Olympics 2012

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Originally Posted by stevefoster

Be celebrating with a beer can sandwich:wink:

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Red (meat) Stripe perhaps?

Bronze for Daley!! That diving competition was incredible. How those guys perform under that pressure is beyond me - four years work comes down to 1.6 seconds!!!

I was a cynic before the games, but I've loved every minute of them. Highlights for me have to be Wiggins, Farah and the men's gymnastics.

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Originally Posted by dominion

Another medal for Team Yorkshire in the boxing!

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God save the Queen of Yorkshire...
...who is she, I can't quite remember..? ( a Yorkshireman)...

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Originally Posted by Mark Smith

Alan Partridge had a great idea: Monkey Tennis

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He also suggested a cooking show in prison, what a crazy idea :closed:

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Originally Posted by Eleanor

Good grief this thread is a miserable read.

Personally speaking, it is wonderful to admire great performances without holding an assumption that winners or high achievers must be cheating. Yes, some people cheat in all walks of life. It isn't new and it is a minority. I'm delighted to find my own response is purely admiration for great sporting achievements, unfettered by that bothersome, muttering cynicism that seems to burdon some other people when they watch top level sport.

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Totally agree.. I'd hate to exist in a constant state of miserable cynicism and would far prefer to believe in achievements and occasionally be disappointed when cheating is discovered. It hurts but well worth the trade off in my book.

Performance of the day yesterday goes to Emily Batty in the Women's XC MTB.. I was wondering why she was so far off the pace as she's 6th in the World but it turns out she raced on a broken collar bone.

Prompted by C L - I found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7516484.stm

It would be interesting to hear the lab's response to these allegations. As usual, things are not as clear cut as they initially seem.

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Originally Posted by Mike T

Prompted by C L - I found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7516484.stm

It would be interesting to hear the lab's response to these allegations. As usual, things are not as clear cut as they initially seem.

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I'm sure one of those nags in the horse dancing was on drugs. It danced like it was in the Hacienda :w00t:

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Originally Posted by Mike T

Prompted by C L - I found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7516484.stm

It would be interesting to hear the lab's response to these allegations. As usual, things are not as clear cut as they initially seem.

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Whilst it does sound suspicious, the article is dated 2008 and refers to the Beijing olympics. Things may well have changed since then, who knows.

Michael Johnson and Ian Thorpe were excellent commentators - unlike others they dared to say what they thought, rarely stated the obvious, and often made interesting observations. One concept I did disagree with was the idea of tactics during the 200 metres - there was talk of good and bad transitions, and acceleration late in the race; running around a bend is something we can do from the age of about two, and surely you start as fast as you can and keep it up as long as you can. Like the 100 metres, the tactics are dead simple; executing them is what is difficult.

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Originally Posted by mr brightside

I've just seen you described as a "bothersome, muttering cynic" further on! I've got to admit it brought a smile to my face :D I was quite glad to see the DDR record go, another achievement of an oppressive regime filed away into the archives.

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I'm really not cynical or bitter. Last night I got tremendous joy from watching, start to finish, Tom Daley take bronze in the diving; nearly as much as that big juicy steak I was telling vegan about. I didn't see the Men's triathlon but my other half told me the Brownlees performed brilliantly so well done to them.

After saying all that however I can't sit back and say nothing whilst a big fraud is being perpertrated. 25 years ago a talented sprinter called Ben Johnson burned the field to run 9.83 in the 100m. Most of those who knew it was dodgy didn't say a word but Carl Lewis spoke out and was branded as a 'bothersome, muttering cynic' in all likelyhood. A year later Johnson ran 9.79 and tested positive at Seoul. Today we have Bolt - another talented sprinter stumbling out of the blocks and running 9.6.

So we're presented with the idea that one talented sprinter without anabolic steroids can run much faster than another talented sprinter on anabolic steroids. Well I say I don't believe it. If that makes me a 'bothersome, muttering cynic,' then I'll take my big juicy steak and eat it.......with Carl Lewis!