2012 Olympics

[Limited]

So 7 years in the making and its finally here, well, we have already started.

What are your thoughts on the Olympics? Did you see the opening ceremony, and if so, what are your thoughts?

USA will definitely have a massive medal tally, china will do well and I hope GBR can come 3rd or 4th but it will be tough.

[BobtheGreatII]

Opening ceremony was boss. I liked it all. Uh, still watching some stuff, but I'm not big on keeping track of everything.

[TeeKup]

I can't believe Her Majesty actually parachuted into the opening ceremony.

[Warsaw]

I can't believe Her Majesty actually parachuted in open ceremony.

Can't tell if trolling or really, really dense...

[TeeKup]

Trolling dumbass. As if she would actually attempt that at her age.

[PopeAK49]

Damn. China won both swimming competitions. Good for them though.

It was really close too.

[Warsaw]

Laughing at Phelps for being such a smug bastard.

[Patrickssj6]

Really like Lochte, though his attitude is a bit too "modest and well-behaved".

Watching a lot of Judo, but I am trying to keep track of most disciplines. Really great stuff ^^

[Warsaw]

He wanted to wear a red, white, and blue grill on the podium to show his patriotism and poke fun, but the dude handing them out told him he wouldn't get his medal if he did.

[PopeAK49]

The women's strength competition is crazy. I give them lots of props for doing powercleans at 300lbs+

[TVTyrant]

Laughing at Phelps for being such a smug bastard.
Dude has been at the olympics since he was 15

Hes probably kind of over it lol

[Warsaw]

Well, he came to the 2012 games thinking he was just going to dominate and win even more medals than he did at the 2008 games. Not so fast, buster!

[Patrickssj6]

Well, he came to the 2012 games thinking he was just going to dominate and win even more medals than he did at the 2008 games. Not so fast, buster!

Same with Usain Bolt...last competition he attended (cannot remember which one it was, I think it was here in Germany?) he wanted to set a new WR but then jumps the gun 3 times in the finals. Döööööööörk.
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[=sw=warlord]

Welp
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/cobby87/484473_10150999147778992_757097329_n.jpg

[Limited]

Yeah I noticed that when it was live warlord. It was a wave, but a very dodgy motion'd wave, especially coming from some important German official.

So I just heard that NBC but away from the opening ceremony to an interview with Michael Phelps, they cut away from a tribute to the July bombing terrorist attack victims, what the hell NBC?! If UK did that with 9/11, people would be getting fired.

"There are semi-naked women playing beach volleyball glistening like wet otters" - Best quote so far, from who? Major of London :D

[MXC]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktlincoln/an-olympic-fencer-refuses-to-leave-the-floor-after
(http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktlincoln/an-olympic-fencer-refuses-to-leave-the-floor-after) http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/7/30/15/anigif_enhanced-buzz-28964-1343675863-0.gif


The clock never started! So Heidemann had more than one second to land the winning touch. At the very least, whether she landed it in time was highly in doubt. The match should have continued into another round, but instead Shin was declared the loser. So South Korea's coach went to the judges.

And Shin A Lam, now in tears, refused to live the piste (the platform that they fence on). In fencing, leaving the piste means that you have officially accepted the judges' ruling. And seeing as the clock didn't start, and she should still have a shot at gold, she sat down. It's the filibuster of fencing.

That's bullshit.

[Bodzilla]

judges have always been bullshit in these competitions.

[DarkHalo003]

judges have always been bullshit in these competitions.
Amen. Want to see which countries dislike each other? Watch the diving and the scores.

[Limited]

I dislike games that require judging at the Olympics, its such a grey area and one day you could get more points, another less for pretty much the same action.

I prefer definitive things, such as running, where, apart from the start, whoever crosses the line is winner.

[ODX]

Bam. Phelps took his 19th medal.

Absolutely incredible to watch him in the lead, 2 full body lengths ahead, with the crowd cheering as they knew what was about to happen.

[TVTyrant]

Bam. Phelps took his 19th medal.

Absolutely incredible to watch him in the lead, 2 full body lengths ahead, with the crowd cheering as they knew what was about to happen.
Did he break a record?

[ODX]

As of yet I don't think he's broken any of his records (nor have they been broken).

The only one he's broken is the medal count. 19 Olympic medals is the most that any Olympian has ever won. The record was 18 set by a Russian gymnast (Larisa Latynina) back in 1964.

[Warsaw]

I dislike games that require judging at the Olympics, its such a grey area and one day you could get more points, another less for pretty much the same action.

I prefer definitive things, such as running, where, apart from the start, whoever crosses the line is winner.

I'm with you on that one.

I have always felt that to be an Olympic sport it had to be objective. That means anything where points are scored based on anything other than what the athletes themselves earned is null and void.

[TVTyrant]

When is the wrestling competition?

[TVTyrant]

China and their fucking Eugenics program leading at 23 medals

America and their fucking eugenics program circa 1860 in second with 22

[Warsaw]

The difference between Team China and Team USA is that the former has likely been groomed for the Olympics where as Team USA is entirely volunteer. We have the best of who wants to go, they have the best they have to offer.

[rossmum]

I kind of regret missing the opening ceremony, but I didn't even realise the Olympics were on already. I might try find it uploaded somewhere and watch the closing too, but as for the actual sport part, I don't give much of a fuck. The shooting (and isn't archery in too? I'd be down for that) is basically the only thing in the summer Olympics that interests me in the slightest.

Now the winter Olypics, that's what I drop everything to watch.

[Timo]

All I have to contribute:

http://i.imgur.com/Df89v.jpg

[EX12693]

My two bits.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66JCf0dE4lE

[Timo]

Oh no, people supporting people from their country at the Olympics. Someone call the fucking cops. Lets drop all forms of entertainment and replace them with people talking about failing infrastructure and science.

[Patrickssj6]

Heh 6 minutes of total disagreement.

[EX12693]

I think you missed the point of his video then....

[Limited]

I think you missed the point of his video then....
There was a point? Was it the bitching at the Olympics? I tell you hosting the Olympics has boosted Sport education in England by a metric ton. Cycling, tennis, swimming have seen a gigantic increase in kids wanting to participate over the past 4 years, because of events like the Olympics, and Wimbledon and seeing that, yes us British can compete to the highest caliber.

If its the fact that hes moaning about no one wants to be a scientist? My ex housemate is now a sports scientist.

[TVTyrant]

I don't see why he's ragging on Olympic sports when 95% of Olympic participants went to college.

At least the American ones I mean.

[Rainbow Dash]

I think you missed the point of his video then....

That much is painfully obvious lol.

[Rainbow Dash]

There was a point? Was it the bitching at the Olympics? I tell you hosting the Olympics has boosted Sport education in England by a metric ton. Cycling, tennis, swimming have seen a gigantic increase in kids wanting to participate over the past 4 years, because of events like the Olympics, and Wimbledon and seeing that, yes us British can compete to the highest caliber.

If its the fact that hes moaning about no one wants to be a scientist? My ex housemate is now a sports scientist.

holy shit you are retarded

[TVTyrant]

I think you missed the point of his video then....
He got made fun of in high school for being smart and introverted so now people who take pleasure in watching Michael Phelps do fucking work are all morons even though many of them are probably just as intelligent and educated as he is.

[PopeAK49]

Some people just need to relax and be positive once and awhile.

[rossmum]

There was a point? Was it the bitching at the Olympics? I tell you hosting the Olympics has boosted Sport education in England by a metric ton. Cycling, tennis, swimming have seen a gigantic increase in kids wanting to participate over the past 4 years, because of events like the Olympics, and Wimbledon and seeing that, yes us British can compete to the highest caliber.

If its the fact that hes moaning about no one wants to be a scientist? My ex housemate is now a sports scientist.
yeah man, i mean fuck what do people expect? they think intellectual debate is going to improve the world? fuck no, we know what's up. only athletes with abilities that the overwhelming majority of humankind cannot even hope to attain will improve the world! by sport!

realpost:

sport is cool for entertainment and all but on the grand scheme of things that matter worth a single damn, it doesn't even make the list. if you honestly believe sport has any point besides entertaining people, providing physical exercise, and an outlet for the kind of competition our caveman ancestors reserved for warfare, then you're delusional.

the true reason the olympics is worth the time of day is that it brings people together in support of other people, not that some asshole can run super fast.

[Timo]

NZ is #1 in terms of gold medals/per million population, if that helps B)

e:But to be serious for a moment. Civil engineers around the world need to realise that ductile detailing of beam-column joints (and plastic hinge zones of beams)have been seriously under-designed in the past 20 years. Transverse reinforcement required to confine concrete in columns during earthquake loading has also been under designed, resulting in brittle failures. This occured in the CTV building killing over 100 people. Seating for one-way slabs in RC buildings has also been too small, with many some buildings having floors pancake as 50-70mm of seating used in pre-2000 buildings did not take into account beam elongation as longitudinal reinforcement extends, but does not yield during earthquakes. Stairwells are also a serious issue in terms of seating, but that's another matter. I cannot believe that this isn't being broadcast over the 2012 olympics, as everyone should be educated in these matters. Christchurch is a prime example of what can happen to a modern city when an earthquake (with particularly large vertical PGA) occurs in close proximity. But nobody is listening.

[Bodzilla]

but timo, how would we make money if we had to make things safe.

[Timo]

Well that's the thing. NZ/AS and ASCE standards outline bare minimum levels for building design, when that is just not safe in most areas. The argument at the royal commission to the collapse of the CTV building revolves around whether or not the building met minimum code standards of the time, not whether or not it was designed to be a safe building. Unfortunately the legal requirement is just to design to the code, regardless of whether or not it is safe. A paradigm shift in civil engineering is required.

[Bodzilla]

your not a socialist are you

[Limited]

You guys need to actually think about what sport as a whole provides. You are too narrow minded and only see "oh its a dude running", it is much much more than that.

50% of the British team are from public schools, which, as the term may confuse, costs a ton of money and are usually for the highly intelligent. So maybe its just a failing of your countries, but the British team are not in that category.

My word, you guys arent helping the gamer stereotype one bit.

On a separate note, I take my hat off to the American basketball team. They have really soaked in all that the olympics have got, Kobe has been watching tons of other events, I thought he would be really elitist and only care about his own, but wow.

[Warsaw]

He's probably totally psyched that he's at the Olympics and wants to really take the moments in.

[rossmum]

You guys need to actually think about what sport as a whole provides. You are too narrow minded and only see "oh its a dude running", it is much much more than that.
i did say it helps bring people together, unfortunately it also has the opposite effect on many occasions - fuck, look at english football fans. i think the olympics as an actual thing is important and can do good but i think the parts are a lot less valuable than the whole, if that makes sense

i appreciate that people want to compete and be good at stuff, i have nothing against sport in that regard. i just think it gets way too much attention these days, especially on more localised levels where it has comparatively little benefit to the wider community.


My word, you guys arent helping the gamer stereotype one bit.
i honestly don't care, stereotypes are stupid and i'm not going to pretend to care about something i don't just so idiots won't judge me

[PopeAK49]

I guess I should feel bad about watching porn and masturbating for my own enjoyment...Since it doesn't help my community or country get anywhere.

[Patrickssj6]

xD some people in this thread

how about we all just run around as fast as we can like animals do all the time, it will have no purpose but since there will be no time doing anything else, the world will be perfect.

[thehoodedsmack]

I guess I should feel bad about watching porn and masturbating for my own enjoyment...Since it doesn't help my community or country get anywhere.

The difference is that you masturbating doesn't cost billions and billions of dollars. If you were to, say, erect a masturbating stadium to host the world's top masturbators, to participate in a world-wide masturbating competition, then you should feel bad. Because after you and the other elite masturbators are done masturbating, you'll realize what you have left is a giant steel monument to your own idolized opulence which drew a few tourists to one area for a few months, and will never make up for the investment you put into it.

tl;dr: Construct a permanent Olympic stadium somewhere (why not Greece?), and stop making the worst biennial financial decision ever.

[rossmum]

The difference is that you masturbating doesn't cost billions and billions of dollars. If you were to, say, erect a masturbating stadium to host the world's top masturbators, to participate in a world-wide masturbating competition, then you should feel bad. Because after you and the other elite masturbators are done masturbating, you'll realize what you have left is a giant steel monument to your own idolized opulence which drew a few tourists to one area for a few months, and will never make up for the investment you put into it.

tl;dr: Construct a permanent Olympic stadium somewhere (why not Greece?), and stop making the worst biennial financial decision ever.
god damn

[Limited]

This thread has way too many replies that have no meaning.

Ross, you obviously didnt hear/see about the European football championships. Ukraine and Poland had a pretty poor reputation, their fans have a catalogue of issues, racism, some of the worst hooliganism in the world. You mention English football fans, not quite sure why you brought them up.

The Euros were brilliant, the host countries did a fantastic job, probably better preparation than the Olympics in London :D, and they have catapulted themselves up in terms of peoples opinions, and I wouldnt be surprised if they host another big event in the future. It has been absolutely positive for them, hosting the Euros.

The same can happen with the Olympics, its been a total cock-up by the organisers here in England, a complete shambles in preparation but now its underway, its going well.

You guys dont quite get what the Olympics is for, which is a shame really.

[DarkHalo003]

What I like about the Olympics is that people go across the world to different major cities and compete. I love seeing each city, what ceremonies they have in store, and learning about their history in a not-so-textbook convention. It's just cool to be honest, whether or not it's economically fruitful.

[PopeAK49]

The difference is that you masturbating doesn't cost billions and billions of dollars. If you were to, say, erect a masturbating stadium to host the world's top masturbators, to participate in a world-wide masturbating competition, then you should feel bad. Because after you and the other elite masturbators are done masturbating, you'll realize what you have left is a giant steel monument to your own idolized opulence which drew a few tourists to one area for a few months, and will never make up for the investment you put into it.

tl;dr: Construct a permanent Olympic stadium somewhere (why not Greece?), and stop making the worst biennial financial decision ever.

I was speaking in the perspective of the viewer/audience, but its not like I'm disagreeing with the financial decisions used for the olympics. I agree that it should be in one permanent place. Why not make it traditional with Rome? I mean that is where gladiators from different parts of the world would compete. It would be cool if athletes from different parts of the world did the same thing.

I was trying to shit on the people who shit on the individuals whom watch sports for their own reasons. Out of freewill. Maybe its nice to get rid of all the stress of school/work and enjoy some entertainment or even play a sport. I know I wouldn't want to protest about negative things and add more stress to my life after working with customers for forty hours a week. Maybe people want to escape from the negative/stressful things in their lives and enjoy something.

[Warsaw]

More traditional would be in Athens. That said, the torch is lit in Olympia with a parabolic mirror, so they do bring the spirit and history of the games to every location.

Watching the Games these past couple of weeks has made me interested in Crew. That shit looked like fun.

[DarkHalo003]

More traditional would be in Athens. That said, the torch is lit in Olympia with a parabolic mirror, so they do bring the spirit and history of the games to every location.

Watching the Games these past couple of weeks has made me interested in Crew. That shit looked like fun.
Apparently it's tough as shit because of how the oars are designed now. Instead of working and stressing areas around the shoulder, they stress areas around the ribs and several Olympians were rowing with nearly broken ribs that were trying to recover since they were first damaged.

As for swimming, watching them do Butterfly was painful enough. Watching the last two laps of it you could see the exhaustion.

[Limited]

What a day for British sport, 6 gold medals won today, making it the greatest day in history for British sport, and also the greatest day in athletic history. Plus tomorrow we have a shot for more golds, and the first medals are being awarded for the event in my town!!!

So proud to be British right now.

(America will dominate the medals table, but let us British have this weekend :) )

[rossmum]

Apparently it's tough as shit because of how the oars are designed now. Instead of working and stressing areas around the shoulder, they stress areas around the ribs and several Olympians were rowing with nearly broken ribs that were trying to recover since they were first damaged.

As for swimming, watching them do Butterfly was painful enough. Watching the last two laps of it you could see the exhaustion.
ugh death to butterfly

freestyle and breaststroke are the only correct strokes

[TVTyrant]

US up by one in medal counts

Phelps now has 22 career medals, 18 gold

Yay genetic melting pot!

[Bodzilla]

the reason to host the Olympics has changed over the years.
originally it was and equal playing feild with any country able to host the worlds greatest athletes, but with the higher standards we hold it to now it's no longer possible for little country's to do it.

The reason country's host the olympics now is because they want to upgrade their national venues, because it's one of the only things now that allow country's to invest so much into them.

Talking about the money and cost of it miss's the points, because regardless for the reason their built initially they serve a much more important role long term.

[Dozo]

2962
:gonk:
Marathon was more intense to watch than the swimming for some reason.

[Kornman00]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktlincoln/an-olympic-fencer-refuses-to-leave-the-floor-after
(http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktlincoln/an-olympic-fencer-refuses-to-leave-the-floor-after) http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web05/2012/7/30/15/anigif_enhanced-buzz-28964-1343675863-0.gif



That's bullshit.
American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics (http://1045theteam.com/american-tv-neglected-the-saddest-story-in-the-olympics/)


Since the incident, it has come out that the timekeeper for the event was a 15 year old British volunteer. Really? This isn’t fencing class at the Y, this is the Olympics. There was nobody in the entire world with any timekeeping experience that could have been called upon to take on such an important task? When I was 15, I wouldn’t have had the attention span to do that job either. Whoever made the choice to put a child in charge of the clock for an Olympic event should be fired.
Fucking british kids, why were they not out cleaning chimneys?

[Limited]

the reason to host the Olympics has changed over the years.
originally it was and equal playing feild with any country able to host the worlds greatest athletes, but with the higher standards we hold it to now it's no longer possible for little country's to do it.

The reason country's host the olympics now is because they want to upgrade their national venues, because it's one of the only things now that allow country's to invest so much into them.

Talking about the money and cost of it miss's the points, because regardless for the reason their built initially they serve a much more important role long term.
Could be worse, could be the World Cup. Pretty much host countries buys it, Russia, Qatar...Qatar hosting the summer world cup? What an idiotic decision.

Ben Ainslie has become the greatest sailer in history. What a weekend for the Brits.

I 50/50 agree with only holding the Olympics in one place, Athens would be the place I feel.


@Kornman, wow can't believe that. Being an olympic volunteer myself, I can't believe that they were given so much responsibility. I can't go into what I do, but I know someone in their 40s whos given the responsibility of standing outside the changing rooms when the competitors go to the loo/shower, after they've had their doping checks.

[Kornman00]

So, if there are so many volunteers, where is all the funding/sponsor/revenue going?

[Limited]

So, if there are so many volunteers, where is all the funding/sponsor/revenue going?

The IOC distributes over 90% of Olympic marketing revenue to organisations within the Olympic Movement. These include the 204 NOCs, their Olympic teams and athletes, the OCOGs and the International Federations (IFs) of the various Olympic sports. These funds help support the staging of the Olympic Games and promote the development of sport around the world.

The IOC retains less than 10% of Olympic marketing revenue to cover the operational and administrative costs of governing the Olympic Movement.

I tell you this, there are so many strict guidelines around the olympics, your not allowed to display anything that invovles 5 rings that are in the formation of the olympic ones, even if they are all the same colour.

Mc Donald's has banned any retailer around the olympic events selling chips (fries) unless it is with fish (making it a fish and chips meal). In my eyes, that should be against the law and definitely not in the olympic spirit. I still question why Mc Donald's is allowed to sponsor the olympics.

[Patrickssj6]

I tell you this, there are so many strict guidelines around the olympics, your not allowed to display anything that invovles 5 rings that are in the formation of the olympic ones, even if they are all the same colour.

Mc Donald's has banned any retailer around the olympic events selling chips (fries) unless it is with fish (making it a fish and chips meal). In my eyes, that should be against the law and definitely not in the olympic spirit. I still question why Mc Donald's is allowed to sponsor the olympics.

because everyone would reject a couple of million dollars over some fish 'n chips ^^

[=sw=warlord]

because everyone would reject a couple of million dollars over some fish 'n chips ^^
I would if it wasn't just battered creamed kipper.
These days all the fish you can find seems as though it's been battered to oblivion and creamed.

[STLRamsFan]

Awesome race by Galen Rupp... Bout time we have a distance runner in the US capture a medal. Hopefully he'll be able to capture the gold next time around considering how young he is!

Hoping Bernard Lagat can get a medal since I think this'll be his last Olympics most likely.

[Kornman00]

Devry University is also sponsoring the Olympics...and they don't even have an althetics program (they're a commercial, for-profit university). So yeah, kind of silly who sponsors it.

[STLRamsFan]

Marathon was more intense to watch than the swimming for some reason.

Loved watching whatever I did of the Marathon. Then again that's the distance runner in me.

[Emmzee]

5dpI6USV8YY

[Warsaw]

American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics (http://1045theteam.com/american-tv-neglected-the-saddest-story-in-the-olympics/)


Fucking british kids, why were they not out cleaning chimneys?

I know, got all my news on the internet and was floored when NBC didn't even mention it.

[rossmum]

absolutely atroicious that it happened in the first place, and worse still that they refused an appeal when they were CLEARLY in the wrong. i'd also love to know what they thought their excuse was for doing so.

shit like that, right there, is the kind of stuff you seldom hear about because everyone is too full of national pride and wanting their country to be better than everyone else's. fuck what happened to someone else in some fairly obscure event, we're winning in another one!

[TVTyrant]

http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/trackandfield/story/_/id/8237441/2012-olympics-greatest-show-earth-begins-ends-usain-bolt

Bolt continues his dominance as maybe the greatest sprinter of all time

[Patrickssj6]

also interesting judo / bottle throw side story. she truly had ballz.

[Limited]

https://www.google.com/doodles/hurdles-2012
1 (https://www.google.com/doodles/hurdles-2012)2.3 secs I got after a few tries.

[Patrickssj6]

12.7 after second try, or after, let-me-press-the-space-bar-with-my-pinky-heureka-moment

[Limited]

https://www.google.com/doodles/basketball-2012
27 on second attempt

[TVTyrant]

fuck

we're three behind the chinks

come on negros, don't fail us now.

[Dozo]

Won 2 golds, now we're only 11th, least we're in front of i ran and nuke

[rossmum]

if only there was a 'casual racism' event. australia would win gold every single time

[Dozo]

I'm sure it would get the second most views behind beach volleyball

[JackalStomper]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182127/How-China-trains-children-win-gold--standing-girls-legs-young-boys-hang-bars.html

I would say inb4 people treat it as if its manditory for all chinese children but the comments in that article already went there.

[Limited]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2182127/How-China-trains-children-win-gold--standing-girls-legs-young-boys-hang-bars.html

I would say inb4 people treat it as if its manditory for all chinese children but the comments in that article already went there.Yeah those pictures were in our newspapers last week. To be honest it doesn't surprise me that China does that type of barbaric thing, from a country that only allows one baby per couple, and we can all think what happens if thats broken...still shocking though.

https://www.google.com/doodles/slalom-canoe-2012
1 (https://www.google.com/doodles/slalom-canoe-2012)8.3 seconds, 3rd attempt

[=sw=warlord]

China has the rule of one child per family because of over population.
:ohdear:

[Limited]

China has the rule of one child per family because of over population.
:ohdear:
Yes, in theory its a good rule to cut down over population. Then you see this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2179271/Innocent-victim-Chinas-child-policy-Newborn-baby-girl-discarded-bin-left-die-plastic-bag-throat-cut.html

[rossmum]

china is all shades of fucked up! more at six

also in tonight's special, water discovered to still be wet!

[Limited]

Probably the best picture of the games that I have seen
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/09/article-2185769-1472858C000005DC-482_634x487.jpg

Thats the London underground, public transport and its usually bursting and has a bad reputation, the fact he wanted to be shoulder to shoulder with the public and show off his medal, just brilliant. None of this commercial bullshit, just a man wanting to his accomplishments.

[rossmum]

not gonna lie, that's pretty cool of him

...i miss the underground, as odd as that sounds

[Emmzee]

Jcr4w6bVEH8

[Emmzee]

WE BASKETBALL NO LONGER

RIP USA 1776-2012

[Limited]

Closing ceremony is on folks

[El Lobo]

Great bball game today.

[Patrickssj6]

show is :woop:

not original but at least pink floyd cover :3

[Limited]

Well, what an end to an amazing 2 weeks. Its been incredible, 3rd in the medal table is mind blowing for us.

I can say, that there is a potential that my piss touched one of the boats in the olympics :D (I went in the sea whilst they were racing)

[Guardian]

http://www.skysport.co.nz/article/olympics/summer-olympics-2012/adams-awarded-the-gold-medal-62302/

[Timo]

http://www.skysport.co.nz/article/olympics/summer-olympics-2012/adams-awarded-the-gold-medal-62302/

aw yeaaaah