A wonderful example of the Olympic spirit -
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/lo...-1226442722824
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A wonderful example of the Olympic spirit -
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/lo...-1226442722824
I had goose bumps watching Oscar Pistorius! Wowie wow!
A little Olympic humor (source unknown but I think partly from Bob Costas, I got this from a friend from church)... the camera operators covering the trampoline event had a very up-and-down day; the crews covering tennis and volleyball reported great shots over and over; and there were so many who wanted to cover gymnastics that they had to flip for it.
Wow, what an end to the Woman's soccer game.
Wow.
RICHARD did you see our valerie in the shotput miss out on a gold, such a shame ,she was the current holder of the world title,still a silver better than nothing.
The coverage here is terrible, as usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by carole
The broadcasters have spread the coverage over 5 networks, three I do not get and list the events like this..
9:00 to 5:00
Equestrian, track and field (finals), volleyball, men's quarterfinal rowing and dog racing.
You are stuck watching hours of sports for a three minute snippet of an event you wanted to see -you can stream over the computer, but that is unreliable.
The other problem is that the world didn't show up to these games. It seems like it's either Micheal Phelps, the gymnastic team or some other US athlete that has a twitter page or commercial deal...;)
The NY Times has a great daily schedule available. Shows what is going on at the time you access, plus what is coming up later in the day. http://london2012.nytimes.com/schedule
As for livestream, I use http://www.nbcolympics.com/online-li...-28/index.html
Pick the sport you want, then the day. The time shown is the time it will be here - not there. I've been using it with few problems.
I watched some canoeing and kayaking video clips from the NBC Olympics Web site. I didn't realize how fast the kayakers were going till I saw the people behind them following the race on bicycles! Wow! I learned some canoeing as a kid at summer camp and liked it a lot. The kayaking looks fun to me.
I'm enjoying the rhythmic gymnastics team event. To me it's part gymnastics, part ballet and a little Cirque du Soleil. I'm sorry the Olympics are over! I wonder if Adele will be in the closing ceremony? I heard that Sir Paul might be back along with Sir Elton John, the Who, George Michael and Annie Lennox.
I stayed in London a little longer this summer for the Olympics, and I have to say it's been a blessing upon the city and Great Britain on the whole. The atmosphere was just electric. London is always very cosmopolitan, but having so many people from around the world walking its streets was fantastic (other than, perhaps, when we Londoners are stuck behind them on the tube :p). Most certainly an experience I'll never forget. One of my best friends was even lucky enough to be a performer in the opening ceremony. A nation is proud. To all those in this country that have been rubbishing it for the past 4 years - well, that showed you!
I had tickets for the first round of the team dressage, and I saw the men's marathon swim in Hyde Park. I'll post the pics up soon.
And what a wonderful job you all did! Thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Z
So glad to hear from you, Zara! Glad you enjoyed the experience!
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The best part of the show.
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Two people were asked perform at the closing ceremonies, they declined, but after seeing the opening, they changed their minds and asked to be included.
The LOOC told them to go pound sand.
Does anyone know who they were?
My guesses are Bowie and Roger Waters.
By the way, congratulations are due to New Zealand belatedly for the gold medal in Women's Shot Put...
"Shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus became the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the London Olympics after her gold was withdrawn Monday for doping. The Belorussian won her country's only track & field gold, but the title will now go to New Zealand's Valerie Adams after two of Ostapchuk's urine samples contained traces of metenolone.
Valerie Adams of New Zealand was awarded the gold and Evgeniia Kolodko of Russia was bumped up to silver. Fourth-place finisher Gong Lijiao of China was moved up to bronze."
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz23Xtz8s7y
THANK you for mentioning this Karen, was just going to post it, yes it is awful when cheaters do this,sadly valerie can never get that moment back, and she also was in tears and so upset when she lost, as she was the world title holder i believe.
Still we are darn proud of our girl and all our athletes, we did well in these games, for a little country we don't do too bad at all.
Did you know she is 6ft 4in, she used to be a much bigger girl too, and has slimmed down, just all muscle now i would think.
I see the cheater is still in denial and back lashing our girl,some people have no shame at all!!!!:(
I didn't know she's 6' 4" - just knew she was tall! But that's true in real life, too - I am 5' 6", and anything over 6' 1", I just regard as "tall" - I can't guess anything about that height!Quote:
Originally Posted by carole
Hopefully someone will have a big party for Valerie and make a gold medal worthy fuss!
we are putting on big celebrations for all the athletes, but she won't be there , i believe she is in Europe in a competition there, but we can wait for her to come home and give her a big party then lol:)