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2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« on: 19:35:33, 25/07/14 »
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #1 on: 20:19:06, 25/07/14 »
Loving it!  Glued all day.  My two week holiday, this is.  Especially enjoying that huge blue pool of water on my telly on hot days!  You can't knock the effort Glasgow has put in either.  The attention to detail  is tremendous.   O0
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #2 on: 09:21:37, 26/07/14 »
Cool blue water eh!

Every time I switch on it's swimming which is one of my favourites, the judo girls are doing well too and the sons enjoy the cycling


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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #3 on: 11:29:15, 26/07/14 »
I am waiting for the mixed team triathlon relay.  If we have the gold and silver medallists from the men's event and the gold and bronze medallists from the women's event, then even over the shorter course distances, they must be favourites.....  500m swim, 15K bike and 5K run, done as a relay.  I've never seen one before.
 
Swimming at the mo.  Heats, so I am pottering about doing bits of chores and jobs with an eye on the telly. 
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #4 on: 09:21:21, 27/07/14 »
The swimming and athletics are the sports I watch most of but the gymnastics girls were excellent :)
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #5 on: 11:15:50, 27/07/14 »
wow just watched Michael Shelley of Australia win the Men's Marathon, a superb effort so worthy of the Gold Medal

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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #6 on: 11:32:22, 27/07/14 »
Yes, anyone who can beat the Africans at distance running definitely deserves a medal.   The Kenyans in particular are so gifted and dominant at the longer distances. 
 
 
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #7 on: 22:31:58, 28/07/14 »
Son says we have 26 gold medals 8)
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« Reply #8 on: 22:46:16, 28/07/14 »
27 now!  Only the Aussies with more at the minute - though that may change now the track and field events are off.  Glasgow is putting on a brilliant show.   Looking forward to the diving in a couple of days too.  O0
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #10 on: 15:35:34, 02/08/14 »
It's raining medals!  We're looking well placed to finish top of the table and to beat our record tally from Manchester.   Best of all, it's been a really nice event, with the crowds turning up and cheering everyone and all the competitors congratulating one another.   I'm going to miss it next week.  Course, I'll probably get the house cleaned properly then.....  ;D
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« Reply #11 on: 21:18:06, 02/08/14 »
It's been a great Games, congrats. due to Glasgow and the efforts of all O0
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #13 on: 21:51:49, 03/08/14 »
Medal Tally -

 


Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total


England (ENG) 58 57 56 171
Australia (AUS) 47 42 46 135
Canada (CAN) 32 16 34 82
Scotland (SCO) 19 14 19 52
India (IND) 15 30 19 64
New Zealand (NZL) 14 13 17 44
South Africa (RSA) 13 10 17 40
Nigeria (NGR) 11 11 14 36
Kenya (KEN) 10 10 5 25
Jamaica (JAM) 10 4 8 22
Singapore (SIN) 8 4 4 16
Malaysia (MAS) 5 7 6 18
Wales (WAL) 4 11 20 35
Cyprus (CYP) 2 4 2 8
Northern Ireland (NIR) 2 3 7 12
Papua New Guinea (PNG) 2 0 0 2
Cameroon (CMR) 1 3 3 7
Uganda (UGA) 1 0 4 5
Grenada (GRN) 1 0 1 2
Kiribati (KIR) 1 0 0 1
Botswana (BOT) 1 0 0 1
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 0 3 5 8
Pakistan (PAK) 0 3 1 4
Samoa (SAM) 0 2 1 3
Bahamas (BAH) 0 2 1 3
Namibia (NAM) 0 1 2 3
Mozambique (MOZ) 0 1 1 2
Mauritius (MRI) 0 1 1 2
Isle of Man (IOM) 0 1 0 1
Bangladesh (BAN) 0 1 0 1
Sri Lanka (SRI) 0 1 0 1
Nauru (NRU) 0 1 0 1
Zambia (ZAM) 0 0 2 2
Ghana (GHA) 0 0 2 2
Fiji (FIJ) 0 0 1 1
Barbados (BAR) 0 0 1 1
Saint Lucia (LCA) 0 0 1 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) 0 0 0 0
Seychelles (SEY) 0 0 0 0
Rwanda (RWA) 0 0 0 0
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (SHN) 0 0 0 0
Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 0 0 0 0
Niue (NIU) 0 0 0 0
Norfolk Island (NFI) 0 0 0 0
Vanuatu (VAN) 0 0 0 0
Swaziland (SWZ) 0 0 0 0
Tanzania (TAN) 0 0 0 0
Tuvalu (TUV) 0 0 0 0
Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0
Solomon Islands (SOL) 0 0 0 0
Belize (BIZ) 0 0 0 0
Bermuda (BER) 0 0 0 0
British Virgin Islands (IVB) 0 0 0 0
Brunei (BRU) 0 0 0 0
Anguilla (ANG) 0 0 0 0
Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 0 0 0 0
Cayman Islands (CAY) 0 0 0 0
Cook Islands (COK) 0 0 0 0
Dominica (DMA) 0 0 0 0
Falkland Islands (FAI) 0 0 0 0
Jersey (JER) 0 0 0 0
Gibraltar (GIB) 0 0 0 0
Guernsey (GUE) 0 0 0 0
Guyana (GUY) 0 0 0 0
Montserrat (MNT) 0 0 0 0
Maldives (MDV) 0 0 0 0
Malta (MLT) 0 0 0 0
Lesotho (LES) 0 0 0 0
Malawi (MAW) 0 0 0 0
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Re: 2014 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow
« Reply #14 on: 23:35:10, 03/08/14 »
 :(  It's over.  I am bereft......
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