Bloodshed eh? That's unusual in synchronised swimming.FBM wrote:Stayed up until sunrise to watch S. Korea beat Japan 2-0 for the bronze. The game saw bloodshed on both sides. They seem to not like each other very much.
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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Bloodshed eh? That's unusual in synchronised swimming.FBM wrote:
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Isn't water polo a form of synchronized swimming?Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Bloodshed eh? That's unusual in synchronised swimming.FBM wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match
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That should be the main Olympics.Rum wrote:I think there should be an alternative Olympics where they can get totally messed up with drugs and to 7 second 100 metres. I would pay to see that!
Right now, the Olympics are about being really careful on your drug use so you stay just below the limits. Allow unlimited drug use, and it could be about athletics again.
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That did strike me as a serious grudge match alright, but I had too many other things to watch last night.FBM wrote:
The men's 50K walk has just started. They're all mad if you ask me - and I say that as someone who's already walked 20K this morning, without eating. I just did it at a more leisurely pace than they. And you won't see the race walkers popping out for a pizza.
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Anyone else think Usain Bolt is a dick head? He informed us that he is a 'legend' the other day. 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/au ... ETTXT758I2
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klr wrote:That did strike me as a serious grudge match alright, but I had too many other things to watch last night.FBM wrote:
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I've never seen so many yellow cards in a single game. The first handful were given to Koreans for repeatedly tackling Japan's biggest threat, Ottoman or whatever his name was, then Japan started catching up in the yellow-card race. And wild elbows. The guy who scored first for Korea caught an elbow soon afterwards that cut his cheek below his eye. Just required a bandaid/plaster thingy. Then a while later the guy who threw the elbow caught one of his own that really leaked. Had to have his whole head wrapped. There was more, but it was in the wee hours of the morning and my brain didn't record those incidents very well.
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And he has threesomes with Swedish volleyball players! What a dick!Rum wrote:Anyone else think Usain Bolt is a dick head? He informed us that he is a 'legend' the other day.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/au ... ETTXT758I2
Actually I've heard he's quite nice and donates a lot of his time and money to charity organization in his native country, not to mention, he's taking these barrage of drug accusations (mostly from the Americans) in good stride. No pun.
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He seems to buy into the notion that sprinters, like pro boxers, need to engage in public bragging and posturing.Rum wrote:Anyone else think Usain Bolt is a dick head? He informed us that he is a 'legend' the other day.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/au ... ETTXT758I2
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He bloody well needs to to get sponsorship. He's only relevant every four years!klr wrote:He seems to buy into the notion that sprinters, like pro boxers, need to engage in public bragging and posturing.Rum wrote:Anyone else think Usain Bolt is a dick head? He informed us that he is a 'legend' the other day.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/au ... ETTXT758I2
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I don't mind Mr Bolt. He's a bit of a showman. Nothing wrong with that.
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This race-walking lark is as bemusing as ever. It's clear from slow-motion replays that just about everyone is breaking the rules (mainly, being in contact with the ground at all time), but only a few will ever get disqualified. 
It's 25 laps of this course, which I would have thought gets very monotonous:
http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/D ... eutral.pdf
It's 25 laps of this course, which I would have thought gets very monotonous:
http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/D ... eutral.pdf
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Takes on to know one my dear chapClinton Huxley wrote:I don't mind Mr Bolt. He's a bit of a showman. Nothing wrong with that.
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I can run faster than him tooPensioner wrote:Takes on to know one my dear chapClinton Huxley wrote:I don't mind Mr Bolt. He's a bit of a showman. Nothing wrong with that.
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I think the rules stipulate that one has to do it forwards...Clinton Huxley wrote:I can run faster than him tooPensioner wrote:Takes on to know one my dear chapClinton Huxley wrote:I don't mind Mr Bolt. He's a bit of a showman. Nothing wrong with that.
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