Olympic chat thread 2 Gold edition.

[DesolateWaist]

What a way to start.

I feel quite exhausted after the 5000 metre race. And that's sitting in my chair ! Roll on tomorrow, night all.

That's right Mummylin, yay! Does the number of golds count though for it to be counted as the most successful Games? London was 29 golds won & we currently have 27 (I know there's still part of tomorrow to go) - just wondered?

Wow, well done Mo, Fantastic double double gold!

Mo is amazing! I skived off and went to bed
I see the gold medal in the high jump was won at 1.97m....Katerina J. T would have got a GOLD in the high jump and came nowhere in the heptathlon. She should seriously reconsider her event, she is so good at the jumps.

Cathy that's a crazy fact about KJT!

And wow Mo is a LEGEND!! So pleased he did it.

2 of the heptathletes went 1cm higher than the gold medalist. The other girl was the one who won the heptathlon gold. I do wonder if KJT should switch!

So pleased for Mo, he seems such a great bloke and so sincere.

What are our chances of holding China off and keeping 2nd place today. On phone and the website kerps jumping!

I think we'll beat China, we both have gold/silver finals but even if they win and Joyce loses we'll pip them by virtue of our higher number of silvers. Staggering really.

So exciting. Will be refreshing later as on holiday and it's tricky

With the poor ticket sales at the Paralympics and funding being cut, it is a shame GB could not host it every 4 years - we would certainly fill the stadiums.

I went to the Paralympics athletics at London 2012. It was an amazing evening (even better than the Olympics).

SUNDAY 21st AUGUST

Today’s GBR medal hopes
Realistically with only 12 gold up for grabs anyway, we only have the chance of one medal today which is already in the bag - the only question is will it be silver or will it be gold.
BOXING: super heavyweight – Jo Joyce

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.

15:00 – 16:30 RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
group FINAL

16:30 – 18:15 CYCLING MOUNTAIN
men FINAL
Grant Ferguson

17:15 – 18:15 VOLLEYBALL
men FINAL

17:25 – 18:53 WRESTLING
men's -65kg FINAL
men’s -97kg FINAL

17:30 ATHLETICS
Men's Marathon
Callum Hawkins, Tsegai Tewelde, Derek Hawkins

18:00 – 19:30 HANDBALL
men FINAL

18:00 – 18:11 BOXING
women's middleweight FINAL

18:15 – 18:26 BOXING
men's flyweight FINAL

19:00 – 19:11 BOXING
men’s light welterweight FINAL

19:15 – 19:26 BOXING
men’s super heavyweight FINAL
Joe Joyce

19:45 – 21:30 BASKETBALL
men FINAL

Thanks for all your posts Red - you've been a star throughout! Really appreciated being able to clearly follow what was happening & when, especially given the time difference!

Yes thank you so much! Fair more useful than any other schedule I could find

I totally agree! Awarding you a 🏅Red.

Thank you and no problem.

I did it simply for my own benefit because, as you say, all the other guides are rubbish!

Just makes sense to share!

Agree 100% with the others, your poss have been invaluable Red, even DH started asking what "the MNer said our medal chances are today"

I too appreciated our own MN programme ! Thanks Red 💐

GB guaranteed to finish second now, China have only 1 athlete left to compete so at best can tie on number of Gold but we stay ahead due the number of Silvers we have.

We have 1 more chance of a Gold in the Boxing tonight.

I am sure, ignore me if you wish, that by american standards, china would come second with more medals overall.
like I said, feel free to ignore,

Thanks Red, what a Star,

Another one thanking Red! Once I'd found this thread I didn't bother trying to make sense of the BBC listings - yours were better.

So delighted by Mo's triumph! It's going to be very odd in Tokyo with no Mo and no Bolt. I'm sure there will be new stars, though. One of our local parkrun regulars is a coach at our local athletics club and he reckons that one of his boys will be in the team for Tokyo (and another one might be there in 2024). I'd be dead excited to see a runner I'd cheered on at junior parkrun at the Olympics!

One of the 4 x 400 relay team went to my children's primary school. Utterly amazing to think we might have seen her in action at sports day 12 years ago ro so!

Thanks Red for all the schedules, they've been invaluable.

I'll miss the Olympics and this thread, it's been great. I'm trying to work out if 4yrs is long enough to save for a trip to Tokyo 2020.

I'll have to make do with bake off and strictly now!

Kate Richardson-Walsh has been selected to be Team GB's flag bearer for the Closing Ceremony.

(She's the captain of the women's hockey team, if like me, you didn't know who she is).

Thanks again Red

Joyce was robbed - judging in the boxing has been very dodgy.

Been an amazing Games though.

Well done Team GB.

Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D’Agostino recceive Pierre de Coubertin award for helping each other to finish race after falls

www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/21/new-zealand-and-us-runners-awarded-for-sportsmanship?CMP=twt_gu

The award has only been given by the IOC 17 times.