Olympics 2012
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Hosts? I meant BBC guests obviously!
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Considering the pessimism and security problems prior to the start of London 2012, I think GB (and team GB) have performed a wonderful job with the games. To finish 3rd in the medals table is an incredible achievement, I doubt many of us envisaged this 2 weeks ago. I was lucky enough to be in the stadium watching Usain won the 100 metres and although I really wanted to see a GB gold (Christine got the Silver), the evening was still my most enjoyable live event ever. I felt so proud standing and singing our anthem during the gold medal winner ceremonies for Mo and Greg; I was prouder still when I heard a couple of Americans talking on Stratford station later; one of them said 'gotta hand it to the Brits, they have certainly organised a fantastic games'.
Well done to all concerned, I thoroughly agree with the OP. |
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A great succcess from start the feeling once its over will be like the first day backat work after a week at the festival
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Once every four years is probably once too often for most of the sports.
1) We were always going to finish 3rd/4th in medals table with the investment spent. 2) It was always going to look spectacular with the investment spent. The world athletic championships is decent. Cycling is the most overhyped, boring, characterless sport at the games and rowing is just nonsense, they will do well to get 3 men and a dog watching them at any other times. Most of the rest is dross, only boxing of these sports outside the games generates serious spectator and tv numbers worldwide and its not hard to see why. The atmospehere and skill etc at the excel is different class. The atmos at the athletics is has been decent if a little embarassing when 60,000 start going beserk when a brit moves from last to 2nd last up the home straight! |
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You must have forgotten that football and tennis are at the Olympics too.
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Ive really enjoyed it,but i really enjoy every Olympics.
The obvious bias towards the Brits i find a bit embarassing though. |
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Now i'm proper sad
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Sick
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Started out as a pessimist but was utterly converted over the two weeks,THAT saturday was the finest evening of sport i've been lucky enough to witness,just loved the whole games.
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From the opening ceremony to the end I've enjoyed every minute of it. Well done to all concerned especially those volunteers
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Yep. Brilliant games. Very well done everybody.
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i feel sad too
it might be the thought of not having such an array of events each day to watch and bet on , or the fact that watching sport of that standard makes the day fly by, one shot at glory, do or die for men and women that have worked for 4 years maybe it's because it's been unbelieveably well done in just about every respect, pretty much perfect from start to finish and it's been such great entertainment leaving you on a high each day however, i suspect the biggest reason is i've just looked at the racing post, which says the next race is the 2.10 from lingfield .... that brought me back |
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Some of the freaks on this thread need to get a grip of themselves.
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Speak for yourself pal. I'm perfectly together and not a bit upset about it.
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Post Olympics depression well and truly kicked in here
Fantastic spectacle as always Premier League kicks off on Saturday and i'm not remotely interested in watching overpaid mercenaries throwing themselves round a pitch with little or no contact and feigning injury at every available opportunity Then you have an athlete like Manteo Mitchell finishing the 400m relay with a broken leg bone - along with countless others who have worked their socks off for 4 years in the hope of Olympic glory for (in most cases) a fraction of the money. Olympians put footballers to shame. I suppose the whole 4 year cycle is what makes the Olympics so special. Anyway, 18 months until Sochi  |
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Woke up this morning to Homes Under the Hammer.
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Far from Trouble
You are spot on, with your assesment of the Olympics and Premier League Football |
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"Far from Trouble
You are spot on, with your assesment of the Olympics and Premier League Football" Utter garbage. If you tried showing velodrome cycling twice a week over a 9 month season you'd have an attendance of about 15 people. Let's face it the Olympics is a showcase for dull sports that commercially can't stand on their own over a sustained period of time. (tennis and football aside which shouldn't be in there anyway). It has it's place but in terms of popularity and longetivity there is no contest between domestic football and the olympics. The poster can say he's not interested in the football mercenaries but he's in the minority. |
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People will drift back to football of course, but honestly Far from Trouble is right. How many more John Terry situations, the feigning of injuries etc and just the obscene levels of money involved are we going to put up with. I stopped attending football for the most part 10 years ago, although I didn't attend much before that, just got fed up with the tribal nature of it all, couldn't bring the kids to listen to all that abuse. Happy just to keep up to date with Match of the Day these days, and enjoy laying England at every major championships, because they'll choke, and as importantly, those guys have more loyalty to their clubs than their countries.
Each to their own, but for me its golf, cycling and racing with cricket not too far behind. Going to try again and follow other Olympic sports between games. Said this before but didn't keep to it. Swimming and handball for me. |
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Football is the meat and 2 veg, the Olympics is a five course meal you have very rarely. Lovely food, expensive and not what you want every week.
Get a bit tired of the football bashing by some in the media. Shine a light at the Olympians and you'll find loads of bad behaviour. 1) Swimmers urinating in the Olympic pool 2) Athletes failing drug tests 3) Matches thrown in the badminton (about as serious as is gets in sport) 4) 800m race thrown by the winner of the 1500m. Doctor's sick note clearly a lie. 5) Hockey players in the face of the umpire 6) Boxing ref sent home after shocking decision. 7) Female Fencer staging sit in protest after defeat. 8) According to my programme, 000s of condoms provided free. How many athletes cheated on spouses/partners? Footballers' behaviour is a massive cause of concern but let's do away with this myth that the Olympians are on a different moral plane. |
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Agree it's not a fair comparison. Football remains the greatest sport but I do wish it would do more to tackle the worst excesses of player and fan behaviour.
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Best 2 weeks of sport ive ever witnessed
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Greatest show on earth. Roll on Rio and thank you London.
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Far from Trouble is spot on.
Anyone arguing against that is wrong,simple really. Unless of course you think,Swearing,cheating(diving,conning,feigning injury etc etc etc),disrespect to officials,and basically doing anything to get a result,is the right way to carry on. |