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The Official London 2012 Olympic Games Thread (pg. 25)
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| Lira |
| I know I've already said this on Facebook, but I can't stop laughing here. The moment Shin A Lam finally gets her medal... the announcer mixes her up with someone else. I mean, she gets a medal and even then we can't help but feel bad for her, hehe. Someone please give the girl a hug! |
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| Moongoose |
| Well some people from the cor are in london and actually go and watch the olympics live (lucky bastards), we should get them on it! |
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| Lira |
| If only I lived in a country that will host the Olymp-- oh, wait :D |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
If only I lived in a country that will host the Olymp-- oh, wait :D |
See you in four years ;)
Also.......
GET IN THERE ENNIS! ing AMAZING! |
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| Acton |
Holy crap, another gold for TeamGB, courtesy of Rutherford in the Long Jump!! ....... Now we have Farah in the 10KM going for gold (hopefully!)
This is another truly awesome day for TeamGB..... come on, Mo! |
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| Moongoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
If only I lived in a country that will host the Olymp-- oh, wait :D |
I hate you so much right now :whip: :p
Its just because i know that Slovenia on its own will never ever get the olympics...maybe if we hosted it together with croatia...but thats probably even less likely than hosting it ourselved :D |
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| Acton |
FARAH!
Holy crap! A fantastic run from Farah and another gold medal today for Team GB! Astonishing run! Surely the greatest day for British sport! |
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| Lira |
Actually, it's possible Istanbul may host the 2020 Olympic Games... and the distance from Ljubliana to Istanbul is not really that much different from the distance between Brasilia and Rio :p
Except for the World Cup (some matches will take place just a couple of kilometres away from my flat), it totally feels like the games Brazil will host this decade will actually be hosted in a foreign country :( |
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| srussell0018 |
I think it's kind of bull how Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish Olympians' medals are being counted under "Team GB."
If Murray wins gold...actually nm, that will never happen. |
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| Moongoose |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Actually, it's possible Istanbul may host the 2020 Olympic Games... and the distance from Ljubliana to Istanbul is not really that much different from the distance between Brasilia and Rio :p
Except for the World Cup (some matches will take place just a couple of kilometres away from my flat), it totally feels like the games Brazil will host this decade will actually be hosted in a foreign country :( |
Maybe not distance wise, but its still several countries away so its not exactly the same.
And i actually checked and there are some fencing clubs here...about 4 in the whole country, and the nearest one about 100km away so not all that convenient :p Also, only foil and sabre, which at least to watch are much less interesting than epee. |
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| Lira |
!!! What's just happened to team GB?!
Oh, well, it seems we're going to send South Korea back to their country then :p |
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| DJ RANN |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I think it's kind of bull how Welsh, Scottish, or Northern Irish Olympians' medals are being counted under "Team GB."
If Murray wins gold...actually nm, that will never happen. |
Well, it's called the United Kingdom of Great Britain for a reason - you don't hear the English (who win the vast majority of medals) whining about them going under the flag of Team GB do you? I think people who worry about nationalism have very little else in their lives to worry about. They should be proud of being part of GB and whether people like it or not, they are part of it. Scotland for instance fails on several points of the accepted criteria for being it's own "country" and it's certainly not a sovereign country, in the respect the UK as a whole is. |
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