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Tennis shouldn’t be part of this. Just the same millionaires you get at Wimbledon two weeks before. Oooh come on Rafa.

I don't understand why so many professionals seem to compete across various sports. I thought the whole point of the Olympics is that it was for amateur athletes?
 
Might have been the Aussie girl, so she was being protected, probably to have a chat with their tv first, think BBC tried to jump the queue.

Pinsent clarified just now - protocol is to go straight to the medals ceremony - he just chanced his arm ... and had it slapped <laugh>
 
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I don't understand why so many professionals seem to compete across various sports. I thought the whole point of the Olympics is that it was for amateur athletes?

Well yeah, but all of these get paid in some shape now, have done for decades.

You think the Carl Lewis's of this world used to do it for free?

Not really.
 
Well yeah, but all of these get paid in some shape now, have done for decades.

You think the Carl Lewis's of this world used to do it for free?

Not really.

Yeah I get that but still find it odd that you have full time professionals competing in some sports.
 
Yeah I get that but still find it odd that you have full time professionals competing in some sports.

See what you mean, but in the case of Tennis and Golf, for instance, do you want proper top level sportsmen/women, or people who have a knock about down the local park/course?

So, you can have the actual fastest man/rower/jumper/swimmer on the planet, and then you got Kathleen and Jeff competing at the golf playing off 10!
 
See what you mean, but in the case of Tennis and Golf, for instance, do you want proper top level sportsmen/women, or people who have a knock about down the local park/course?

So, you can have the actual fastest man/rower/jumper/swimmer on the planet, and then you got Kathleen and Jeff competing at the golf playing off 10!

I think the whole thing would be better with randomly selected people given six months to learn the sport.
 
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Was funny watching British women win their first diving medal since 1960 cos the Australian women messed up their last jump <laugh>