I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
What happened to Northern Ireland, anyway; don't they count any more?
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
Mens Hammer is good for GB right now at least one for final hopefully
A 3d logo of the games...oh ambassador you are really spoiling us.
At least their logo is better than our logo was.
I'll never understand that one - 5 minutes after the announcement of it there were dozens of far superior suggestions made, for free, on the internet. Tokyo's is a bit bland, but better than ours was I guess.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
We've got male and female hammer throwers in Rio who both won Gold at the European under 23s in 2015 - people are coming through.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
What happened to Northern Ireland, anyway; don't they count any more?
Team GB is a brand. It represents GB & NI, the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories with no Olympic Association. Otherwise known as a bit of a gobfull.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
What happened to Northern Ireland, anyway; don't they count any more?
Sure, but it is the British Olympic Association its the brand name for, and including NI makes it unpronounceable or lengthy. It's team... Gibney? GeeBeeEnnEye?
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
On that basis alone, Okoye should consider running for the Labour leadership.
That's what I mean. He isn't going to become an nfl regular. 5 years of practice squads is a clear sign you ain't going to break through, but I seemed to remember at the 49ers his practice squad deal was insane...put it this way he is a millionaire.& made more than he would at discus.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
What happened to Northern Ireland, anyway; don't they count any more?
Team GB is a brand. It represents GB & NI, the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories with no Olympic Association. Otherwise known as a bit of a gobfull.
The United Kingdom's position is that Team GB represents the GB, NI and the Crown Dependencies. However, it recognises that some people in those physical areas may have Irish citizenship and wish to compete for the Republic of Ireland instead
The republic of Ireland's position is that the Irish team represents the whole of the island of Ireland, north and south. However, it recognises that some people in those physical areas may have British citizenship and wish to compete for the United Kingdom instead.
Provided nobody examines these positions too closely, everybody remains happy.
[As I have frequently observed, PB has a blind spot regarding Northern Ireland and has no institutional memory. We had this discussion in 2012 and will have it again in 2020. Basically, it's a Twilight Zone episode... ]
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
What happened to Northern Ireland, anyway; don't they count any more?
Team GB is a brand. It represents GB & NI, the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories with no Olympic Association. Otherwise known as a bit of a gobfull.
The United Kingdom's position is that Team GB represents the GB, NI and the Crown Dependencies. However, it recognises that some people in those physical areas may have Irish citizenship and wish to compete for the Republic of Ireland instead
The republic of Ireland's position is that the Irish team represents the whole of the island of Ireland, north and south. However, it recognises that some people in those physical areas may have British citizenship and wish to compete for the United Kingdom instead.
Provided nobody examines these positions too closely, everybody remains happy.
[As I have frequently observed, PB has a blind spot regarding Northern Ireland and has no institutional memory. We had this discussion in 2012 and will have it again in 2020. Basically, it's a Twilight Zone episode... ]
I daresay many foreigners don't know what to make of it all, notwithstanding.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
What happened to Northern Ireland, anyway; don't they count any more?
Team GB is a brand. It represents GB & NI, the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories with no Olympic Association. Otherwise known as a bit of a gobfull.
Same thing with being British, rather than "United Kingdom-ish". Or American, rather than "United States-ian".
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The Germans are just behind us in the medal table. 6 golds.
Beat us in the horse dancing
that one always makes me smile
Not really. It is a pitiful, pathetic spectacle, with no merit as a sport whatsoever.
Not my cup of tea, and hardly feels like an athletic competition, but hey, a medal is a medal. Sold out stands for it in 2012.
We could have had events with horses taking a dump in a bin in 2012 with marks bases on consistency and smell and it would have been sold out.
Sounds like we missed out on a medal there then.
This is dreadful and embarrassing now. Evening athletics and the stadium barely half full. Most arenas are barely a quarter full. The presenters are squirming.
Rio is a fuck up. A total total fuck up. And a very major step back for the Olympics after the exuberant triumph of London.
None of the explanations make total sense. Sure Brazil is poor, developing, chaotic, but this is Rio - a big powerful city in the world's eighth largest economy. It feels like the people are staying away as an act of protest. Or they are just a bunch of ignorant peons who only like football, and only when they are winning.
Either way, roll on Tokyo. This is shite.
I've begun to get the feeling that the leftoid press are going to begin ramping the games as a huge success despite its obvious failures and it being a huge waste of money for Brazil. Why? Brazil is a multi-cultural nation and therefore everything they do must be great and better than anything held in a mono-culture society like Britain (or Japan). I'm certain by the end of the games the Guardian will have opinion pieces and leaders callinf Rio the best games ever and an example to all that will come next.
Some "pirates"! They want to turn polling stations into "Pokéstops" with the assistance of a company, partly owned by an Icelander, that helps design the Pokémon Go environment in Iceland. In the minds of some naive youngsters, "piracy" is meant to be against intellectual property rather than a marketing ploy by the owners of intellectual property. This reminds me a bit of when the guy dressed as the local football team's mascot, a monkey, got elected mayor of Hartlepool. Fun, sure, but radical - no.
The Germans are just behind us in the medal table. 6 golds.
Beat us in the horse dancing
that one always makes me smile
Not really. It is a pitiful, pathetic spectacle, with no merit as a sport whatsoever.
Not my cup of tea, and hardly feels like an athletic competition, but hey, a medal is a medal. Sold out stands for it in 2012.
We could have had events with horses taking a dump in a bin in 2012 with marks bases on consistency and smell and it would have been sold out.
Sounds like we missed out on a medal there then.
This is dreadful and embarrassing now. Evening athletics and the stadium barely half full. Most arenas are barely a quarter full. The presenters are squirming.
Rio is a fuck up. A total total fuck up. And a very major step back for the Olympics after the exuberant triumph of London.
None of the explanations make total sense. Sure Brazil is poor, developing, chaotic, but this is Rio - a big powerful city in the world's eighth largest economy. It feels like the people are staying away as an act of protest. Or they are just a bunch of ignorant peons who only like football, and only when they are winning.
Either way, roll on Tokyo. This is shite.
I've begun to get the feeling that the leftoid press are going to begin ramping the games as a huge success despite its obvious failures and it being a huge waste of money for Brazil. Why? Brazil is a multi-cultural nation and therefore everything they do must be great and better than anything held in a mono-culture society like Britain (or Japan). I'm certain by the end of the games the Guardian will have opinion pieces and leaders callinf Rio the best games ever and an example to all that will come next.
I wonder why it is team GB can never seem to find people who are competitive in the hammer, shot, discus? We had the big lad who tried it for 2 years, got to Olympics then went off to play American football & that is about the only person we have had that was up there with the top 10 or so in the world.
On that basis alone, Okoye should consider running for the Labour leadership.
That's what I mean. He isn't going to become an nfl regular. 5 years of practice squads is a clear sign you ain't going to break through, but I seemed to remember at the 49ers his practice squad deal was insane...put it this way he is a millionaire.& made more than he would at discus.
Wasn't disagreeing with you at all - just thought you missed a chance to pop in the "sacked for parking in the coach's spot" anecdote :-)
Wonder whether there is any chance, post-NFL, of having a second bash at the athletics. There are some older athletes in the throwing events.
Jesus. This feels like a rehearsal, or a warm up, before they actually open the gates.
Instead it is the 2nd day of the evening athletics at the Olympic Games.
Fuck Brazil. Don't care about their excuses. This is dire.
I think I have seen bigger, more enthusiastic crowds at a Crystal Palace Athletics Grand Prix than in the Olympic Stadium this evening, hopefully it will get better over the weekend and next week, we shall see. Goodnight
They might show up for Usain Bolt , and that will be IT.
It's unbelievably shit. Rio was a disastrous choice.
The worst thing is that the lack of atmos will affect the TV figures and global reception, which feeds back to the athletes, which turns off the local public, who give up entirely: creating a horrible negative feedback.
Right now Rio looks like it might be the worst Olympics since Atlanta. At least.
Let's hope that there is some dramatic and unexpected transformation.
Atlanta was commercialised beyond all belief but it wasn't that bad ...
The Germans are just behind us in the medal table. 6 golds.
Beat us in the horse dancing
that one always makes me smile
Not really. It is a pitiful, pathetic spectacle, with no merit as a sport whatsoever.
Not my cup of tea, and hardly feels like an athletic competition, but hey, a medal is a medal. Sold out stands for it in 2012.
We could have had events with horses taking a dump in a bin in 2012 with marks bases on consistency and smell and it would have been sold out.
Sounds like we missed out on a medal there then.
This is dreadful and embarrassing now. Evening athletics and the stadium barely half full. Most arenas are barely a quarter full. The presenters are squirming.
Rio is a fuck up. A total total fuck up. And a very major step back for the Olympics after the exuberant triumph of London.
None of the explanations make total sense. Sure Brazil is poor, developing, chaotic, but this is Rio - a big powerful city in the world's eighth largest economy. It feels like the people are staying away as an act of protest. Or they are just a bunch of ignorant peons who only like football, and only when they are winning.
The Germans are just behind us in the medal table. 6 golds.
Beat us in the horse dancing
that one always makes me smile
Not really. It is a pitiful, pathetic spectacle, with no merit as a sport whatsoever.
Not my cup of tea, and hardly feels like an athletic competition, but hey, a medal is a medal. Sold out stands for it in 2012.
We could have had events with horses taking a dump in a bin in 2012 with marks bases on consistency and smell and it would have been sold out.
Sounds like we missed out on a medal there then.
This is dreadful and embarrassing now. Evening athletics and the stadium barely half full. Most arenas are barely a quarter full. The presenters are squirming.
Rio is a fuck up. A total total fuck up. And a very major step back for the Olympics after the exuberant triumph of London.
None of the explanations make total sense. Sure Brazil is poor, developing, chaotic, but this is Rio - a big powerful city in the world's eighth largest economy. It feels like the people are staying away as an act of protest. Or they are just a bunch of ignorant peons who only like football, and only when they are winning.
It's kinda shameful. The Brazilians need to sort it out super super quick or their games will go down in history as the most misjudged since 1936. That's where they are.
Hah!
Don't take this the wrong way, but it's always fun trying to guess if you've had a wee sip... he says looking at his Friday night bottle of wine.
According to people in the stadium it is actually 10-15% full.
15% full, at most. For the first evening of track and field at the Olympic Games.
It's kinda shameful. The Brazilians need to sort it out super super quick or their games will go down in history as the most misjudged since 1936. That's where they are.
It's too embarrassing to watch!
Let's hope they find an answer, or a hitherto unknown population which actually cares about sport.
Why *should* they? - are you suggesting that an interest in athletics should be mandatory? Loads of people here too have only a fleeting interest in a couple of events plus a vague hope that Britain will get lotsa medals.
Brazil offered to put the show on, and despite all the dire predictions it seems to be going faultlessly. They didn't and couldn't offer to guarantee capacity crowds. I can see it's awkward financially, but that's not the fault of Brazilians generally, who are presumably doing whatever does interest them, just like you and me.
According to people in the stadium it is actually 10-15% full.
15% full, at most. For the first evening of track and field at the Olympic Games.
It's kinda shameful. The Brazilians need to sort it out super super quick or their games will go down in history as the most misjudged since 1936. That's where they are.
It's too embarrassing to watch!
Let's hope they find an answer, or a hitherto unknown population which actually cares about sport.
Why *should* they? - are you suggesting that an interest in athletics should be mandatory? Loads of people here too have only a fleeting interest in a couple of events plus a vague hope that Britain will get lotsa medals.
Brazil offered to put the show on, and despite all the dire predictions it seems to be going faultlessly. They didn't and couldn't offer to guarantee capacity crowds. I can see it's awkward financially, but that's not the fault of Brazilians generally, who are presumably doing whatever does interest them, just like you and me.
I think even we stuffed the crows with school children/off duty military. Just looks better for the cameras, and who doesn't love a bit of enforced fun!
The Germans are just behind us in the medal table. 6 golds.
Beat us in the horse dancing
that one always makes me smile
Not really. It is a pitiful, pathetic spectacle, with no merit as a sport whatsoever.
Not my cup of tea, and hardly feels like an athletic competition, but hey, a medal is a medal. Sold out stands for it in 2012.
We could have had events with horses taking a dump in a bin in 2012 with marks bases on consistency and smell and it would have been sold out.
Sounds like we missed out on a medal there then.
This is dreadful and embarrassing now. Evening athletics and the stadium barely half full. Most arenas are barely a quarter full. The presenters are squirming.
Rio is a fuck up. A total total fuck up. And a very major step back for the Olympics after the exuberant triumph of London.
None of the explanations make total sense. Sure Brazil is poor, developing, chaotic, but this is Rio - a big powerful city in the world's eighth largest economy. It feels like the people are staying away as an act of protest. Or they are just a bunch of ignorant peons who only like football, and only when they are winning.
Either way, roll on Tokyo. This is shite.
We are now third in the medals table! THIRD!
A few days ago we were a lowly 10th - TENTH!
According to people in the stadium it is actually 10-15% full.
15% full, at most. For the first evening of track and field at the Olympic Games.
It's kinda shameful. The Brazilians need to sort it out super super quick or their games will go down in history as the most misjudged since 1936. That's where they are.
It's too embarrassing to watch!
Let's hope they find an answer, or a hitherto unknown population which actually cares about sport.
The Germans are just behind us in the medal table. 6 golds.
Beat us in the horse dancing
that one always makes me smile
Not really. It is a pitiful, pathetic spectacle, with no merit as a sport whatsoever.
Not my cup of tea, and hardly feels like an athletic competition, but hey, a medal is a medal. Sold out stands for it in 2012.
We could have had events with horses taking a dump in a bin in 2012 with marks bases on consistency and smell and it would have been sold out.
Sounds like we missed out on a medal there then.
This is dreadful and embarrassing now. Evening athletics and the stadium barely half full. Most arenas are barely a quarter full. The presenters are squirming.
Rio is a fuck up. A total total fuck up. And a very major step back for the Olympics after the exuberant triumph of London.
None of the explanations make total sense. Sure Brazil is poor, developing, chaotic, but this is Rio - a big powerful city in the world's eighth largest economy. It feels like the people are staying away as an act of protest. Or they are just a bunch of ignorant peons who only like football, and only when they are winning.
They might show up for Usain Bolt , and that will be IT.
It's unbelievably shit. Rio was a disastrous choice.
The worst thing is that the lack of atmos will affect the TV figures and global reception, which feeds back to the athletes, which turns off the local public, who give up entirely: creating a horrible negative feedback.
Right now Rio looks like it might be the worst Olympics since Atlanta. At least.
Let's hope that there is some dramatic and unexpected transformation.
Atlanta was commercialised beyond all belief but it wasn't that bad ...
Atlanta was very badly organised iirc -- lots of complaints about scheduling and logistics -- as if the organisers had not spoken to the California people who'd recently given us probably the best Olympics to date.
They might show up for Usain Bolt , and that will be IT.
It's unbelievably shit. Rio was a disastrous choice.
The worst thing is that the lack of atmos will affect the TV figures and global reception, which feeds back to the athletes, which turns off the local public, who give up entirely: creating a horrible negative feedback.
Right now Rio looks like it might be the worst Olympics since Atlanta. At least.
Let's hope that there is some dramatic and unexpected transformation.
Atlanta was commercialised beyond all belief but it wasn't that bad ...
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Sorry NI.
The Arizona Cardinals cut him because he once parked his car in the coach's spot!
On that basis alone, Okoye should consider running for the Labour leadership.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/12/polls-suggests-icelands-pirate-party-form-next-government
The republic of Ireland's position is that the Irish team represents the whole of the island of Ireland, north and south. However, it recognises that some people in those physical areas may have British citizenship and wish to compete for the United Kingdom instead.
Provided nobody examines these positions too closely, everybody remains happy.
[As I have frequently observed, PB has a blind spot regarding Northern Ireland and has no institutional memory. We had this discussion in 2012 and will have it again in 2020. Basically, it's a Twilight Zone episode...
Wonder whether there is any chance, post-NFL, of having a second bash at the athletics. There are some older athletes in the throwing events.
Chinese guy has missed 210 kg twice. So they've stuck the bar up to 217 for him on his final lift !
And he's done it !
A few days ago we were a lowly 10th - TENTH!
Yes!
Don't take this the wrong way, but it's always fun trying to guess if you've had a wee sip... he says looking at his Friday night bottle of wine.
Brazil offered to put the show on, and despite all the dire predictions it seems to be going faultlessly. They didn't and couldn't offer to guarantee capacity crowds. I can see it's awkward financially, but that's not the fault of Brazilians generally, who are presumably doing whatever does interest them, just like you and me.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/12/carlys-comeback-fiorina-reportedly-eyeing-run-for-rnc-chair.html
Go Baltimore!