The Olympics Thread, London 2012, Games of the XXX Olympiad, 27th July - 12th August

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BlueLlama said:
Men sadly. I can only go Saturday and it was all that was available. Missed out on the football too
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It's still boss. The men are vicious at it and they're all massive like basketball players so you should be able to see them clearly wherever you're sat!
 
McBain said:
Would it hurt Wiggins to smile for once? Winning the TDF and an Olympic Gold and he's up there like 'whateva'

What an ingrate.
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Hes down to earth, appreciative of the fans like he was and has said when in Paris. Someone else and I shouted up BBC sports personality of the year earlier, it looks a cert. I wonder how long before Sir Bradley Wiggins. As thats a cert as well.
 
And in the boxing, that Aussie Economics graduate was pretty amazing, best defence I have ever seen, he managed to block every punch thrown at him with his face. Phenomenal.
 
And another thing on the Boxing. Who is judging these bouts? our lad in the 91kg against the Cuban of Olympic superhero desent the bout was mega close finishing 17 - 16. I counted 16 scoring shots per round easily. They were knocking cobs off of one another. The last round was a 4 - 3 round to the Cuban. Amazing.
 
Phyllis Stein said:
And another thing on the Boxing. Who is judging these bouts? our lad in the 91kg against the Cuban of Olympic superhero desent the bout was mega close finishing 17 - 16. I counted 16 scoring shots per round easily. They were knocking cobs off of one another. The last round was a 4 - 3 round to the Cuban. Amazing.
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yes but all 3 judges need to press at the same time for the point to count, so normal pundit like ourselves sitting at home would have higher scoring cards
 
tim-cahill-legend said:
yes but all 3 judges need to press at the same time for the point to count, so normal pundit like ourselves sitting at home would have higher scoring cards
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There are 5 judges, and they tally up all the hits for each judge per round and drop the top and bottom scorer then tabulate the average from the three remaining judges scoring. There were straight jabs landing and right and left hooks going in like nobodys business. Great to watch and because it was close it made it a spectacle right to the last second but some of the scoring has been bizarre.
 
Phyllis Stein said:
There are 5 judges, and they tally up all the hits for each judge per round and drop the top and bottom scorer then tabulate the average from the three remaining judges scoring. There were straight jabs landing and right and left hooks going in like nobodys business. Great to watch and because it was close it made it a spectacle right to the last second but some of the scoring has been bizarre.
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oh yes course there is, yea but it wouldnt really make sense to have one round something ridiculous like 16-16, if a guy goes in mental and lands 4 crackers all in 4 seconds he will probably only be scored 1 point which isnt really correct. because i am really sad, me and my dad were actually writing down what we thought the score should be after each round and i was pretty bang on with every fight so i think the scoring has been quite good
 
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