London 2012 Daily Diary

wnolan1992 · 29-07-2012 02:21PM

Rheinisch knocked off top spot. Still looking good for qualification though.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 02:22PM

Eoin drops to 5th with the top 5 in the world still to come. In terms of qualification though, he is well positioned.

QueenOfLeon · 29-07-2012 02:27PM

Rheinisch has been pushed back a bit now (currently lying in 6th). Wonder if he can improve his time later on.

Great result in the sailing. Race 2 was supposed to start at 15.10, I think it has just started now due to the delay in Race 1.

Pity about the overall Dressage score, but the 2 women did quite well, and hopefully they can all pull it up a bit in the Cross Country and Jumping.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 02:37PM

Eoin ends up 6th - that means he is ahead of 10 competitors ranked higher than he is in the world rankings, including the world numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Great stuff from him so far.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 02:40PM

Ireland are the early leaders in race two in the Star class.

Pisco Sour · 29-07-2012 02:41PM

How does the sailing work. Do you discard your worst score or do you discard your best and worst score?

Truman Burbank · 29-07-2012 02:42PM

1 = Holland = Marianne Vos
2 = GB = lizzie armitstead
3 = Russia = Olga Zabelinskaya

Dan man · 29-07-2012 02:42PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Ireland are the early leaders in race two in the Star class.

Who was 3rd in race 1?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 02:43PM

QueenOfLeon wrote: »

Pity about the overall Dressage score, but the 2 women did quite well, and hopefully they can all pull it up a bit in the Cross Country and Jumping.

Probably a silly question, but they don't use the same horses for all the events do they?

GB got their first medal there in the women's road race. Armistead got silver, just missed out on gold in the sprint finish.

Dan man · 29-07-2012 02:44PM

Pisco Sour wrote: »

How does the sailing work. Do you discard your worst score or do you discard your best and worst score?

10 races....worst score discarded, then top 10 contest the medal race with points from previous races still counting.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 02:44PM

Dan man wrote: »

Who was 3rd in race 1?

Greece.

Dan man · 29-07-2012 02:45PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Probably a silly question, but they don't use the same horses for all the events do they?

GB got their first medal there in the women's road race. Armistead got silver, just missed out on gold in the sprint finish.

Same horse all the way through.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 02:50PM

On a negative note here is a depressing tweet from Sunday Sport:

sundaysport
A source close to Sailor Peter O'Leary confirm he is the athlete at centre of betting story...they call it a "naive mistake"

I didn't think it would be a sailor.

They still lead race two, Denmark second.

Pisco Sour · 29-07-2012 02:51PM

Dan man wrote: »

10 races....worst score discarded, then top 10 contest the medal race with points from previous races still counting.

What sort of weighting does the medal race get in relation to the other 9 scoring races for each team?

Dan man · 29-07-2012 02:55PM

Pisco Sour wrote: »

What sort of weighting does the medal race get in relation to the other 9 scoring races for each team?

No there are 10 races and then the medal race.....I think it might be double points for medal race but not 100% sure on that.

Pisco Sour · 29-07-2012 02:56PM

Dan man wrote: »

No there are 10 races and then the medal race.....I think it might be double points for medal race but not 100% sure on that.

Generally, how long do each of these races go on? I see we have a nice lead but have no idea how long is left to go.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 02:57PM

Yes, it's double points in the medal race I believe.

We are a quarter of the way through this race at the first mark.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 02:58PM

The bets were made before the 2008 Olympics. Why is it coming to light now?

http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics/sailing/2012/0729/331057-sailing-sources-defend-naive-peter-oleary/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 03:00PM

Dan man wrote: »

Same horse all the way through.

Wow, talented horses. They should get the medals

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 03:03PM

It sounds like no rules were broken, and it was four years ago.

Certainly a 'naive mistake' alright, hopefully it's left at that now.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 29-07-2012 03:05PM

Shock in the gymnastics qualifiers as USA sweep the qualifiers as expected but Jordyn Weiber doesn't make the AA finals. Only two from each team can make the finals and she was 3rd best on team USA. She looks devastated.

Breaking: Dennis Lynch's appeal thrown out.

QueenOfLeon · 29-07-2012 03:05PM

Pisco Sour wrote: »

What sort of weighting does the medal race get in relation to the other 9 scoring races for each team?

This is the description of the competition: "In fleet racing, each event has a series of races. Points are awarded in each race: first scores one point, second scores two points, etc.

After 10 races (15 races in the Skiff event), points from the worst race are discarded. The remaining points are added together.

The 10 best athletes/crews then advance to the medal race. Points are doubled, so first place gets two points, second gets four, etc. The points total after the medal race determines the placings.

The athlete/crew with the lowest number of points is the winner."

Dan man · 29-07-2012 03:10PM

Pisco Sour wrote: »

Generally, how long do each of these races go on? I see we have a nice lead but have no idea how long is left to go.

Half-way point now....3rd place so far.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 03:10PM

Ireland having a slow run down wind, falling back now. 3rd at the second mark.

Truman Burbank · 29-07-2012 03:12PM

Radcliffe confirmed out, pity for her, indeed any athlete

Dan man · 29-07-2012 03:15PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Ireland having a slow run down wind, falling back now. 3rd at the second mark.

Their on the upwind leg now.

celtictiger32 · 29-07-2012 03:31PM

brits first medal - cycling, never hear the end of it now:rolleyes:

Cosmo Kramer · 29-07-2012 03:33PM

Ireland fallen well back into the field now, French and Greeks who did well in the first race struggling in the second.

Dan man · 29-07-2012 03:35PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Ireland fallen well back into the field now, French and Greeks who did well in the first race struggling in the second.

Hope they can get a top 5 in this race still.

celtictiger32 · 29-07-2012 03:38PM

looks promising for rheinisch considering some of the top 'paddlers' couldnt beat his score, hope he improves it in the second run.

wheres that sailing on btw.?

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