#807880 - Tue Jul 10 2012 09:33 AM
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Fencing Women's Team Foil
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#808236 - Wed Jul 11 2012 07:48 PM
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I'll take rowing - men's singles sculls
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#808312 - Thu Jul 12 2012 10:19 AM
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#810014 - Sat Jul 21 2012 05:32 AM
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#810472 - Tue Jul 24 2012 02:25 AM
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So when and how do we lodge our picks? we have to pick medallists for ALL events on this thread, right?
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#811151 - Fri Jul 27 2012 03:28 PM
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I tried to space it out into three even groups, but did not really succeed. Looks like everyone gets a couple of freebies!
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#811212 - Sat Jul 28 2012 05:09 AM
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I realise it won't count so this is for posterity only.
Archery women's teams -
South Korea, Chinese, Taipei USA.
Rowing Mens 8's -
Germany, Great Britain, The Netherlands
Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley -
Phelps, Lochte, Goddard
Fencing, Women's Team Foil
Italy, Russia, South Korea.
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#814957 - Mon Aug 13 2012 05:52 PM
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Results will be up in the next couple of days.
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#814995 - Mon Aug 13 2012 10:41 PM
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So far, this is the oldest I have ever been!
Good luck putting that lot of results together! How much hair will you have left when you've finished? 
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#815010 - Tue Aug 14 2012 12:21 AM
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Ozzz....Good luck in a marathon of a job !!
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#816000 - Fri Aug 17 2012 10:48 PM
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Olympics
| London 2012 | Part 1 |
15 players lodged tips:
| Men's cycling road race
Women's team archery
Men's eight rowing
Men's 200 IM swimming
Women's team fencing, foil
| x | 1- I Vinokurov, Kaz
2- R Uranuran, Col
3- A Kristoff, Nor
1- South Korea
2- China
3- Japan
1- Germany
2- Canada
3- Great Britain
1- M Phelps, USA
2- R Lochte, USA
3- L Cseh, Hungary
1- Italy
2- Russia
3- South Korea |
Points distribution
gt Sy pa ww Hw sr NB oz sp G9 LD ka Bx sz il
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1- I Vinokurov, Kaz
2- R Uranuran, Col everyone scored zero
3- A Kristoff, Nor
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1- South Korea 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- China 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- Japan
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1- Germany 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- Canada 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- Great Britain 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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1- M Phelps, USA 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- R Lochte, USA 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- L Cseh, Hungary 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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1- Italy 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- Russia 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- South Korea 1 1 1 1 1
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15 35 24 13 32 31 33 23 15 28 29 34 31 31 30
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Rank Points
R1 R2 R3 total
1 35 00 00 35 : Sypher
2 34 34 : kaddarsgirl
3 33 33 : N-Bomb
4 32 32 : Howie72
5 31 31 : BxBarracuda
5 31 31 : szabs
5 30 31 : srini701
8 30 30 : illiniman14
9 29 29 : LeoDaVinci
10 28 28 : George95
11 24 24 : paper_aero
12 23 23 : ozzz2002
13 15 15 : spanishLiz
13 15 15 : gtho4
15 13 13 : wwe84 |
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- Welcome to the results post of the 2012 Olympics. The Brits did a great job of running them and should be very proud of themselves, as they were almost as good as the Sydney games.
 - The first event in our tournament was the Men's cycling road race, selected by George95. Unfortunately, he did not receive a bonus point as he did not select the winner. He did not even select a placing, but he was in good company, as nobody else scored a single point, either! All the favourites must have been exhausted by the Tour de France.
- Women's team archery was a bit more fruitful with most tipsters being on target with gold medalists, South Korea, and silver medalists, China. The Japanese team snuck under everyone's radar to score bronze.
- The Men's eights in the rowing was another points bonanza, with seven people tipping the trifecta of Germany/Canada/GB.
- The favourites got home in the Men's 200 IM swimming, with the two Americans, Phelps and Lochte taking gold and silver. Cseh from Hungary was third. Phelps retired with more gold medals than anyone else in history and has won more bling than many countries have!
- Woman's team foil is an event that I know very little about, but most tipsters scored well. The Italians took it out, with Russia and South Korea taking out the minor medals.
- Parts 2 and 3 of the Results will be posted soon.
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#816024 - Sat Aug 18 2012 04:15 AM
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Olympics
| London 2012 | Part 2 |
16 players lodged tips: | Men's single sculls
Men's 100 m sprint
Men's 1500m freestyle
Men's 3-metre platform diving
Men's sprint cycling
| x | 1- M Drysdale, NZ
2- O Synek, Czech Republic
3- A Campbell, GB
1- U Bolt, Jamaica
2- Y Blake, Jamaica
3- J Gatlin, USA
1- Y Sun, China
2- R Cochrane, Canada
3- O Mellouli, Tunisia
1- I Zakharov, Russia
2- K Qin, China
3- C He, China
1- J Kenny, GB
2- G Bauge, France
3- S Perkins, Aust |
Points distribution
gt Sy pa ww Hw sr NB oz sp G9 LD ka Bx sz il ch
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1- M Drysdale, NZ 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- O Synek, Cze 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- A Campbell, GB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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1- U Bolt, Jam 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- Y Blake, Jam 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- J Gatlin, USA
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1- Y Sun, Chi 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- R Cochrane, Can 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- O Mellouli, Tun 1 1 1
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1- I Zakharov, Rus 5 5 5 5
2- K Qin, Chi 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- C He, Chi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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1- J Kenny, GB 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
2- G Bauge, Fra 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3- S Perkins, Aus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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32 43 43 21 41 36 38 25 37 28 28 28 38 36 42
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R1 R2 R3 total
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1 35 43 00 78 : Sypher
2 32 41 73 : Howie72
3 33 38 71 : N-Bomb
4 31 38 69 : szabs
5 24 43 67 : paper_aero
5 31 36 67 : srini701
7 30 35 65 : illiniman14
8 31 28 59 : BxBarracuda
9 29 28 57 : LeoDaVinci
10 28 28 56 : George95
11 15 37 52 : SpanishLiz
12 23 25 48 : ozzz2002
13 15 32 47 : gtho4
14 -- 42 42 : chogobad
15 13 21 34 : wwe84
15 34 -- 34 : kaddarsgirl |
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- Mahe Drysdale won one of New Zealand's six gold medals in the Single Sculls. Synek from Czech Republic and local hope Campbell chased him home.
- In the glamour event of the games, showman Usain Bolt toyed with the opposition and won the 100m easily. His countryman, Yohan Blake made it a Jamaican one-two by just heading American Justin Gatlin.
- China picked up yet another gold in the longest pool event, with Sun Yang breaking the world record and winning by a huge margin. Ryan Cochrane from Canada pipped the Tunisian, Oussama Mellouli for the silver.
- The Russian diver, Ilya Zakharov, finished in front of a brace of Chinese divers. He scored 104.5 for a Forward 4 1/2 Somersault, pike position. I tried to do one of them once, and got lost on the way down.
- Sprint cycling is a fascinating battle of minds, followed by several seconds of frenetic pedalling. Local hope, Jason Kenny, rolled triple world champ, Gregory Bauge of France, and Aussie Shane Perkins overcame his Trinidadian opponent to claim bronze.
- In our mini-Olympics, Sypher is holding onto a narrow lead over a couple of stalwart Kiwis. Can he hold on for five more events? Time will tell...
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#816057 - Sat Aug 18 2012 06:25 AM
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Shouldn't I have gotten a bonus point in Round 1 for tipping the Gold Medalist in my own event, the 200IM?
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#816075 - Sat Aug 18 2012 08:10 AM
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We had more tippers than events, that'd be one heck of an unfair disadvantage to somebody. It is mentioned in the rules for the thread. Also, I only actually competed the first day, because I couldn't get to the second or third. Mine won't be disadvantaging anyone. And if people had replied to the first thread to choose a sport, for other people to play, why shouldn't they get some kind of advantage over people who just jump in to the GSB choosing threads? There wouldn't be sports to even tip on without the suggestions of the players in the first thread in the first place. Those score posts look awesome ozzz2002, btw, looks like a ton of work! Great job and thanks for taking it on! Edited because of a typo, and because I thought of more I felt needed to be said.
Edited by kaddarsgirl (Mon Aug 20 2012 06:56 AM)
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#816086 - Sat Aug 18 2012 08:58 AM
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Terrific write ups and great work on compiling these Thanks! Shouldn't I get my 5 bonus points too for correctly picking the gold medal winner in MY event (women's archery)? or will you be adding the event bonus in the final round for everybody? Also, in first round, my tally seems to add up to 31 and not 30...just check once...
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#816162 - Sat Aug 18 2012 01:14 PM
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Bonus points will be added in Round 3, and a couple of other corrections made, too. Will be finalised in about 9 hours.
It is a VERY tight finish!
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