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Post by Myke on Aug 22, 2004 14:10:32 GMT 3
I saw that too in studio sportzomer. But I think he already had a few beers to many. Did you see them last night in the Holland Heineken House??? It was crazy. And Caroline, we have won gold with rowing in previous olympics. Well, lets blame the beer then  Holland Heineken House was funny last night! Also the comments about Erica Terpstra and crowdsurfing ;D |
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Post by chiefbjules on Aug 22, 2004 14:13:54 GMT 3
Hi Jiat, Bettina went through the start twice and the clock should have started the first time she went through. It did not start, therefore the time penalties she should have incurred did not happen until there was a protest. They were applied then the German team appealed. For some strange reason the ground jury reinstated Bettina, then the French, British and US teams appealed to the Court of Arbitration in Sport, who rightly ruled that the time penalties should apply to Bettina's show jumping round. It is normal, even if you mess up the start, to continue with a competition. Unlike many other sports horse riders, if the horse is OK, get back on and continue, they don't just give up or tank if something has gone wrong. That part everyone is cool with. It's a horrible situation to be in, but lesser mistakes have cost trophies before and will again, that's sport. What has shocked the eventing fraternity is that after Bettina was reinstated she tried to talk to the French team and they refused to speak to her - something that you just don't do in eventing. Other equestrian disciplines it's common eg showing, but not in eventing. They have lost a lot of respect as a team and as individuals. Quite simply any of us could have made the same mistake, we would all have expected as a minimum a 14 point time penalty.  We can only hope that everything settles down and it has not damaged the sport badly, people just write it off as something out of character in a high pressure situation. |
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Post by christina on Aug 22, 2004 15:16:55 GMT 3
bronze bronze and silver for the dutchies!! I didnt know we could do some rowing...  sowie!  ;)Caroline u guys r quite good at rowing.....the dutch rowers i cum across r always good n absolutely crazy about it, they'll row anything ;D paula radcliffe goes in the marathon 2day....aaaah.....more nerves again  |
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Post by Magda on Aug 22, 2004 16:14:58 GMT 3
Magz>> the french volleyball team lost again, and i just read that the last team of their group to qualify for the quarters will be either France or Poland  .... so now just pray that it will be Poland (sorry to my fellow countrymen) cuz thus i'll be able to see Golas again (uhh, no, not again i'll see him finally ;D) LOL thanks Stef ;D. Now we have to win with Argentina to qualify to the quaters which will be very difficult . But I believe we can make it somehow... And I hope you will FINALLY get to see Golas, coz Anita saw him and she thinks he's cute ;D didn't poland beat tunisia or sth? or is that women's Vball? not sure.... yes, we won with Tunisia. It was men's volleyball, our female team did come to Athens. And yaaaaaaay!!! we have another gold!!! This time it was in rowing!!!!! |
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Post by Saskia on Aug 22, 2004 17:01:41 GMT 3
Well, lets blame the beer then Holland Heineken House was funny last night! Also the comments about Erica Terpstra and crowdsurfing ;D Hahaha yeah and then they went Erica, Erica, Erica when pieter came on stage, lol. |
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Post by Tsarevna on Aug 22, 2004 21:54:28 GMT 3
hehehe ;D Hi! I know it's so late to ask this because I've been away for a whole week, but why are you laughing about it Damita?  I don't know a lot about Romain, all I know is that we both love the ocean and Jeff Buckley that's why he strikes some chords in me... Do you have any other info about him? I hope your "hehehe" and don't necessarily imply anything like he's gay or something... |
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Post by Carolineonline on Aug 22, 2004 22:04:03 GMT 3
I saw that too in studio sportzomer. But I think he already had a few beers to many. Did you see them last night in the Holland Heineken House??? It was crazy. I thought he was acting like a geek after not qualifying for the 50m.. and he was like 'ah i dont care cuz i'm still so happy about my gold at the 100.. blabla.. i didnt care anymore for the 50..' cmon man!! it's the olympics!! thats big for swimming!! he could have easilly made it.. but he just didnt care... stupid.. And Caroline, we have won gold with rowing in previous olympics. yeah.. i've heard it... today.. never showed great interrest in rowing... but now chris is like 'jeej, rowing, jeej! ' so I thought, wokeej, let's take a lil look at it.. and obviously, we dont suck at it... ;D  ;)Caroline |
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Post by christina on Aug 22, 2004 22:30:45 GMT 3
aaawww...paula radcliffe couldnt finish the marathon 2day.....sooooo sad....such a shame cos she was the favourite just hopin that she recovers ok |
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Post by Magda on Aug 22, 2004 22:58:32 GMT 3
aaawww...paula radcliffe couldnt finish the marathon 2day.....sooooo sad....such a shame cos she was the favourite just hopin that she recovers ok really ?? I didn't know that!! They were airing marathon in tv from time to time and every time they tuned in she was still there. So what happened to her?? |
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Post by christina on Aug 22, 2004 23:03:04 GMT 3
really ?? I didn't know that!! They were airing marathon in tv from time to time and every time they tuned in she was still there. So what happened to her?? 6km from the end she dropped 2 4th n then stopped running, tried 2 start again but couldn't, was crying loads n really distraught, heat exhaustion or sumat....she was taken in an ambulance 2 hospital n has gone back 2 her hotel now, she's not gonna talk to the media til 2moro its sooo sad  |
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Post by Myke on Aug 22, 2004 23:15:49 GMT 3
Hahaha yeah and then they went Erica, Erica, Erica when pieter came on stage, lol. Did they? Hahaha, didn't even notice that. I was probably still cracked up by Humberto's comment " there comes....on no, it's Erica again" ;D |
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Post by sirius on Aug 23, 2004 3:29:50 GMT 3
I thought he was acting like a geek after not qualifying for the 50m.. and he was like 'ah i dont care cuz i'm still so happy about my gold at the 100.. blabla.. i didnt care anymore for the 50..' cmon man!! it's the olympics!! thats big for swimming!! he could have easilly made it.. but he just didnt care... stupid.. yeah...i thought that was weird.... WHAT'S thie ERICA ERICA thingy?? and jules... thanks for the explanation....geee......... why are the french team being so... uptight and unfriendly....HEY this is supposed to be a friendly games!!!! and we lost the bronze....when we could've had at least a silver....sigh..................... but she did good...so...BEIJING HERE WE COME!! |
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Post by Damita on Aug 23, 2004 15:20:06 GMT 3
What has shocked the eventing fraternity is that after Bettina was reinstated she tried to talk to the French team and they refused to speak to her - something that you just don't do in eventing. Really?! didn't know about that.... i saw one of them on french tv after Bettina has been reinstated. He wasn't angry at all, or mad at her. He was pretty proud of what they had achieved anyway. Equestrian isn't really famous here, so when they first thought they had won the silver medal they were very happy and satisfied. Then Bettina got the penalty and they were even more proud, but the guy said silver would have been great too. What they didn't appreciate then was that the jury finally stated that the german team would have the gold medal despite the penalties. They were not mad at Bettina, they were shocked by how the jury acted because they overruled the decision which gave her the penalty despite the fact that her mistake was obvious and everybody had recognized it, especially the international equestrian federation (or whatever it's called). That's why they appealed this decision. I didn't know they refused to talk to her, that's surprising, and very sad hope things will be better in the future... |
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Post by Damita on Aug 23, 2004 15:21:22 GMT 3
And I hope you will FINALLY get to see Golas, coz Anita saw him and she thinks he's cute ;D LOL, yeah i hope i'll see him too!! ;D |
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Post by Damita on Aug 23, 2004 15:25:18 GMT 3
Do you have any other info about him? I hope your "hehehe" and don't necessarily imply anything like he's gay or something... OMG i hope he's not!! to be honest i don't know a lot about him, but i love to see him, he's cute ;D i hope he'll do well in Athens. He totally suck last year in the world championship |
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.... so now just pray that it will be Poland (sorry to my fellow countrymen) cuz thus i'll be able to see Golas again (uhh, no, not again 
I don't know a lot about Romain, all I know is that we both love the ocean and Jeff Buckley that's why he strikes some chords in me... Do you have any other info about him? I hope your "hehehe" and 
