The Official Olympic Thread

[Bender]

It's not funny.

i think it is .....

[Shaggy]

Humour is subjective!

[Imy]

It's started to rain and I'm going to watch Olympics footie in a bit

[red g]

Not going to well for our lot is it?

Rebecca Adlongton just got into the final as the last qualifier despite winning her heat.

[Imy]

Not going to well for our lot is it?

Rebecca Adlongton just got into the final as the last qualifier despite winning her heat.

Hopefully she was holding back for the final, get an outside lane and win from there.

[Chazza]

Not going to well for our lot is it?



Rebecca Adlongton just got into the final as the last qualifier despite winning her heat.

Not favourite for the 400 though is she the 800 is her main event.

I am sure the sailing is very skilful but its not the best spectator sport

[Tee]

That's what happens when so many tickets go to sponsors who largely couldn't give a ****.

Although it is a catch 22 situation. Without the sponsorship money the games may not even have come to London.

[Muddled]

I think the whole ticketing set-up was a farce and they got greedy.

And much like Red_Polo said, the sponsors too. But heh, at least they get to use the Olympic lane !!11

[Neil Young]

Anyone know why one team member has to be in a different coloured shirt in Volley Ball? Never used to be that way.

It's been around in indoor volleyball for a while. It's the libero position - they don't get rotated like other team members. It's primarily defensive - their job is to save the ball when it comes from the other side, dig it up towards the setters () nearer the net.

They usually keep a position in the back-court, and since they need speed and agility rather than height (because they're not near the net and their job is to pass, hitting the ball up rather than down) then they're usually notably shorter than their teammates.

[Red_Polo]

All about the monies

[Bender]

Lord Coe spoke out as the row mounted over unfilled seats in several Olympic venues - mostly in the "accredited" areas sections.

The seats are reserved for the "Olympic Family" - a term used to describe groups including officials, sports federations, athletes and their families, journalists and sponsors.

Empty seats "in the very earliest phases" of the Olympics were part of "the nature of that accredited area", Lord Coe told a press conference.

"[The ticket-holders] are trying to figure out how they're going to divide their time, what their responsibilities are, and how and when they get dragged to any number of venues," he said.

"I don't think you will be seeing this as an issue, long-term through the Games."

Lord Coe added organisers would fill some of the empty seats with servicemen and women, as well as local students and teachers.bbc

[Neil Young]

Perhaps we can open out this sponsor/"Olympic family" debate. Brioche is bread.

[Fredo]

Perhaps we can open out this sponsor/"Olympic family" debate. Brioche is bread.

This from the New Statesman.

the Seb Coe speech hinting at a future political rehabilitation for William Hague's former judo sparring partner, in particular.

Do you know what/who he's referring to?

[ChesterDave]

I think you're projecting.

I'm not going to deny I don't fully understand it (neither am I going to pass an oppotunity to have a dig at Rugby League )

Just you wait till you have to explain the Kerin!!!

[Neil Young]

This from the New Statesman.



Do you know what/who he's referring to?

He's referring to Seb Coe, you idiot.