The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
11-08-2012, 23:40
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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I've never seen anyone so happy to win a bronze and he deserved it especially after all emotional upset over the last couple of years with his dad dying

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He's only 18.He has another couple of Olympics in him I'm sure.
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12-08-2012, 08:03
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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He's only 18.He has another couple of Olympics in him I'm sure. 
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without a doubt ,and to achieve so much in such a short space of time is truly exceptional.........,the only way is up as they say
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12-08-2012, 11:33
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
TeamGB are now confirmed to finish third as Russia can't amass enough medals to take over.
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12-08-2012, 11:43
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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TeamGB are now confirmed to finish third as Russia can't amass enough medals to take over.
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A fantastic achievement especially when you consider that in 1996(Atlanta) we only won 1 gold medal and as recently as 2004 (Athens) we only won 9
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12-08-2012, 12:06
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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TeamGB are now confirmed to finish third as Russia can't amass enough medals to take over.
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Thats a wonderful achievement. 
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12-08-2012, 15:42
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Another gold in the boxing giving us a unbelievable 29 gold medals now.
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12-08-2012, 16:22
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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Another gold in the boxing giving us a unbelievable 29 gold medals now.
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What a fight - was listening in the car on the way round the M25 and nearly went off the road when Anthony Joshua got the verdict after an awesome final round comeback.
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12-08-2012, 18:15
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12-08-2012, 18:27
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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Yes absolutely wonderful and our final tally of medals is a amazing 65 medals.
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Yes absolutely wonderful and our final tally of medals is a amazing 65 medals.
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and nearly half of which are gold .....just thought i'd slip that in
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12-08-2012, 18:49
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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and nearly half of which are gold .....just thought i'd slip that in 
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And would it not be nice if all the volunteers got a medal of some sort for the wonderful job they have done.  
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12-08-2012, 19:09
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Yes it would ,i definitely think they should get some sort of recognition .
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12-08-2012, 19:36
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My only regret is that I couldn't volunteer to help  Would have loved to do so.
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12-08-2012, 19:54
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Sports discussion
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Apparently they get to keep the uniform..I think the young ladies in the stadia with the long sashes will have got the best bargain there.
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