The 2008 Olympics Thread

Man the commentary on RTE was woeful (Egan?). Pretty much had him in the final after about 2 laps:rolleyes:

What do ye guys make of the Spanish slanty eyed thing? I dont think it was racist but God was it a silly thing to do.

Notice the Americans are getting real peed off with all the emdals China are winning. In Sports Illustrated (a very over rated mag IMHO), every day there seems to be a few anti -Chinese rants

Wonder who will come third in the medal table? Korea and Germany are having a good Olympics so far

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bennocelt

What do ye guys make of the Spanish slanty eyed thing? I dont think it was racist but God was it a silly thing to do.

---

IMO it was racist.

First two rounds of the 100m over...Bolt looked awesome in his second round. Hard to know what any of the big three are holding back for the final, but, what a race it should be. Semi finals and final tomorrow.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by pete

IMO it was racist.

---

stupid at the very least, everything is racist these days of course, now where did I leave the Guardian

Great run by Roisin McGettigan in the 3k steeplechase to come 2nd in her heat in a time of 9:29 and easily qualify for the final, looking comfortable. Fionnuala Britton went out in the same event even though recording a season's best 9:44, coming tenth in her heat.

Cragg was disappoing in the 1,500m finishing well outside the qualification places, but it is his weaker event.

Denis Lynch is in joint 14th place after the first individual jumping qualifier after only picking up 1 time fault, which leaves him in a good position.

Following on from the Spain slanty eyed thing..............just after reading that it was Sid Lowe, the guardians excellent football writer who broke the story, and it seems he is getting a hell of a lot of grief for it in Spain

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008...sandpublishing

what time are the mens 100m semifinal and final on at?

Just back from Sweden. Olympics huge there. I think the stte shannel is now 24 hours coverage. Large daily supplememnts in all the 'papers too. Missed a good bit of the Irish stuff

Anyway the Mens 100m Semis are on just after 1pm our time. The final is the last athletics event of the day and is on at 3.30pm

Denis Lynch just completed his second round of jumping and only picked up 1 time fault again, which should leave him in a very strong position at the end of the day, lying at the moment joint 1st after 12 competitors.

Derval O Rourke crashed out of the 100m hurdles only finishing her heat in 6th place and well out of contention.

Roisin McGettigan runs at 2.30 in the steeplechase final for anyone interested.

did anybody watch Sutherland in the boxing last night? What a monster - this guy will make serious money if he turns pro. 3 boxers in the Q Finals. Paddy Barnes and Egan are one victory away from a medal.

Bolt in the 100m final = wow. Nothing else you can say really.

Lynch is still Joint first in showjumping after 29 competitors. The top riders from each team are still to come though. He'll definitely be top ten and of course at most 2 faults behind the leader.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by zenokelly

Roisin McGettigan runs at 2.30 in the steeplechase final for anyone interested.

---

I'm not sure what was expected of her but she was nowhere near the front at any time during the race.

At least she didn't suffer the embarassing fate of the Spaniard.

She did. She just didn't fall on camera. Otherwise she wouldn't have been near last...

Lynch is 4th on 2 faults after 2 rounds of jumping. 3 more rounds to go though

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by bennocelt

What do ye guys make of the Spanish slanty eyed thing? I dont think it was racist but God was it a silly thing to do.

---

Was away for the last few days so kind of out of the loop, anyone maybe able to fill me in on this?

Hession romped it in the second round of heats in the 200m there. legend. :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Torn-Ado

Hession romped it in the second round of heats in the 200m there. legend. :)

---

brilliant - who said white guys cannot sprint?! :D

Genetics...

Anyway he got an OK semi draw so he has a chance at the final. He avoided Ndure, Bolt, Spearman and Crawford, so he'd have to be happy with that

Dennis Lynch had 6 faults today in the showjumping and lies in joint 8th position. He's on a total of 8, and the leader is on 3.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Dodge

Genetics...

Anyway he got an OK semi draw so he has a chance at the final. He avoided Ndure, Bolt, Spearman and Crawford, so he'd have to be happy with that

Dennis Lynch had 6 faults today in the showjumping and lies in joint 8th position. He's on a total of 8, and the leader is on 3.

---

Do those faults carry into the final or is it a clean slate?

World record for Isinbayeva. Her 24th

Great run by Hession today. Very close to PB & if he can get a better start he could break if as was very strong in the last 50m. Won;t see many white guys in the final.

Agree about Sutherland. Great punch for an amateur. Between one of the rounds he didn't even sit down. He is going pro after the Olympics.

Bolt is too fast to be legal. If he tried he would have been closer to 9.50 than 9.69.