Wed Aug 1, 2012, 11:41 AM

Further British success as 6 year-old girl achieves musical chairs triumph at Spanish resort.

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Following on from Team GB’s first Olympic gold in a sport that no-one normally cares about, 6 year-old Chloe Roberts from Woking has emerged victorious from a closely fought game of musical chairs in Majorca.

Roberts, who is enjoying a two-week break in the resort of Cala D’or, saw off competition from the much fancied German and Dutch participants to claim top prize in front of a crowd of mildly intoxicated grown-ups.

The odds of a British triumph in the contest looked slim after the shock early exit of two of Britain’s leading contenders, 5 year-old Jake Hudson and 7 year-old Emily Staunton.

Hudson, who had claimed in the build up that he was definitely going to win, was distraught after his elimination, but his parents managed to soften the blow with a strawberry Chupa Chup and a glass of Fanta.

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Further British success as 6 year-old girl achieves musical chairs triumph at Spanish resort. (Original post)	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	OP
I undrstand that the American team have asked for a doping check on Chloe ...	non sociopath skin	Aug 2012	#1
I thought it was	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#2
Modern pentathalon	fedsron2us	Aug 2012	#3
lol	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#4
The possibilities are endless ....	non sociopath skin	Aug 2012	#5
I only knew about	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#6
There's a 71 year old in the dressage	muriel_volestrangler	Aug 2012	#7
Amazing	dipsydoodle	Aug 2012	#8

Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:21 PM

non sociopath skin (4,578 posts)

1. I undrstand that the American team have asked for a doping check on Chloe ...

... which may mean that she has to withdraw from tomorrow's Pass-the-Parcel freestyle.

Iniquitous, I calls it.

The Skin

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Response to non sociopath skin (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 06:44 PM

dipsydoodle (33,175 posts)

2. I thought it was

the Egg and Spoon race tomorrow.

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Response to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:36 PM

fedsron2us (2,811 posts)

3. Modern pentathalon

Event 1 - Musical Chairs
Event 2 - Egg and Spoon
Event 3 - Sack Race
Event 4 - Three Legged Race
Event 5 - Find Your Shoes Race (1)

(1) All participants divest themselves of their shoes which are then gathered together in a sack 50 yards from the start. Participants must race to the container, find their own shoes, put them on and then race back to the finish line. Those wearing the wrong shoes are not only disqualified but also get verrucas.

A lot easier to understand than some of the events in the Olympics and a lot more fun to watch.

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Response to fedsron2us (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 06:14 PM

dipsydoodle (33,175 posts)

4. lol

I wonder what would be happening these days if they hadn't dropped the Art section in 1948.

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 05:05 AM

non sociopath skin (4,578 posts)

5. The possibilities are endless ....

.... though I'd have envisaged a Team GB Grand Slam ....

Gold - Damien Hirst for his "Buoyancy" (a pickled swimmer floating in a tank)

Silver - Tracey Emin for "My Sporting Life" (A reconstruction of the school sandpit in which she shagged the sixth form Victor Ludorum circa 1980)

Bronze - David Hockney for "Clouds" (Painting of the Kazakhstan Weight-Lifting Team sharing a crafty Woodbine behind the Velodrome bike-sheds)

Truly a missed opportunity ...

The Skin

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Response to non sociopath skin (Reply #5)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 05:39 AM

dipsydoodle (33,175 posts)

6. I only knew about

from that BBC film Bertie and Dickie. A guy who was 75 years old will doubtless remain the oldest ever to win an Olympic medal when he got a bronze medal for etching.

The venue used was the V & A.

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Fri Aug 3, 2012, 05:51 AM

muriel_volestrangler (65,853 posts)

7. There's a 71 year old in the dressage

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/japanese-rider-71-repeats-as-oldest-athlete-at-london-olympics/2012/08/02/gJQAfGUjRX_story.html

48 years since he first competed.

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Response to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #7)

Fri Aug 3, 2012, 05:57 AM

dipsydoodle (33,175 posts)

8. Amazing

Shame he's out of medal contention - would've have been nice for him to get at least a bronze.

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