The Olympic Games

[Zico]

Swimming now.

 

I'm sure I said 6 months ago I couldn't give a bugger about this.

 

I said it down the pub last Friday, then caught 2nd half of opening do back home and been into it since

[Spider]

I've watche a LOT of beach volleyball.

 

Those bloody costumes they wear don't budge a millimetre out of shape.

 

Not happy.

[MalcolmW]

Baroness Campbell of Loughbporough (chair of Sport UK) was tipping the women's hockey before the first match.

(I remember her as Sue Campbell of Derby Ladies AC and Bedford PE College - in the top 10 UK discus throwers and best all-round thrower, and netball international in the late 60s).

[Gumbo]

Judo girl with silver medal?

Yay or nay?

 

For the record I'm a yay!

[Gumbo]

Now talking with sue about being bent over and blow for blow!

 

Jeepers!

[Guest bwfcdan]

That Judo lass on BBC1 now. Seems to have got even tastier now than earlier!

[frank_spencer]

Loving that little German in our cycling team singing the national anthem properly.

 

He should teach our kickballers.

 

Perhaps he could teach Wiggins too if we're going down that route.

[Gumbo]

Beat you to it dan

[Guest bwfcdan]

Beat you to it dan

 

Great minds think alike

[Sir_Francis]

How shit are our Swimmers? 1 PB all week. Losers.

 

Talking of shit, how poor are the spanish in olympic competitions?

[bolty58]

Warms the cockles..................

 

 

http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/london-olympics/her-royal-hugness-kate-and-wills-pda-is-golden/story-fncw9lxg-1226442049543

 

 

 

...and the news about the wonderfully eccentric Boris Johnson brightened my day too. The political TV programme down here (Agenda) even commented on our Boris. They reckon he's the only politician who can fall into a river and then dangle from a high wire and his stocks go up!

[Traf]

Freeloaders

[bolty58]

One disagrees.

[Whites man]

Another 2 golds today.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Whites man

[Whites man]

When you pay for them you can comment cobber.

Edited August 3, 2012 by Whites man

[bolty58]

When you pay for them you can comment cobber.

 

I paid for 20 years pal so I'll comment when I please.

[Whites man]

Crikey, still not got up this morning & I have Bolty biting.

[bolty58]

Crikey, still not got up this morning & I have Bolty biting.

 

Not biting at all matey. Acknowledging your skill at putting together coherent sentences at sparrow fart.

[Whites man]

0.0 from the British judge for that.

[jayjayoghani]

WRT swimming, time to bring back Bill Sweetenham.

 

Very unpopular, but Beijing I bet was no accident

[magic legs]

I wish I could go back in time and tell myself to get tickets to the Velodrome or even the swimming. Gone from apathy to rabid patriotism in about 4 days.

[Guest Frandsen08]

text from Jason Kenny Last Night " Cheers mate, its easy this riding a bike lark, we'll clean up in this."

[Guest Frandsen08]

does one false start not DQ you in the olympics?

Edited August 3, 2012 by Frandsen08

[MalcolmW]

does one false start not DQ you in the olympics?

 

Not in multi-event competitions.

 

In days of old when a second false start was disqualifiable in ordinary racing, two were allowable in multi-events but a third was disqualifiable. The logic may have been because they have 3 trials in long jump or throws.

[Guest Frandsen08]

Not in multi-event competitions.

 

In days of old when a second false start was disqualifiable in ordinary racing, two were allowable in multi-events but a third was disqualifiable. The logic may have been because they have 3 trials in long jump or throws.

 

so when it comes to the 100m for example a false start and you're out, like bolt earlier this year in some other championship?