soviets.. are we still in the cold war? Gatlin cheated relatively recently, 4 years is way to short a time to be out. He won a bronze and a silver whilst basically shitting on all olympic values.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

lol

I foresee a lot of Olympic athletes competing purely for the privilege of access to the Olympic village orgies.

I would seriously take a dive in qualifying if it meant I could be in the Village for the whole 2 weeks.

 

[DemonNite]

China and the Soviets cheating is systemic, USA doping is at the individual level.

I don't care much for Gatlin but this haranguing is pretty stupid, not like he won gold and smashed records. He's not like Marion Jones who lied for years and was deservedly tarred and feathered.

I'm not american but Tyson Gay deserved the Bronze more

anyway I agree with the others that dopers should never be allowed to return

 

[mclem]

MONTAGE!

 

[D4Danger]

China and the Soviets cheating is systemic, USA doping is at the individual level.

is it? They're all clean this year.

The only state supported doping I remember is Germany in the 80s

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

MONTAGE!

90% of BBC funding has gone to the 10,000 strong montage team.

 

[Wes]

If this is supposed to be the best afterparty of all time, and it's to be a truly British party, the last song has to be Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

With the whole stadium singing.

Calling it now.

 

[Deadman]

Im gonna miss the olympics so much

 

[Kikujiro]

Good idea, let's ban China and the Soviet Bloc from ever competing in the Olympics again.

And USA too, since most of the dopers are from the US.

•Highlight of the Games - Badminton epic final.

•Lowpoint of the Games - Boxing and the clock drama in Fencing.

•Athlete(s) of the Games - Usain Bolt and Mo Farah.

•Biggest Villian of the Games - Gatlin taking Tyson Gay's medal.

•Funniest Moment of the Games - Le Clos' father, Bolt doing the Queen's wave, Harting running the 110 hurdles.

•Sport you've most enjoyed watching - Archery, Volleyball, Badminton, Track & Field.

 

[smallios74]

Cant wait to see the 3000 or so strong Athlete Moshpit lol.

 

[Zaph]

China and the Soviets cheating is systemic, USA doping is at the individual level.

I don't care much for Gatlin but this haranguing is pretty stupid, not like he won gold and smashed records. He's not like Marion Jones who lied for years and was deservedly tarred and feathered.

LOL You sound like that ex-coach that started this shit.

Athletics had its reputation shattered by all the doping. Thankfully stars like Bolt are bringing it back in a huge way. Dopers should not be at the Olympics. Simple as.

The UK tried to lifetime ban our offender, but we were overturned by the stupid Swiss International Sport Court.

 

[DemonNite]

the BBC should get all the awards at any TV critic awards later in the year (whatever they are)... they have been fantastic and I'm sure anyone using them from overseas will agree with us

 

[Chumly]

is it? They're all clean this year.

The only state supported doping I remember is Germany in the 80s

They wouldn't ever out their dopers anyways so how would we know?

 

[Wes]

Apparently the BBC aired an advert for Channel 4's coverage of the Paralymics earlier.

That's ridiculously awesome of them. Airing a commercial for their competition.

 

[Juicy Bob]

If this is supposed to be the best afterparty of all time, and it's to be a truly British party, the last song has to be Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

With the whole stadium singing.

Calling it now.

With Julie Walters doing the guitar solo.

 

[Sviatoslav]

I don't know why everyone is hating on Gatlin, he isn't even the worst drug offender in track and field at these games. Cakir Alptekin who won the women's 1500 had previously served a two year doping ban. And then this year she improved her PB by 5.5 seconds. I'm sure she did all that with hard work.

 

[Lanark]

China and the Soviets cheating is systemic, USA doping is at the individual level.

Maybe they are doping on the individual level, but it's sweaped under the rug on a systemic level.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/apr/24/athletics.duncanmackay

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

Highlight of the Games - Le Clos's father's interview, Bolt repeating his gold medal wins for another year, Mo Farah winning his races, Phelps dominating in the pool, Ye Shiwen breaking the WR. Mexico winning the gold medal in men's football. The Canada/US women's football match because that was a damn good match.

Lowpoint of the Games - Officiating/Judging in many events (ex: fencing, boxing), Americans having to watch the games on NBC, unfounded accusations of doping or cheating (ex: Shiwen, Bolt).

Athlete(s) of the Games - Mo Farah, Usain Bolt, Ye Shiwen, Michael Phelps.

Biggest Villain of the Games - Justin Gatlin. Carl Lewis. Sepp Blatter. The guy who tried to take the baton away from Usain Bolt. CTV for loving that "I Believe" song.

Funniest Moment of the Games:

Sport you've most enjoyed watching - Fencing, Football, Athletics, Swimming

GAF Moment of the Games - The entirety of the Opening Ceremony because we were all getting along in this thread and having fun.

No Jessica Ennis mention? The first gold medal in woman's boxing? Chris Hoys 6th gold medal in racing?!

 

[D4Danger]

Apparently the BBC aired an advert for Channel 4's coverage of the Paralymics earlier.

That's ridiculously awesome of them. Airing a commercial for their competition.

was it the one that used Public Enemy's Harder Than You Think?

 

[sangreal]

what's the context behind this? i don't get it.

she would have won, but the clock broke and gave extra time during which she lost. the rules forced her to stay on the platform for the entire appeals process. eventually security forced her off after the appeal was denied for ridiculous reasons (it would be unfair to her opponent or some similar bs)

 

[Dark Schala]

No Jessica Ennis mention? The first gold medal in woman's boxing? Chris Hoys 6th gold medal in racing?!

I can't remember everything. D:

It's been a pretty damn good Olympic Games in terms of athletes accomplishing great feats and I'm sure I forgot a lot.

I definitely forgot the inclusion of female athletes from Saudi Arabia, Brunei, and Qatar. And Oscar Pistorius.