London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread

[pkay]

Olympics would be a much better watch without US or China

I don't always watch.the Olympics, but.when I do I always like to exclude the worlds.best

[AxeD]

Olympics would be a much better watch without US or China

I don't always watch.the Olympics, but.when I do I always like to exclude the worlds.best

Maybe looking at medals per person for every country would be interesting though.
I understand it's supposed to be kind of a battle of nations, but when you look at the numbers..
China -for example- has 1.3 billion people, whereas the Netherlands has around 17 million.

Then again India has like 4 medals up until now, with roughly 1 billion potential athletes

*Edit: this is looking at it summat statistically. I'm leaving out important factors like sport culture,
or even wealth.*

[Perej]

Surprised India haven't done well tbh.

[hugh]

[pkay]

Its a matter of how important athletics are in your country. Also USA and China dominate women's sports. They win most everything

[Perej]

Nah it's disrespectful. It's not as if we would have left out a tribute to 9/11 victims.

[leyenda]

That is actually fucking disgraceful

[hugh]

Nah it's disrespectful. It's not as if we would have left out a tribute to 9/11 victims.

I think pkay was talking about China and America's olympic dominance

[Terpit]

It's not exactly surprising

[RandomEyez]

Andy Murray winning brought a tear to my eye tonight.

A Grand Slam victory feels closer now..

[pkay]

Nah it's disrespectful. It's not as if we would have left out a tribute to 9/11 victims.

I think pkay was talking about China and America's olympic dominance

Thought it was obvious given context. But yes

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murray

[Perej]

Nah it's disrespectful. It's not as if we would have left out a tribute to 9/11 victims.

I think pkay was talking about China and America's olympic dominance

Thought it was obvious given context. But yes

i just saw Hughs picture then what you said. I took it that you were saying that athletics were more important to America at that moment than paying respects to the victims of 7/7. Sorry if I misunderstood.

[jameshk]

100m final is lined up to be very spectacular!

[dubfordessert]

lmfao that last frame kills it for me

complete dickheads

[dubfordessert]

although if they were talking about "the rest of the world's" terrorism victims, they might have had a little tribute to foreign drone campaigns or the islands we've ethnically cleansed so we can build air force bases... or guantanamo.

[hugh]

yeah maybe but lets leave it for another thread

[Molzie]

bolts too fast

[AxeD]

Martina is too boss

[kidshuffle]

bolts too fast

he had a shit start too