Olympics Day 6

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Day 6 of the Olympics has just kicked off. Action in the velodrome begins today, can we continue the gold rush?

Really!!

yah

The men have been disqualified.....

Are they DQ'd? The Dutch seem to think that they are?

Hold on, sorry the men haven't, the women have....

DAMN YOU matt dawson- sort out your facts on Radio 5 live!

Just before they cut off, I heard the crowd boo. I think they've missed it...

djlovesyou wrote:Phew. Good news. No DQ it seems.

Alas no , they have been DQ.d

Curses...don't mind getting beaten , but that is soul destroying.

arrrrg - no

So they have been in the end. Massive shame

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

what's happening in the cycling?? can't get updatea at work.......?

Two team DQd? Didn't see it but why?

Early change-over it seems.

I don't think I have ever watched track cycling before but does that happen often?

Well there goes a nailed on silver medal ...

China will win.

Not a good start at the velodrome ...at least we know Victoria is in hot form for speed ...reckon she'll be charged up for her individual events if she wasn't before...

Thomond wrote:I don't think I have ever watched track cycling before but does that happen often?

It seems to happen more often with this certain commissaire.

I know he was the guy that DQed loads of teams (including GB men) at the Worlds earlier this year. Besides that, no it doesn't happen that often. There's usually an element of discretion.

Not happy!

Ah well , when things are going well you just know something nasty has to come and burst your bubble...

My mood has been seriously darkened , though I guess rules are rules .

Hope the men can nail the pursuit ...

Rules are rules I guess. Quite annoyed though that we've missed a guaranteed medal.

Badminton players disqualified for not trying hard enough, Pendleton and Varnish for trying too hard

Its a real shame but thats what happens i guess. The men can still win though

Thats some ride by the Brittish men there

Another World Record

That's better! A new world record!

I'm pretty sure this British cycling team are on drugs...

Crimey wrote:I'm pretty sure this British cycling team are on drugs...

How many times can you make a joke before it becomes tiresome?

djlovesyou wrote:

Crimey wrote:I'm pretty sure this British cycling team are on drugs...

How many times can you make a joke before it becomes tiresome?

A few more times.

Congratulations to Gabby Douglas for winning individual overall gymnastics Gold. It is rare to see a black girl winning a gymnastics medal on the biggest stage.

Wonder how the decided the bronze between Raisman (USA) and Mustafina (RUS). Both had a total score of 59.566.

China have been disqualified.

Far too many disqualifications, ruins it.

So China win the women's sprint ...but that wretched commissar is at it again..

China DQ ...

This spoils the whole thing for me ...you see a great ride and a record and you then have to wait and wonder if it will stand for the next however long...hate it

Reckon they should either allow a few centimeters tolerance or get an automatic system that sounds an alarm straight away , because otherwise it spoils the event when it happens this often..

alfie wrote:So China win the women's sprint ...but that wretched commissar is at it again..

China DQ ...

This spoils the whole thing for me ...you see a great ride and a record and you then have to wait and wonder if it will stand for the next however long...hate it

Reckon they should either allow a few centimeters tolerance or get an automatic system that sounds an alarm straight away , because otherwise it spoils the event when it happens this often..

That guy is an officious t*t. Having seen the footage I thought the first rider was in front at that line anyway. Surely if there is any doubt the benefit should go to the winners.

He obviously wants to the center of attention. Well he is, and the world will be thinking what a complete c**k. Hope he enjoys his 5mins

Wait for him to ruin our men's chances for going too fast.

God i hope that Sir Chris Hoy wins the final

EnglishReign wrote:Wait for him to ruin our men's chances for going too fast.

Jaysus, dont tempt fate...

Come on Lads

GOLD number 5 for Chris Hoy

World record as well. Simply stunning

Up to fourth as well I think in the medals table.

eirebilly wrote:GOLD number 5 for Chris Hoy

Equal to Steve Redgrave.

Gold and WR

As long as the Great Commissar doesn't find something wrong

Can we celebrate yet ?

Another gold for GB. Well done Hindes, Kenny and Hoy! 3 Golds today, 1 more than yesterday!

Stunning day for GBR. Loved every second of it

Amazing! Sir Chris Hoy, a staggering achievement! What a day it has been.

Five Golds now for Sir Chris

Pity he isn't in the sprint , though I'm sure Kenny will do fine.

Based on this session I think GB will win a lot of medals in this velodrome , very like Beijing ...the team is obviously perfectly prepared and barring accidents and over zealous officials they will be hard to stop

Nearly forgot, that's 4 more times we've set a World Record today although I think one was broken again by China. Well done to Sir Chris Hoy who now has as many Gold medals as Sir Steve Redgrave.

Loved the commentators Freudian slip.. Sir Bradley Wiggens

I don't think the original one stood if they were disqualified

Stunning from Hoy and the sprinters. Take a bow lads.

Well, my doubts about the track cycling team don't seem well founded.

OK, so the women got DQ'd from the team sprint, but Pendleton showed excellent speed in her two rides.

The men though - if you think the team sprint boys were impressive, have a look at what the team pursuiters did in the time trial - knocked over half a second off the world record riding on their own (times are always quicker with another team on the track). No-one else within 4 seconds of them.

I think the BBC sum it up best about the main events this evening:

GB hockey women play Belgium (1900)
Lochte goes in 200m backstroke (1946)
GB basketball men v Spain (2000)
Lochte & Phelps in 200m IM final (2015)
Fran Halsall of GB in women's 100m free final (2031)
GB volleyball men v Italy (2200)

And the boxer Josh Taylor of GB is on at 20:30 in the last 16 against Valentino of Italy. So far, I believe Team GB has a 100% record in the boxing.

Ogogo was in danger of being out, they were rechecking the scores think he survived though. Lucky I thought.

Kinda throws all the panic button stories to shame after 5 golds in 2 days