Olympic chat thread 2 Gold edition.

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What a way to start.

Me too Crotchet.

Woo, go Jack, assured of a silver

So he could get gold! Amazing olympics for team gb.

Cao What a dive Well done Jack

And silver in the diving

50 medals now. Brilliant. I didn't realise we had a chance to be so good this year.

And there will be another gold in sailing but that one can't get counted until tomorrow

Well done Jack!

And three definite medals in the boxing, we're going to smash our target

Sorry another 2, one's already been counted

Am all too excited to sleep now...

Niles Wilson did so well, bronze in the high bar, first high bar medal for GB. totally overshadowed by other events.
and lovely Amy Tinkler.

of course Trott and Kenny were just fantastic. had to go out at 10.25 but luckily they delayed their race, twice how nerve wracking though

I do think that the events are being somewhat spoiled by the crowd , we first noticed it during the men's floor title when the crowd were cheering when the Japanese and American gymnasts made mistakes and the treatment of LaviIllenie is just disgusting .

I haven't noticed other than when Murray was playing & they removed someone (& Gatling being booed!). What happened with Lavelline?

Lavillenie was booed during the medal ceremony, that is rubbish behaviour by the audience.

I'd just looked it up on the BBC Sports news - that's a disgrace. Why would they boo him during the medal ceremony?

WEDNESDAY 17th AUGUST
Looks like a much quieter day ahead for team GB.

Today’s GBR medal hopes
EQUESTRIAN: Showing Jumping Team
HOCKEY: women’s – semi final win would secure at least a silver
SAILING: women’s 470 – Saskia Clark and Hannah Mills are doing a lap of honour for their gold.

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.

11:30 – 19:30 GOLF
women’s round 1
Charley Hull, Catriona Matthew

13:40 & 15:05 ATHLETICS
Men's Hammer Throw Qual. Round
Nick Miller, Mark Dry, Chris Bennett

13:44 CANOE SPRINT
Kayak Double 200m Heats
Liam Heath & Jon Schofield

13:58 CANOE SPRINT
Women's Kayak Single 500m Heats
Rachel Cawthorn

14:00 – 16:20 equestrian
team showjumping FINAL
Ben Maher, Nick Skelton, John Whitaker, Michael Whitaker

14:05 ATHLETICS
Men's 5000m Heats
Mo Farah, Tom Farrell, Andrew Butchart

14:55 ATHLETICS
Women's 800m Heats
Lynsey Sharp, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke

15:00 – 15:50 BADMINTON
men’s singles quarterfinal
Ouseph (GB) v Axelsen (DEN)

15:03 CANOE SPRINT
Men's Kayak Double 200m Semifinal
Liam Heath & Jon Schofield?

15:17 CANOE SPRINT
Women's Kayak Single 500m Semifinal
Rachel Cawthorn?

15:50 ATHLETICS
Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final

15:50 – 16:30 BADMINTON
mixed doubles FINAL

17:05 – 18:05 sailing
men's 470 FINAL
Luke Patience & Chris Grube

18:05 – 19:05 SAILING
women's 470 FINAL
Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark

19:15 – 19:26 BOXING
women’s middle quarterfinals
Marshall (GB) v Fontijn (NED)

20:30 – 20:41 BOXING
men's welterweight FINAL

21:00 – 22:45 HOCKEY
women’s semi-final
GB v NZ

21:00 – 23:15 WRESTLING FREESTYLE
women's -48kg FINAL
women’s -58kg FINAL
women’s -69kg FINAL

23:30 – 02:30 TABLE TENNIS
men's team FINAL

00:45 ATHLETICS
Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal
Tiffany Porter, Cindy Ofili

01:00 – 01:15 TAEKWONDO
men's -58kg FINAL
women's -49kg FINAL

01:15 ATHLETICS
Women's Long Jump Final
Lorraine Ugen

02:00 ATHLETICS
Men's 200m Semifinal
Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake?

02:30 ATHLETICS
Women's 200m Final
Dina Asher-Smith, Jodie Williams

02:55 ATHLETICS
Women's 100m Hurdles Final
Tiffany Porter, Cindy Ofili?

03:59 – 04:49 BEACH VOLLEYBALL
women FINAL

Renaud had complained in a post event interview ( straight after) about the crowd booing him when he was trying to jump , he had equated it to the treatment of Jesse Owens at Munich and was very distressed . Yesterday morning he apologised for using that analogy by stood by the fact that the crowd were terrible and not proper sports fans and hence they booed him again last night . The medal ceremony last night was really sad but I'm sure at the next Diamond League in Europe the crowd will hopefully make up for it a bit .

I read somewhere (bbc?) that booing in Brazil is actually a compliment

I don't think that was the case with Lavillenie and whilst his comparison was crass, it really isn't in the spirit of the Games to continue to boo despite his obviously sincere apology.

I must say I quite like the fact drug cheats who are now able to cheat are not getting the respect like the other athletes. Considering many are competing due to winning an appeal rather than flat out acceptance makes it quite hard to swallow on occasion. I think it's a sad state actually that these days when someone does an incredible sporting feat (ie the mens 800m world record or the absolutely amazing WR in the female 10k), people are immediately suspicious. I've seen people saying dodgy things about the British cyclists ie don't win until the Olympics. But things like the Russian doping scandal certainly don't help...

I don't know what the answer but all sports need to really be seen to clamp down. Hats off to the paralympic movement who seem to be much stricter and are flat out banning previous dopers from their Games - no appeals, no chances.

Oops - drug cheats who are now able to compete...

My goodness, the sprint kayak chaps are stacked aren't they! Enormous pecs and shoulders. It's a fast and furious thing isn't it!

Nick Skelton and Ben Maher have made it through to the next round for the individual showjumping medals. Michael Whitaker had to withdraw as his horse colicked last night (colic is a generic term used to describe a digestive tract problem in a horse, a lot of the time it can be resolved with some painkillers and walking the horse round to ease discomfort but in severe cases it can require surgery and be fatal).

Stayed up for the first time last night to watch some athletics as I've been getting very frustrated about lack of the key Olympics sport at my only possible viewing time (i.e. evening). I can't normally watch during the afternoon and am not normally a night owl.

I love variety of athletics but watching it on catch-up is just not the same - I can't get very excited about sporting events that have already happened, even if I don't know the result. I haven't even managed to find much of an athletics highlights TV slot on in the evening as there are so many other sports to cover.

I might try staying up again if the 'big' events were soon after midnight but unfortunately most the ones I'd like to see are late (200m semis and Women's final tonight aren't until 2am onwards and the relays won't be until the end of their evening)

All frustrating but at least we had London last time so I suppose can't complain too much.

The crowd were utterly disgraceful during the pole vault ceremony, not the first example of appalling conduct and I doubt it will be the last. I would imagine that the IOC will think twice about sending the games to a south American country again after this!

Good people of mumsnet ... I'm confused again! There's gymnastics on one of the BBC Olympic channels, but it's not for medals. In fact some of the gymnasts didn't compete in Rio (there was tumbling which I don't think is in the Olympic programme) Is it like an exhibition event to mark the closing of gymnastics?