It's nice being able to say things like that behind a monitor, try saying that next time you travel abroad, if you ever do.
2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
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It's nice being able to say things like that behind a monitor, try saying that next time you travel abroad, if you ever do.
Just imagine those Commonwealth games if the USA was in it & it featured American sports: we'd get gold in basketball (mens & womens), gold in football, gold in lacrosse (mens/womens), likely be silver in ice hockey (mens) with possibly gold in womens, gold in baseball, gold in softball, and a bunch of gold in track & field and swimming. Blackie would be having shtt fits of mammoth proportions.
Great Britain finished third at London 2012.
The only countries who finished higher than us were the USA and China, but that was merely as a result of their huge population, not because they were better.
No you didn't. We got 65 medals at London 2012 and we have a population of 64 million. That's almost one gold per million people.
The US has nearly 320 million people, yet you could only manage 104 medals at London 2012. You do the maths.
Your efforts were feeble comparing to GREAT Britain's.
Just imagine what my uncle would look like had he been a woman.
The fact is that the USA are NOT in the Commonwealth Games. You can be in them if you like but you'd have to join the Commonwealth first. And until you join the Commonwealth and take part in the Commonwealth Games it's useless bragging that you will finish at the top of the medals table.
And even if you did finish top of the medals table it would not be because of your mythical "superior athleticism" and your supposed "superior ability to play sports" than everyone else. It'll be merely be as a result of your huge population, just as it was in London 2012 and previous Olympics where many countries, including Britain, performed far better than the USA and won more medals than them when taking population size into account.
I'll say again - Britain won 65 medals at London 2012, and it has a population of 64 million.
The USA won 104 medals, but that seems pretty feeble when you take into account its 320 million population.
104 medals for a country of your size is not something to brag about. It turns out that a country with a population five times that of Britain could only win 1.6 times as many golds.
Why would the Commonwealth Games organisers accommodate the bloody Yanks by allowing a plethora of daft Yank sports into the Games?
I didn't see the Aussies being allowed to play Aussie Rules or Rugby League; the Indians weren't allowed to play cricket, the only sport they are really good at; there was no football to accommodate the English or the Scots and there was no Rugby Union to accommodate the Welsh or the Kiwis. So I don't see why the Yanks would be accommodated and given it easy by being allowed to play sports that are only played in North America but the rest of the world don't give two figs about. If you can't hack it on the cycling track or on the badminton or squash courts and you can only cope when dunking a ball into a fishing net or doing the triathlon then it's tough.
And yet if I had said that black men like Usain Bolt are better at running than white men your self-righteous, faux outrage would have been ever more noticeable due to its absence. Typical double standards from the PC Brigade.
I'll say again: The Commonwealth Games were created to showcase the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race.
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I think you'll find that hockey is far more popular globally than hockey on ice.
Ice hockey isn't even the most popular in Canada. More Canadians play golf than hockey on ice, and "soccer" looks like it may also soon overtake hockey on ice in popularity in Canada.
Hockey (real hockey, not hockey on ice) is the fourth-most popular team sport on the planet, after "soccer", cricket and basketball. Hockey on ice doesn't even make it into the top 10.
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The Commonwealth had a spectacular party last night to say farewell to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Scottish artists Lulu and Deacon Blue performed some of their greatest hits, and Aussie superstar Kylie Minogue kicked off her UK tour by performing some of her most famous hits (you can't have a Closing Ceremony of a major sporting event nowadays without some crotch-flashing female wailing into a microphone) after a spectacular performance by singers and dancers from Australia's Gold Coast who showed us what to expect when they host the Games in 2018 by showing us images of sun, sea, sand and surfers on several little TV screens which the dancers merged together as one large screen.
There was also a speech by Commonweath Games Federation chairman Prince Imran of Malaysia before Prince Edward declared the 2014 Commonwealth Games closed.
London 2012 has been called the best Olympics ever, and now the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games have been called the best Commonwealth Games ever.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES CLOSING CEREMONY: Glasgow gives glittering send off with musical spectacular at Hampden Park
Lulu and Deacon Blue help close ceremony as Games are handed over to 2018 hosts Gold Coast in Australia
Pop goddess Kylie Mingoue also performed at event in Glasgow and sang a number of hits
Athletes who took part in Games emerge from almost 700 tents dotted throughout Hampden Park stadium
Glasgow 2014 chairman Lord Smith of Kelvin praises athletes who 'gave it their all' and says: 'Thank you'
By Gavin Mccafferty, Press Association
4 August 2014
Daily Mail
It was billed as 'All Back To Ours' - a closing ceremony that owed its theme to the Glasgow tradition of extending a good night out at someone's house after closing time.
Well, you know you've had a good night out when you end up getting Kylie Minogue back to your flat.
She probably wouldn't get the luxury of singing seven interrupted songs in a row at an after-hours Glasgow tenement party but she was afforded that privilege at Hampden, Scotland's most iconic sporting venue, as the city celebrated a memorable 11-day sporting festival and passed the Commonwealth Games baton over to the 2018 hosts, the Gold Coast in Kylie's native Australia.
Spectacular send off: Glasgow waved goodbye to the Commonwealth Games with an incredible closing ceremony at Hampden Park on Sunday evening
Plenty to shout about: Scottish singer Lulu performed her 1964 hit 'Shout' to kick off the ceremony as athletes from across all of the nations taking part swarmed the stadium and ran to the stage
Colourful scene: Athletes and city workers piled into the stadium as Lulu kicked off the showpiece on Sunday evening at Hampden Park
Musical royalty: Pop goddess Kylie Minogue took centre stage following the handover of the 2018 Games to Gold Coast City
Entertainer: Australian pop star Minogue is surrounded by male dancers during her performance in the Scottish capital on Sunday night
In doing so, Scotland's biggest city closed its Glasgow 2014 experience on a typically inclusive and outgoing nature as the city basked in the glory of what Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper had earlier termed the 'standout Games in the movement's history'.
Okay, he might say that to all his party hosts but he will surely find agreement among a sizeable chunk of the thousands of athletes and the people who bought more than 1.2million tickets to the sporting action, as well as millions more television viewers.
Scottish sport has never witnessed anything like these Games and the bulk of the Hampden crowd were not just celebrating the successful staging of the Games but a Team Scotland performance that shattered all records, provided stories that touched the heart and success that prompted tears of joy among athletes and spectators alike.
Glasgow 2014 organisers had consistently promised an athlete-centred Games and the stars of the show were involved right from the start, bursting out of tents to the strains of Lulu, who even showed signs of rediscovering her Glasgow accent for the occasion.
Thankfully the earlier torrential rain had subsided, or many might have been tempted to remain under cover.
The sporting stars remained at the heart of the action, but the ceremony continued with a musical thank-you to the thousands of volunteers - the so-called Clyde-siders - and city workers whose work behind the scenes allowed the Games to be such a success.
Proud moment: Rhythmic gymnast Francesca Jones of Wales receives the David Dixon Award during the closing ceremony for the Glasgow 2014. She won six medals at these Games - one gold and five silvers
Lollipop lady: City Workers entered the stadium during the closing ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and were thanked for their work during the eleven-day long event
Spectators: 40,000 piled into Hampden Park for the closing ceremony at Hampden Park in Glasgow and were treated to a musical showpiece from the likes of Lulu and Kylie Minogue
What a performance: Members of Sunday's cast get ready ahead of the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Glasgow's Hampden Par
Break the night with colour: An audience member watches the show as flags are waved during the ceremony
Deacon Blue's crowd-pleaser Dignity - a song about a council worker who realises his dream of owning a boat - providing a fitting accompaniment as dozens of road workers, lollipop women, firefighters, paramedics and the like walked out under a banner with the age-old slogan 'Let Glasgow Flourish'.
The speeches saw CGF chairman Prince Imran declare the event 'in every aspect the best Games ever', the resultant cheer dwarfed only by his praise for Team Scotland's performance.
After the Games were declared over and the Gold Coast gave its glimpse of what to expect in four years, it was over to Kylie.
Everyone's favourite former Neighbours star, complete with a headdress that would have seen her struggle to get past the bouncers in most Glasgow nightclubs, began a set that formed the backdrop to what was described as a Glasgow love story.
It moved through stages such as 'the chase' and 'the smooch', which came after the ultimate romantic gesture seen on Sauchiehall Street on a Saturday night - men throwing away their bags of chips to form a physical alliance with their respective partners.
Athletes from around the Commonwealth nations joined in and looked on, some no doubt more than a touch bemused, as hundreds of performers acted out routines ranging from ceilidh dances to the Slosh, a type of line dance strongly favoured by drunk aunties at Scottish weddings.
About 1,000 people recreated the scene of adolescent innocence from cult 1981 Scottish comedy Gregory's Girl where two young would-be-lovers lie on their backs and dance to the sky.
And the party ended just like any other late-night Glasgow gathering - with lashings of nostalgia and emotion - as folk singer Dougie MacLean performed Caledonia, which details an exiled Scot's homesick longing for his homeland.
Auld Lang Syne finished off the night as Glasgow bade farewell to some of the best times in its history - already a memory but one that will never be forgotten by anyone who was lucky enough to be involved.
Big hit: 80s pop group Deacon Blue, who originated in Glasgow, performed their hit 'Dignity' at the closing ceremony at Hampden Park on Sunday night
All-rounder: Australian hurdler Sally Pearson took to the stage with Queensland singer Jessica Mauboy as the Commonwealth Games were handed over to Gold Coast City, Queensland for the 2018 event. Gold Coast showed us what to expect in four years' time with a spectacular performance advertising their beautiful beaches and other attractions. The Aussies will be hoping they don't get pipped at the top of the medals table by the English again in 2018
It’s ours! Queensland singer Jessica Mauboy made the world wish they were on the Gold Coast - and the Commonwealth will be in 2018 (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images
Goodbye: The farewell rounded off in the only way a Scottish party could - with a mass performance of Auld Lang Syne featuring Kylie Minogue, Lulu (both pictured) and the rest of the ceremony's performers
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Wales rhythmic gymnast Francesca Jones wins this year's Commonwealth Games' David Dixon Award
Proud day: Rhythic gymnast Francesca Jones won the David Dixon Award at this year's Commonwealth Games, which was presented to her by Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Prince Imran of Malaysia at last night's Closing Ceremony
Welsh gymnast Frankie Jones has won the David Dixon Award for her outstanding Commonwealth Games performance.
The prize goes to a single athlete at each Games based on their overall performance, contribution to their team and commitment to fair play.
Jones proved the catalyst and inspiration to the best Welsh performance of all time at a Commonwealth Games. The 23-year-old won six medals in the rhythmic gymnastic competitions, the final one being gold - Wales' first of the Games - in the individual ribbon.
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Proud day: Rhythic gymnast Francesca Jones won the David Dixon Award at this year's Commonwealth Games
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Proud day: Rhythic gymnast Francesca Jones won the David Dixon Award at this year's Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Prince Imran said at the closing ceremony: "Her ongoing commitment to her sport alongside her quiet, inspirational character has encouraged many young girls to take up the sport and there is now a comprehensive program in her country as a consequence of her efforts and success.
'She has also been an excellent role model for her peers, showing that a healthy lifestyle is important and achievable in sport where body shape and image tends to dominate.
'She won six medals at these Games and her team has reported to us how inspirational her performances have been to young children who would love to follow in her footsteps.'
All smiles: Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Prince Imran said Jones' performance at the Games has encouraged many girls to take up the sport
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Arrogant, idiotic, stereotypical bullshi*t. If you had an original thought your head might explode.
Typical cowardly move by you. Make an idiotic statement and when called on it pretend you don't know what's being talked about. You don't even have he courage of your own ignorant convictions.
Such a little, little man.
LMFAO. The only connection that you have with 'superiority' is that you can look it up in the dictionary.
Ignorant, arrogant fool.:roll:
Ignorant, arrogant fool.:roll:
Oh dear.
The Commonwealth Games started fifty years before I was born. They were set up to show the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race in sport. So do NOT blame me. Now, as I say, go and lie down for a bit.
Must be the time of the month. It must be, otherwise she wouldn't be blaming me for something which happened 50 years before I was born.
That's some real trolling. One thing the dork does well. Probably the only thing.
Blackdork definitely has issues..........(probably bad teeth too.)
England have beaten New Zealand 4-2 on penalties in PROPER hockey to win bronze after the match finished 3-3 in normal time
Australia have beaten India 4-0 to win gold - their fifth victory in five Commonwealth Games hockey tournaments. There has NEVER been a Commonwealth Games men's hockey final without either Australia or New Zealand in it.
Glasgow 2014: England men beat New Zealand to win hockey bronze
BBC News
3 August
Jackson scored the winner having converted two penalty corners during normal time
Whoa whoa whoa! Your men ACTUALLY play Field Hockey! That is a Woman's Sport! Where are their skirts?!
Yet the Chinese beat the tar off you at the London Olympics as well.
Bad teeth...well that goes without saying
So I'm to blame for the British Empire Games being set up in 1930 to show the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon race in sport?
If that's what you and your fellow head-the-balls want to believe then go ahead.
Meanwhile, I shall go on occupying the real world.
That's coming from someone who lives in a country whose national sports are netball and rounders, the ultimate girls' sports.
China has a population of 1.3 billion yet could only manage 38 gold medals, just nine more than Britain.
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But the Anglo Saxons are hardly superior in sport you tard!
You get your azz kicked every two years when the rest of the world is involved.
You're so excited at the Engrish winning a bronze in a Woman's Sport! lmao
And they're not Anglo-Saxons. The Chinese whip your azz routinely... they are clearly superior to the brits.
Welsh rhyth girl:
francesca jones rhythmic gymnastics - Google Search
Go girl!
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Too bad rugby & cric weren't in the games as the Poms would get their butts kicked by the Welsh, SA's, Scots, NIr's, Kiwis, & Ozzies.
As for the USA joining, I'm still having a good laugh at that one. I love the British people as most of them are humble & open minded. Have some good pals at Guardian and they sure are kool. But most would agree with me that the USA joining the commonwealth of nations is laughable.
francesca jones rhythmic gymnastics - Google Search
Go girl!
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Too bad rugby & cric weren't in the games as the Poms would get their butts kicked by the Welsh, SA's, Scots, NIr's, Kiwis, & Ozzies.
As for the USA joining, I'm still having a good laugh at that one. I love the British people as most of them are humble & open minded. Have some good pals at Guardian and they sure are kool. But most would agree with me that the USA joining the commonwealth of nations is laughable.
Interesting. How many "Anglo Saxons" were on your 4 x 100 sprint relay?......or on our's for that matter?
You can't even watch the majority of events on television because they cram so much in a short amount of time.. This isn't comparable to the Olympics, winter included.