Gemmill 35892 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 These people are unreal man. Watching the cycling and there's fellas with one leg absolutely haring around the track. It seems a bit weird to do it, but I quite like the commentators giving you the lowdown on how they came to be in this position. Some of the stories though, Christ. "Garcia of Venezuela now. Lost his left leg in a 6 car pile up 6 years ago. An accident in which he also lost his 3 year old daughter. I spoke to him yesterday and he was telling me that when a tragedy like that befalls you, your world almost comes to an end, and everything, including your relationships suffer. And indeed his wife left him two years ago. His friends call him Lucky." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 My eyes are watering with laughter These athletes should be viewed as heroes, failing to be inspired by such people is actually a fairly fundamental character flaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Ah they're unbelievable man. I was watching the swimming this morning, and the partially sighted blokes - they reckon the gold in the 100m freestyle will be won in about 50 seconds. The full olympics gold was won in 47 ffs! I know they're *only* partially sighted, but that's fucking rapid. How these people get to this point with some of the life challenges they've had to cope with is mind boggling. I would be a walled off shell in their position. Edited August 30, 2012 by Gemmill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4005 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 On a serious note, the blind football looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 (edited) Channel 4 are struggling here like. They just showed the British lad take the lead in the cycling time trial and went to adverts. When they come back, you get "Welcome back. Well, we are reeling here after the Chinese athlete recorded a new world record and took the lead in the competition while you were away." You can't put adverts in the middle of things like this ffs. Edited August 30, 2012 by Gemmill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Channel 4 are struggling here like. They just showed the British lad take the lead in the cycling time trial and went to adverts. When they come back, you get "Welcome back. Well, we are reeling here after the Chinese athlete recorded a new world record and took the lead in the competition while you were away." You can't put adverts in the middle of things like this ffs. Ah but it's ok; they released a statement after the inevitable backlash from the opening ceremony saying that they were showing less adverts than usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Channel 4 are struggling here like. They just showed the British lad take the lead in the cycling time trial and went to adverts. When they come back, you get "Welcome back. Well, we are reeling here after the Chinese athlete recorded a new world record and took the lead in the competition while you were away." You can't put adverts in the middle of things like this ffs. You not watching the extra channels? Sky 450, 451 and 452. No ads on those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Ah nice one, will do. The wheelchair basketball match just before was quality. Looking forward to the wheelchair rugby - fuck knows how that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CabayeAye Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Ah nice one, will do. The wheelchair basketball match just before was quality. Looking forward to the wheelchair rugby - fuck knows how that works. Sounds like it will end in a big pile of twisted metal and bones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrysteve 0 Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I'm off to the athletics on Wednesday night, cannot wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Channel 4's coverage of the rowing is a shambles. They've basically got one camera, on the finishing line, and they just turn it to the left to show you the boats coming up the river. No perspective or owt. You only find out in the last 10 seconds or so who is where in terms of the placings. Pretty bad when compared with the BBC coverage - they had cameras on runners pacing the boats and all sorts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 It wasnt just the BBC though, that coverage was going out all over the world being funded by every single national broadcaster paying to carry it. Not sure the broadcast rights for the paralympics attracts the same level of finance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Saw the final of the men's tandem...first 2 laps at walking pace before they started accelerating. Absolute pisstake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza 105 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 George Osbourne getting booed by 80,000 people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6481 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 (edited) Jesus Christ, good job his ego will protect him from the full shame of that. Getting booed at the Paralympics - probably the most good-natured sporting event on Earth. Ever! What an feckless little turd of a man he is. Edited September 4, 2012 by trophyshy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Watched a bit of the wheelchair basketball - I know they're all wheelchair-bound but that doesn't mean they can't be called up for travelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Travelling is touching your wheel more than twice whilst holding the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Bollocks, it should be a given number of revolutions. 3 would be fair. This lass glid from halfway to the basket in one go without bouncing the ball, which didn't quite seem right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Up to the opposition to defend against that, surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Up to the opposition to defend against that, surely. Well they get called foul for so much as bumping into each other so not much they can do! I'd define a foul as upending another player/deliberately blocking them off rather than bumping wheelchairs as you try and swipe the ball away. The whole sport is the same - officials won't call travelling because then there won't be so many fancy baskets and high-scoring games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14166 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19493510 This has made my day like. Such a lovely guy and pretty unlucky in his F1 days, but excelling in two different fields after the challenges he's faced - respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Fantastic that like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Yeah that's a great story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35892 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Just watched the interview with him on C4 there too, and he seems a spot on bloke too. After some of the shit times he must have been through, what an outlook on life he's got. That probably sounds patronising, but I can only judge based on what I think I'd be like, and honestly if I'd had both my legs lopped off, I'd probably feel like a gold medallist if I left the house once a week to buy a double decker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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