New Posts For Thread: Olympic memorieshttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memoriesOne I remember vividly ( and I'm sure everyone else does ) was Redgraves fifth gold medal in Sydney. I remember the Italians closing late on and the BBC commentator going crazy. '' great britain JUSSSSTT!!!!''Watch this and try and not get a lump in'and....it's...Wilkie!'-1st GB gold at 1st Olympics I remember (Montreal)https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522303307#522303307'and....it's...Wilkie!'-1st GB gold at 1st Olympics I remember (Montreal)Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:12:24 -0500Dave Wottle-----last to first mens 800 metres just like Bula---Munich I think---then blew it in the 1500 heats came to late and failed to make the finalhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522276725#522276725Dave Wottle-----last to first mens 800 metres just like Bula---Munich I think---then blew it in the 1500 heats came to late and failed to make the finalWed, 25 Jul 2012 18:18:48 -0500It's a bit embarassing but it has to be Mary Peters in the 1972 olympics pentathalon 200 metresIt's the bit where the late great Ron Pickering spoke for a nation and screams "C'MON MARY,C'MON!"still brings a lump to the throathttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522273901#522273901It's a bit embarassing but it has to be Mary Peters in the 1972 olympics pentathalon 200 metresIt's the bit where the late great Ron Pickering spoke for a nation and screams "C'MON MARY,C'MON!"still brings a lump to the throatWed, 25 Jul 2012 17:06:33 -0500A round and basically fat guy called Paea Wolfgramm from Tonga knocking out a very tall and heavily built Cuban in the Quarter Finals of the super heavy weight boxing in 1996.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522271155#522271155A round and basically fat guy called Paea Wolfgramm from Tonga knocking out a very tall and heavily built Cuban in the Quarter Finals of the super heavy weight boxing in 1996.Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:58:24 -0500who cares who's thirdhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522263937#522263937who cares who's thirdWed, 25 Jul 2012 12:53:55 -0500Michael Johnson always memorable but David Hemery in Mexico was great with John Sherwood grabbing a medal behind him.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522262823#522262823Michael Johnson always memorable but David Hemery in Mexico was great with John Sherwood grabbing a medal behind him.Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:16:41 -0500Biggest WOW for me was when Michael Johnson stopped the clock in the 200m final at a barely conceivable 19.32 in Atlanta. I think it was more than a third of a second inside his own fairly recent world record and at a time when hardly anyone could ruhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522261567#522261567Biggest WOW for me was when Michael Johnson stopped the clock in the 200m final at a barely conceivable 19.32 in Atlanta. I think it was more than a third of a second inside his own fairly recent world record and at a time when hardly anyone could ruWed, 25 Jul 2012 11:38:11 -0500Can't imagine that ever happning again. Politics and sports should always be kept seperatehttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522067513#522067513Can't imagine that ever happning again. Politics and sports should always be kept seperateThu, 19 Jul 2012 19:28:11 -0500Nice 1 for educating me more. Wasn't around them timeshttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522067491#522067491Nice 1 for educating me more. Wasn't around them timesThu, 19 Jul 2012 19:27:06 -0500From what I know the basic facts of the film are correct. The Palestinian group Black September took the Israeli athletes hostage demanding that certain Palestinian prisoners were freed. It all ended in bloodshed when the German authorities agreed tohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29238901/olympic-memories?post_id=522059153#522059153From what I know the basic facts of the film are correct. The Palestinian group Black September took the Israeli athletes hostage demanding that certain Palestinian prisoners were freed. It all ended in bloodshed when the German authorities agreed toThu, 19 Jul 2012 15:12:10 -0500