The Olympics 2012

[F1ang-o]

This afternoon Beth Tweddle hoping to win a medal on bars

Tomorrow Victoria Pendleton Sprint Final..if she wins gold..she will become Britain's most succesful female Olympian

Womens BMX Friday.

There are more....

 

[Porceliamone]

Jason Kenny men's cycling sprint this evening.

All three mentioned so far are not just medal hopes but very good gold medal hopes.

 

[mjo]

Boxing, men's and women's.

 

[Porceliamone]

Dai Greene runs in the 400m final tonight too. He doesn't look on form but hey, neither did Ohuruogu. We know what happened there. Plus he's a World Champion at the event already which might help for the occasion.

 

[F1ang-o]

Next Saturday....... Mo Farah.........5,000m .favourite for Gold.......hoping to do double

 

[F1Yorkshire]

The target was 46 medals. We are well on course for achieving that!

 

[Jos the Boss]

Here's a fascinating video http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...ter-dash-one-race-every-medalist-ever.html?hp

 

[Brogan]

Just watched some hockey - the rules are as stupid as bloody cricket.

Germany had two goals disallowed; one for being struck from too far out, the other for being too high, despite both of them going in the net

 

[Brogan]

Oh this is interesting...the International Fencing Federation has offered South Korean Shin A Lam a "special medal" after her controversial epee semi-final defeat.

That more or less confirms they think the same as the rest of us, that the match was fixed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19073420

 

[F1ang-o]

Mens Discus
Lawrence Okoye in Final tomorrow
The 20 year old threw a 65.28 ...4th longest throw this year? Chance for a medal

 

[Brogan]

20 odd facts about the Olympics, including why races are run anti-clockwise: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19047586

 

[Brogan]

The other Brit who didn't qualify for the discus, Abdul Buhari, works in my wife's office.

 

[F1ang-o]

The target was 46 medals. We are well on course for achieving that!

37 incl 16 GOLD

 

[Jos the Boss]

It said 1 second, I counted 3

 

[F1ang-o]

Womens pole vaulting
Holly Bleasedale is a finalist ...event tonight at 7pm

 

[F1Yorkshire]

The bottle thrower has been named.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ottle-Usain-Bolt-named-Ashley-Gill-Leeds.html

Unfortunately I was right he was British, even more unfortunately he's from my city.

Shameful.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Beth Tweddle is on.
Fingers crossed for 'a medal for Tweddle'

 

[Porceliamone]

Well, it's certainly not gold. Third at the mo' with two to come in the uneven bars.

 

[Greenlantern101]

YES. Well done Beth a Bronze medal. 3rd games lucky.

A medal for Tweddle Brill.

 

[F1ang-o]

Beth gets Bronze..she did look nervous before her start...