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Topic: Olympics on TV
irishmagic
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 11:34
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Is there anywhere online that i can watch if i dont have sky. I am interested in swimming but RTE only showing cycling.
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About a Bicycle
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 11:58
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Originally posted by irishmagic:
Is there anywhere online that i can watch if i dont have sky. I am interested in swimming but RTE only showing cycling.

The swimming is on RTE now - although, at the moment, they are only talking about it.
irishmagic
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 13:04
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yeah they show the start and the end of the 400IM with phelps and lochte.Crap coverage except for andrew bree.
Yojimbo
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 13:25
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Irish Times tracking the road race, here

http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/index.html?v=20120728-100850195
maroonandwhite
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 14:31
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Unreal by dowling there. Described Nevin as "a thinker, that's with a th" other panelists speechless
Squirrel Farrell
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 14:33
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Originally posted by maroonandwhite:
Unreal by dowling there. Described Nevin as "a thinker, that's with a th" other panelists speechless

Jimmy Magee has described John Joe Nevin as a 'superior being' to his opponent!
Yojimbo
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 14:34
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Classy performance by Nevin, though
And some very nifty footwork
bluesky
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 14:44
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good win but i think he leaves himself a bit open a better figher or a strong puncher could catch him.

well done to john joe great opener for the irish
Hitch
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 14:46
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Albanian Weightlifter Pulaku fails drugs test!
irishmagic
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 14:47
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It would be nice if somebody explained the scoring system to jimmy. He reported round totals as cumulative scores.
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Yojimbo
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 14:55
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Originally posted by bluesky:
good win but i think he leaves himself a bit open a better figher or a strong puncher could catch him.well done to john joe great opener for the irish

You'd like to think he'd adjust his defence in accordance with the threat posed by an opponent.
Although the three wise men seem to be saying that's his usual style
But I think his footwork will compensate to some degree.

Very impressive: one of the most impressive performances I've seen from an Irish amateur boxer, though with the caveat that Denmark is not a boxing nation
(even if his opponent's surname suggested Turkish origins)
Dublin_Ultra
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 15:07
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Sky could not carry the BBC's 12 HD channels due to broadcast rights issues but I realised this morning that the BBC Red Button provides access to these channels as well as non-commentary broadcasts from the various venues.
Yojimbo
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 15:11
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John Joe facing a Kazakh boxer in the next round; any Kazakh boxer, by definition, has to be feared but the fact this guy has recently beaten the reigning World Champion makes him especially to be feared.
I only caught the last round of the Kazakh's bout so hard to say, otherwise.
But John Joe seems to be 'The Real Deal'
Yojimbo
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 15:45
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O'Neill starting to get on top
let it long
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 16:18
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Bit of a facepalm moment for Dowling when he refered to Nevin as "a great thinker...with a H."
ChewingGum
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 16:21
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Commentator on the BBC doing the cycling going on about the sprint for 4th place when there was about 20 riders already finished!
Yojimbo
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 16:52
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Both Irish boxers very impressive in their own way: O'Neill's Nigerian opponent's big reach made him awkward to come to terms with but there was always ever going to be one winner, short of being hit by a sucker punch.

The German that he'll be meeting in the next round looked very 'clinical' and 'efficient' - no great surprise, there, - but I think O'Neill's more aggressive hard-hitting punching will give him the edge
frasiercrane
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 18:55
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Tim McCarthy is doing his stuff right now
About a Bicycle
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 18:58
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Originally posted by frasiercrane:
Tim McCarthy is doing his stuff right now

I never heard of him before, but himself and his co-commentator have obviously been on 2 weeks holidays in the States recently.
ciderman
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 19:03
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They were really sickened on BBC when Cavendish came nowhere in the road race.Resorting to blaming the peleton who apparentley didn't help them in trying to reel in the breakaway group.
frasiercrane
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 19:12
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Originally posted by ciderman:
They were really sickened on BBC when Cavendish came nowhere in the road race.Resorting to blaming the peleton who apparentley didn't help them in trying to reel in the breakaway group.

I don't know much about cycling but the British media over the last couple of weeks seemed to think it was a formality that Cavendish would win, have they not learned from years of hyping up the English soccer team
Blanco
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 19:15
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Originally posted by ciderman:
They were really sickened on BBC when Cavendish came nowhere in the road race.Resorting to blaming the peleton who apparentley didn't help them in trying to reel in the breakaway group.

I thought Cavendish's comments afterwards were a bit bitter and not really adhering to the spirit of the games , he was on about other teams not trying to win but only there to try and ensure the British team did not win.

He was overwhelming favorite for it but you still have to go out there and do it, I think he felt entitled to a gold just because it is is in London and it was his turn.
ciderman
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 19:16
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Originally posted by frasiercrane:
I don't know much about cycling but the British media over the last couple of weeks seemed to think it was a formality that Cavendish would win, have they not learned from years of hyping up the English soccer team

In fairness here they have top cyclists and basically fcuked it up,as opposed to their football players,most of whom are average at best
ciderman
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 19:18
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Originally posted by Blanco:
I thought Cavendish's comments afterwards were a bit bitter and not really adhering to the spirit of the games , he was on about other teams not trying to win but only there to try and ensure the British team did not win.He was overwhelming favorite for it but you still have to go out there and do it, I think he felt entitled to a gold just because it is is in London and it was his turn.

Ya seemed to think he had a divine right to win.Very ungracious with his comments.
Scoreboard
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Posted: 28-Jul-2012 19:22
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Originally posted by ChewingGum :
Commentator on the BBC doing the cycling going on about the sprint for 4th place when there was about 20 riders already finished!

Delighted the Brits won no medal. The bitter bast*rd Mark Cavendish said afterwards that the rest of the world were happy not to win as long as the Brits didn't. All he wanted was everyone to do the donkey work for him and let him pick them off at the finish.

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