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...cool,and the swiss guys (un-)checking the length of the hammer throws probably robbed Betty Heidler a medal.
what a farce.
Edit : now they´re checking the length with the good old rope...´cause they´ve found an unverified one in their system.
respect.
Edit 2 : now she´s ranked after the competition on rank 3.
that´s true olympic spirit.
What is the story here SFF, what does "un check the length" mean?
Quite bizarre,the system checking those lenghts failed with scoring Heidlers 5th attempt correctly.
It was clearly seen on the screen that this attempt was over 75m...the board showed 72somewhat m.
After a certain time of complete confusion they figured out that they´ve stored a length which at first couldn´t be scored to her exactly.
Therefore they used that rope like in former times after the competition.
The 5th attempt has been scored finally with 77 somewhat m and the bronze medal.
Really fair.
That girl was happy...
Edit : protest by China,because their athlete dropped to 4th place...understandable.
It's not fair. I'm happy that Heidler got right score but Chinese girl gave up last attempt, because she was sure that she has medal. If she knew that she is ranked 4 before last attempt maybe she could be able to beat Heidler. Refs destroyed this competition.
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The Sicilian
Anyone getting the feeling that the American women, or girls for that sake, are dominating the Olympics so far?
It has now been officially confirmed.
I hope so but (there's always a but) Sweden is in a great shape and is back close to their best level many years ago.Quote
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Great handball - France beating Croatia.
France will without doubt become Olympic Winners - great team.
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shortfatfanny
...cool,and the swiss guys (un-)checking the length of the hammer throws probably robbed Betty Heidler a medal.
what a farce.
Edit : now they´re checking the length with the good old rope...´cause they´ve found an unverified one in their system.
respect.
Edit 2 : now she´s ranked after the competition on rank 3.
that´s true olympic spirit.
What is the story here SFF, what does "un check the length" mean?
Quite bizarre,the system checking those lenghts failed with scoring Heidlers 5th attempt correctly.
It was clearly seen on the screen that this attempt was over 75m...the board showed 72somewhat m.
After a certain time of complete confusion they figured out that they´ve stored a length which at first couldn´t be scored to her exactly.
Therefore they used that rope like in former times after the competition.
The 5th attempt has been scored finally with 77 somewhat m and the bronze medal.
Really fair.
That girl was happy...
Edit : protest by China,because their athlete dropped to 4th place...understandable.
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shortfatfanny
...cool,and the swiss guys (un-)checking the length of the hammer throws probably robbed Betty Heidler a medal.
what a farce.
Edit : now they´re checking the length with the good old rope...´cause they´ve found an unverified one in their system.
respect.
Edit 2 : now she´s ranked after the competition on rank 3.
that´s true olympic spirit.
What is the story here SFF, what does "un check the length" mean?
Quite bizarre,the system checking those lenghts failed with scoring Heidlers 5th attempt correctly.
It was clearly seen on the screen that this attempt was over 75m...the board showed 72somewhat m.
After a certain time of complete confusion they figured out that they´ve stored a length which at first couldn´t be scored to her exactly.
Therefore they used that rope like in former times after the competition.
The 5th attempt has been scored finally with 77 somewhat m and the bronze medal.
Really fair.
That girl was happy...
Edit : protest by China,because their athlete dropped to 4th place...understandable.
It's not fair. I'm happy that Heidler got right score but Chinese girl gave up last attempt, because she was sure that she has medal. If she knew that she is ranked 4 before last attempt maybe she could be able to beat Heidler. Refs destroyed this competition.
If she thought she already had the bronze, why not try for silver, or gold?
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Max´sKansasCity
Well... they finally showed the hammer throw here in the states, and you actually did a better job of explaining what happened that the TV did... and did ya notice the Gold medal thrower was also wearing the magic yellow shoes?
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weirdest sport (to me)(so far)?? the air gun shooting... wouldnt "spit wad shooting" would be more interesting... and what is the deal with the get-ups those guys wear?.... close 2nd weird sport.... Judo.... although it may be that the guys are just so good at it that it is hard to tell what the hell they are supposed to be doing.
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Green Lady
Date: August 11, 2012 20:02
I've been enjoying watching the horses show one or two of those modern pentathletes who's really the boss. Not as spectacular as the assorted catastrophes in Beijing, but fun to watch.