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Gratuitous filth Kittycat

that pic isn't even from the Olympics (unless the timber fence is one of Danny Boyle's creations that's been left in situ)

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Korea do seem hard done by - first the weirdness in the judo, now this - that was surely more than a second!

Can't believe they had to send the official off to an ATM before lodging the appeal either...

And she didn't even win the bronze after all that.

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At least the beastly rotten cheating German frau-hund lost the final..............

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So the Chinese female gold medal swimmer beat the American male gold medal swimmer in the final 50m stretch. .....
I have to join the people who suspect doping.

China has a history of cheating, from doping to falsifying age.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...l-swimmer.html

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Saudi- ;-)

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Yes but (as someone who is quite close to the drugs-in-sport environment) the tests are very sophisticated these days, with that biochemical mapping thing to the fore............ as a winner, she would have been compulsorily tested, so let's see...........

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Can they detect when people store their own blood and re-inject it nearer the event to boost the oxygen carrying levels? I understand they can detect it if they use someone elses' blood, but if you use your own it's very hard to pick up.

Anyway, I think she just farted during the last 50m - too many green beans.

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What the heck, where the hell are the Ubermenschen, didn't even place?

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Day 4 almost over. 4 medals, 0 golds. If we maintain this performance we will be the worse performing host nation on record. brilliant.

Go Team GB - I know a world record isn't in you, but a Guiness Book of Records Entry might be. :fingerscrossed:

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Phelps becoming the greatest Olympian ever today was bloody brilliant. Great athlete and a really decent bloke it seems.

Ye has been tested this games and 4 times this year and results negative. Innocent until proven guilty - brilliant 2 final performances.

Bradley Wiggins is currently equal with Sir Steve Redgrave as the most medalled British Olympian ever with 6 medals. Tomorrow he has the chance to go one better. Fingers crossed for a medal, hoping for Gold.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_B..._by_individual

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Greatest Olympian? No. Winner of most medals? Yes. Different things.

Too many swimmers 'accumulate' medals in very similar events: say, 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle, plus a couple of freestyle relays = 5 medals. He's the greatest ever swimmer, I'd say.......

........... but Greatest Olympian must be Jesse Owens, for all he had to overcome, including in his own country.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...sse-Owens.html

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Thats guff mate.

Jesse Owens was certainly not the greatest Olympian.

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Go on then.............

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You can't pick one.

Impossible.

You might look down the consistent medal winners over 5 games and end up with a Trap Shooter. Nobody would claim them to be a greater Olympian than Redgrave / Phelps / Whoever.

It's not comparing apples with apples so you'll never end up with one.

I think you can get a list together of some of the greats but it depends entirely on the credit distribution for;

- No. of gold Medals
- No. of games attended
- Total medal haul
- World records beaten
- Obstacles faced, racism, sexism, dodgy officiating etc.

None of those can really be cross-compared.

I think it's tough. It's like comparing Messi with Pele. The sport is the same in that case but the era's very different (thats another for the list).

Don't know mate. Don't know who I'd pick. I'd be tempted with Redgrave because I think he holds the values of the Olympics and was clearly a true champion of champions. Difficult because that's my era. I don't know about ROmanian 14 year olds getting perfect balance beam scores.

Also I don't know enough about the Uzbekh Weightlifting team who have won millions of golds (that's just a made up exmaple)....to be able to commit to one person.