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Postby The Archregimancy » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:00 am

DesAnges wrote:Are Zimbabwe a Test nation again? I've forgotten.


Yes - they've been readmitted to full test status, though theyr'e finding it hard to schedule tests. I know they played a short series against Bangladesh recently.

But perhaps we're taking this topic a little far from the Olympics at this point?
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Postby DesAnges » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:06 am

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DesAnges wrote:Are Zimbabwe a Test nation again? I've forgotten.


Yes - they've been readmitted to full test status, though theyr'e finding it hard to schedule tests. I know they played a short series against Bangladesh recently.

But perhaps we're taking this topic a little far from the Olympics at this point?

Twas but my last question on the matter, milud/milady.

Beth Tweddle to win the UK's first ever Gymnastics Gold?
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Postby DesAnges » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:09 am

Silver at most. That's a shame.
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Postby DesAnges » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:10 am

On another note, the athlete who feel over in the women's 400m Hurdles was called Vania Stambolova...
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Postby Thatius » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:12 am

DesAnges wrote:On another note, the athlete who feel over in the women's 400m Hurdles was called Vania Stambolova...


Is that ironic with her last name? Stambolova..sounds like stumble..

Anyways, she tested positive for testosterone a few years back, don't exactly feel sorry for her.
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Postby DesAnges » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:12 am

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The mascots look weird in general. As for their names and backstory...
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Postby The Archregimancy » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:14 am

DesAnges wrote:Beth Tweddle to win the UK's first ever Gymnastics Gold?


Regrettably not - she's currently in third, and we're waiting for a final score that could take her out of the medals entirely.

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And that final score will be for Gabrielle Douglas. Oh dear.

Edit 2:

Miss Douglas' outfit is, umm, shiny. Very shiny.
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Postby TaQud » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:14 am

DesAnges wrote:
TaQud wrote:

The mascots look weird in general. As for their names and backstory...

yeah. Seems every olympics have bad mascots...
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Postby DesAnges » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:16 am

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DesAnges wrote:The mascots look weird in general. As for their names and backstory...

yeah. Seems every olympics have bad mascots...

Not every Olympics. The tiger cubs from Seoul in 88 were pretty cool.
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Postby TaQud » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:18 am

DesAnges wrote:
TaQud wrote:yeah. Seems every olympics have bad mascots...

Not every Olympics. The tiger cubs from Seoul in 88 were pretty cool.

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Postby Thatius » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:19 am

Ouch...Gabby Douglas with a 14.900, placing her last of 8 competitors. Well this isn't good..
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Postby DesAnges » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:26 am

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DesAnges wrote:Not every Olympics. The tiger cubs from Seoul in 88 were pretty cool.

About That...

So a random blog from the internet that mentions just one of the two cubs is irrefutable proof that I am wrong?

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Postby TaQud » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:29 am

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So a random blog from the internet that mentions just one of the two cubs is irrefutable proof that I am wrong?

:palm:

just saying they are mentioned
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Postby Serrland » Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:31 am

I ask again - why is darts not an Olympic sport? Or snooker?

It makes me a bit sad to see things like dressage on the ticket but none of my favorite sports, save football. At least there'll be Rugby Sevens come the Rio olympics.
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Postby Cromarty » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:20 am

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That mascot looks very angry.
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Postby Rubiconic Crossings V2 rev 1f » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:27 am

Serrland wrote:I ask again - why is darts not an Olympic sport? Or snooker?

It makes me a bit sad to see things like dressage on the ticket but none of my favorite sports, save football. At least there'll be Rugby Sevens come the Rio olympics.


Until they banned booze they should have been Olympic sports...
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Postby Thatius » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:50 am

Serrland wrote:I ask again - why is darts not an Olympic sport? Or snooker?

It makes me a bit sad to see things like dressage on the ticket but none of my favorite sports, save football. At least there'll be Rugby Sevens come the Rio olympics.


It is pitiful to see Equestrian as a sport in the Olympics...as well as Synchronized Swimming, Shooting, and Trampoline.

Might as well add Chess, Bowling, and Underwater Basket Weaving.

Honestly, cannot wait for Golf and Rugby to be added in Rio's 2016 Olympics. :D
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Postby Cromarty » Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:57 am

Serrland wrote:I ask again - why is darts not an Olympic sport? Or snooker?

Because they have to become sports before they can be Olympic sports.

Call me when they do.
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Postby Mesoland » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:07 am

Another gold for team GB!
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Postby The Archregimancy » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:08 am

Thatius wrote:
Serrland wrote:I ask again - why is darts not an Olympic sport? Or snooker?

It makes me a bit sad to see things like dressage on the ticket but none of my favorite sports, save football. At least there'll be Rugby Sevens come the Rio olympics.


It is pitiful to see Equestrian as a sport in the Olympics...


Perhaps, but since Britain's just this second won our first gold medal in showjumping in 60 years, it can stay in for now. ;)
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Postby Serrland » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:17 am

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Serrland wrote:I ask again - why is darts not an Olympic sport? Or snooker?

Because they have to become sports before they can be Olympic sports.

Call me when they do.


Not sure how snooker, for example, is any less of a sport than table tennis or horse jumping.
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Postby Cromarty » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:19 am

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Cromarty wrote:Because they have to become sports before they can be Olympic sports.

Call me when they do.


Not sure how snooker, for example, is any less of a sport than table tennis or horse jumping.

Snooker is a pub game, hardly a sport.
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Postby Serrland » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:23 am

Cromarty wrote:
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Not sure how snooker, for example, is any less of a sport than table tennis or horse jumping.

Snooker is a pub game, hardly a sport.


Or darts? It's played in a pub, sure - but the difference between it and target archery is pretty much just that one uses a tool to get the missile from point A to point B and one doesn't.
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Postby Thatius » Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:28 am

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It is pitiful to see Equestrian as a sport in the Olympics...


Perhaps, but since Britain's just this second won our first gold medal in showjumping in 60 years, it can stay in for now. ;)


and Germany's won 2 golds from it and a bronze, so I really shouldn't be complaining.

Next thing you know, though, they're going to add a dog show competition.
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