London Olympics

[waza1960]

Emily Seebohm broke down after getting silver saying she had let her family down

She is my Olympics hero atm she won silver but wanted gold. A pity more athletes didn't have that drive.....
Too many these days saying: at least I made the final or I'm happy with Bronze
or I did my best (anyone who says this very rarely does IMO)

 

[MrBurns]

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 lost his reputation and made no impact at the games, he shouldn't have been there at all after what he did.

Hitting someone like that is no mistake it's a criminal act that sometimes kills people.

Not only that he declared bankrupcy to avoid paying the civil settlement.

Thats a loser in my book.

 

[bellenuit]

She is my Olympics hero atm she won silver but wanted gold. A pity more athletes didn't have that drive.....
Too many these days saying: at least I made the final or I'm happy with Bronze
or I did my best (anyone who says this very rarely does IMO)

I not sure I agree. Everyone wants a gold, but for many just getting there is enough and they have a right to be proud of that achievement.

I remember last Olympics when some Australian girl (can't remember who) came second in the final achieving a personal best, which happened to be faster than the previous Olympic Record that was also obviously broken by the gold medalist, on exiting the pool area and being interviewed by the crass TV commentator she was first asked: "What went wrong?". I think she was stunned by the stupidity of the question.

 

[waza1960]

Well yes I should have added if you did or exceeded your personal best or get out of the pool wasted then just as much credit should be due.

 

[MrBurns]

The low life media has turned a bronze medal into a dirty word.
Great shame, too bad we can't vote them out.

 

[waza1960]

Reminds me of Duncan Armstrongs Gold Medal swim, he took 5 seconds of his personal best .
I guess these days he would be under suspicion

 

[Gringotts Bank]

Remember when USSR/Russia always figured in the medals? No more.

 

[Miss Hale]

Phew! So pleased to see Roberts and Magnussen through to the semis in their individual event. I know they talked big and failed to deliver (especially Magnussen) but they all looked so gutted the other night that I wanted to see them redeem themselves somewhat.

 

[Julia]

He made a mistake and paid his dues for it

How did he pay his dues? He wriggled his way into bankruptcy in order to avoid paying damages to Cowley, whose face or life will never be the same.

 

[DB008]

Reminds me of Duncan Armstrongs Gold Medal swim, he took 5 seconds of his personal best .
I guess these days he would be under suspicion

I am a little bit suspicious about the 16 year old Chinese swimmer - Yu Shiwen.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/9440248/Ye-Shiwen-16-year-olds-Olympic-swim-impossible-says-coach-John-Leonard.html

John Leonard, the executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, yesterday compared Ye’s winning performance in the women’s 400m individual medley to Irish swimmer Michelle Smith, who won gold in the same event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics but was banned from swimming for four years in 1998 for tampering with a urine sample. Smith, now De Bruin, always denied using performance enhancing drugs.

Ye sent shock waves through her sport on Saturday when she set the first swimming world record of these Olympics, and in doing so swam the final 50m freestyle faster than American swimmer Ryan Lochte managed in his final leg when he won the same race in the men’s event

Not saying it can't be done, but, l'll a little bit suss.....

Stem Cell cheating, can't be detected as it's your own cells. It's the new black.

 

[Julia]

Emily Seebohm broke down after getting silver saying she had let her family down

When a young woman, in tears, declares herself a failure for missing the win by a tiny fraction of a second it's time to take a serious look at this whole sporting festival imo.

Some small advance would be served if reporters gave the contestants 20 seconds or so to recover themselves before thrusting a microphone in their faces with an inane question.

 

[bellenuit]

When a young woman, in tears, declares herself a failure for missing the win by a tiny fraction of a second it's time to take a serious look at this whole sporting festival imo.

Some small advance would be served if reporters gave the contestants 20 seconds or so to recover themselves before thrusting a microphone in their faces with an inane question.

+1 .

 

[MrBurns]

When a young woman, in tears, declares herself a failure for missing the win by a tiny fraction of a second it's time to take a serious look at this whole sporting festival imo.

Some small advance would be served if reporters gave the contestants 20 seconds or so to recover themselves before thrusting a microphone in their faces with an inane question.

+2

The scum media could hardly wait to replay it over and over.........:bad:

 

[Logique]

It must be so hard for you after having worked so hard...you haven't let anyone down...now we'll shove this camera in your face, 20 seconds after the biggest disappointment of your young life...hurry up I've got a piano to turn upside down later on...

 

[Miss Hale]

Post competing interviews are a bugbear of mine, and it has infiltrated all sports now; olympics, tennis, footy - everything. They either give pat answers that are meaningless or they are really intrusive and insensitive like some of the ones we've seen in the last couple of days. Probably better to dispense with them IMO. Maybe just a press conference a bit later if anything is needed at all. A little less conversation a little more action I say

 

[Logique]

How did he pay his dues? He wriggled his way into bankruptcy in order to avoid paying damages to Cowley, whose face or life will never be the same.

He's the type where Daddy always comes to the rescue. Take one look at him.

 

[Tink]

Yep agree with the media being insensitive, hard enough for them as it is, then having a camera shoved in their face. As one reporter said, their faces are so glassed over taking in what just happened, all abit much, imo

As for D'Arcy, you reap what you sow.

 

[nomore4s]

How did he pay his dues? He wriggled his way into bankruptcy in order to avoid paying damages to Cowley, whose face or life will never be the same.

Criminal conviction, missed an Olympics after making the team, missed a world championships, lost any chance at sponsors, which is more then most people pay when convicted of assault. Like it or not that is how our society punishes people for things like assault. By paying his dues I mean penalty, punishment whatever you want to call it.

I'm not saying I agree with what he did or the punishments handed out or the whole bankruptcy thing as I believe he should pay something, all I was saying was I admire that he put his head down and never gave up on his goals and continued to work hard - I don't admire what he did to put himself in the position in the first place.

In a way it probably would have been easier for him to go away and hide and give up on his sporting career or if the AOC had banned him for life. Considering the abuse he has received just on this board I'm sure he cops plenty where ever he goes so I again admire that he is willing to face all that, more then what most cowards who have done similar acts do.

 

[tech/a]

Criminal conviction, missed an Olympics after making the team, missed a world championships, lost any chance at sponsors, which is more then most people pay when convicted of assault. Like it or not that is how our society punishes people for things like assault. By paying his dues I mean penalty, punishment whatever you want to call it.

I'm not saying I agree with what he did or the punishments handed out or the whole bankruptcy thing as I believe he should pay something, all I was saying was I admire that he put his head down and never gave up on his goals and continued to work hard - I don't admire what he did to put himself in the position in the first place.

In a way it probably would have been easier for him to go away and hide and give up on his sporting career or if the AOC had banned him for life. Considering the abuse he has received just on this board I'm sure he cops plenty where ever he goes so I again admire that he is willing to face all that, more then what most cowards who have done similar acts do.

4s
While a delicate topic I do agree with your sentiment.
Ive had many a biff and while copping a few and not
looking the prettiest Duck in town never had cause
to even up with the other guy. In fact most have a mutual
respect for the position taken by each on the day.

What a champion Emily is.

Infact everyone who even strives to reach such levels WIN or Lose are champions
reegardless of field of endeavor.

 

[Calliope]

D'Arcy has a history of previous assaults here on the Sunshine Coast. His father's fat chequebook usually manages to stave off criminal charges.

A SECOND athlete has come forward with claims he was bashed by the embattled Olympic swimmer Nick D'Arcy.

The Queensland ironman Tim Peach told Channel 9 yesterday that he was left with a broken nose and two black eyes after an altercation with D'Arcy outside a bar in Mooloolaba 18 months ago, but he refused to press charges.

D'Arcy yesterday issued a statement saying that his alleged assault last Sunday on the former swimmer Simon Cowley was an "unfortunate isolated incident which occurred at the Loft Bar".

But Peach, admitting he was drunk when then pair clashed in September 2006, said D'Arcy hit him about 10 times after they had been "mouthing off at each other. We had a bit of history over a girl."

Peach told The Sunshine Coast Daily: "It was a bashing, not a one-on-one stoush. The photos speak for themselves."

Peach went to the swimmer's home the next day and was impressed with his father, Justin D'Arcy, a surgeon, who had organised X-rays and reimbursement for his time off work.

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