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Olympics Excitement in the Falkland Islands

Friday, August 10th 2012 - 19:52 UTC
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The visit of one of the 8000 London 2012 Olympic torches to the Falklands has added to the excitement felt in the Islands for the London Olympics. Read full article

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  • PirateLove

    A great show of unity, good to see the Falkland folk taking time out to enjoy The Olympics and cheering on their GOLD medal winning team!!
    so much for Argtards accusation of The Falklanders being british hostages, they look pretty happy to me and why not the futures bright.

    Aug 10th, 2012 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • gustbury

    I think...:pure populism!!!

    Aug 10th, 2012 - 09:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    their tune will change completly, when the olympics go to rio in four years.

    Aug 10th, 2012 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Britworker

    Very satisfying to see the Dutch destroy the Argies only option of a gold medal tonight. I'm going to buy a dutch pancake tomorrow in celebration

    Aug 10th, 2012 - 10:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @2 Yes, the British team is popular. They achieved success by training rather than taking part in failed publicity stunts backed by a deranged leader. Wonder what Moyano would be like as Argentine president? (I'm asking as I have no idea).

    Aug 10th, 2012 - 11:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • PirateLove

    @2 you are correct sir, the olympics is very popular just a pity it isnt in your country or you may have won GOLD!!!!!

    Aug 10th, 2012 - 11:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • gustbury

    No problem guys...it's was only a joke.Congratulations to the Brit delegation!!!

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 03:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • BLACK CAT

    Frying pan badminton, get it in the the Rio games!!!!!!

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 05:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    And the current tally for Great Britain and Northern Ireland is:
    26 Gold, 15 Silver and 17 Bronze. Total 58.
    The best-performing South American team is Brazil with a total of 12.
    Argentina has 4. Venezuela has 1.
    In fact, the whole of South America has managed to acquire a grand total of 25.

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @7
    Fair play gusty-good wind up!

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Simon68

    Please let's show a little good sportsmanship, and congratulate the Argentine delegation to London 2012 on winning 1 Gold Medal, 1 Silver Medal and 2 Bronze Medals, very well done Señor Crismanich!!!!!

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 04:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @11 You're an Argentine, aren't you? How do you get to be an Argentine and a gentleman? Are you a priest?

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 04:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • British_Kirchnerist

    #11 I will. So much for the Dutch destroying their only chance =)

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 08:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • RICO

    Argentine delegation??? - I thought I read that CFK was boycotting the games - although I wasn't aware she had qualified.

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 09:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • PirateLove

    @13 just another 27 Gold medals to go and you will have reached Team GB or another 5 to reach kazakhstan even 1 more for azerbaijan.
    but yeah, well done to Argentina and to their dominant performance, its the taking part that matters not the winning, however a little critizism next time train on your own soil, that way you will do better than just taking part and finishing a lowly 41st with a handful of consolation medals.

    “To watch an argentine boil, you have to reign on Falkland soil” Mwahh!!!

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 10:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ElaineB

    @11 I really thought you had a chance of a bronze in the Basketball; such a close match in the end.

    The Argentine supporters gained a reputation of being fun and enthusiastic. Let's hope the Argentine government invests in their athletes so they can give a good performance at the 2016 games at Rio.

    Aug 12th, 2012 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • British_Kirchnerist

    #14 If there were Olympic beauty and eloquence contests, she'd be twice a gold medalist =)

    Aug 12th, 2012 - 01:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • malen

    Sport here is amateur. So its a real great job and spirit all what our sport people did.
    I thought UK was able to win the football golden medall, easily without good teams with wich compete, but, er.....not even the bronze
    And very beautiful colours and designs of our jackets and tshirts.

    Aug 12th, 2012 - 02:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • PirateLove

    @18 sport amateur? great job? yet all argentina could muster is a handful of medals. what does that say about Argentina? i dont think they do medals for sports kits and they certainly didnt help your performance any.

    Aug 12th, 2012 - 06:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • malen

    how did you clasify on football? 10, 20, in between the best 30??? :)
    continue participating....

    Aug 13th, 2012 - 12:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • BritishguyfromLondon

    @18 umm... Malen, the VAST majority of sports at the olympics are amateur. There were some very good teams at the Olympics, and Great Britain went out on penalties. It's not as though they were outplayed by South Korea. In my opinion, considering how little time they had together and the controversy surrounding the team's very existence, they performed with credit and did well to get as far as they did.

    @17 Beauty? Tell you what, I'll pay for your next optical check-up. Eloquence? A bully is never eloquent, just a bully. She should leave the Falklands alone.

    Aug 13th, 2012 - 01:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    @17 That's made me laugh, so ironic, a marvellous piece of hyperbole-thanks BK, humour is not dead.
    Eloquence-Lol!

    Aug 13th, 2012 - 04:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Simon68

    18 malen (#)

    Sport here is SO amateur that the Government demands that the athletes export some local product to be able to import the equipment they need to train!!!!

    It strikes me that if they had really trained on British soil to compete on British soil, our athletes would probably have done a great deal better, because they would have immediate access to the equipment they lacked by training in Argentina!!!!

    Aug 13th, 2012 - 01:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard2

    Country.......... Gold. Silver. Bronze. Total

    [1  United States 46 29 29 104]
    [2  China 38 27 23 88]
    [3  Russia 24 26 32 82]
    [4  Great Britain 29 17 19 65]
    [15  Spain 3 10 4 17]
    16  Brazil 3 5 9 17
    17  Cuba 5 3 6 14
    21  Jamaica 4 4 4 12
    30  Colombia 1 3 4 8
    33  Mexico 1 3 3 7
    44  Argentina 1 1 2 4
    47  Trinidad & Tobago 1 0 3 4
    55  Dominican Republic 1 1 0 2
    63  Puerto Rico 0 1 1 2
    69  Bahamas 1 0 0 1
    70  Grenada 1 0 0 1
    72  Venezuela 1 0 0 1
    76  Guatemala 0 1 0 1
    [78  Portugal 0 1 0 1]

    No other Central or South American or Caribbean country got any medals.

    It certainly shows that a little group of offshore islands can come up with the goods.

    Aug 13th, 2012 - 02:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Benson

    I really can't make up my mind if BK is being serious or ironic with his statements about CFK. It's hard to belive that he is being serious but if it is the latter his dedication to irony is impressive.

    Aug 13th, 2012 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard2

    Yes, Benson, he produces some finely honed ironic humour. I have had many a huge laugh out loud at his postings.
    It's hard to believe that he is being truthful, his humour is so consistent and so perfectly balanced ... the sort of mind that has spent a fair number of years as a British civil servant.

    Aug 13th, 2012 - 08:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • row82

    Please support our page - Honour Restored Falklands Liberation - dedicated in honour of all those who helped liberate the Falkland Islands in 1982 and dedicated to keeping the islands free for future generations to grow up in the peace and security -https://www.facebook.com/HonourRestored

    Aug 18th, 2012 - 05:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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