The completely knackered from just watching it Olympic thread - The Bear and Badger

Marmar

n0face wrote:

How did the Chinese woman just beat the world record time trial but come second.

Also, there were multiple categories competing at the same time, so there was some sort of conversion system to points, hence the WR in 2nd.

g.man

Unbelievably brilliant night last night. Pistorious beaten in the 200m and gold for Team GB's David Weir in the 5000m. Stadium exploded when he went over the line.

MAGIC

g.man

g.man

Weir going again this morning.

sweet

g.man

Olimite

Nothing beats the feeling of being in that stadium. Best atmosphere I have ever witnessed at a sporting event.

Roujin

Amused at the Pistorius blade length complaint reaction from the public.Â

OMG HE ARE SUPER BAD LOSER BOOO OSCAR, etc.

Despite the fact that when he himself first 'emerged' onto the scene and started winning there were numerous complaints made about him from the other athletes about blade lengthening. But no one seems to be able to remember that.

Lord_Griff

Weir?

Unlikely

Roujin wrote:

Amused at the Pistorius blade length complaint reaction from the public.Â OMG HE ARE SUPER BAD LOSER BOOO OSCAR, etc. Despite the fact that when he himself first 'emerged' onto the scene and started winning there were numerous complaints made about him from the other athletes about blade lengthening. But no one seems to be able to remember that.

He should probably have known better then.

pantyfire

Unlikely wrote:

Roujin wrote:

Amused at the Pistorius blade length complaint reaction from the public.Â OMG HE ARE SUPER BAD LOSER BOOO OSCAR, etc. Despite the fact that when he himself first 'emerged' onto the scene and started winning there were numerous complaints made about him from the other athletes about blade lengthening. But no one seems to be able to remember that.

He should probably have known better then.

Exactly.

Rev

all in all, I spent the weekend watching nothing much else.Â
really enjoyable TV tbh as well.Â

And trying to look out for G.man behind his camera.

g.man

They played Don't Stop Me Now by Queen before Weir's medal ceremony for the 5000m today. 80,000 people all singing along. Then when he came out for his medal the entire stadium was vibrating with the thunderous noise of the applause.

breathtaking

g.man

tigersgogrrr

Pistorius showed a huge lack of class, Roujin. To have issues about the equipment being used is absolutely fine, to go crying about it to all and sundry, and in doing so diminishing a wonderful achievement for another athlete, straight after the race has finished is not very good behaviour.

Webbins

Sounds like he's getting a bit too big for his blades...

adored

It's a strange one because in the 'main' 100m Bolt has a much larger stride pattern than the majority of the field because he's unusually tall for a sprinter, something that's previously been considered a disadvantage. Has the other guy got blades that are out of proportion to the rest of him?

pantyfire

Webbins wrote:

Sounds like he's getting a bit too big for his blades...

We automatically presume anyone with a disability is a nice person.
Disabled people can be tossers too.

Webbins

adored wrote:

It's a strange one because in the 'main' 100m Bolt has a much larger stride pattern than the majority of the field because he's unusually tall for a sprinter, something that's previously been considered a disadvantage. Has the other guy got blades that are out of proportion to the rest of him?

They use a formula that considers height in calculating the length of the blade for each individual. Ol' pissy pants would seem to think his inclusion in the 'able- bodied' Olympics gives him the devine right to boss the Paras. It wasn't that long ago that the same accusations of the blades giving him a... *cough* leg up, were levelled at him.

adored

Fuck him then, height was generally considered a disadvantage to sprinters until Bolt changed everything. If he'd equalled his PB in the final he'd have got the gold, just a mardy cunt.

Subbax

adored wrote:

It's a strange one because in the 'main' 100m Bolt has a much larger stride pattern than the majority of the field because he's unusually tall for a sprinter, something that's previously been considered a disadvantage. Has the other guy got blades that are out of proportion to the rest of him?

I've heard that Bolt also has 1 leg shorter than the other one and a curved spine.

He's still a fucking speed demon.

EvilRedEye

Apparently the complaining guy had to have shorter blades to participate in the main Olympics. He was allowed to have longer blades in the Paralympics than he had.

adored

Does that make him eligible for the Paralympics?

Edit: Bolt, move ere.

beano

pantyfire wrote:

Sounds like he's getting a bit too big for his blades...

We automatically presume anyone with a disability is a nice person. Disabled people can be tossers too.

The profile of the tennis star that C4 ran a few weeks before the games showed us such a person.

ERE wrote:

Apparently the complaining guy had to have shorter blades to participate in the main Olympics. He was allowed to have longer blades in the Paralympics than he had.

I thought the stipulation of him competing in the olympics meant he'd have to compete with the same credentials in both that and these competitions. If he hadn't of accepted this clause he wouldn't be able to race in the olympics but he would've been able to use his full credentials in the paralympics.

igorgetmeabrain

Awesome sauce - going viral!

WorKid

One legged high jump. Wow. Amazing stuff. You cover any of that G?

Matt_82

WorKid

Non disabled people can be cunts too.

Skerret

WorKid wrote:

Non disabled people can be cunts too.

I'm pretty sure it's only disabled people.

g.man

WorKid wrote:

One legged high jump. Wow. Amazing stuff. You cover any of that G?

Yup, did some of that.

incredible

g.man

g.man

Today I've seen blind men doing the long jump and blind football.

incredible

g.man

igorgetmeabrain

I just can't get on with blind football. Â However hard I try to enjoy it, it's just a bunch of people who can't see, fumbling a ball from end to end. Â Their ability to navigate and find and control the ball is mightily impressive, but I struggle to find it entertaining as a spectator sport.

Matt_82

I'm not proud of it but I watched the blind football in the hope I was going to see the players randomly blootering the ball about into other player's nuts. Â So I'm a bit disappointed.

Impressed with effort and ability though no doubt. Â Was thinking how timid a game it would be if it were fully sighted folk with blindfolds. Â I'd be hiding in a corner.

g.man

Unbelievable night of Team GB awesomeness in the stadium tonight.

tears were shed

g.man

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