“It’s a disaster.”
1. Men’s 4 X 100m freestyle team lose the final
“It’s been a disaster” were the words from the commentators, as Australia’s 4 X 100m freestyle team, led by James Magnussen failed to win a medal overnight.
The so-called “weapons of mass destruction” were favourites going into the race but were overcome by the French who won in 3:09.93, followed by the USA and Russia.
James Magnussen has copped some criticism since the final, after he appeared to brush off Channel 9 reporter Gian Rooney after the race.
But Gian later tweeted: Would like everyone to know that Magnussen did not brush me, he was just walking around in a daze.”
In other Olympic news that you might have missed while sleeping:
- Christian Sprenger won silver in the 100m breaststroke.
- Alicia Coutts won a bronze in the 100m butterfly.
- Our women’s hockey team lost to New Zealand, 0-1.
- Emily Seebohm qualified fastest for tonight’s 100m backstroke final and set an Olympic record with a time of 58.23 .
- The women’s 4 x 100 freestyle team WON GOLD and beat the Olympic record.
- Stephanie Rice lost her Olympic title and world record, when she finished 6th in the 4 X 100m individual medley.
- The Australian men’s basketball team lost to Brazil, 71-75.
Leisel Jones
Australian breaststroke swimmer Leisel Jones has turned the criticism she’s recieved over her body shape over the last couple of days into “the best thing that has ever happened to me” and qualified 5th fastest for the 100m final.
“Actually I have to say I love a bit of pressure and it was nice to be in the second swim. I knew I had the fastest girl in my swim and that pushed me along,” she said.
“I couldn’t have asked for anything more. I’m one of those people if you put me under pressure I’ll show you what I can do.
“I did one of my best sessions ever after I read the comments, so I’ve had nothing but support.
“I think that has touched me the most. That is what made me the most impressed. I’ve never had so much support in my life. I am so thankful. Thanks to the journalist who made those comments about me, because you never made me feel so loved in my life.
“I am pretty confident. I’ve been around this game for 12 years, so I am not shocked by anything. I guess it’s hurtful coming from your own country, people making comments like that. I’m here to swim. I swim in the pool, not in the papers. I’m here to do my job and I know what it is and I want to make Australia proud.
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“I know I’ve made myself proud. I’d like to think I’ve earned myself a little bit of credibility just by being here for so long and doing the job that I have. My job is to help the young ones and swim well. I’m not distracted by anything.”
It’s Jones’ fourth straight Olympic 100m breaststroke final.
Aussie Leiston Pickett also qualified. The final is on Tuesday 5:15am AEST. Set those alarms, people.
3. Australian teen shooter sleeps through her alarm
Speaking of alarms… Ever woken up with a start, realising that you’ve slept through your alarm and you’re running SERIOUSLY late. It’s a horrifying feeling and in your post-sleep haze it can take a moment for the panic of tardiness to fully set in.
Well imagine that terror magnified x1000 – when the alarm you sleep through is the one waking you up before you make your Olympic debut.
That’s exactly what happened to Aletha Sedgmann, one of our teenage shooters who was forced to sprint like Ussain Bolt from the athlete’s village after being shaken awake by a team mate – 10 minutes before she had to leave.
4. The girl whose curls the world is talking about
The Opening Ceremony was truly spectacular – not so much a visual and audio feast but a 12 course banquet with matched wines and copious amounts of fancy fish eggs and truffles.
But according to many, it was the hair of one young woman that truly stole the show (and a few hearts we suspect. Cue “aww”.)
The Opening Ceremony
British High School student Jasmine Breinburg played a girl who had lost her phone during a night out on the town and then dances her way through a series of nightclubs, featuring the best of UK pop music through the decades.
The girl can dance and she’s a pretty good actor to boot but what really impressed us was the fact she has just about the rad-est hair IN THE WORLD.
Jasmine said of the role: ‘Beforehand you are the practices with people you are now friends with and have become close with and it seems normal. Then all of a sudden you look up and see your face on the big screen and think… oh, that’s crazy.’
Empty seats at Olympic venues.
5. They had something better to do than watch the Games live
One thing that did put a dampener on the fantastic Opening Ceremony was the number of empty seats in the crowd. And it’s a trend that has so far continued on during the early events of the games.
Major sponsors failed to show up at a number of events, prompting Olympic organisers to promise an investigation into why there were banks of vacant seats at supposedly sold out sessions.
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Comments
76 Comments so far
That was a fabulous lesson for all parents. Preparing kids to cope with disappointment is just as important as encouraging them to do their best.
Give me someone who is gracious in defeat over an arrogant winner any day.
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since when did losing a race make people a failure? I’ve heard that bandied about WAY too much on radio/tv coverage about the mens 4×100 ‘failure’ etc etc etc. its actually disgusting. these men are swimming for their country, they didnt win. im sure they’re disappointed but we should be proud either way.
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I live in Liverpool in the UK and just took the train down to London over the weekend to soak up some of the atmosphere. Sat in Blackheath Park having a picnic and drinking wine in front of a big screen during the Opening Ceremony. It was AWESOME! Great fun. The buzz in London is great just now. Back home in Formby now, and I have The Boxing Kangaroo flag and Union Jack hanging together in our front windows to show our support and enthusiasm. The Olympics is the only ‘sport’ I’m interested in
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I DON’T HAVE FOXTEL!!!!
Seriously channel 9, no matter how many times you replay the men’s relay final, it wont change the result. I remember watching the 2000 games on free-to-air & it was great. Who had the broadcast rights then? This coverage from 9 is terrible. Replays and replays of replays. And then they replay the replay of the replay. Twice. The world’s best athletes are doing their thing and we just aren’t seeing it. Who has foxtel? Can I come over? I’ll bring wine!
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Funny how all the fuss was about the guys relay team but it was the girls who won gold.
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One of the guys in the men’s relay team was so ungracious in defeat (well not total defeat they beat 3 other teams).
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James Magnussen
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I don’t think he was ungracious. I think he was devastated and was probably doing his best to hold it together in front of the worlds media
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Well, having been an equestrienne all my life I find the games a pretty serendipitous time. I love following my sport in minute details. I hate all the misconceptions that get bandied around by morons. We’re not elitist (well, not really), we work bloody hard, and if you don’t think it’s a sport you hop on and even attempt to get forward on a grand prix horse, even go over an x-rail on cross country and you’ll see how much of a sport it is! I am absolutely thrilled that team Aus is currently 2nd leading into the XC. I hate that channel nine last night showed Zara freaking Phillips but took hours to show Lucinda and didn’t bother to show the best riders in the world like Michael Jung and William Fox-Pitt. Ah well.
I was up at 5.30 to watch the relay bomb though. Love the Olympics, they turn me into a crazy person!!
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I’m with you! Am so over ignorant people bleating about why Equestrian events are even part of the Games.
You want equality? Equestrian sports are the ONLY sports where women & men compete on a completely equal basis – no separate competitions, no handicaps.
You want brave? Eventing is the only sport where competitors are required to have their medical details strapped to their arm before they can start the cross-country phase!
Will be up all night tonight to try & see the cross-country – the dressage has been superb.
Go Team Australia – the quiet achievers of the Australian Olympic Team!
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Move to NZ! Equestrian sport get LOTS of coverage here!
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I will be up all night too.
How good is Lucinda Green? It is so lovely to watch a sport you love and have commentary by someone who knows what they are talking about, and actually adds to the experience of watching.
Go Team Australia. Fingers and toes crossed for fast times & no falls!
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I did a bit of eventing in my younger wilder days and I bloody love watching it on TV. Channel 9 are shitting me to tears with their non-coverage.
For the record, Australia has won three gold medals at Eventing in the last four games. We are favourites to win in London. We are second heading into tonight’s cross country. Win the cross country and you have a really good chance of being on the medal podium at the finish. Would you know any of this from watching Cnahhel Nine’s coverage? No, of course you wouldn’t.
For those who don’t quite know what it is, think of eventing as a triathalon for horse and rider. Three completely different events over a four day event. The horser and rider that starts has to complete all three events. Teams are the best three horse/riders out of four. In the past, it’s not been unusual for riders to finish the final event with broken collar bones from falling during the ross country event. That’s how incredibly strong and brave they are.
The cross country event is 40 jumps over four miles, or, twice the length of the Melbourne Cup race. It’s also set against the clock. Fastest pace wins. It’s thrilling to watch because although the rider can walk around the course beforehand the horse has never seen it before so doesn’t know what to expect. It requires skill, massive amounts of bravery and incredible team work and trust between horse and rider.
Australia has done very well in this event but you wouldn’t know it to watch Channel 9′s coverage. I’ve seen exactly 5 minutes of the first two days of competetion.
Twitter is a continual stream of anger about Nine’s coverage and many viewers who want to watch their niche sport (that is, anything that is NOT swimming or athletics) is feeling (understandably) very hard done by.
Not having arranged to have a separate coverage on Gem (they could have applied for it under anti-siphoning legislation and got it had they done so), frequent ads, sexist comments referring to women world champions as ‘girls’, faintly racist references, non-existant coverage of other country’s performances ( the exception of course will be Usian Bolt), no scorboard or time keeping to show you where things are at, endless repeats of heats and swimmers who failed to qualify and constant cutting and changing from one sport to another without allowing the performances and footage to SPEAK FOR ITSELF is doing my head in.
In desperation I went to Channel Nine’s website to watch equestrian highlights online. Guess what? Nothing. Nothing for equestrian, judo, gymnastics, hockey, or road cycling either.
Channel Nine have had years leading up to this to get their coverage coordinated. channel 7 only had one channel four years ago and they didn’t bollocks it up. It smacks of really poor programing and supreme arrogance despite the constant stream of angry viewers.
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YEP!!
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9 said they were going to show EVERY gold medal at the games. I didn’t think it would be all repeats.
Thank god for Austar!
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I am excitedly waiting for the track cycling to start because my step brother is competing! By golly it’s exciting. It’s his first Olympics, he’s racing in the team sprint on Thursday night, so at about 1.15am EST for qualifying and then (everything crossed) 3.15am for final. Keep your eyes out for Scott Sunderland everyone, like all our Olympians he’s worked his butt off and trained since he was a littley for this. Go Scotty!
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I know it is silly and unreasonable, but I get very pedantic about the Australians in the pool. Everytime they don’t win a medal, I think “Oh it just wasn’t XXXXX’s day, stupid Team USA/France/Russia/China”.
It’s completely unreasonable, but I was first introduced to the Olympics in the era of Keiren Perkins, Madam Butterfly, etc, where to me, they seemed to win bloody everything!
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Firstly, Leisel Jones is not overweight. She has the body of a strong Olympian who has to match her fitness to her endurance in those races – I doubt she consulted a women’s magazine for “diet & health tips”………for some women and girls to live out their ordinary lives and remain skinny they often starve themselves. Many of them don’t realize how malnourished they are.
I loved the Olympic Opening Ceremony but I’ve actually heard a couple of complaints about it being “boring” – are you kidding ?……It was a masterpiece on every level – and a much needed history lesson as well. There was an emotive narrative running through it and the logistics were staggering. I also loved the “girl with the curls” – too much straight hair in the world at the moment….lol.
There was also criticism about the Queen’s little “Bond” cameo (it was a JOKE – not to be taken seriously)……….and criticism about Paul McCartney’s performance – particularly the audience participation bit. This was an attempt to include people and is an old “Pub-Rock” technique.
People who churlishly criticise something as huge as this event are just trying to “own it” – they don’t count really.
Just be grateful that everything seemed to go smoothly, that the beautiful and dramatic content gave people in less fortunate places a glimpse of something wonderful somewhere in the world at least, and that the event wasn’t destroyed by evil violence & horror.
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I thought the narrative they provided the commentators was great as well.
It was a big pity about Eddie Maguire talking over everyone else all the bloody time though! God, I felt sorry for his colleagues, every time they started to say something, he took over!
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That’s Leisl demonstrating the mental toughness that makes her an Olympian.
Good on her. Much to admire.
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I completely agree. She’s a champion in every sense of the word.
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Another in agreement (but the ‘like’ button isn’t working). Leisl is an absolute star – I’ll be cheering her on.
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I think the lesson to be learnt from the men’s relay is humility. Their over confidence and massive egos after the heats made them look like tossers – and James Magnussen’s “performance” in the interview after the finals was embarrassing (for him!).
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In defence of James Magnussen’s “performance” in the interview, try putting yourself in his position. He just lost the biggest race of his life to date, possibly was blaming himself for letting down the team and I imagine trying not to cry. He needs to back up for his 100m individual race (and doesn’t want to show weakness to his competitors). I think he did the best he could. He is human and probably just needed some time away from the cameras to lick his wounds (so to speak).
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I agree. He’s only young, I think this is his first Olympics, being the favourite can be a huge amount of pressure.
I think Leisel Jones used to be really awkward in front of the media, I think it was after she was hot favourite at Athens and lost. She has changed now …
Yes Magnussen was ungracious and appeared rude but let’s give the guy a break.
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Did anyone actually read the original article before it was blown out of all proportion. The article stated that Jone wasn’t what’s called in sporting circles “match fit”. There’s no way that i’d ever describe her as being overweight or fat however from a point of view that she is training for her las shot at olympic glory I strongly believe she’s not at her personal phycial peak. And before you start howling that she’s not a 14 year old like she was at ther first olympics so her body shape has changed please remember she’s only 26, it’s not as if she’s trying to fight off middle age spread. My only concern for her is that if she gets beaten into a medal by maybe half a second would she look back in regret at the end of her career and think that maybe if she was at her physical best that she may have won a medal. And P.S. by continually running with this storyline aren’t you just giving it more traction?
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“match fit” is about a lot more than just weight.
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So without turning this into an arguement would you say that she’s done everything possible to prepare for her last shot at Olympic success?
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I have absolutely no idea.
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She is there, she qualified, obviously people more qualified than I, and dare I say you, believe she did or she would not be there.
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The fact is she’s got nothing to prove to anyone and if she’s comfortable in her mind that she’s done everything to prepare for her last olympics then who are we to question her. My simple question would be “would you all be jumping up and down if it was a male swimmer who arrived at the games in a less than perfect state and the media was reporting on it. Still one thing i guess Mia, it’s your employer at News Ltd who is driving these reports and it obviously sells papers which in turn pays your wages. One big happy family I guess.
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Max Power you should take a look at tonights Media Watch on ABC.
“Very unusually, an insider has sent us an item that was on News Ltd’s so-called newslist last Tuesday – a story proposal from News’s Olympic reporting team that was discussed at editorial conferences around the country that morning. Here it is:
OLY LEISEL: Written correctly and displayed right – this story will go off. It is (a) difficult to write but we will send a story about Leisel Jones’s size without mentioning the “fat” word. …With this we have put together a package of pics of her here in the UK and back before she won gold in Beijing. They tell it all.
— via Media Watch tipster, 26th July, 2012
Its pretty clear they knew exactly what they were doing – stirring up shit (thats what passes for news these days isn’t it)
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The Aussies girls were awesome in their swimming relay!! I felt gutted for the guys this morning, can only imagine how they felt. The French guys were amazing and caught up so much to win – top effort.
Can’t wait to see Leisel and Emily Seebom in their finals tonight.
The Aussie gymnasts are doing well too, I’ve seen a little bit of their magic.
I liked the opening ceremony but bloody Voldemort and those other monster creatures dressed in black with green/yellow eyes – they have been freaking my daughters out all weekend! I can’t tell you how many discussions we’ve had about it all and the kids in the hospital beds and why were there monsters with them, and were the kids scared and why, why, why…. My 5 year old has refused to be alone in any room of the house since watching that!
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I find it odd that some of the Olympians wear jewellery during their events. The beach volleyball girls were wearing necklaces, and sometimes the track & field runners have on necklaces, dangly earrings etc. I would find it really annoying flapping around while I sprinted down the track.
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6. We’re coming second in the team eventing and Channel 9 won’t show it except for a replay of Fredericks’ ride at 1:20am this morning! So annoyed!
7. There is more to the Olympics than swimming!
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During the Sydney Olympics my French uncle pointed out to me that he couldn’t even see any events that Australia wasn’t a medal chance for, and that in France they televise all big events, regardless of whether France was a contender or not. We’re a bit one-eyed when it comes to how we see the Games.
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Oh, I definitely agree with you, but I’d much prefer to see said eventing, where we’re in contention for a medal, than endless swimming heats, if I had to choose.
And the archery this morning would have been great as well.
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Absolutely agree – it’s just lucky that Aussies seem to be in lots of different sports so we can get a look at them! Loving the equestrian stuff so far.
BTW, what’s with Gem showing exactly the same stuff as Channel Nine at the same time? I was hoping they’d show some other events so we’d have more choice about what we’re able to see.
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I thought the same – if they’re taking up two channels, why duplicate?
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Gem is HD, 9 is SD. They have to show the same stuff on both channels I believe – part of their coverage requirements or somesuch idiocy.
And look! A replay of the 4×100 mens relay! Again!
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Other countries are just as one eyed with sport coverage.
I just wish they’d made more recognisable swimmers and caps. I don’t mind the black suits, but a pissy little strip of colour on white caps?
When they showed the swimmers training in the leadup, they had green and gold swimmers with Australia on them, now they’re all in black and you can’t tell them apart from the other people in black swimmers. Craptacular.
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I know, the white caps are driving me crazy! But apparently they are the latest from Speedo and aerodynamically faster.
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Yes! It is driving me batty unable to tell who is who.
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Thank god for Foxtel
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YES! ive gone through and IQ’d everything lol
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Completely agree! Their coverage has been fantastic, yesterday we watched archery, gymnastics, shooting, fencing and equestrian with reps from all different countries. Channel 9 is so obsessed with the swimming it feels like nothing else matters.
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I have to say that the Equestrian coverage on Foxtel has been fantastic.
Dwayne Russell and Lucinda Green are doing commentary it is really impressive. Lucinda gives critique on the dressage as it happens and Dwayne comes in with relevent stats at appropriate moments
It is such a treat to watch any horse sport (other than racing) on TV, and this is outstanding.
Can’t wait for the Cross Country tonight.
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I was utterly appalled at the way the commentators handled the swimming. Yes, I can understand that the competitors would be bitterley dissapointed, but howabouts patting them on the back and saying “well done, good effort”. It’s not exactly how I want my children to view competition.
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Totally agree! These athletes have jumped through hoops, stayed focused and committed to get themselves this far. That fact alone is worthy of accolades. We need to hold them up as heroes regardless of where they end up coming in their races. They are amazing!!
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Please don’t forget our Aussie Female Gymnasts! The amazingly talented and fit girls hit the floor last night.
Lauren Mitchell has made the individual finals for her floor routine.
Ashleigh Brennan and Emily Little are going on to compete in the all-round final.
Sadly our team score wasn’t high enough to advance as a group.
These girls are some of the youngest in the Aussie Olympic team and were so brave and skilled last night! Just beautiful to watch!
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Thanks rosesrpink!
There are so many great events that we want to cover – the one downside of the Olympics is that we just have TOO MUCH material to pick from for these news bites!
I promise we won’t forget the gymnastics and will make sure we inject some gymnastics coverage into future updates. We’ll be doing them every day so please stay tuned.
Jamila
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I was watching last night! They’re incredible. So talented.
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- The women’s 4 x 100 freestyle team WON GOLD and beat the Olympic record.
I agree with alyssakt – why was this not the leading article??? Why the focus on the “disappointment” of the “failure” of the mens’ team? Sure, it needs reporting…but how do you think the women’s 4 x 100 team would feel, elated after their win, to see that the men’s loss STILL outranks their glory in terms of media attention?!
Shame on you, Mamamia.
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I commented below, but think its worth of repeating, that the girls swam on day one, thus that was yesterdays news. The boys swam on day two, so it is todays news. You can’t keep repeating the same news over and over.
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I am cheering on our Aussie team from Peru – I don’t care if they win or lose, they have already won by being there among the world’s best athletes. All their commitment, hard work and guts just to get there show the true Aussie spirit.
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It is a shame that seats are empty when so many people missed out. Surely an easy solution would be to put a deadline on the seats? So for instance if the seats are still empty by 12pm they will be sold to the waiting public at a discounted rate. It’s very common at sporting events that tickets are sold to corporate sponsors but they are too busy boozing it up in the hospitality Marques. I work in the industry & see it all the time.
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As someone in London who is desperate for tickets, I wholeheartedly support this option!
Oh well, at least I can say I went to the Fencing! En Guarde!
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Mens Welter (69kg)
Cameron Hammond defeated Moustapha Abdoulaye Hima 13:6 in his preliminary round bout on day 2 at the 2012 Olympic Games
From his FB page:
Cameron Hammond First bout – impressive win for Cameron!!
Final score 13 – 6.
He also scored a standing 8 count in the second round!! (knocked the other guy down for a 8 second count)
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Let’s not forget Lauren Mitchell qualified fifth to compete in the individual floor finals in gymnastics (with a torn stomach muscle, no less!)
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remember in sydney when nikki webster played the little girl in the dreamtime scene in the opening ceremony and in the closing ceremony she came back ‘all grown up’ and it was kylie…?
jasmine breinburg is absolutely stunning but who does she remind you of… that hair? MEL B?!!! my money’s on the spice girls playing a big part in the closing ceremony and they’ll all come out as the kids from that tech scene, ‘all grown up’…
wishful thinking maybe!??
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There was talk… apparantly Victoria came out a few weeks before the games and said they were 90% booked
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Typical Australian attitude… had they won they would have been national heros. Why does the Australian media/public turn on our athletes when we don’t win? Yes, it’s very disappointing they didn’t win but did you not see the interview with Matthew Targett, he was absolutely shattered and so he should be. He’s dedicated his life to this moment and rather than write them off, how about we pat them on the back and say good on you, we’re proud of you anyway?
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We’re so arrogant that we expect to win everything at the Olympics. News flash – we can’t always be the best in the world. And the Olympics are not as easy as the Commonwealth Games.
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“- The women’s 4 x 100 freestyle team WON GOLD and beat the Olympic record.”
How is this not the leading news in this article??
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Because we don’t know Alicia Coutts, Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie and Melanie Schlanger?
Well, we should now!
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Couldn’t agree more!
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yes, but that was yesterdays news. The men were racing on a different day, hence todays news.
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Weapons of Mass Disappointment. Once again the media should be ashamed. As if the boys aren’t devastated enough. Winning a gold medal is bloody hard, I think people need to remember that.
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But the swimmers WERE disappointed, massively so. I think that headline was spot on. The team had embraced the ‘Weapons Of Mass Destruction’ nickname. It was always going to be dire if they lost.
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That Stephanie Rice vs Leisel Jones thing shows the danger of judging someone’s fitness by appearance. Rice was tweeting sexy selfies, so nobody really questioned her fitness – even though she’s had a nagging shoulder injury (which I only read about in Saturday’s paper).
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Surely that’s elite sport? The swimmers looked as gutted as the commentators sounded. It would have been disingenuous to say, ‘Jolly good effort, boys – medals schmedals, what do they matter?’
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I agree Kate. I thought when Gian Rooney interviewed the guys poolside after the race, she asked excellent questions. And at the end she said ‘commiserations guys’ or something like that. And that’s exactly what it was. She knows exactly what they wanted, how much they wanted it. It would have been crazy for her to say ‘well done guys’… because they didn’t do as well as they wanted, and they know it more than anyone.
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I agree that Gian asked the right questions and was certainly respectful. It is the wider media, radio commentary and headline grabbers in the news who are really disappointing.
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I agree about the wider media. And when Leila and Cameron interviewed one of the guys after the race (think it was Targett), they were no good at all… kept asking the same things over and over again. They needed Gian there again asking the questions!
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I am so proud of our swimmers, but so very disappointed with the commentators. I really hope their disgraceful attitude to anything but gold is not a reflection of who we are as a society.
I think part of the problem is that we are not teaching our kids to lose. They either tie or win. We need to learn that fighting hard and doing our best is great. As long as we are learning and growing, we can be proud. What kind of example is being set when we are so negative about our elite athletes making finals and winning medals. Gold is great, but attitude is everything.
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Surely, instead of asking the relay boys “what went wrong?” we could say, what a shame, good on the French for getting the gold, gee they really did swim well. Who wants to feel they have let everyone in their country down and then be reminded of this with every media interview or comment. They didn’t win, they thought they would, does it really make anyone feel better to ask why it happened? That’s sport, that’s life, lets leave them alone to stew over it all in peace and discuss with each other, their coaches maybe. No one goes to the Olympics without the dream of winning, I’m sure they feel disappointed, but how unsporting to focus on the why nots? I agree, resilience and ‘good sportsmanship’ are severely lacking across our entire society. We used to be the ‘have a go’ nation, now we think we should be winning everything always. I agree Jac, attitude is everything.
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