Olympics Day 8

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Just trying to get my breath back. THREE GOLDS yesterday, taking our total to 8. We sit 4th in the table, and with any good fortune should take 3rd today on Super Saturday.......will the cyclists, rowers, Mo and Jess make it a golden one?

That would be a huge result

After beating Brazil and Spain, would you want to face Honduras?

Who is this unbelievably annoying commentator on the tennis?

Thats a fair point ryan

Team GB could lose tonight I'd say, expect Brazil to come back though, Honduras surprisingly beat Spain though and (I'm not watching it) I take it are giving Brazil a run for their money.

I feel terrible cheering mistakes from Lisicki because she seems like such a nice person.

GB women have lost 2-1 in the hockey to China.

At least a silver in the mixed doubles tennis then. Murray will definitely have 2 medals.

That is the most dramatic tennis match I have ever watched, well done Laura and Andy.

Andy Murray is a machine. He could be a double Gold medallist!

Thats two medals for Andy Murray then

Lisikci seems to really enjoy playing, always with a smile on here face. Decent player on grass and quite a looker too I will be rooting against him though, hate the feicing hysteria about him! Will lose FedEx in a 5 setter I'd say but best of luck to him, should be a good game although I question the logic of playing in both when you know that the day before the final is the doubles. I suppose olympic tennis is not important really.

Ireland's 20k walker well in it at the halfway pace. Between GAA and the Olympics there's too much sport. Even Picture in Picture can't save me.

In the men's omnium, Edward Clancy of GB came 11th in the 30KM Points Race which was the second of six events in the omnium. Overall, Clancy is 5th. Not long now till the women's team pursuit final.

wouldnt wiggins have been perfect for the ominium?

Jennifer1984 wrote:

FreekShow wrote:

ryan86 wrote:I had to chuckle about a BBC segment talking about Mo Farah ending African domination of the 10,000m. I mean his is aremarkable story, but it's not like it's some white miner's lad from Wales etc.

No he's the son of some black guy from Hounslow, London. Making him British.

Mo Farah was born in Somalia, but his father is English born and the family came to Britain when Mo was eight years old. He has lived in this country ever since. He has an English born wife who is expecting twins by him, and they will be born in this country.

I'd say Mo Farah is British by pretty much most yardsticks.

Without trying to sound like the BNP, he isnt genetically British... Which is why he is a good distance runner.

mystiroakey wrote:wouldnt wiggins have been perfect for the ominium?

He can't do everything. Maybe back in the day it would suit. Not so sure about his flying lap and 1k these days.

mystiroakey wrote:wouldnt wiggins have been perfect for the ominium?

Cavendish said something after the road race last week about not being able to enter because he hadn't done any track events this season, but complaining because I believe France entered track guys in the mountain biking and the road race to allow them into the track programme.

Yeah that's it Jack, he is British in the sense he was raised there and everything but his Somalian heritage has a great deal to do with his talent, which in turn was harnessed in Britain with their great funding for athletics. There's a reason countries like India underachieive have the population but not the infrastructure or finance. All their wealth is concentrated on so few of the population.

I know Somalia is in East Africa, but he's not from altitude and the Somalian records are not exactly awe inspiring.

That's aprt of my point DJ, it's a very poor country he had the taltent but the facilities and the coahcing available in the UK to harness it.

But does he have the talent because of being from Somalia though?

Wiggins has changed too much and shed too much weight to win the tour, he can't have the outright track speed he used to have.

I would say some of it is down to that yes, or being of African extraction. Europeans aren't exactly winning the 5k and 10k worlds like. Those in GB have done a great job with him and deserve credit but I think some of it is down to his heritage and I'd say one or two might think the same.

3000mtrs team pursuit final now. Come on girls

There's football on Billy, no time for that. Mayo V Down.

Embracing and assimilating other peoples and cultures is the point of the UK. His african heritage is a factor but he is still British, as is Monty Panesar and Countless other people with heritages from other cultures

Yeah not watching that Thom

Gold to GBR's ladies

Of course CJ, there's no problem with it like but I think his heritage is part of his success.

Gold and World Record. Simply stunning

ITS GOLD FOR THE GIRLS

3 WRs too!

I heard something about GB cycling suits playing apart in some of their good performances? Will it be like the suit they had in the swimming that got banned?


Great stuff from team GB, can't believe you lot were feicing having a pnaic attack about 5 days ago You've been marvellous.

I never worried.

What a cycling team we have. May never be bettered this team GB cycling performance.

What a ride for King Trott and Rowsell ...and what a series : three rides , three World Records and an inevitable Gold

An awesome performance

The GB cyclists own this velodrome.

Another World Record, another Gold Medal in the cycling for GB. We almost lapped them as well! Well done to the women's team pursuit.

That's 3 Golds and 1 Silver today, Ennis and Farah still to come. Could we have a total of 5 Gold Medals today?

GOLD! YOU'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE!

How many golds is it that GBR have won now?

11.

Thomond wrote:I would say some of it is down to that yes, or being of African extraction. Europeans aren't exactly winning the 5k and 10k worlds like. Those in GB have done a great job with him and deserve credit but I think some of it is down to his heritage and I'd say one or two might think the same.

Perhaps, but Kenyans of non-Kalenjin descent do no better than Europeans either. Something like 97% of all Kenyan medals come from 12% of their population. Being born and raised at altitude has a lot to do with it.

He was obviously born with a huge amount of natural talent, but I'm not whether that's a Somalia thing. There are many people of Somalian descent all over the World and not many are successful at distance running.

Bronze isn't as that fella who broke his medal in the shower found out. That crisis was like Ulster's one last season. They got to a HC final at the end. Congrats boys and girls your team are turning it on with style in front of the home crowd. Well done Team GB.

Thats pretty impressive then. Will be 12 later with Ennis

I am not so confident that Mo will win tonight, he is in a very strong field...

Hypothetically so was Ennis...

Thomond wrote:Bronze isn't as that fella who broke his medal in the shower found out. That crisis was like Ulster's one last season. They got to a HC final at the end. Congrats boys and girls your team are turning it on with style in front of the home crowd. Well done Team GB.

Thing is though, we are the third best country at the minute. Ulster aren't the third best Province, Munster are.

In fairness, i always hoped for an Ennis Gold but thought that Doby would be too strong.

Not for long Dave..... Penney is on the way. Gve us a year or two.


Mo can do it but he is certainly up against it, I believe he can turn it on though.

Thomond wrote:Not for long Dave..... Penney is on the way. Gve us a year or two.


Mo can do it but he is certainly up against it, I believe he can turn it on though.

Aye it'll soon be Connacht. Leinster will be 4th. Don't let Gibbo see this.

Hey Thom, what happened last night. I heard that Gibbo had posts removed?

eirebilly wrote:Hey Thom, what happened last night. I heard that Gibbo had posts removed?

It was all good fun until Mysty got graphic over his Soho exploits!

You started it freak

mystiroakey wrote:You started it freak

I only mentioned ABBA man!