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[D4Danger]

how can someone be classified as 'German' if his dad is British? He has dual nationality and has every right to be in the GB team. It's starting to sound like a BNP meeting in here.

and who cares if he crashed. He got up and set the WR time so you can't say he didn't deserve the gold.

 

[krYlon]

I couldn't believe Hindes said that yesterday. Even if it was planned, how stupid would you have to be to admit it on TV.

His English is bad though, and he may have been joking (doubt it).

On the other hand there is nothing in the rules to prevent that kind of thing happening and it does raise questions about why it is seen as bad to do something like this in one sport but not in another.

I mean in the Basketball, team GB were ridiculed for not fouling on purpose and it happens a lot in other team sports.
So I don't know really what's supposed to be in the right spirit these days. It just seems like if you can get away with it then it's accepted...

 

[RivalCore]

GB up on the Team Pursuit. Wiggins spotted eating a can of pringles

 

[LTWheels]

how can someone be classified as 'German' if his dad is British? He has dual nationality and has every right to be in the GB team. It's starting to sound like a BNP meeting in here.

Yeah, He's half British. He has a right to race for GB.

 

[killer_clank]

COME ON GB WOMEN

 

[Good Job Bob]

Phillip Hindes medal should be revoked ASAP.

 

[lucius]

Anyone know around what time the Womens Tennis Final starts saturday?

I see it is moving from Bravo to NBC the listing sayst 9am to 6pm, but it lists a bunch of events besides Tennis.

 

[Hoo-doo]

GB mad doping, no other explanation.

 

[Brazil]

nah, just see that you jump on anything GB/London do incorrectly as if it were a war crime.

but that's fine, if came from a country that was underperforming like Brazil I'd be the same

Must be hard, living with a persecution complex coupled with selective memory.

Fortunately, unlike little kids, I don't give a rat's ass about country medal counts. And Brazil isn't underperforming in any way, so your stupid jab doesn't affect me.

So, I repeat: stop embarassing yourself.

While I dont like people taking advantage of the rules, he did just that, and actually you could blame the referees for not identifying that there wasnt anything mechanical wrong with the bike and let them restart.

I never said it was "disgraceful" exclusively because of Hindes' actions. The rules should probably be altered to cover stuff like this.

 

[Clydefrog]

We have a chance against USA if they decide to rest their starters. Which they should, becuase they can't lose the top spot anymore. USA-Turkey is the last game of the day, so we know what we have to do beforehand.

That said trying to figure out which player is my favourite

Spoiler

hottest

.

#11 Naz Aydemir

#17 Neslihan Darnel

#6 Bahar Toksoy

the first two are absolutely stunning

the third lady... nah

edit: ... now i think the second one looks like Zlatan Ibrahimovic. .. still hot

 

[Wafflecakes]

nah, just see that you jump on anything GB/London do incorrectly as if it were a war crime.

but that's fine, if came from a country that was underperforming like Brazil I'd be the same

*Someone else is being petty and stupid? Pft....I will show I can be MORE petty and MORE stupid*

 

[Meadows]

GB women owning the cycling atm

 

[Canis lupus]

(women b ball) Turkey definetly is the 2nd strongest in this group.

 

[dc89]

How do Team GB cyclists make it look so easy?!

 

[Violater]

Volleyball chicks *faints*

 

[Empty]

it was a very unsporting thing to do. not sure if you should revoke the medal if no technical rules were broken, but it's not in the olympic spirit really

absolutely owning in this cycling

 

[Meadows]

dat WR

 

[Brinbe]

Holy shit, they destroyed that record

 

[Mœbius]

The rules don't encourage it. They just allow it, in a way.

Exactly. I'm amazed at all the comments, including from the badminton players themselves, that make out that the tournament format - flawed as it may be - somehow forced them to make the choice they did and play that way. Bollocks; you made that choice.

 

[Nolan.]

This is getting to Venus Vs Safina levels of bad

 

[LTWheels]

Take a bow ladies.

WR!!!

 

[dc89]

Volleyball chicks *faints*

---

Team GB smashed the cycling then. Destroyed the opposition.

Good to see Wiggo there cheering them on.

 

[killer_clank]

gb just fucking owning the velodrome

 

[davidsaurus]

Good Luck Rest of the World, Womens Team Pursuit.

 

[LegoArmo]

GB up on the Team Pursuit. Wiggins spotted eating a can of pringles

Sponsorship deal incoming?

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

(indoor volley)

team GB being so free. DR is just practicing

 

[Meadows]

beat the rest by 4 seconds. Crazy.

 

[Empty]

wr again. so good.

hope they've got enough to break it again in the final.

 

[JonCha]

A spectacular ride just now. Consummate ease, etc. etc.

 

[Violater]

(indoor volley)

team GB being so free. DR is just practicing

Watching this match is almost NSFW

 

[Vivalaraza]

We so good. Everyone else just hatin'.

 

[CharlieDigital]

Heard this on NPR this morning.

Nothing wrong with what Hindes did, IMO.

Sport is about winning and doing everything within the established regulations one is allowed to in order to win. I think people should be upset if he didn't try his best -- within the regulations -- to give himself the best opportunity to win.

If the regulations do not prohibit a restart, he is fully in his right to do what he can to win.

And at the end of the day, he still had to perform to win, anyways.

 

[Big-E]

Exactly. I'm amazed at all the comments, including from the badminton players themselves, that make out that the tournament format - flawed as it may be - somehow forced them to make the choice they did and play that way. Bollocks; you made that choice.

Seems like Brazil didn't really try today either in indoor volleyball. When you have rules like this and round robin play, teams will not be playing their best or giving it their all every game. I don't really have a problem with it as this is the way of sport and the Olympics are not some holier than holy institution. Giving it 50% or 5 % is the same to me.

 

[mclem]

GB were a lot better at crossing the line together than a lot of the other teams.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Phillip Hindes medal should be revoked ASAP.

Nope. It's a team event and even if he did do it on purpose it's still within the rules, France didn't complain and there was still a fair race afterwards.

Now I've missed the women's GB race...

 

[Zaph]

Women's cycling drinking game: take a shot every time you see a camel toe...

 

[dc89]

Watching this match is almost NSFW

Which match you talking about?

 

[Empty]

amazing

 

[davidsaurus]

Heard this on NPR this morning.

Nothing wrong with what Hindes did, IMO.

Sport is about winning and doing everything within the established regulations one is allowed to in order to win. I think people should be upset if he didn't try his best -- within the regulations -- to give himself the best opportunity to win.

If the regulations do not prohibit a restart, he is fully in his right to do what he can to win.

And at the end of the day, he still had to perform to win, anyways.

Absolutely. There is nothing wrong with what he did if it's within the rules.

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Watching this match is almost NSFW

lol

them shorts

 

[Brazil]

Phillip Hindes medal should be revoked ASAP.

It's not like he got a free pass to the medal. He actually performed well enough to get it.

It's just a shame he had to resort to stuff like that to get to it.

Absolutely. There is nothing wrong with what he did if it's within the rules.

The world isn't black and white. It may not be wrong within the rules, but it's still... Dirty stuff.

Besides, if he hadn't done anything wrong, he wouldn't have backpedaled on his comments afterwards.

 

[Nolan.]

These archers are just amazing

 

[Alx]

Sport is about winning and doing everything within the established regulations one is allowed to in order to win.

That's not exactly the definition of "fair play". Quite the opposite, actually.

The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle, the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

 

[Kobalty]

Women's volleyball GBR vs DOM.................

 

[RivalCore]

Sponsorship deal incoming?

Oh man, if they replaced the Pringles moustache with Wiggins' side burns...

I gotta call the marketing team!

 

[Dai101]

DEM DOMINICANS

 

[devilhawk]

Trampoline. There are multiple trampoline events. Trampoline.

 

[Keyser Soze]

The Cycling that is on BBC now (the one behind the bike) is the weirdest thing ever.

 

[krYlon]

That's not exactly the definition of "fair play". Quite the opposite, actually.

But how is it different to the basketball where team GB were expected to intentionally foul and were ridiculed for not doing so?

Is that fair play? Why was it expected?

 

[Clydefrog]

Tramampoline!