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Sports: Official London 2012 Olympic Games Thread
Member Since: 5/22/2011
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My network is a fricken Canadian TV network, and instead of talking about how much Australia deserved their win.. they went on and changed the story to a "Poor America they lost and they practiced so hard" story. Like give me a break.
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Member Since: 4/23/2007
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YES! Australia The US has been disappointing on the swimming competitions so far, except my lover Lochte, of course.
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Member Since: 3/16/2012
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(L-R) Silver medallist Thiago Pereira of Brazil, gold medallist Ryan Lochte of USA and bronze medallist Kosuke Hagino of Japan celebrate with their medals during the Victory Ceremony for the men's 400m Individual Medley on Day 1 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre on 28 July 2012.
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Member Since: 5/14/2011
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Australia notoriously have good swimmers.
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Member Since: 9/13/2011
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Originally posted by Muggwa
Is there a way to stream this online without paying?
NBC is asking me from my DirecTV email/password, which I don't know. If I find that out, will I be able to watch for free?
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Live Stream is free on the NBC site the only catch is you have to register
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Member Since: 9/14/2010
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Originally posted by Auraeolux
What sports do they usually get medals in?
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According to the results in Beijing: Cycling (track), Rowing, Sailing and Swimming.
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Originally posted by Eric.
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I believe so. Although I only saw Heat 1, South Africa taking Gold/First Place.
At least Team GB did well
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Member Since: 3/21/2012
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Did I miss swimming or diving
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Member Since: 3/16/2012
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Originally posted by J a y
I believe so. Although I only saw Heat 1, South Africa taking Gold/First Place.
At least Team GB did well
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Did well, but didn't qualify for tomorrow's final at 20:11 (BST/UTC+01 time).
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Member Since: 11/18/2010
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Originally posted by Mezik
Why can't Canada dominate at the summer games like we dominated at the winter?
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Canada does well at the Commonwealth Games, but thats mostly cause the US doesn't participate in those.
Maybe if we hosted the Summer games again, we'd be a much bigger summer games force.
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Member Since: 11/4/2010
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still not a single medal for team GB lmao
embarrassing
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Member Since: 5/22/2011
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Originally posted by callum
still not a single medal for team GB lmao
embarrassing
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Canada hasn't won a single medal yet but Uzbekistan has..
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Member Since: 11/18/2010
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It's only day one, still plenty of time for medals to be won
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Member Since: 5/22/2011
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Originally posted by Hollywood
It's only day one, still plenty of time for medals to be won
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I just hope Canada win's their first medal sooner than Day 11, like they did in Beijing.
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Member Since: 8/26/2011
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I'm totally shocked at China's position(#6) at Men's Qualification for Gymnastics.
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Member Since: 3/16/2012
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London 2012 Olympics Swimming Medallists
28 July 2012
M | 400m Freestyle: final
Men 400m Freestyle Medallists
M | 400m Individual Medley: final
Men 400m Individual Medley Medallists
W | 400m Individual Medley: final
Women 400m Individual Medley Medallists
W | 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: final
Women 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Medallists
29 July 2012
M | 100m Breaststroke: final
Men 100m Breaststroke Final Medallists
M | 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: final
Men 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Medallists
W | 100m Butterfly: final
Women 100m Butterfly Medallists
W | 400m Freestyle: final
Women 400m Freestyle Medallists
30 July 2012
M | 100m Backstroke: final
Men 100m Backstroke Medallists
M | 200m Freestyle: final
Men 200m Freestyle Medallists
W | 100m Backstroke: final
Women 100m Backstroke Medallists
W | 100m Breaststroke: final
Women 100m Breaststroke Medallists
31 July 2012
M | 200m Butterfly: final
Men 200m Butterfly Medallists
M | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: final
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay Medallists
W | 200m Freestyle: final
Women 200m Freestyle Medallists
W | 200m Individual Medley: final
Women 200m Individual Medley Medallists
01 August 2012
M | 200m Breaststroke: final
Men 200m Breaststroke Medallists
M | 100m Freestyle: final
Men 100m Freestyle Medallists
W | 200m Butterfly: final
Women 200m Butterfly Medallists
W | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: final
Women 4x200m Freestyle Relay Medallists
02 August 2012
M | 200m Backstroke: final
Men 200m Backstroke Medallists
M | 200m Individual Medley: final
Men 200m Individual Medley Medallists
W | 200m Backstroke: semi-finals
W | 100m Freestyle: final
Women 100m Freestyle Medallists
W | 200m Breaststroke: final
Women 200m Breaststroke Medallists
03 August 2012 - 19:30 - 20:50
M | 50m Freestyle: final
Men 50m Freestyle Medallists
M | 100m Butterfly: final
Men 100m Butterfly Medallists
W | 200m Backstroke: final
Women 200m Backstroke Medallists
W | 800m Freestyle: final
Women 800m Freestyle Medallists
04 August 2012 - 19:30 - 21:00
M | 1500m Freestyle: final
M | 4 x 100m Medley Relay: final ( line-up, 20:27), victory ceremony
W | 50m Freestyle: final ( line-up, 19:30), victory ceremony
W | 4 x 100m Medley Relay: final ( line-up, 20:07), victory ceremony
09 August 2012 - 12:00 - 15:00
W | Marathon Swimming 10km, victory ceremony [Hyde Park ]
10 August 2012 - 12:00 - 15:00
M | Marathon Swimming 10km, victory ceremony [Hyde Park]
- All times in BST/UTC+001 (-5 for EDT).
- I'll be updating this regularly with as every event unfolds.
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Member Since: 11/24/2006
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I would be so good in gymnastics. I'm so mad
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Member Since: 6/17/2012
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Originally posted by callum
still not a single medal for team GB lmao
embarrassing
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Not really, I mean we came 4th at Beijing and it's only been the first day
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Member Since: 6/17/2012
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So many Florence songs on the BBC coverage
And they played Living Dead which is my favourite song off Electra Heart
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Member Since: 11/4/2010
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Originally posted by Teen Idle
Not really, I mean we came 4th at Beijing and it's only been the first day
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i know but really we should've won something today. we were the favs for the cycling with cavendish and we didn't even end up top 3. we had good chances in some of the swimming heats and we bombed
meh oh well keeping my hopes up for the events in coming days, hopefully the likes of rebecca adlington and chris hoy can bring some golds in for us in their respective sports
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Member Since: 11/26/2011
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Just woke up to hear the aussie girls won the team relay. that's awesome news really looking forward to the mens
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