Danqazmlp Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 What are these more amazing things? And you just confirmed what I said about the 4x2. Obvious British failure is obvious Welcome to Tip.it. Other amazing Olympians: Carl Lewis: Won multiple Golds, in both sprinting and Long jump.Birgit Fischer: 8 Golds over 6 different Olympics, even missing out one due to the Eastern Bloc Boycott.Aladar Gerevich: 6 medals with two golds 28 years apart. Swimming has so many medals available with 4 different strokes of varying lengths meaning a dominant swimmer can win multiple golds in one games. Other athletes can be just as dominant, but because their sport doesn't have so many variants, they cannot possibly gain as many medals even though they may be just as good if not better. Compare it to the Heptathlon, which is a single event. The athletes there are imo the best in the world (along with triathletes) due to not only being world class in one sport, but in multiple. Now i'm taking nothing away from Phelps, he is a dominant swimmer, but to call him the best Olympian is like calling the american basket-ballers the best footballers in the world. It's comparing apples to oranges.Essentially, read this article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19073234 Obvious Low_Levelled failure is obvious. Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Levelled Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 We are gonna have to agree to disagree. So I will make a statement that you can't refute. Congratulations to phelps for becoming the most decorated olympian in history. Oh, and he just won the 200 im. So now its 20 medals, and 16 GOLDS. HMD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwilson99 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Wiggins wasn't an underdog. He's the best time trialist in the world and one of the best cyclists in the world full stop. There's little-to-no debate about that; he's proven it twice already this year in the TdF on a far more difficult stage. It's a shame he broke his collarbone last year because the result of that TdF would probably have told us the pecking order between the Schlecks, Contador, Evans and Wiggins. From what I understand of the two rowers, they've dominated that event for the past four years, so there was little doubt about that either. I think what Wiggins hasn't had, unlike Daley, is a media circus following his every move through some voyeuristic obsession with his "life story" since he was aged nine. I can't imagine what ungodly amount of pressure he must have felt on top of that diving board. Wiggins isn't, but he's only one example. Think of all the underdogs from Beijing who won gold and haven't thus far been able to replicate their success at home - that swimmer in particular, I forget her name but she has a large nose, who won bronze. As for Glover and Stanning, they were not underdogs but their winning gold was not a dead cert as far as I know; this was their first Games, and on the world stage they have never won more than silver before. To say they dominated is not really true. I don't really include Daley as an underdog, just a media darling, and because of this I agree the pressure must have been unbearable. @Phelps fans: he's not really the greatest Olympian when you take into account the potential number of medals that can be won in swimming compared to other sports. It's massively over-represented at an Olympic level. That would be Rebecca Adlington. Obvious Phelps is an amazing athlete. Best ever debates will always ring out: there is no right or wrong answer really. Also it's clear he's not the dominant athlete he was four years ago, but that's not to say he's not still an amazing athlete. Also, stop doubling posting Low_leveled. Also, NZ finally has it's first gold, could be in for two more tonight ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Rebecca Adlington it was indeed. Thank you. Off to the Olympic Stadium for some athletics event tomorrow, and saw badminton on Monday, which essentially consisted of Chinese players beating Occidental players of Chinese descent (and a few others). One-sided is an understatement. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusqi Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Woo Team GB :) Third in the medals table right now For it is the greyness of dusk that reigns.The time when the living and the dead exist as one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obfuscator Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Woo team Canada! Doing poorly as always :P Oh well, we do fine in winter... "It's not a rest for me, it's a rest for the weights." - Dom Mazzetti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwilson99 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Kiwis doing steady with three gold now. Nick Willis is looking like a good medal chance in the 1500, cruising into the finals. Valerie Adams also looking to defend her Gold in the Shot put, plus a couple of Kiwi sailors in alright position, so we should have a few more medals in us yet! Oh and Triathlon tomorrow night, yeeeah buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danqazmlp Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 Bolt was actually tested, slightly. I'm amazed the other guys are still trying sometimes. Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocefisso Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I feel very lucky to have watched Jess Ennis begin her heptathlon victory on Friday at the hurdling. By far the best of the sports I saw at four hours at the Olympic Stadium - shot put and hammer throw are rather boring to watch in a stadium, and some of the longer races tend to drag on. Other than that, the 400m sprints and hurdles were equally enjoyable. Saw Ohorugu (or however it's spelt), too, in her heat. I completely forgot to post this at the time. "Imagine yourself surrounded by the most horrible cripples and maniacs it is possible to conceive, and you may understand a little of my feelings with these grotesque caricatures of humanity about me." - H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riku3220 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Even though the U.S. and China are quite large I heard that they're both running out of room to put their medals. Rest of the world, are you even trying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The bad thing about the US medals are that they are still half swimming related, we don't really have quite as good of a spread throughout all the sports. We still have some more golds that should come somewhat easily (Men's Basketball, Women's Beach Volleyball) but I'm not sure which others we are going to be getting from now on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy_jim Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Kiwis doing steady with three gold now. Nick Willis is looking like a good medal chance in the 1500, cruising into the finals. Valerie Adams also looking to defend her Gold in the Shot put, plus a couple of Kiwi sailors in alright position, so we should have a few more medals in us yet! Oh and Triathlon tomorrow night, yeeeah buddy!It makes me angry NZ is beating Flopstralia RIP Michaelangelopolousu can control my tip it account, but youll never control how fine i am!This is by FAR my favorite song: I love N_odie and would never edit his posts! I love Rainy_Day too <3 And also Cowman_133. <33 Oh, and Laikrob is a going to hunt me down and kill me like a pest kangaroo if I reveal how awesome she is. I owe tripsis skittles. DarkDude feels like he's missing out. This is my siggy! - n_odie Rainy_Day MINE! - n_odie Rainy_Day And meol shouldn't feel left out. Oh, and Y_Guy is a noob awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasignhagj Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Looking forward to the women's football semi-finals tomorrow. I'd love to see Canada pull off a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Danqazmlp Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Australia have done well today, even though you managed to beat us in one of the Cycling events a little unfairly imo (i think Pendleton was unfairly penalised). UK are really coming along in the medals, and i'm really surprised China and the US aren't doing as well as they usually do. For coutnries with such huge populations and money to put into sports, neither have dominated as they should. Then a tiny country like the UK (and South Korea) can dominate in some of the sports and gain a much higher medal proportion than the population proportions would make you think. Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwilson99 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 All I can say is the Uk has thrown some serious coin at its Olympic programme, So many of their athletes are winning stuff these games. NZ has fared disappointingly , one gold medal favorite doing well below her best in the shotput, and Nick Willis looked awful in the 1500, especially after the ease in which he coasted though the heats and the semis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Australia have done well today, even though you managed to beat us in one of the Cycling events a little unfairly imo (i think Pendleton was unfairly penalised). UK are really coming along in the medals, and i'm really surprised China and the US aren't doing as well as they usually do. For coutnries with such huge populations and money to put into sports, neither have dominated as they should. Then a tiny country like the UK (and South Korea) can dominate in some of the sports and gain a much higher medal proportion than the population proportions would make you think. You also have to take into account the limit on the amount of competitors per country that can enter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffwilson99 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Yeah kiwi, four golds. It's nearly 2am here, staying up to watch the bmx finals, then the women's hockey Bronze medal match. Yeeeah come at me coffee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Warrior Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 UK are really coming along in the medals, and i'm really surprised China and the US aren't doing as well as they usually do. For coutnries with such huge populations and money to put into sports, neither have dominated as they should. Then a tiny country like the UK (and South Korea) can dominate in some of the sports and gain a much higher medal proportion than the population proportions would make you think.Developing elite athletes has never been an issue for the UK. Our amateur participation rates are far too low, however. I'd go as far to say pathetic, given our relative economic strength, vast sports tradition and our near total faith in socialised medicine. That's why it's so vital that these Games really do get more people involved. | Favourite Game Music | Last.fm | HYT Friend Chat Rules | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruinous Edge Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Team GB are finally doing well, 3rd in the rankings is decent finish for the host nation. We have done well in some events I really didn't expect us to, and have a nice spread of medals across multiple disciplines. Quest Cape Achieved 10/08/2012TFU: Ruinous Edge http://www.transformersuniverse.comA piece of glass in the sand under your feet, it cuts you deep and it makes you hate the beauty that you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danqazmlp Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yeah, we did quite well. I'm quite surprised how well South Korea have done tbh. I don't see them as a big sporting nation but they really seem to be up there. Watched the Basketball final today, and as per all Olympics, I had to ask myself why it is even in the Olympics. It wouldn't be as bad if it wasn't that the US was the only country that really plays it in a major way. It really doesn't surprise me at all they they always win it. Want to be my friend? Look under my name to the left<<< and click the 'Add as friend' button!Big thanks to Stevepole for the signature!^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruinous Edge Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 final medals tableour best performance in 104 years apparentlyEDIT: biggest surprises on there for me are GB & South Korea tbh Quest Cape Achieved 10/08/2012TFU: Ruinous Edge http://www.transformersuniverse.comA piece of glass in the sand under your feet, it cuts you deep and it makes you hate the beauty that you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheat Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Well good to see them blowing the bloody doors off a reliant robin I thought that there was a serious lack of Michael Caine from the opening ceremony. Pedicabo ego vos et irrumaboMinigames: Level 5 in All Barbarian Assault Roles PM me in game or on these forums to play. Over 500 Castle Wars Games with 460+ Tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruinous Edge Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 haha agreed, closing ceremony has a lot more pace and purpose than our opening ceremony. thoroughly impressed so far Quest Cape Achieved 10/08/2012TFU: Ruinous Edge http://www.transformersuniverse.comA piece of glass in the sand under your feet, it cuts you deep and it makes you hate the beauty that you see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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