General Olympics Thread MKII

Laura Trott's street party was on the One Show last night. I'm glad I hadn't changed it in the background. Oh Laura

Hows her boyfriend


So excited for the paralympics. Dunno if Ill be here to watch the first night though!

Yeah, he was there.

What a great story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19304956

Completely half arsed. The Paralympics needs to completely stand away from the Olympics and do its own four year cycle beginning 2 years after the Olympics with its own committee and host city.

They couldn't do that because the winter Olympics happen 2 years after the summer Olympics, and occurs every 4 year's.

Saw the highlights of the opening ceremony this morning, it was surprisingly awesome compared to when I first watched it. Must of missed all the cool parts whilst I was cringing and waiting for something embarrassing to happen
Can't wait for the Paralympics!!
Does anyone reckon we get more medals than the olympics?

Bolt should be great fun on the show


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I feel slightly guilty for saying this but I have no interest in watching the paralympics. I don't consider myself a bigot or anything of the sort but I just don't get it. What maked a disabled person want to do something like this? They can win all the gold medals they want but they'll never swim or run as fast as an able bodied person.

Let me give you my own experience. I was very keen on playing sport in school but the trouble was I was very small and only moderately talented. So I never did very well. I eventually realised I was making a fool of myself by trying to compete with the other kids so I stopped taking it seriously. I've occasionally played sport since in a purely recreational fashion and enjoyed it full in the knowledge that I'm not very good. But to take it seriously? That's for people who are really talented in my eyes. The sad truth is that however much paralympians train they will never be world class athletes.

I feel slightly guilty for saying this but I have no interest in watching the paralympics. I don't consider myself a bigot or anything of the sort but I just don't get it. What maked a disabled person want to do something like this? They can win all the gold medals they want but they'll never swim or run as fast as an able bodied person.

Let me give you my own experience. I was very keen on playing sport in school but the trouble was I was very small and only moderately talented. So I never did very well. I eventually realised I was making a fool of myself by trying to compete with the other kids so I stopped taking it seriously. I've occasionally played sport since in a purely recreational fashion and enjoyed it full in the knowledge that I'm not very good. But to take it seriously? That's for people who are really talented in my eyes. The sad truth is that however much paralympians train they will never be world class athletes.

I feel slightly guilty for saying this but I have no interest in watching the paralympics. I don't consider myself a bigot or anything of the sort but I just don't get it. What maked a disabled person want to do something like this? They can win all the gold medals they want but they'll never swim or run as fast as an able bodied person.

Let me give you my own experience. I was very keen on playing sport in school but the trouble was I was very small and only moderately talented. So I never did very well. I eventually realised I was making a fool of myself by trying to compete with the other kids so I stopped taking it seriously. I've occasionally played sport since in a purely recreational fashion and enjoyed it full in the knowledge that I'm not very good. But to take it seriously? That's for people who are really talented in my eyes. The sad truth is that however much paralympians train they will never be world class athletes.