Fed up of postie? Help is here... (merged)

betterlatethannever

Yes PMS you just read it..its does all become clearer once you start receiving stuff to post.

dnl05

Today's Olympic Competition: The Final Question!

14. How many gold medals were awarded during the Beijing 2008 summer Olympics?

Answer: 302 gold medals

Got answer from: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/FAQ/4506

(I haven't had a chance to count up every single gold medal in the medal table!)

Good luck everyone! Would love to know if an MSe'r has won!

aligerdie

Horse_Owner wrote: »

I've been dropped

Me too, just got the email through now. I've only been doing this 3 weeks and have posted everything at the right time on the right day.

Gutted as I really wanted to do this!

Mrs_Money

dnl05 wrote: »

Olympic Competition

11. Rebecca Adlington won Gold in the women's 800m freestyle, what was her world record time in the final?

Answer: 8:14.10

Got answer from:
http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/swimming/n214548615.shtml

Looking at your link dn105, I think the time you've quoted refers to the 200metres race. I have a time of 8 minutes 18.06 seconds - sorry don't know where I got it from now!

KILL_BILL

Mrs_Money wrote: »

Looking at your link dn105, I think the time you've quoted refers to the 200metres race. I have a time of 8 minutes 18.06 seconds - sorry don't know where I got it from now!

from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Adlington
"Adlington set a new British, Commonwealth, European and Olympic record of 8:18.06 in the preliminary heats of the women's 800 metre freestyle on 14 August 2008. She went on to win the 800m Olympic freestyle final on 16 August2008 in a world record time of 8:14.10, her second gold of the tournament, a full six seconds ahead of the silver medalist, and two seconds ahead of the former world record which had been set by Janet Evans when Adlington was 6 months old. At the time, this was swimming's longest standing world record.[9]

runmichellerun

Mrs_Money wrote: »

Looking at your link dn105, I think the time you've quoted refers to the 200metres race. I have a time of 8 minutes 18.06 seconds - sorry don't know where I got it from now!

There's no way it would take an Olympic swimmer 8 minutes or more to do a 200 metre race.

I looked up my answers independently from the answers on here and have agreed with the general consensus. I think it's as dnl05 has answered.

Sorry...

CloudRuler

Mrs_Money wrote: »

Looking at your link dn105, I think the time you've quoted refers to the 200metres race. I have a time of 8 minutes 18.06 seconds - sorry don't know where I got it from now!

You've taken the wrong time from the Olympic website assuming that's where you were looking. There are two times for the 800 for Adlington, two different days. Though how you could think 8:14:10 would be for the 200 whilst 8:18.06 would be for the 800 I really don't know. Also Adlington didn't swim in the 200m.

millerose

Well I've emailed my entry off today :j

Good luck everyone :beer:

nanto3girls

aligerdie wrote: »

Me too, just got the email through now. I've only been doing this 3 weeks and have posted everything at the right time on the right day.

Gutted as I really wanted to do this!

Awwwww that's a shame.

princessmoneysaver

So what should I be expecting next then after reading the training & how long will it take? I'm inpatiencent lol