Olympic Games
Submitted by Brock O on Wed, 2012-08-01 19:31
Hi Guy's / Girls
This would be my first non fishing related topic but it just came to mind so thought I would put it out there.
I think we all have a favorite sport outside Fishing & footy and I guess an interest for how our aussie's or home country is going at the 2012 Games?.
My self I have had some time off work and have been able to watch a fare bit of the Boxing, was good to see a few get past the first 32 and the light heavy weight Damien Hooper get the win over the American which is a big effort.
Little disappointing seeing the young aussie girl crying over a silver medal, but ha a lot of training and pressure there im sure.
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Sally
Only want to really see one thing happen this olympics and that is see 'Sally Pearson' win the 110m hurdles.
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+1. really deserves
+1. really deserves it.
Watching a bit of the gymnastics because I went to high school with one of them - Emily Little. Other than that, no gymnastics haha.
The kayak slalom is pretty hardcore too haha
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not as intense as dressage
that shits intense XD
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uncle
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nothing like a bit of pressure
might chuck a sad if she misses out
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grayzeee
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Olympics is awesome. So many
Olympics is awesome. So many great story's.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMgmYutL9W0
Michelle Jenneke > Sally Pearson
mmmm
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shes so hotmy wife wants to
shes so hot
my wife wants to know how she can run so fast with thos tits bouncing like that
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Ding ding
Yep shes a winner alright.
Yep looking foward to anna meares and the other aussie cyclists.
Pretty disappointing for the aussies so far. Jeez the missile is a bit of a 'cocky' bloke, hope he wins but.
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Damn right. Magnussenn
Damn right. Magnussenn sounded like another Mundine.
A bit of humility will go a long way. Hopefully he's learnt a lesson.
The funniest thing was , he talked himself up , then blew the relay , then blamed everyone heaping too much pressure on him.
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Talk
Nothing wrong with talking the talk, but yeah, you also need to walk the walk.
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Magnussen 2nd by 0.01 of a
Magnussen 2nd by 0.01 of a second. Unlucky!
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Damnnnn! I watched that in
Damnnnn! I watched that in utter concentration with drool running down my mouth. Damnnnn!
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Hows the sad looking 4 eyes
Hows the sad looking 4 eyes behind her? And then the other official lady behind her checkin out her arse
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Love the weightlifting and
Love the weightlifting and running. Can Usain go faster? Also the marathon for ultimate endurance.
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Love to see Bolt blitz the
Love to see Bolt blitz the field , but they're tipping Blake aren't they?
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+1 for kayak slalom cool to
+1 for kayak slalom cool to watch. Women's beach volleyball not to hard on the eyes also
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i like the swimming myself
i like the swimming myself shame all the finals start at 4 am
cant wait for the indoor cycling to start either and hopefuly it is sallys year this year after her dissapointment last time around
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Doubles batty and table
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Taylor Worth in Archery
Is a relative of my gf. Won Gold in Delhi in the team events but not well in individual. The AIS stopped worrying about archery after Delhi and this year the team didnt make this olympics, but he is participating as an Individual along with one other female who has been knocked out so he is the only Aussie left in the archery ranks. Final is on Friday, but he is up against a legally blind person who shot nearly a perfect score in the heats. Go Taylor.
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Just saw him beat the World
Just saw him beat the World number 1 and win a sudden death thingy. Looks good but I dunno squat about archery. Hope he keeps doing well!
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Not a fan of Hockey myself
But damn the Aussie men are good. Always thought hockey was for "poofs" but I dont think so now.
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Anyone for the women's beach
Anyone for the women's beach volleyball? :) actually love volleyball and the indoor hard court men's is insane!
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i think we arnt going as good
i think we arnt going as good as last games...
1 gold 6 silver 2 bronze
ranked 16
sigh
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plenty of good sports. Slalom
plenty of good sports.
Slalom is hard core!!!
Indoor volleyball, geez the aussie blokes can jump!!
Basketball is good, even watching the opals.
outdoor cycling is a bit boring for me, indoor should be good!
mens hockey team are insane, cant see anyone else beating them if they continue playing the way they are.
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My favourite would be the
My favourite would be the basketball. The American team is just insane!
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Seppo's will have some brown
Seppo's will have some brown stains after playing Lithuania......was so hoping for a massive upset.
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Jenneke
+1 for Michelle Jenneke just googled some pictures of her what a hottie-check out the pictures of her as wonder woman
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the womens rowing was great last night
seen a nice camel toe on one of those british girls...........hehehehe
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Hahahahahaha moose knuckle
Hahahahahaha moose knuckle
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Indoor volleyball is my vice.
Indoor volleyball is my vice. play it myself but i'd be the shortest player on the court if i ever wore the Aus jersery even at 6ft 3inch
Rowing is good and the sailing, love the track cycling, really anything with tactics, triathlon is good when it comes on. you can keep your swimming it doesn't interest me like it used to. Hockey, beach volleyball and field event (discuss, high jump etc) are good because you don't see them often
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Meares
Besides Sally Pearson winning, I'd also like to see Anna Meares chop up the pom Victoria Pendleton in the cycling.
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Boxing Tonight
Includes the last 2 aussie's fighting to go through the preliminaries.
Jeff Horn light welterwieght 64KG and light heavyweight Damien hooper 81KG.
Both will have tough contest, last medal won by an Australian in the ring was Grahame 'Spike" Chaney back in Soul 1988.
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Holy snappin' duck shit
Holy snappin' duck shit batman. I am so in awe of Michelle Jenneke. I had to watch it 3 times just to study her mighty fine technique. OMG
. Seriously though its good to see an athelete who is actually enjoying her sport rather than the focused, drab faces we are so used to. Mind you, if I woke up and looked in the mirror every morning and saw that, I'd be pretty bloody happy too.
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LOL
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As Aussies loving an underdog
As Aussies loving an underdog , you got to be pleased for team GB.
That cycling was awesome with Pendleton vs Meares , and the rowing. Pure Class.
And as for Michelle Jenneke , she loves the camera eh. She's def got "it"
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Watching the final in mens
Watching the final in mens four rowing , Aussie came away with silver after rowing a very good race.
In the interview directly after , you'd have thought they came in Last. Whats that about??
I have never seen anyone so dissapointed to be in second. ( maybe Magnusson was very close)
Think Australia have an "if you're not first , you're last" talladega motto or something.
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I tend to agree with you.
I think the lead-in stats in the rowing showed that TGB were the ones to beat. Our guys rowed a great race but were beaten by a better team. The swimming was different in that some of our team had the form to win but couldn't get it together when it most counted. It will be interesting to see what comes out in the wash. Not too many parties for the swim team me thinks.
The women's Triathlon was a great watch.
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gotta hand it to M Pelhps
just awesome , we could do with one of them, what a legend, all the best to sally lets hope she gets rid of the silver sally tags, my god there are some prize clowns over there and some belong to us
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Hows Channel 9-dont want to
Hows Channel 9-dont want to show NZ with more golds so they list up to #9 then skip to Australia!
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trampoline
anyone watch the mens tramp? they go 4 storys high and do all kinds of twisty tricks.
my new fav olympic sport!!
shame the aussie was the only one to nearly land off the tramp.
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Usain Bolt creamed them last
Usain Bolt creamed them last night.
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Slow Start
i think but he made up for it and some, will be good to see the 200 now and weather he can take that out too.
Were down to just one boxer in the mens, Jeff Horn 64KG class with one more win he's in for a medal.
The womens boxing kicks off soon with australia only boxer coming from WA i believe! but i might be wrong there.
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theres a good start for sally
fastest heat time in olympic history
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She just makes it look so easy
very very talented - hope she goes all the way - heheheh - I mean get the gold, she deserves it.
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Little whinge here
How bad has channel 9's coverage been how many people stay up all night to watch the live stuff then they just replay swimming or athletics mho
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Diamond
Watched the guy just disintergrate in Medal shoot. Qualified with 125/125 perfect record, then missed 5 from 25 in the Medal shoot. Even lost the shoot -off for the bronze medal. Went into to the medal shoot with a lead of 1, and came out 4th. He looked gutted.
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He was fairly philosophical
He was fairly philosophical about it though. Reckons he was overthinking his shots. They are pretty impressive though. How's the Boomers win over Russia? Shot right on the bell awesome stuff.
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That boomers game was
That boomers game was insane. Doing what Aus does best. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
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Too true Grayzee. I'll never
Too true Grayzee. I'll never forget the women's water polo at the Sydney olympics when they did the same thing. The yank coach couldn't and wouldn't believe it.
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Was great to see Sally win
Despite the time it was on I got up to watch the semis and the finals. Go Sally Go!!
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Seems most of the teams
Seems most of the teams sports are on fire at the moment hockey,basketball etc some good games coming up.
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not
silver sally any more
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Water polo
Watched the womens water polo match last night. Girls did well to take it to extra time with 1 second to go. Unfortunately got beaten
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bmx
my mate khalen young is going to bring home gold in the bmx...
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I'm a yachtie from way back,
I'm a yachtie from way back, so it is great to see a) gold medals! b) sailing being broadcast due to (a); and finally that from a team of 13, there are two golds for sure and a real possibility of 2 more (mens 470 and womens match racing)....
Go the yachties, bringing some respectibility back to our medal tally!!!!
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Lol, if we get a couple more
Lol, if we get a couple more we might be ahead of Kazakhstan!
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Sailors continue on! Mens
Sailors continue on! Mens 470 crew just won gold. You beauty!!! Sailing team of 13 have now won 5 gold medals (between 3 crews) with the very real possibility that another 3 members, the womens match racing crew will also win gold. Great return from a team of 13!
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