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[3Sixty]

Yohan Blake is at the England vs South Africa test match (Cricket)

He claims he is a better cricketer than a runner.

He wants 20/20 in the Olympics so he can compete for Jamacia lols

 

[JonathanEx]

Use http://2012ticketchecker.com/ if you want to track specific tickets.

I just bought tickets to the Wheelchair Rugby FINALS. Oh my I am excited (and broke) but mainly excited (and also broke).

 

[Chili]

Yohan Blake is at the England vs South Africa test match (Cricket)

He claims he is a better cricketer than a runner.

He wants 20/20 in the Olympics so he can compete for Jamacia lols

So awesome. Bolt is a huge cricket fan also. Apparently he bowls a mean swinger.

Also I can never get Paralympic tickets Think I used all my luck on the Olympics.

 

[Oxx]

I suppose I'm just setting myself up for failure by trying to get 4 Olympic Stadium tickets for one of the saturdays.

 

[LQX]

Beautiful.

 

[JonathanEx]

I suppose I'm just setting myself up for failure by trying to get 4 Olympic Stadium tickets for one of the saturdays.

You'd be surprised. Just keep alerts open, keep tabs open, follow the accounts. There's heavy caching so it might looks like there's no tickets, but once one server has spotted they are available, just load it up again and again in as many browsers as you can - they may appear, disappear and reappear, so it's work, but it's possible. Athletics seem available more than many events.

 

[Gorillaz]

Mind sharing ?

London 2012 Closing credits

it's recorded off screen but still better then nothing.

 

[SUPREME1]

All gymnasts get blisters on their hands from the bars. Even the American ones.

Like that is what is most wrong about those images. Smh.

Never have so many hijacked the achievements of so few. It's actually worse now - being a fat, stupid American - given what others in the same circumstances have shown they can do. But I'm sure that's gone over the heads of everyone who shared this image.

I'm willing to bet you've never spoke up before when people have made sweeping generalizations about Americans being stupid and fat, but yet here you are... lmao.

Fuck off.

 

[caramac]

There definitely needs to be a thread for the Paralympics, but who's up for doing it? We could also continue talking about the Olympics in there as well.

I'll put one together if no one else minds, possibly be up late tonight or at the latest sometime tomorrow.

 

[Levyne]

I'll put one together if no one else minds, possibly be up late tonight or at the latest sometime tomorrow.

Can you post the link in here when you have it up?

 

[shira]

I'll put one together if no one else minds, possibly be up late tonight or at the latest sometime tomorrow.

Ask a mod if it belongs in OT Community. It will stay on the front page instead of getting lost in the OT

 

[PjotrStroganov]

VIDEO: Eurosport Watts Zap

Best of London Olympic Games 2012 (Part 1/2)

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151078382484699

Goddamn funny! Like always.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

The fuck is up with his nails?

edit: The S*n is scum

 

[IceCold]

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01567/blake_1567291a.jpg[/IMG ]

So awesome. Bolt is a huge cricket fan also. Apparently he bowls a mean swinger.

Also I can never get Paralympic tickets :( Think I used all my luck on the Olympics.[/QUOTE]

Why are Blake's nails so long?

edit: Beaten.

 

[Clydefrog]

It's a fucking Machintosh G3 on wheels landed Mars, not an American.

it's more like a fucking car that landed on mars

and it's goddamned amazing

 

[Chili]

The fuck is up with his nails?

Less air resistance?

 

[Oxx]

He is the Beast.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Like that is what is most wrong about those images. Smh.

Gymnastics is not a pretty sport. You can't make gold winning gymnasts by doing only the fun stuff

 

[numble]

Like that is what is most wrong about those images. Smh.

The starting age for gymnastics training for the members of the US Women's team are all around 2-6 years of age, some trained by former Chinese coaches, others trained by former Soviet coaches (Gabby Douglas started age 6, Jordyn Wieber age 2-3, Aly Raisman age 2, Kyla Ross age 3, McKayla Maroney age 2). Gymnastics is a brutal sport, especially on the women's side. It really should be reformed to be something less crazy.

 

[inky]

The starting age for gymnastics training for the members of the US Women's team are all around 2-6 years of age, some trained by former Chinese coaches (Gabby Douglas started age 6, Jordyn Wieber age 2-3, Aly Raisman age 2, Kyla Ross age 3, McKayla Maroney age 2). Gymnastics is a brutal sport, especially on the women's side. It really should be reformed to be something less crazy.

Yep. Ballet training is almost as crazy. Maybe pictures of kids in other parts of the world are not as gritty as they look there, but it's not fun and games either, at least for high level competition.

 

[JonathanEx]

So I've got tickets to a specific session in the Olympic Park - can anyone who's been to the games give me advice on what that means? I know for a day pass there's a whole 'first come first serve to whatever' but this is for a specific event, do I still get a chance to wander round the park?

 

[CrunchinJelly]

So I've got tickets to a specific session in the Olympic Park - can anyone who's been to the games give me advice on what that means? I know for a day pass there's a whole 'first come first serve to whatever' but this is for a specific event, do I still get a chance to wander round the park?

Yes. Your ticket is your entrance to the park. You walk to the entrance, show your ticket, you're in to the park to wander as you please.

You don't even have to go to the event if you don't want to.

 

[Chili]

If you do go to the event, it will have it's own ticketing entrance. If you leave that specific part of the Park you can't go back in the venue where the event is but you can still wander around the park. For the Olympics, the ticket would then be resold for a fiver which was a good way to get into otherwise sold out venues but I'm not sure how they'll work it for the Paralympics.

 

[JonathanEx]

Ta for your help, useful stuff. Got a bit concerned when it mentioned not returning but it makes sense now.

I'm going on the last day of the games - and I think possibly the second-last event of them completely. Suppose it gives me time to sort out transport.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

Gymnastics is not a pretty sport. You can't make gold winning gymnasts by doing only the fun stuff

This CNN documentary is a pretty good introduction to the sport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMpy6kEOZM.

 

[caramac]

Can you post the link in here when you have it up?

Its up now...........

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=41110497#post41110497

Hopefully it will be ok to carry on this thread in the new one.

 

[Chili]

There has been another massive drop for tickets on the official site.

https://www.tickets.london2012.com

I managed to get all the three sessions on a day I was targeting after weeks of trying and failing (Swimming in the morning, Cycling in the afternoon and Athletics in the evening).

 

[CrunchinJelly]

There has been another massive drop for tickets on the official site.

https://www.tickets.london2012.com

I managed to get all the three sessions on a day I was targeting after weeks of trying and failing (Swimming in the morning, Cycling in the afternoon and Athletics in the evening).

Still no Orbit tickets the day I'm there.

 

[StealthGoblin]

Its a shame that a lot of kids won't be able to go to the games as school starts again in early Sept.

 

[Xun]

There has been another massive drop for tickets on the official site.

https://www.tickets.london2012.com

I managed to get all the three sessions on a day I was targeting after weeks of trying and failing (Swimming in the morning, Cycling in the afternoon and Athletics in the evening).

Thanks for this dude!

I'm going to the park in the evening on the 30th.

 

[LTWheels]

No separate topic for Paralympics?

 

[Ephidel]

No separate topic for Paralympics?

It's over here