London 2012 Olympics

couldn't be arsed to read through the thread to see if this joke has been made already but....


the 2012 olympics will be the first time a gun is fired in london without someone being killed...

My pvr is going to get a workout once the games start.

Because I'm going to be watching ALL of it.

Athletes arriving for Olympic Games



Airport operator BAA Plc, owned by Spain's Ferrovial, said it expected a record 237,000 passengers to use Heathrow on Monday, including 335 athletes. The busiest day for arriving athletes is expected to be July 24.

I may even hit the McDeath's drive thru for a feed of official Olympic food in the coming weeks.

You know, to get in the spirit, feel more "olympic".

http://www.dvtimes.com/2012/07/18/so...erated-london/

http://www.dvtimes.com/2012/07/18/lo...s-bonus-offer/

http://www.dvtimes.com/2012/07/16/todays-olympics-mess/

Wenlock and Mandeville are the official mascots for the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics being held in London.


A man poses beside a statue of Mandeville, the Paralympic mascot, on the south bank of the River Thames, in London.

wonder if Argentina will be there?

and dont they have an outstanding with N Ireland still?

I'm still enjoying watching the shambles unfold on the news daily....

Hurry up and get it over with I say, sick to death of hearing about it.

answer the question, fool

Lovely BBC TV show about it

I can't wait to start!

http://www.dvtimes.com/2012/07/19/wa...ill-hit-games/

looks like lodon will be shut due to strikes.

The Olympic torch relay is on its epic journey to London. Keep track of where it is on the road to the games HERE

you and your black chronicle.. are you member of IRA or what?

Football team Great Britain take on Brazil tonight at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium in a warm-up game ahead of the Olympics. 19:45 BST at BBC One

Brasil is much stronger.

you tool, answer the question

Great Britain 0 - 2 Brazil

Give it heart, give it soul,team GB, go for gold

The Olympic Flame arrived in London in spectacular fashion this evening with the help of the Royal Navy?s Commando Helicopter Force (CHF), in advance of its seven-day tour of the capital.




Double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes carries the Olympic Flame in the grounds of the Tower of London during Day 63 of the Torch Relay.

The 1980 Olympics took a lot out of me...but, I'll still be watching this years! ;-)

living in Barcelona, all I can say is that this city is benefiting from the Olympics every single day even today. The tourism has gone crazy, it has exploded. One reason? the beach that was built as part of the Olympic campaign.

Top Ten Athletes To Watch

Missy Franklin, Swimming (USA): Like any girl who just celebrated her sweet sixteen a year ago – she loves picking her prom dress, and worries about how her bandanna looks while she’s working out. Unlike others, she has size-13 feet, has earned high praise from Michael Phelps, and has earned a nickname “Missy, the Missile” – courtesy her three golds in 2011 World Championships. Given that her parents are Canadian, the Maple nation has reasons to feel, they’ve missed out.

Teddy Riner, Judo (France): At eighteen he was the youngest world champion in Judo, a year later he took home an Olympic bronze. By the time he was officially eligible to drink in USA, he had popped three champaigne bottles atop the podium for world judo championships. He now has six, and gold from London might just be the next one.

Sara Khoshjamal Fekry, Taekwondo (Iran): Her religious code requires strict adherence, so she wears a headscarf under her helmet. There’s never been a woman to compete in her discipline, so she competed with men, and broke their bones. Meet Sara Khoshjamal, the first female Olympian fromIran, and the decimator of odds. She won the Taekwondo bronze in 2010 Asian games and now her eyes are trained at a podium finish in London

Kohei Uchimura, Gymnastics (Japan): He won 2 silver medals in Beijing, and in 2011 created history by becoming the first gymnast to win 3 successive World Championships all-round titles (and the Longines Prize for Elegance at the 2011 Championships, to boot!). The Japanese man has been the most dominant gymnast in world scene since the last Olympics, and anything less than the top prize would be seen as a failure.

Rebecca Adlington, Swimming (UK): In one barnstorming week in 2008, she won gold in the 400-m freestyle, set a world record in the heats of the 800-m freestyle, and broke her own record to win the finals. Now, she is aiming to become the first British swimmer to win consecutive gold medals. Given her golden form in 2011 World Championships – it’s hard to look beyond her.

Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi, Shooting (Malaysia): The eagle-eyed markswoman from Malaysia might just become the poster-girl for diversity which Olympics celebrate. She’d be 34- weeks pregnant when she lines up for the 10m sharpshooting event in London. Now that’s head-turning alright!


Lin Dan, Badminton (China): Think John McEnroe of Badminton – temper tantrums, punching the coach in face, whirlwind affair with the country’s top female shuttler before marrying her, and headlines – always headlines. But four world championships and an Olympic gold in 2008 means he has talent to match. Bad boys play well too.

Kenenisa Bekele, Track & Field (Ethiopia): The most decorated of the pantheon of top class long distance runners from the country – he holds the World and Olympics records for 5000m, 10000m, won golds for both events in 2008 Olympics, and had an eight year unbeaten run from 2003-2011 for the 10000m event - best ever in IAAF records. Enough said.

Ryan Lochte, Swimming (USA): The only man faster in water than Michael “eight gold medals” Phelps since his record-setting run in Beijing Olympics. Lochte is a laidback, relaxed man with an easy smile, a fine counterpoint to Phelps intense persona. Yet, more often than not Phelps has had to admit he has a serious challenge from the Florida man. Oh, the wait for pure theater!


Yohan Blake, Track & Field (Jamaica): What Lochte can do in water, Blake can do on land. Like Phelps, Usain Bolt was the undisputed golden boy of track in Beijing clocking speeds seldom deemed possible. So when fellow Jamaican Blake beat him in 100m and 200m finals in Jamaica trials, the ‘king of track’ has reason to feel that his throne is threatened. Blake also won the 2011 World championships, though Bolt was disqualified. Let the games begin..

Olympic gold medalist and U.S. women?s soccer team goalie Hope Solo has confirmed that ?there?s a lot of sex going on? at the Olympics.

?With a once-in-a-lifetime experience, you want to build memories, whether it?s sexual, partying or on the field,? Solo told ESPN. ?I?ve seen people having sex right out in the open. On the grass, between buildings, people are getting down and dirty.?

As record 150,000 condoms are handed out to a host of super-attractive athletes, could London 2012 be the raunchiest games ever?

oh boy so the countdown begins, nightmare.....

Im def gonna watch the opening ceremony but dought if ill watch much after that

Hopefully Keith Flint from the Prodigy will be well enough to light the olympic cauldron at the openin ceremony.

Yeah, looked at what happened to China

http://sports.yahoo.com/photos/olymp...341635112.html

Once a very mighty "birds nest" now it's fucked up.

answer my question, you half-wit

Team Great Britain Football managers Hope Powell and Stuart Pearce

Women's football kicks off the London 2012 Olympics today - two days before the official start - as athletes pour into the country and organisers put the final touches on the opening ceremony.

The referee's whistle at 4:00 pm (1500 GMT) will start not only Great Britain and New Zealand's clash at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, but will open a 19-day festival of sport watched by billions around the globe.

In Coventry, world champions Japan open their bid for a famous double when they take on Canada, while heavyweights the United States play France at Glasgow's Hampden Park.

Brazil play Cameroon, Sweden face South Africa and Colombia are against North Korea as battle begins for a Games-wide total of 302 gold medals culminating on August 12.

http://www.london2012.com/football/e...ootball-women/

Men's Football Tournament Gets Underway Thursday



Brazil kick off their latest attempt to win their Holy Grail of Olympic footballing gold today as their star-studded side take on Egypt in Cardiff.

http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/index.html

Well.I guess London Olympics committee have no money for running website.Just notice the bottom of london2012.com .and You will see the following content

ICP filing number(京ICP备12028602号)

That means the site servers is hosted on a city of China.

I couldn't care less about the Olympics.

Brazil hang on but Spain lose


Japan's Yuki Otsu scores past Spain's keeper David de Gea

Brazil got their Olympic campaign off to a winning start as they resisted a second-half comeback to beat Egypt 3-2.

One of the favourites for the gold medal, Spain, put in a terrible performance as they had Inigo Martinez sent off and lost 1-0 to Japan.

Craig Bellamy's first-half goal for Great Britain was not enough as they started their London 2012 campaign with a 1-1 draw against Senegal at Old Trafford.

London Olympics Venue Guide

sport scenes

I remain with desire of seeing scenes with the subject matter of the Olympics!
Somebody know some línks?

opening ceremony started

So far the opening has been awesome.

It's SO refreshing to see someone use their head and NOT do an opening where it depends on who can have the most lights inside a drum and make the floor blink.

go Chile !!!!!!!!

Olympic Opening Ceremony

Russian beach volleyball team

Stunning Moments From July 29 (PHOTOS)

I have to say something about those beautiful ones........

*Caroline Wozniacki ? Tennis ? Denmark

This 22-year-old Danish tennis player was ranked the world no. 1 on the WTA Tour for 67 weeks until January of this year. Now that she?s beat Anne Keothavong, it looks like Wozniacki, who has slipped to no. 8, is hungry to be at the top again.

* T?erea Brown ? Track and Field ? USA

This 22-year-old track star is one we want to keep up with. A graduate of the University of Miami, she?s coming into the Olympics after a third place finish at the U.S. track and field finals earlier this summer.

*Margaux Isaksen ? Modern Pentathlon ? USA

This pistol is coming into the 2012 Summer Olympics after snatching up a first place win at the women?s pentathlon event at the 2011 Pan American Games.

*Rebecca Soni ? Swimming ? USA

Rebecca currently holds the world record for the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke. At the London Olympics, she doesn?t intend on losing her status as one of the best American swimmers when she competes in those two events again.

* Heather Mitts ? Soccer ? USA

Heather has won two Olympic gold medals in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. National Women?s team. This blonde also appeared in the Sports Illustrated issue in 2005.

...what do guys think??

Spain are out of the men's football tournament having lost their second successive game, 1-0 to Honduras. You have to feel sorry for Spain, because they playing well the final 20 minutes but football is a 90 minute game.

No European country will win the football final because it is the time players are traditionally starting to get back into the game ready for the new season which kicks off in a few weeks... saying that Team GB won tonight 3-1... still had the feel of it being played like a "Friendly" as they have only played a few competitive matches together.... unlike the South Americans.

Brazil or Uruguay will win this, I reckon.
Good luck to them

How to watch London Olympics 2012 HQHDDTV

http://tinyurl.com/LondonOlympic2012TV

Sophie Horn - golf player from UK