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Post by alece10 on Aug 13, 2016 10:05:34 GMT
Did you see when Adam Peaty won gold, he sang the national anthem. Bless him. He was so proud.
Back to the subject of empty stadiums, they said on the BBC this morning that at yesterdays morning athletic session there were 1,000 people there in a stadium that holds 80,000 and the mayor of Rio had 1.5 million tickets to give away but had only given away half.
Must be disheartening for the competitors so see so many empty seats and surely Brazil are going to make a huge loss if they have not sold seats.
I remember going to a morning athletics event in 2012 and it was completely full.
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 13, 2016 11:55:36 GMT
What a fab day yesterday and didn't my heart go out to Bryony Page when she won her unexpected medal great stuff !
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Post by lynette on Aug 13, 2016 12:35:16 GMT
Did you see when Adam Peaty won gold, he sang the national anthem. Bless him. He was so proud. Back to the subject of empty stadiums, they said on the BBC this morning that at yesterdays morning athletic session there were 1,000 people there in a stadium that holds 80,000 and the mayor of Rio had 1.5 million tickets to give away but had only given away half. Must be disheartening for the competitors so see so many empty seats and surely Brazil are going to make a huge loss if they have not sold seats. I remember going to a morning athletics event in 2012 and it was completely full. I agree, very disappointing. I think they don't rely on takings for financial success. But if they do, it might be the first games since way back to be a financial mess. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 20:33:00 GMT
Oh, girls, we are so proud of you...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 21:24:43 GMT
They ought to have an Oldlympics for those of us who missed the chance to start training when we were children.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 21:29:13 GMT
I can remember watching the Mexico Olympics on TV (black and white) early in the morning with my dad... "Mexicoooo, so much to see and so much to do in Mexicoooo..."
(Oh, boys... Well done! Can't wait for tomorrow now!)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2016 7:57:27 GMT
So much happens overnight...
So many congratulations to Team GB...
Another day to look forward to.
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 14, 2016 18:17:11 GMT
Wow ! Max Whitlock gold on the floor doesn't get much better than that !
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2016 19:01:09 GMT
The women's vault was an excellent contest as well.
It occurs to me that we ought to replace our national anthem, and I propose replacing it with "Walking On Sunshine". Other countries would let us win just so they could enjoy it, even in events where we're not competing.
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Post by Flim Flam on Aug 14, 2016 19:22:32 GMT
Wow ! Max Whitlock gold on the floor doesn't get much better than that ! Well, you say that... |
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Post by theatremadness on Aug 14, 2016 19:40:30 GMT
This evening alone:
6.50pm Max Whitlock Gold
7.02pm Nick Dempsey Silver
7.46pm Justin Rose Gold
8.13pm Max Whitlock Gold
8.13pm Louis Smith Silver
With another 3 guaranteed medals this evening in the Men's Cycling Spring Final and the Men's Single's Tennis final - colours TBC!!!
Go Team GB!!!!!
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Post by stefy69 on Aug 14, 2016 19:45:34 GMT
..and Giles Scott just won gold in the Finn class Sailing !!!
Think I'll crack open the champagne....
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Post by lynette on Aug 14, 2016 19:58:42 GMT
Murray on now...I just don't think I can take much more!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2016 20:11:35 GMT
Who wants theatre when the Olympics are on? Drama... Drama... Drama...  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2016 21:04:07 GMT
Oh what a night...
For our boys in lycra.
And girls.
Sooooo proud!
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Post by theatremadness on Aug 15, 2016 0:11:54 GMT
And after just over 4 hours of tennis... {Spoiler - click to view}
Murray wins GOLD for Great Britain!!! What an incredible and almost unbearably tense match! |
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 15, 2016 1:25:16 GMT
I cannot see South America holding the Olympics for a very long time, the Brazilians haven't embraced it at all and the Olympic committee go where the money is. Such a shame.
The biggest mistake London made was it undersold the tickets and didn't anticipate such a high demand.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 11:12:19 GMT
I cannot see South America holding the Olympics for a very long time, the Brazilians haven't embraced it at all and the Olympic committee go where the money is. Such a shame. The biggest mistake London made was it undersold the tickets and didn't anticipate such a high demand. Undersold? How? They were incredibly expensive. They always anticipated a high demand which is why they adopted a lottery system whereby you gave events and dates you were interested in and waited... to be told you hadn't been successful for 90% of your options. However, in the first couple of days some events weren't nearly as popular as they had thought as was evident from empty seats in the lower (i.e. more expensive) parts of some arenas. They did not move us down from the cheap seats, but they quickly realised this looked poor and filled them with volunteers etc Seats in the main stadium were going for ridiculous prices, especially for the medal events. These seats were impossible to get. I know; I tried. And tried. Without success... |
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Post by Jan on Aug 15, 2016 11:21:49 GMT
The Olympics started going downhill when Town Planning as removed from the list of events.
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Post by Flim Flam on Aug 15, 2016 11:23:37 GMT
And not all the empty seats in London were unsold/corporate. I was at the beach volleyball during the first week, and chatted to a tour leader for a group of about maybe 30 people. You could see the group, as they all had the same baseball hat/backpack combo. The leader told me that they were on a tour and were only dropping in to the volleyball, before going on to a meal somewhere nearby. After about 20 minutes of watching the action the whole group left, leaving a large gap in the stands.
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Post by Phantom of London on Aug 15, 2016 13:41:32 GMT
I thought Londo was 100% sold out.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 16:30:11 GMT
*waves dressage gold medal*
Thank you, Charlotte!
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Post by viserys on Aug 15, 2016 16:34:54 GMT
*waves silver and bronze back* Congrats though  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 16:38:33 GMT
OMG! We're waving our hammer for a bronze too! Keep 'em coming...!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2016 17:04:43 GMT
Synchronised swimming. I've never understood why people have been so dismissive of this sport, given that it's basically underwater gymnastics.
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