London Olympic 2012-discussion

[sab]

Why didnt Naseem Hameed participate in the running events? It would have been nice to see her after her phenomenal win in the SAF games. Don't tell me the govt didn't support and promote her.

I think she couldnt qualify. A standard qualification mark is 11.22 sec and B standard mark is 11.38 sec...........Her timing in SAFF I think was 11.81 sec. It is very sad that standard of athletics in South Asia is very low, even our best athlets cant even qualify for Olympic.

 

[Cloakedvessel]

US gold medalist salutes Munich victims

Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman speaks out in memory of 11 Israelis killed during 1972 Munich Games; victim's widow: I was incredibly touched

Olympic organizers stubbornly refused to hold a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes killed in Munich 40 years ago, but that didn't stop Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman from making her own salute to the massacre victims.

Shortly after dazzling observers with a floor routine that won her a gold medal at the London Games, the 18-year-old athlete told reporters that “If there had been a moment’s silence I would have supported it and respected it."
And if that weren’t enough, she won the event with the Hebrew folk song “Hava Nagila” playing in the background, the New York Post reported
“Having that floor music wasn’t intentional,” Raisman said. “But the fact it was on the 40th anniversary is special, and winning the gold today means a lot to me.

US gold medalist salutes Munich victims - Israel Culture, Ynetnews

Good girl. If the Olympic committee gives into a demand of a Lebanese team to separate the Israeli's because the Lebanese find the sight of Jews too offensive, then she can be defiant too.
But in the grand scheme of all things, I object. Politics/religion should not be mixed with sport.

 

[sab]

Good girl. If the Olympic committee gives into a demand of a Lebanese team to separate the Israeli's because the Lebanese find the sight of Jews too offensive, then she can be defiant too.
But in the grand scheme of all things, I object. Politics/religion should not be mixed with sport.

Yes, those terrorists forgot that in Munich.

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Hungary Gold 8 Silver 4 Bronze3 Total 15.

 

[Asian.Century]

Beware of jealous cheats Briti's Media & Newspapers, since already London Olympics 2012 is the most controversial and weird ever...:

Possible sting operations: Pakistan’s Olympic squad under strict vigilance

By Fawad Hussain
Published: August 11, 2012

KARACHI: As Pakistan ended its campaign in the London Olympics on Thursday, the contingent’s security has been intensified to keep members away from ‘conspiracies’ through possible sting operations by British newspapers and journalists.

Mohammad Abid Qadri, the serving DIG Operations Punjab, in charge of security related issues with the delegation, is said to be on his toes to keep athletes away from ‘conspiracies’ or ‘planted media stings’. While shooter Khurram Inam has already returned to Pakistan, others, including two swimmers and as many athletes, besides the 18-man hockey squad, are expected to return after the closing ceremony on August 13.

Pakistan faced controversy prior to the Olympics when the London-based tabloid The Sun ran a story exposing a “passport scam” in Lahore.

‘Aware of possible controversies’

Pakistan’s chef de mission Syed Aqil Shah said he was taking measures to keep the members away from controversies.

“We are aware of the conspiracies against us,” Shah told The Express Tribune. “The athletes have also been made aware of the possibility of them being targeted. They are not allowed to speak to strangers and are under strict vigilance,” he added.

The chef de mission added that Qadri is an experienced security officer and is doing a good job. He is in the loop with all the members of the delegation including athletes as well as the officials, he added.

Shah said so far no athletes have reported any approach from anyone and added that conspiracies were hatched just to make Pakistani athletes and officials scapegoats in case of any security failure.

“The passport scam was also a back-up plan for them in case of any failures on their part. It wasn’t a credible story as not a single person can enter the Olympics Village without accreditation issued by the International Olympics Committee.”

‘Visa scam’ probe team leaves for UK

Meanwhile, a team of the Federal Investigation Agency left for Britain on Friday to probe The Sun’s ‘Olympic visa scandal’, The Express Tribune has learnt.

The British tabloid had accused Pakistani authorities of providing forged travel documents and smuggling people to the 2012 Summer Games as members of the Olympic delegation, giving potential terrorists a chance to sneak into the high-profile sporting event.

A two-member FIA team, comprising Director FIA Sindh chapter Moazzam Jah and Chief of Staff to Director General FIA Waseem Ahmed Sial, will remain in the UK until the prob is finalised.

FIA Director General Muhammad Anwar Virk told The Express Tribune that the team will examine The Sun’s undercover ‘man’, Pakistani-born British citizen Muhammad Ali Asad, who played a key role in the scandal.

Asad visited Pakistan under the name of Ali Asad, as mentioned in his UK passport, and returned to the UK after acquiring a new Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) and Machine Readable Pakistani passport under the name of Muhammad Ali Asad.

The FIA had registered a case against him on charges of concealing facts regarding his previous manual passport and British citizenship.

He had neither declared his earlier Pakistani passport, obtained through a manual system in 2000, nor his British citizenship when he applied for a new machine readable passport on July 13, 2012.

The FIA team will hold meetings with management of the British tabloid, reporter Stephen Moyes who published the story, the National Press Trust of UK, and officials of the immigration, home office and UK border agency.

The FIA has also requested Britain to extradite of Asad so he could be tried in Pakistan, and will be in touch with Interpol, in this regard.

WITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY ASAD KHARAL IN LAHORE

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11th, 2012.

Possible sting operations: Pakistan

 

[888jamie888]

^ Yes, we're very jealous of your zero medals.
Let's wait and see if the Suns allegations are true.

In other news gold no. 26 just came in courtesy of Ed Mckeever in the kayaking.

 

[Cloakedvessel]

^ Yes, we're very jealous of your zero medals.
Let's wait and see if the Suns allegations are true.

In other news gold no. 26 just came in courtesy of Ed Mckeever in the kayaking.

First things first, British hockey team was humiliated by the Dutch, also acknowledged by the British media. That's gonna echo a very long time

Britain holds at a solid third place. What contributed to the huge success of the Britons?

It can't all be home advantage, can it?

Peace out.

 

[888jamie888]

First things first, British hockey team was humiliated by the Dutch, also acknowledged by the British media. That's gonna echo a very long time

Britain holds at a solid third place. What contributed to the huge success of the Britons?

It can't all be home advantage, can it?

Peace out.

Okay...slightly irrelevant to what I said, but oh well. 9-2 is a bit of *** kicking yes.
Home advantage and the fact they are damn good athletes. We came 4th in Beijing so we weren't gonna go backward on our home turf.

 

[GR!FF!N]

Yogeswar Dutt won a bronze in wrestling..

 

[888jamie888]

Mo Farah! Unreal performance. Crowd went crayzeeeeee

 

[RoYaL~GuJJaR]

Yogeshwar Dutt wins bronze, gets India 5th medal

India's Yogeshwar Dutt won bronze medal for India in 60 kg category, as he beat North Korean Jong Myong Ri in play off match at the at the ExCel Arena in London on Saturday. He won all the three repechage bouts.
In his secound repechage bout he defeated Iranian Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari 3-1.

A determined Yogeshwar bounced back in style against the Iranian despite losing the first period 3-0. Yogeshwar won the second period 3-2 and was unstoppable in the third period winning it 4-0.

In the first repechage, Yogeshwar won 3-0 against Franklin Gomez Matos of Puerto Rico Matos, a silver medallist in the World Championship. The Indian won the first period 1-0. Yogeshwar earned an advantage in the second period and won it 1-0 as well.

Yogeshwar Dutt wins bronze, gets India 5th medal - Hindustan Times

 

[Supply&Demand]

lol, and israel didnt get one medal, credit goes to america and not israel or the jews living there

americans can vouch for jews as much as they want but the jews in america will never be patriotic americans

Really! tell that Einstein, Openheimer and countless jews in USA..

what about Pakistanis in USA? can they be trusted? Faisal shehzad any one???

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Hockey field: Great final match between Germany and Netherlands. 2-1. Congrats Germany.
Netherlands also played very well but bad luck.

 

[pakdefender]

The Middle Weights are fighting now.

Anthony Ogog - British
Stefan Hartel - German

Zoltan Harcsa - Hungray
Esquiva Falcao Florentino - Brazil

Abbos Atoev -Uzbek
Vijender - Indian

Adem Kilicci - Turk
Ryota Murata - Japanese

Quarterfinals

Have you seen Katie Ledecky performance in the 800 meter freestyle?? So impressive and she's only 15.

have you also heard her voice , sounds like that of man .. also her hairline shows signs of whats called 'male pattern baldness' which happens when testosterone changes into dihydrotestosterone and the person carries the gene that causes male pattern baldness.

women dont get affected by male pattern baldness even if they carry the gene since their bodies dont produce testostrone naturally but if they carry the gene and also take in testostrone then male pattern baldness can set in.

at age 15 , with the voice sounding like a 16/17 year old boy with signs of male pattern baldness its plausable that she has taken artifical testosterone

Mo Farah! Unreal performance. Crowd went crayzeeeeee

why does the brit press keep refering him as 'Mo Farah' , his real name is Muhammad Farah , it unsual to see a nick or short form name being used for even offical use.

 

[888jamie888]

^ The media isn't official though is it?
In the actual races, his full name is displayed.