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London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT3|

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Is BMX offial olympic sport or is just for demostration ?

It's legit. And it's awesome. Quite literally in every single race at least one person goes down hard. Faceplants, group crashes and riders coughing up blood are not uncommon. Everybody was talking about it in this thread a little earlier on. The track is lethal.
 
Michael Johnson has been really under-utilised this Olympics by the BBC, which is a shame, considering how insightful he is. And now he's talking to fucking Gary Lineker. Awful.
 
Michael Johnson has been really under-utilised this Olympics by the BBC, which is a shame, considering how insightful he is. And now he's talking to fucking Gary Lineker. Awful.

Indeed. How Johnson isn't in the stadium I don't know. I think they should make him the host for Rio!

Edit: There it is. Colin Jackson knows shit about running the 200m, he just said that Blake would come steaming from behind to overtake Bolt on the back straight, if anything it would be the other way around as Bolt tends to start poorly and runs a poor bend while he powers the final 120m.
 
My brother is waiting for the USWNT match to start -- he got tickets to the gold medal match before the games began so I was crossing my fingers that we'd make it so he could see them. He's put up a number of pics during the games if anyone wants to see them: http://statigr.am/madoublethew

Here is one he put up of the exterior of Wembley about an hour ago. He texted me one from inside but that's kind of a pain to go through the upload process.

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Anyone know what those black rectangles on the poles next to every audience member is? Google brings up nothing. Thanks.
 
My brother is waiting for the USWNT match to start -- he got tickets to the gold medal match before the games began so I was crossing my fingers that we'd make it so he could see them. He's put up a number of pics during the games if anyone wants to see them: http://statigr.am/madoublethew

Here is one he put up of the exterior of Wembley about an hour ago. He texted me one from inside but that's kind of a pain to go through the upload process.

That's awesome bro.
 
LED light panels, they were used in the opening ceremony.

They are lights, they were used the opening ceremony

They're a paddle with lights on, they're removable and during the opening ceremony we were encouraged to move them in time with the music.

Thiose are the leds light used in the opening , pretty sure they will use again in the close ceremoy.


I see, thanks.
 
Anyone know what those black rectangles on the poles next to every audience member is? Google brings up nothing. Thanks.

They're a paddle with lights on, they're removable and during the opening ceremony we were encouraged to move them in time with the music.
 
Michael Johnson has been really under-utilised this Olympics by the BBC, which is a shame, considering how insightful he is. And now he's talking to fucking Gary Lineker. Awful.

I do hope he's with Gabby tonight so we can get his opinions on Dressage.
 
Indeed. How Johnson isn't in the stadium I don't know. I think they should make him the host for Rio!

Edit: There it is. Colin Jackson knows shit about running the 200m, he just said that Blake would come steaming from behind to overtake Bolt on the back straight, if anything it would be the other way around as Bolt tends to start poorly and runs a poor bend while he powers the final 120m.

Bolt usually runs the bend very well.
 
Yeah, I bet they paid some good money for him too.

I doubt it's a massive amount. He's worked with the BBC for over 10 years (since Sydney?) and he seems to really enjoy it. But yeah, he's head and shoulders above any of the other pundits. Ian Thorpe was insightful and funny in the Aquatics Centre, I'd like to see the BBC strike up an equally lucrative partnership with him.
 
Not really, Bolt's first 100m of the 200 is down on his 100m WR and his Olympic performance, while his second 100m of the 200 is much faster than his 100m WR.

That's true for everyone though. They're already near top speed for the second 100m, and running a bend for the first. I think he runs the bend better than his competition.
 
Did the Chinese media and population as a whole get in the same state of hype most of England is in at the moment?

I'm worried about the potential come down from all this!
 
I doubt it's a massive amount. He's worked with the BBC for over 10 years (since Sydney?) and he seems to really enjoy it. But yeah, he's head and shoulders above any of the other pundits. Ian Thorpe was insightful and funny in the Aquatics Centre, I'd like to see the BBC strike up an equally lucrative partnership with him.

He's been fantastic at every Olympic games he has worked with the BBC. I have always wondered why he has worked for the BBC rather than an Amercian network. I can't see the BBC paying him a ridiculous amount. Maybe the prestige of the BBC factors in.
 
Not really, Bolt's first 100m of the 200 is down on his 100m WR and his Olympic performance, while his second 100m of the 200 is much faster than his 100m WR.
Neither of those things mean he runs a poor turn.

His first 100 (of the 200) is slower than his 100 because he isn't running in a straight line and he still has twice the distance to run.

His second 100 is faster because he is beginning it at an already running start.
 
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