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Post by Jordan on Aug 2, 2012 11:24:28 GMT 1
I noticed the dodgy commentaries in the swimming last night actually. Haven't noticed it in anything of the others though.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 11:32:30 GMT 1
they got wiggins and froome confused with each other in the cycling at one point yesterday which was quite shocking!
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 12:06:19 GMT 1
GB 2012 v VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE: Gold: 2-2 Silver: 3-4 Bronze: 4-6 Total: 9-12 What does this mean? Results vs expected results? It's Infostrada Sports' Virtual Medal Table, published at the start of the Games. They've predicted GB to win 63 medals, with 19 golds. I'm posting their predictions for GB medals each day.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 12:18:24 GMT 1
just missed out on a gold by a whisker on the men's coxless four... still, it's another silver to add to the tally
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 12:46:54 GMT 1
andy murray has just taken the first set 6-4 against almagro in the quarter finals. almagro looks like he might be injured though.
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Post by Jordan on Aug 2, 2012 12:48:36 GMT 1
just missed out on a gold by a whisker on the men's coxless four... still, it's another silver to add to the tally It was extremely tight in the last 250 meters as well, there were a few points where I couldn't decide if they'd get gold or bronze.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 12:50:27 GMT 1
i'm just pleased australia didn't get a medal well done to south africa, they came out of nowhere to clinch it at the end! also love that one of their rowers is called brittain... so we did get a gold medal, kind of
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 12:58:48 GMT 1
Amazingly, given the performances so far in these Games, GB has a chance of a judo medal as Gemma Gibbons has reached the semi-finals of her weight class.
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 13:16:06 GMT 1
Ben Ainslie finally gets a win in the Finn class, with Denmark's Hogh-Christensen down in 8th after capsizing. That result will currently be discarded for the Dane, meaning the gap is down to four points with four races remanining.
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 14:14:42 GMT 1
David Florence and Richard Hounslow qualify fastest for this afternoon's K-2 slalom final with other British pair Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott also in the final six.
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 14:23:32 GMT 1
And GB's Peter Wilson has a three-shot lead going into the final round of the men's double trap shooting.
Could be some unexpected medals today...
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 14:35:34 GMT 1
gemma gibbon's opponent looks TERRIFYING!
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 14:48:55 GMT 1
Gibbons wins it! She's into the final!
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Post by rubcale on Aug 2, 2012 14:48:57 GMT 1
Don't want to turn into a another whinger like Mark Cavendish but given the margins at the end had the British Lightweight fours been in Lane 2 and South Africa in Lane 4 then we would have won the Gold.
On the other hand had we been in Lane 6 then we might have finished 4th!
Just a pity that the weather has had an effect when all were competing at the same time.
The cycling is why I have always maintained GB would not do as well at home as in Beijing - the first criteria for place in the Medal Table is number of golds.
The medals especially Gold we got there was unprecedented. Since then the rest of the world especially Austarlaia and France have been out to try and destroy us in this sport in London.
I suppose it is possible we could get as many medals in the cycling but not of as good a colour.
Today could go anyway. Both the men and women could take a medal of any colour but - heaven forbid - there is also the possibilty if finishing 4th in both.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 14:49:09 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 14:49:41 GMT 1
Gemma Gibbons is guaranteed at least silver and it will be GB's first judo medal since 2000.
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Post by rubcale on Aug 2, 2012 14:50:39 GMT 1
Gibbons wins it! She's into the final! So a silver at least. Great to see an unexpected medal. And Andy Murray is through to the semis in the singles. (Tennis, of course!)
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Post by greendemon on Aug 2, 2012 14:51:56 GMT 1
i have to say i'll be surprised if i see andy murray in the final. he's very unlucky to find himself up against djokovic next (unless tsonga pulls off a shocker) and i really can't see him getting past him.
there's always a bronze in the offing, i suppose...
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 14:52:36 GMT 1
The cycling is why I have always maintained GB would not do as well at home as in Beijing - the first criteria for place in the Medal Table is number of golds. The medals especially Gold we got there was unprecedented. Since then the rest of the world especially Austarlaia and France have been out to try and destroy us in this sport in London. I suppose it is possible we could get as many medals in the cycling but not of as good a colour. We might not get as many golds in cycling this time but there's every chance we could win golds we didn't get in Beijing. We have a great chance in both triathlons, we have several good athletics chances and we could easily improve on the one boxing gold we got in Beijing.
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Post by Panda on Aug 2, 2012 15:00:21 GMT 1
And middleweight boxer Anthony Ogogo has just beaten the world #1 by the tightest of margins!
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