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Stu

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  1. Jacques Rogge has equated Ben Ainslie's achievements to those of Phelps and Bolt.
  2. Take a last look at the medals table with GBR in third place - I'm sure by the end of the day Russia will be in third instead.
  3. Britain's Shanaze Reade suffered a suspected broken hand as she crashed out in the women's BMX final. French rider Anne-Caroline Chausson, in her final race, won ahead of Laetitia le Corguille with American Jill Kintner taking third. Very disappointing for Team GBR - Reade was considered one of our best hopes before the Games - happy that France has added to its medal tally though. Latvia won the mens event ahead of the two Americans.
  4. In the final race of the Sailing events Great Britain wins the Gold medal. 4 Golds won in Sailing this Olympics.
  5. Britain are third in the Swimming medals table behind the US and Australia - surely that hasn't happened for a long time!
  6. The British marathon swimmers have both been beaten in the last few seconds - another silver medal. Russia's getting very close!
  7. Just a few thoughts..... Where does Team GBR go from here? The aim for London 2012 was to finish fourth; by the end of Beijing 2008 we might still be placed above Russia in third - what targets can be set for 2012: 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st? The British athletes have done so well in Beijing, would 2012 be seen as a failure if they don't do quite as well when the Olympics come to London - expectations are going to be so high now - is that a good thing or a bad thing? Government expenditure on British athletes is set to increase - where should this be spent? Cycling and Rowing or Judo and Table Tennis? Is Britain the only country that is scared of its own success? The BBC, the other evening, instead of enjoying the achievement of the cyclists, was discussing whether Britain's domination of the velodrome was really bad for the sport as a whole - I doubt somehow Australians were expressing these concerns after their cycling medal haul in Athens - perhaps Britain isn't use to winning - why do British people always have to feel guilty for succeeding in something?
  8. I'm the landlord, I decide the opening hours!
  9. The difference between him and the silver medalist was incredible!
  10. One of the male competitors on the US team has dislocated his shoulder but still intends to compete - I hope he does well - he'll be in a lot of pain.
  11. Sorry Roltel, we were waiting for the beer to get to room temperature. Everyone, please help yourselves to a complementary pitcher of Pimms and enjoy your discussions of all things Team GBR! Enjoy!
  12. Although personally Britain's medal tally is pretty spectacular, internationally is it really that important? - countries have won 16 golds before. What is amazing about the British performance in Beijing is their dominance of some of the sports - sailing, rowing and particularly cycling. It's their complete dominance in the cycling events that is unmatched in Olympic history, not 16 gold medals that has been done many times before by other countries. So... Gold - The politics surrounding China being the host/the success of the Games as a whole Silver - Bolt/Phelps Bronze - Team GBR's domination of the cycling events
  13. Perhaps not - but then I'm happy with a gold being considered more valuable than either a silver or a bronze.
  14. France, Italy and Greece seem among the biggest losers so far. Allez France!
  15. The medals table today... CHN 44 14 19 USA 26 26 27 .... which is the greater achievement? In my opinion it's China's - at the moment they have 18 more athletes who were better than anyone else - The US only has more athletes who were second or third best. China may well have beaten many of these American athletes in second or third place but because of the same weight of each of the medals the US is placed ahead of China. It is surely better to be the best than second best. Perhaps the medals should equal different points G=3, S=2 and B=1 - if one country has one gold and another has a bronze and a silver it is the country with one gold that is placed ahead in the medals table. If this was the case today China would finish top of the table with 179 points and the US would have achieved 157 points. Russia would be in third with 85 ahead of Britain with 78 points.
  16. Yes - because one athlete who is better than everyone else should be considered more of an achiever than people who were second best.
  17. It's okay - I think we had to beat you by eight goals anyway so......
  18. I would prefer Australia to Russia myself - C'mon Oz! What are Australia's remaining medal prospects?
  19. Britain has won a silver and a bronze in the 10km swim and a bronze in the windsurfing so far this morning - this puts them ahead of Australia on total medals won as well as number of golds. Russia won the gold medal in the 10km swim moving above Australia on the medals table.
  20. Why? What did Harold Bishop do other than annoy Madge?
  21. As far as I am aware it's only the US that counts the total medals won for the positions on the table. It seems strange to me that Phelps wouldn't have been judged any different if he'd been awarded three silvers and five bronzes - Golds should be worth more than other medals. It should be called the jack of all trades master of none medals table.
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