2012 Summer Olympics

About to start!

Or actually did already with women's football, today the first games in men's footy.

Opening ceremony tomorrow, Friday, unless I'm mistaken ^^

So, use this thread to discuss anything and everything about the Olympics.

Personally am excited to watch these Games. Most of the sports taking place there I don't actively follow but whenever the Olympics come round it's nice to watch the different events, you get carried away with the Big Occasion spirit of it - well, at least I do!


And to kick the thread off with a bit of news, how's this for a blunder!

London 2012 organisers have apologised and blamed human error for Wednesday's flag mix-up when South Korea's flag appeared alongside North Korea's women's football team on stadium screens as players warmed up before their opening match.

The team left the pitch in protest at the blunder and initially refused to play but the game with Colombia at Hampden Park, Glasgow, eventually kicked off more than an hour late after hurried corrections to the video rectified the spectacular mistake. On Thursday, North Korea's Olympic team accepted repeated apologies.

Probably the worst flag mix-up you can make, way to go x)

I'm interested in watching Basketball (team USA mostly), the Brazilian NT in footy and the 100 m dash.. Don't care about the rest to be honest

nvm xD

I will be following Basketball,Handball,Judo,some water sports and obviously football

Spain are losing to Japan atm.

a friend of mine is competing in swimming 100m -200m breaststroke
representing greece

Mr. Bean in the opening ceremony

Amar wrote:Mr. Bean in the opening ceremony

As hilarious as ever!

Mr bean

I reckon the queen enjoyed listening to Dizzee

Greece

I'd love to visit Argentina one day. How is it down there, BC?

DAVID LUIZ

Amazing Ceremony so far

Commentator just said the Mexican national football team "has the marvelous Porto striker named Hulk. I'm told he's really good"

They really didn't show enough of Kobe did they?

Barrettinator wrote:Commentator just said the Mexican national football team "has the marvelous Porto striker named Hulk. I'm told he's really good"

Ridiculous. Who's the idiot who told him Hulk is good?

[/Gil]

Muhammad Ali.

Does anyone know the name of the song playing as the torch was about to be lighted?

lol^

Let's go algeria! Tear that middle distance event up!

Can't wait for the competitions. I'll be watching women's volleyball and beach volleyball Men's Footy mostly Uruguay and Brazil, swimming (Michael Phelps), men's basketball (mostly USA), Men's and Women's Tennis (Sharapova & Wozniaki, Novak and Roger)and the all the sprints men's and women's. Maybe to a lesser extent some Water Polo and Handball

Caroline Wozniacki you annoying piece of woman, bring home the gold

Tennis, Handball and swimming is what I will be watching when danes compete
Looking forward to the continuation of the football tournament, looking forward to see me some Alex Morgan. Dream Team basketball, football, swimming, tennis, handball and track is what I'm going to watch

Queen really is a miserable bastard.

I'd kill to see her and Thatcher go out for some banter