Sums up 2012 London Olympics

[Tuushi]

Hopefully others noticed it too;why is the first announcements in French?

Did i miss something?

[salool]

I will remember what all somalis will remember from this OS, Maxamed Farax oo kenyaatigi iyo etobiyaanki qaraacy



And i cried with this guy, Felix sanches, what a emotional cermony it was



last but not least when i seen this guy running without feet , i promised myself i will never complain anymore.

[DisplacedDiraac]

Gold Silver Bronze Total
46 29 29 104

^^ U.S.A


Gold Silver Bronze Total.
29 17 19 65.



^GB. N yall was hosting it. smh.

Population of the US in 2011..
311,591,917.. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Population of UK in 2011..
62,641,000.. Source: World Bank

Shame on the yanks for comparing their large selves to a tiny Island..

Population wise team GB tops the tables..

Hopefully others noticed it too;why is the first announcements in French?

Did i miss something?

French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics I believe..

[Jam Street]

One English commentator said that he has been to 4 olympic closing ceremonies and London one was the best he has ever seen. Biased.org.... kulahaa Sydney comes close 2nd. The nerve.

Juan Antonio Samaranch, the then president of IOC declared the Sydney 2000 Olympics "best ever". I don't need Juan to say that it was the best for me to know it. I saw it with my own eyes and I know it was the best. The folks who planned the Olympics that year should be hired for every Olympic.

[DisplacedDiraac]

Jam the Aussies themselves were calling the London games the best ever..
Remember the games aint just about the opening iyo closing ceremonies.. But rather the atmosphere, organisation, infrastructure etc..

Plus anyone who's familiar with London knows that the East End where the Olympics was held was a right dump before, not surprising since it was one of the UK's poorest boroughs.. It did a massive Uturn and looks amazing now..

[TheblueNwhite]

West
you're biased, being a Londoner and all.

I don't remember noticing too many empty seats in Sydney's sports arenas.

[MidriGeez]

No where near as good as Sydney 2000 that is for sure. Sydney 2000 has set the benchmark for excellence especially opening and closing ceremonies and so far the 3 Olympics held since then did not reach that level of excellence.

The last time OIC president ever said "The best ever Games" was after sydney games, Including the opening and closing ceremony. you would expect an english commentator to say london games was the best, lol

[DisplacedDiraac]

West
you're biased, being a Londoner and all.

Perhaps.. But non-Brits have said it also..
Waliba the only reason why I said it was great was because I was actually there not because I'm from there..

[Mondey]

Gold Silver Bronze Total
46 29 29 104

^^ U.S.A


Gold Silver Bronze Total.
29 17 19 65.



^GB. N yall was hosting it. smh.

Population of the US in 2011..
311,591,917.. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Population of UK in 2011..
62,641,000.. Source: World Bank

Shame on the yanks for comparing their large selves to a tiny Island..

Population wise team GB tops the tables..

Hopefully others noticed it too;why is the first announcements in French?

Did i miss something?

French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics I believe..

it has nothing to do with population, its not like the entire nation is competing its more about number of athletes.

United states-----530
United kingdom--541

[SahanGalbeed]

Great games , makes wanna become british

[DisplacedDiraac]

Monday - It definitely does.. As the US has a wider pool to choose from..

Plus there are advantages to being the host nation and having a larger than usual number of athletes competing for you is one of them.. Heck they didn't even have to qualify for certain sports such as football..
As hosts they were pretty much expected to enter competitors into every sport if not every single event.. They even had people competing in sports they would never normally consider like handball etc..

[SahanGalbeed]

Btw , Usain Bolt is a great sport

[Mondey]

westlnd, GB has done very well nonetheless before olympics they set a goal of coming 4th place after US, China and Russia. they beat Russia and came 2nd they wouldn't have done it any better.
......


this logo is epic and wont be forgotten, its true what they say about its underlying pornographic resemblance

[Saraxnow]

Great pics of Usain and Mo.

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I enjoyed watching the show jumping walle!.I soo have to get myself an Arabian this time.

[eliteSomali]

Gold Silver Bronze Total
46 29 29 104

^^ U.S.A


Gold Silver Bronze Total.
29 17 19 65.



^GB. N yall was hosting it. smh.

Population of the US in 2011..
311,591,917.. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Population of UK in 2011..
62,641,000.. Source: World Bank

Shame on the yanks for comparing their large selves to a tiny Island..

Population wise team GB tops the tables..

Hopefully others noticed it too;why is the first announcements in French?

Did i miss something?

French and English are the two official languages of the Olympics I believe..

Relax. Not all 300million U.S residents were competing. The U.S had 534 athletes representing it and won 104 medals altogether. GB had 557 athletes representing and ended up collecting 39 less medals than the U.S even though It had 23 more athletes reppin' it.

embarrassing!