The Olympics ! (spoilers etc..)

[I'm With Stupid]

It's a shame they changed the cycling rules so we couldn't dominate.

 

[rich p]

Kenny was superb.
Laura Trott is breath of fresh air too - so genuinely enthusiastic but awesome power for her small frame.

 

[Paul_L]

Wow, Wendy Houvenaghel has spat her dummy out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19147279

I can understand her frustration, but making the statements she's made in public are ill advised at best and childish (from a 37yo) at worst.

 

[Jon Baines]

Wow, Wendy Houvenaghel has spat her dummy out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19147279

I can understand her frustration, but making the statements she's made in public are ill advised at best and childish (from a 37yo) at worst.

Dont quite see how Suttons decision to leave her out was unjust when they won Gold

 

[Paul_L]

Dont quite see how Suttons decision to leave her out was unjust when they won Gold

and smashed their own WR

 

[rich p]

She appears to have made, what we in the expert pundit game call, a bit of a tit of herself.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I can understand her bitter disappointment and maybe the team didn't handle it very sensitively but flouncing out of the undisputedly best team in the world at 37 is not the best way of bowing out.

 

[Noodley]

Laura Trott was brilliant once again.

 

[Twizit]

Bauge having a pop at GB success it seems

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...tions-GB-success-at-London-2012-Olympics.html

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Bauge having a pop at GB success it seems

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...tions-GB-success-at-London-2012-Olympics.html

I think he's simply a winner bafflemiffed about why he didn't win. If you read French, his interview here borders on jealousy for the Manchester facilities, the investment, the British public support, and the prioritising of preparation for specific events.

 

[Twizit]

I think he's simply a winner bafflemiffed about why he didn't win. If you read French, his interview here borders on jealousy for the Manchester facilities, the investment, the British public support, and the prioritising of preparation for specific events.

Fair enough. DT being a little biased as usual with their headlines and reporting?! I can understand his frustration at losing when he's got 7? Worlds behind him already.

 

[Keith Oates]

Of course he's disappointed as he has also worked hard to try and get the gold medal. Being asked to comment after the event is not really fair as he will be not feeling on top of the world but doubtless there are many other athletes with similar feelings about the people that have beaten them into second and third places!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rob3rt]

Seemed like a fairly innocent exchange to me.

 

[BrumJim]

Right - just about to head off to the Olympic Velodrome. Will try to record some of the atmosphere for you. Hopefully will see three British Gold Medals one during the evening session, but not guaranteed - anything can happen.

Happy?

 

[Cheddar George]

Bauge having a pop at GB success it seems

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ol...tions-GB-success-at-London-2012-Olympics.html

I think Francois sums it up perfectly in this quote from the Grauniad -

"Coming as it did the day after his team director, Isabelle Gautheron, had speculated that the British had "magic wheels", Baugé's curiosity revealed that the French have been completely broken psychologically. A tweet from his team-mate François Pervis revealed another level of French thinking: "La sodomie continue.""