It is all going tits up for the OCI between the tickets and the boxing.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: muppet on August 15, 2016, 04:42:47 PMThere are more than 33 athletes. Leitrim is a non sequitur.Quote from: imtommygunn on August 15, 2016, 04:29:38 PM
Well to be fair English was in a world final and has spent most of the year injured. Mageean medalled at european but the thing about her is she has had 2 of the last 4 years injured so if she doesn't succumb to injury again I would expect much bigger things from her. She needs to break 2 for the 800 and get her speed from it.
Any which way personally i think our world class definitions differ. You do sub 10 and in my view you're world class.
Incidentally Catriona McKiernan you have missed there. World XC silver medalist multiple times , 2:21 odd marathoner and european xc winner.
Yes Catriona was world class, and plenty of others (Ronnie Delaney for example). My list wan't meant to be exclusive. As for English, if he made a World Final then fair enough.
But to me world class is not top 30. That would put Leitrim as a 'top class' Gaelic Football team. Are Ireland or Northern Ireland world class soccer teams?
Quote from: imtommygunn on August 15, 2016, 03:51:33 PMMo is not credible.
Yeah it's not that big a stretch. Interesting that he did it from lane 8. First time that has been done since 1924 apparently...
I love the athletics but it is sad that these days any significant record etc will automatically be questioned. I'd like to give Ayala the benefit of the doubt to be honest as well. just because the person who's record she beat was doped doesn't mean that she dopes. It's an easy conclusion to make. Of course I could be completely wrong.
The more I read on Farah the less convinced I am. On Dibaba too which is a pity as she is a fantastic athlete. They are raising questions on themselves though by associating with suspect people. I am not sure Ayala or the dutch guy have. (Be they guilty or not)
Quote from: armaghniac on August 15, 2016, 12:59:52 PMUK wages have been falling in real terms since 08. Productivity growth is chronic. The UK is fucked.Quote from: muppet on August 15, 2016, 12:44:58 PMQuote from: Hereiam on August 15, 2016, 10:44:15 AM
What do people think will be the first real impact that Joe blogs is going to suffer because of the brexit and how soon.
If the exchange rate matters to you or your work, then that might be the first effect.
Otherwise recession and all that goes with it (rising unemployment, more austerity etc.).
When? in the next few months, possibly before the Brexit talks even begin.
With sterling having dropped, inflation in the UK will kick up fairly quickly, with all of the uncertainty around wages etc will not necessarily follow.
The pensioners who voted for Brexit will find their pensions/annuities etc going down, while prices tend to go up.
Quote from: moysider on August 15, 2016, 03:01:22 AMWADA has a budget of 23 million USD . The IOC doesn't care about doping.Quote from: JimStynes on August 15, 2016, 02:43:20 AM
Olympics and athletics in general have been ruined a bit. Worst Olympics I can remember and every result is suspect now.
It's every sport. There was doping back in the 70's and probably before as well. Plus ça change. Lasse Viren accused of blood transfusions back in the 70's.
Sport is about getting better and faster. Are we expecting athletes to get slower and weaker while human achievement in technology etc. snowballs. I think that it is normal that improved nutrition and general standard of living in developing countries will see exceptionally talented individuals emerge.
Quote from: moysider on August 15, 2016, 03:43:48 AMThere was a stat about the Olympics and home demolitions especially is poor countries like Brazil and China. I think the total was 2 million over 30 years.Quote from: Line Ball on August 15, 2016, 03:10:58 AM
I'm not sure if it's the coverage, the attendances, the atmosphere or what but it just doesn't seem nearly half as exciting as previous Olympics. Even Bolt winning was good but not great and I'm not talking about his performance. Something different and I can't figure out what but it's not great.
I'm enjoying them. Rio is probably not the best place for Olympics. If games were in Europe or US, the athletics would be sold out.
FIFA and IOC need to stop this nonsense of giving games to places to Rio, Quatar!! and Russia!
Rio has millions of people living in favelas that they can not provide services for. Yet they have spent billions on these games. Sad that during the women's marathon that they needed such security to keep protesters at bay. The people of Rio didn't want these games. It took Montreal 30 years to pay for their Olympics. Montreal is a developed city. How long will it take an impoverished city like Rio to pay for this? The bottom line is they will have to pay and the it will be the poor that will take the brunt. Their lives will still be shit while the city will be paying off depts for decades. The games will finish up in a week and Rio will be quickly forgotten. There will be no long-term benefit for Rio from these games. All they will have is a big bill that they can't afford.
Quote from: muppet on August 14, 2016, 03:18:14 PMIt is beyond hopeless I think.
That is scary reading.