DannyelBrazil Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Brazil, best total count ever - Already 16 medals guaranteed! Four finals tomorrow and still a semifinal in boxe tonight! Amazing!!! PS: And we have a good marathonist for the last day.. Just hope that stupid irish father don't come to stop us again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munichfan Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 41 medals for Germany now which equals Bijing and there's at least one to come as the men's hockey team made it to the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Bahamas wins its first medal at London Track and field - Gold 4x400m relay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Well, I hope that Canada does win, at least, one more gold medal somewhere. Or else, the Canadian team is going to experience what Great Britain had to go through at Atlanta 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksheep Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Well, I hope that Canada does win, at least, one more gold medal somewhere. Or else, the Canadian team is going to experience what Great Britain had to go through at Atlanta 1996. but sometimes you need to hit bottom before thinking "hey, this has to change" and actually have people do something about it. People are talking about home advantage but look at the steady improvement from Sydney to Atlanta to Beijing to London, and to be candid, a number of contenders we've had have underachieved in certain sports. Come Rio and we already have the next generation knocking on the door. If Canada want to do something for Toronto 2024 it needs to start now ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Hopefully the Kiwis can stay inside the top 20 on the medal table! We are currently 15th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 but sometimes you need to hit bottom before thinking "hey, this has to change" and actually have people do something about it. People are talking about home advantage but look at the steady improvement from Sydney to Atlanta to Beijing to London, and to be candid, a number of contenders we've had have underachieved in certain sports. Come Rio and we already have the next generation knocking on the door. If Canada want to do something for Toronto 2024 it needs to start now ...... And, that is a very big IF, for Toronto to wanting to bid, never mind win, 2024. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Literally two minutes ago turned my tele on, one minute later I'm pleased to report another GB Gold, this time canoe sprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Fricken WR holder finishes 3rd. At least it wasn't as bad as the World Champion finishing 14th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksheep Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Literally two minutes ago turned my tele on, one minute later I'm pleased to report another GB Gold, this time canoe sprint. Another event, another gold If Mo can win and our boxers do well, we might be getting close to 30 golds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympic Fan Darcy Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 but sometimes you need to hit bottom before thinking "hey, this has to change" and actually have people do something about it. People are talking about home advantage but look at the steady improvement from Sydney to Atlanta to Beijing to London, and to be candid, a number of contenders we've had have underachieved in certain sports. Come Rio and we already have the next generation knocking on the door. If Canada want to do something for Toronto 2024 it needs to start now ...... Yeah this is a great point, although Australia hasn't hit complete rock bottom hopefully they will pick up there game in Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Gold NZ in Womens K1200 5th Gold Medal and 13th Medal overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympic Fan Darcy Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Been a great games for NZ! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Oh, well done Kiwis! I missed that as a I changed channels to watch the diving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagacious Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Who performed worst among top 10 nations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Who performed worst among top 10 nations? I would say Australia and Germany. The german Team is so far away from expectations. The Ministry of the Interior, which is capable for sport in germany had a contract with the DOSB about how many medals they have to win in each sport and in total. They want 86 medals in total including 28 golds. What we have now is 10-18-11. The positives among the Top 10 are Team GB and Hungary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munichfan Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I would say Australia and Germany. The german Team is so far away from expectations. The Ministry of the Interior, which is capable for sport in germany had a contract with the DOSB about how many medals they have to win in each sport and in total. They want 86 medals in total including 28 golds. What we have now is 10-18-11. Well, we've surpassed our result from Beijing and are right now 6th in the Medal Table. I'm satisfied with our results. BTW, to those 86 medals: That number was negotiated right after the Beijing games, so it was more or less just guessed. And it's the frst time that such a number was released, who knows how many medals they expected for Athens and Beijing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingbrogues Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Germany's not disgraced itself, but hiring that cruise ship to bring the victorious athletes home into an ecstatic Hamburg docks seems a little over-inflated given the performances. Harting's antics are always amusing, although I wish he was a bit more anti-doping. It makes for a poor impression of him, defending East German drug cheats all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Well, we've surpassed our result from Beijing and are right now 6th in the Medal Table. I'm satisfied with our results. BTW, to those 86 medals: That number was negotiated right after the Beijing games, so it was more or less just guessed. And it's the frst time that such a number was released, who knows how many medals they expected for Athens and Beijing? No discussion about those "medal-goals". The number of 86 and 28 golds is just ridiculous. Way too high. My problem is that many athletes didn´t reach near their personal bests and didn´t even qualify for the finals or the 2nd round. In the end we´re among the top 5 in totals and 6th in gold. There will be a lot of talk in the next weeks and in the end........nothing will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I suppose they set those goals high to get as much sport promotion money as possible. They knew damn well already after the recent editions of the Olympic Games that the international competition has grown stronger, so I suppose that they never really believed themselves in those medal goals. It's very telling that already before the London Games, DOSB general-secretary Michael Vesper set the 41 medals from Beijing as goal for these Games. By the way, Daze - I live in Braunschweig myself (I just mention my native city still in my profile to give it a bit more publicity ). Nice to know that I'm not the only Olympic maniac in the city! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I suppose they set those goals high to get as much sport promotion money as possible. They knew damn well already after the recent editions of the Olympic Games that the international competition has grown stronger, so I suppose that they never really believed themselves in those medal goals. It's very telling that already before the London Games, DOSB general-secretary Michael Vesper set the 41 medals from Beijing as goal for these Games. By the way, Daze - I live in Braunschweig myself (I just mention my native city still in my profile to give it a bit more publicity ). Nice to know that I'm not the only Olympic maniac in the city! Yeah nice to know. Die Welt ist ein Dorf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Here comes the Russian charge! They always surge on the final 3 days and I see golds for them in boxing, athletics, wrestling, volleyball and rhythmic gymnastics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 For the first time, Brazil have real chances to surpass Cuba in the medal table and become the best LatinAmerican for the first time ever! Go Brazil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 At this very moment, Brazil is the best Latin American in the medal table, both in medals and golds! NICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Bye Bye Cuba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Good for GB that the games are over tomorrow. One more day and Russia would beat you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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