Olympics: The Official ATHENS 2004 Thread!

[ForeverInLoveWithJus]

Thanks, its an achievement for a small country.

Kelly Holmes is some athlete. Someone who has impressed me is the boxer from the UK, I think his name is Imran or something like that. He will at least get a silver and he is only 17.

[PastyHusty]

Originally posted by Emma
Thanks, its an achievement for a small country.

It's the smaller countries that deserve to get medals imo. Countries like China, USA, Russia and Australia expect it, but when a smaller country does well it's great to see.

Originally posted Emma
Someone who has impressed me is the boxer from the UK, I think his name is Imran or something like that. He will at least get a silver and he is only 17.

Yeah, he's surprised me. I was hearing we didn't have any chances for medals in boxing at these Olympics a few weeks ago, so it's nice to see him do so well!

Could turn out to be an amazing night for GB! We've just beaten the American 4x100 team! It's nice to win a gold in the sprint races, but even better to beat their team to it.

[ForeverInLoveWithJus]

I believe GB will get more medals then they did in Sydney which is a good achievement. I just dont like the coverage on tv. Too one sided.

[Pinkie]

WOOOHO.. Gold to Denmark in Womens Handball. The final was too exciting - they ended up competing with penalties against Korea.. Wow.. Some game!

But our very own Wilson Kipketer got a dissapointing bronze medal. Everybody expected him to go all the way - but a russian took the gold out of his hand in the last 2 m, and Wilson had nothing more to give.

[Pinkie]

Women : Denmark wins gold medal

ATHENS, 29 August - Denmark defended its Olympic Handball title by beating Korea 38-36 in a match decided by a penalty shootout.

The two teams were tied 25-25 at the end of the match, and remained deadlocked at 29-29 after the first 5-minute overtime period.

The second five-minute overtime also ended in a tie, 34-34, forcing the game to be decided by a penalty shootout.

Danish goalkeeper Karin Oernhoey MORTENSEN stopped two crucial penalty shots by Korean's LIM O Kyeong and MOON Pil Hee, while her teammates scored on all four attempts.

Katrine FRUELUND, Lotte KIAERSKOU, Line DAUGGARD, Henriette Roende MIKKELSEN scored for Denmark. LEE Sang Eun and KIM Cha Youn scored for Korea.

FRUELUND was top Danish scorer, with 15 goals.

LEE topped the Koreans with nine goals, while JANG So Hee and MOON scored five each.

Queen Margarita of Denmark attended the game.

FRUELUND scored the last four Danish goals, the last four seconds before the final whistle to tie the game in regulation time.

Korea's CHOI Im Jeong was forced to leave the game two minutes before the end of the second overtime period because of injury.

[JammieJam]

But our very own Wilson Kipketer got

i like the way you say that.....

[ForeverInLoveWithJus]

Oops his name was Amir Khan. Knew I made a mistake. I felt sorry for him. I guess his oponent was just better. I think he shouldnt sign professional, he should stay amateur for the commonwealth games and go to Beijing in 4 years time and then sign professional.