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Fantastic result. For me, the Olympics was pretty much over, but I had that match on as back ground TV , but it wasn't background for long.
 
Sums up the wonderful priorities of 5 Live. Great performance, gold medal, never happened before, Olympics is the world's biggest sporting event, happens every 4 years and it is dumped to sports extra to make way for the premiership
 
Great win for the Ladies, Football should do something similar for their penalty shootouts, way more exciting.
 
Great win but the Dutch women will spend the rest of their lives wondering how they didn't win gold. What a powerful team.

Spot on Paul, that method of deciding matches is far better than pure penalties. More skill involved. Hockey is ahead of football in a number of areas, no offside, pass to yourself on free kicks to get the game going etc, and this is another example. Much more excitement.
 
Mens 4 x 400 metre team DQ'd, but apparently no-one can work out why on the BBC commentary team………… The Brazilians now qualify as a consequence.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Great win but the Dutch women will spend the rest of their lives wondering how they didn't win gold. What a powerful team.

Spot on Paul, that method of deciding matches is far better than pure penalties. More skill involved. Hockey is ahead of football in a number of areas, no offside, pass to yourself on free kicks to get the game going etc, and this is another example. Much more excitement.
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You really, really can't be serious. Like so many sports, great to play but unfortunately very boring to watch for the neutral apart from maybe the odd really big game. Bit like golf really!
 
Sorry, I didn't explain that clearly enough. I meant the hockey method of penalty shoot out was more exciting than the standard football method. I played hockey for many years and I accept that it is a participation sport rather than a spectator sport. They have tried their best to make it more spectator friendly but the reality is it just doesn't cut it that way. Last night was a glorious exception of course.
 
Anyone seen footage of the disqualification of the GB 4x400 relay team. Not seen it but seen a few comments about it being marginal at best and coincidentally allows Brazil to qualify for the last event in the athletics stadium
 
ColchesterFC said:
Would love to be at the party with the GB Olympic hockey team tonight. That's going to be one hell of a night out.
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Apparently a few sore heads at Reading Hockey club this morning. Thoroughly deserved and a great win. Loved the conflicting tears, joy and disbelief from GB and despair and disappointment from the Dutch. I thought the Dutch crowd were fantastic too and very sporting in their response to the GB lap of honour

Great fight from Nicola Adams. Tight but she did enough and what an inspiration she is
 
GB72 said:
Anyone seen footage of the disqualification of the GB 4x400 relay team. Not seen it but seen a few comments about it being marginal at best and coincidentally allows Brazil to qualify for the last event in the athletics stadium
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Nobody seems to know exactly why they were disqualified. I saw footage of the pundits reviewing it, including Michael Johnson for heavens sake, and they couldn't work it out. Has anyone come up with a definitive reason yet?

Agree with all the comments about Nicola Adams. An absolute joy.
 
GB72 said:
Anyone seen footage of the disqualification of the GB 4x400 relay team. Not seen it but seen a few comments about it being marginal at best and coincidentally allows Brazil to qualify for the last event in the athletics stadium
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Post 250. I've watched it a few times, everyone on the BBC panel struggling to explain it, and the only things they found as possibilities they also noted other teams were doing.

They've now come out and said the leg three runner had part of his foot outside the changeover zone when he started running. Having watched it again, there's about 3 or 4 teams doing exactly the same thing. We've appealed but lost as the video is "inconclusive" so the referee's decision stands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37140834

It stinks.
 
Blue in Munich said:
Post 250. I've watched it a few times, everyone on the BBC panel struggling to explain it, and the only things they found as possibilities they also noted other teams were doing.

They've now come out and said the leg three runner had part of his foot outside the changeover zone when he started running. Having watched it again, there's about 3 or 4 teams doing exactly the same thing. We've appealed but lost as the video is "inconclusive" so the referee's decision stands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37140834

It stinks.
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Certainly think someone needs to open a window. :thup:
 
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