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

[Kurt.]

This is true.

Damn.

WOW.................... just feckin WOW.........that is all...................................oh, and thankyou.

 

[toffeejack]

Modz forgive me... this is so so so off topic....but so so so so so funny ...........Nik is in Thailand but has no clothes as his bag has been lost..... all together now.. AAWWWWWWWWWW..............poor little Nikolai.




Carry on.

requires a thread in the ale house i think

 

[RFUS]

Epic stuff from Han. Against the odds the lanky Korean takes out the no.2 seed.

Go on lid.

 

[tsubaki]

The Korean beats the Belarus chap on a judges vote, after the scorecards and countback are both tied.

 

[RFUS]

The Korean beats the Belarus chap on a judges vote, after the scorecards and countback are both tied.

I thought the judges would side with the favourite as he landed some sensational blows right at the end. Although two were after the bell like.

 

[toffeejack]

I thought the judges would side with the favourite as he landed some sensational blows right at the end. Although two were after the bell like.

yeah same, thought he just edged it but glad the korean won, look at the difference in body sizes ffs, good stuff

 

[tim-cahill-legend]

WOW.................... just feckin WOW.........that is all...................................oh, and thankyou.

why thankyou? ohhh tissue time?
she is sublime

 

[Del]

Modz forgive me... this is so so so off topic....but so so so so so funny ...........Nik is in Thailand but has no clothes as his bag has been lost..... all together now.. AAWWWWWWWWWW..............poor little Nikolai.




Carry on.

Hahahaha thats justice for all the **** he gave a worker in a airport because he packed to much luggage

 

[The Esk]

I like the alternative medal table feature in The Guardian - allows you to rank medal table by GDP, population or team size.

Mongolia and N Korea are the big winners!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/2012/jul/30/olympics-2012-alternative-medal-table#team

 

[Kurt.]

Hahahaha thats justice for all the **** he gave a worker in a airport because he packed to much luggage

I love the little scamp but you know he is gonna be soooooooo fuming !! lol.

 

[RFUS]

I like the alternative medal table feature in The Guardian - allows you to rank medal table by GDP, population or team size.

Mongolia and N Korea are the big winners!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/datablog/2012/jul/30/olympics-2012-alternative-medal-table#team

I don't like how gold trumps everything. North Korea are above teams with way, way, way more medals because they have an extra gold. It seems a bit silly that in theory you could have 50 silver medals and 50 bronze but trail a country with just 1 gold. Surely consistency and a good spread is more impressive than being the best in a single thing (by a tiny margin)?

 

[Allezfan]

I don't like how gold trumps everything. North Korea are above teams with way, way, way more medals because they have an extra gold. It seems a bit silly that in theory you could have 50 silver medals and 50 bronze but trail a country with just 1 gold. Surely consistency and a good spread is more impressive than being the best in a single thing (by a tiny margin)?

Does four second places in the league make you better then winning it once?

 

[RFUS]

Does four second places in the league make you better then winning it once?

That's not a like for like example at all.

It's like saying a team that finishes 1st once and then gets relegated are bigger than a team who finish 2nd for 20 years. Not for me.

 

[Allezfan]

That's not a like for like example at all.

It's like saying a team that finishes 1st once and then gets relegated are bigger than a team who finish 2nd for 20 years. Not for me.

Huddersfield are well a bigger team than Spurs like. And Preston are bigger than West Ham.

 

[toffeejack]

deng just lost by 1 point in the bball to spain (world no. 2)