Olympic Swimming

Yas786 · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:06

The_One said:
wonder if the us coach will now come out and say omg that result was suspicious like he did with the chinese girl

Good point, maybe the Chinese will say something

NZB · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:07

Merlin5 said:
I just think Adlington is a bit of a flash in the pan. Did great in 2008 but I can't see her ever doing gold again at future olympics.

Probably not, she's 23 and some of these teens that are stunning everyone now will just be coming into their peaks in 2016.

Spenty · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:07

Yas786 said:
Hehe i knew around the 200m mark that Ledecky was going to win it although i didnt say it as it was too early but i had a feeling.

And for the record im a huge fan of the American swimming team both men and women. Just like GB dominate the track cycling events, the Americans absolutely dominate in the water.

Well I'm a huge fan of our own athletes I don't choose to be a fan of countries just because they dominate a certain sport.

Yas786 · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:11

Spenty said:
Well I'm a huge fan of our own athletes I don't choose to be a fan of countries just because they dominate a certain sport.

Good for you :thumbsup:

I choose to be a fan of American swimming, ive always been a huge huge fan of their team since the 1984 Olympics, which was the very first olympics i ever watched on tv.

Anyhow lets not get into this as this isnt the time or place.

For the record im firmly behind GB and want to see them do well at these olympics.

explicit4u · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:13

His first 50m freestyle final and he wins it!

Yas786 · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:21

explicit4u said:
His first 50m freestyle final and he wins it!

Who???...they have changed over to athletics on bbc1 at the moment.

explicit4u · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:29

Yas786 said:
Who???...they have changed over to athletics on bbc1 at the moment.

Florent Manaudou from France, he qualified 3rd in the heats and semi-finals and then won the final by 0.2s.

estebanrey · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:32

Spoonface lost then

Spenty · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:37

estebanrey said:
Spoonface lost then

Yeah and you're not a troll. Ban please.

estebanrey · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:42

Spenty said:
Yeah and you're not a troll. Ban please.

That's one of the first time I've seen troll correctly used in a sentence, I assume it was literal.

Anyway it was a joke, keep your knickers on.

Spenty · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:43

It's not a joke it's an insult.

Westyfield2 · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:54

Felt soo much for Becky *only* coming in third, but whatever she's still great. Nice to see Adam awarding her the medal just now.

I *love* le Clos's Dad though! He just said that Team GB are the best and the British fans are the best!

estebanrey · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:58

Spenty said:
It's not a joke it's an insult.

Which aren't mutually exclusive terms.

And if you read the forum rules, you'll see you can't insult other forum members (which seems to be ignored quite a lot), so unless Addlington is a forum member on here I've done nothing wrong.

Kosmiche · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:59

Rebecca Adlington failed everyone! She's failed her dad.

MrMoonX · 3 Aug 2012 at 20:59

estebanrey said:
Spoonface lost then

ban!

she didnt lose she got a bronze against what could be argued a superb 15 year old gold winner, plus Adlington's WR still stands

Firestar_3x · 3 Aug 2012 at 21:00

estebanrey said:
Which aren't mutually exclusive terms.

And if you read the forum rules, you'll see you can't insult other forum members (which seems to be ignored quite a lot), so unless Addlington is a forum member on here I've done nothing wrong.

No need though, good sub forum this, please don't spoil it.

Xein · 3 Aug 2012 at 21:02

Eames said:
Rebecca Adlington failed everyone! She's failed her dad.

Prepare for the police to be at your door soon.

Spenty · 3 Aug 2012 at 21:03

Firestar_3x said:
No need though, good sub forum this, please don't spoil it.

Yep, I really should have just ignored the guy. He was clearly looking for a reaction.

estebanrey · 3 Aug 2012 at 21:03

Firestar_3x said:
No need though, good sub forum this, please don't spoil it.

Fair enough but the best thing if you don't find it funny is just to ignore it and carry on topic, because pathetic calls for bans, which I find just as embarrassing as seeing footballers waving imaginary red cards, only derails the thread further.

Anyway, I'll stop de-railing myself and stop talking about this issue. Carry on people, nothing to see here....

Firestar_3x · 3 Aug 2012 at 21:05

Thank you