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Skewbrow:
But for my money track & (in particular) field events are the most awaited events. Today has been a good day for the host nation.

Akima:

--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 04 Aug 2012, 10:04 ---They really won't let "innocent before proven otherwise" rule.
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Certainly not where Ye Shiwin is concerned, but when Michael Phelps won his 19th medal, did the Chinese coach immediately rush out and publicly brand him a doper and cheat? Oh, but he's clean you say? You mean he's passed the drug tests. So has Ye. It is very hard not to see a double-standard here.

jwhouk:
Ms. Shin, by the way, did finally win a Silver in Team epee with her South Korean team.

If the IOC and LOCOG had an ounce of integrity, they'd give her two.

BTW: The timekeeper that screwed up the match where she lost the appeal was only... fifteen. There is not a facepalm big enough on the internet for that.  :psyduck:

amok:

--- Quote from: Linds on 04 Aug 2012, 11:00 ---I don't know what it is about these games, things just seem weird. The fencing, the Chinese swimmer, the badminton, and the stupid new rules for gymnastics and among other things just make things seem so fishy. I don't remember this going on in 2008.

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There have been some pretty shocking decisions in any of the sports involving judges. A couple of the boxing matches have been such a joke that even the elderly BBC commentators have been moved to raise their voice a decibel or two.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19095408

And there was another fella who got knocked down five times and still 'won.'

Take out all the sports that can't be adjudicated by a computer before Rio.

Lupercal:
Certainly has been a great day for Team GB.

Very proud. So much pressure on these individuals (in all cases and countries) but it is great to see them perform so well. Especially when people keep talking about Beijing like it was a week ago - it was four years ago! What did we all do and act like four years ago? It seems like a long time to keep up olympian standards of your respective sport.

We had a brilliant night last night. Shame the GB Olympic football team - again, out on penalties. Overpaid footballers seem about as far away from the olympic ideals as possible really. Now we're just a nation relying on Andy Murray (again) to do something spectacular - although he does have at least a silver medal in mixed doubles and men's singles. 

Does it not seem strange that Ye Shiwin's win was marked in controversy, whereas 15 year old Katie Ledecky's win in the 800m freestyle was just seen as a great accomplishment? Nobody decided Ledecky was using drugs, having beat the American record for the race along with the defending Olympic champion and holder of the word record time (Rebecca Adlington).

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