The London 2012 Olympics

[OneMoSalah 8,783]

Cap spreads more shit than bobby sands did on his prison wall.

now back on topic..

highlights of day 1

1) Czech female beach volleyball players in white skimpies

2)in a two man race,yankie golden boy Phelps finished 4th.

3)the dog that said fook the olympics,you cunts are cycling on my road.

highlight of the day

1) "Cap spreads more shit than bobby sands did on his prison wall." that = highlight of the day

[capriccioso 2,545]

Vinokourov was awarded the rank of honorary colonel in the Kazakh army in 2000, after he finished second to his then-Telekom teammate Jan Ullrich in the men's Olympic road race in Sydney. He was again recognized by the state for his sporting prowess in 2003 after finishing third overall in the Tour and received a medal as People’s Hero First Class.[61] In late-2011 Vino was named as a candidate for parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan despite still being active as a professional cyclist.

[capriccioso 2,545]

I hate the Anglophone media:

THE men's Olympic road race has been hijacked by Alexandre Vinokourov - one of cycling's shadiest figures - as Stuart O'Grady's magnificent breakaway attempt ended in a gallant sixth and Great Britain's gold medal plan for Mark Cavendish crumbled.

Vino is no more a doper than half the Australian, American and British pro pelotons. If he is 'shady', what the fuck is Lance 'I HAVE CANCER FUCK YOU' Armstrong?

Despicable journalism, its equal to this:

The 'nobody from Kazakhstan', even without this gold medal, has achieved more in the sport than any British, Irish, or Australian rider. He has single handedly transformed cycling from a nothing sport in his country to the most popular summer sport. And before someone accuses me of talking shit, here is his CV in the sport:

1998 – Casino-Ag2r

• 1st Overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
  
• 2nd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
  
• 1st Overall, Tour de Picardie
  
  • 1st, Stage 2a
    

  [*]1st Overall, Circuit de Lorraine

  • 1st, Stage 4
    

  [*]1st, Stage 6, Tour de Pologne

  [*]2nd Overall, Vuelta a Murcia

  [*]2nd, Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

1999 – Casino-Ag2r Prévoyance

• 1st Overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  
  • 1st, Stage 2
    

  [*]1st Overall, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

  • 1st, Stage 5b
    

  [*]2nd Overall, Grand Prix du Midi Libre

  • 1st, Stage 2
    
  • 1st, Stage 6
    

  [*]1st, Stage 3, Tour du Limousin

2000 – Team Telekom

• 1st, Stage 18, Vuelta a España
  
• 1st, Stage 1 (TTT), Tour de Suisse
  
• 2nd , Summer Olympics: Men's Road Race
  
• 3rd Overall, Critérium International
  

2001 – Team Telekom

• 1st Overall, Deutschland Tour
  
  • 1st, Stage 6
    

  [*]1st, Stage 4, Tour de Suisse

2002 – Team Telekom

• 1st Overall, Paris–Nice
  
  • 1st, Stage 4
    

  [*]1st, Stage 3, Tour de Suisse

2003 – Team Telekom

• 1st, Amstel Gold Race
  
• 1st Overall, Paris–Nice
  
  • 1st, Stage 5
    

  [*]1st Overall, Tour de Suisse

  • 1st, Stage 1
    

  [*]3rd Overall, Tour de France

  • 1st, Stage 9
    

  [*]3rd Overall, Deutschland Tour

2004 – T-Mobile Team

• 1st Overall, Regio-Tour
  
  • 1st, Stage 2
    
  • 1st, Stage 3
    

  [*]1st, Stage 5, Paris–Nice

  [*]1st, Stage 7, Paris–Nice

  [*]1st, Stage 8, Paris–Nice

  [*]3rd, UCI Road World Championships Time Trial

  [*]3rd, Liège–Bastogne–Liège

2005 – T-Mobile Team

• 1st, Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  
• 1st, National Road Race Championship
  
• 1st, Stage 4, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  
• 5th Overall, Tour de France
  
  • 1st, Stage 11
    
  • 1st, Stage 21
    

2006 – Liberty Seguros-Würth

• 1st Overall, Vuelta a España
  
  • 1st, Combination classification
    
  • 1st, Stage 8
    
  • 1st, Stage 9
    
  • 1st, Stage 20
    

  [*]1st Overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León

  • 1st, Stage 5
    

  [*]3rd, UCI Road World Championships Time Trial

2007 – Astana

• 1st Points classification, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
  
  • 1st, Stage 3
    
  • 1st, Stage 7
    

  [*]3rd Overall, Tirreno–Adriatico

2009 – Astana

• 1st, Chrono des Nations
  
• 1st, Asian Cycling Championships Time Trial
  
• 1st, Stage 3b, Tour de l'Ain
  

2010 – Astana

• 1st Stage 13 Tour de France
  
• 1st Overall, Giro del Trentino
  
  • 1st, Stage 1 (ITT)
    

  [*]1st, Liège–Bastogne–Liège

  [*]2nd, Clásica de San Sebastián

2011 – Astana

• 1st, Stage 3, Tour of the Basque Country
  
• 3rd Overall, Tour de Romandie
  
  • 1st, Stage 3
    

2012 – Astana

• 1st , London 2012 Summer Olympics Mens Road Race
  

[edit]

[dave30 728]

Alright lads.

Womens Basketball: Australia 74-58 Great Britain

Men's Road Race: Australia 6th place, Great Britain 'Dream Team' 29th.

Overall medal count: Australia 2 (1 gold, 1 bronze); Great Britain 0.

We'll still beat you overall

[capriccioso 2,545]

We'll still beat you overall

You had better, you're hosting them!

[Slam Dunk 1,442]

Cap, what you might not realise is that Cycling was a relatively unpopular sport in this country (in comparisons to other sports), and now is the 'flavour of the month' after Wiggins/Cavendish in the Tour De France which is why Cav was being sighted as one of our big medal hopes. Cavendish is a household name in Britain now, and it's highly likely that the average reader of the papers you've quoted has no idea who Vinokourov is. Of course, being a home games and a big favourite, the media are going to side with the Brit, it's the same in every country.

Anyone who cycles for 5+ hours at that intensity is a worthy winner.

RE: The Opening Ceremony - It was so British it hurt. And by that, I mean it was awesome (minus McCartney). The Industrial Revolution section was incredible.

[Ollie 4,400]

The first 2 days have been shocking for us. Terrible

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

We'll still beat you overall

If you do it'll probably be barely. Nothing but Hype whereas the Aussies have always been good and consistent.

P.S: Stephanie Rice lost...but I'll give her a break because she's HOT

[termninja 5,290]

Serbia needs 1 more medal for 100

[zolayes 14,489]

The Olympic idea is to celebrate sport and crown the individual winners. It was not intended to serve national pride. It would be better

without the flags and the anthems. At least on this thread could we appreciate excellence and leave out the jingoism.

We get enough of that from the media

[Ollie 4,400]

Did anyone watch the Egypt - Team NZ... i mean New Zealand game? Was unbelievable. Egypt had 28 shots on goal to NZ's 4, they battered the NZ goal. With like 2 mins to go, an Egyptian guy was put through, he rounded the GK, composed himself and put it over the bar and all his team mates fell to the floor. Was such an enjoyable game to watch tho, dunno how Egypt failed to win. Finished 1-1.

[Hutcho 8,443]

Gb will come good, only expected to have won a medal by now, so not exactly that far behind with none... Though we fucked up the 4x100 metres when we rested our best swimmer and didn't qualify for the final... Woulsn't have won anything anyway but still...

[Ollie 4,400]

Handball is literally basketball with goals instead of hoops. What a fucked up sport this is. Like a goal every 20 seconds. It's very physical tho lol kinda funny to watch. Watching Sweden vs Tunisia until Brazil vs Belarus football comes on in 12 minutes.

[Ankit 3,176]

Oscar starts,another chance to watch him. Anybody got a link for the brazil game? Thanks.

[Jype 6,398]

Belarus take the lead against Brazil. Didn't see that one coming.

[Billy. 2,742]

well well Brazil losing lol

[maenbolaboling 27]

Belarus take the lead against Brazil. Didn't see that one coming.

yeah me too mate

[Billy. 2,742]

Hulks doing alright tho not a bad start