London Olympics - News & Views

[Sheriff Roland]

Day Fifteen

(rythmic) Gymnastics

[Jeff Wrangler]

Day Fifteen

(rythmic) Gymnastics

I wondered whether that was still an Olympic event. I haven't heard anything about it this time.

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

I'm a happy camper. This evening I got to see the prelims of the men's platform diving.

Tom Daley.

David Boudia.

Matthew Mitcham.

   Thud!

They are all gorgeous boys. ...

 

WOO-HOO!!

SO glad 'Our Tom' won something! Yay!

(I'm Happy for the two other divers who WEREN'T Tom also!!    )



August 11, 2011

Men's 10 Meter Platform Diving


1ST GOLD

BOUDIA David



2ND SILVER

QIU Bo


3rd BRONZE

DALEY Thomas




Dive Round: 6

Rank Athlete  After Dive     Result


1    BOUDIA David             6   568.65   

2    QIU Bo                       6   566.85 

3    DALEY Thomas            6   556.95

4    MINIBAEV Victor          6   527.80

5    GUERRA Jose Antonio   6   527.70

6    LIN Yue                       6  527.30

7    GARCIA NAVARRO Ivan 6  521.65

8    WOLFRAM Martin          6  506.65

9    McCRORY Nicholas        6  505.40

10  KLEIN Sascha                6  496.30

11 McCORMICK Riley           6  493.35

12 BONDAR Oleksandr         6  443.70


 

[oilgun]

I was mesmerized by Riley McCormick's deliciously hairy armpits, lol!

[Jeff Wrangler]

These are the final results? David Boudia won gold?  

WOO-HOO!!

SO glad 'Our Tom' won something! Yay!

"Our Tom"?  

Are you saying what I think you're saying?

If you had said, "Our Matthew," meaning Mitcham of Australia--and I'm sorry he didn't medal--I'd be sure what you meant. But I didn't know Tom Daley before these Olympics, and I haven't had/taken the time to "do my homework" on him.

 

Edit to Add: I Googled Tom Daley, and the first references to pop up all had to do with his girlfriend! 

Too bad. ...   

[oilgun]

These are the final results? David Boudia won gold?  

"Our Tom"?  

Are you saying what I think you're saying?

If you had said, "Our Matthew," meaning Mitcham of Australia--and I'm sorry he didn't medal--I'd be sure what you meant. But I didn't know Tom Daley before these Olympics, and I haven't had/taken the time to "do my homework" on him.

 

I don't know if he's gay but he's certainly been a victim of homophobia (by a footballer, natch!):

A rude tweet from the account of Welsh footballer Daniel Thomas suggested British swimmers Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield were HIV+ lovers.
“If there is any consolation for finishing fourth at least Daley and Waterfield can go and bum each other #teamHIV,” was tweeted from Thomas’s account, @10danthomas10,
The message compounded the misery of Daley and Waterfield, who narrowly missed nabbing an Olympic medal on Monday. But Thomas, a midfielder for Port Talbot FC says he left his phone unattended and the message was sent by someone else.
Management of Port Talbot FC issued a statement saying, “both the player and club wish to apologise unreservedly to those offended and in no way condone such views.” In the meantime, Thomas’ twitter account has been suspended.
Other cruel tweets have suggested Daley let down his father, who died of brain cancer last year, by not placing. And a teenager in Weymouth was arrested after threatening to drown the 18-year-old swimmer.
Aren’t the Olympics supposed to bring people together in peace and harmony?


Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/british-diver-tom-daley-gets-anti-gay-aids-phobic-tweet-from-welsh-footballer-20120731/#ixzz23HVKZKwb

[oilgun]

I'm actually considering getting at 4:00am to watch the Men's Volleyball for Bronze between Bulgaria/Italie.

I will definitely not be up at 3:00 AM for the Women's Modern Pentathlon-Fencing.  The Pentathlon has to be the strangest competition of the Olympics:

Modern pentathlon is a sports contest created especially for the Summer Olympic Games by the founder of the modern Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, and was first contested in 1912. Coubertin was inspired by the pentathlon event in Ancient Olympic Games, which was modeled after the skills of the ideal soldier at the time. The modern pentathlon simulates the experience of a 19th century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines: he/she must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight with pistol and sword, swim, and run. Therefore, the modern pentathlon event comprises the five sport disciplines:
épée fencing
pistol shooting
200 metre freestyle swimming
show jumping on horseback
3 km cross country running

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_Summer_Olympics

I think it should go, lol!  They could keep fencing as a stand alone competition, but the rest is kind of redundant.  As for pistol shooting, who cares.

[Aloysius J. Gleek]

[Sheriff Roland]

Day Sixteen

Closing Ceremonies

[Kelda]

Really happy for Tom Daley - he's had a very hard year - his Dad died last year who was only in his late 40's - and he was a big support to Tom.. He wanted to do his Dad proud.. and he did! And he celebrated in style too..

And Go Mo Farrah! He won the 5000m to add to his 10000 title..