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Cucking Funt Flag Clapham on the Back 17 Dec 16 9.27pm Send a Private Message to Cucking Funt Add Cucking Funt as a friend

Originally posted by Michaelawt85

Came here to write the same thing. You beat me to it

Yeah, she often does that.

 


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Stuk Flag Top half 19 Dec 16 4.00pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

I forgot how much the horse lovers love to vote for these things.

3rd & 5th to equestrian.

 


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Part Time James Flag 19 Dec 16 4.03pm Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

I wish we had a world number one in something more exciting than wearing white shorts and hitting a yellow ball at another posh weed in white shorts. If there's a less 'cool' sport than tennis I am yet to see it.

 




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becky Flag over the moon 19 Dec 16 5.55pm Send a Private Message to becky Holmesdale Online Elite Member Add becky as a friend

Originally posted by Stuk

I forgot how much the horse lovers love to vote for these things.

3rd & 5th to equestrian.

I don't think anyone could begrudge Nick Skelton his 3rd place - 40 years in top class competition, broken neck in 1999 and told he would never be able to ride again and then comes back 17 years on to take an Olympic medal: now that's what I call a sportsman!

 


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buzby1 Flag Devon 20 Dec 16 10.23am Send a Private Message to buzby1 Add buzby1 as a friend

Surely Mo Farrah deserved to win? One of the greatest athletes in the world. Winning double gold at two Olympics was an amazing achievement. Can't help but think that for some people his name and his colour played a part in the voting. I hope I'm wrong.

 

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Part Time James Flag 20 Dec 16 10.27am Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

Originally posted by buzby1

Surely Mo Farrah deserved to win? One of the greatest athletes in the world. Winning double gold at two Olympics was an amazing achievement. Can't help but think that for some people his name and his colour played a part in the voting. I hope I'm wrong.

You are wrong. The fact a Scottish ginge won it proves no discrimination has taken place.

 




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.TUX. Flag 20 Dec 16 10.46am

Originally posted by buzby1

Surely Mo Farrah deserved to win? One of the greatest athletes in the world. Winning double gold at two Olympics was an amazing achievement. Can't help but think that for some people his name and his colour played a part in the voting. I hope I'm wrong.

....got beaten by a man who sat on a horse.

A brown horse.

 


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chris123 Flag hove actually 20 Dec 16 10.50am Send a Private Message to chris123 Add chris123 as a friend

I think it was fair enough, he won Wimbledon and Olympic Gold, his match in that final against Juan Martin del Potro was an unbelievable 4 hour slugfest, and he's world number 1.

 

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Y Ddraig Goch Flag In The Crowd 20 Dec 16 11.34am Send a Private Message to Y Ddraig Goch Add Y Ddraig Goch as a friend

Originally posted by buzby1

Surely Mo Farrah deserved to win? One of the greatest athletes in the world. Winning double gold at two Olympics was an amazing achievement. Can't help but think that for some people his name and his colour played a part in the voting. I hope I'm wrong.

You are probably wrong, there are a lot of people who have doubts about his achievements, I am one. It may or may not be justified but he has been closely associated with too many cheats over the past few years.

Throw in the contempt he showed for the London Marathon, the fact that he is now based in America (allegedly for tax reasons) and you have someone that perhaps people don't feel connected to.

Chris Froome is as equally successful but again doesn't seem to have a connection with the public.

I think Murray was a worthy winner but would have like Brownlee to win

 


the dignified don't even enter in the game

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Stuk Flag Top half 20 Dec 16 3.26pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

Originally posted by becky

I don't think anyone could begrudge Nick Skelton his 3rd place - 40 years in top class competition, broken neck in 1999 and told he would never be able to ride again and then comes back 17 years on to take an Olympic medal: now that's what I call a sportsman!

I know what you mean, but I'll bet there were a few paralympians in the crowd thinking - a broken neck (that got fixed), is that all?

Particularly Sophie Cristiansen who now has 8 gold medals while dealing with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and a whole load of other issues.

 


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Stuk Flag Top half 20 Dec 16 3.33pm Send a Private Message to Stuk Add Stuk as a friend

Originally posted by Y Ddraig Goch

You are probably wrong, there are a lot of people who have doubts about his achievements, I am one. It may or may not be justified but he has been closely associated with too many cheats over the past few years.

Throw in the contempt he showed for the London Marathon, the fact that he is now based in America (allegedly for tax reasons) and you have someone that perhaps people don't feel connected to.

Chris Froome is as equally successful but again doesn't seem to have a connection with the public.

I think Murray was a worthy winner but would have like Brownlee to win

This Olympic year, and the last, people have doubled up Olympic gold with the biggest achievement they can make within their sport itself. Wiggins wouldn't have won it without the TdF win, nor Murray without Wimbledon.

Chris Hoy got it in 2008 because he won 3 golds, in a time when we weren't getting quite the same levels of success as we have since.

 


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richard shaw (og)65 Flag my minds eye 21 Dec 16 2.31pm Send a Private Message to richard shaw (og)65 Add richard shaw (og)65 as a friend

I`d have given it to the Olympic gymnastic bloke who made that micro celeb gymnastic bloke cry

 


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