Olympic chat thread 2 Gold edition.

[DesolateWaist]

What a way to start.

I love listening to Michael Johnson talk athletics.

World Record!! Wow!

Will I stay up for the 100m I wonder?

I can't believe the world record is broken.

Well I've made it so far, now awaiting Bolt

I'll stay up for Bolt, then bed.

DS conveniently woke for feeding in time for the 400m and the 100m final. What a good boy!

Fantastic 400m, love Michael Johnson's punditry and yay Bolt!

Ah, found you!

Bolt is amazing. Not only was behind and recovered, but ended up winning easily over Gatlin.

And fantastic and unexpected 400m male world record. This is why I love the Olympics.

Worth checking out Hacker's Olympic Rundown on CBBC if you have young + easily amused offspring. Our lot are as obsessed as we are with the Olympics and introduced us to it last week, on at 6pm weekdays.

Love that picture of the dogs. DH and I were like that last night, bailed halfway through the tennis. So glad for Andy and sad for Del Potro. When tennis and golf (especially golf) were introduced to the olympics there was lots of cynicism from me especially but I think they've been great additions. Murray and Rose both showed how much it meant to them. What a day.
I really, really need to get to work. I've got a gazillion deadlines but here I am catching up on MN and watching iplayer videos.

Marking my spot. Really looking forward to the Dressage today.

Didn't manage to stay up for Bolt, but very pleased to wake up to the news

currently 2nd in the medal table
look at the size of GB
compared to the rest of the world.

We are Fantastic

Loved this tweet by BMX cyclist Liam Fox about Kenny and Skinner

"If only you could see the state of @JasonKenny107 & @CallumSkinner's room... Deffo not Olympic standard!!! #Bombsite."

maybe my DDs have the potential to become Olympic champions

Ooh yes cavemum , can't wait to see DuJourdin in particular. Does anyone know their new routine?
The BBC guy said it was appropriately themed, so unless Vallegro shimmies down the centre line to "living' la vida loca' swivelling his hips like Ricky Martin I am going to be disappointed

cathyandclare I've heard that she's doing more or less the same routine she did at Olympia last year (when they broke the last world record) but that she's recoreographed it to Brazilian-style music . It sounds amazing!

Just tried to post this on the last thread!

I had to throw in the towel last night as had a busy one with DC and an early one today but Andy Murray is amazing! I was so delighted to see him as the flag bearer as he really does embody what is great about Team GB.

I am also a huge Del Potro fan though - there is just something about him and he appears to be one of the nicest people on the tour.. I've never heard a bad word about him.

But YAY for Andy

The women's 10k open swim is on today which is the one I want to see but I think it might be on whilst I'm at work.. I find that fascinating - with the food on sticks and the sheer athleticism of the swimmers. I'm doing a 5k swim, indoors, in a couple of months so will be checking their times to see what to aim for

Right - will catch up on all your musings now!

Oh here you all are, was wondering why nothing was happening on the other thread.

The tennis could so easily have gone the other way - both were of Gold standard IMO.

So I stayed up last night knowing that I didn't have to be up for anything. I went to bed at 3.
7.30. Cat wakes up DH for breakfast. DH decides to give a fucking running commentary to the cat about what he's doing. 'I just need to put my pants on......'
8.00. Next door have had a new kitchen fitted. They decide that 8.00 would be the perfect time to start chucking all the bits of the old kitchen onto the front lawn.
8.15. The twins toddlers over the road complain very loudly about getting in the car.
8.30. A neighbour decide this would be a fine time to put up scaffolding.

Bastards. What were they all doing last night?

I only watch about 2-3 tennis matches per year because I find it so blooming stressful to watch!
What a game that was, though, so delighted Murray won. And I have a new 2nd favourite tennis player now in Delpo. So sad he had so much time out of tennis for injury after exploding onto the scene a few years ago. He is like a machine when hitting at his best.

I will be cheering for Del Potro now in any match where he's not playing Murray. He was superb.

Desolate.I knew I'd have to get up, but also knew it would be a slow work day. I am able to slack off a bit

Just place marking for later

MONDAY 15th AUGUST

Today’s GBR medal hopes
CYCLING: men’s omnium – Mark Cavendish
SAILING: men’s laser – Nick Thompson
SAILING: women’s laser radial – Alison Young
EQUESTION: Dressage – Charlotte Dujardin
OPEN WATER SWIMMING: women’s 10k – Keri-Anne Payne
Where we have a GBR competitor in the event I have put name. A name and question mark is also listed for later rounds in case they do qualify.

13:24 CANOE SPRINT
Women's Kayak Double 500m Heats
Lani Belcher & Angela Hannah

13:35 ATHLETICS
Women's 200m Heats
Dina Asher-Smith, Jodie Williams

13:38 CANOE SPRINT
Women's Kayak Single 200m Heats
Jess Walker

13:50 – 15:30 SWIMMING OPEN WATER
women 10km
Keri-Anne Payne

14:00 – 17:30 EQUESTRIAN
individual dressage FINAL
Fiona Bigwood, Charlotte Dujardin, Carl Hester

14:00 CYCLING
Women's Sprint 1/8
James, Marchant

14:21 CYCLING
Men's Omnium Time Trial 4\6
Cavendish

14:25 ATHLETICS
Men's 3000m Steeplechase Heats
Rob Mullett

15:00 – 17:15 SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Duets Technical Routine
Olivia Federici and Katie Clark

14:40 ATHLETICS
Women's Hammer Throw Final
Sophie Hitchon

14:46 CANOE SPRINT
Women's Kayak Double 500m Semifinal
Lani Belcher & Angela Hannah?

14:50 CYCLING
Women's Sprint 1/8 Repechages
James, Marchant?

14:59 CYCLING
Women's Omnium Scratch Race 1\6
Trott

15:00 CANOE SPRINT
Women's Kayak Single 200m Semifinal
Jess Walker?

15:15 ATHLETICS
Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final

15:15 DIVING
men’s 3m preliminaries
Jack Laugher

15:35 ATHLETICS
Men's 400m Hurdles Heats
Sebastian Rodger, Jack Green

16:00 – 16:11 BOXING
men’s fly round of 16
Ali (GB) v Finol (VEN)

17:05 – 18:05 SAILING
women's laser radial FINAL
Alison Young

18:00 – 18:30 GYMNASTICS
men’s rings FINAL

18:05 – 19:05 SAILING
men's laser FINAL
Nick Thompson

18:54 – 19:24 GYMNASTICS
men's vault FINAL

19:46 – 20:16 GYMNASTICS
women's beam FINAL

20:00 CYCLING
Men's Omnium Flying Lap 5\6
Cavendish

20:30 CYCLING
Women's Omnium Individual Pursuit 2\6
Trott

21:23 CYCLING
Men's Omnium Points Race 6\6
Cavendish

21:16 – 21:40 WRESTLING GRECO-ROMAN
men's 85kg FINAL
men’s 130kg FINAL

22:00 – 22:45 BADMINTON
women’s singles round of 16
Ouseph (GB) v Sugiarto (IDN)

22:17 CYCLING
Women's Omnium Elimination Race 3\6
Trott

23:00 – 00:40 WEIGHTLIFTING
men's 105kg FINAL

23:15 – 23:26 BOXING
men's heavyweight FINAL

00:30 & 01:50 ATHLETICS
Women's Discus Throw Qual. Rnd
Jade Lally

00:35 ATHLETICS
Men's Pole Vault Final

00:40 ATHLETICS
Men's 110m Hurdles Heats
Andy Pozzi, Lawrence Clarke

01:30 ATHLETICS
Women's 400m Hurdles Heats
Eilidh Doyle

02:25 ATHLETICS
Men's 800m Final

02:45 ATHLETICS
Women's 400m Final