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Tink said:
Yep, good on them.

Must say, I enjoy the swimming.
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Yes me too. Great to see a medal on the first day and a gold one at that!

Can't feel sorry about the Poms losing the cycling though, after they were so cocky and have made it plain that their objective this Olympics is to get a better medal tally than Australia. Apparently Boris Johnson was seen in the lead up to the olympics wearing a t-shirt that says 'Beat Australia' :mad:
 
cycling

cavendish is so dirty he didnt win a medal...

so he pays out bigtime on the aussie team.. claims we conspired to make sure the brits lost

different to how i saw it..

i saw a bunch of guys, 11 in all, with one aussie in that bunch keep out front,, and saw cavendish not ever once, not once, help his british team mates and take a turn in the front of the pelaton and try and catch the frontrunners.. only a few minutes infront

its where i saw our stuart ogrady rotate all day in the lead group and he finished 5th i think


so cavendish sits in the slipstream, does stuff all, then after 250 km's of doing nothing, he bitches and moans about the aussies..

just because a race goes another way, you praise the winner, commend your team mates and all competitors, and be sporting about it in the spirit of the games..

unless your a lazy bitchy sprinter, who has never taken a turn in front for anyone, and expect your team to deliver you to the line withour ever doing anything to help the group!!!

lol

the brits are sure a bunch of unsporting types and whingers.. very much against the code of the olympics imho..
 
Tink said:
Yep, good on them.

Must say, I enjoy the swimming.
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Me too. But I'm very disappointed that they have abandoned (except for some) Australia's signature gold cap in favour of a white cap with some indiscernible (from a distance) bits of green and gold on the back. It makes it very hard to pick out the Aussies.
 
Yep true bellenuit, agree.

Good on Leisel Jones, after the paper attacked her fitness, hope she gets a medal.
 
Even though you have trained for hours and hours you still need to perform on the day (night).

Sometimes it just does not happen. Thats life (sport).

All you can do is try your best at the time.

Keep up your spirits boys there is always another day!

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport...00m-breaststroke/story-fn9di2lk-1226438203453



(Trading is like this - you can do your analysis and place a trade but for some reason it goes bad. Get out and look for the next trade).
 
I'm finding it all a bit boring but the choice of flag bearer was excellent.

Unfortunately many competitors think they are some kind of movie star and seek attention especially those trading on their Aboriginality.
 
bullet21 said:
That Commonwealth Bank add is going to be alot more brutal now. I wonder if they'll stop airing it.
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No. A representative from CBA was interviewed on ABC Radio today and he assured the reporter it was full steam ahead.
(Something perhaps Mr Magnussen lacked.)
 
Do we spend too much on sports at the elite level?
Should we spend more at the grass roots level?

It would appear that Australia's world ranking at the Olympics are at threat.
We will be lucky to be in the top 10 this year.
1992- 9th
1996- 7th
2000- 4th
2004- 4th
2008- 6th
2012 - ?? (early days but our dominance in the pool is fading) (currently 10th overall)

Does it matter?
 
Emily Seebohm broke down after getting silver saying she had let her family down ?

Did you see her mother and father ? it was like there was a death in the family, no wonder the poor kid is devastated, the parents are to blame for the pressure that goes on, I was sickened to see their reaction.
 
MrBurns said:
Emily Seebohm broke down after getting silver saying she had let her family down ?

Did you see her mother and father ? it was like there was a death in the family, no wonder the poor kid is devastated, the parents are to blame for the pressure that goes on, I was sickened to see their reaction.
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Don't underestimate the pressure the athletes put on themselves. They work pretty much their whole lives for that one moment one race. And her dreams and goals she's worked extremely hard for all evaporated in that moment.

I think you will find the parents have supported her throughout her career and were just disappointed for her more then anything else. Her parents have come out in support of her and I think Seebohm just wanted to repay her parents for all the sacrifices they have made for her career over the years.

If Sally Pearson doesn't win we could see one of the biggest meltdowns of all time, but hopefully that doesn't happen - she either wins or handles the loss with dignity and class.

I'm pretty disappointed in the way our athletes carry on atm, constant whinging and whining and poor sportsmanship, very few actually gain my respect nowadays.
 
nomore4s said:
I'm pretty disappointed in the way our athletes carry on atm, constant whinging and whining and poor sportsmanship, very few actually gain my respect nowadays.
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Nick D'Arcy was a waste of space!


The most polarising figure in swimming - indeed one of the most controversial figures currently in Australian sport - D'Arcy will now be put on a plane and sent home from England early, at the end of the swimming meeting.
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D'Arcy received the coolest reception of any Australian to enter the pool deck, a murmer quieter than that for his unheralded teammate Chris Wright in lane one, who finished last behind D'Arcy.
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Good riddance.:twak:

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/s...knocked-out-20120731-23b7j.html#ixzz22A4qR6p3
 
Makes you consider whether there is actually some form of divine justice/karma or something.
Just what he deserves after the shabby way he has behaved toward Simon Cowley.:(
 
Julia said:
Makes you consider whether there is actually some form of divine justice/karma or something.
Just what he deserves after the shabby way he has behaved toward Simon Cowley.:(
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It's even better then that, from here on everyone will point yelling "loser" just to rub it in.

He would have been better off not to go at all.
 
MrBurns said:
It's even better then that, from here on everyone will point yelling "loser" just to rub it in.

He would have been better off not to go at all.
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Bit over the top imo, he still achieved something the majority of athletes/people never achieve by competing at the olympics, so I would hardly call him a loser.

He made a mistake and paid his dues for it and in a way paid more of a price then most people who have been convicted of assault and has kept his nose clean since.
In a way I admire the way he has comeback and never gave up, he served his bans and continued to do the hard work required to make the Olympics even though there was a chance he might not be accepted on the team no matter what times he was swimming. It was out of his control whether he would be allowed to compete at the Olympics but he still had a crack at it.
He made a bad mistake, suffered consequences, suffered multiple setbacks because of those consequences but continued to stick at it, he never gave up hope - I think there is something to admire in that even if I don't admire what he did to Simon Cowley or the whole bankruptcy thing.
 
nomore4s said:
Bit over the top imo, he still achieved something the majority of athletes/people never achieve by competing at the olympics, so I would hardly call him a loser.

He made a mistake and paid his dues for it and in a way paid more of a price then most people who have been convicted of assault and has kept his nose clean since.
In a way I admire the way he has comeback and never gave up, he served his bans and continued to do the hard work required to make the Olympics even though there was a chance he might not be accepted on the team no matter what times he was swimming. It was out of his control whether he would be allowed to compete at the Olympics but he still had a crack at it.
He made a bad mistake, suffered consequences, suffered multiple setbacks because of those consequences but continued to stick at it, he never gave up hope - I think there is something to admire in that even if I don't admire what he did to Simon Cowley or the whole bankruptcy thing.
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+1 .
 
By the look of it, many athletes can slowly start to prepare for the next Games, or fade into retirement.

By the way, not sure if Olympic swimming trials should be so many months ahead of games.
If it was closer to the Games, they could be fitter and some even could be slimmer too.

Allocating medals according to former results on paper is bit silly too.

Not to mention that humility could be nice, of course from my point of view.
 

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