Can I start the countdown.
4 years to day it opens in London. Any one hoping to go and watch any thing. (or even compete):eek: Any one anything to do with organising it?
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Can I start the countdown.
4 years to day it opens in London. Any one hoping to go and watch any thing. (or even compete):eek: Any one anything to do with organising it?
I am hoping to go
It's a shame fell running is not in the olympics.I always thought the Olympics were for amateur sportsmen,and with Fellrunning being one of the only non professional sports ...:confused:
The thought of football and tennis pro's winning medals would make the founders of the modern olympics cringe !
Steady on :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
We aint built the shore to ship aggregate conveyor yet thats going to transport all the aggregate/cement/ stone etc to site.
hope to see a young lad from our club there ;) he just missed out on going to the world juniors this month !!!!!
Well, my brother lives in Weymouth, so we're hoping to get down for some of the sailing.
Who in the right mind wouldn't try to get to an event or two or even a chance to compete?
I'll look forward to seeing you in the marathon RR, or have you set your sights on something else?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadrunner
Long time between now and then Marvin. Would like to run the Commonwealth Marathon in New Delhi 2010 as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvin
Just seen a nice article about the Brownlees on Face book. Particularly liked this comment someone left...
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9. At 12:37 25th Jun 2012, bobsontour wrote:
We live in ilkley and sometimes see the Brownlees out training. A few years ago, Alistair was running on the moor and stopped to have a chat. My son had been at school with Alistair and we were asking about his training. After a few minutes Alistair apologised, saying "I am very sorry but I need to go, I am in a race" and several gnarley fell runners appeared over the brow of the hill. Let's hope Alistair is so far in front he can have a "stop and chat" before hyde park
Olympic tickets still on sale for different sports. As resales are given back, odd tickets come back out on sale. Sometimes some cheap ones in the big events!!
Or try the UKA event in Birmingham on August 26th, just £20.12 a ticket and there are some still available.
Anyone spotted the Teletubbies yet ? :rolleyes::D
Awesome so far!!
Loved Mr Bean - Chariots of Fire:thumbup:
Just read a great post on Facebook.
'I remember back at 9pm when this was all fields....'
Nice to see fell running represented - coming down from the "Tor" - poor descending technique though .....
Anyone else notice the very dodgy wave during Germany's entrance?
Yep :w00t:Quote:
Originally Posted by The devil's own
I nearly choked on my chow meinQuote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
The camera cut the shot very quickly.
Not interested!!!!
Excellent opening ceremony. Very intelligent. Can't wait for next couple of weeks. Footie atmosphere was ace on Thursday, let the games commence and hopefully people will get behind it all.
Loved the opening ceremony. Especially giving our future in sport the honour of lighting the cauldron. I will have no voice left at the end of the 16 days. Love love love the Olympics. Good luck today to Mark Cavendish. Gold all the way :-)
Fantastic. it was hard to sleep after all that excitement, long may it continue.Quote:
Originally Posted by RaceTheSweeper
Couldn't believe my eyes either. Perhaps the last Olympics that guy had been to was Berlin in 1936 and he just assumed it was the done thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by The devil's own
Look at the video clips, he's using his left arm / hand. Nazi salute is the right arm / hand!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
I bow to your superior expertise in such matters :w00t:Quote:
Originally Posted by biara
I'll be honest, I read that part in the paper, as lots of people were saying it's a nazi salute, as I thought yesterday. But when you see the clips, its quite obvious with the wrong hand. I do remember some parts of GCSE history!!:rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Muddy Retriever
In the cycling, the coverage by the bbc is very poor compared to the TDF.
Watched the opening ceremony until just after China came in and then the electrics blew.:mad:
I'm watching it on Eurosport, the commentary is better, but there's still no information and it's the same terrible production.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stagger
I'm with you all the way biara. Boyle is a genius.Quote:
Originally Posted by biara
Apparently not everyone agrees with us though. Conservative MP Aidan Burley for example reckons it was all a load of "leftie multi-cultural rubbish.":thunbdown:
Which of course Boris has since dismissed as "nonsense"... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19029510 :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry
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Originally Posted by Multiterrainer
Good for Boris.
I really enjoyed what was patently Boyle's input. The bit with the chimneys and forging the Olympic rings was superb. For me it was only let down at the end when Macca took over duties. Christ, the bloke is a an absolute bore. I can just imagine him seeing the whole ceremony as one huge support act to him warbling Hey Jude.:w00t:
Macca was definitely the low-point of the show...so much so I switched off then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danbert Nocurry
Macca was appalling, that wasn't singing, more like gurning for the crowds with a few tuneless croaks coming out of his mouth. Methinks he overates himself.
I missed little bits, but it was a great show.
Only 2 downpoints for me.
I agree with you Danbert that Macca was a dreary finale - could have done with ditching him and putting the Arctic Monkeys on at the end.
Seeing Shami Chakrabati carrying in the Olympic Flag was also a puzzling low point for me.
Cycling....damn, damn, damn :thunbdown:.
Agree with all the macca comments, we really didn't need him. Especially after the climax of Pink Floyd's 'Eclipse' and the line "...EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.." as the stadium took off in a blaze of fireworks. I wasn't sure what to expect, particularly at the start, but it was just bonkers and brilliant. Danny Boyle's gone up even further in my estimation.
Or as Borat (or Boris?) would say:Quote:
Originally Posted by molehill
"Although Kazakhstan a glorious country, it have a problem, too: economic, social, and... sprint cyclists."
:thumbup:
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Originally Posted by Erich K
Danny Boyle has single handedly saved the Olympics for me. I'm so glad he was chosen to direct the opening ceremony as you just knew he wouldn't portray Britian in the vapid pageantry others would have.