Abracadabra Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yay!!!! The volleyball girls won, so happy for them! Two times gold! :vuvuzela: That was possibly the best game I saw at these Olympics. Better than anything in athletics or gymnastics and shoulder-to-shoulder with swimming. The Americans were completely powerless against such superb performance of the Brazilian team. Congratulations, well deserved! Also, the Olympics are over today :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 That was possibly the best game I saw at these Olympics. Better than anything in athletics or gymnastics and shoulder-to-shoulder with swimming. The Americans were completely powerless against such superb performance of the Brazilian team. Congratulations, well deserved! Also, the Olympics are over today :( Two weeks every 4 years? It just doesn't seem enough. Can hardly believe these London Olympics are nearly over. From the day the city won the games back in July 2005 it seemed like an eternity. And then it begins and finishes in the blink of an eye! Just a few more medals to decide (hopefully ONE more gold for Great Britain in the boxing and there's the USA dream team in basketball final) and then the closing ceremony...which is never as good as the opening ceremony! Fantastic games. Full of massive names and massive performances. Didn't let anyone down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 It's not oven until September when the Para-Olympics end. Hopefully the IOC will see sense and merge the 2 games together from 2020 so that the Para-Olpypmics don't feel the poor cousin of the main games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospector Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I can't believe what I just saw on volleyball, we had 2 gold medal points, almost won by 3x0 against Russia.... they managed to win on the tiebreak. Well done :bigcry:. First football, now this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 It's not oven until September when the Para-Olympics end. Hopefully the IOC will see sense and merge the 2 games together from 2020 so that the Para-Olpypmics don't feel the poor cousin of the main games. The Paralympics don't have anywhere near as many sporting disciplines as the Olympics and besides the venues aren't used for the full two weeks. For example the Velodrome was used for 6 days out of the 16 days the Olympics ran for. I don't see why they can't run our Paralympian's either side of that week. The same goes for swimming and other disciplines. The athletics may present a more logistical problem but that's the only venue I can think of which could present a problem. That said the signs for this years Paralympics are good. Tickets sales have surged and the opening ceremony is set to become the first ever sell out opening ceremony for the Paralympics and tickets in the events are selling very well compared to previous Games. Maybe London 2012 will prove to be a watershed moment for our Paralympians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 It's not oven until September when the Para-Olympics end. Hopefully the IOC will see sense and merge the 2 games together from 2020 so that the Para-Olpypmics don't feel the poor cousin of the main games. And say goodbye to any recognition Paralympic athletes gain by being completely overshadowed by able-bodied medal winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troxley Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Why would they show basketball, which I don't care that much about, live, and not show the Opening (and I'm guessing the Closing) Ceremony live? NBC! You disappoint me! :furious2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Rose Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The Paralympics don't have anywhere near as many sporting disciplines as the Olympics and besides the venues aren't used for the full two weeks. For example the Velodrome was used for 6 days out of the 16 days the Olympics ran for. I don't see why they can't run our Paralympian's either side of that week. The same goes for swimming and other disciplines. The athletics may present a more logistical problem but that's the only venue I can think of which could present a problem. That said the signs for this years Paralympics are good. Tickets sales have surged and the opening ceremony is set to become the first ever sell out opening ceremony for the Paralympics and tickets in the events are selling very well compared to previous Games. Maybe London 2012 will prove to be a watershed moment for our Paralympians. Maybe they can extend the 2 weeks to 3 if not 4 weeks of action instead of having them 6 weeks apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 So the last medals have been handed out in the modern pentathlon. Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania takes gold, Britain's Sam Murray takes silver and Yane Marques of Brazil takes bronze. Great Britain started off with a silver exactly two weeks ago thanks to Lizzie Armistead in the women's road race and ended with a silver medal. And a few medals in between! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospector Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Last medal, bronze on women's modern pentathlon, congratulations to Yane Marques! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troxley Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 That Rhythmic Gymnastic stuff is pretty awesome! Too bad Italy only got bronze... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Wow. That's Our House and Parklife and West End Girls, that One Direction song etc etc played twice already tonight....as well as two appearances by Emeli Sande! So much for the "playlist to end all playlists"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybeeburns Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 What's Sir Trevor McDonald doing handing out flowers? :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glittertrondami Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 *Watching closing ceremony* I'm keeping my eyes sharp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplaymom Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Any Coldplay songs yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42JTR Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Any Coldplay songs yet? Nope.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon7 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 What a load of shit it's been Where coldplay when you need them?? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyy Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 i think the whole crew is having a great rest now :D maybe they are watching it in theiir lovely houses :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplaymom Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 We just have to wait for the Paralympics closing ceremony. Our guys will shine where it really matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest howyousawtheworld Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I think Rio will do a lovely job. Just like London, just like Beijing, just like Athens and just like Sydney! p.s - I can only apologise on behalf of Great Britain for Jessie J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldplaymom Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 So heartbreaking to see Gary Barlow performing with Take That. Good on you man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glittertrondami Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The ceremony was nice thank you Take That (really wishing Coldplay was there) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospector Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 That was a long ceremony, the begining and the end were really nice but some times I got bored. Not the best ceremony ever, but a good way to end these fantastic 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifosi Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 You should join this... its funny. Very funny! https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Stop-Paul-McCartney-and-Elton-John-performing-at-any-more-national-events/210060052453738 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reilly Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 That was 3 hours I'll never get back. The highlight however being from Take That onwards, it was pretty stunning towards the end. The worst part, and this was the worst over both ceremonies, by far, was Russell Brand performing I am the Walrus. Let's put it this way, to make someone as outgoing as Brand look that awkward, it has to be while doing something incredibly embarrassing. The playlist, like the opening ceremony, was just mashed up, there was no consistent application to a theme of either influence or popularity, when you have things like Ed Sheeran playing Wish You Were Here, Jessie J covering Queen, and most un-predictably, Kaiser Chiefs playing fucking Pinball Wizard, you know that pretty much anything could have happened. Also, as much as I love the Beatles, we didn't need several Beatles songs or references, I have no idea how many there were, but it was complete overkill. 3 hours is such a long time to try and put across a fair representation of both influential and popular music and whoever put this together really failed to do so. On top of this there was no attempts at creativity, it was pretty much just a big concert, that just wouldn't freaking end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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