London 2012

**cmac95** · 04-08-12, 10:53 PM

I was watching one of team GB's boxers about half an hour ago. I forget his name but the shocking part of the fight was how badly it was judged in his favor. The first round he won 7-4 he deserved to be leading but probably not by that much but in the second round, everyone including Jim Neely commenting thought the Indian had won the round convincingly enough but the score went 9-5 in the British boxers favor giving him a 16-9 lead going into the last round where the Indian completely dominated much more than GB in round 1 but only won the round 7-4.

If the judging remains like this for the GB fighters I worry for Katie Taylor who is most likely going to fight a brit in her first bout.

I'm not accusing anyone in the GB set up of anything as it is all independent judging but the same thing happened in the Beijing light heavyweight final where the Chinese boxer was judged into a gold medal quite easily against Irish boxer Kenneth Egan when most people saw it as a very close fight.

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**smartcooky** · 04-08-12, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by SelimNiai

Awkward

http://tvnz.co.nz/olympics-2012/auss...-table-5006115

Nah, doesn't bother us really. Its par for the course for the one-eye and blinkered media in the West Island. Who needs approval or acknowledgement from a bunch of convict descendants anyway?

**admartian** · 05-08-12, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by RyotoTheDragon

Angry? haha over something some poster on trf wrote? okay you got me bro.

You can have your idea, i font like it though.

If you were going to rid of a sport from the Olympics why not get rid of those that have higher level of comp outside the olympics.

Seemed it anyway.

That's a fair point - since they've gimped the Soccer/Football (well FIFA has anyway) and that the NBA is looking to do the same with the Basketball. Tennis looks to be another one they could do away with if they had a chance.

Originally Posted by smartcooky

Nah, doesn't bother us really. Its par for the course for the one-eye and blinkered media in the West Island. Who needs approval or acknowledgement from a bunch of convict descendants anyway?

Yeah it's actually laughable. Just see any time the ABs/Kiwis/Blackcaps beat their teams (blackcaps least so

) - and you'll see coverage/analysis of it dropped or a given a very brief mention in Aussie tv/publication.

At least here, we take the time to lambast our sportsmen for losing giving both winning and losing. Not perfect, but at least it's acknowledged.

On topic; good on GB getting Golds and medals all over the place. Always good to see home teams do it. I've never really seen the big deal in winning big games/tournaments for the home side, but after last year's RWC atmosphere, I usually tend to root for the home nations now (providing there isn't a Kiwi in the midst of it

).

Except for France....

**TRF_Olyy** · 05-08-12, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by TRF_Feicarsinn

Fixed.

Zing!

**osulli mi** · 05-08-12, 08:02 PM

John Jooooooooooooooooooee Nevin

**dudeabides** · 05-08-12, 08:58 PM

Some race, huh? Wow that guy is fast.

**TRF_Draggs** · 05-08-12, 08:59 PM

Originally Posted by dudeabides

Some race, huh? Wow that guy is fast.

Yeah, but only one man in it.
Superb athlete, Bolt.
Toulon's next Rugby conversion? Can't be worse than Willie.

**lucky number 7** · 05-08-12, 09:52 PM

Nevin is class , Bolt is class.

Murray looked awkward after winning , it's like he didn't know what to do...

**cmac95** · 05-08-12, 10:00 PM

Annalise Murphy is in the medal race tomorrow and needs to finish ahead of one of the other three leaders for a medal.

With Katie Taylor in with a chance of securing a medal and Annalise Murphy in medal contention it could be one of the best days in Irish Olympic history... That is quite sad really.

**lucky number 7** · 05-08-12, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by cmac95

Annalise Murphy is in the medal race tomorrow and needs to finish ahead of one of the other three leaders for a medal.

With Katie Taylor in with a chance of securing a medal and Annalise Murphy in medal contention it could be one of the best days in Irish Olympic history... That is quite sad really.

That's news to me...who would have thought that...

**Little Guy** · 06-08-12, 12:18 AM

Apparently some moron threw a bottle at Bolt before his race, I didn't notice this during the broadcast, did anyone else catch it?

**cyRil** · 06-08-12, 12:30 AM

Yeah I saw it at the time but didn't know what it was, literally a second before the gun went you can see it bobbling about in the background.

**Little Guy** · 06-08-12, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by cyRil

Yeah I saw it at the time but didn't know what it was, literally a second before the gun went you can see it bobbling about in the background.

I'll have to check out the race again, I might have been focused on another runner when it happened, there's always one idiot trying to ruin things.

**King_D'Arcy** · 06-08-12, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by cmac95

Annalise Murphy is in the medal race tomorrow and needs to finish ahead of one of the other three leaders for a medal.

With Katie Taylor in with a chance of securing a medal and Annalise Murphy in medal contention it could be one of the best days in Irish Olympic history... That is quite sad really.

You're forgetting about the day Michelle Smith spiked her urine sample with whiskey!

**TRF_Olyy** · 06-08-12, 01:03 AM

I noticed the bottle on the ground behind the starting blocks - apparently (well, according to some journo on twitter) a Swedish Judo woman punched the guy who threw it.

**admartian** · 06-08-12, 02:42 AM

You'd think Olypmpians would be one of the last people you'd mess with - they're either super strong, incredibly fast, or know a martial art or two.

Idiot.

**Icemn** · 07-08-12, 06:49 AM

i realised last night i actaully didn't watch the opening ceremony :? the opening ceremony is all about the host country's history and culture etc... so i was cuttered i didn't watch England's... it would have been just like id imagined it... a bunch of brits invading a country and stealing all their resources... prob have a poor black guy representing SA, and a brit with the red uniform coming in and stealing the daimonds etc... have Williams Wallace there...freedom... is coming tomorow, no wait that is madeba song :?

i need to stop my sh!t seriously

**TRF_Ezequiel** · 07-08-12, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by TRF_Olyy

I noticed the bottle on the ground behind the starting blocks - apparently (well, according to some journo on twitter) a Swedish Judo woman punched the guy who threw it.

Dutch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19149278

**Feicarsinn** · 07-08-12, 07:02 AM

Originally Posted by TRF_Ezequiel

Dutch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19149278

I heard she threw a clog at him and tried to beat him with a wheel of cheese.

**heineken** · 07-08-12, 07:17 AM

I just had a look at the Medals table, based on TRF representation it will be as follows:

1. Great Britain - 18 Gold 11 Silver 11 Bronze
2. France - 8 Gold 9 Silver 9 Bronze
3. Italy - 7 Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze
4. Netherlands - 3 Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze
5. New Zealand - 3 Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze
6. South Africa - 3 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze
7. Australia - 2 Gold 12 Silver 8 Bronze
8. Brazil - 2 Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze
9. Canada - 1 Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze
10. Argentina - 0 Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze

Is Ireland at the Olympics??

**ZeFrenchy** · 07-08-12, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by Icemn

i realised last night i actaully didn't watch the opening ceremony :? the opening ceremony is all about the host country's history and culture etc... so i was cuttered i didn't watch England's... it would have been just like id imagined it... a bunch of brits invading a country and stealing all their resources... prob have a poor black guy representing SA, and a brit with the red uniform coming in and stealing the daimonds etc... have Williams Wallace there...freedom... is coming tomorow, no wait that is madeba song :?

i need to stop my sh!t seriously

That was actually a decent trolling attempt. Shame it didn't catch on. Next time, try to make people believe you're serious.

**TRF_Ezequiel** · 07-08-12, 07:28 AM

Great Britain should not be topping the list, since it's actually several countries. They are cheating

**heineken** · 07-08-12, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by ZeFrenchy

That was actually a decent trolling attempt. Shame it didn't catch on. Next time, try to make people believe you're serious.

His trolling attempts has become redundant... even if he adds remarks like BOOM, it will still not attract flies to his shit...

**heineken** · 07-08-12, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by TRF_Ezequiel

Great Britain should not be topping the list, since it's actually several countries. They are cheating

Same could be said about the Netherlands and Holland... if we want to get technical.

Edit: Sorry about the double post

**Feicarsinn** · 07-08-12, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by heineken

I just had a look at the Medals table, based on TRF representation it will be as follows:

1. Great Britain - 18 Gold 11 Silver 11 Bronze
2. France - 8 Gold 9 Silver 9 Bronze
3. Italy - 7 Gold 6 Silver 4 Bronze
4. Netherlands - 3 Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze
5. New Zealand - 3 Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze
6. South Africa - 3 Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze
7. Australia - 2 Gold 12 Silver 8 Bronze
8. Brazil - 2 Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze
9. Canada - 1 Gold 3 Silver 6 Bronze
10. Argentina - 0 Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze

Is Ireland at the Olympics??

Medals are too mainstream, we'll stick to hipster GAA.

**TRF_Ezequiel** · 07-08-12, 07:35 AM

Originally Posted by heineken

Same could be said about the Netherlands and Holland... if we want to get technical.

Edit: Sorry about the double post

Nope. Netherlands is the country. Holland is a very old name for the region in the west. It consists of 2 provinces, Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland, but is not a country. It's the same as saying the Cape region and South Africa are 2 different areas. If we want to get technical....

**Feicarsinn** · 07-08-12, 07:36 AM

Well, technically England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland aren't countries, they're nations. Oh, actually Wales is a principality.

**TRF_Ezequiel** · 07-08-12, 07:46 AM

Well, technically, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are entities regarded and referred to as countries, despite not being sovereign states.

**heineken** · 07-08-12, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by TRF_Ezequiel

Nope. Netherlands is the country. Holland is a very old name for the region in the west. It consists of 2 provinces, Noord-Holland and Zuid-Holland, but is not a country. It's the same as saying the Cape region and South Africa are 2 different areas. If we want to get technical....

Lol! I knew that would get your attention!

but actually Hout Bay is a republic all on it's own in the Cape...

**stormer2010** · 07-08-12, 08:11 AM

I've really loved following the olympics thus far and think London has been a great host city. I didn't care much for the opening ceremony (apart from the rugby clips they threw in at the start) but the rest has been fantastic thus far and the settings are just amazing. I mean how could any host city hope to compete with the Thames for the rowing and Wimbledon hosting the tennis for example... can't be done.

I suppose SA's awesome start helps keep my interest. GB also doing exceptionally well. Other countries beside SA that have surprised me so far are Kazakstan and our old friends New Zealand. How great would it be if we and NZ finish above Aus LOL! Also Hungary are doing pretty well. Great show so far, thanks London.

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