New Posts For Thread: " Fourth place was like a gold medal to Lawrence Clarke"https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarkeGo home, you fkin idiot, Jackson. Fourth place means you have spent the last four years to end up a loser. A great performance, but still a loser. Where do the BBC get these muppets from ?The guy wasnt expected to even make the semi's let alone the final. He qualified for the final in seventh (or was it eighth) place, then finished fourth. Doesn't sound to me like the quote was too far out.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522796473#522796473The guy wasnt expected to even make the semi's let alone the final. He qualified for the final in seventh (or was it eighth) place, then finished fourth. Doesn't sound to me like the quote was too far out.Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:35:04 -0500Lawrence Clarke = gold in Rio 2016https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522795405#522795405Lawrence Clarke = gold in Rio 2016Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:13:31 -0500Guy in the 200m Breaststroke for me - but well said Mafhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522794671#522794671Guy in the 200m Breaststroke for me - but well said MafWed, 08 Aug 2012 16:54:39 -0500Three cheers for Eton...the school produces the type of person who put the Great into Britain...https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522794489#522794489Three cheers for Eton...the school produces the type of person who put the Great into Britain...Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:50:04 -0500^agreed - a tough event to overperform in too when you look at how many big names failed to even complete their races.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522794321#522794321^agreed - a tough event to overperform in too when you look at how many big names failed to even complete their races.Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:46:25 -0500Hard to disagree with that. There are a couple of contenders, like Greg Rutherford, Murray & Robson, Peter Wilson, but they were all realistic hopes.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522794271#522794271Hard to disagree with that. There are a couple of contenders, like Greg Rutherford, Murray & Robson, Peter Wilson, but they were all realistic hopes.Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:45:33 -0500if everyone had overperformed like him we'd have about 100 gold medals. he's just a kid. maybe with the exeception of gemma gibbons in the judo the biggest overperformance of any british athlete in the gameshttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522793991#522793991if everyone had overperformed like him we'd have about 100 gold medals. he's just a kid. maybe with the exeception of gemma gibbons in the judo the biggest overperformance of any british athlete in the gamesWed, 08 Aug 2012 16:39:20 -0500Hence the what if reaction. There will clearly be mixed emotions for him when he never expected to reach the final in the first place.https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522793427#522793427Hence the what if reaction. There will clearly be mixed emotions for him when he never expected to reach the final in the first place.Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:26:14 -0500parents put him through eton so he can have lottery handouts whilst doubtless waiting to do something to earn him enough to put his kids through eton4th, you cant do better than that !!!https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522793391#522793391parents put him through eton so he can have lottery handouts whilst doubtless waiting to do something to earn him enough to put his kids through eton4th, you cant do better than that !!!Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:25:19 -0500How can you be delighted in missing out on a medal by only a few inches, when you won't have that opportunity again for four years, if at all ?https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29301911/fourth-place-was-like-a-gold-medal-to-lawrence-clarke?post_id=522793353#522793353How can you be delighted in missing out on a medal by only a few inches, when you won't have that opportunity again for four years, if at all ?Wed, 08 Aug 2012 16:24:31 -0500