London Olympics 2012 Reviews
Newest Review: ... by the stands, the outfield actually sinking seven inches under them. -------------- Day Four -------------- The men's road race was the big free show of the weekend as hundreds of thousands of people lined the nine lap route, many to see the new Tour de France winner. But it was not to be and team SKY GB didn't have enough to reel back the final breakaway on the last but one circuit, an athlete from Kazakhstan taking the gold, a man who had failed a drug test and served a long drug ban for it. Talk about a mood killer. All the teams were working against Team Sky and so we had this unforeseen winner. The road race is unique in that its 1... more
Customer London Olympics 2012 Reviews (4)
by - written on 15/08/12, updated on 15/08/12 (Very useful, 69 readings)
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This time last year London's underclass smashed up London, but sadly didn't use those looted trainers to win gold. A year on and all those who didn't riot came out to reclaim the city and make the Olympic Games an unprecedented success, the true Britain. The shame of the riots, Blair and Iraq were jet washed away in a sea of Union Jack flags and enthusiasm for the nation and its athletes. The bankers may have broken the countries spine but the spirit that created an empire lives on. We will not be ruled by thugs and spivs! The lottery is the main reason we are now top three in the world on the Olympics medal table. Between 1952 and 1996 we took between one and ... Read the complete review
by - written on 13/08/12 (Very useful, 85 readings)
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My initial reaction at the thought that there 2012 Olympics were to be held in London was along the lines of: "meh". So, I've never been such a huge sports fanatic. So, has my opinion of the London 2012 Olympics changed since it actually happened, right here in London? Well, as the Olympics are drawing to a close now (as I am typing this, the Olympics Closing Ceremony is blaring from the television in the background), I thought that I might as well write a little something on the topic. First of all, let's start off with the pros of the whole thing, one of them being the government spending money to clean up the 'poorer' parts of London and doing a ... Read the complete review
by - written on 11/08/12 (Very useful, 10 readings)
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Team GB have made a spectacular achievement this year by coming third in the medals table, but i have seen the medals table as a sort of two competition leader board, and we came top of the second part... allow me to explain. China and the US have long battled for the top spots between themselves and because their teams are so big and so well rehearsed its hard for other countries to compete with them, so they will have their own little battle for top spot at the top with almost triple digit total scores. Meanwhile down below there's Great Britain, South Korea, North korea and the russian federation battling it out in the second competition below. That's the way i see it Read the complete review
by - written on 31/07/12, updated on 31/07/12 (Very useful, 72 readings)
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There's a lot of cynicism around the 2012 games. I myself am included in the voices of those who oppose it but I do admit that there is a magic to the event. The opening ceremony. I'm not referring to the house with lovely projected images (Although i still don't know why Waynes World was shown, it's not British) or Mary Poppins banishing the nightmare monsters. Yes, Danny Boyle did a good job (I loved that he honored the NHS) but to me that is not what the opening ceremony is about. The Olympics, based upon the Greek games in Olympia (Which incidently is why Greece always walk out into the stadium first), began when the International Olympic Committee ... Read the complete review
