Beijing Limpics

[chrisso]

CMON NZ whats goin on??? wheres the medals?? win some so I can put it up these fuckin Aussies.:gob:

[James Deuce]

Little tiny country.

Only spends money on oval ball sports.

Why are you surprised or disappointed?

[wysper]

Dont worry.
We only medal in rowing/sailing at the moment.
With the very occassional one somewhere else.

Eg, Queen B, Valeri Vili, Nick Willis, Bevan Docherty. (this year those are our outsiders i reckon)

Previous years - Carter, Ulmer etc

But traditionally it is the second half of the olympics we pick up the odd medal.

First medals are Shooting, Gym and swimming - and we are NOT strong there.

so wait and we should get a few, a couple might be gold if we are lucky.

[Murray]

Little tiny country.

Only spends money on oval ball sports.

Why are you surprised or disappointed?

You will find that the SPARC contribution to oval ball sports is a lot less than other sports. Rowers/sailors/equestrian etc etc are reasonably well funded and have been training/competing overseas regularly.

It is disappointing when athletes have time to prepare and peak and then perform below thir best.

Thumbs up to Burmeister for the guts to take on the big guns and give it a go!!!

[mstriumph]

i'm embarrassed that any country i'm associated with is even represented there ...............

[chrisso]

Yep these Games are a total farce. We can see right thru you China....
FREE TIBET

[Maha]

I didnt not know that Beijing use to be called Peking!
Something new I have leant today...Go the mighty Duck!

[Swoop]

You will find that the SPARC contribution to oval ball sports is a lot less than other sports.
As it should be.
Thugby is a professional sport and should be funded from its sponsors.

[MadDuck]

Something new I have leant today...Go the mighty Duck!

Ah? What? Someone call?

[Maha]

Ah? What? Someone call?


BIG EARS...........:laugh:



(opps caps)

[James Deuce]

You will find that the SPARC contribution to oval ball sports is a lot less than other sports. Rowers/sailors/equestrian etc etc are reasonably well funded and have been training/competing overseas regularly.

It is disappointing when athletes have time to prepare and peak and then perform below thir best.

Thumbs up to Burmeister for the guts to take on the big guns and give it a go!!!

Oval ball sports are professional enterprises and there is NO comparison in the amount of revenue handled by the NZRU and SPARC. SPARC doesn't even come vaguely close to covering living expenses for our athletes. Compared to any other "Western" country our lot are resolutely amateur in comparison, and most of them have lives and jobs to hold down.

A large number of our premier athletes appear to have been a little bit stupid in the days leading up to their events and have developed "stomach upsets". Bring food from home. Eat only the stuff you prepare for yourself.

[Maha]

A large number of our premier athletes appear to have been a little bit stupid in the days leading up to their events and have developed "stomach upsets". Bring food from home. Eat only the stuff you prepare for yourself.

Yip, not hard to work that out, or find a pizza place, dont eat the local shit, it will give you the squirts if you are not use to it. Thier food is nothing like the take aways you get here.......no its worse!

[Skyryder]

Yea I see the televised fire work display was a fake the singer was a fake. Now you know why so many fakes come out of China. It starts from the top down that sets the standard everywhere.


Skyryder

[wysper]

Thumbs up to Burmeister for the guts to take on the big guns and give it a go!!!

yeah that was awesome. He has said the whole time that you cant go in scared of someone eg phelps.
He just gave it heaps and went for gold.
Massive respect for that attitude.

GO MOSS.

[gunrunner]

CMON NZ whats goin on??? wheres the medals?? win some so I can put it up these fuckin Aussies.:gob:

What medals , its looking rather sad:argh:

[Str8 Jacket]

I noticed on stuff today, when I checked out the medal table they had listed us as Australia/New Zealand. Maybe they're just trying to make us look better! But I also kinda think that it sucks. We are NZ, we're a small country with a lot less competitors than most countries so we were never gonna win too many medals anyway!

[Flatcap]

CMON NZ whats goin on??? wheres the medals??

The only way NZ will win medals is if they start handing them out for "participation" like they do at school nowadays

[scumdog]

I saw the Aussies posting a 'medals per capita' chart - ferk, with our population winning even a single medal would be pretty good!

[slowpoke]

Olympics? What a crock 'o shit. No one gives a ferk unless you win. You've gotta have a $1500 set of togs or a $30 000 bike just to be in the race....christ knows what a decent pharmacist is worth these days.

Don't get me started on the people "disappeared" for objecting to a stadium being built where their house, bear bile farming etc etc.

Fuck 'em all and turn the damn TV off.





Alcohol, what alcohol.....oh you mean this alcohol......

[raftn]

Are the Olympics on?

[Hoon]

Yip, not hard to work that out, or find a pizza place, dont eat the local shit, it will give you the squirts if you are not use to it. Thier food is nothing like the take aways you get here.......no its worse!

I'm sure they're not that stupid. Remember they're athletes not tourists, their nutritional requirements will be finely tuned to maximise performance and to peak at the right time so experimentation isn't an option. From what I heard the food at the Olympic Village is very good with athletes only needing to bring supplements.

There are many ways to get stomach bugs other than through eating i.e. Swimming/sailing/kayaking in dirty water, walking barefoot, brushing teeth with tap water.

[Murray]

Are the Olympics on?

They are the filler between the commercials on TV1

[fire eyes]

And whoever said Kiwis didnt have the Olympic Spirit! :kick:

:motu:Gee heres an idea ... maybe you lot should go & train for the next Olympics & see how many medals you bring home!

:violin:If they had a sport for Whinging .. we would make the Podium for sure!

Suck it up you lot lol :girlfight:

[avgas]

Yep Kiwi's suck on a new level here.
On the upside the competition between the other countries is awesome. Not a single event i have seen so far (with exception of Phelps) has been a whitewash.
However to clear up a few negatives in this thread.
- Dont judge china until you have been there, as the whole of NZ fits in 1 suburb in Shanghai. Percentage wise they aren't doing too bad.

- Tibet is being ruled by "Maoist - Mao Extremists" not chinese (as a whole). Thats kinda like saying Kiwis are all thieving wankers because we all come from south Auckland. Middle-east is full of suicide bombers. USA is full of the un-intelligent.

- Its a whole different system over there, if you dont like it, dont go there......but when did they throw mud here?

[Skyryder]

Olympics? What a crock 'o shit. No one gives a ferk unless you win. You've gotta have a $1500 set of togs or a $30 000 bike just to be in the race....christ knows what a decent pharmacist is worth these days.

Don't get me started on the people "disappeared" for objecting to a stadium being built where their house, bear bile farming etc etc.

Fuck 'em all and turn the damn TV off.


Alcohol, what alcohol.....oh you mean this alcohol......

Yep that and fake fireworks and singer. That they have to pull this shit tells me that the Politburo has a seriouse inferiority complex.


Skyryder

[tri boy]

Who cares about the medal count.
My favourite sport to watch was just on.
Female Olympic diving comp.:eek:
Where else do watch women pose for seconds on a high board, in tight one piece togs. Twist/roll their bodies as they plummet down wards, exit from the pool dripping wet, then shower right in front of you.
Every second is gold in my books.:msn-wink:

[Flatcap]

Who cares about the medal count.
My favourite sport to watch was just on.
Female Olympic diving comp.:eek:
Where else do watch women pose for seconds on a high board, in tight one piece togs. Twist/roll their bodies as they plummet down wards, exit from the pool dripping wet, then shower right in front of you.
Every second is gold in my books.:msn-wink:

Except they are all about 14, you perv:whistle:

[MadDuck]

My favourite sport to watch was just on.
Female Olympic diving comp.:eek:


The male divers were on last night...............hmmmm limpics suddenly got my attention at that point :sunny:

[wysper]

Watched Hayden Roulston ride in his qualifying ride.

Medal chance there! They CYCLE at 60KPH

[Maha]

Anyone see the Chinese guy called...Liqin Wang? (table tennis I think)
Pronounced... Leaken' Wang....:lol:

[jrandom]

dont eat the local shit, it will give you the squirts if you are not use to it. Thier food is nothing like the take aways you get here.......no its worse!

Odd. I always had precisely the opposite experience in China. Wonderful local food. Cheap, fresh, delicious. Not slithery piles of tasteless greaseballs like the 'Chinese' food we get here.

I caught campy from eating sushi at a mall at one point, but that was just me being a dumbfuck and forgetting the basic principle that every Chinese chef has hands covered in bacteria which will die on hot food but survive to kill you on anything raw.

IMHO, in China, so long as you eat stuff that's steaming hot straight out of a kitchen or sealed from a supermarket you're sweet.

Oh, and go Hayden Roulston!

Fookin neow!

:2thumbsup

[Maha]

Odd. I always had precisely the opposite experience in China. Wonderful local food. Cheap, fresh, delicious. Not slithery piles of tasteless greaseballs like the 'Chinese' food we get here.

I caught campy from eating sushi at a mall at one point, but that was just me being a dumbfuck and forgetting the basic principle that every Chinese chef has hands covered in bacteria which will die on hot food but survive to kill you on anything raw.

IMHO, in China, so long as you eat stuff that's steaming hot straight out of a kitchen or sealed from a supermarket you're sweet.

Oh, and go Hayden Roulston!

Fookin neow!

:2thumbsup


Yeah what do I know, I wasn't there!!!........:no:

[jrandom]

Yeah what do I know, I wasn't there!!!........:no:

Hmm? How'd you get your impression of the local food then?

:blink:

[Maha]

Hmm? How'd you get your impression of the local food then?

:blink:

Seen it au, on TV.....where all knowledge comes from. :yes:

[Grub]

CMON NZ whats goin on??? wheres the medals?? :

Yeah nice to blitz the Aussies but you must be on a different planet if you think we would EVER beat them - not going to happen.

Anyways ... it's NOT about medals, that's what's wrong with the whole psyche behind NZ olympic coverage. We have people who have done a PB, broken NZ records and other really significant shit ... give them some kudos FFS, they've earned it

[jrandom]

Seen it au, on TV.....where all knowledge comes from. :yes:

Well, yeah. When I started working over there I fully expected to have to deal with horrid local food, but I was pleasantly surprised.

That was about the only pleasant surprise, of course.

Generally speaking it's a fuckin' horrible country.

[portokiwi]

:2thumbsup Tonights the night..... I think we will get some
:first::second::third::second::first:

[Swoop]

Are the Olympics on?
Yep, in about 2 years the Winter Olly-impics will be on!:rockon::rockon:

Gee heres an idea ... maybe you lot should go & train for the next Olympics & see how many medals you bring home!

Suck it up you lot lol :girlfight:
Thank you very much, but I competed at a World Championships after several years of training, etc, etc.
I am entitled to wine. Ohh, another glass of red, why yes! Thank you very much!

[fire eyes]

Thank you very much, but I competed at a World Championships after several years of training, etc, etc.
I am entitled to wine. Ohh, another glass of red, why yes! Thank you very much!

Well that shut me up! :bash: lol

[Katman]

(In the best Peter Montgomery voice)

"And it's disappointment for New Zealand.............."

[98tls]

In the best Peter Montgomery voice...........

"And it's disappointment for New Zealand.............." Tonights shaping up ok,on paper anyway.For my money anyone that gets theres done pretty damn well.

[FLYMO]

and the worst bit is how much have we paid in tax for the whole shimozzle of sending them there

[Pussy]

and the worst bit is how much have we paid in tax for the whole shimozzle of sending them there
Ain't that the truth!

[98tls]

and the worst bit is how much have we paid in tax for the whole shimozzle of sending them there Much less than we pay to to house rapists murderers and kid fuckers year in year out.

[98tls]

Bronze for Drysdale:Punk:Worth every penny.

[Blackbuell]

Bronze for Drysdale:Punk:Worth every penny.

Mahe did very well.:woohoo:

[98tls]

Mahe did very well.:woohoo: Hopefully more bling soon.All things considered a gold medal performance.He doesnt seem to well (on a stretcher) and hope all is ok.

[98tls]

And another bronze.:not:

[98tls]

And a Gold.:woohoo:

[Trudes]

:niceone::clap::niceone:

[MadDuck]

Takes the gals to show how to win :woohoo:

[Winston001]

Yeah those twins were worthy winners. Felt a bit sorry for the German women - looked like a dead heat for gold.

[Winston001]

I didnt not know that Beijing use to be called Peking!
Something new I have leant today...Go the mighty Duck!

Actually the Chinese didn't change the name and most Chinese don't know that outside their capital city experienced a name change. Peking was a British translation of the name but after 1949 China adopted a more correct version = Bejing and in the 1980s the West adopted it.

[Maha]

Takes the gals to show how to win :woohoo:



The bloke handing over the medals said '' Hu wi chu wang chung''
Translation?...... ''We love to boogie''.....

[portokiwi]

:2thumbsup Tonights the night..... I think we will get some
:first::second::third::second::first:

Ha I was close wasnt I we got :first::third::second::third::first:
Well done NZ

[wysper]

I noticed on stuff today, when I checked out the medal table they had listed us as Australia/New Zealand. Maybe they're just trying to make us look better! But I also kinda think that it sucks. We are NZ, we're a small country with a lot less competitors than most countries so we were never gonna win too many medals anyway!

There was an olympics (ages ago) where Australia and New Zealand competed as Australasia. Both nations are there as individual nations too.

[wysper]

Seen it au, on TV.....where all knowledge comes from. :yes:

Isn't that the internet :scratch:

[MadDuck]

Yay some decent sport on TV for a change - sky sport MotoGP :2thumbsup