will87 Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 The swimming seems a bit unfair. You have dwarves, people with no arms, and people with no legs all competing in the same race. Surely having as many categories as they do should have narrowed it down more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Wow - Walsall's very own Ellie Simmonds smashes the world record by 4 or 5 seconds in the s6 400m freestyle. Superb race with Victoria Arlen leading for most of it and also finishing comfortably inside the previous world record. Darragh McDonald bags a second gold for Ireland. Some brilliant performances today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 I didn't realise Ellie Simmonds is only 17, it seems like she's been at the top of paralympic swimming for years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 1, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 1, 2012 In the Paralympics, when somebody smashes the world record by a huge margin, how come there is no muttering about drugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 In the Paralympics, when somebody smashes the world record by a huge margin, how come there is no muttering about drugs? Well I think it's either that they accept that the athletes have quite mixed abilities even within classifications. Couple that with it still being an emerging and fast developing sport and you do get the right environment for some records to be smashed. This will level out as the years go by. Or, they've put all the drugs on the top shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 amazing table tennis shot has gone viral in the last 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Wow here we go, closing ceremony paras This is going to get emotional again isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2012 If only the weather hadn't been so shite this summer, it would have been even more memorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Yeah but the Olympics seemed to have decent weather. The month preceding the Olympics was bloody awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted September 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2012 Nicked off facebook because I can (so ner): And with the end of the Paralympics ends the greatest summer of sport that I’ve ever seen (or probably will see). The age of cynicism for the sake of cynicism is at an end. We have bore witness to all that we are and all that we could be, individually and as a nation. Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure Getting back to normal will be tough, but after all I’ve seen, who wants to go back to where we were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 The Festival of The Flame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 'borne witness', no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Rumour going about that Coldplay are headlining Hopefully that's just a rumour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 The Festival of The Flame Are they doing the tories and the NHS again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 can anyone get a gif of that table tennis shot? amazing saw a gold post box in henley yesterday (for the boat club i think) strange how great it was finding one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 It's a bit like Robot Wars so far Just needs Jonathan Pearce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Was that a lecture on climate change ... Complete with 80,000 light bulbs on their brightest setting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 LED though mate, so that's cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 9, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted September 9, 2012 **** hell, I don't hate Coldplay like many do (I maintain their first 2 albums are good if hardly amazing/innovative/particularly worthy listens) but this is terrible. Every song they did after those 2 albums was awful and nobodies told them, and they sound terrible. I also question the decision to turn this closing ceremony into a single band's gig at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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