2012 Olympic/Paralympic Games talk and trivia
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This is seriously inspiring: Here is an article on the history that was made today: a double amputee from South Africa has advanced to the final of the 400m: http://www.mercurynews.com/olympics/ci_21235612/olympics-double-amputee-oscar-pistorius-south-africa-makes
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The velodrome has played Hey Jude in the post medal ceremony celebrations for that race and of course cut to Paul and family singing along..... Martin
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martinput:
The velodrome has played Hey Jude in the post medal ceremony celebrations for that race and of course cut to Paul and family singing along..... Martin
Heheh! People can say what they want about Paul going 'downhill', but I still light up and love it when I see his face on TV. His music spreads out to everyone and brings them together. Awesome stuff! Such a shame I couldn't get a ticket for that event... I would have gone crazy!
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martinput:
Paul McCartney is at the velodrome celebrating the womens team pursuit victory along with Nancy and Stella. I'll try to secure a screen grab. Martin Here you go: Larger image here: Click Here
NICE! And she even has a olympics shirt on! Yay Nance!
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JennyLP:
oobu24:
Has any trampoline been shown on NBC's coverage? Last night they said they were going to show it but nada. Thought it may have been fun to see...different.
Yes....the trampoline was on last night......it is insane!
When was it on? Hubby waited till 10;40 last night & said it wasn't on.
sursteven say: The women's trampoline is on NBC right now at 10:22 am central time.
almost 1:00 now...why don't they put this type of stuff on in prime time?
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martinput:
Paul McCartney is at the velodrome celebrating the womens team pursuit victory along with Nancy and Stella. I'll try to secure a screen grab. Martin Here you go: Larger image here: Click Here
Thanks Martin! He looks so good when he smiles like that!
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I assume Nancy was looking diplomatically reserved as the Team GB cyclists had just beaten the USA with a world record time in the gold medal race........ Full race report here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820 Martin
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martinput:
I assume Nancy was looking diplomatically reserved as the Team GB cyclists had just beaten the USA with a world record time in the gold medal race........ Full race report here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820 Martin
Thanks Martin for posting the screen shot. Saw it live as it happened. Paul looked very happy and seemed to be really enjoying the event. Was awesome when everyone broke into Hey Jude...
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lisalou7:
martinput:
I assume Nancy was looking diplomatically reserved as the Team GB cyclists had just beaten the USA with a world record time in the gold medal race........ Full race report here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820 Martin
Thanks Martin for posting the screen shot. Saw it live as it happened. Paul looked very happy and seemed to be really enjoying the event. Was awesome when everyone broke into Hey Jude...
That was televised? How cool!
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Yes really warming after this week. Stella looked a tad embarrassed about the sing a long...
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Two annoying facts. Sweden missed out on the gold medal in the womens triathlon by 0.009 seconds. And in the mens long jump we missed out on the bronze by 1 centimetre. Not fun at all.
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Great night for British athletes! Wow! Also, Paul is at the stadium. The presenter said every time Paul is there GB win gold.
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Paul has just been shown in the main athletics stadium cheering three consecutive gold medals for Team GB: Jessica Ennis - Heptathlon Greg Rutherford - Long Jump Mo Farrah - 10,000 metres. Prompted the BBC presenter to comment: "There was Gold with Paul in the velodrome earlier, now three here tonight... We should have Paul at every venue he seems to attract Gold....." Martin
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Historic night for Britain at the Olympic stadium tonight. 3 Athletic golds!! And Macca was there watching it!
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Great at penalties at club level, but **ck all at international level. Premier League can't begin soon enough.
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martinput:
Paul has just been shown in the main athletics stadium cheering three consecutive gold medals for Team GB: Prompted the BBC presenter to comment: "There was Gold with Paul in the velodrome earlier, now three here tonight... We should have Paul at every venue he seems to attract Gold....." Martin
No need for him to be at Wembley on August 11th.
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i hope the bugger paid for his tickets.
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actually i love sport but im an olympics cynic as you may be aware.. however....much though the british sucsess at the 'diddy' sports hardly moved me,tonight was a different story.....amazing performances from the brilliant 'ellis' girl along with the long jumper and the 10 k guy.....amazing performances,makes you proud to be british ....did i really say that ...and look at the medals table...pound for pound we are easily the greatest nation on earth..eat your hearts out USA and CHINA......team GB are the best ...well done guys n girls
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It's Great to see The Brits doing well! And, it's not just my English ancestry.