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The London 2012 Olympics - The Events
Alastair
TS Team
Another two medals for GB as Alistair Brownlee wins gold in the men's triathlon whilst his brother Jonny wins bronze!
Takes the medal count up to 40 now, only 7 short of our Beijing total and only 2 short of the total Beijing golds as well.
John
TS Member
The medal table hadn't been updated - the Brownlee's medals took the tally to 42, which quickly became 43 thanks to Nick Dempsey's silver in windsurfing.
We're also guaranteed 4 medals in boxing and 1 in sailing, which means that team GB is certain to surpass Beijing's medal haul. Brownlee's gold was the 19th, which matches the number of golds last time - hopefully there will be more to come today in the cycling too.
We're also guaranteed 4 medals in boxing and 1 in sailing, which means that team GB is certain to surpass Beijing's medal haul. Brownlee's gold was the 19th, which matches the number of golds last time - hopefully there will be more to come today in the cycling too.
Martin
TS Member
Shame about Pendleton, that was hardly fair. Only a silver, but I'm still marrying her, whether she wants to or not.
Trott was amazing, she destroyed the American, I thought it would be close but it ended up a comfortable victory. She's got a bright future ahead.
And then there's Chris Hoy. What a man. There's nothing to say about him that hasn't already been said. The way he took off once the pace bike pulled in was incredible, I thought he lost it near the end, but leaving the bend there was only going to be one winner. Outstanding.
22 golds and 47 overall, astonishing.
Trott was amazing, she destroyed the American, I thought it would be close but it ended up a comfortable victory. She's got a bright future ahead.
And then there's Chris Hoy. What a man. There's nothing to say about him that hasn't already been said. The way he took off once the pace bike pulled in was incredible, I thought he lost it near the end, but leaving the bend there was only going to be one winner. Outstanding.
22 golds and 47 overall, astonishing.
Alastair
TS Team
Blaze said:Shame about Pendleton, that was hardly fair. Only a silver, but I'm still marrying her, whether she wants to or not.
Trott was amazing, she destroyed the American, I thought it would be close but it ended up a comfortable victory. She's got a bright future ahead.
And then there's Chris Hoy. What a man. There's nothing to say about him that hasn't already been said. The way he took off once the pace bike pulled in was incredible, I thought he lost it near the end, but leaving the bend there was only going to be one winner. Outstanding.
22 golds and 47 overall, astonishing.
He is an absolute phenomenon - I don't think anyone will match that feat for a long, long time. The way he was able to power away on the final straight at 36 years of age is a testament to the incredibly hard work he must put in day in day out. It's great to see it pay off for him, and to see him so successful and now Britain's most decorated Olympian
Sazzle
TS Administrator
51 medals so far... don't think we can really complain about that!!
Team GB really have done is proud
looking forward to seeing how many more round shiny things we can squeeze out of the next three days!
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Team GB really have done is proud
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Craig
TS Administrator
Well we've got another (I think!) 4 guaranteed medals in the boxing, another in the women's sailing and Jade Jones in the Taekwondo. That'll take us up to 57, and possibly a few more after that too. Considering 70 is the very top end hope and 48 was the bottom end target that's pretty damn good!
pluk
TS Member
I like sports where you win by going faster, higher, longer, quicker or physically scoring goals or points, rather than being judged on some sort artistic measure.
The obvious ones we should have chucked in there as they are entertaining and would have done well are snooker and darts. They are also good for betting on which is a bit lacking in the Olympics.
Also, they should be playing the Hawaii 5-0 theme during these strange kneeling canoe races.
The obvious ones we should have chucked in there as they are entertaining and would have done well are snooker and darts. They are also good for betting on which is a bit lacking in the Olympics.
Also, they should be playing the Hawaii 5-0 theme during these strange kneeling canoe races.
Sam
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pluk said:I like sports where you win by going faster, higher, longer, quicker or physically scoring goals or points, rather than being judged on some sort artistic measure.
This, this, a hundred times this. Sports should be measured, not judged.
I'd like to see squash, fell running and chess (at least as a demonstration) make it to the Olympics.
pluk
TS Member
Sam said:I'd like to see squash, fell running and chess (at least as a demonstration) make it to the Olympics.![]()
Squash! What the hell happened to squash? I'm sure it used to be in there and is an absolutely obvious missing sport that really should be contested at the Olympics.
EDIT - apparently not, I must have been thinking of the commonwealth games. But from wiki...
At the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, the IOC will vote on whether to include one of the following sports in the program: floorball, baseball, karate, roller sports, softball, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding or wushu.
Tim
TS Member
I was talking about Squash the other day to a few squash players and their theory was that it wasn't in the Olympics because it's hard to make it a mass spectator sport. Unlike Tennis and Badminton it takes place in a small room with one and two half walls being used for bouncing the ball so you can't really build a stand around it.
Now you could point at Archery and say that it has the same issue but because it takes place over a 100m strip you can actually have lots of people watching it.
Now you could point at Archery and say that it has the same issue but because it takes place over a 100m strip you can actually have lots of people watching it.
Alastair
TS Team
Tim said:I was talking about Squash the other day to a few squash players and their theory was that it wasn't in the Olympics because it's hard to make it a mass spectator sport. Unlike Tennis and Badminton it takes place in a small room with one and two half walls being used for bouncing the ball so you can't really build a stand around it.
Now you could point at Archery and say that it has the same issue but because it takes place over a 100m strip you can actually have lots of people watching it.
You could have a transparent fourth wall and have the stand behind that?
Tim
TS Member
The Psychoaster said:Tim said:I was talking about Squash the other day to a few squash players and their theory was that it wasn't in the Olympics because it's hard to make it a mass spectator sport. Unlike Tennis and Badminton it takes place in a small room with one and two half walls being used for bouncing the ball so you can't really build a stand around it.
Now you could point at Archery and say that it has the same issue but because it takes place over a 100m strip you can actually have lots of people watching it.
You could have a transparent fourth wall and have the stand behind that?
There’s a Squash court like that right next to my house but the trouble is it's still not big enough to fit a whole stand as a squash court isn't very big to begging with. You could make the whole thing transparent (like that game show The Cube) and build the stands around it but then I suspect the players wouldn't be to happy as it would make it hard to see exactly where they're aiming.