The Olympics 2012

[GermanF1]

Wow any of you guys watching fencing? They're making an absolut mess on who has won the Ladies Semi Final. A debate including oral and now written protests going on for about 45 minutes now.

 

[Porceliamone]

Half a point for a botched dismount?

 

[mjo]

GermanF1
What happened?? Sounds fun.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Shame it ended up as a bronze, they can still hold there heads high as even winning a medal is as rare as hens teeth for britain when it comes to gymnastics,.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Just watching a bit of the Fencing there seems to be a bit of arguing going with the judges and one of the competitors is doing some sort of sit down protest by the looks of it.

 

[Porceliamone]

This is fantastic, even if they still went on to lose...fairy tale stuff at a massive world event!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19054875

 

[Porceliamone]

Spofforth going for gold...right...now!

 

[Porceliamone]

Urgh. Nothing. WR holder...Spofforth, 5th.

 

[Porceliamone]

Build it uuuuupp...and it all comes crashing down! I'm thinking that the home advantage means absolutely bugger all at these games. According to some folk it can be quite a buff - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18976333

 

[Porceliamone]

Tancock (another WR holder) 5th in the Men's 100m backstroke.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

At least the hockey team are winning, there giving Argentina a 4-1 pounding at the moment.

 

[GermanF1]

mjo I am nowhere near a fencing expert but from what I know the German and Korean girl finished in a draw and went to extra time. Then (completely within the rules but moronic anyway) there was a decision, that in case extra time would not produce a winner the Korean girl would go through.
Then when extra time was over (and the match still drawn) they (for whatever reason) reset the clock to 0:01. Then they let this remaining second go far toooooo long, so that the German girl scored a hit and was declared the winner. Then the Korean people protested orally and after 15 min or so the German girl was again declared the winner. Then there was a written appeal by the Koreans which I think had now been dismissed. But I am really not sure.
They are now announcing the Bronze Medal match.

Oh and the Korean girl had to sit down at that platform, because if she had left it, she would have accepted the decision.

 

[GermanF1]

The Bronze Medal starts now with the Korean girl, everybody supporting her now! But that was one of the most awful decision-making processes I've seen in sports

 

[mjo]

Wow that's strange. Wasn't tere a basketball match like that ages ago, where the clock was reset?

 

[Johnny Carwash]

1972 Mens basketball Final mjo

 

[Brogan]

That sounds extremely dodgy GermanF1

I hope there's some analysis on that as it doesn't sound at all fair.

 

[Brogan]

Fifteen-year-old Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte wins Olympic gold medal in women's 100 metre breaststroke

 

[GermanF1]

So now the Korean girl has lost the Bronze Medal match, but showed an incredible fighting spirit, after sitting around for 1,5h waiting for the final decision. She's clearly some sort of moral winner!!

 

[GermanF1]

Fifteen-year-old Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte wins Olympic gold medal in women's 100 metre breaststroke

Well what can you say...

 

[GermanF1]

You know what guys, Germany still hasn't won a medal (Well they will have one after the fencing final) But I'm simply loving all those people everywhere here who can't believe that athletes from other countries are competetive as well.