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Post by thecleaner on Aug 12, 2017 21:19:47 GMT
Wow!
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Post by sootycat on Aug 12, 2017 21:41:47 GMT
Well done Mo on the silver.
So sad for Bolt in his final appearance.
One thing has been confusing me. I thought we were just GBR, now it seems we are GBR and N.I...I thought we were one and the same??
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Post by marion on Aug 12, 2017 22:30:51 GMT
Aren't we either GB & NI or the UK? GB is just the mainland so you have to add on NI. Unless I've got it the wrong way round which is always,possible!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 7:21:48 GMT
You are right. Great Britain is just the mainland of England, Scotland and Wales. In total we are The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is often abbreviated to just UK (United Kingdom). So if UK isn't used then we are GB and NI, even though it's often just abbreviated to GB, which, strictly speaking, is wrong unless Northern Ireland is represented separately.
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Post by marion on Aug 13, 2017 9:23:05 GMT
In my paper it says the Jamaicans reckon they woz robbed. Apparently they were held in the call room for some 45 minutes so had stopped warming up too early and Bolt got too cold.
I always thought it was a cool room, or is that just swimming, or did I just mishear?
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Post by Miranda on Aug 13, 2017 9:45:53 GMT
It is call room. It's where they wait after warming up to get called out on to the track. 45 mins is a long time. Was it only them in there?
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Post by marion on Aug 13, 2017 9:50:06 GMT
No, that is the flaw in their argument as I understand it! LOL. But they reckon it was freezing in there and Bolt got really cold.
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Post by kabuki on Aug 13, 2017 10:28:50 GMT
Well they could have put on some warmers again or something? Sorry, they are professionals and must have experienced the waiting game before. Well done UK relay teams. So good to see the wonderful Adam Gemili back on the track. What a lovely young man.
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Post by Miranda on Aug 13, 2017 10:46:40 GMT
It's difficult in the call room cos you don't know how long you are going to be in there. And 45 mins is a long time. And Bolt isn't prone to injury so... they have a case of sorts but....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2017 15:30:42 GMT
The women''s steeplechase final was a farce - how do you take a wrong turn on a running track?  |
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Post by HoraceCoker on Aug 13, 2017 16:51:32 GMT
.......enjoyed the walking races round the mall.....and the commentary too.....there was no Cram or Foster wittering away...did some good samaritan lock them in their hotel rooms.....?
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Post by marion on Aug 13, 2017 17:33:22 GMT
I had it on for a little while.... I thought it WAS Steve Cram commentating!
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Post by Geoffers on Aug 13, 2017 17:44:23 GMT
.......enjoyed the walking races round the mall.....and the commentary too.....there was no Cram or Foster wittering away...did some good samaritan lock them in their hotel rooms.....? I had it on for a little while.... I thought it WAS Steve Cram commentating! The ladies race had a commentary, but not by someone l recognised. The mens race it was Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe. |
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Post by HoraceCoker on Aug 13, 2017 18:08:53 GMT
.......Steve Ovett was commentating on one of the mens races......the guy doing the Womens 20K was very impressive.....articulate knowledgable and soft-spoken....what a commentator should be....
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Post by Geoffers on Aug 13, 2017 18:15:03 GMT
That would be the same Steve Ovett who lives in Australia?
It was Steve Cram and Paula Radcliffe from the London Stadium.
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