London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

bwatson · 07-08-2012 06:09PM

What a contrast of emotions!

Utterlu devestated for Victoria Pendleton but she will look back with a gold and a silver and another utterly dominant team display by Britain with great happiness I'm sure.

And then, what a man. Sir Chris Hoy. Just amazing!

opinion guy · 07-08-2012 06:10PM

Really annoying the way the BBC commentators insists on calling him Sir all the time

pc7 · 07-08-2012 06:10PM

Omg he is mighty! Fair fe K's to him.

opinion guy · 07-08-2012 06:11PM

Wow 2 bronze medals!

Good call I think

Pherekydes · 07-08-2012 06:11PM

Yes.

The UK have exceeded their Beijing gold medal tally, and are just one shy of the total medal haul, so barring 1908, this is their best ever Olympics.

LordSutch · 07-08-2012 06:11PM

Shame Victoria didn't pull it off in her final race, then again she already got a gold, and Anna Meares won this race fair & square.

Tox56 · 07-08-2012 06:14PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Shame Victoria didn't pull it off in her final race, then again she already got a gold, and Anna Meares won this race fair & square.

By the rules yes, but she said herself she was elbowed and was forced out of the lane. I don't think Mears broke any rules, but if Pendleton had been given that first race I'm sure she would have won the second.

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 06:15PM

LordSutch wrote: »

Shame Victoria didn't pull it off in her final race, then again she already got a gold, and Anna Meares won this race fair & square.

She won it well tactically she was superb.

Kerrydude1981 · 07-08-2012 06:16PM

Cav really wanted to laugh there when your man said "bit of a belly"

bwatson · 07-08-2012 06:16PM

Tox56 wrote: »

By the rules yes, but she said herself she was elbowed and was forced out of the lane. I don't think Mears broke any rules, but if Pendleton had been given that first race I'm sure she would have won the second.

I think she was totally thrown by her relegation in the first heat.

opinion guy · 07-08-2012 06:16PM

Tox56 wrote: »

By the rules yes, but she said herself she was elbowed and was forced out of the lane. I don't think Mears broke any rules, but if Pendleton had been given that first race I'm sure she would have won the second.

Pendelton made a mistake in the second race by going early and then changing her mind.

steelcityblues · 07-08-2012 06:17PM

GB on the same medals total as 2008, with several days still to go. :eek:

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 06:17PM

Give them both the bronze.

Anyone · 07-08-2012 06:18PM

I'll miss seeing Victoria Pendeltons arse in that lycra kit.

Rascasse · 07-08-2012 06:20PM

Just to reinforce how Team GB dominated the velodrome,

10 Events
7 Golds
1 Silver
1 Bronze

The rule for London was 1 entrant per country, per event (to stop one country hoovering up all the medals - ha). So the only event they didn't medal in was womens team pursuit where Pendleton/Varnish were disqualified.

bwatson · 07-08-2012 06:23PM

Rascasse wrote: »

Just to reinforce how Team GB dominated the velodrome,

10 Events
7 Golds
1 Silver
1 Bronze

The rule for London was 1 entrant per country, per event (to stop one country hoovering up all the medals - ha). So the only event they didn't medal in was womens team pursuit where Pendleton/Varnish were disqualified.

Utter dominance despite everything possible being done by the UCI to redress the balance!

blueser · 07-08-2012 06:23PM

opinion guy wrote: »

Really annoying the way the BBC commentators insists on calling him Sir all the time

Why? Like it or not, that is his title.

Tox56 · 07-08-2012 06:25PM

Just listening to BBC there apparently Britain also have the World Number 1 in BMX still to compete. The cycling team will have won the same number of medals as a medium sized country by the end of this (if they haven't already).

Mysteriouschic · 07-08-2012 06:25PM

There's another irish boxer Michael Conlan on later tonight for the bronze. I didn't know we had more male boxers I only thought we had Darren and John Joe. We've quite a lot of boxers.

Corruptedmorals · 07-08-2012 06:27PM

Anyone wrote: »

BBC should say how old these gymnasts are...ie Now the 19 year old american.

Floor
Gold: Aly Raisman USA 18
Silver: Catalina Ponor ROU 24 (second Olympics)
Bronze: Aliya Mustafina RUS 17

(non medallists...4 over 20, 1 17 year old)

Beam
Gold: Deng Linlin China 20 (yes 20! second olympics)
Silver: Sui Lu China 20
Bronze: Aly Raisman USA 18

(non medallists..2 16 year olds- Gabby and Larisa the Romanian, 1 21 year old, 1 17 year old and 1 24 year old)

They must be 15 turning 16 in an Olympic year. There are 3 15 year olds, none performed today though. Male gymnasts peak at a later age.

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 06:28PM

A gold medal costs 450£

Which means sir Chris Hoy is worth 2200£

Pudsy33 · 07-08-2012 06:29PM

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

There's another irish boxer Michael Conlan on later tonight for the bronze. I didn't know we had more male boxers I only thought we had Darren and John Joe. We've quite a lot of boxers.

We have two more fighting for medals, Conlon and Barnes. Both are classy fighters.

Corruptedmorals · 07-08-2012 06:32PM

libra02 wrote: »

I know, as soon as she fell off you could see she just gave up and lost it completely.

Be interesting to see if she in floor final, as she can be great on it but after the week she had she do great of loose it completely.

As she has been annoying me with her sour head and crying all week I prefer if she did not get a medal.

Are you watching the Dutch guy on bar - WOW. Some perfromance - Has to be gold.

She has had a crushing week, in fairness. Team silver in the all-around due to mistakes, AA silver ONLY because of a crap vault landing, out of bars medals because she hit the bar with her feet and incurred a deduction- she would have taken bronze or silver and then to fall off beam and sit a dismount and finish last. She lost the 2011 world championships by a miniscule fraction too. It's sad to see her being so crushed..but she's only 17 and just hasn't the maturity to cope, but that is a LOT to cope with when you have the potential and have shown the potential to be the best gymnast in the world. Wasn't the only one to cry, people more assured of medals than her cried, and several older gymnasts too.

Fratton Fred · 07-08-2012 06:34PM

Colmustard wrote: »

A gold medal costs 450£

Which means sir Chris Hoy is worth 2200£

If Chris Hoy put his latest gold medal on eBay, I would hazard a guess and say it would go for a bit more than £450.

Richard Hillman · 07-08-2012 06:36PM

Nice moment with Hoy and Redgrave. Didnt know Hoy was a rower. There seems to be a big amount of cross athletes with the sports. The 2 sports tend to have the same physiological attributes in terms of powered endurance.

Sea Filly · 07-08-2012 06:36PM

Rascasse wrote: »

Just to reinforce how Team GB dominated the velodrome,

10 Events
7 Golds
1 Silver
1 Bronze

The rule for London was 1 entrant per country, per event (to stop one country hoovering up all the medals - ha). So the only event they didn't medal in was womens team pursuit where Pendleton/Varnish were disqualified.

They'd be screwed without that shít, madey up sport so.

Colmustard · 07-08-2012 06:37PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

If Chris Hoy put his latest gold medal on eBay, I would hazard a guess and say it would go for a bit more than £450.

Yep I was only messing, he has a bit of sponsorship and probably does after dinner speeches and opens a lot of shops.

I would hazard a guess and say he is probably worth a couple of mill.

Corruptedmorals · 07-08-2012 06:37PM

libra02 wrote: »

Oh I was not having a go at you or anything but I know it must be awful to think you have a medal and then it taken away but I say she knew that an appeal would go and was hanging in there by pure luck.

Could you imaging if it was the Russain Komova, I could see her totally freaking out & loosing it. I mean I was amazed she was not crying today as she has bawled all week.
Mind you she was given a place on the Russain team as her mother was a top gymnast so I suppose she never had to fight for a place like the Americans, etc so I think that is why at times she just seems to loose interest or does not fight for medals alot of the time.

What? Viktoria Komova is one of the two greatest gymnasts Russia have! Regardless of her parentage. She exploded onto the scene as a Junior in 2010 and won the youth Olympics, she took second in the worlds AA last year, she won bars at worlds and euros. Hardly a token place now is it. She has the most potential of any gymnast, but is inconsistent.

America have insane depth at the moment, more than Russia. USA could have fielded three teams. The girls they have are exceptional..but only because loads of ex Soviet Union and Romanian coaches flocked to the US. Russia have struggled to regain their crown after the soviet break-up, but they still have to fight to get on the team.

Corruptedmorals · 07-08-2012 06:40PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Did they bring in minimum ages for the gymnastics? Somewhere in my head I thought it was 16 - the Chinese girl on the beam there a few mins ago looked about 11.

Yes, they must be 15 turning 16 in the Olympic year. Most gymnasts are under 5 foot- it's easier if you are, and they train so hard anyway that growth spurts don't usually happen until 18. Both Chinese girls were 20- yes they were. Deng Linlin is here at her second Olympics- she won gold on beam. The silver medallist was an alternate in Beijing. How often do you see a tall Chinese girl looking older than they are? China train the hardest too, they all train together- 8 hours a day if not more.

LordSutch · 07-08-2012 06:42PM

Mysteriouschic wrote: »

There's another irish boxer Michael Conlan on later tonight for the bronze. I didn't know we had more male boxers I only thought we had Darren and John Joe. We've quite a lot of boxers.

Indeed, Ireland seems to churn out boxers by the shed load, but what about every other sport? I think team Ireland should copy and paste the Team GB system and implement it here in time for the next olympics. Funded by the Irish national lottery, Ireland could, and should produce medal winners in several sports including Boxing, Swimming, Athletics, Sailing, and why not cycling too??? I nominate Eamonn Coughlan as the Irish equivalent of Seb Coe to kick start Irelands bid for medal success in the 2016 olympics.

London 2012 Megathread [Part 1]

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