Sport (fuck) The Olympics

[Wazzerphuk]

 

[CorNokZ]

Actually I was wrong! It's not all females it's just me!!!!!!


Just seen Brits win a great silver in the rowing.

Denmark fucked up big time on the last 500m!

 

[Aoami]

Is it just my imagination/lack of understanding of danish, or do the danish commentators keep calling GB England?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well to be fair, not even all the brits know the difference. To us foreigners, it's england, scotland and ireland. Three countries, nothing really more.

Unless you've been spending time here, in which case you might accidentally learn sh*t

 

[Aoami]

Its england, wales and scotland by the way. Also Northern Ireland for the purpose of the olympics.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Yeah that's another, wales is part of england as far as most are concerned

 

[Poag]

Surprisingly common how many foreigners think Ireland is part of GB as well....and then call it England.

 

[DaGaffer]

Its england, wales and scotland by the way. Also Northern Ireland for the purpose of the olympics.

Except we can't even get it right ourselves; running around calling it "Team GB", when it should be "Team UK". Team GB excludes Northern Ireland.

 

[caLLous]

Well to be fair, not even all the brits know the difference. To us foreigners, it's england, scotland and ireland. Three countries, nothing really more.

Unless you've been spending time here, in which case you might accidentally learn sh*t

Keep up, it's EASY.

 

[Aoami]

Except we can't even get it right ourselves; running around calling it "Team GB", when it should be "Team UK". Team GB excludes Northern Ireland.

Indeed.

Edit - causing a bit of grief in NI apparently - http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...lympic-name-row-still-simmering-16192443.html

althought i read that athletes from NI can choose to represent GB or Ireland.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Keep up, it's EASY.

Heh yeah i've learned that due to some angry rabble and corrections over the years, should spread that in the EU comission

 

[Cyradix]

Wut??

 

[Cyradix]

 

[cHodAX]

We should just be called 'Team Pie' and be done with it, everyone in these islands loves da pie!!

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Shooting and Canoeing gold, Canoeing silver - guaranteed at least Silver in Judo at ~4.

 

[Aoami]

best korea 5th on the medal table, lols

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Forgot to post this:

 

[Zarjazz]

I'm not sure what's funnier. Best Korea or Australia at the bottom.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Silver in the Judo then.

 

[DaGaffer]

I'm not sure what's funnier. Best Korea or Australia at the bottom.

Currently UK 5th, Australia 15th. Wonder how long that will last?

 

[DaGaffer]

I'm always fascinated by how uninterested India seems to be in international sport (cricket excepted). Second largest population in the world but nowhere at the Olympics or football or anything else really.

 

[Aoami]

looks like a gold on the cards for the men in the velodrome.

re. what you've said dagaffer, on a smaller scale, i also find it interesting how countries such as denmark and the netherlands, where everyone cycles, has no presence at the velodrome, however, GB where about 4 people cycle on a regular basis have been churning out great cyclists for the last 15 years.

 

[DaGaffer]

looks like a gold on the cards for the men in the velodrome.

re. what you've said dagaffer, on a smaller scale, i also find it interesting how countries such as denmark and the netherlands, where everyone cycles, has no presence at the velodrome, however, GB where about 4 people cycle on a regular basis have been churning out great cyclists for the last 15 years.

As I understand it, it was the opening of the Manchester Velodrome after the Commonwealth games that was one of the things that took the UK from being a cycling also-ran into being a contender.

 

[Reno]

I'm not sure what's funnier. Best Korea or Australia at the bottom.

Neither, Naughty Korea or the UK not even being on it are funnier.

 

[CorNokZ]

Is it just my imagination/lack of understanding of danish, or do the danish commentators keep calling GB England?

Think it is pretty 50/50.. Depends on what uneducated bastard they dragged into the studio

 

[Lamp]

Bradley: THESE are side burns

 

[old.user4556]

I'm always fascinated by how uninterested India seems to be in international sport

They won't be able to get their hugely corrupt paws into it.

(cricket excepted)

Because they have their hugely corrupt paws in it.

(domestically at least)

 

[Aoami]

2 world records in different events for GB's men in the velodrome... both in the heats. Amazing.

 

[Aoami]

They won't be able to get their hugely corrupt paws into it.



Because they have their hugely corrupt paws in it.

(domestically at least)

And internationally. DRS anyone?

 

[Aoami]

5th gold for Sir Chris Hoy, and by the looks of it, another one on the way.