canuck champs Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Some great photos from boston.com's 'Big Picture' that captured the London Olympics: Opening Ceremony Week One Week Two Winning Moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Is it....could it be....time to unpin this thread...? I don't want London 2012 to end.....or this thread.... Unpining this thread is like extinguishing the flame. It makes the end very official Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck_trevor16 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 why dont we keep it on........there still the paraolympics.......but it sucks that it not on tv? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 [OFFICIAL] London 2012 Paralympics Thread Should I make that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngould21 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 It was nice seeing Canada recognize and support all there athletes (lets pretend like all of us did). Remember Jon Montgomery, or Alex Bilodeau? Has anyone been keeping up with them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 [OFFICIAL] London 2012 Paralympics Thread Should I make that? Yeah that'd be awesome. It shall be pinned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Yeah that'd be awesome. It shall be pinned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Anyone know how much closing ceremony tickets were going for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Anyone know how much closing ceremony tickets were going for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyville88 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 FYI: Christine Sinclair is coming home tomorrow. She will land at YVR at 11am. No word on whether or not the rest of the team will be with her. Sadly it's a work day for most of us but it'd be awesome for her to arrive to some fanfare. Hoping that people who are able, do go to welcome her home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 FYI: Christine Sinclair is coming home tomorrow. She will land at YVR at 11am. No word on whether or not the rest of the team will be with her. Sadly it's a work day for most of us but it'd be awesome for her to arrive to some fanfare. Hoping that people who are able, do go to welcome her home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 So is anyone disappointed medal wise for Canada? As for the host, I thought the London Olympics were good but not as good as ours. Why? Possibly being a homer, but I felt our Olympics was an opening up party for Canadians and we really united and showed real nationalism. I didn't see that in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 So is anyone disappointed medal wise for Canada? As for the host, I thought the London Olympics were good but not as good as ours. Why? Possibly being a homer, but I felt our Olympics was an opening up party for Canadians and we really united and showed real nationalism. I didn't see that in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van_ws Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 So is anyone disappointed medal wise for Canada? As for the host, I thought the London Olympics were good but not as good as ours. Why? Possibly being a homer, but I felt our Olympics was an opening up party for Canadians and we really united and showed real nationalism. I didn't see that in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXCanucksXX Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Remember, during the Vancouver Olympics, there was hundred's of thousands people on the streets of Vancouver. I didn't see that many people on the streets in London compared to Vancouver (hoping nobody proves me wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMB Posted August 13, 2012 Author Share Posted August 13, 2012 Remember, during the Vancouver Olympics, there was hundred's of thousands people on the streets of Vancouver. I didn't see that many people on the streets in London compared to Vancouver (hoping nobody proves me wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Goose- Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Remember, during the Vancouver Olympics, there was hundred's of thousands people on the streets of Vancouver. I didn't see that many people on the streets in London compared to Vancouver (hoping nobody proves me wrong) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXCanucksXX Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Everytime they showed Olympic Park it was packed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdinaryBoy Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I want to say something deep and insightful about these Games, but I'm too close to the end to sum it up. I think the opening and closing ceremonies had their moments. The Olympic Flame monument with the petals was very elegant, and I did like the tribute to Britain's music, but not all of their music should be shared. Let's leave it at that. As for the Canadians, I was pretty satisfied with our performance. It would have been unreasonable to expect us to match our high-water mark of the Vancouver Games, but it was especially disappointing that Whitfield, Hughes, Despaties or Lamaze didn't have the chance to do their best due to injuries. It would have been amazing to see them on the podium one final time. For the medals we did win, some of them are sentimentally more valuble than gold. Oldershaw's race comes to mind, as does the Men's eights silver, which was for me the most exciting moment of the Olympics: Announcer: "THE GREAT BRITONS ARE FAILING, THE GREAT BRITONS ARE SLIPPING BACK! IT'S OPPORTUNITY STRIKES NOW FOR BRIAN PRICE! LOOK OVER THERE AND TELL THEM, "BOYS, YOU'RE MOVING, YOU CAN GET THEM IN THE LAST 20 STROKES!' " Other announcer, trying to stay calm: "Here comes Great Britain, here comes Germany, AND HERE COMES CANADA! Final metres in the men's eight, Germany trying to hold on, AND NOW THE CANADIAN CREW, FIRING THROUGH!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xYKJtykPKA&feature=player_detailpage#t=391s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrels.Gone.Wild Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Jessie J was god-awful. I'd like to meet the person who picked her and punch them in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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