London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT|
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LanceVance
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Just give them the Gold already
killer_clank
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It's amazing they beat the 16th ranked team ranked 69 in the world, and HAVE HAD NO FUNDING FOR 2 YEARS.
amazing!
amazing!
Exactly. No bias from shitty "professional" analyst and their bullshit.
Napoleonthechimp
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I'm pretty disgusted by the lack of funding for a lot of these British Olympic teams. I'm going to lighten up on some of them, but double down on the overhyped swimmers.
perfectchaos007
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So glad my NBC online feed crapped out in the middle of the 5th set...
Maybe they could have a little bit of the tennis budget? They don't seem to be using it.
Haha, but what would we do if we couldn't enjoy the national pastime of shouting at the screen and watching our tennis players fail!
CrunchinJelly
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Congrats to the Team GB women, great match. 
Hopefully they can move on, secure some funding and compete on the world stage outside of the Olympics going forward.
Hopefully they can move on, secure some funding and compete on the world stage outside of the Olympics going forward.
Napoleonthechimp
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Archery at 1am? I really doubt it.
Edmond Dantès
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CrunchinJelly
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Edmond Dantès;40453675 said:
Yeah, but part of the fun of the Olympics for me is watching all these slightly more obscure sports that I never get a chance to see otherwise.
Day 4 Schedule has Field Hockey at 8:20 (along with Badminton and Basketball), and Archery Eliminations at 8:55, so I'm edging towards "7-8 hours".
I tried to buy Canoe Slalom tickets the other day after realising how much I enjoyed watching it - by the time I'd gotten it to log me in and accept my details the few they'd had available in my price range were gone. And shortly after that, so were the ones out of my price range
That said, as much as I'd have enjoyed being there, I'll probably have a better view on the TV anyway.
I'm a football fan, but I can have football pretty much everyday with all the leagues and cups. The Olympics are once every 4 years, it's just more unique and exciting. And the Olympics' atmosphere is a nice break from all the football bullshit.
Alebrije
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with "obscure" you mean rare sports?
Diprosalic
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espn really does the total > gold thing. hahaha
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/medals
http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/medals
Alebrije
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The country that gets more gold medals is the winner , but U.S. always puts quantity over quality....
Diprosalic
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not always, they switched halfway trough bejing.
CrunchinJelly
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Wow, they've released a lot of tickets. There were only a few pages earlier, now there's tons.
Shame everything I'd like to see only has ~£150 tickets. D:
Wafflecakes
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I think that golds should be tiebreaker. I never understood why a handful of people think that only Gold matters.
(I actually do not really care either way. I don't see it as a big deal)
For individual Olympics people seem to focus on gold. When people talk macros they almost always talk about how many TOTAL medals a country has won.
Diprosalic
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neither do i, i just think it's really funny that the american media switched halfway through bejing to still be on top after getting destroyed by the chinese. this year they didn't even bother starting it the official way lol.
Hypnotoad
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So, browsing the nbcolympics.com site I have to wonder, during the first days they didn't have any 2012 medal table on the front page, and now they have one, but only showing US medals? Well at least they added the medal winners of the day, but still, I bet once US goes first in overall medals they will put a ranking out.
Gold isn't all that matters but these athletes aren't dedicating their lives to the pursuit of a runner-up medal. Golds are worth at least 5x as much as bronzes IMO.
Napoleonthechimp
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It doesn't take much funding to lift heavy rocks above your head. It figures they'd be good at it.
Wafflecakes
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Eh. The premier athletes maybe. For some, who never expected to make it in the first place, a bronze is a huge deal and a massive accomplishment.
I feel the most sorry for 4th place finishers. Obviously amazing athletes that will never be remembered
Napoleonthechimp
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China just pays more for training than everyone else and consequently locks people out of acquiring the best coaching talent. They've got that stuff locked down.
Indeed.Edmond Dantès;40453675 said:
The games have only just begun!
Definitely.
I'm really looking forward to it!
That's not to take away from silver/bronze medalists. It's a HUGE accomplishment either way and they should be proud of themselves. But there's no competitor that gets 2nd and isn't kicking themselves for not having just that little bit more in the tank to get the win.
Diprosalic
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she wasn't just extremely fast, she was at times faster than a full grown man who won the gold in a similar event. tell me this isn't a bit suspicious at least.
You should see the anger of people, it's unbelievable.
Sarcastic Response
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Exactly. The last time something like this happened it actually turned out to be doping.
Napoleonthechimp
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It is documented and an actual fact. They pay 4 times as much as Australia for example.
It doesn't mean anything, there are superior athletes out there no matter if they are male or female.
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