Olympics Discussion Thread

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

There's a sport called "handball"?

[Drake Tungsten]

Apparently, yes.

[Gangerolf]

What a match! Congrats!

Another picture: "You WILL respect my AUTHORITAH!!"

It looks like they are laughing at her.

[Bereta_Eder]

Originally posted by Winston
Please, please, please, please, please...

Yes Denmark are Olympic Champions!!

Gold in 1996
Gold in 2000
Gold in 2004

Final result, 38-36 Denmark.

i open this pathetic thread to read about a rapib pro american celebration of soft ball

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics_2004/medals_table/default.stm

36 Denmark 2 0 6 8

[Drake Tungsten]

Holy ****! They're showing the handball game on TV here, now!

[Winston]

Thank you, thank you.

Drake: Cool! Enjoy!!

And now, as to remove all doubt why this is the coolest, most attractive sport there is, I present to you Exhibit 5:

Danish girls seconds after becoming Olympic Champs third time in a row.

[Drake Tungsten]

God, this is like a homo-gay mix of basketball and hockey, only played by mostly ugly women. What the hell is the appeal?

Number 10 is hot, though.

[Kropotkin]

It might appeal to individuals that doesn't primary use sports to jerk off to...

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Ah. Golfers.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Well Amir Khan couldn't quite pull off one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, but he still gave one of the greats a few good smacks round the head.

[Winston]

Sorry again, can't really seem to let this one go.

I wanted to give kudos also to the Korean players for their part in creating what is arguably the biggest drama in Women's Handball history. It was such a close match, they should take half the credit for having given all they got.

And I'll give you one more indication of how important this win is to us crazy Danes. From today's match, front row, from left: H.R.H. The Prince Consort, H.M. The Queen, H.R.H. The Crown Princess, H.R.H. The Crown Prince.

What a great show.

[Bereta_Eder]

Deleted once... and deleted again... and he won't be able to try again in the near future

Ming

[Winston]

Post reported.

I'm sick of having to scroll past that non-sensical drivel, which was already deleted earlier today.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Denmark

Congrats Winston . I saw a few handball games earlier this tourney, it was really interesting... and much more fun than the bore of basketball.

[JCG]

Irishman Assaults Marathon Leader

16 minutes ago

By Karolos Grohmann

ATHENS (Reuters) - A former Irish priest pushed Brazil's Vanderlei de Lima off the road when he was leading the Olympic marathon on Sunday.

The man was arrested and taken to a police station. A government spokesman said he was a former Irish priest, Cornelius Horan, who interrupted the British Formula One Grand Prix last year by running on to the Silverstone track.

"The man says he is Irish, he is also drunk. He had been to a taverna earlier," a police source told Reuters.

On Sunday Horan was wearing a kilt and beret and on a white shirt he had pinned the words "The Grand Prix Priest. Israel Fulfillment of Prophecy Says The Bible. The Second Coming is Near." He had a Star of David attached to his kilt.

After being pushed into the crowd, a grimacing De Lima got away from the spectator and rejoined the race, holding his leg, with around 15 minutes to run.

He soon lost the lead to Italian Stefano Baldini. Baldini won the race and De Lima took bronze.

"If that spectator didn't jump in front of me in the middle of the race, who knows what would have happened? Maybe I would have won. It disturbed me a lot," De Lima told reporters.

Police officials said Horan had arrived early on Sunday on a British Airways flight.

He told police that he grabbed De Lima to prepare for the second coming of Christ. "He seems to be suffering from psychological problems," a police official told Reuters.

Horan, born in 1947, ran on to the main Hangar Straight in that race as cars approached at speeds in excess of 140 mph. He was sentenced to two months imprisonment for aggravated trespass.

At the Munich Olympics in 1972 a hoaxster snuck on to the track a couple of minutes before the leading runner reached the stadium and ran a full lap, pretending to be a competitor, before being dragged away by security guards.

Four years ago, a well-known Australian prankster broke through security at the Sydney Marathon. He failed to disrupt the race and was soon carted off by police.

Total Nutcase.