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Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:24 pm
by pkay
southstar wrote: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
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:34 pm
by AxeD
pkay wrote:southstar wrote: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.*
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:38 pm
by Perej
Surprised India haven't done well tbh.
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:44 pm
by hugh
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:45 pm
by pkay
Its a matter of how important athletics are in your country. Also USA and China dominate women's sports. They win most everything
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:47 pm
by Perej
Nah it's disrespectful. It's not as if we would have left out a tribute to 9/11 victims.
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:01 pm
by leyenda
That is actually fucking disgraceful
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:02 pm
by hugh
Perej wrote: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
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:04 pm
by Terpit
It's not exactly surprising
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:08 pm
by RandomEyez
Andy Murray winning brought a tear to my eye tonight.
A Grand Slam victory feels closer now..
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:13 pm
by pkay
hugh wrote:Perej wrote: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
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:13 pm
by Words
murray

Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 5:30 pm
by Perej
pkay wrote:hugh wrote:Perej wrote: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.
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:13 pm
by jameshk
100m final is lined up to be very spectacular!
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:33 pm
by dubfordessert
hugh wrote:
lmfao that last frame kills it for me
complete dickheads
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 7:36 pm
by 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.
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:15 pm
by hugh
yeah maybe but lets leave it for another thread
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:52 pm
by Molzie
bolts too fast
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:53 pm
by AxeD
Martina is too boss
Re: London 2012 Olympics Rolling Thread
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:54 pm
by kidshuffle
Molzie wrote:bolts too fast
he had a shit start too