London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

robinph

cgpg5 wrote: »

robinph wrote: »

Not sure if they have had the mens doubles yet, they hopefully have that scheduled next before Murray is on again.

Mens doubles played yesterday

Then he'll just have standing on the podium in between then. Not much of a rest period. Laura Robson is in the players family area behind Murrays mum.

Guy:Incognito

Great play from Murray.

I really hope he wins this. If he ended up losing it could kill him for the doubles (even more than he already will be anyway)

steve9859

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Are they carrying injuries/sick or are they bottling it and making up excuses?

Just seems strange that so many Irish athletes are getting ill or injured....

Even if all injuries / sickness are genuine, it reflects very poorly on Irish team management. It seems amateurish to have such a high proportion of the team injured or ill....team coaches / doctors / physios must take most of the blame

mike65

You'd have thought someone would have considered the likelihood of a player being in both finals wouldn't you?

Guy:Incognito

mike65 wrote: »

You'd have thought someone would have considered the likelihood of a player being in both finals wouldn't you?

Surely it wouldnt be a huge issue to have the doubles on the Monday?

Say doubles on Saturday, mens and womens finals on Sunday the mixed double son Monday.

keith16

pithater1 wrote: »

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Best of 5

Thats got to count against Murray for his doubles final, when is that due to kick off?

They may not need 5 sets the way things are going here. Murray 5-0 up in the second set.

Anyone

mike65 wrote: »

You'd have thought someone would have considered the likelihood of a player being in both finals wouldn't you?

Well, like many, the organisers probably thought that Venus Williams would have won the mixed doubles on her own.

P_1

mike65 wrote: »

You'd have thought someone would have considered the likelihood of a player being in both finals wouldn't you?

To be fair, I'd say they were almost certain of it being a Fed-Djoc final.

Guy:Incognito

Federer wins a game :eek:

Hopefully his last

Guy:Incognito

It's a pity Federer isnt in the mixed doubles final too. Would have been great craic to watch the 2 of them standing at the back of the court nackered, letting the 2 women fight it out.

Pudsy33

Del Potro bawling his eyes out after he won bronze. Hope that disproves the myth that the Olympics means nothing to professional athletes.

RedRightHand

Wimmin boxers :eek: God they look rough, methinks our Katie is a rose among nettles

el diablo

RedRightHand wrote: »

Wimmin boxers :eek: God they look rough, methinks our Katie is a rose among nettles

It took me a while to figure out I was watching female boxers. :eek:

Mysteriouschic

What time is Katie Taylor supposed to be on?

Pudsy33

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

What time is Katie Taylor supposed to be on?

2 30 tomorrow

Colmustard

There is a great badminton game on.

Guy:Incognito

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

What time is Katie Taylor supposed to be on?

Tomorrow afternoon at some stage

Colmustard

The Chinese athlete has retained his Olympic title. I was reading that that guy is regarded as a God in China. 1.3 billion watched the Beijing final.

garv123

Lets hope katie doesnt have a close fight against the british girl after the horrible decision the judges made in favour of the home team in the other mens match.



surprised bbc HD are showing a repeat of the badminton final instead of the tennis final.
forget that, didnt even see bbc1

Mysteriouschic

They have the women livestream of the weightlifting 75kg.
I don't know how they do it :eek:

Shryke

The women's boxing was way more entertaining for me. They really tore into each other. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Back to the tennis, Murray is such a likeable guy. The crowd are being amazing. Less reserved than at the Wimbledon final obviously, although great there too.

Colmustard

And the velodrome is on.:):)

Guy:Incognito

C'mon Andy. Break him.

Guy:Incognito

Get in.

Guy:Incognito

Outside the Tennis and Athletics, what are GB's other medal hopes tody? Pendleton is one , yeah?

P_1

Wish I had put some money on Murray, one of the bets I was considering has already come in.

keith16

Murray breaks in the third set, leading 3-2. Crucial that he holds serve and wrap this up early so I can watch the cycling

Pudsy33

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Outside the Tennis and Athletics, what are GB's other medal hopes tody? Pendleton is one , yeah?

They have a girl running tonight too, I think 400m who is defending champion afaik

garv123

Shryke wrote: »

The women's boxing was way more entertaining for me. They really tore into each other. Can't wait for tomorrow.
Back to the tennis, Murray is such a likeable guy. The crowd are being amazing. Less reserved than at the Wimbledon final obviously, although great there too.

I would be depressed at the wimbledon final too when I realised I just paid over 3grand on my ticket.

How much is an Olympic ticket?

Pudsy33

Roger is a broken man, he should have challenged there