The Olympics thread

[Perth Bambi]

No medal for Fallon again.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Flucking YES! Nicole Cook, you beauty! I was jumping around the basement!

 

[canveyshrimper]

Our first Gold Medal

Congratulations to Nicole Cooke who has just won the Gold in the Womens Cycling Road Race. :clap:

 

[Bluesmanager]

First road cycling medal ever, yes?

Absolutely raining cats, dogs and chickens there - rowing, archery and tennis all suspended. Would think that the road race would have gone the same way if it hadn't started already.

 

[Grayson]

Now that was a tight finish. Somehow she kept ahead of the other 2 for the last 200m, thought the Swedish girl was going to overtake her at the death.

Well done to her.

 

[Bluesmanager]

Wasn't it Italian? Doesn't matter at any rate, clear winner by at least a metre.

 

[MK Shrimper]

200th gold medal as well. Good work, let's hope there's a few more to come today (or is it too late?)

 

[Bluesmanager]

GB/France in the archery, could get Bronze there, that's about it.

 

[MK Shrimper]

GB/France in the archery, could get Bronze there, that's about it.

Yeah, watching it now. Come on ladies!

 

[duncan bulgaria]

Come on 9 arrows left 1 point behind !!

Keep thinking my car alarm is going off though !!

 

[canveyshrimper]

That bloody American calling the scores is really annoying.

 

[Grayson]

Those ugly French women are more annoying. Looks like defeat though.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Lost by one point. Oh well.

 

[Bluesmanager]

4th for the Brits.

Hang on, there's a query on a French arrow...

Doesn't matter. 4th.

Over to the Judo then.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Nicole Cooke is just receiving her Gold Medal.

 

[Bluesmanager]

Is it just me, or is Judo rather more violent than the other sports?

 

[Bluesmanager]

The South Koreans set a world record in beating China in the Archery final. Needless to say, the Chinese are not very happy bunnies about it.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

First road cycling medal ever, yes?

Absolutely raining cats, dogs and chickens there - rowing, archery and tennis all suspended. Would think that the road race would have gone the same way if it hadn't started already.

Us cyclists are a pretty tough breed, would take an extreme amount of weather for a race to be called off (if the roads are fully closed like they are for the Olympics)

Good effort by Nicole & lets hope the track medals come thick and fast when we move over to the velodrome later in the week!

 

[Bluesmanager]

Wouldn't want to go uphill like they had to though - be a bloody waterfall or something before long the way it was going.

The Chinese are now happy again after they won the 52kg Judo Womens Gold.

 

[canveyshrimper]

Us cyclists are a pretty tough breed, would take an extreme amount of weather for a race to be called off (if the roads are fully closed like they are for the Olympics)

Good effort by Nicole & lets hope the track medals come thick and fast when we move over to the velodrome later in the week!

I'm pretty sure that cycling fans will be in for a treat from the GB team in these games, I think I'm right in saying our team comprises something like 9 current world champions.