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?

Lol british rowers crashed the boat!

Not sure they can't restart for that...

Very sporting of the others to stop there.

Nah the seat broke

Make sure that seat is broke lads- bash it up!

If it is not a breakage, make sure its broken? Advocating cheating Mr Redgrave?

This could be very controversial

Do what you gotta do lads!!

My housemate and I are in agreement that this is not a breakage

Very lucky for them. If they win the gold, i wonder if any other teams will complain?

As much as I'd love another Gold, this is pretty dodgy

Yahh they are allowed to compete- within the rules - so fine

Whats happenend here?

GB take Gold in the rowing men's fours final
GB take Gold in the rowing women's double sculls
GB now have 10 Gold Medals
And Ennis has extended her lead in the Heptathlon

Only downer so far is Jenkins coming 5th in the Triathlon. As for the recent events in the rowing, I really hope they're allowed back in.

I reckon Purchase might taken his wheel off with the screwdriver...

Great race in the Womens RSX windsurfing... such a physical sport... comentator just said how one windsurfer race has the same level of physical effort as an olympic 10k cycling race.

Unfortunately Bryony Shaw is not having a good regatta... fifth this race and sixth over all. still a double points medal race decider might see her get a medal.. but spain are leading...

Great race though all the same

Official decision is that they are allowed to race so good luck lads

Paul Goodison has taken advantage of massively shifting conditions and has gone from 15th to fighting for first and second.

I cant see how there is anything dodgy about this- something broke and thats it, they are allowed another chance, lucky for it to happen within 100m but hey hey thats what we want- better to be lucky than good, better to be lucky and good

come on get another goldie!!

Looking very good here for another Gold.

I l've seen people come off their seats or the seat get stuck but I've never seen a wheel come off the seat

The Danes

We're finally going to get Garry Herbert classic

That was some row from the Danes

Chequered i think its one of them things we have to take at face value- they wouldnt have stopped the boat if everything was fine- there start was ok.

Darn... only silver.

Well done denmark good rowing lads!

Great, well deserved gold for Denmark . Silver about right, especially as we clearly cheated

ChequeredJersey wrote:Great, well deserved gold for Denmark . Silver about right, especially as we clearly cheated

Yeah not sure you can say that. It looked dodgy but went to the officials and they made the decision that it was fine and within the 100mtrs.

Only silver but fantastic rowing from both pairs, especially the Danes. Fantastic day so far for GB, 2 Golds and 1 Silver.

Girls accepting the medals lol, kath cope looks like her dad in a blond wig

mystiroakey wrote:I cant see how there is anything dodgy about this- something broke and thats it, they are allowed another chance, lucky for it to happen within 100m but hey hey thats what we want- better to be lucky than good, better to be lucky and good

come on get another goldie!!

Something broke.......Erm????
Just happened to fall off my bike..............

All sounding a bit like Homer Simpson!!!!

I am happy we got the medal but I would put a small bet that Purchase 's seat got stuck and didn't break and I'm not sure that it counts as a breakage. I worry that he did what Redgrave said and actually took the wheel off himself.

Awww them two rowers . Ones half dead and the other is bursting in to tears! Silvers not good enough for them!! But they show how much they care

John Cregan wrote:

mystiroakey wrote:I cant see how there is anything dodgy about this- something broke and thats it, they are allowed another chance, lucky for it to happen within 100m but hey hey thats what we want- better to be lucky than good, better to be lucky and good

come on get another goldie!!

Something broke.......Erm????
Just happened to fall off my bike..............

All sounding a bit like Homer Simpson!!!!

you what

There are not enough words as to describe my loathing of John Inverdale.

Although, John Cregan, I'd bear that comment in mind next time an Irish sportsman or team does something similar...

What's that, 4 golds, 3 silver and 2 bronze from the rowing? Even well above our own expectations.

Gonna be honest i dont know what that john is on about! I sense some resentment

ChequeredJersey wrote:Although, John Cregan, I'd bear that comment in mind next time an Irish sportsman or team does something similar...

Come on, us Irish are not clever enough to cheat

EnglishReign wrote:What's that, 4 golds, 3 silver and 2 bronze from the rowing? Even well above our own expectations.

Correct. The link below shows the full medal count for the Rowing and it's no surprise to see GB at the top.

http://www.london2012.com/rowing/medals/

@eirebilly

Says the guy who cheated death your antics could make a lady of loose morals blush

Luck of the irish tho pal

Earlier Redgrave looked like he wanted to lamp Inverdale one. Putting Olympic legends in their sports next to "commentators" who only borderline understand them must be annoying for them.

Ha, you cheeky feicar Shah

Duty281 wrote:

EnglishReign wrote:What's that, 4 golds, 3 silver and 2 bronze from the rowing? Even well above our own expectations.

Correct. The link below shows the full medal count for the Rowing and it's no surprise to see GB at the top.

http://www.london2012.com/rowing/medals/

Ah, just got my silvers and bronze confused. I actually feel a bit bad for the Aussies, they haven't turned up at all.

The aussies , japanese and russians are getting medals- just not the right colour!!

ChequeredJersey wrote:Earlier Redgrave looked like he wanted to lamp Inverdale one. Putting Olympic legends in their sports next to "commentators" who only borderline understand them must be annoying for them.

What's been annoying me is that Inverdale has been close to a pool of water for a week now and no-one has given him the World's Strongest Man treatment. Yet.

Bad news for GBR in the laser radial fleet....

Alison Young received a black flag in the first start because she was over the start line.

A black flag is a measure that the Race Officer, (the person in charge of setting the course and starting the race), had had enough of continually trying to start the race with competitors being over the line.

A black flag is flown at the one minute preparatory signal and means that no sailor is allowed o cross the start line between that point and the start of the race.

Alison is one of four sailors to have been Black Flagged.

In the series of ten race all sailors are allowed to discard their worst race, prior to this race Alison's worst result was an 11th, she will now have to count that result as the DSQ for this race will now be her worst result.

She should remain in fifth place over all but it means she has less leeway with her final races.

Big waves and quite light winds here... Irelands Annalise Murphy is doing well in the top ten.

This is a tough fleet, very very competitive... China's Lilly Xu is leading. A lovely girl, I met her a few days ago.

Nice work Maest.. You close by to the boaty stuff then

maestegmafia wrote:

Big waves and quite light winds here... Irelands Annalise Murphy is doing well in the top ten.

Great news for Annalise