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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 10211490)
:rofl: Me and Tiddler just sat here with giant question marks over our heads :hysterical: WTF is that sport all about, he wasn't even first over the 'line' :unsure: The greatest sailor ever apparently.
How on earth did the crowd see who was winning, they must have bloody good eyesight. :D |
Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by mikelincs
(Post 10212354)
The sailing is based on points scored over several races, and the points are decided by position in each race, so the crowd would have known just where he needed to finish, and would know where his opponents needed to finish, these would have been die hard sailing followers who would lead the cheering, and the rest would just follow.
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 10212356)
I'd have been hard pressed to see which boat was which to be honest. :lol:
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by mikelincs
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They have a big screen showing the TV view, and they have things called binoculars.. :D
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 10212415)
What are these things of which you speak? Tomfoolery, I'll be bound.
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Australia wins a second Gold ... Good on them, it's nice to have a playmate ;)
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
i'm praying for Sally Pearson. she's such a nice girl.
and the only out gay male Olympian, Matt Mictham. :) |
Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by commonwealth
(Post 10212947)
i'm praying for Sally Pearson. she's such a nice girl.
and the only out gay male Olympian, Matt Mictham. :) Meanwhile back to cycling:D King Kenney takes out Buage and his twin pillars of doom, for sprint gold.:thumbsup: oh yeah, blokes did something with a horse as well:thumbup: |
Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
That's 18 gold now I think with some more very possibly still to come. Fantastic.
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by chris955
(Post 10213204)
That's 18 gold now I think with some more very possibly still to come. Fantastic.
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
3rd place in the bag for gb. 18 gold already and could get 25. Come on aussie with a bit of a push you could get up with New zealand, Kazakhstan and North Korea!! ;)
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by WestLondonWelshman
(Post 10213252)
3rd place in the bag for gb. 18 gold already and could get 25. Come on aussie with a bit of a push you could get up with New zealand, Kazakhstan and North Korea!! ;)
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
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Originally Posted by DeadVim
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Apparently Yorkshire is the place to be from, I read somewhere in the cricket coverage that if Yorkshire were a country it would be 7th on the table. :D
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Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Apparently Yorkshire is the place to be from, I read somewhere in the cricket coverage that if Yorkshire were a country it would be 7th on the table. * apart from that and the fact that they race ITU, I quite like 'em:lol: |
Re: The London 2012 Olympic Thread
Originally Posted by Tr1boy
(Post 10213273)
Depending what other nations do, top 10 could still be in sight for Oz, Diamond and Pearson will need to deliver though.
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