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by **Judge** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:52 am

Bamaga man wrote:Okay lads lets keep this thread on topic about the current olympics please, if you want to talk about Mascots, steriods and snow, feel free to PM eachother, or start another thread.

yeah, but what about that bamaga man geezer what a tw.........................

by **Sabre** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:37 am

This very image of Ben Johnson is still fresh in my memory, it was frightening to see him running and beating the unbeatable Carl Lewis was something that impressed me in those years.

The doping broke the magic of that sport and sports like cycling

, but I think that eventually the sport will prevail.

As for the basketball, yes, I also think Spain will come short against the americans. I'd be happy if we just gave them a game and see some angry faces after a dunk .

by **Bad Bob** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:39 am

Bamaga man wrote:Okay lads lets keep this thread on topic about the current olympics please, if you want to talk about Mascots, steriods and snow, feel free to PM eachother, or start another thread.

Sorry constable...won't happen again.

by **Bad Bob** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:41 am

Sabre, what's Spain's medal count at the moment? I have a sense that the 'Summer of Spain' continues. Is that the case?

by **Judge** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:46 am

1 gold and 1 bronze

spain 23rd in medals list

by **Number 9** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:47 am

Some of the gymnastics was totally amazing to watch!How people can do things like that is beyond me...they are superhuman!

by **Judge** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:50 am

Number 9 wrote:Some of the gymnastics was totally amazing to watch!How people can do things like that is beyond me...they are superhuman!

what you on about baz, i hear you bend over freely all the time with no problem

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note to bad bob - you will find spain medal tally above in other post mate

by **Number 9** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:52 am

Judge wrote:
Number 9 wrote:Some of the gymnastics was totally amazing to watch!How people can do things like that is beyond me...they are superhuman!

what you on about baz, i hear you bend over freely all the time with no problem

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note to bad bob - you will find spain medal tally above in other post mate

I still cant throw meself up in the air and do a triple sumersault with twists though!

by **Bad Bob** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:54 am

Judge wrote:1 gold and 1 bronze

spain 23rd in medals list

Cheers, Judge. I'd imagine Nadal will bag them another medal (he's still in it, right?) and the basketball team's good enough to medal as well. Until Canada medals, I'm keeping with my approach to the Euros earlier this summer and supporting Spain.

by **Sabre** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:59 am

Bad Bob wrote:Sabre, what's Spain's medal count at the moment? I have a sense that the 'Summer of Spain' continues. Is that the case?

No, in games we've been quite good and got medals, like the 49ers (sailing), Judo (hell I just realised I don't know how many sports are said in english) and many others, we just got diplomas but no medals.

Only 1 gold for cyclism and one bronze so far.

Nadal, and the basketball guys will get probably another one. We're not as strong in hockey over grass as we used to be. The handball medal will be expensive, and so will be the waterpolo one.

In track and field we'll be mediocre as most of the time, unless we win a medal in the 1500m or greater distances.

The problem in Spain and I guess in many countries is that you can't be a top canoeing sport man and earn enough money to pay the bills. So either you pay those arrow shooters a grant, the ADO program, or you can't compete in the olympics. For instance a local lad that has been 4th in canoeing, demands a channel of brave waters near to San Sebastian, because otherwise he only can train in Barcelona.

This lads, and hence the medals depend on the government's extension or diminisighing of those grants and economic helps.
Quite simply I think that if the governments want more medals, they have to invest money on it, as very few sports are self-maintaining in economic terms. I'm sure that the reason Canada isn't as present in the olympics is that the government is investing money elsewhere!

Spain is bound to have a mediocre position in the medal table, I guess at the end we'll have something like 5 gold, 5 silver and 14 bronzes. Won by the odd boxer, or the odd track cyclist. We're traditionally better in group sports than individual ones.

by **GYBS** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:19 pm

Great to see the cyclists stuff the cheese eating surrending french in the final - well done lads .

by **Sabre** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:21 pm

GYBS wrote:Great to see the cyclists stuff the cheese eating surrending french in the final - well done lads .

It was a nice one.

by **GYBS** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:26 pm

Sabre wrote:
GYBS wrote:Great to see the cyclists stuff the cheese eating surrending french in the final - well done lads .

It was a nice one.

stuffed them by over half a second in just three laps - that is very impressive . along with couple of sailing medals guarenteed as well .

by **account deleted by request** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:26 pm

Who's top of the caught cheating with drugs charts ?

by **Reg** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:34 pm

Bad Bob wrote:
LFC2007 wrote:
Bad Bob wrote:Canadian Olympic Watch:

Day: 7

Medals: 0

Standings: Tied for 53rd

Highlight of the games so far: after much hype from the Canadian media one of our numpty swimmers misses out on a bronze in the 200M breast stroke by 1/100th of a second because he didn't completely stretch for the wall.

The national mood:

Only 547 days until the start of the Winter Olympics, though!

And I see the Vancouver hippies have pulled out all the stops with the official mascots.

Meet the Mascots

Yeah the winter olympics..... to be held in Russia, in Sochi, which is next to...... Georgia. And Russia and Georgia are having a little..... war right now.

I can see tourists flocking to that one by the bicycle load.

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