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08-13-2012, 06:01 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
Pele makes an appearance! Can't wait for Rio
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08-13-2012, 09:18 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
best olympics ever. the brazilians have mount everest to climb.
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08-13-2012, 09:27 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
No, they weren't better than Sydney.
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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08-13-2012, 10:37 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
Ostapchuk stripped of her gold medal in shot put after failing a drugs test. Shocker.
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08-13-2012, 10:40 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
little belarus, doping soviet-style while the rest of the world has moved on ages ago. anti-doping agencies keep busting albanians, belarussians, kazakhs etc...poor bastards.
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08-13-2012, 10:49 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
Huge surprise about Nadzeya Ostapchuk.
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“ On Nadal bumping him on the changeover, Rosol said: "It's ok, he wanted to take my concentration; I knew he would try something".
Wilander on Dimitrov - "He has mind set on imitating Federer and yes it looks good. But he has no idea what to do on the court".
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Originally Posted by Filo V.
I definitely would have preferred Gaba winning as he needs the points much more, but Jan would have beaten him anyway. I expect Hajek to destroy Machado, like 6-1 6-2.
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Machado wins 6-2 6-1
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08-13-2012, 10:56 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
when the Belarus womans shot put champion looks like Vladimir Voltchkov and has a beard, you know something aint right
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08-13-2012, 10:58 AM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
what else did we learn from this Olympics
Iran >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Spain
Hungary >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Australia
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08-13-2012, 12:34 PM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
great performance by hungary overall but hardly surprising. they used to be a powerhouse back in the days, rock solid per capita achievements too. as long as water is involved in one way or the other, the hungarians are up there with the best.
btw if it wasn't for phelps, cseh would be a five-time (!) olympic champion.
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08-13-2012, 12:39 PM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
they needed more than 10 years to notice anomalies on Ostapchuk
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08-13-2012, 01:33 PM
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08-13-2012, 01:39 PM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
veerpalu alone ensured estonia's place in the top 20 for a very, very long time.
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08-13-2012, 01:46 PM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
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veerpalu alone ensured estonia's place in the top 20 for a very, very long time.
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Veerpalu one of the best classical skiers of all time. Too bad about how his career ended though.
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08-13-2012, 01:46 PM
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Re: Olympic Games 2012 London Thread (All other sports besides tennis)
Interesting stat but it has more flaws than the stat about current Olympics because countries and their population are changing over time.
They should count people who died during the period, too (to the population numbers). Ofc it's much tougher than just count the current population.
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08-13-2012, 01:49 PM
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