The Naitch Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 The Paralympics gets started tonight with coverage of the opening ceremony. London 2012 was a lot of fun so expecting more of the same this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 James Corden is a grade A c**t but that was some opening montage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkinFighter Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Popular thread this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Wheelchair basketball is usually pretty good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 It would appear that our Paralympic track cyclers are just about as dominant!4 of them in gold medal races tonight (2 of them going against one another) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Wheelchair basketball is usually pretty good Wheelchair rugby, from what I recall, seems fairly terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Sooky said: Wheelchair rugby, from what I recall, seems fairly terrifying. Yeah, wheelchair rugby is absolutely brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Megan Giglia wins gold in the velodrome. Utterly dominant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 4 golds and a silver in roughly an hour. Not a bad start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 I see we're actually traditionally really strong at the Paralympics. 2nd in the medal table from 2000-2008 and 3rd in London (behind Russia who pretty much doubled their golds from 2008, I wonder why?). China have ran away with the medal table for the last few games. So I'm assuming 2nd place is probably the target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 How do they work out the grading of paralympians when it's not obvious like sight issues or missing limbs etc? Just watched the 100m women's backstroke for the 'Intellectually Impaired' which was won by a British lassie in a WR time. You wouldn't know she was a paralympian if she wasn't at the games. Came across very well and composed when she was interviewed afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 The intellectually challenged categories were suspended for many years after the Spanish basketball team had players who weren't and so basically cheated to win gold. It's probably the hardest one to categorise and remains controversial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 On 9/7/2016 at 21:05, The Naitch said: James Corden is a grade A c**t but that was some opening montage. If I'd known fat c***s were eligible I'd have put my name down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 That girl Sophie Hahn who won the 100m. Pretty fucking good. What times did the women run in the Olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Just me watching? See that Chinese boy in the swimming. No arms at all. Came second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 saw this tweet today: Evening News Sport @edinburghsport Sep 8 Ex-Hibs kid and current @PrestonAthletic player David Porcher scores for GB at Paralympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 27 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Just me watching? See that Chinese boy in the swimming. No arms at all. Came second. He must have a siar heid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 8 minutes ago, tamthebam said: saw this tweet today: Evening News Sport @edinburghsport Sep 8 Ex-Hibs kid and current @PrestonAthletic player David Porcher scores for GB at Paralympics. Suffers from celebral palsy. http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/ex-hibs-kid-david-porcher-relishing-place-at-paralympics-1-4184236 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Thanks for clearing that up. Lad's doing well for himself- worth thinking about next time some overpampered footballer pulls out of a match due to a hammy or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest_Fifer Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 He must have a siar heid. That's what I thought. Dunno if he had padding in his cap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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