Olympic Athletics

Flibster · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:20

Weebull said:
That's only because they're being retarded and deliberately holding back on the good events so that they can show them at prime time over there. They did the same for the opening ceremony.

And edit them to appease the american audience.

Vonhelmet · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:21

Weebull said:
That's only because they're being retarded and deliberately holding back on the good events so that they can show them at prime time over there. They did the same for the opening ceremony.

I was listening to the giant bombcast (gaming podcast) the other day and they were talking about how loads of American forums are full of people talking about using vpns and whatnot to watch the bbc iplayer because the American coverage is just so bad.

Hedge · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:21

Did some bell end throw a bottle on the track.?

That could have caused a false start. Whoever did that needs a kicking

Pigeon_Killer · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:22

Flibster said:
And edit them to appease the american audience.

Perhaps they'll remove Bolt and Blake from the video :eek:

Vonhelmet · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:22

Pigeon_Killer said:
Started with all the nimbleness of a wardrobe

Awesome review by the bloke on the news.

Haha, yeah, I liked that.

Weebull · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:22

Flibster said:
And edit them to appease the american audience.

Gatlin winning from Gay and Bailey in their version then?

EDIT: Bah, beaten.

Skeeter · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:22

Flibster said:
And edit them to appease the american audience.

The 400m final will have 2 ad breaks in it

Mr Jones · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:24

Flibster said:
And edit them to appease the american audience.

And what? Show that a doper winning the race?

I really pity the yanks.

Simon · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:24

Hedge said:
Did some bell end throw a bottle on the track.?

That could have caused a false start. Whoever did that needs a kicking

It was the conspiracy wind that earlier blew down the American flag

Weebull · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:25

Vonhelmet said:
I was listening to the giant bombcast (gaming podcast) the other day and they were talking about how loads of American forums are full of people talking about using vpns and whatnot to watch the bbc iplayer because the American coverage is just so bad.

Can't blame them. We get ALL the sports live, and can watch them back whenever we want, and they're stuck with what sounds like some horrible single-channel coverage.

SwiftJump · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:30

still a good run from all of them. If powell didnt pull up everyone would have gotten under 10 secs and thats quick still.

Snax · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:34

Poor Tyson Gay. He showed some real class to do that interview. My heart went out to him. Hopefully Gatlin will fail another test and Gay can get that medal.

semi-pro waster · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:36

An impressive time by Bolt and indeed for all the rest of the field that wasn't injured to finish in under 10 seconds is amazing yet it didn't have quite the same wow factor as I thought it would. It's odd when such an impressive time looks a bit routine but that's the way it seemed.

Congratulations to Christine Ohoruogu on her silver in the 400m, she really does save her best performances for major championships.

TheBigCheese · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:42

FerrariEnzo said:
Did anyone else see something (a bottle?) get thrown on to the track just before they started?

Yeah I saw that! Couldn't find mention of it on Twitter as it's updating so fast but there's a Youtube video of it.

Makes the security guy at the back jump!

SwiftJump · 5 Aug 2012 at 22:54

as somebody said earlier it could have caused a false start but it shows how focus they all were.

GTRacer · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:00

Bolt has some immense turbo lag.

Azza · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:03

It appears Dutch judo bronze medalist @edithbosch punched the drunk man who threw a bottle at the start of 100m final. #Olympics #Bolt

https://twitter.com/edithbosch

Een dronken gast voor mij gooit een flesje op de baan!! IK HEB HEM GE****EN.... Ongelofelijk!!

translate to

A drunken guest throws a bottle for me on the track! I HAVE BEATEN HIM .... Unbelievable!

GVD... Heb ik ook de 100 m gemist!!! Wat een PIEP!!

translates to

GVD ... I also missed the 100 m! What a BEEP!

Azza · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:05

Very good seats, close to the track... with accredited people... we all know who got very good seats to this evenings session... :eek:

Marmot · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:06

^ HAHA

Pigeon_Killer · 5 Aug 2012 at 23:07

That name makes an instant headline.

Bish, Bash, Bosch! Drunk hooligan gets KO'd by Dutch Judo star.