The 2008 Olympics Thread

**paudie** · 18/08/2008, 6:16 PM

Originally Posted by Torn-Ado

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

Fairly sure it's a clean slate.

Final is Thursday.

Top 20 after 1st round jump another round with total faults deciding medals.

**paudie** · 18/08/2008, 6:19 PM

Originally Posted by paudie

Well done Eoin Rheinisch.

Other Irish Olympians to come 4th

Sonia O'Sullivan -1992
Eamon Coghlan -1976/1980
Lord something in the skeleton (winter olympics) -2002?
Did Kevin Babington end up 4th in the showjumping after O'Connor being banned? -2004
Sean Drea - Rowing single sculls -1976

There are a few more I think. I'll have to research it a bit more.

Other Irish 4th places.

Babington was joint 4th in 2008
3 day event team 1964
John Lawlor Hammer 1960
Eamon Fitzgerald Long Jump 1932

**paudie** · 18/08/2008, 6:23 PM

http://www.laurydizengremel.com/life..._champion.html

Pictures of a statue being unveiled to Tony "Socks" Byrne in Drogheda in 2006 I think.
Bronze medal winner in boxing in 1956. Still hale and hearty by the looks of it.

**Dodge** · 18/08/2008, 7:12 PM

Originally Posted by Torn-Ado

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

Faults carry through

**paudie** · 18/08/2008, 7:31 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Faults carry through

I'm fairly sure they don't. A guy from the Army Equatation School just said it on RTE.

The faults in the qualifying round decide the running order only.

**Dodge** · 18/08/2008, 7:34 PM

They carried through 4 years ago

**paudie** · 18/08/2008, 7:35 PM

Paddy Barnes fights a Pole in the QF tommorrow midday our time.

Kenny Egan fights a Brazilian at 2.16pm our time.

Hopefully they be eligible to have statues erected in their honour this time tommorrow

**paudie** · 18/08/2008, 7:36 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

They carried through 4 years ago

There are 2 rounds on Thursday.

The top 20 after the first round jump again and the total of those 2 rounds decide the medals.

**Dodge** · 18/08/2008, 7:38 PM

You're right Paudie, just checked it there.

**paudie** · 18/08/2008, 7:39 PM

Listening to Timmy McCarthy doing the basketball on RTE. Hilarious, he treats every game like the last minute of the final.

Favourite phrase is definitely- "REJECTED!!!!!"

**Angus** · 19/08/2008, 10:14 AM

http://www.001ofasecond.com/

I love it ! The Phelps conspiracy theory starts !! Excellent - he didn't win that race that he looked like he lost !!

**Torn-Ado** · 19/08/2008, 11:19 AM

First medal of the Olympics. Well done Paddy Barnes. Didn't see it but great fighting all the same.

**red bellied** · 19/08/2008, 11:20 AM

Barnes wins bronze in boxing. Seven Olympic medals now for boxers from Belfast representing Ireland.

**passinginterest** · 19/08/2008, 11:29 AM

Brilliant news. Just turned on Radio 1 extra thinking this was on at 1. Des Cahill is playing R Kelly's 'The World's Greatest', I can't listen to that song without thinking of the the parody version 'World's Greatest Statutory Rapist', if you've never heard it you tube it

Hopefully Egan can follow on from that.

**Aberdonian Stu** · 19/08/2008, 11:31 AM

Great stuff from Barnes, delighted for him.

**Dodge** · 19/08/2008, 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by red bellied

Barnes wins bronze in boxing. Seven Olympic medals now for boxers from Belfast representing Ireland.

You mean he's guaranteed at least Bronze... I remember them making this same mistake in 1992

Although in saying that he's against one of the best pound for pound amateurs in the world in the semi.

10 olympic medlas in total for Ireland. We've had 100 fighters in total in the olympics, and we've won 20 medals in all sports