2012 London Olympics

**Ry_Tower** · August 14th, 2012 09:46 AM

^ 3 babantayan niya sabay-sabay? Good luck naman pagdating 2nd quarter. :hysterical:

Originally Posted by erj22

^ isama mo na rin mountain biking. daming malalakas sa atin sa XC racing.

Yan puwede din, mas mura kunti sa motocross gamit at since high-end, medyo matibay na yung gamit. Meron naman siguro mag-sponsor like Cobra, Monster energy drink or Sting sa mga atleta natin dyan.

**Monseratto** · August 14th, 2012 11:47 AM

Hopefully wala mag TNT na pinoy delegation...

Congo athlete and coaches go missing after Games

DAKAR (Reuters) - A Congolese judo competitor and three other members of the central African country's Olympic delegation have gone missing in London since the weekend, local media reported on Monday, adding to a list of seven other African athletes who vanished during the Games.

Democratic Republic of Congo's Cedric Mandembo, who lost his only judo match in 49 seconds to Russian Alexander Mikhaylin in the 100 kg category, disappeared shortly after Sunday's closing ceremony and was not answering his mobile phone, U.N.-sponsored Radio Okapi reported, citing the Congolese Olympic Committee.

Congo judo coach Ibula Masengo, boxing trainer Blaise Bekwa, and national technical director of athletics Guy Nkita had also gone missing, according to the report, which said all four had left the Olympic village with their luggage.

No further details were immediately available in London and a government spokesman said the Home Office did not comment on individual cases.

Olympic officials are also looking for seven Cameroonian athletes who went missing during the Games. Cameroon officials asked for help tracking down five boxers, a swimmer and a soccer player, and said they were probably seeking to stay in Europe for economic reasons.

The London Olympic organizing committee said it had notified British police about the missing Cameroonians, but added that the athletes would not be infringing immigration laws until their visas expired in November.

(Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Clare Fallon)

**ecneret** · August 14th, 2012 02:19 PM

Egyptian wrestlers show up too late to wrestle, forfeit matches

Two wrestlers from Egypt forfeited their matches on Sunday when they didn't show up in time. Abdou Omar Abdou Ahmed missed his 66kg first-round match and Saleh Emera missed his 96kg match, unaware that Sunday's schedule started at 8:30 a.m.

All week, wrestling started at 1 p.m. in London. However, because of the Closing Ceremony, the last three weight classes to be wrestled at freestyle were started earlier. The Egyptians showed up to the arena late, saying, "every day one-o'clock." But it was too late. They were out. One of the wrestlers reportedly fell to his knees crying when he learned the news.

The schedule for wrestling has been posted for months. Every other wrestler, official, media member, coach, volunteer and fan at the ExCeL arena knew to show up early.

The worst part of this is that the biggest victim of Egypt's negligence is the wrestlers themselves. When an athlete comes to the Olympics, the only thing he or she should be worried about is competing. Details like schedules, tickets, meals and media requests should be handled by coaches and national organizing committees. Though neither wrestler was favored for gold, it's heartbreaking that they didn't even get the chance.

Egyptian wrestlers show up too late to wrestle, forfeit matches | Fourth-Place Medal - Yahoo! Sports

engoters amp! :lol:

**Ry_Tower** · August 14th, 2012 05:51 PM

^ WTF talaga!!!

Sayang gastos sa kanila.

**kinyo** · August 14th, 2012 11:16 PM

better luck next time na lang ang pinas ... sana ngayon pa lang, paghandaan na ang Rio 2016

**carwhacko** · August 15th, 2012 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by kinyo

better luck next time na lang ang pinas ... Sana ngayon pa lang, paghandaan na ang rio 2016

sana.. Sana.. Sana..

**superblitz** · August 15th, 2012 02:30 AM

We should focus more on sports that's possible to have a medal like boxing, judo, fencing, archery. We have a good chance on making world class athletes because those games doesn't require height that we lack.