Re: The Olympics Thread

[Big_Bad_Bob]

It's strong broad-shoulder men with tight muscly bums that do it for me, Bob.

You don't like to take a drink from da' hairy cup?

[PeterCS]

Now, I ask, was that REALLY necessary? His helmet is all over the place ffs.

[PlanetPakistan]

Micheal Phelps is Amazing!

[Red]

Well done Stephanie Rice and Zimbabwe of all places take silver.

[PlanetPakistan]

wow BRILLIANT to see Zim do well.

[PlanetPakistan]

Red,

This avatar is very solid- perhaps the best one.

[JGK]

Bit of a worry for the Aust swimmers - Cate Campbell has now choked twice when she was supposed to be a golden girl and poor Grant Hackett is clearly past it.

[JGK]

FWIW - the All Time Summer Olympic Medal table:


All Time Medal Table
Rank NOC Total
1 United States 892 689 603 2184
2 Soviet Union 395 323 299 1017
3 Great Britain 185 241 234 660
4 France 184 193 216 593
5 Italy 183 149 164 496
6 Germany 173 207 222 602
7 Hungary 156 136 156 448
8 East Germany 153 129 127 409
9 Sweden 139 154 170 463
10 Australia 118 122 148 388
11 China 115 97 78 290
12 Japan 114 106 116 336
13 Finland 99 82 113 294
14 Russia 85 78 82 245
15 Romania 83 88 114 285
16 Netherlands 66 75 92 233
17 Cuba 64 52 49 165
18 Poland 59 74 118 251
19 South Korea 57 65 65 187
20 West Germany 56 67 81 204

[JGK]

BTW - I think Hackett's failure today means it is the first time since 1984 that Aust hasn't won a medal in the 400m freestyle.

[PlanetPakistan]

FWIW - the All Time Summer Olympic Medal table:


All Time Medal Table
Rank NOC Total
1 United States 892 689 603 2184
2 Soviet Union 395 323 299 1017
3 Great Britain 185 241 234 660
4 France 184 193 216 593
5 Italy 183 149 164 496
6 Germany 173 207 222 602
7 Hungary 156 136 156 448
8 East Germany 153 129 127 409
9 Sweden 139 154 170 463
10 Australia 118 122 148 388
11 China 115 97 78 290
12 Japan 114 106 116 336
13 Finland 99 82 113 294
14 Russia 85 78 82 245
15 Romania 83 88 114 285
16 Netherlands 66 75 92 233
17 Cuba 64 52 49 165
18 Poland 59 74 118 251
19 South Korea 57 65 65 187
20 West Germany 56 67 81 204

Amazingly Pakistan is not in the top 20.

[JGK]

Aye - that took me be surprise as well.

[PlanetPakistan]

well at least we are NOT in the bottom 20 either.

[Gary 111]

From the cycling commentary

"When the chips are down then you've got to throw your hat in the ring because the medals are all up for grabs now..."

Do commentators have to go to a special cliché school to learn how to speak such nonsense as this...?

[eowyn]

Woo hoo, gold in the women's road race in the pouring rain.

[Gary 111]

Gold for UK in the cycling.

The race was won in the last 50m because when the chips were down she decided to throw her hat into the ring...

[JGK]

well at least we are NOT in the bottom 20 either.

Comfortably mid table.

62 Pakistan 3 3 4 10

[Gary 111]

The sooner we get cricket in the Olympics the better. Then the UK can start to make a move to overtake the Soviets and the Yanks at the top of the table. They can't play cricket for shit.

[Big_Bad_Bob]

Gold for UK in the cycling.

The race was won in the last 50m because when the chips were down she decided to throw her hat into the ring...

Well done Nicole Cooke, if not the commentators, anyway!

[Big_Bad_Bob]

What a great spectator sport Archery isn't.

[Gary 111]

In sports like womens archery you need some eye-candy to make it interesting. But there was none whatsoever.

[Gary 111]

Watching the football now. Nigeria vs Japan. GOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!

[JGK]

Argies beat Aust 1-0 in the soccer. I would recommend checking out the Argie goal - absolutely sublime.

[skully]

Solid gold bet. Michael Phelps to win more Gold than Australia - and most other countries. What a machine.

Congrats to Steph Rice on a superb swim, English lass Nicole Cooke in the very wet ladies road race, and to Libby Trickett for getting Aus home for 3rd in the Women's 4 x 100 relay.

Gutsy effort by Aus v Argies.

[PearlJ]

Phelps is just unbelievable. Apparently that first race was going to be his hardest, and he won by a length!

The only way he won't win 8 is if his teams mates muck up in the relays.

[skully]

Aye. He's like Thorpe - moves so languidly through the water, yet motors at a remarkable speed.

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