They are going really well.
London 2012 Olympic Competition
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They are going really well.
Have not watched Hockey for a long time but this is very entertaining
I know its stating the obvious but the USA just pick up golds so easy. Just got another two in the pool. Here in poor old Blighty we're happy with our bronze in the gymnastics.
So they should be, anyone with any talent gets the best training facilities, mostly through colleges. Ours are scrabbling about for pools to swim in. We do remarkably well. Pity we don't nuture our sporting talent in this way. We are better at gymnastics then them. We got a bronze, they got nothing.
So they should be, anyone with any talent gets the best training facilities, mostly through colleges. Ours are scrabbling about for pools to swim in. We do remarkably well. Pity we don't nuture our sporting talent in this way. We are better at gymnastics then them. We got a bronze, they got nothing.
Actually, we are probably not. We beat them today, but equally they beat us the other day in the qualifying round. USA had a stinker and the British Gymnasts kept it together.
We're better than Argentina at hockey. 4-1 to GB.
Don't spoil my enjoyment.
We've beaten them thrice this month in handball. Twice as a warm up to the Olympics and then again in our opening game at the OL
We've beaten them thrice this month in handball. Twice as a warm up to the Olympics and then again in our opening game at the OL
They are a country in decline.
Also, they have 300 million people to pick from, we have 60 million, so ceteris paribus they should do better than us. But yeah, I agree, definitely not enough 50m pools around in the UK.
I don't think the length of pool has anything to do with it tbh.
The 15 year old girl who just won is from Lithuania but she lives and trains in Plymouth and her English sounds like she's lived there for quite a while. Pool numbers isn't an issue. We're only a nation of little over 300k and we have 7 swimmers competing in the OL.
It would be interesting to know how many kids give up on swimming because of lack of facilities. I just don't think kids get the encouragement they should get. Maybe our kids get distracted too easily or are just don't want to put the work in.
It takes some serious dedication, not just from the swimmer, but the parents too. I know a young lad who is a swimmer, he has to get up at 4 o'clock to get a swim in before School. feck that!
Boxing referees are tested for alcohol? 
Women's handball is suprisingly good. The Norway Keeper <3
Ive seen her interviews and her English sounds like she lives on the moon!
Some swimmer , great job!
Zoe Smith was brilliant today. Really enjoying watching the weightlifting so far.
Disgusting the shit people are giving her and Tom Daly on Twatter. No-life no-mark scum.
It's nearly midnight and I'm gripped by the volleyball when I've got work in the morning... fecking Olympics.
My son was a semI-serious swimmer and he was doing 8 x 2 hr sessions per week at 11. His mate who is a better swimmer than him now does up to 11 x 2-3 hour sessions per week at 14/15 and if he wants to make it big he will need to work harder still.
My son is now a waterpolo player and he trains and plays for a minimum of 9 hours per week plus up to 6 hours swimming. Plus at least 12 hours in the car per week.
If you want to succeed at an aquatic sport you really need to put the hours in.
Is sure does. If you train solely in a 25m pool you won't be able to perform at your very best in a 50m pool and that is the length of pool that you race in for the main long course season. The winter (your summer) short course season is serious but essentially used as a preparation for the long course season.
Swimming is a very technical sport and only training in a 25m pool won't help your technique when racing in the 50 m pool.
I've just tuned in, final set going well!
Talking of water polo Australian and US women are looking good. The usual suspects are all still in it for the men's comp. Australia need to lift their game if they are to get a decent finish. They need to beat Khazakstan tonight and if Greece could lose to Italy they should go through. The UK already look out of it in both comps.
And when was the last time Australia did so badly in the swimming. Even the best Aussie swimmers are underperforming it would seem.
What are they saying? Are they abusing them because they didn't win gold?
The USA are just amazing at swimming, they have won 17 medals but 12 have been in the pool. China have won the same total number of 17 but their winning events are far more diverse, weightlifting, swimming, shooting, diving etc.
The BBC website coverage is amazing btw, took some navigating at first but it's brilliant now. You can watch all the finals of every event really easily and quickly without going through all the bullshit.
The BBC website coverage is amazing btw, took some navigating at first but it's brilliant now. You can watch all the finals of every event really easily and quickly without going through all the bullshit.
So they should be, anyone with any talent gets the best training facilities, mostly through colleges. Ours are scrabbling about for pools to swim in. We do remarkably well. Pity we don't nuture our sporting talent in this way. We are better at gymnastics then them. We got a bronze, they got nothing.
The facilities over here are pretty amazing by UK standards. College facilities and scholarships give the US a great advantage when it comes to cultivating talent. However the recreational facilities in communities are far superior as well. Most high schools have competitive swim teams and they pretty much all have access to 50m pools.
Ahh what a prick, at least he is in some shit now.
Very harsh on Zoe but those comments really don't surprise me, you will always get dicks on twitter thinking they are funny. She seems to have coped well with it though, so good for her.
Very harsh on Zoe but those comments really don't surprise me
, you will always get dicks on twitter thinking they are funny. She seems to have coped well with it though, so good for her.Water Polo looks a right laugh.
You should be able to dunk though, too hard to win back the ball.
You should be able to dunk though, too hard to win back the ball.
Was anyone watching the South Korean girl in the fencing? On BBC tonight they said that it was almost a 'dignified protest' but they didn't properly show it and it just looked to me like she threw a strop because she lost. What actually happened?
The thing is, right after that apology he went on a bit of a rant,
Then he starts threatening random people,
Then he finds out he's making the news all over and grovels,
Sounds like a little shit.
So whats on today thats worth a look then?
Atleast they are doing something about it, although no doubt tom does not deserve it, i hope he can atleast take some comfort in the fact these idiots are being brought to justice.
Good on the police for doing there job quickly and efficiently.
Good on the police for doing there job quickly and efficiently.
He obviously wasn't arrested for being a dick to Tom Daley, and it's bemusing to see the media implying as much. It's the obvious death threats he was making later which will have drawn the police's attention.
He's been banned from twitter as well apparently. Didn't know twitter did that.
Seems like a good move forward.
Seems like a good move forward.