2012 Olympics

[The Nal]

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Edited August 10, 2012 by The Nal

[LondonTom]

you got to warm up first!!!

[pink_triangle]

Minor complaint but what were the organisers thinking placing 800m and 1500 m the day after each other. Surely common sense dictates certain events eg 100m/200m, 5000/10000m are sperated to allow athletes to double up and produce the strongest possible fields.

[Spindles]

When the olympics are over will cameron have to start doing some work again? I wonder how much it has cost him to have prime seats every day. Probably the same as the royals.

It has been brilliant to see some genuine people in the games, mo farah, jess ennis and many more proving that in some events it is not just about being able to have the financial support to get involved. Don't get me started on dressage.

[Peter Dow]

This is a link to the VIDEO - click it

Women's 4x100m Relay Olympics London 2012. USA New World Record VIDEO

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USA quartet smash world record

August 10, 2012

The USA women's team broke a 27-year-old world record as they won Olympic gold in the 4x100m relay on Friday night.

The American quartet of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter clocked 40.82 seconds to smash the previous best, set by East Germany in 1985, by nearly half a second.

They also shattered the best-ever Olympic time which had stood for 32 years.

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce - the individual 100m champion - Sherone Simpson, Veronica Campbell-Brown Kerron Stewart took the silver in a national record of 41.41 while Ukraine took the bronze.

[Alcatraz]

Holy hell Peter I'm dying laughing

[kaosmark2]

Good luck Peter, have you had bad experiences with transexuals and female impersonators in the past?

[Spindles]

Please tell me this is satire.

[LondonTom]

Good to see Peter is getting better...

Anyway, great last night (almost!) of sport Mo Farah absolutely brilliant tonight! Brilliant race!!! A boxing gold to, and the 4x100m final was brilliant as expected! Bit sad I won't have this much to watch next week now!

[The Nal]

Jessie J.

Wheres Lee Harvey Oswald when you need him?

[pink_triangle]

Thank god the athletes in this olympics were a lot better than the dross they have managed to drag out to sing in both ceremonies.

[rug568]

2 weeks ago the world thought we were crap at sport but had decent music.

[Alcatraz]

I don't know why I thought Bowie would appear at one stage. The man is leagues above the cast they've assembled for this garbage

[Alcatraz]

Although Ray Davies was cool

[When Jokers Attack]

The Who were awesome.

[Bisque]

I think the whole think was relevant & brilliant, except that 2nd song George Michael did. Does Annie Lennox & Brian May perform at everything?

[Purple Monkey]

Playing Lennon's Imagine - meant to be some sort of cruel joke? Bit strange choosing a song about national divides at an event which celebrates it. Maybe not, I dunno.

Enjoyed it though.

Edited August 13, 2012 by Purple Monkey

[thetime]

Well managed to get a sneaky 10 minutes break at work to see a bit and what did I get jessy j, spice girls and beady eye lol.

[The Nal]

It was alright. Anything that broad is always going to seem tame to people who like their tunes. the XFactor fans etc would've loved it.

I did notice that The Spice Girls are as thoroughly useless as they were when they first started.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Most of the reaction I saw was people saying Danny Boyle and Noel Gallagher would be laughing themselves to sleep.

[windy_miller]

Why did George Michael play that awful, awful second song?! Truly dire.

I thought it was a bit hit and miss to be honest. Most of the stuff before the medal ceremony was bad. It picked up a bit after that, and the light show was out of this world.

I thought they dragged it out a bit too long though. "That's it it's all over"... oh no they have to turn the cauldron off. But before that, here's Darcy Bussell. 10 minutes later... the cauldron is now off. Ok it's finished now, oh no, here's The Who (who were pretty good, but I was flagging by then).

I thought it was quite amusing that Beady Eye "performed" to the original Oasis backing track for Wonderwall And by god, what has happened to Liam's voice?!

Edited August 13, 2012 by windy_miller

[The Nal]

And by god, what has happened to Liam's voice?!

[Alcatraz]

Probably a few more to come as well, I'd imagine

[TheGayTent]

Pinsent was saying they're re-testing a lot of the 2004 Athens samples at the moment and expecting to uncover more cheats.

Sad the cheats deny the real winners their chance to stand on the podium.

[TheGayTent]

What was Nick Mason thinking???