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Post by Jordan on Aug 4, 2012 11:59:08 GMT 1
GB have simply dominated at Eton Dorney!
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Post by Mart!n on Aug 4, 2012 11:59:45 GMT 1
They just made it so easy, another gold to our tally, we might get another one in another 10 mins.
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 12:00:32 GMT 1
Teesside officially has more gold medals in this Olympics than Spain.
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 12:08:33 GMT 1
Going back to the men's four, is that the first time GB has won gold four times in a row in the same event in any sport?
Ben Ainslie could make it four in a row for GB in the Finn tomorrow.
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 12:12:14 GMT 1
Men's lightweight double sculls final is stopped after Mark Hunter's seat breaks!
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Post by Mart!n on Aug 4, 2012 12:12:58 GMT 1
The British team are in a quandry over a seat.
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Post by Jordan on Aug 4, 2012 12:24:53 GMT 1
I wonder if that was a similar thing to what that cyclist did the other day, falling deliberately because of a bad start.
I really hope they can pull out another gold performance though
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Post by Mart!n on Aug 4, 2012 12:29:42 GMT 1
Just got squeezed out right at the end, at least its Silver. a third Gold would have ben nice though.
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 12:31:49 GMT 1
I don't think they did get a bad start on this occasion. I would imagine it's quite hard to just break a seat like that.
Great race, GB just edged out by Denmark. That takes the overall medal tally to 25.
I don't believe Hindes crashed deliberately the other day either. I think it was just a poor attempt at German humour that way too many people took seriously.
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Post by Jordan on Aug 4, 2012 12:35:22 GMT 1
Well let's just hope we don't get anymore false starts from GB to fuel the speculation.
It must be so agonizing to get a silver by such a little margin.
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Post by Drunkster on Aug 4, 2012 12:37:14 GMT 1
I watched my first helping of the Olympics today - the rowing.
We won 2 x gold and a silver in 3 consecutive races.
We're really rather good at rowing, aren't we?!!
And it was nail biting stuff with the men's light weight pairs with the false start as one of the rowers seats broke, then it was neck and neck with Denmark to the finish line.
Well done Team GB
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 12:41:03 GMT 1
Wow! John Inverdale's in tears after interviewing Purchase and Hunter...
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Post by rubcale on Aug 4, 2012 12:54:37 GMT 1
I must admit I like the fact that this time I can flick between the sports as each one has a dedicated channel on digital. When there is the whole family watching though it's a little unfair to be channel flicking all the time so I stuck to the main BBC coverage last night. As you say the coverage was crap and the 100m womens heats were just a joke. Too many waste of time interviews. Stick them on the late program if you have to. Don't stick them on when Jess Ennis is shotputting or the 200m backstroke final is happening live ! Well said, agree entirely.
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Post by rubcale on Aug 4, 2012 12:59:04 GMT 1
One of our forgotten Olympic performances is Tim Henman and Neil Broad winning silver in the men's doubles, in Atlanta I think. Forgotten about that. Claimed on Five Live this morning this would be our first medal in Tennis in the Olympics since it was re-introduced in 1988.
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Post by rubcale on Aug 4, 2012 13:00:01 GMT 1
Gary Lineker getting very porr press for his performance as anchor-man in the main evenig slot.
Have to agree - some of his questions are inane.
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 13:04:43 GMT 1
It's mainly just laziness - lack of research and preparation. It really shows and it's what separates the likes of Claire Balding and Hazel Irvine from the likes of Lineker.
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Post by vastar iner on Aug 4, 2012 13:06:48 GMT 1
Well let's just hope we don't get anymore false starts from GB to fuel the speculation. It must be so agonizing to get a silver by such a little margin. True enough, but at least they both have a gold from Beijing, so it's not all bad. Imagine the Danish pair; they were favourites in China and came third. That must have been gnawing at them for every waking hour of every day ever since. And with 200m to go they positively REFUSED to have that feeling for the next four...
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Post by Jordan on Aug 4, 2012 13:16:13 GMT 1
It's mainly just laziness - lack of research and preparation. It really shows and it's what separates the likes of Claire Balding and Hazel Irvine from the likes of Lineker. Here here. I'm actually more impressed with the former athletes than the majority of anchors tbh.
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Post by greendemon on Aug 4, 2012 13:22:04 GMT 1
It's mainly just laziness - lack of research and preparation. It really shows and it's what separates the likes of Claire Balding and Hazel Irvine from the likes of Lineker. Here here. I'm actually more impressed with the former athletes than the majority of anchors tbh. same here. as i commented a few pages ago, the commentating in the swimming in particular has been very disappointing. ian thorpe seems to know what he's talking about but i hate the way he can't start a sentence without using the word 'look' - drives me mad! what an amazing way to finish at eton dorney with those two golds and a silver - i felt so sad for the men's lightweight pair, they came so close and looked absolutely devastated but as vas pointed out, at least they have won gold before and a silver in front of a home crowd is no mean feat. forget cricket - rowing should be our national sport! that and cycling
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Post by Panda on Aug 4, 2012 13:34:18 GMT 1
Good first throw in the javelin for Ennis. Looking really good for gold now.
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