The 2012 Olympics Thread

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 05 Aug 2012 00:50

Poonia did well to finish with 63.62. Not quite a national record, but even breaking the NR by 2 metres would not get her a medal here.

We also have a good finals contender in Vikas Gowda in the men's event. On current form he probably won't medal, but can finish in the top 6 in the final if he throws well.

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 05 Aug 2012 00:50

alright KP top 10 finish

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 05 Aug 2012 00:55

Next up should be Manoj Kumar in 64 kg Boxing.

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 05 Aug 2012 00:55

where can I watch Olympics online?
I am in USA & the NBC channel only shows USA team specific sports & cant watch India matches

Comer · Post by **Comer** » 05 Aug 2012 00:57

Did you try the official channel of the olympics on youtube? Has feeds of multiple events to choose from.

http://www.youtube.com/olympics

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 05 Aug 2012 01:00

And this is the last time we will see Phelps in the Olympics. About the get his 22nd medal, 18th Gold!

member_23629 · Post by **member_23629** » 05 Aug 2012 01:03

Olympic Boxing Referee Ejected for Comically One-Sided Rulings

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 05 Aug 2012 01:03

the amount of corporatization of olympics is disgusting. US NBC has full control. they sued a small meat shop because he displayed an olympic ring made of sausages.

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 05 Aug 2012 01:07

Thanks!

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 05 Aug 2012 01:26

One of the major difference between us and the rest is the level of Doping

The gold medal winner in Female Discuss was tested positive for methylhexanamine last year and banned for 6 months

Hariprasad · Post by **Hariprasad** » 05 Aug 2012 01:29

People who missed Vijay Kumar's Silver. Extremely close.
http://www.youtube.com/olympics/?gl=US& ... etp-gs-iop

p.s I think only people from India can view.

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 05 Aug 2012 01:58

lot of close matches in boxing ...highly suspect...

The guy who beat Sangwan won another suspect close game.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 05 Aug 2012 02:00

Damn, very close! Stalker is good, but Manoj is counterattacking well.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 05 Aug 2012 02:01

What the eff!!! 7-4 to Stalker??? How the hell is that possible??

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 05 Aug 2012 02:01

stalker 7-4

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 05 Aug 2012 02:03

wtf is this ? it should be 7-4 in favour of manoj ! bloody cheats.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 05 Aug 2012 02:06

gone. 16-9

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 05 Aug 2012 02:06

9-5 in round 2. all over.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 05 Aug 2012 02:06

This is ridiculous! Absolute robbery! Stalker gets beaten up in this round, and apparently he has won 9-5. No point watching any further, Kumar might as well throw in the towel.

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 05 Aug 2012 02:08

Stalker is quite simply wobbling, that's how badly he has been beaten up.

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 05 Aug 2012 02:11

20-16 should they appeal?

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 05 Aug 2012 02:14

They can appeal, but it will just be a waste of $500 since appeals are meant only to provide favourable decisions to goras.

Kakkaji · Post by **Kakkaji** » 05 Aug 2012 02:14

Neither the Will nor the Cash: Why India Wins So Few Olympic Medals

The world's largest democracy wins fewer medals per person than any other country. It's been priced out of its most competitive sport, but could national priorities also play a role?

AdityaM · Post by **AdityaM** » 05 Aug 2012 02:19

saravana wrote:Did you try the official channel of the olympics on youtube? Has feeds of multiple events to choose from.
http://www.youtube.com/olympics

Doesnt work in USA

Ardeshir · Post by **Ardeshir** » 05 Aug 2012 02:25

Marten wrote:If the coach doesn't seem angry at the scoring, an appeal would be doubtful. Obviously he understands better about his charge's performance. Perhaps I don't understand the scoring system at all.

A clean hit to the face or body using the knuckles is counted as a point if majority of the referees press their scoring button within 1 second of each other. Else, the point doesn't register.

negi · Post by **negi** » 05 Aug 2012 02:25

Sala even in sports bars they are not covering Olympics.

member_23629 · Post by **member_23629** » 05 Aug 2012 02:26

When the Gora superiroty is threatened, all the talk of morality and rules and procedures goes out the window and knives are quickly out against the browns and blacks. They will do anything -- cheating, threats, intimidation, trickery, deciet -- to get an upper hand.

member_23629 · Post by **member_23629** » 05 Aug 2012 02:29

kshatriya wrote:lot of close matches in boxing ...highly suspect...

The guy who beat Sangwan won another suspect close game.

There seems to be some major rigging going on through the judges to make sure Goras keep winning by hook or crook.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 05 Aug 2012 02:30

scores in boxing are given for clean hits to head and upper body. stalker was quite lucky that he managed to catch manoj out a few more times than vice versa, but manoj dominated

irfan rocked! poor old borchin, i thought he was dead
krishna did well for 7th in final
all round good improvement across the board

the level of competition is brutal, the women's triathlon today was a killer - amazed at the level of fitness and single minded dedication

women's heptathlon! wow, again awesome competition (and every one of the women is a looker!)

btw - the judges in the manoj bout were mostly mid-eastern and east european and the ref was an argentinian. no particular gora bias i think

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 05 Aug 2012 02:30

^^ Sorry No way Stalker won this. If you take out the first/third round since they even out. All that remains is Round 2 and Manoj definitely won it... The East European judges are as corrupt as they come... Please check about the Ajerbejain-WBA payment issue

Our management babus incharge of teams definetly act like Sissies in front of the Goras

F*** this Boxing Event in Olympics

Supratik · Post by **Supratik** » 05 Aug 2012 02:38

so it is only vijender and devendro left now. too bad. 3 more could have made it.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 05 Aug 2012 02:53

Remaining events with medal potential:

Men's boxing: Devendro and Vijender one step away from medals
Women's boxing: Mary Kom
Men's trap shooting: Manavjit Sandhu
Men's 50m 3 positions rifle: Gagan Narang and Sanjeev Rajput
Wrestling contingent:
Mens: Amit Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Sushil Kumar, Narsingh Yadav
Women's Geeta Phogat

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 05 Aug 2012 03:08

Code: Select all

1 United States	26	13	15	54
2 China 		25	16	12	53
3 United Kingdom	14	7	8	29
4 Korea		9	3	5	17
5 France		8	6	8	22

top 5

Surya · Post by **Surya** » 05 Aug 2012 05:14

the boxing drama is pukeworthy

kshatriya · Post by **kshatriya** » 05 Aug 2012 06:14

Looks like we are not Appealing. Also the Idiotic Indian media is writing how good the Gora boxer was and that it is not a shame to lost to CWG gold #1(Undee TV)

shaardula · Post by **shaardula** » 05 Aug 2012 06:16

next two days quite a bit of action for us...
mery kom 16 aug 5 fly
sandhu R1 aug 5 men's trap shooting (10:30 am) R1-R3 all t'mmorow
vijender QF aug 6 middle
devendro QF aug 8 light fly
sanjeev rajput Q&F aug 6 50m 3 Position (IQS ranking #18/41)
gaurav narang Q&F aug 6 50m 3 Position (IQS ranking #27/41)

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 05 Aug 2012 06:36

varunkumar wrote:When the Gora superiroty is threatened, all the talk of morality and rules and procedures goes out the window and knives are quickly out against the browns and blacks. They will do anything -- cheating, threats, intimidation, trickery, deciet -- to get an upper hand.

This is very correct. A gora is magnanimous and even preachy as long as you acknowledge the gora to be your maibaap.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 05 Aug 2012 06:54

I can't help but feel disappointed with Saina. It's a great achievement to win a medal in badminton, but I guess it's because I was hoping for

negi · Post by **negi** » 05 Aug 2012 06:59

Tomorrow we have Federer vs Murray too.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 05 Aug 2012 07:02

What happened to Mary Kom?