The Olympics 2012

denphone · 13-10-2011, 13:11

This is a thread created for all the build up to the 2012 London Olympics and for the event itself and will include the build up to the games, reports , results and anything else.

**Russ** · 13-10-2011, 13:17

And posts which just contain a link with 2 or 3 lines taken from it?

denphone · 13-10-2011, 14:10

Former world marathon record-holder Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia will compete in the first ever Bupa Great Birmingham Run on 23 October organiser Brendan Foster said it was "fantastic" that the man he called "the greatest runner of all time" would run in the half-marathon.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/15272869.stm

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Jordyn Wieber won women's all-around gold as another World Gymnastics final went down to the wire in Tokyo Russia's Victoria Komova could not overhaul the American with her final score, finishing 0.033 marks behind her fellow 16-year-old.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/gymnastics/15288642.stm

danielf · 13-10-2011, 14:56

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Originally Posted by Russ

And posts which just contain a link with 2 or 3 lines taken from it?

My thoughts exactly. These threads are becoming rather tedious.

**Kymmy** · 13-10-2011, 15:03

Could be worse, he could be talking about an event 300+ days away.....

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....Oh.... he is...

**Russ** · 13-10-2011, 15:05

I agree

**Kymmy** · 13-10-2011, 15:06

As there already is a London 2012 thread we should be using that existing thread..It's way too early for a thread based on the actual events happening at the Olympics so I'm closing this one.