Let's talk Olympics

[xxMATTGxx]

Laura Trott just got us another Gold Medal! We now have 21 gold medals.

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Pendleton relegated, Meares 1-0 up

[Zelda]

Anna meares = dirty cheat

Simple as ...... She did not win

[xxMATTGxx]

Pendleton just got a silver, she now retires. Such a shame because If she didn't get the first one taken off her we would have most likely got the Gold. I think it's pretty unfair as didn't Anna shove Vicky? :/

[Stephen]

australians are cheating *******s

or is elbowing people allowed?

btw did the australian coach just say "I'm so ******* proud"?

[xxMATTGxx]

australians are cheating *******s

or is elbowing people allowed?

btw did the australian coach just say "I'm so ******* proud"?

Looks like it is allowed! It's a shame the decisions are final and you can't appeal either but at least it's a silver.

---------- Post added 07-08-2012 at 06:06 PM ----------

GOLD MEDAL FOR SIR CHRIS HOY ONCE AGAIN, He is a machine.

[Stephen]

would rather have real gold than fool's gold

[jackass]

Absolutely gutted for Pendleton. Second time something like this has happened to her within a week!

[xxMATTGxx]

Newspapers are such a fail, they put the wrong team on the pages for the dressage event.

http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/08/08/dMaF.jpg

http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/08/08/zjQEF.jpg

See the mistake? It's only the Dutch team. Clearly have bronze medals when GB won the Gold...

[Amberr]

Newspapers are such a fail, they put the wrong team on the pages for the dressage event.

http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/08/08/dMaF.jpg

http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/08/08/zjQEF.jpg

See the mistake? It's only the Dutch team. Clearly have bronze medals when GB won the Gold...
sounds about right... british normally **** up somewhere.

[GommeInc]

See the mistake? It's only the Dutch team. Clearly have bronze medals when GB won the Gold...
How the hell did they manage that? The editor must not be a fan of the Olympics...

[xxMATTGxx]

GOLD and BRONZE in todays Individual Dressage.

[xxMATTGxx]

Team GB boxer Nicola Adams wins gold medal in women's 51kg category.

Team GB Medal Count:

Gold: 24
Silver: 13
Bronze: 14

[Catchetat]

Go China!

[xxMATTGxx]

By the way TeamGB now have a total of 25 Gold Medals.

[Munex]

I watched dressage for the first time today. Horses... that dance. Perhaps Britain's Got Talent is a better show for them.

[GommeInc]

I watched dressage for the first time today. Horses... that dance. Perhaps Britain's Got Talent is a better show for them.
If a dog can do it then anything is possible :P

Russia seem to of had a surge of medals recently, and now Korea seems far away since we over took their gold medals.

[Matthew]

If a dog can do it then anything is possible :P

Russia seem to of had a surge of medals recently, and now Korea seems far away since we over took their gold medals.

Yeah. We have over double the golds of russia though so I think 3rd place is probably secured, woo!

[xxMATTGxx]

Two silver medals so far today.

[Grig]

Russia won't come back. I say that and remember today is Friday and near the end.

It's an absolute embarrassment and shambles to have GB, a startup sporting nation, beat Russia, traditionally a sporting powerhouse. Many questions will be asked.

[xxMATTGxx]

Russia won't come back. I say that and remember today is Friday and near the end.

It's an absolute embarrassment and shambles to have GB, a startup sporting nation, beat Russia, traditionally a sporting powerhouse. Many questions will be asked.

You say that but GB wasn't that far behind in the 2008 games. Russia had 23 while GB had 19. Although Russia's gold medal performance this year has been poor compared to the last games for sure.

[FlyingJesus]

Russia won't come back. I say that and remember today is Friday and near the end.

It's an absolute embarrassment and shambles to have GB, a startup sporting nation, beat Russia, traditionally a sporting powerhouse. Many questions will be asked.

We do have the most athletes competing to be fair

[Grig]

You say that but GB wasn't that far behind in the 2008 games. Russia had 23 while GB had 19. Although Russia's gold medal performance this year has been poor compared to the last games for sure.

Exactly why I called GB a "startup sporting nation", as they had only started developing their sports less than a decade ago via funding from things such as lotteries etc. and they can only grow as seen by the results from Beijing and here.

Russia is already developed as a sporting nation, and is going in decline. For them, it's more political, there's a whole government committee, which is massive, dedicated to the Olympics. Plus, British athletes have to fund themselves often (not always), in Russia it's all sponsored and they get loads of perks. This is why you see many British athletes from private schools (not all) win.

Also, Britain benefited big time as the host nation for automatic qualification in many events.

[xxMATTGxx]

Another gold medal for TeamGB in caneo. That now gives us the total of 26 Gold Medals.



Medal Count:

Gold: 25
Silver: 15
Bronze: 17

Total: 57

[JerseySafety]

well done lisa carrington, gold in canoeing and well done to NZ womans sailing team who beat GB for gold! ;)

[xxMATTGxx]

Mo Farah gets another GOLD MEDAL in the 5000m! That is now a total of 27 gold meals woot :D

[dbgtz]

Any more events where Team GB are likely to win a gold?

[xxMATTGxx]

Any more events where Team GB are likely to win a gold?

Aren't we guaranteed either a Gold or a Silver in one of the boxing events?

[dirrty]

what a race

[Stephen]

my mum said that she thinks farah had a sausage on his back to keep the africans behind him

[dbgtz]

Aren't we guaranteed either a Gold or a Silver in one of the boxing events?

Oh really? Did not know that, haven't watched it much the past few days for one reason or another :L

[xxMATTGxx]

Oh really? Did not know that, haven't watched it much the past few days for one reason or another :L

I know we have like three or so people in different boxing events in the finals. I just remember reading about one either going to be a gold or silver then again they could all be!

[Stephen]

yeah bantamweight gold/silver final is on at 8:45pm

we're against ireland

[GommeInc]

The BBC seem to keep mentioning Tom Daley whenever possible. Whether or not there's a Medal in him or not though is another question. He seems to be more of a celebrity-come-poster boy these days. I guess we'll find out in about half an hour.

[xxMATTGxx]

The BBC seem to keep mentioning Tom Daley whenever possible. Whether or not there's a Medal in him or not though is another question. He seems to be more of a celebrity-come-poster boy these days. I guess we'll find out in about half an hour.

He can dive for sure when he nails them. He is competing with some great divers though such as the Chinese! But they seem to be good at everything.

[GommeInc]

He can dive for sure when he nails them. He is competing with some great divers though such as the Chinese! But they seem to be good at everything.
Indeed, but they all seem pretty good at nailing the dives! He'll be lucky to get Bronze, and even luckier to Gold or Silver with Qiu Bo and Lin Yue, they may fail a few dives but the risks are still there for Daley. The Finalists for the whole 10m Diving are very good. It was shocking to see the Australian diver just miss out on it (Mitchin?)

[xxMATTGxx]

Indeed, but they all seem pretty good at nailing the dives! He'll be lucky to get Bronze, and even luckier to Gold or Silver with Qiu Bo and Lin Yue, they may fail a few dives but the risks are still there for Daley. The Finalists for the whole 10m Diving are very good. It was shocking to see the Australian diver just miss out on it (Mitchin?)

Yeah he did miss out, he should have got it with the history he has.

[GommeInc]

Yeah he did miss out, he should have got it with the history he has.
Indeed. It's a shame as he was clearly enjoying it too and has quite a personality to match :P The Australians must be gutted.

[xxMATTGxx]

Gold Medal for Luke in the boxing! 28 Gold meals in total for TeamGB


Indeed. It's a shame as he was clearly enjoying it too and has quite a personality to match :P The Australians must be gutted.

Yeah he was enjoying it for sure :P

[Zak]

4x100 World Record. Unreal, Jamaica could go even faster too. I waited all olympics to see that and they didn't disappoint.

Being a 600m former county champion I have watched athletics all my life and I just wanted to see that world record go so bad, and in my favourite event!

[dirrty]

4x100 World Record. Unreal, Jamaica could go even faster too. I waited all olympics to see that and they didn't disappoint.

Being a 600m former county champion I have watched athletics all my life and I just wanted to see that world record go so bad, and in my favourite event!
100m, 200m & 4x100m, 4x400m are most definitely my favourite events. every other event is just....psshhh. so proud of team jamaica.

[Zak]

David Rudisha's WR was pretty special as well :)

[dirrty]

oh i definitely agree. did watch it, and once he broke away it was obvious he was gonna get a new WR! wish all the track events/olympics weren't ending :( need more on my tv!!

[xxMATTGxx]

Tom Daley gets a bronze. So happy that he got a medal, regardless of the colour! :D

[Stephen]

******* chinese upset cos they only got a silver.

Probably would be happy with the silver if they didn't get tortured all their life training for it in one of the chinese training torture chambers

[xxMATTGxx]

******* chinese upset cos they only got a silver.

Probably would be happy with the silver if they didn't get tortured all their life training for it in one of the chinese training torture chambers

Yeah and then there's Tom who is like smiling and very happy that he got a bronze :P

[Circadia]

It made me laugh how the guy from the US hugged people and kissed their cheek etc
China was upset
Then there was GB who jumped in the pool :')

We should end up in 3rd place tomorrow overall which is amazing!

[GommeInc]

Yeah and then there's Tom who is like smiling and very happy that he got a bronze :P
I like how the American Gold Medalist is all "Yeah, that's great", China are all depressed and we're acting as though we got a Gold, a WR and an OR all in the same night. Amazing :P

Shocked Lin didn't do so well. Did anyone else notice Ivan Garcia Navarro got rid of his monobrow? My family seemed all to pleased seeing that, so pleased that they dragged me off the PC :/

[xxMATTGxx]

I like how the American Gold Medalist is all "Yeah, that's great", China are all depressed and we're acting as though we got a Gold, a WR and an OR all in the same night. Amazing :P

Shocked Lin didn't do so well. Did anyone else notice Ivan Garcia Navarro got rid of his monobrow? My family seemed all to pleased seeing that, so pleased that they dragged me off the PC :/

I think I seen some tweets about him and his eyebrows :P But yeah I love how Tom and the GB crew and crowd were cheering so much like we won a gold - Just fantastic.

[Foregetfuhl]

I'm so so so happy for Tom Daley he is a beaut <3 His still go so many olympics in front of him! Gold for him in 2016!!

And the Chinese.. get over yourselfffffff!

[Stephen]

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[xxMATTGxx]

https://p.twimg.com/A0DDDhdCUAE1JD1.jpg

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[Martin]

So happy for Tom! :D So glad he got a medal and he seemed so so happy with it too! :D

[Shockwave.2CC]

Americans first place: Smiles politely, happy to be first.

Chinese second place: Goes cry in a corner.

British third place: **** YEAH GUYS LET'S GO JUMP IN A POOL!

[GommeInc]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/486596_10151032678957600_1607677842_n.jpg
A bit of McDonald's advertising going on right there ;)

[xxMATTGxx]

Anthony Joshua gets us a gold medal in the super heavy weight boxing. Luke Campbell got us a silver in the boxing as well.


Gold: 29
Silver: 16
Bronze: 19

[xxMATTGxx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYtpL5YhWOQ

[dbgtz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYtpL5YhWOQ

Beckham in there seems rather random, but still fantastic :L

[xxMATTGxx]

Final Medal Count for GB:

Gold: 29
Silver: 17
Bronze: 19

We just got a silver in the Modern Pentathlon.

[FlyingJesus]

Well done NBC

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8jnipfvAg1qm4chro1_500.jpg

[xxMATTGxx]

We should be getting more medals in the Paralympic Games. We did quite well in that event back in 2008. They start on the 29th August.

[Jarkie]

look where i am :)

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t83/jarkie/london.jpg

[Mark]

Jealous!! Btw does anyone know what happens to the Olympic Stadiums/Athlete's village etc now?

[dbgtz]

Jealous!! Btw does anyone know what happens to the Olympic Stadiums/Athlete's village etc now?

The stadium is being used for the World Championships in 2017 I believe.

[dirrty]

Jealous!! Btw does anyone know what happens to the Olympic Stadiums/Athlete's village etc now?
olympic stadium is turning into *INSERT FOOTBALL CLUB* new stadium, and no doubt the olympic village will be transformed into an apartment complex.

[xxMATTGxx]

We did a great job at hosting the Olympics, I've loved watching all the different events that were on and supporting GB all the way. Team GB have done us all proud, the television coverage was fantastic. Can't wait for the Paralympics to start and also Rio 2016.

[Chris]

They put on a great show tonight. Excited for 2016! :)

[xxMATTGxx]

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Jealous!! Btw does anyone know what happens to the Olympic Stadiums/Athlete's village etc now?

To add on to what others have said before it being used by football clubs or anything like that the Paralympics games which is on later on this month will be held some of these places.

[David]

best part of the night was freddy mercury
then jessie j butchered his song

[JerseySafety]

ostapchuk in womans shotput stripped of her gold medal due to doping. that means valerie adams of nz gets gold! woo, well deserved. dirty cheaters.

Sent from iPad, excuse bad grammar/spelling.

[garriet]

woo i think we did a great job seeing as everyone thought it would be a complete failure!!

its a shame that bbc haven't got the paralympics :(

[xxMATTGxx]

woo i think we did a great job seeing as everyone thought it would be a complete failure!!

its a shame that bbc haven't got the paralympics :(

Yeah as I loved the BBC's coverage. The Paralympics might be the first sell out in the games 52 year history according to news websites. The reason they say that is because 2.1 million out of 2.5 million tickets have already been sold.

Hopefully it will go great, GB in the Paralympics should also do well as we got quite a good amount of medals in the 2008 games.

[xxMATTGxx]

BBC:


The BBC has revealed that on the busiest day of its London 2012 Olympics coverage it delivered 2.8 petabytes worth of content, peaking when Bradley Wiggins won gold, where it shifted 700Gb/s. It has also said that over a 24-hour period on the busiest Olympic days it had more traffic to bbc.co.uk than it did for the entire BBC coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2010 games.

They revealed they had 106 million requests for BBC Olympic video content, which included 12 million requests for video on mobile devices across the whole of the Games. Mobile saw the most uptake at around 6pm when people had left the office but still wanted to keep informed of the latest action. Tablet usage, however, reached a peak at around 9pm, where people were using it as a second screen or as they continued to watch the games in bed."

[dirrty]

wow. if i wasn't at home (watching the events), i was on the BBC app keeping up with everything; even watching the live stream of the swimming marathon whilst i actually was in hyde park as it was happening :P.

mind you, i didn't know anyone who wasn't watching some events at some point. drives me crazy when people argue that the olympics are a waste of money. it's one of a few (and possibly only) times the whole world is brought together and encouraging patriotism for purposes that aren't associated with war, violence or death (i honestly can't think of something else that has the same effect). if it costs 'x' amount for this to happen, then so be it. members of society deserve something truly positive to root for, in such a dark, negative and pessimistic world we live in. some people just don't realise how important social solidarity really is.

[Corina35]

I thought the olympics were amazing, I tried watching everything at the same time though.