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Where are the medals?

Post by scoobymcdoo » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:05 am

Come on UK!!!
Come on Finland!!!

Get us some medals!

Hannah (on behalf of all the UK athletics fans)!


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Post by Xochiquetzal » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:29 pm

I'm pretty happy with my country's medals, though!! Go USA!!

...runs away and hides!
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Post by Xochiquetzal » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:41 pm

....and Friday night is witness to the American runners once again burning in the flames of their overwheening hubris. Stupid $^&*#$^&* relay runners drop the baton....again. :(

---hangs head in shame----
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Post by Juha H. » Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:48 pm

We (Finns) already have two medals. Dont' forget the disabled!
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Post by scoobymcdoo » Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:10 am

Yipeeee, some medals.....last night was brilliant...what an atmosphere!

Tonight should be great,

Hannah

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Xochiquetzal...were you sitting in section E55 by any chance?
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Post by Xochiquetzal » Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:00 pm

scoobymcdoo wrote:Yipeeee, some medals.....last night was brilliant...what an atmosphere!

Tonight should be great,

Hannah

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Xochiquetzal...were you sitting in section E55 by any chance?
Nope! We went to the Marathon to cheer on the runners but never went into the statdium.

Last night must have been amazing thanks to Evila! We were so happy when Finland got its medal :)
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Re: Where are the medals?

Post by 159753 » Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:14 am

scoobymcdoo wrote:Come on UK!!!
Come on Finland!!!

Get us some medals!

Hannah (on behalf of all the UK athletics fans)!
I bet you are happy with Paula Radcliffe with her gold on the marathon.
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Re: Where are the medals?

Post by otyikondo » Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:30 am

159753 wrote:
scoobymcdoo wrote:Come on UK!!!
Come on Finland!!!

Get us some medals!

Hannah (on behalf of all the UK athletics fans)!
I bet you are happy with Paula Radcliffe with her gold on the marathon.
By all accounts (what I've read of the British broadsheets), Radcliffe's performance only highlighted the poor showing of everyone else. Only ONE British male finalist in a track event (Benjamin 5th in 400m), a whole shed of under-achievers looking likely to get their grant funding cut heavily, two cosmetic relay bronze medals after the Septics dropped the ball or got DQ'd, and much the same existential angst as was felt here in Finland. There have been a good many editorial broadsides and "heads must roll" statements, including one from Lord Half-Miler, who is naturally a bit piqued at having got London an Olympic Games that on current form won't provide much joy for the local fans/impoverished tax-payers.

She ran a good race, by the way. Class act. But her nodding-head-dog style gives me the willies.
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