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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #360 on: August 24, 2008, 08:18:20 AM »
So ~ having just about reached the end the Scots are now saying that they want a Scotland team in future because they have done so well and dislike the rest of the UK sharing in the glory of their medal winners. They seem to have forgotten that GB funded these medal winners for the past several years. Meanwhile the French and Belgians want a Team Euro in future so that Europe can compete against the "Super Sized Nations" like the USA, China and Russia and the Aussies are bitching that some of "Team GB" may have been born elsewhere in the world or that their parents may have come from the Commonwealth.
Talk about Bandwagoneers  ::)

It's only sports anyway.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7579124.stm
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #361 on: August 24, 2008, 08:24:29 AM »
Is it all over yet...?
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #362 on: August 24, 2008, 08:27:12 AM »
I believe it ends at 2pm BST but that will include a lot of speeches and "spectacular" ceremonies so I reckon that's about it. Frankly I can't be arsed to Google up the timetable for the last day.
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #363 on: August 24, 2008, 08:29:56 AM »
Quote from: Snoopy on August 24, 2008, 08:27:12 AM
I believe it ends at 2pm BST but that will include a lot of speeches and "spectacular" ceremonies so I reckon that's about it. Frankly I can't be arsed to Google up the timetable for the last day.
Good... I can come out of hiding then...  whistle:
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #364 on: August 24, 2008, 08:31:03 AM »
Alright, being as how you are still "poorly" I have Googled it.

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Medals - Sunday 24 August

There are 12 gold medals to be won today. All times BST.
Today's schedule of events

Athletics (1)

Men's marathon:

Samuel Wanjiru (Ken) Gold

Jaouad Gharib (Mor) Silver

Tsegay Kebede (Eth) Bronze

Basketball (1)

Men's event:

TBC Gold

TBC Silver

Argentina Bronze

Boxing (6)

Light-flyweight (48kg):

Zou Shiming (Chn) Gold

Serdamba Purevdorj (Mgl) Silver

Paddy Barnes (Ire) Bronze

Yampier Hernandez (Cub) Bronze

Bantamweight (54kg):

Badar-Uugan Enkhbat (Mgl) Gold

Yankiel Leon Alarcon (Cub) Silver

Bruno Julie (Mri) Bronze

Veaceslav Gojan (Mda) Bronze

Lightweight (60kg):

Alexey Tishchenko (Rus) Gold

Daouda Sow (Fra) Silver

Hrachik Javakhyan (Arm) Bronze

Yordenis Ugas (Cub) Bronze

0816-0829: Welterweight (69kg)
0851-0904: Light-heavyweight (81kg)
0926-0939: Super-heavyweight (+91kg)

Handball (1)

Men's event:

TBC Gold

TBC Silver

Spain Bronze

Rhythmic gymnastics (1)

Group all-around:

Russia Gold

China Silver

Belarus Bronze

Volleyball (1)

Men's indoor:

United States Gold

Brazil Silver

Russia Bronze

Water polo (1)

0720-0950: Men's medal matches

So just a few medals to be decided: Water Polo Final and a couple or three boxing matches and that's it now.
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #365 on: August 24, 2008, 08:33:53 AM »
Can we still make twenty golds (like I predicted) then...?  whistle:
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #366 on: August 24, 2008, 08:37:39 AM »
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!  point:
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #367 on: August 24, 2008, 08:48:52 AM »
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #368 on: August 24, 2008, 10:37:42 AM »
I see the French have won a gold for something called "Handball".

I suppose they have had years of practice  noooo:
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #369 on: August 24, 2008, 03:08:44 PM »
That's it then. Bye bye Beijing happ096

Put this thread to bed and set the alarm for 2012  ;)
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #370 on: August 24, 2008, 03:45:51 PM »
We can use it to chart Tessa Jowell's impending disasters  eveilgrin:

the overspend

the last minute builders' strikes

The delays

The national embarrassment

The recriminations

The propaganda

I can hardly wait  eveilgrin:
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #371 on: August 24, 2008, 04:28:06 PM »
I guess twenty golds for 2012... again...  whistle:
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #372 on: August 24, 2008, 07:15:41 PM »
 noooo:
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #373 on: August 24, 2008, 11:45:41 PM »
Quote from: Nick on August 24, 2008, 03:45:51 PM
We can use it to chart Tessa Jowell's impending disasters  eveilgrin:

the overspend

the last minute builders' strikes

The delays

The national embarrassment

The recriminations

The propaganda

I can hardly wait  eveilgrin:

I understand "Passing the Buck" will be a recognised sport in 2012.
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Re: The Olympics
« Reply #374 on: August 25, 2008, 06:41:35 AM »
Quote from: Darwins Selection on August 24, 2008, 11:45:41 PM
Quote from: Nick on August 24, 2008, 03:45:51 PM
We can use it to chart Tessa Jowell's impending disasters  eveilgrin:

the overspend

the last minute builders' strikes

The delays

The national embarrassment

The recriminations

The propaganda

I can hardly wait  eveilgrin:

I understand "Passing the Buck" will be a recognised sport in 2012.
I suspect it will become popular long before then...  noooo:
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