First Medal of the Games

[Mr.Sam]

We just managed to get gold in the road cycling, looked doubtful as she fell back at the bottom of the last hill but she pulled it back :)

GB's 200th ever gold and wales first since 1973, we're upto 7th in the medal tables now.


Nicole Cooke claimed Britain's first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning a thrilling women's road race.
The 25-year-old from Wales timed her finish to perfection, edging ahead of Emma Johansson and Tatiana Guderzo in the sprint to the line.
Cooke finished in a time of three hours, 32 minutes and 24 seconds to become Britain's first Olympic medallist in this event.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/cycling/7552294.stm

[MissAlice]

Good news, and I suspect this is just the first of several that the cycling team will win :)

[Blinger1]

Hey, Australia's 200th gold medal today as well i think..

[Geraint]

The Welsh leading by example.

[JackBuddy]

She did brilliantly, she ****** it up at the last corner and was last in the pack but sprinted very well to take home the gold.

[Kardan]

Great news :) Lets hope there's alot more to come :D

[Chipmunk]

suspsedly we have the best cycling team?

[Kardan]

suspsedly we have the best cycling team?

We have one of the best, got 4 medals in cycling last year :)

[Mr.Sam]

we have world number 1 for bmx racing and velo too

[Geraint]

Mark Cavendish ans Bradley Wiggins will win gold. Cav is the fastest man in the world. He absolutely blitzed the field in the Tour de France. The track cycliists are good aswell with Chris Hoy, Wiggins, Cav, Pendleton, Romero and that BMX girl.

[Sammeth.]

Cycling, Rowing and Sailing seems to be what we are best at. Good to hear. Unfortunatly we have dropped down to 10th now, but at least we've finally got a medal :D

[Mr.Sam]

as well as long jump and mixed badminton doubles we have a world champion don't we?

[Neversoft]

We're also doing quite well at singles badminton. Smith started off quite nervous, but played a good game once he calmed down. He beat Czech Republic's number 1. Hallam beat Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin (who is 2 places above her in the world rank I think) without ease. Smith is playing tomorrow at 3:20am.

[Mr.Sam]

I watched the womans doubles eariler, they played well in match one and the bad serve at the end was the turning point, I think they targetted (forgot her name) too much and tried to attack her at all costs even hitting across court and they lost quite a few points like that.

[risque]

We're crap at the good events but good at the crap ones.

[Kardan]

We're crap at the good events but good at the crap ones.

We got gold in the 100m relay in 2004, that was impressive :D

[risque]

It's no use in 2004, we need it now.

[Neversoft]

We're also doing quite well at singles badminton. Smith started off quite nervous, but played a good game once he calmed down. He beat Czech Republic's number 1. Hallam beat Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin (who is 2 places above her in the world rank I think) without ease. Smith is playing tomorrow at 3:20am.

Hallam just won her second game and is through to the final 16. :)

[Geraint]

What at about the women's track events, mens track events, swimming and the women's heptathlon see as though Carolina Kluft has pulled out. Could be a British 1-2 in that one. Still some more medals to come.

[CJW93]

er interview
"Ohhh its a dream come true"
lol

[Geraint]

er interview
"Ohhh its a dream come true"
lol

Because you wouldn't be happy if you'd just won gold....

[Kardan]

er interview
"Ohhh its a dream come true"
lol

Yeah, because it was a dream of hers... that came true... It's what most athletes aim for.

[JackBuddy]

Christine Ohorugu (sp?) has a good chance of gold.

[Neversoft]

My favourite, Smith, just lost his second men's singles badminton game. :'( He started off brilliantly and was dominating the first match and first half of the second, but suddenly went down hill from there, then it all went horribly wrong. He caught up quite a bit on the last match, but sadly it wasn't enough. Hallam's on later today, I'll be rooting for her!

[Sammeth.]

We just won another gold and bronze in the same event - 400m Womens Swimming final :D!

[Cwmbran]

I heard just before she won it started to rain.
I think thats why she won all it ever does is rain in Wales so she must've felt at home.

[JackBuddy]

My favourite, Smith, just lost his second men's singles badminton game. :'( He started off brilliantly and was dominating the first match and first half of the second, but suddenly went down hill from there, then it all went horribly wrong. He caught up quite a bit on the last match, but sadly it wasn't enough. Hallam's on later today, I'll be rooting for her!
I think the mixed doubles is our best shot of a medal in badminton. Ems and Robertson were awesome in Athens!

We just won another gold and bronze in the same event - 400m Womens Swimming final :D!
yeah, becky adlington and jo jackson.

[Neversoft]

I think the mixed doubles is our best shot of a medal in badminton. Ems and Robertson were awesome in Athens!

Yeah, most definitely, but Smith was my favourite. :( Hallam lost as well. We're no longer in singles badminton.

[JackBuddy]

Yeah, most definitely, but Smith was my favourite. :( Hallam lost as well. We're no longer in singles badminton.
omg smith lost to that German guy!?

Honestly, I swear we keep going against Germans in every event...

[Neversoft]

omg smith lost to that German guy!?

Honestly, I swear we keep going against Germans in every event...

Yeah, the German guy was ranked lower as well. :eusa_wall Smith was destroying him in the first game and first half of the second though. Dunno why, but Smith just started playing badly, then he got annoyed at himself and couldn't concentrate. He was just reacting to what his opponent was doing, he wasn't setting up any shots or thinking about what he was going to do. He slammed his racket down at one point. He basically gave the second match away after the German managed to get a good lead. The third match started off bad for Smith, he caught up quite a bit later on, but it wasn't enough. Hallam also lost to a German.

[MissAlice]

David Florence secured Britain's first silver medal in Beijing with a perfect run in the Olympic men's slalom canoe. He came quite close to getting the gold.

[Neversoft]

we have world number 1 for bmx racing too

She just fell off and is currently last in the time trials. :P

[Sammeth.]

She just fell off and is currently last in the time trials. :P
That was in her first run, they get two runs and the best time counts. She was a few hundreths of a second of first place on her second run :D!

[Neversoft]

That was in her first run, they get two runs and the best time counts. She was a few hundreths of a second of first place on her second run :D!

AH, that's good then. :P Just watched the head-to-head races. Quite a few spectacular crashes.

[Mr.Sam]

what time is th next heat on?

[Neversoft]

what time is th next heat on?

2am I think.

[Neversoft]

2am I think.

It was cancelled due to the rain.

[Yum999]

It was cancelled due to the rain.

I think it's still going ahead today.

We need some more gold, Russia are catching us up in the medal tables. We've had one so far today in the sailing, looking for two more with Shanaze Read in the Women's BMX, and Phillips Idowu in the Men's Triple Jump.

[Neversoft]

We've had one so far today in the sailing, looking for two more with Shanaze Read in the Women's BMX

She fell off again. TWICE! Oh well, lets hope she has better luck in four years.

[Yum999]

She fell off again. TWICE! Oh well, lets hope she has better luck in four years.

A big let down there, she threw away her silver going for gold on the last corner. An Idowu only got silver too.

We've managed to keep the Russians at bay for another day though :P

[Mr.Sam]

only 2 days left :P

have to makesure we keep ahead of the russians, didn't help when we dropped the thing in the relay final and russia got gold.