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[LTWheels]

It's also unfair on the guy they chose. He is going to get a massive amount of hate for what is not his fault.

 

[Miles X]

If I was Aaron I'd have entered under the IOC or w/e, people who arnt competing for a nation.

 

[Linkified]

Fucking Taekwondo selectors. Fuck their shitty agenda, Cook should have gone to the games, he is ranked number one in the world for that weight class. There is no other country in the world that would take a fighter ranked 87 in the world over the number one ranked fighter. Fucking bunch of fucking arseholes. They should all go and die in a fire for ruining GB chances for gold and for side lining Cook who should have had an automatic place in the team. Bunch of fuckface selectors. I hope the BOA brings them in and charges them with gross incompetence or worse and sacks the lot of them.

Team GB lost out on a gold or silver today because the fuckface selectors. Wankers.

Well please... virtually all guaranteed gold hasn't materialized.

 

[Miles X]

Well please... virtually all guaranteed gold hasn't materialized.

Indeed, and of our 19 Gold in Beijing we've only been able to retain 6 of them, and none of our silver medals from beijing were upgraded to gold this time around.

It seems to be Cycling/Rowing and a bunch of udnerdogs getting us medals this time around.

 

[krYlon]

There was also a rumour that Lutalo Muhammed's father was on the phone at the time of the selection process, so maybe that's why he has had criticism too.
I don't know how true that is though.
It's all he said, she said.

But the fact of the matter is you are always going to look stupid if you don't choose the world number 1 and the replacement doesn't win.

 

[Monroeski]

They think they invented everything.

Not everything, just everything good and decent.

 

[krishian]

Olympic record in womens hammer throw for Russia. Almost threw it outside the field though

 

[Clydefrog]

In Ireland we call it Olympic Handball. Our handball is squash with fists instead of racquets.

I'm in USA and I call handball the "squash with fists" game too.

 

[jl4855]

gg spain!

 

[Darth Sonik]

That was some throw.

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

The TKD selectors wanted to play silly-bugger politics and punish Cook for opting out of their centralised control training/coaching regime thereby denying them "x" (£) amount of lottery funding grants.

Cook said the men's TKD training was amateur league and so opted out and funded his own training from his sponsorship money and proceeded to rise to the number one ranking about six months before the games because of the improved guidance. The selectors are a bunch of small minded, petty, idiots. They all need to be sacked.

Choosing an unknown, poorly ranked guy was Cook's punishment and it has denied both him and Team GB a gold or silver medal. Cook has beaten every single person in the draw a number of times.

Sounds like an elitist club wants to punish someone who turned them down. That's pretty pathetic.

 

[Darth Sonik]

Men's 4x100 time.

 

[StealthGoblin]

Doesn't matter what you call it where you are from, modern handball was a northern European invention, so if they call it handball there, its handball.

 

[Juicy Bob]

The BBC commentators seemed to completely miss the fact that last hammer throw was an Olympic Record.

 

[Darth Sonik]

GB out.

 

[Deadman]

lol fail by britain on the last baton change

 

[krYlon]

What a cock up in the relay

 

[LTWheels]

DQ for us then.

 

[Good Job Bob]

Team GB disqualified, good job good effort.

 

[Biggzy]

For fuck sake.

 

[GimMick]

37.39 without Bolt. Too easy !

GB disqualifed.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Dreadful. Shame of Britain

 

[LTWheels]

GB DQ, theme of the Olympics.

 

[giga]

GB pulled an America.

 

[krYlon]

oh dear, he called "hand" but then forgot to give the baton

 

[Good Job Bob]

"I couldn't catch him."

 

[Juicy Bob]

You'd think it wouldn't have been that hard would you.

 

[mclem]

To their credit, that was a really really good run. Just... flawed.

 

[Miles X]

Could Team GB fuck up anymore than they already have today ..

 

[Deadman]

oh they let chambers in the relay team, im glad we are out then.

 

[LTWheels]

Shame. I think we could have got bronze.

 

[Linkified]

Could Team GB fuck up anymore than they already have today ..

Yes they could, honestly, as a Brit this is schadenfreude - for all those happy people who said the Olympics would bring about cultural and economic change, Lord Coe. I say 'Ha!'

 

[Hoo-doo]

Women's Hockey finals starting now.

Netherlands VS Argentina

Wooooooo, get that gold!

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

GB's DQ lets the Dutch 4x100 team in the final

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

Could Team GB fuck up anymore than they already have today ..

Your negativity is astounding.

 

[ColossalLazy]

[Men Volleyball]

Brazil takes the first set.

 

[LTWheels]

BBC said that we Have messed up every 100m relay this year.

 

[Miles X]

Your negativity is astounding.

It's not negativity it's disappointment.

 

[Adamm]

BBC said that we Have messed up every 100m relay this year.

Yeah Lol, was an amusing list of failure

 

[nny]

(Volleyball)

First set Brazil!

 

[Iceman]

Is Tyson Gay replacing Demps then in the Finals?

 

[Gomu Gomu]

Football, athletics and hocky going on at the same time. What to watch, what to watch?

 

[krYlon]

Yes they could, honestly, as a Brit this is schadenfreude - for all those happy people who said the Olympics would bring about cultural and economic change, Lord Coe. I say 'Ha!'

Lol, said like a true Brit.

It only takes one bad day for us to write off the whole olympics.
Let's burn the olympic stadium and put Coe's head on a pole!

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

BBC said that we Have messed up every 100m relay this year.

Cram sounded particularly bitter mentioning that, "100% failure".

 

[Oxx]

Just got back to wifi land.

lol Team GB relay
lol Tom Failey

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

It's not negativity it's disappointment.

"Team GB" currently have 25 golds which is not disappointing to me. If an individual or team in a particular event messes up then that is their cross to bear.

 

[Miles X]

"Team GB" currently have 25 golds which is not disappointing to me. If an individual or team in a particular event messes up then that is their cross to bear.

Hence the 'today' I'm very impressed with the entire event and our medals/efforts.

 

[luso]

Another gold for USA at Men's 74kg Freestyle
Iran for Silver and Bronze for Uzbekistan and Russia.

 

[woolley]

The one wrestling match I wanted to watch today and I miss it.

 

[cube444]

37.39 without Bolt. Too easy !

GB disqualifed.

Gives Bolt and extra day of rest.

I want to see a Jamaican WR time.