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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 20:30:59 GMT 1
Murray wins!!
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Post by Mart!n on Aug 3, 2012 20:32:15 GMT 1
Murray beats Dukovic, goes into the final
whoops, corrected.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 3, 2012 20:32:47 GMT 1
MURRAY BEATS DJOKOVIC!
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Post by greendemon on Aug 3, 2012 20:35:00 GMT 1
Murray beats Dukovic, goes into the semis i thought this was the semi?
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 20:37:04 GMT 1
Murray v Federer in the final again on Sunday, over 5 sets. He's still in the mixed doubles with Laura Robson and may have to play two matches tomorrow and another two on Sunday.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 3, 2012 20:37:29 GMT 1
omg! so he's guaranteed a silver at least! just the small matter of a battle against a certain r. federer on centre court at wimbledon... haven't we heard that before?
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 20:43:05 GMT 1
Is BBC One actually going to show anything live tonight?
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Post by Jordan on Aug 3, 2012 21:06:19 GMT 1
Fantastic for Murray!
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 21:17:14 GMT 1
PB for Jessica Ennis in the 200m puts her in the lead overall at the end of day 1.
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Post by Jordan on Aug 3, 2012 21:19:55 GMT 1
I'm stunned at that from Ennis.
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 21:20:36 GMT 1
GB women out of the football after losing 2-0 to Canada.
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Post by rubcale on Aug 3, 2012 22:34:35 GMT 1
Was this a shock?
They had been doing so well but I don't what Canada's positios is in world football.
Can't understand the "professional" commentators - I know little about the intricacies of swimming but it was obvious after the semis that the young Anerican was the one to beat yet the experts were all going on tonight about Becky and the Danish swimmer.
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 22:46:31 GMT 1
Was this a shock? They had been doing so well but I don't what Canada's positios is in world football. Can't understand the "professional" commentators - I know little about the intricacies of swimming but it was obvious after the semis that the young Anerican was the one to beat yet the experts were all going on tonight about Becky and the Danish swimmer. Not a huge shock. Canada are much stronger in women's football than in men's and are ranked slightly above England by FIFA. But GB were expected to win given their performances so far, plus home advantage. The American swimmer seemed to slip under their radar a bit. She was three seconds slower than Adlington and Friis in qualifying but Ye showed how unpredictable the improvements can be with younger swimmers. Some of the commentary and presentation has been very poor. Hugh Porter was all over the place again tonight during the cycling. Jake Humphrey seems really uncomfortable presenting a sport he clearly knows nothing about. Mishal Husain has been very awkward to watch at times on a morning. The coverage tonight was very poor. Between 7 and half 10, I think there was only about 45 minutes of live action on BBC1 and 2 and 30 minutes of that was the 10,000m. Instead, we got a load of interviews, flashy video sequences and highlights of stuff that had already happened while they were showing video of something else that had happened earlier. It was all very messy. Eventually, they even resorted to claiming the basketball was live on BBC3 even though it had already finished.
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Post by vastar iner on Aug 3, 2012 23:01:23 GMT 1
omg! so he's guaranteed a silver at least! One of our forgotten Olympic performances is Tim Henman and Neil Broad winning silver in the men's doubles, in Atlanta I think. Some of the commentary and presentation has been very poor. Hugh Porter was all over the place again tonight during the cycling. Jake Humphrey seems really uncomfortable presenting a sport he clearly knows nothing about. Mishal Husain has been very awkward to watch at times on a morning. At least with the pictures there's an excuse - they're coming from a neutral IOC broadcaster which seems hell-bent on not showing repeats of anything controversial. But some of the commentary has been reprehensible. Especially in the swimming - there is next to no insight, other than "we're on for a medal here!" when the British competitor is sixth with 25 to go. Patriotism is one thing, but mendacity is pathetic.
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Post by TheThorne on Aug 3, 2012 23:09:02 GMT 1
I think you cAn blame the overrunning tennis for the messy coverage on the main channels but there is always red button or iplayet if there is something you are desperate to see
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 23:42:20 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 23:49:08 GMT 1
But some of the commentary has been reprehensible. Especially in the swimming - there is next to no insight, other than "we're on for a medal here!" when the British competitor is sixth with 25 to go. Patriotism is one thing, but mendacity is pathetic. It's been like that with the swimming for as long as I can remember, even before Jameson and Moorhouse started doing it. Hamilton Bland was terrible when it came to telling it like it isn't. You'd expect things to be a bit stretched when there's so much to cover but it's the coverage of the bigger sports that's letting them down. On a more positive note, the video montages have been very good with some excellent choices of music. And Ian Thorpe and his double act with Claire Balding and his mild disdain for everyone else has been great. The other positive is Dan "Alan Partridge" Walker being consigned to the graveyard slot.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 3, 2012 23:51:24 GMT 1
omg! so he's guaranteed a silver at least! One of our forgotten Olympic performances is Tim Henman and Neil Broad winning silver in the men's doubles, in Atlanta I think. i remember hearing that henman had got a silver in the tennis. that said, i barely remember henman's career whatsoever - i would only have been 9 years old for atlanta.
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Post by Panda on Aug 3, 2012 23:55:20 GMT 1
GB 2012 v VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE: Gold: 8-4 Silver: 6-7 Bronze: 8-9 Total: 22-20
GB 2012 v GB 2008: Gold: 8-3 Silver: 6-2 Bronze: 8-3 Total: 22-8
GB 2012 v GB 2004: Gold: 8-3 Silver: 6-4 Bronze: 8-4 Total: 22-11
GB 2012 v GB 2000: Gold: 8-2 Silver: 6-5 Bronze: 8-3 Total: 22-10
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 0:19:25 GMT 1
DAY 8 GOLD MEDAL EVENTS:
ATHLETICS Men's 20km walk Women's discus Men's long jump Women's heptathlon Men's 10000m Women's 100m
BADMINTON Women's doubles Women's singles
CYCLING Women's team pursuit
FENCING Women's team epee
GYMNASTICS Women's trampoline
ROWING Women's single sculls Men's lightweight double sculls Women's lightweight double sculls Men's four
SHOOTING Women's 50m rifle three positions Women's trap
SWIMMING Women's 50m freestyle Men's 1500m freestyle Women's 4x100m medley relay Men's 4x100m medley relay
TENNIS Men's doubles Women's singles
TRIATHLON Women's
WEIGHTLIFTING Men's 94kg
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Day 7 was another great day for GB with three more gold medals and four more bronze.
Day 8 could prove to be another big day as things really start to take off in the Olympic Stadium.
Jessica Ennis leads the heptathlon and will be hoping to add Olympic gold to her array of titles. Mo Farah is going for two golds in London and starts with the 10000m, the event in which he won silver in Daegu last year. GB has two long jumpers through to the men's final in the shape of Greg Rutherford and Chris Tomlinson. In a field lacking any real stand-out stars, both are capable of winning a medal if they perform to their best.
The women's team pursuit cyclists looked outstanding in qualifying and look a very solid bet for gold.
GB has never won a triathlon medal at the Olympics but that could change with world champion Helen Jenkins going for gold in Hyde Park.
Day 8 is the last day of the rowing regatta and GB will hope to add to the six medals won so far. GB defends two medals tomorrow - the men's four and lightweight double sculls. Australia are favourites for the four but GB have looked ready to challenge them so far. Lightweight double scullers Mark Hunter and Zac Purchase have been very inconsistent this year but have shown a return to form this week and have a chance of a medal. However, it could be the women providing rowing gold again as the lightweight double sculls partnership of Kat Copeland and Sophie Hosking qualified fastest for their final.
INFOSTRADA SPORTS' VIRTUAL MEDAL TABLE PREDICTION:
Gold: 4 - Mo Farah, men's four, women's team pursuit, Helen Jenkins
Silver: 3 - Jessica Ennis, men's lightweight double sculls, women's lightweight double sculls
Bronze: none
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