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?

fantastic from Hines, Kenny and Hoy gold with a WR stunning

5 gold and 1 silver for Hoy and still his best event to come in the Kieren

Kenny should be looking at silver atleast in the sprint

and well done to the canoe slalom boys a 1-2

I said that there was no need for panic like.....

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

How he did was amazing. He switched off that last round...

I cant say enough just how good the support has been for the GBR team. Excellent crowds and massive support, that has to lift the athletes.

4th is on!

Not sure if it's been mentioned, and I appreciate what some people think of the sport, but GB are also in the the lead as a team and individually after the first day (of three) in the dressage.

Oh, and Robson/Murray just won their last 16 match in the mixed. Aussies in the quarters for them.

What an absoutely humble person Sir Chris Hoy is. Really a likeable person

A great Scotsman isn't he? Just like that Tennis chap!



Great man, fantastic sportsman who has done Britain proud. A very likeable chap. The man knows his cereal too.

He just seems a genuine person to me Thom. He is one of the greatest cyclists of all time but is as humble as feck. Have to admire that

Sir Hoy

Any swimming experts know what Fran's chances are in the 100 later?

Seems like a great lad and in what I assume is a relatively young man's sport he is still turning it on with style. Great to see. Team GB had a nice haul today, well done lads and lassies.

Not an Expert ER but i dont thing that Fran has much of a chance, 5th or 6th would be a great result.

Am i the only one that wants one of those lady swimmers to have a wardrobe malfunction and expose themselves or am i just a dorty auld pervert?

I reckon we've got 4 great chances for golds tomorrow, but I won't say that's all the chances we've got because as today proved, you never know.

I see Queen Vic in the Keirin, Men's team pursuit look great and Dame Becky in the 800 and of course Granger and Watkins hopefully to dominate in the double skulls.

Outside chances I see the Men's Pair rowing (Kiwis are crazy good) but we're probably second best, Alan Campbell in the single skulls and perhaps even our guy in the Archery (Larry Godfrey) who has a punchers chance of a medal tomorrow now he's in the last 16.

Can't see many more but who knows what might happen in the Judo?

Good luck one and all.

Nah Billy, I feel like that about all the women athletes.

The cyclists, rowers, swimmers, hockey players. Christ, wish I was staying in that Olympic village, I tell thee.

It was great to get the shooting gold because I think it was unexpected!!

Well done to him- I cannot believe the sports dudes striped his funding- beggars belief that!!

It was only unexpected because he wasn't hyped I think. He's actually world number 2 and they were saying he's been doing some crazy world records earlier in the year or something.

He's only 25 too, he could compete for another 25 years, haha.

EnglishReign wrote:Nah Billy, I feel like that about all the women athletes.

The cyclists, rowers, swimmers, hockey players. Christ, wish I was staying in that Olympic village, I tell thee.

There are some stunners arent there. Dorty auld perverts dream

eirebilly wrote:

EnglishReign wrote:Nah Billy, I feel like that about all the women athletes.

The cyclists, rowers, swimmers, hockey players. Christ, wish I was staying in that Olympic village, I tell thee.

There are some stunners arent there. Dorty auld perverts dream

Haven't used google images this much in ages! Here come some more names...

Start with Darya Klishina and work backwards from there I would say.

Special mention for our Keri-Anne though.

EnglishReign wrote:

eirebilly wrote:

EnglishReign wrote:Nah Billy, I feel like that about all the women athletes.

The cyclists, rowers, swimmers, hockey players. Christ, wish I was staying in that Olympic village, I tell thee.

There are some stunners arent there. Dorty auld perverts dream

Haven't used google images this much in ages! Here come some more names...

Glad i am not alone

djlovesyou wrote:It was only unexpected because he wasn't hyped I think. He's actually world number 2 and they were saying he's been doing some crazy world records earlier in the year or something.

He's only 25 too, he could compete for another 25 years, haha.

Nice

There has been some negative press about London holding these Olympic's. The support and encouragement that all these atletes have recieved by the locals has been brilliant and has been more than enough to silence these nay sayers.

Agreed Billy, a few empty seats in some spots but not a big deal. Seems to have improved a fair bit over the last few days though.

The organisers have been a credit Thom, they identified any problems quickly and acted accordingly. Very well run Olympics

North Korea might beg to differ.....



Agreed though great venues, great play and great atmosphere. Great competitors.

It was a mistake for North Korea but it happens sometimes.

Phelps

3 wins out of 3 for the GB women's hockey team now, they've just crushed Belgium 3-0.

Really wanted him to take that world record, I suppose the gold will do.

Is Ian Thorpe gay?
Not that there is anything wrong with that but he does come across like that.

I doubt Phelps will be able to resist the urge to come back, Ian Thorpe said he'd probably come back for relays which would seem possible.

eirebilly wrote:Is Ian Thorpe gay?
Not that there is anything wrong with that but he does come across like that.

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He's not out and he says he likes women. Just like Colin Jackson.

djlovesyou wrote:

eirebilly wrote:Is Ian Thorpe gay?
Not that there is anything wrong with that but he does come across like that.

e

He's not out and he says he likes women. Just like Colin Jackson.

Very similar types

Gemma Gibson looked very rough in the Judo but in the studio, she is as fit as feck

eirebilly wrote:Is Ian Thorpe gay?
Not that there is anything wrong with that but he does come across like that.

Spoiler:

Don't think he is but I think there is sepcualtion about it.

Are these better than Sydney? I'd say so.....

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I'd say close Dave. But I don't know if judgment on here would be the best place to judge. Only a few Ozzies on here and largely full of Europeans or British. We would need a neutral country or continent to judge!

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I've really enjoyed the Olympics so far.

I think if Bolt (or somebody else) can do something special in the 100m then these games will be up there with the best.

Fran Halsall comes 6th but she swam very well. Not much in it from 2nd to 7th I think.

Agreed Thomond.

We'll agree they are better than Athens (poor organisation) and Beijing (soulless).

Josh Taylor has lost in the boxing 15-10 in the round of 16 to Valentino of Italy. He's the first Brit to have lost in the ring I think.

Fireworks are exploding here in Holland. RANI wins gold

Inge de Bruin is crying with excitment for her

I enjoyed Beijing, Athens was shoite and it more or less ruined Greece.

Sydney (to me) was the last great Olympics, this one is currently outdoing that

eirebilly wrote:Gemma Gibson looked very rough in the Judo but in the studio, she is as fit as feck

She did scrub up well.

I think, unlike China, London and Great Britain doesn't really need to prove itself, whilst this was the first event of this magnitude that China had held. Perhaps it was the British success, but I really enjoyed the games in Beijing.

Athens I can't really remember though which is strange, but I guess it was one of those that passed by.

I do believe though that there is only a small number of countries that can pull off the games off, probably around 10 to 12 and whilst it would be nice to share it around, you don't want countries to bankrupt themselves in trying to do so.