The 2008 Olympics Thread

**Pauro 76** · 22/08/2008, 2:06 PM

Well done Kenny Egan. I'll be up for watching that final. Great stuff and did us proud, as well as the two other boys up this morning. The fans are doing us proud too with the vocal support. Ole Ole though?

**Dodge** · 22/08/2008, 2:24 PM

We've 4 competitors left. Alistair Cragg in 5,000m final, Martin Fagan in marathon, Robin Seymour in Mountain biking and, of course, Kenny

Oh and Simms is indeed just Bolts manager

**deecay** · 22/08/2008, 2:28 PM

Kenny Egan is the classiest Irish boxer ive ever seen

**beautifulrock** · 22/08/2008, 2:46 PM

Originally Posted by Macy

Thought Simms was his manager. I think all the Jamican sprinters are trained by a Jamican legend from the 70's who's name escapes me at the moment.

Correct Macy, the mans FULL name is Don O Riley Quarrie believe it or not, never won a gold in the 100 himeself but held the world record for a while. However, won a gold in Montreal in the 200M

**bennocelt** · 22/08/2008, 4:54 PM

Originally Posted by shakermaker1982

When your that far behind in amateur boxing after two rounds you have to go for broke. I thought he stood off him way too much. Yes the Chinese lad was like a snake (good movement and will win gold) but he needed to be roughed up and pinned on the ropes as much as possible. Make sure he knows he was in a fight.

Yeah i totally agree there.
RTE are always going on about the scoring. I guess they are just getting carried away with national fervour, which is fair enuff, but i think the boxing scoring has been pretty ok from all the fights i have seen. Having 5 judges scoring is the best system that they could possibly have.
Either way all the Irish boxers have done us proud, and i hope Egan and Sutherland start their pro career straight away

**Dodge** · 22/08/2008, 5:14 PM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

Either way all the Irish boxers have done us proud, and i hope Egan and Sutherland start their pro career straight away

Personally hope Egan stays amateur

**bennocelt** · 22/08/2008, 6:39 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Personally hope Egan stays amateur

Yeah but dont you think he would make a great pro, he has an all round game

**Magicme** · 22/08/2008, 8:04 PM

Did anyone see the women's football final with commentation from our manager Mick Cooke. Havent seen it myself but am worried that Setanta will be looking for him soon and we will have to look for a new manager!

**Longfordian** · 22/08/2008, 8:26 PM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

Yeah but dont you think he would make a great pro, he has an all round game

Don't think another day or two as an amateur would do him any harm

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**superfrank** · 22/08/2008, 8:28 PM

Originally Posted by Magicme

Did anyone see the women's football final with commentation from our manager Mick Cooke.

Was he on RT�?

All I remember hearing was Stephen Alkin.

**HarpoJoyce** · 23/08/2008, 3:27 AM

Peter Waterfield (Great Name & Britain) posted a miserable 5th dive 3 1/2 Somersault -Tuck. he didn't land vertically in the water and I think his splash is still falling. He scored 40.80 but he may still qualify for the last 12 final.

After edit (1)
The Boy Thomas had his worst dive -sixth- Back 2 1/2 Somersault 1 /1/2 Twist - Pike but he'll compete in the Final. He made a mess of the same dive in the first round.

After edit (2)
The Boy Thomas made it but Waterfield finished in unlucky 13th and is out. I'm sorry for British Diving as a quiet sport suffers upheaval because of a juvenile and other British divers are compared to somebody weighting 47 kgs and 1m 56cm / 5' 1''. Daley shouldn't make as big a splash as he has in British Diving.
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/EN...2/225172.shtml
(It fails to mention the number of Happy Meals he eats per week).
But his admirers are now justified in their decision to chose him for this Beijing games.

Semi-Final result - top 12 to the Final
http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/EN...html#DVM002201

**HarpoJoyce** · 23/08/2008, 3:55 AM

I'm have no access to TV and am watching final without commentary on the Olympic home website.

http://www.eurovisionsports.tv/olympics/
LIVE 01(I understand the stream halts every 20 minutes. Click play on Live 01 to resume).

Is the match online with commentary anywhere else?

**Dodge** · 23/08/2008, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by bennocelt

Yeah but dont you think he would make a great pro, he has an all round game

He's not that powerful, and in the pros, at his weight, he'd be at a huge disadvantage. He's a boxer as aopposed to a fighter.

**Pauro 76** · 23/08/2008, 12:19 PM

Paul Hession was up there with the leaders for a bit on the 5,000m. He just couldnt keep up and dropped out....

**shakermaker1982** · 23/08/2008, 1:10 PM

James Degale should have been disqualified today.

**Dodge** · 23/08/2008, 1:16 PM

Originally Posted by Pauro 76

Paul Hession was up there with the leaders for a bit on the 5,000m. He just couldnt keep up and dropped out....

That would've been Cragg.

The boxers who beat Joyce and Sutherland have gone on to win Gold...

**shakermaker1982** · 23/08/2008, 5:38 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olym...do/7578828.stm

you think you've seen it all in sport and then something like this happens.........!!!

**Dodge** · 23/08/2008, 9:33 PM

that video will only work in the UK

BTW for thsoe of you interested in politics in the Olympics, Serbia are playin montenegro for a Bronze medal in Water polo tomorrow

**Magicme** · 23/08/2008, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by superfrank

Was he on RT�?

All I remember hearing was Stephen Alkin.

Yeah but think he might have been doing the discussion bout it after rather than the commentary. Will get a chance to watch it tomorrow I think.

**the 12 th man** · 24/08/2008, 8:29 AM

International Amateur Boxing Association officials engaged in a war words in front of the world's press as the sport's governing body claimed to have uncovered an attempt to ******* the Olympic programme.

AIBA technical delegate Rudel Obreja's attempts to hold a press conference at the Workers' Gymnasium venue to highlight what he said were underhand practices were hijacked by AIBA secretary-general Ho Kim, and an unseemly spat ensued.

Obreja claimed Kim had personally overseen the changing of referees and judges for between '60 and 70%' of the Olympic bouts.

Obreja said: 'I want a clean and honest tournament but what's happening here is very bad. Under AIBA rules the names of referees and judges come out of a computer but here in Beijing that rule was broken.

'Ho Kim who calls himself secretary-general of this tournament has changed 60-70% of those names. I am speaking out now because I want the whole world to see what is going on. I expect to be expelled from AIBA for what I'm telling you.'

Obreja's microphone was then turned off and the press conference room lights turned off by officials just as Kim arrived to angrily accuse Obreja of undertaking a 'political exercise' and describing his claims as 'absolute nonsense'

Later AIBA issued a statement in which they announced they had decided to instigate a regular review of bout officials following information about attempts to manipulate the Olympic scoring system.

The statement read: 'Two months prior to the start of the competition, AIBA had obtained information regarding a possible attempt on the part of certain individuals, both within the organisation and within the competition officials, to manipulate the competition.

'As a result of this information AIBA initiated a number of steps to prevent interference among officials during the competition. Those steps included instigating a regular revision of the official draw of the referees and judges in order to ensure neutrality for all bouts.

'When the situation became more serious, AIBA also notified the IOC sports department of the issue and the IOC provided an independent observer to overview the competition.'
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The above taken from betfair forum,terrible judging,he (Egan) scored a lot of points which weren't given.I believe there were Chinese judges in fights involving Chinese fighters

-a disgrace.