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DannyInvincible
31/08/2012, 9:26 PM
4 minute film about Jason Smyth by Topaz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFoPOoUFX5g&feature=player_embedded#!
Sound fella, came pretty close to qualifying for the Olympics so hopefully he'll do well.

Smyth broke his own world record after winning his 100m T13 heat this evening. The 100m T13 final is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:15PM.
ArdeeBhoy
01/09/2012, 9:11 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19374015
Schumi
01/09/2012, 5:33 PM
Smyth broke his own world record after winning his 100m T13 heat this evening.

But not his PB oddly.
DannyInvincible
01/09/2012, 6:26 PM
Just won gold there with another world record-breaking time of 10.46:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mehyfy6xr70

Amazing running!
Charlie Darwin
01/09/2012, 6:31 PM
Jesus, he's miles ahead.
horton
02/09/2012, 6:49 AM
http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/medals/medal-count/

We are currently 10th in the medal rankings thanks to Gold Medals from Smyth, Michael McKillop, Darragh McDonald and Bethany Firth:D
osarusan
06/09/2012, 2:47 PM
Kind of a nice story: Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs and 3/4 of his blood in a F1 crash 11 years ago, won Olympic handcycling gold today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19493510
passinginterest
06/09/2012, 4:08 PM
Zanardi is one of the many truly inspiring stories coming out of these games. Great to see so many Irish medals too.
pineapple stu
06/09/2012, 4:11 PM
The high jump was fairly spectacular too -

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Only about two foot under the "regular" world record. (Pun not intended...)
tricky_colour
09/09/2012, 4:12 PM
http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/medals/medal-count/

We are currently 10th in the medal rankings thanks to Gold Medals from Smyth, Michael McKillop, Darragh McDonald and Bethany Firth:D


Just been looking at the medal table, Ireland got more medals per head of population than any other country.


If Ireland had the population of the UK they would have got 135 golds ( actual number UK got was 34)

So

UK would have got 135, ( actual number UK got was 34)
USA would have got 600 (actual number USA got was 31)
China would have got 2,000 (actual number China got was 95)

So Ireland did 4 times better than the UK and 20 times better than the USA and China.