Yu, 26, and her partner Wang Xiaoli were disqualified by the Badminton World Federation for "not using one's best efforts to win a match"
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:40 pm
by J.D.
Yeah, that was funny. You have to wonder though, what would have happened if the Australian team manager hadn't approached the officialdom.
Glad to see the back of them.
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:13 pm
by Rots
Watching the Olympics on NBN is painful... the fuckers keep changing sports mid game. It's soooo annoying! Just stick to female gymnastics and forget everything else... well maybe include the womens hockey and beach volley ball as well. The female swimmers scare the shit out of me though!
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:07 pm
by bengatta
Rots wrote:Watching the Olympics on NBN is painful... the fuckers keep changing sports mid game. It's soooo annoying! Just stick to female gymnastics and forget everything else... well maybe include the womens hockey and beach volley ball as well. The female swimmers scare the shit out of me though!
living in port macquarie must be painful enough... are NBN still on air up there or have the locals cut down the tower to rewrite history???
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:17 pm
by Rots
bengatta wrote:
Rots wrote:Watching the Olympics on NBN is painful... the fuckers keep changing sports mid game. It's soooo annoying! Just stick to female gymnastics and forget everything else... well maybe include the womens hockey and beach volley ball as well. The female swimmers scare the shit out of me though!
living in port macquarie must be painful enough... are NBN still on air up there or have the locals cut down the tower to rewrite history???
NBN works great here now, it's 7 (Prime) and 10 we suck at getting now. The nearest towers for those channels two are in Coffs Harbour and Taree... My TV is tuned to both towers as often one or the other (often both) don't work.
For past week, channel 7 Taree works and channel 10 in Coffs Harbour works here. Prior to that it was the other way around.
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:19 pm
by J.D.
Hopefully the Polish cycling team will sort their uniforms out soon.
The helmets I mean.
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:21 pm
by bengatta
Rots wrote:
bengatta wrote:
Rots wrote:Watching the Olympics on NBN is painful... the fuckers keep changing sports mid game. It's soooo annoying! Just stick to female gymnastics and forget everything else... well maybe include the womens hockey and beach volley ball as well. The female swimmers scare the shit out of me though!
living in port macquarie must be painful enough... are NBN still on air up there or have the locals cut down the tower to rewrite history???
NBN works great here now, it's 7 (Prime) and 10 we suck at getting now. The nearest towers for those channels two are in Coffs Harbour and Taree... My TV is tuned to both towers as often one or the other (often both) don't work.
For past week, channel 7 Taree works and channel 10 in Coffs Harbour works here. Prior to that it was the other way around.
something about missiles misfiring... no TV, it didn't happen...
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:43 pm
by Dr. Pain
The only interest I have in these games is when Sally Pearson runs and when Oscar Pistorius runs too. I hope he does really well
We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:33 am
by DexterPunk
Allison Stokke. American pole vaulter.
Sent from Han Solo using TK-421's phone.
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:41 am
by bengatta
DexterPunk wrote:
Allison Stokke. American pole vaulter.
Sent from Han Solo using TK-421's phone.
that is the highlight and most anticpated event for sure....
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:45 am
by Big Kev
Nice, but she isn't in the olympics
We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:51 am
by DexterPunk
That's very disappointing
Sent from Han Solo using TK-421's phone.
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:52 am
by bengatta
Big Kev wrote:Nice, but she isn't in the olympics
that just ruined it.... cause neither is that bouncy aussie chick...
what is the point of athletics if you cant have the good looking ones...
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 2:40 pm
by J.D.
Big Kev wrote:Nice, but she isn't in the olympics
Correct. She's a bit of a Kournikova. She's not that good.
If it's hot pole vaulters you're after, keep an eye out for Silke Spiegelburg and Yelena Isinbayeva. They should have you vaulting your poles around the loungeroom.
Isinbayeva has the added advantage of being one of the greatest athletes of her generation.
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There are also a few good looking Russian sprinters...
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 3:28 pm
by w00dsy
There's always Jessica Schipper
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:52 pm
by J.D.
Sure. Where are we going to Schipper off to?
Re: We got the Olympics
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:16 pm
by Big Kev
Some neat photos here. The guardian got one of their photographers to just use an iphone to take his pics.
Probably better than I could have done with an SLR!!