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DownInAHole · Jul 28th, 2012, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Protoss

I'm surprised you're not interested in the women's beach volleyball.

What did you think of the opening ceremony?

Tall chicks freak me out.

Um, I didn't catch any of the opening ceremony.

TennisFan66 · Jul 28th, 2012, 06:23 PM

Now the Caro match is finished, am I allowed to show a little celebration for a great 21-18 win against Sweden in Women's Handball

... Target must be 3rd in group and then avoid Russia in the QF ..

Jimmie48 · Jul 28th, 2012, 06:28 PM

You want to see what happens if two girls that clearly have disdain for each other are being forced to play dubs?

What the Lisicki/Kerber - Watson/Robson score...

Chrissie-fan · Jul 28th, 2012, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DownInAHole

Tall chicks freak me out.

Um, I didn't catch any of the opening ceremony.

They don't look so tall on television.

No opening ceremony? I sat through hours of it just to see Radwanska and Sharapova carry the flags of Poland and Russia. And they both looked so beautiful! Makes you proud to be a tennis fan!

CWTennis · Jul 28th, 2012, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DownInAHole

Other than tennis the only thing I am interested in is the closing ceremony:

meh, One Direction, Jesse J, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah...

give me better Muse, Starsailor, Placebo, Coldplay, Snow Patrol!

sunsfuns · Jul 28th, 2012, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TennisFan66

Now the Caro match is finished, am I allowed to show a little celebration for a great 21-18 win against Sweden in Women's Handball

... Target must be 3rd in group and then avoid Russia in the QF ..

Is the Danish handball so diminished these days that that's all you can really hope for?

TennisFan66 · Jul 28th, 2012, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CWTennis

meh, One Direction, Jesse J, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah...

give me better Muse, Starsailor, Placebo, Coldplay, Snow Patrol!

You are kidding me. Cowell go those muppets from One Direction booked for the closing ceremony? ... Christ, I guess Tweedy and Tulisa and the entire Towie cast is on alt stand-by ..

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Originally Posted by sunsfuns

Is the Danish handball so diminished these days that that's all you can really hope for?

Well, the men just won the Euro, so they should be playing for medals, but on the women's side, I don't see the Danish girls winning against neither Russia nor Norway .. Actually, today's win against Sweden was quite unexpected. In a pre Olympic warm-up tournament just a few weeks ago, Sweden outclassed Denmark by 9 goals.

DownInAHole · Jul 28th, 2012, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by CWTennis

meh, One Direction, Jesse J, Taio Cruz, Tinie Tempah...

give me better Muse, Starsailor, Placebo, Coldplay, Snow Patrol!

Maybe I am confused. It may not be the "proper" closing ceremonies I am referring to. I am talking about this:

Burisleif · Jul 29th, 2012, 12:35 AM

What a joke with all the empty seats today at Wimbledon...

Burisleif · Jul 29th, 2012, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by TennisFan66

Now the Caro match is finished, am I allowed to show a little celebration for a great 21-18 win against Sweden in Women's Handball

... Target must be 3rd in group and then avoid Russia in the QF ..

The Queen Looked to be realy enjoying the match...

Burisleif · Jul 29th, 2012, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Protoss

My favorite event is probably swimming. I also like track, diving, and fencing.

Nbc will be airing some stuff on a tape delayed basis so they can have marquee events in primetime which is annoying.

Some great fencing today. The 49ers will be good watching If they don't mess up the camera work. Handball is defo worth a look, as should be the Adlington friis Duel.

Today road race was good and sweet with revenge , so I'm looking forward to the second one and the track events.

Other than that, Badminton will be fearce, the rowing looks set for some good racing, white water events are always fun, and the team dressage is always a rewarding watch if you can dive quickly and deeply into the complexity of the event.

I'll probibly skip most of the athletics apart from the 800, 1500, pentathlon, decathlon, and maybe the pole vault.

TennisFan66 · Jul 29th, 2012, 07:59 AM

Sold out to the public :

and it's not just snippets of larger pictures with a large crowd. There were other pictures in the papers showing large areas empty.

Obviously we cannot judge from Caroline's match yesterday, as everyone knows, people will pay good money NOT to watch Caroline, but the rest of the venues aren't with her involved.

Looks like the ticket scandal at the London Olympics will rival that of World Cup 2010 ...

Just brilliant. They never learn ... and yes, I know it's the same at every large sporting event with thousand and thousand of tickets given to pundits, commentators and naturally all the VIP and sponsor tickets .. still, it's sad.

C. W. Fields · Jul 29th, 2012, 08:52 AM

Today's schedule.
http://2012.itftennis.com/olympics/s...-schedule.aspx

Most interesting match: Aga - Goerges (12:00 at CC)
2nd most interesting match: Venus - Errani (2nd match on Court 1). Where's Venus at with her illness, is she a contender or will it be a Wimbledon repeat?

Protoss · Jul 29th, 2012, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DownInAHole

Tall chicks freak me out.

Um, I didn't catch any of the opening ceremony.

And you're supposedly the pervert in chief.

It was pretty good. I thought the one for the Vancouver games was better though.

I saw a commercial a few minutes ago for the upcoming movie Paranorman that was Olympic themed. There was this character from the movie doing a routine on the pommel horse with an actual Nbc gymnastics commentator commenting. I thought it was pretty funny.

Jimmie48 · Jul 29th, 2012, 11:20 AM

Watched some Olympic highlights yesterday waiting for some coverage of the German dubs match and they showed some beach volleyball... and they were wearing long-sleeve clothes! That surely does violate the spirit of the sport somehow, dosen't it?