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considerable skills to come from behind to beat a brilliant Australian team.

We havent heard those two words in the same sentance for a while!:D

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What fighting event don't you need to be fit for?

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fencing - pretend fighting

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Judo and fencing for a start, hardly high endurance events needed, just skill. Probably add Taewkondo considering how short the bouts are, but they're a tad more flapping about than the others.

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"55% of Britons say Olympic Games are 'well worth' the investment for cheering the country during hard times"

I'm definitely in that 55%

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...eelgood-factor

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Me too, but it did not cost me anything. All the reward, none of the pain.

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Fair point.

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disagree totally. There are many types of fitness and fitness does not mean endurance, in which case Usain Bolt is unfit as i bet you i could run a 10K faster than him.

Judo guys in general are very very fit. Not so sure of fencers but they must have pretty good reactions and be sharp...again requiring a form of fitness.

And to say that Taewkondo does not require fitness is just absurd. Pull yourself away from your PC and put in a sustained effort for a couple of minute of jumping on the spot and throw in some high kicks..and report back...

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Yes, but when the UK introduces US-style global income tax for all nationals (which is eventually inevitable) you'll pay your share...........

In any case, I can't imagine taxes will be raised to pay for the Olympics - the UK will just go into more debt.

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Former England rugby international Brian Moore on Twitter:

"Perhaps a mention for Australia recently passing Kazakstan in medals table. A strong finish may even see them catch Hungary"

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Chris Hoy's mum:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19178008

:D

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You have been out of the UK too long. Taxes were raised - but only for Londoners through a council tax surcharge. It is why we had a vote on it.

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Edit - really? For this year only, or in perpetuity?

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Actually, I can't remember. I suspect it'll be perpetuity - it'll be like the Dartford toll - once people get used to paying it there is no point taking it away.

A gov website states:
Olympic precept - A precept on all properties liable for council tax within the Greater
London Authority area to contribute towards the 2012 Olympic Games. The precept was
introduced in 2006-07 and has been set at £20 per Band D equivalent property for each
year

Must be forever, as it's still being paid.

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Sumo !!

Those guys must be guaranteed to develop various ailements sooner than the norm.

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Don't need to be fit to fence? You've never done the sport then. It may surprise you to know that I fenced (foil) for a number of years and it's more physical and skillful than you may think.

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Ill grant you that...did Japan win all 3 medals at the Olympics ;-)

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Indeed. Never 'fenced' but in Glasgow we used to smash eachother with snooker cue's. It was hard work.

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And yet all that is skill and a couple of minutes of raised heart beat, sprinting aside. That's not fitness as a requirement. That's not to say that those involved in those sports aren't fit, but you don't really need to be fit to compete in them.

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Fit to be good at it at this level, definitely, but you don't need to be fit to participate, and that's what really differentiated something being a sport and an activity.

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That could be said about most sports though Bob. You don't need to be particularly fit to run a marathon.....in 7hours.

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Very sad.

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Life expectancy about 45. Top guys get gorgeous dainty wives...one of those things best left unexplored.

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..best left not even thinkin how they do it :scaredhair: ....but dam it , it is hard to stop a thought ..

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Mo Farah :britflag:

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That was just brilliant. Well done Mo Farah....

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That is how you race a 5K. Magnifico

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Tom is choking the diving again :(

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oh shush he got a bronze!! ;)

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Yup, well done Tom. Though I have had to turn over so I don't have to hear the American Anthem.

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Absolutely thrilled for young Tom. A bronze is great and I don't get the naysayers who think that's bad. The wide grin on his face was wonderful.


And someone else typically turned up too! :lol:

http://i50.tinypic.com/wtae01.jpg

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Things you never thought you'd call cute: Mo Farah and Usain Bolt celebrating... :blink:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-iufuqUFsc

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Mo reminds me of Errol brown.

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A 5,000m and 10,000m win double - while (presumably?) fasting......... now that's an achievement.

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I read that he was given an exemption from fasting and will start his Ramadan fast after the races.

He seems like such a nice guy and am delighted that he got both golds. He's absolutely British as far as I am concerned too. :thumbsup:


EDIT> BBC Sports Personality of the Year should be interesting this year...

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I would just like to point out how silly it was of the hyperbolic British commentators on the OBS service (used by both Jazeera and OSN) to claim that Mo Farah had cured cancer when, in fact, everybody (who has partaken of any Irish media in the last three days) knows that Katie Taylor did it first...

May have overdosed on Olympics and be suffering a slight hype-backlash.. :huh:

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Lets not forget he did all his training in Oregon USA.

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Why is that relevant?

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Why didn't he train at home? why go 6 or 7 thousand miles away?

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No idea. Ask Mo. I still don't see the relevance though.