Olympic Balls: Plucky Paula Radcliffe Rolls Back The Years
THE Olympics – This is our year.
And amid the “GOLD RUSH” (Express, Independent), “OUR GREATEST OLYMPIC DAY” (People) is the news that plucky Paula Radcliffe, the country’s great marathon runner, DID cry when she lost and DID stop two miles from home, bravely finishing the race in scenes reminiscent of Reach For The Sky.
Just four years ago Radcliffe wowed Olympic crowds in Athens when she failed to complete the course, dropping out of the race she had no hope of winning.
Now to prove that was no fluke, the spirit-of-the-blitz and never-say-die Brit picked up her running spikes and…
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August 18th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Sorry all you are SSSOOOOO wrong
The best hissy fit so far has been thrown by the good old US of A, when all three medals in the womens 100m athletics event, were won by Jamaican athletes.
So p’d off were our colonial friends that one of their athletes complained that she’d had a false start and therefore the race should be rerun.
Mmm let me see - ‘I cheated so your medals don’t mean a thing’ do you think that Team USA use the same logical advisers as their President?
August 18th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Paula Radcliffe should have been disqualified.
She has clearly overdosed on the ugly pills.
August 18th, 2008 at 4:05 am
coolandcalm Says:
COOLANDCALM CUCKOOCLAM! How dare you!
This man was tormented!!! He demonstrated his passion!
RATHER LIKE ONSELF - WHEN ONE PUT THOSE SMILIES UP FOR ME COZ YOU WEREN’T GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION - SO DID YOUR PROJECTIONIST TECHNIQUE!
August 17th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
The other really funny event was one of the weightlifting medal ceremonies.
The Hungarian (?) weightlifter was given his bronze medal and he promptly ripped it off, threw it on the floor and stormed off.
He had apparently wanted gold.
So funny to see this big grown up muscleman throw a big hissy fit.
August 18th, 2008 at 4:02 am
chenier Says:
I have heard World Wars announced with less awe.
God knows who wrote their script, but they should be shot.
Against a wall.
Without a cigarette…
……………………………………..
Fancy a place in my COMMENTARIAT PARTY or what? Hope the BOUNTYHUNTERS see this!
CHENIER! It may ‘ave been Professor Pam or the CuckooClam what wrote it - coz it’s crap enough! lol
August 18th, 2008 at 1:30 am
It is just about time Paula quit and gave the ones who really do stand a chance of winning a bit of the limelight. I have never know of any sports person who has had so much support for not winning - we all knew that she didnt stand a snowflake in hells chance - and in my opinion - so did she. The sponsors probably just wanted the name to be banded around - I can hear them now - “right then Paula - run a bit - flop over the barriers but make sure your butt has our logo on it and is facing the camera - when you mop up the tears - just you use our brand of hankie - and you let them know which hair gel held your locks together in a crisis - which airline did you fly into the games on”"
August 17th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
….. you should witness a huffy, fitty, hissy, bitchy, pissed off South African …. our medals cupboard is bare ….. baaaah … it’s the firing wall line-up for the lot of them ……
August 17th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
The other really funny event was one of the weightlifting medal ceremonies.
The Hungarian (?) weightlifter was given his bronze medal and he promptly ripped it off, threw it on the floor and stormed off.
He had apparently wanted gold.
So funny to see this big grown up muscleman throw a big hissy fit.
August 17th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Yampster
I have heard World Wars announced with less awe.
God knows who wrote their script, but they should be shot.
Against a wall.
Without a cigarette…
August 17th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Not as funny as the coxless four final. I thought the commentator was going to burst his bag
August 17th, 2008 at 11:26 am
No, Yampster.
The high spot of the Olympics coverage has to be Rebecca Adlington’s first final, where the massed ranks of bbc sports commentators ignored her very existence until approximately a second before she won the Gold Medal.
Watch the video; it’s hysterically funny
August 17th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Rebecca Adlington came 6th in the marathon?
August 17th, 2008 at 9:24 am
I’m always fascinated by the adulation of St Paula of Radcliffe. No doubt she is a very nice person and a good athlete but we have plenty of brilliant athletes who just get on with it with barely a mention.
What’s the name again of the british girl who came 6th in the Marathon?
What about the rowers and sailors who won medals? names without looking?
What is it about Paula R. other than the fact she always seems to be crying?
Lets hear it for Rebecca Adlington!