Olympics Day 11

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Yesterday our showjumpers were golden. Also, King Kenny ruled the track. Now it's over to Sir Chris, Princess Laura and can Queen Victoria have a victorious curtain call on her cycling career?

Also, brothers Brownlee go for Triathlon glory and our Dressage team are in action, going for Gold!

If all goes right, today's the day we beat Beijing and do the 20.

To be fair its mainly some people in France having a pop, we should remind them about Gregory Bauge avoiding drug testing. What will they say then?

Interesting paper

http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~jamieson/JJ_JASP.pdf

At 19:00, the GB men's hockey team play Spain in the final group game. GB only need to avoid defeat and they're through to the Semi-Finals.

Spain played very well against Argentina last night. Won't be a gimme. Why are they so good at passing sports?

Josiah....Couldn't have put it better myself. Every nation has a sport which they excel in or a multi-tude.. (unless your Australia of course )

Jamaica - Sprinting
China - Table Tennis, Badminton, Diving,
UK - Cycling, Sailing

There is absolutely nothing dodgy going on...this happened 4 years ago and we are reaping the benefits of the huge upheaval and change in UK Cycling which occured 12 years ago...

What we do so well in Cycling is ensure all of the athletes peak at exactly the right moment...we were luke warm in the World Champ's which is why other countries had a look in...saved the best for when it mattered...(perhaps we should get the Cycling coaches over to the Olympic Stadium for our Track & Field Athletes )

Why are we so good at sitting sports? Investment and tradition I suppose

Robert Grabarz of GB is in the High Jump Final at 19:00, half a chance of a Medal there.

Don't forget rowing, Owen!

Did Queen Vic upset one of the judges before the games or something? Delighted for Sir Chris Hoy, if he can't inspire a generation then there is no hope.

I think Sir hoy has allready inspried these lot from last time.

I want us to keep going from strength to strength(cant do much better at the olympics) however i want to take that TDF thing every year from now on- The french will love that!!!!

To be honest English...

Not just Sir Chris...but these whole 2 weeks. The whole next generation should feel inspired and im sure they will....I really really hope they do...

BUT...

More importantly than that perhaps is that as a nation the Goverment need to now ensure that as many possibilities are put in place for this 'inspired generation'...it's all well and good having hundred of thousands of kids wanting to go out and be the next Hoy, Pendleton, Grainger, Ennis etc etc but unless their are vast vast changes in terms of the facilities on offer for kids and the way we go about Physical Education delivery within schools (this should go back to being compulsory and should be undertaken 3 hours a week)...then it won't make a blind bit of difference.

Sport England....Goverment...Local Authority's all need to now come together and ensure they are doing everything in their power to stick to their remit of this games which was to 'leave a lasting legacy'...the athletes have done their job as the nation is now well and truly inspired!!

Edinburgh council need to rebuild meadowbank with a proper indoor velodrome get the kids and schools using it, don't put another supermarket which is not needed in the area on it

Sally ann Pearson OWNED them.

I reckon Ennis could of got a silver in this event.

Why, why...do BBC insist on using Colin Jackson as a presenter/pundit?

Cmon Crimey. Colin Jackson was 0.01 second from guessing the 100 metre winning time. Surely that eclipses all the guff punditing he does?

No, it really doesn't.

Given that they still let Inverdale do rugby, I think there are bigger mysteries

Is colin jackson a metro sexual or a battyfish?

0.1 at this stage is not a big deal. The final was always going to be between 9.63ish to 9.80 not much better or worse than that.

Nick Willis looks in the right frame of mind to become our forth 1500 meter gold medalist after Lovelôck, Snell and John Walker.

According to Walker just now Willis will have mapped this race in his mind every day, every traing run of the last four years and if he's in front with 300 to go will win being the faster sprinter in the field.

Good luck Nick. Silver through disqualification at Beijing. Let's go one better.

Grabarz of GB doing well in the high jump, GB hockey team 1-0 up v Spain.

Good luck Willis. :thumbs up:

Go the Commonwealth! If we can beat America with Commonwealth Golds, is that a "moral victory"?

Great stuff Osagie!! Final and a PB...great to see a little bit of success in the Stadium after a torrid couple of days..

Hopefully Grabarz can come good aswell...

This has been a really outstanding Olympics from Team GB.

Okoye out of the discus...made a final though and should take huge positive's from it. He is only 20 years old and I really hope he is one kid who gets funding to keep him in Athletics and allow him to reach his huge potential!!

That long jump bar is so high!

1-1 in the Hockey. GB have to hold on for another 7 minutes.

Love a high jump me!

hockey tense. Our Goalie great

GB hold on in the hockey, 1-1, they're through to the semis and well in medal contention.

So both teams Hockey teams are through to the semi final stage....though I doubt either will medal to be honest..

Can Grabarz cling on for a Bronze...done everything he could of really so in the hand of the gods as they say..he is only 24 so again the potential is their for him to progress and come good in the coming years.

owen10ozzy wrote:So both teams Hockey teams are through to the semi final stage....though I doubt either will medal to be honest..

Can Grabarz cling on for a Bronze...done everything he could of really so in the hand of the gods as they say..

3 in 4 have to medal- i think its odds on we will get one at least

bronze for uk High jump

Bronze medal....and actually very nice to see that reaction. He looks disappointed to have had to rely on failed jump's to medal.

I have to say the one thing I have liked about some of the youngsters we have taken is the attitude they have shown when not accomplishing what they set out to do. It is good to the determination they have and it will stand them in good stead going forward.

felix will win gold in 200m - no doubts- she left a second out there in that race

Iran have just overtaken Australia in the Medal Table!

isnt borats country also way ahead of australia

Duty281 wrote:Iran have just overtaken Australia in the Medal Table!

Is this some cunning ploy by british banks to enable them to smuggle gold out without the americans getting all precious about it?

thats abit deep PSW- however i heard these gold medals are kinda big this time around!

Bronze in the high jump. Medal 48 of the Olympics which means we've overtaken our total in Beijing.

Do we pay for them? Its a bit daft since the gold we are giving to china is worth far more than the paper money we keep borrowing off them

yeah i think we must pay for them!

them medals are proper massive as well- must be worth bundles just in weight let alone as an olympic medal

Lucky that the Olympics are deflecting from re fact our cricket team would have lost their no 1 ranking but for KP both batting AND bowling and he sounds like he might retire

Apparently the gold medals are worth £450 pounds.

Yeh didnt you know? its only 5 percent gold and the rest is silver. It would only cost a couple mill to make em genuine but it seems thats too expensive in an event which cost roughly 12 billion

yeah well its sad but if i was kp id want the 6 mill on offfer(for 9 weeks work over the next 3 years) and if i was the ecb i wouldnt let him pick and choose.

Sad times for KP and england- but maybe time to move on.

Time to review the central contracts or the international calender- something needs to change. Either admit that india does it best(t20) and stop international cricket for that spell, pay our contracted players much more, or allow more leverage(which i am not willing to accept in fairness - it will set a bad precendent)

urine off Boycott, back to your own board

Before anyone gets too excited the "gold" medals aren't solid gold. I think they look a bit tacky like cadbury's chocolate ones.

I've preferred previous years smaller ones.

Not a choice I'm stuck with mind you.

Ha ha, lardy German Discus dude jumping the hurdles.

ShahenshahG wrote:Yeh didnt you know? its only 5 percent gold and the rest is silver. It would only cost a couple mill to make em genuine but it seems thats too expensive in an event which cost roughly 12 billion

yeah still worth bundles though- however worth way more in what they represent and what someone would pay- thousands i would guess, and in the future way way more

I doubt gold medals have been solid gold for yonks- infact kinda suprised the inside is silver!!

Yes of course, just that i think its one expense most would not have begrudged (unlike g4s) and they ought to have done it.