The Olympics Thread

[madman3]

Wow, something predominantly British that Madman's actually supporting  ^^

I'm rooting for South Korea though :P

[GoldenFox93]

Wow, something predominantly British that Madman's actually supporting  ^^

I'm rooting for South Korea though :P

Though I'm guessing that supporting Team GB would make me a facist according to you?   

[madman3]

Wow, something predominantly British that Madman's actually supporting  ^^

I'm rooting for South Korea though :P

Though I'm guessing that supporting Team GB would make me a facist according to you?   

No, just a bit too hopeful :P
and slightly nationalist

[TeamXtreemer]

we won 3-1

sturridge, sinclair and giggs (ryan, that is, not rhodri).

if we keep this form we'll podium

[Velocity EVO]

we won 3-1

sturridge, sinclair and giggs (ryan, that is, not rhodri).

if we keep this form we'll podium

Is it Scott Sinclair if I'm not mistaken?

[TeamXtreemer]

we won 3-1

sturridge, sinclair and giggs (ryan, that is, not rhodri).

if we keep this form we'll podium

Is it Scott Sinclair if I'm not mistaken?

yep, Swansea player.

[Conraaa]

Just got tickets to paralympic goalball and athletics. Aww yeah.

[cephalopod]

SOTG, your cousin is in the olympics?

Yep. Johnathan Akinyemi, the Canoeist and only Olympian in Team Nigeria

Ah, so that explains the Team Nigeria pictures   8D

I'm so proud of him for getting as far as he did. He did excellent, considering he's hardly ever done whitewater before, and this is his first Olympics

If he doesn't do whitewater normally, what does he usually do then?

Flatwater. he doesn't train in rapids

Seriously? The course at Lee Valley is pretty tricky as wildwater slalom courses go (I should know :L) so good on him if he only usually trains flatwater.
Only really following the slalom in the Olympics, because it's, well, my thing XD I just don't do it competitively these days.
(Avid readers may notice my use of Wildwater instead of Whitewater - interesting fact, we're not meant to say whitewater as apparently it makes it seem like only white people can do it. Oh political correctness <3)

[Scourge of teh Galaxy]

SOTG, your cousin is in the olympics?

Yep. Johnathan Akinyemi, the Canoeist and only Olympian in Team Nigeria

Ah, so that explains the Team Nigeria pictures   8D

I'm so proud of him for getting as far as he did. He did excellent, considering he's hardly ever done whitewater before, and this is his first Olympics

If he doesn't do whitewater normally, what does he usually do then?

Flatwater. he doesn't train in rapids

Seriously? The course at Lee Valley is pretty tricky as wildwater slalom courses go (I should know :L) so good on him if he only usually trains flatwater.
Only really following the slalom in the Olympics, because it's, well, my thing XD I just don't do it competitively these days.
(Avid readers may notice my use of Wildwater instead of Whitewater - interesting fact, we're not meant to say whitewater as apparently it makes it seem like only white people can do it. Oh political correctness <3)

He did quite well considering, didn't he? ^^

[cephalopod]

He did quite well considering, didn't he? ^^

Sure did - only like 10seconds behind Draper, who they were going on about being a real veteran.

[RammingSpeed]

Oh look at that, another medal for GB.

[GoldenFox93]

Oh look at that, another medal for GB.

Huzzah!

[RammingSpeed]

Oh look at that, another medal for GB.

Huzzah!

In Horse riding, no less

[Squirrel_Monkey]

Well, 2 golds in one day. That's a bit strange :P

[cephalopod]

As the coverage said, the medals at the London Olympics appear to be like London buses - you wait ages for 1, then 2 come round at once.

[doublestrand]

We got Equestrian swag ;D

[RammingSpeed]

Great Britain beats France -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3bphcyhfM&feature=fvst#
 

[cephalopod]

GB get gold AND silver in one style of the discipline I'm involved in. Woo :D

[Enigm@]

[GoldenFox93]

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That's how you do it, lad.