Chinese Olympics Thread

I always start to lose a bit of interest in the second week as I am not that interested in the athletics side. The main things I try to watch are the archery and the judo as I have done both to varying degrees. Would love to do judo again but my back just would not take it.

P.S. Naomi Folkard will be in Wales the first week in September as she made it to the British team for the Field Archey World Championships.
 
I just learned that one of the women's Beach Volleyball finalists is called Misty May. XD

I think I might watch that...
 
I have found I quite like watching sports where you expect certain nations to do well and they don't. Like Japan beating America in the Women’s Softball final and Cuba beating America in the Men’s Baseball in the semifinals so the final is Korea v Cuba (iirc). Although I feel really sorry for some of the competitors that have had all the pressure put on them by being named favourite, and then failed to achieve what they were expected to for one reason or another.
 
Dracos said:
I have found I quite like watching sports where you expect certain nations to do well and they don't. Like Japan beating America in the Women’s Softball final and Cuba beating America in the Men’s Baseball in the semifinals so the final is Korea v Cuba (iirc). Although I feel really sorry for some of the competitors that have had all the pressure put on them by being named favourite, and then failed to achieve what they were expected to for one reason or another.
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I know what you mean... Brazil has never got an olympic gold medal in football. It's kind of the last frontier for brazilian players :)
 
I wouldn't say they're promoting it.

Anyway if no one bothered to complain about it, it probably wouldn't have made such a commotion.

"The video is not for general public use and has been used many times over the last few years to show to the tourism trade.

"There has never been a complaint made about the video up until this point.
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ryuzaki said:
I wouldn't say they're promoting it.

Anyway if no one bothered to complain about it, it probably wouldn't have made such a commotion.

"The video is not for general public use and has been used many times over the last few years to show to the tourism trade.

"There has never been a complaint made about the video up until this point.
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key wording at the start

"ths video is not for general public use"

how are people ment to complain if only the bigshots see it?
 
how are people ment to complain if only the bigshots see it?
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Good point. But I'd imagine a good deal of people (myself included until earlier this morning) wouldn't have known who it was (especially foreigners) or would have bothered getting upset about it. The image was shown for less than a second for pete's sake.

However while I see no reason to get upset over an image that was shown for less than a second, I can understand why some people wouldn't want it in a clip aimed at promoting London, considering what the painting's showing.
 
ryuzaki said:
how are people ment to complain if only the bigshots see it?
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Good point. But I'd imagine a good deal of people (myself included until earlier this morning) wouldn't have known who it was (especially foreigners) or would have bothered getting upset about it. The image was shown for less than a second for pete's sake.
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works great for subliminal messaging

god i'm in such a sarcy mood today ain't i
 
Ryo Chan said:
chaos said:
never heard of them, but yeah, it's a genius move. I mean, you don't want people to come over, right?
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you've never heard of the Moors murders? what u living in chaos, a cardboard box? :D
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I'm a japanese raised in Brazil. I have no idea about them, but a quick wiki search enlightened me.
 
ryuzaki said:
I wouldn't say they're promoting it.

Anyway if no one bothered to complain about it, it probably wouldn't have made such a commotion.

"The video is not for general public use and has been used many times over the last few years to show to the tourism trade.

"There has never been a complaint made about the video up until this point.
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I think its the fact that someone was stupid enough to include the image.

seriously. you didnt see the chinese putting images up of tiananmen square.
 
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