With Tom Daley just scraping through to the semi-finals of the diving, all eyes will be on him as that competition gets going in the morning. However, there is plenty else to watch out for during the day, including medals for: Men's 50km Walk (!?), Javelin, High Jump and a couple more Relays, Women's Basketball, Men's Boxing, Canoe and Kayak sprints, Cross-Country Mountain Biking, All-Around Rhythmic Gymnastics, Women's Handball and Men's Hockey, Taekwondo, Women's Volleyball and Men's Wrestling. Also the Modern Pentathlon takes place today. Exciting stuff!
London 2012, Day 15
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I think I have tuned in just in time to see us win a gold medal. In that windmill style boating.
Tom looks to be 4th on the startlist for this morning's semi.
Tom's brother looks just like him!
Looked alright, 81 is a good score
The others look reeeeally good though.
Agreed - he'll have to put in some good ones, but if that was his worst of the 6, we could be ok.
I can't believe the judges don't get replays. How can they judge anything, it's so fast. The only thing I can see in realtime is the splash.
not long left now, a day or two, it seems to have gone so quick.
watching the diving here too, also keeping an eye on the 50km walk, how many get through to the final, is it 8? im not too sure.
12 I think.
I think you can see whether they enter straight or not. That must be why there are so many judges, so the average gets rid of judges just guessing.
cheers, diving is another of those once every 4 years sports.
Wenlock hug! http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/08/london_2012_olympics_winning_m.html#photo19
Gold for NZ in women's windmilling.
Much better from Tom!
86.4 :)
Tom in 9th, after 2/6.
84 - I'll take that :)
I like the isolation that the darkness gives in 32 and the kids face in 47
The Wenlock hug is mighty cool also
Tom in 8th, after 3/6. (~8 points above the drop zone)
That one looked really good.
88.8 :D
Even I knew that was good from Tom :) yay for diving!
Over 100 points for the Chinese guy. Amazing!
Tom in 7th, after 4/6. He's slowly creeping towards the top of the pile.
Morning. Does anyone know the purpose of the small pool for the divers after they have finished?
91.8!
Wow 91.8
Is it like a mini warm-down for them? Tom seems to stick to the showers.
That one was awful, entered the water at 45 degrees!
The pool is cold, and the tub is nice and warm - keeping their muscles loose etc.
Tom up to 4th now!
Tom in 4th, after 5/6.
Brilliant!
89.1 - that'll do Tommy, that'll do.
Nice man Thorpey strikes again!
@IanThorpe: Ok this is 4 real.i want to see the legacy for myself and jump start things before I leave. From 9am tomorrow I will be at Tooting Bec Lido
in London. I will give swimming tips to those who ask and do some signings.will be great to see you! Remember it is limited capacity..
so first come first serve and only people serious about swimming,whatever age or standard allowed!!lets keep the Games going! #london2012
That's fab!
A shame the swimming finished so early, we didn't get any more of his analysis / comment.
How... glamourous. Nice touch though
I can see Tom's Q.
That's even better though, isn't it? Not just posh places get the Olympic spirit?
Oh absolutely. It's likely the audience will benefit more than at a high class facility. It's just a surprise but a really nice gesture
reigning gold medalist is out, mitcham finishes 13th after blowing his final dive.
Bless not-so-lil Tom, all smiley now.
Goodness me, the walking is even more weird than I remembered.
the ministry of silly walks is an olympic sport??
The howevermany-km waddle?
yeah!
i guess they got their government grant after all. where's cleese?
One of the 20km walkers was on performance enhancing drugs. No idea how that works
you'd have to be to agree to this. and people said dressage was odd!
The three British team horses are now up for sale at £30 million. It may look odd but it is obviously very profitable
Watching the mountain bikers take on fluids. I'd be tempted to do a Button and take someone else's water "by mistake".
commentators - "red is a slightly heavier paint" wha?
Mountain biking is in the Olympics now?
Cool
Some colours need more coats for a good finish, maybe red is one of them
yay silver in the walk, its a strange event but silver is nice.
australia also won a bronze today too, in the cycling. from athens 2004, thanks to the american who has admitted being on performance enhancing drugs.
'Eight years after his ride, Australian cyclist Michael Rogers will finally become an Olympic medallist.
The International Committee Board is to meet on Friday to reassign the 2004 Athens Games road race time trial medals in the wake of American gold medallist Tyler Hamilton's doping admissions last year, Associated Press reports.
The matter has become urgent because there is an eight-year statute of limitations for the International Olympic Committee to officially change placings that expires this month.
so its never too late to win bronze....
cool course.
short cuts. bernie would like it.
Paint weight has always been an issue in motor racing. Teams have worked hard with paint suppliers to get the same colour paint but at a lower density so that it weighs less. I think an F1 car now has something like 4kg of paint on it. That's 4 kg of weight that can't be put to more advantageous use. If they could halve the density of the paint that would gove them 2kg more ballast to play with.
Lots of people appear to be falling off their bikes and/or walking them around the course now. Tough event!
They've been going for an hour and a half. Exhausting.
France get the gold by miles.
Germany silver, with the gap just over a minute!
Eighth place for Brit, Annie Last. She does look knackered.
she's been able to practice on this course ahead of the others, it can't have come as a surprise?
they're opening the course to the public. awesomeness.
If you go on it, you can have a go-pro.
hehehe!
It's weird to see people swimming in the pool again.
I am watching one of my 8 Olympic channels for the first time! I seem to have decided on Rhythmic Gymnastics. I don't like it.
It's freaky.
my favourite part of the other type is the flips and things, this is all of the lame dancey bits with none of the flips.
I don't mind the ribbon because it's pretty, but all that throwing and catching is odd.
looks like i have nothing else on live until the football final shortly.
jake is awesome.
"a football match, kicking off at 3 o'clock on the bbc, just like it used to be"
How is Jake managing these Gmaes without his iPad - did he have it surgically removed?
he had it yesterday at the... bmx, or something (person in our office mentioned it).
I have settled on the diving so I can see my judging friend :D
He's definitely been reading tweets and the like off it.
oh lordy, they've got the most miserable man on earth to commentate this match.
Brazilian players have completed over twice as many dribbles as any other nation's - 79 vs Japan's 32.
Mexico already 1-0 in the football vs Brazil (<1 min).
missed the goal. love that bbc player adds a chapter marker for the goal along with the start of the first half.
Brazil have never won Olympic Gold (in M's football)
spain about to go up 2-1 in the womens elliott best of 5 gold medal matches as one of the aussies took an unexpected swim in the water asshe fell out of the boat, need to win the next two races otherwise its gold to spain
Nice and breezy for it!
yeah and the water seems a bit more choppy compared to the last couple of days.
finland took out the bronze medal v the russians earlier today.
I would've loved for these conditions for all the other medal races - esp 470s and 49ers.
gb v the aussies in the mens hockey playoff for bronze just started now too.
But I thought Brazil were the best footballers ever?
They tend to send teams of quite young players, and this is the one trophy they need to make their cabinet complete.
The IOC has agreed to replace a London Olympic medal that was unexpectedly broken. Brazilian Felipe Kitadai so treasured his Olympic bronze medal from the judo he refused to let it leave his sight, but accidentally dropped it in the shower. The upper segment of the medal was snapped off
I love when bronze means that much to someone <3
Great prestart tactics in the sailing.
In the book I read that clearly didn't help me understand very much at all, I think it said the football teams have to be all under 23 except just one or two people. (see: Giggs).
Squad: 15 players under 23, 3 over 23. It look like the Brazil squad use less experienced players (even if they have international superstars under the age barrier).
AUS 1 - 1 GBR (men's hockey Bronze match, towards the end of the 1st 1/2)
they will take it alot more seriously next olympics thats for sure, really they should either make it the best players from every country playing otherwise its a bit of a non event, noone really takes it seriously, and although i dont like the sport alot of my mates who love the sport and are passionate about the game couldnt care less about it at olympic level because its just makeshift teams and means very little in terms of tournaments played throughout the year, which i think is sad that at olympic level, which should be the best of the best and the pinnacle of world sport that a gold medal and winning at olympic level doesnt mean much.
2-2 in the sailing, winner takes gold in the next race.
Woohooo, I remembered something! :)
Yup - the cramming paid off ;)
ooh, modern pentathlon. another weird one.
ooooooooooooo. so close.
that has to be brazil's last chance.
game over, well done mexico.
They'll still have that empty space in the trophy cabinet then.
Ooops - looks like the Aussies took the Bronze in the hockey.
yeah bronze in the hockey, silver in the sailing and now playing the russians in the bronze playoff in womens basketball.
All coming together.
Just seen properly the out-of-control surf and then broach in the sailing - exciting.
oh dear that horse is trying to kill that man
They get assigned horses randomly, so there's no understanding between them both, as there is in the other horse sports.
oh wow, i didn't know that. thats not good, no wonder the horse doesn't want to jump anything and is trying to throw him off every chance it gets.
He took more than double the time limit, ouch.
new man, new horse, not going much better.
surely a horse can see a fence, and knows to jump it rather that run headlong into a solid object?
person who designed the miniature stone henge, forgot the dancing dwarf :(
i could probably jump a hurdle but if i knew i could also pull up short and not jump it or run into it, i'd do that instead.
heh.
crazylazy horses :)i have switched to mountain biking because a wee thing popped up in the corner of my sreen telling me it was starting on channel "london 6"
handy.
that was very good. i might stick with "horse riders who also swim", if only for novelty value.
i wonder when there will be a modern modern pentathlon because the modern one is a bit outdated these days. who rides horses, swims AND fences?
Where all the events are played on an X-Box or similar?
reckon jeremy clarkson should reinvent it. something like: land a helicopter, disarm some explosives, abseil down the shard and outrun a police car.
er.... plus one more :)
If Jeremy Clarkson is doing it, it'll be something involving a caravan!
Are there only 4 events because the standards of numeracy are dropping?
well if the concept is to prove you're a modern man:
- park a caravan
- assemble ikea furniture
- host a barbecue
- bet on a winning horse
- find your way home without a map
mine are ;)
is there a reason why the olympics don't build to a crescendo? why leave bizarre events like walking funny and falling off a horse until the end. should've been buried on the opening day.
hence why i'm not there anymore! they really splutter out.
Seemed like middle Saturday was the big crescendo. And then random 200m final day.
4x100m final tonight
and W's 4x400
always, or just these?
real life buckaroo :)
@AlguersuariJA: Just coming back from london had a great time for the games here! Just mega work as usual by the brits.! Now heading to...holidays i guess
aww yay.
always
very odd.
Maybe it's so as not to take away from the Closing Ceremony.
You mean the ageing pop-stars promotional career-revival-attempt concert.
who's doing it?
Spice girls, Take That, George Michael, to name a few
timewarp!
That was in the opening ceremony
:) :)
how have i not heard about the spice girls coming back??
We saw a piece on the very highbrow 5 News last night - they've been seen on top of black cabs (one each).
have the spice girls and take that ever been on the same billing before? i really should pay more attention.
18 years of effort to bring the games to london. wowsers.
Dunno, there are a lot of rumours floating around about it. I'm pretty sure the copper petals are going to be given one to each nation as presents.
they're gonna be nice and warm.
I imagine they will have thought of that - cue oven gloves with the national flag on.
Glad I'll be in Hyde Park watching The Specials
#ProperRetro
the specials.... nice
yeah spare us that lipsynching plastic pop rubbish,who wouldnt want to be where this gold is at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStgjujoz1o
its celebrating 30 years of pop music or something, so there will be more recent folk there too.
I am so excited by the Spice Girls, weeee!
This Spain v Korea handball is so close, they've gone into extra time after extra time!
world record in the womens 20km walk, russia win both the mens and womens walk.
yay, bronze in the basketball.
I quite like that the pentathlon events give them a time advantage in the final one. It's like the Eliminator.
I always want the heptathlon (800m) and decathlon (1500m) to do the same, but that would really affect the tactics in the races. And I love that is so much like biathlon for the Winter Games.
wow, i have 3 channels showing athletics which is cool because it means they can show every event happening at the same time.
i am going to watch the javelin final for the Kiwi :D
and theres lots of Finns!
Hullo all
oh but Mo is running in 10 minutes. Must watch that.
Oooh, Mo and Usain tonight. and pizza too.
Don't Forget TomD
i want pizza. i haven't eaten since i was on the plane and that was 24 hours ago. how did this happen!
you must sort this out :)
Evening peeps, what are we watching?
incidentally due to my amazing planning i may be missing the closing ceremony tomorrow, boo.
but now its 4am and everything is closed, and i have no food in the house at all as i haven't made it to the supermarket since i got back as i was sleeping :D
May I be so bold to make an Olympic themed plug: http://imissthecomments.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/the-great-big-wenlock-hunt/
I'm sure it'll miss you as well.
Wow, I really don't know how you do that. I get really cranky if I go past the 5hr mark
i think it was a combination of 'i'm sleepy and where is my ipad, gosh i'm cranky, why am i not in london, i don't want to go back to work zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' taking over all my brain processing power, including the part that feels hunger signals.
I seem to remember the diving final being soon, correct?
2030 :)
Cool, thanks. And Mo is also running tonight?
at 7.30!
Such timing! Excellent
i cant fathom it being 7.30pm there even though i just spent a few weeks running on that timing.
why are Finns so good at javelin?
Seal hunting?
i will take this as fact as i can't think of any other reason.
Cheeky bit of antipasti with my Focaccia. #oooolookatme
The alternative answer is: cos they want to be!
I ♥ Focaccia
http://t.co/cUuRypJv I love my breadmaker ;)
i wonder if my flatmates would be mad if i ordered a pizza at 4.30 in the morning. the door buzzer will definitely wake them up :D
How long is the prep before it goes in the magic box?
Can you watch them approach via the window and intercept them at the door?
Goooo Mo!
i cant see the street from my apartment but i could creepily watch them via the camera attached to the buzzer if i had a rough estimation of their arrival time.
after a lap of the house one of my flatmates isnt even home and the other one regularly wakes me up so i'm going to go for it. mmm, 5am pizza.
yes!
5 mins of pouring ingreds into the pan, 45 of magic, pulling the dough + takes 5 , 30 mins rise, and then 30 mins cook.
ps Mo4it!
hehe, mo and his training buddy were chatting during the 10k.
The crowd cheering is like an ongoing Mexican wave as the pack round the track.
Mo going to give him Gold in this one? Sharing the spoils?
Can't see it
wenlock is dancing in excitement
Aww, Wenlock bouncing in the background.
but it's the molympics!
He he
expected delivery time: 5.39. Just in time for the diving.
What dawn pizza did you choose?
#tomorrowsheadlinestoday
oooh running is now occuring.
i went for a pizza/garlic bread/coke zero combo, pizza choice of hawaiian because pineapple is amazing.
Does Mo have a sprint in him against the 1500m specialists?
That Wenlock is far too cute. Totally distracting.
me too!! with the combo i mean. as pineapple on pizza is mental. ;)
mmm meat feast
800m to go
choosing a pizza is always hard for me because i want them allllll. i pondered the 2 pizza combo because decisions are hard but i can't eat two pizzas and it was an extra $12
right now i am thanking the pizza gods i live in the delivery area of the only 365 day/24 hour delivery firm in melbourne.
i have both of mine with me, they are enjoying their homeland on tv.
here we go!
I like pizzerias that do a half/half option
goooo mooooo
its so close!!!
This is exactly what happened in the 3000
I dunno if he has the legs ......
come on mo!!!!
YYEEEEEAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
YAY!!!!
Movellous!
awesome! and when i cheer for him i sound like a cow. moooooooooo!
Proper spines on the edge of my hairs!! amazing stuff!
..... but he decides 4th gear isn't quite going to do it, so shifts up, and hits the DRS + KERS!!!
that race was amazing. a tiny bit emotional. so happy for him :)
He eh
@SimonPegg: OMoG!!!!!!
Wenlock is LOVIN' it!
pure entertainment. love it.
Dont think I've seen someone hold the lead for all of the last lap like that before!
hehehehe
Mo Farah for Sports Personality
Mo has always been my favourite simpsons character
there was no one near him, awesomeness
that's two saturday's in a row that mo has been awesome. we need a webcam on him next weekend.
look at his eyes!
he's loving it
pizza man just rung me to confirm i am not a pranker :D
steve cram nearly swore, hehe.
Nice
"I'm delivering this to a ... 'mo...farah...'?"
is his wife still expecting? maybe the little'n will be born next weekend to follow the amazing saturday trend :)
Sheer determination with the crowd behind him. What else do you need?
he can call the twins '5k' and '10k'
Now that, would be a great advert!
:D :D
They should knight him a MOBE
And if it was, they would've woke someone up anyway!
my flatmate just got home and he is drunk and loud so even if i was sleeping i'd be awake now :D
Don't tell him there's pizza coming
or maybe just 'five' and 'ten'
i went to school with a kid whose name was five in maori, it sounds exotic when its not in English :D
ooh that makes them sound like the doctor! which is appropriate for his time travelling, he runs through time and all that
Kiwi is coming last in the javelin.
but its ok because just making the final was good, he'd never done that before and this is his third olympics.
I can hear edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes in the background
@BBCSport
Time to rename it the MOlympic Stadium?
All I can hear when someone says unbelievable is Bert le Clos
"it's just hard work and grafting."
"It's just hard work and grafting"
Wise words
Worried denise was gonna fall over the egde there
the website for Mo Farah's foundation has crashed, I hope its because everyone is donating lots of money.
Atmosphere at the Live Park looks amazing
That woman has a flower in her hair again. Not very aerodynamic.
Exciting finish to the Bronze Women's Handball match. Watching it on NBCSN right now.
Flower Flügel?
Looks like there'll be a Shootout at the Basketball Arena Corral for the bronze.
Fifth with a flower in your hair.
Uh, was what I just written OPK with you? ^^;;;
OK, even
Check that, they're into another Extra Time period. No shootout yet.
Would Ice Hockey Arena Organ Music be appropiate for the Hockey venue right now? ^^;;;
*switches to Women's High Jump final*
Doctor whoooo!
Mo Farah for the next assistant please.
Dinosaurs! On a SPACESHIP!!
it never gets old.
i had not seen this before. o.m.g!!
Or failing that, next regeneration.
a good chance for pluggage
http://toata.co.uk/2012/08/02/268-dinosaurs-on-a-spaceship/
The band at the Hockey venue has me thinking of high school American football games on the fall weekends.
Speaking of whom, anyone from the States or Canada in the Sidepodchat right now?
@Mo_Farah:
Mo Farah's charity ball on 1st September shaping up to be a big night! http://t.co/3mR13VXP Email for tickets [email protected]
I love that there's a foundation, what a guy! should do really well for the charity in the next few months
He's really paying it back
I am definitely seeing live event threads for DW.
Gotta be done
Ben Ainslie to carry the Flag FTW.
For the US, I nominate Phelps. :D
Dunno whether I'll be allowed to be not concentrating, and ant beign available to protect Alli from the monsters.
Hehehe, always welcome for post-episode discussion too :)
am hearing that Miranda is with Clare for the diving?!
Whaaat?
she isn't so i'm guessing it was only for a moment.
apparently she tweeted earlier that is Tom gets gold tonight she will jump in the pool in her bra and pants. could be an interesting night!
What's the GB team in the 4x400 like?
she's there watching tonight, i'm guessing the beeb grabbed her. am now on the channel on miranda watch!
can't see a medal, but maybe not last.
Good to know, thanks
#AskChristine #OlympicGuru
not the worst place to be then.
I am just about getting the hang of it now. Better late than never?
Medal worthy
It's a shame that budgets meant that Confidential was dropped.
Watching the Men's Football FInals highlights.
javelin winner has another throw left but hes not going to take it, hes too busy running around in his flag :D
ESP beats KOR 31-29 AET OBTW.
24 Olympic channels don't pay for themselves :)
Heheheh.
@MBrundleF1 makes a good point:
Whoever are we going to choose as UK Sports God/Goddess come the year end? That'll be like another Gold medal (I know you're not all Brits)
Wiggins, Hoy, Ennis or Farrah?
i think Lara Trott deserves a nomination. she is amazing!
Women's Team Handball Gold Medal match is underway. :D
wow, the diving judges have different uniforms for the prelims and the finals.
laura even, my spelling is awful
The USA are crazy far ahead in this relay.
Any car doors blown off yet?
We've been blessed with *so* many stunning performances but I see those as the leading 4
Fifth from GB. my namesake is really good on the last lap.
what's wiyh sleeves?
Ben Ainslie - best Olympics sailor of all time ... (shortlisted, but never going to win tbh)
Tom is diving 9/12 on the startlist.
Next up, diving
I wonder where she's from in south wales, that's such a newport/cardiff accent...
blimey, north wales apparently. that's the most northern south welsh accent ive ever heard.
Tom Daley up next.
you can hear the cheers! :)
pizza is here! pizza man requires signatures but he did not have a pen. ill equipped pizza man, C-.
Diving from a handstand is just... wow!
poor landing tom
:D
oh Tom. no no no.
:S underrotate
75.6
Redive
ohh they are protesting? redive?
my friend is not judging tonight so he will not have to hide from all the brits if tom doesn't get a medal
bad Tom fans. no flash photography.
Olympic spectators: your flash won't reach that distance, learn how to use your camera and SWITCH IT OFF!
It's almost like they don't want him to do well.
arrrrrgh my number one pet hate. one event i was at the commentator told the fans every 3 minutes or so, about 15 warninngs throughout and people were STILL doing it
they'll have great pics of the back of the persons head in front of them...
Let's hope he's got a head on him to do this one well!
people who dont want to learn how to use their cameras shouldn't be allowed to have them!
watching diving in person, their tiny little trunks made me uncomfortable haha
Wow! :D
even when you turn it off it finds a way to turn back on!
Much better
91.8
gah, i cant even do a handstand on the ground
it will warn you before it flashes.. most point and shoots do. once you turn the actual camera off the auto flash may come back on tho, so you need to turn the flash off again
Your cameras tend to break the laws of optics, so I'll let you have that one
even my gadget inept parents can work the flash because amazingly, THE SYMBOL HAS BEEN THE SAME FOREVER AND EVER.
If anyone wants to follow the scores live (and before they tell you on the TV): http://www.london2012.com/diving/event/men-10m/index.html?v=20120811-203000469
hehehe!! precisely! :)
well i still blame my cameras.. :)
Qui Bo, wasn't there a Simpson thing about Quidgy Bo, was it this guy?
i think Riley was my fav this morning. so i'm going to route for him now too.
If Rio don't have 36 live channels, we're going to be so gutted. Best. Coverage. Ever
I am so scared of Rio, the Brazilian GP timing makes me hurt every year.
come back to the uk and watch it :)
i plan to be back in nz by then, maybe i'll take two weeks off work :D
i'm starting to recognise the divers, feeling a bit like an expert!
:D
The chaps are gearing up for the 4x100.
they don't stick around in the hot tub for long. i'd live in there and refuse to dive again.
They're measuring their marks for take-off & changeover.
That's a great idea!
:D come for the medal, stay for the hot tub!
it's the only reason i do swimming; to one day get to the hot tub.
Tom in after this guy (in case people aren't watching)
It's usain time
86.4
if i live in nz, i will use a lot less of my leave going to nz, so i think its win win :)
so you can spend more leave going to different GPs on holiday then! ;)
i like how jamaica have 'jam' on their tops. simple pleasures and all that.
Tom down to 5th - the 2 Chinese are starting to dominate.
Slow Jamaica.
there he goes!
#boom WR
new world record to end the athletics on!
I thought they'd be miles ahead, but it was all down to Bolt!
He is quite fast after all
Bolt is awesome but Blake is v. sweet.
jaaaam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KpF6xvAtpM
Damn, missed it
blocked in our country :(
nooo!
Wow, Blake was storming!
Blake and Bolt are crazy good!
Bolty dipping for the line :)
Hi all.
Seems every time I look at the TV Usain Bolt is winning a race
you missed Mo!!
Back for good?
has bolt ever run a relay before? never seen anyone swap a baton in their hands before they start running. #madness
Bolt was last, he didn't have a baton before running?
i want a wenlock in my house just bouncing along and dancing :D
always said i'd be back for good by 30 but i'll probably wake up 30 tomorrow. stupid time.
Doesn't mean you have to stick to it
i really really want to though!
do we think she is happy?
she seems happy!
canada DQ
Gold! GB's Luke Campbell beats Ireland's John Joe Nevin to win bantamweight boxing
Home is home
Tom next.
i shall miss having multiple olympic streams blowing my mind
where the pies are tasty and they don't play AFL :)
I heard he won again
A lot of runners do. Not normally on the last leg though. Normally the middle two runners will be the only people who do that so that all runners receive the baton in the same hand. That way runners can be substituted or the order shuffled without people having to learn to stick a different hand back.
The other thing of course is if you take the baton the bit you are not holding is sticking out the back of your hand and you need it to be sticking out the front to pass it on so some shuffling is needed. Just not from the 4th runner
:)
bbc have promised they're keeping what they've developed here. not sure where they'll used it, but it's ours for keeps ;)
24 angles of eastenders
ah-ha!
*ahem* F1
f1! think of all the pitlane channels... hmmmm :)
92.75
Ohhh I did something like that swimming last week. Just a normal dive that.
1 channel per car onboard - clearly.
only 2 years til the commonwealths/winter games :D
this is so good. love this diving :D
bernie took the money.
and that is looking like a poorer and poorer decision with every passing even here. did you see the beeb are chapter marking every goal in football. imagine being able to wind back to each overtake mid-race!
winter gamesssss!!! bring on the cowbell! :D
oooohh yes
They must have twelve hours of something every day that can provide 24 channels. Big brother with indvidual camera followin each contestant?
How do you count if it's 4 or 5 rolls mid-dive? Stunning
valencia would've been fun to navigate!
god that feels odd to say
splitting them in 1994 was the best decision ever, it means theres never a lot of waiting! add in the host city announcements in the other years and theres something exciting Olympics happening every single year ever :)
looking forward to the entry for team gb from peter kay.
So close to the board with his head
our commentators think there should be a beeper that goes off and you lose points if you're too close to the board because thats super dangerous.
Proper Bo
Our commentators wanted a points penalty too
Tom is 6.1 behind a medal.
Greg Louganis was mentioned only last night
wait, is the diving it's own pool?
how has it taken the last day for me to realise this...
hehe of course!
Diving is always in its own pool. The swimming pool isn't deep enough for someone dropping ten metres and not making a splash
i thought they were just jumping into the deep end
have you ever been inside an aquatic centre?
The ropes would get in the way :)
i went in an aquatic sea life center once.
no! only leisure centres. And i don't see any slides at the olympics :)
Flume sliding needs to be in the Olympics
heheheh.
even the tiny little 10,000 person town i grew up in had a separate diving pool
the plane museum we went to in germany had the scariest slides ever. they were steep and three-ish stories high and i think only children went on them because adults were too smart to.
"No bogies for clive today"
ew.
Our school used to go to Crystal Palace for Diving lessons
or Klein, even
the best slides i have ever been to were the ones in the tate modern once created by Carsten Höller. scary, but such good fun
- http://farm1.staticflickr.com/121/292964144_540a286ef1_z.jpg
wooooooow!
ooh, the IOC vote to split the Olympic years was done in 1986. They must have made the decision to celebrate my birth year, knowing that I'd grow up to be an Olympics stan.
if walking funny can be an olympic sport, that should be too.
best piece of modern art ever?... i think so.
skoda were on the ball taking a mini slide to goodwood too
ouch!!
Saves all that effort of walking down stairs
Scariest slide ever!
http://t.co/9SujY7wb
http://t.co/aCfn91qX
Tom tiem
who needs an escalator! :)
Tom time
tom
I remember those!
I thought when he did a run up he was going for a huge bomb
98.05
That was good
...I think...
I mean if they land in the water I'd give them 10
my photography tutor bet me she would be able to scream louder than i could down the steepest one.
she won. :(
yay i knew you'd have photos! mine are on the ipad :(
No sign of it yet?
:(
where is it?
I am not surprised to see david beckham at diving considering his natural sport
:) :) :) :)
i missed this completely.. funny walking? as in monty python?
Yes
oh that definitely needs to become an olympic sport
how did i miss this???
this morning. apparently they got their grant.
i hope its on olympics tonight!
thats the million dollar question
hopefully it comes with the machine that goes PING
someone stole it? what does 'find my ipad' say?
ah this is sooooo close!!
:)
Tom top 3
I believe someone left Amy's iPad on a plane
Dressage?
*dies*
location services off
message requested yesterday at 3.52pm
actions will apply when this ipad connects to the internet
it was on airplane mode last time i saw it :(
http://sidepodcast.com/event/london-2012-day-15-summer-olympic-games#comment-3062980
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adejCvlAkKo
the plane people dispute that!
Rarely do cleaners fess up to finding valuable goods
#SorryAmy
Which airline?
that was what i expected. for what they're paid its not surprising but still, if they have it why haven't they turned it on yet!
Are we gonna tweet Singapore Airlines now? :)
singapore air
Why not?
It's being fenced?
Absolutely no reason
i love this. :)
Speed walking is stoopid
i do remember checking the seatback pocket though so it doesn't make sense that i'd leave it there, the only other option would be someone taking it out of my handbag which i assume is a possibility but who knows :(
that needs a cockney soundtrack or something
Benny Hill theme surely
:D
That's some mighty pick pocketing!
It's easy to check the pocket and miss it with all the literature, I nearly did it once
no fun whatever happened :(
my bag was too full to close so it was hanging half open. bah.
oh well, the new ipads are prettier than mine and i have a large credit limit.
The insurance should come good, you might need a reference from the airport lost property
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwJnMEsBao
my travel insurance wont cover it so i need to look at my contents policy and what it says about items outside the house, i know they're sometimes covered.
omg
i can now die a happy man.
♥
Wow, really? Too expensive?
eheh!!
Imagine that for however many hours the race is
who needs commentary? just play that
"If you leave your luggage and personal effects unsupervised in a public place, we will not pay your claim"
Tom next..
amy, did you have photostream turned on, on your ipad? the photos should have synced themselves to your cloud account already?
In the seatback in front of you is not unsupervised. If someone stole it from there while you were asleep you have a claim
Tom again
thomas the (diving) plank engine
amazing!!!
Public Place
means any place that the public has access to including, but not limited to, planes, trains,
cruise ships, taxis, buses, air or bus terminals, stations, wharves, streets, museums, galleries,
hotels, hotel foyers and grounds, beaches, restaurants, private carparks, public toilets and
general access areas
go tom!!
Another good dive
What if it was taken from your handbag? *wink*
97.2
Awesome Tom!
they're all still on my SD card, i just can't be bothered copying them to my computer yet haha
He could've just gotten into the pool on the steps
Tense
woah.
i like that tom has a shot. i hope Miranda is getting ready!
phew. so nothing lost, just hardware?
LOL at 'Helicopter Feet'
:D
correct. its just annoying as opposed to tragic :)
Already superior to Wired journalists
That's what I was worrying about
TOM #1 before final round
i can't believe this!
wow! how close!
heh
i have changed my passwords for things though because i dont keep a pin code on my ipad so they'd be able to get into my email.
Yet last night he was rubbish
OMG, I can't take the pressure. I dread to think how he feels!
"and that's how you get someone sent off, son"
i hope no one tweets him about his dad.
:)
and he is only 18! crazy!!
people are silly.
Careful though - Tom's difficulty is 3.3, whereas the American and the 2 Chinese are diving 3.6s.
yay for Riley!
after yesterday, any medal will do, right?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=father+ted+careful+now&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=5sMmUNj5E6Gx0AXl0YGIDA&biw=768&bih=900&sei=7cMmUNadLcjV0QXRk4CoCw#biv=i|0;d|6EMsRlS_nBUNrM:
i have totally lied about jumping off the 10m platform. never done it. told everyone at school i had so they would stop trying to make me. muhaha.
I closed my eyes... drew back the curtains... to see for cert...
ohhh, any medal will do.
Of course, but we mustn't assume he's going to win because his top score in only 99.9, compared to 108.
Interesting fan dance.
i listened to that on the plane on the way home, super randomly
iPad far superior for large comment threads than Nexus 7, btw
interesting. same rendering engine. memory must play a part. any difference in which gets new comments first?
Will test
my ipad was struggling massively to load comment threads in the last few days i was in london, after i'd filled all 32gb of it completely
heh. i'm not adding that to the list!
their shorts really are tiny...
iPad, slightly. Just now
tom daley's little thing. apparently.
You are supposed to be watching them diving
Surprisingly, Chrome isn't too great. Firefox [beta] blurs everything when fast scrolling :)
fun competition. gold for cupertino.
Tom next...
i am!! but it just kinda sank in how small they are!
Still better than Chrime though. Dolphin probably best
aww he's really hurt his shoulder :(
Wolfram hurt is arm
Or Chrome
the shorts?
:)
its so distracting.
every time they show tom daley after his dives with his scores showing in the bar displayed across his middle i have to do a double take.
Swearing!
Tom needs better than 9s
i would be if i'd hurt my shoulder that badly i think. Poor guy, that's 2 dives with a bad shoulder :(
Looked good
super dive
Nice!
Brilliant! Just happy he has been awesome, no matter what everyone else does.
yaaaayyy!!
90.75
i second this!
Right, if the next 2 guys get more than 90.90 then Tom drops a place.
i wonder if theres any logic on where they stand on the platform, he was really far to the left
(I mean Boudia and Bo)
the bbc shall label it a crushing failure ;)
The relief on his face!
The towel is rarely central, when there
yes he definitely beat 90...
apparently that's where he practices from and feels most comfortable.
Tom down to 2nd.
best thing about the olympics, will's explanations. wish you'd replace the commentator.
Wow
fair enough, i'd probably be the same.
combine will and benny hill music = ;perfect olympics
Benny Will^ :D
definitely a medal for tom??
:) :)
looks like it! which would be awesome.
Silver if the guy is worse that 90.90
Did Tom get a medal in Beijing?
i need to go and pick up my mum so i shall just say - go tom! and yay for whatever medal he gets :)
team gb are all in
100.8 - American takes it
Bronze
awwwwwww team gb are cutteeee!
What an incredible competition! The diving was out of this world.
Qiu Bo gutted to only have silver
Tom looks happier than the other two!!
Tom D for Sports Personality
they're sexy and they know it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bws52wtv6Ts
He has another 3 or 4 Olympics ahead of him
ahahahaha!!!
over mo? (and wiggles)
And Jess ...
and her. can't see tom featuring given the doubles... issue.
WTF!
I know, I just mention any Brit who seems to be high profile ;)
My money's on Jess!
Poster child an all
nsfSPC
I want Mo because he won two things!
Commentator: Greg Louganis as a mentor to the US divers would probably have had a big impact
We were discussing his big impact last night
Jess won 7
Wiggo won the TdF - that's 3 weeks of competing (and most decorated Olympian (tied with Hoy))
The diving team look like they have way too much fun
didn't get 7 medals though!
Team GB has won more Golds in 2012 than in 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996 combined.
I certainlywouldn't like to bet on it but if you aren't an Olympian, don't bother showing up at the award's nights
Final schedule then: http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and-results/day=12-august/all-day.html
I best write the final thread too!
amazing :)
*sobs*
Nooooo, not sad because it is over but happy because it happened!
Could they hit 30 Golds?
has jake shed a tear?
That's the best way to look at it.
the usa is only 2 medals away from getting 103, which is the total number NZ has got since 1904 :D
that is a great way to look at it :)
It'sbeen an amazing fortnight. Even the naysayers have been converted
GB is an amazing place to be right now. I don't think i've been into a shop without someone asking me if i've been to the olympics, or what i'm thinking about it, or how great it is. :D
That's super friendly Kent, I imagine :)
sad it's over, looking fowarded to speaking to my wife again.
hehe kent is awesome! ;) bunting everywhere, and lots of happy people :)
I haven't really had that but probably because I have been chained to my TV and not going to shops :)
or maybe. sad it's over cause i'm gonna have to speak to her again...
Bolt getting his third gold
mum keeps sending me out to get food and things while she golfs!
Not sure how many chances we have to win more tomorrow - 2 guys in boxing finals, and maybe a scattering of other athletes elsewhere.
Golf is in the next Olympics
well she wont be talking to you now! ;)
everyone asked me if i was there for the olympics but the accent might have given that away
there is no way my mum could be training for the olympics so she has no excuse ;)
Crowd doing a Bolt
:D
:)
Oh please! What a waste of a nice walk
I love how happy Tom is
I bet the Aussies, Kiwis and Americans living here hated that! :)
(and for the final time) TOM - medal ceremony
haha probably!
i will miss watching men receive flowers and stand there awkwardly with them.
I wonder if the US kit is Dolphin Grey?
You could just randomly hand out flowers to men you meet.
Then photograph their awkwardness as a project
Why are there Sailors there ?
NZ has had its most successful Olympics since 1984, I'm pleased the best one since I've been alive is the one I was at :)
they're in charge of the flags
oh my goodness! there is a good photography project in that!
You always find sailors near water. Or beer
Seems odd though
Who caught the bouquet?
Mum?
https://twitter.com/ScottBowers/status/234397451933609984
Usain Bolt now doing donuts on the track with the radio controlled Mini!!! Having just done the Mo-bot with Month Farah @synergytim
at the tennis a fan threw the bryan brothers their american flag so they could have one for the photos, then the podium ladies wouldn't let them go and give it back!
He he
Donuts always get points
that guy is a legend, legend, legend.
#rankings
aw that's mean!
No words needed! http://t.co/xG8reDiv
This diving commentator is pure gold.
We have had our fair share of twists and turns.
Really?
amazing!!!
These are the happiest Games, ever!
Interview with Tom on BBC 3
okay, in the break before olympics tonight i'm going to head outside and see some perseids! :)
Women's basketball looks a little one sided
USA 69
France 39
ISS due in 20 minutes. Perseids already spotted over central London
oh my, denys berinchyk, the boxer i just see getting a silver medal, has amazing/bad hair
amazing! i'll probably be in by ISS cause i've been gardening all day and ache a bit, but need to see me some shooting stars :)
Jake looks wired
Bring your jobipod
ooh the sun is up. officially jetlagged.
although, i was like this before i went away?
Just watched Brazil and Mexico teams walk on to the pitch with the obligatory kids now. One girl wearing a hijab and shorts. Odd combination
France vs Serbia in the Taekwondo
With Allan McNish commentating
:)
Serbia win at their 1st ever attempt
And their 1st Gold here
USA ladies are hammering the French at basketball.
Hello. Glad to see Mo won, and the kayaker. I know nothing else, looking forward to Olympics Tonight.
presumably the last one :(
Heheh, Kiwi fans found Scott Dixon on the tube back from the stadium tonight
@tagliani
In the subway on our way back #NewZealand fans pop out and jump on @scottdixon9 she is in love xxxxx http://pic.twitter.com/jqWfOJPf
Most likely. Oddly there's a full slate of sport tomorrow morning, I'm sure usually we only see the men's marathon.
I'm not watching yet because 302 is showing Mo's race in full and I want to see it.
As the penultimate day of the Games of the XXXth Olympiad draws to a close, 2/5ths of all delegations - 83 nations - have at least 1 Olympic medal to their credit.
Interesting to see what events will be used for that sport in 4 years time. And let's not forget Rugby Sevens as well.
love that the bbc studio is made from shipping containers. clever.
Saddest day of the year for Olympics fans, that's for sure. :'(
We discussed what time Bolt could do if he made a good start and raced to the line. It's scary what he did in the relay
Tim Nicholls @MrNipps
now
Apparently the split times for the Jamaican 4x100m were Carter 10.1, Frater 9.0, Blake 9.0, Bolt 8.8. Wow.
why is beckham on the olympics tonight? he's not said anything for ages, and i can't think what he can give to this show.. he looks so bored.
With apologies to Queen, Usain Bolt is Lightning. Very, very frightening indeed!
Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Galileo Figaro. :D
he's not very confident talking, which is a shame. he's an ambassador for the olympics though.
I gather GBR not getting the gold in Men's Football has him in a major state of dissappointment?
that canoeing is proper speed sporting. i typed a comment and missed the whole thing.
If all events were speed sported the Olympics could be over in an afternoon
Looks like a lot of fun
it could!
sailing has never been held in front of a crowd before?
I guess it is hard to combine water, wind and an audience
silverstone has that in an abundance :)
but no need for him to be here tonight tho... ? another olympian would have been much better!
you could argue that we've seen too much of michael johnson too. is beckham bad or something? if he'd played in the football, i would have at least paid attention.
i'm not a huge fan of beckham, but i get the feeling he is there because he is Beckham, and not because he will bring much more. If Gabbie talks to him more i'll probably find it easier to accept him ;) the most he has done is move the gold counter.
ah yeah same as me regarding the football.
he was a huge part of London getting the Games in the first place. Mad respect.
true story
are there a lot more events this year or something? 28 gold medals seems absurd.
302 were given out in total in beijing
gold's? jeez.
302 in london as well, exactly the same number even though lots of events changed!
I've sorted it, London had 2 extra boxing medals and 1 extra tennis medal, but Beijing had one medal each for softball and baseball, and an extra one for sailing.
good knowledge. any changes for rio?
golf and rugby sevens are being added and windsurfing is being replaced by kitesurfing.
There does seem to have been a lot of boxing
golf? heikki for rio 2016?
theres an awful lot of weight divisions for men because there only seems to be 3-4kg windows for each one. surely they could cut that back a bit, i have no idea, i hate boxing.
I like golf but don't think it should be an Olympic sport. Rugby Sevens could be fun.
same as tennis i guess.
I don't like it either but it's been all over the BBC coverage the last few days, hard to avoid unless you just stop watching Olympic coverage, which I did last night because I was bored of it
the only things i've been reading about boxing have come from the irish one in one direction because i follow him on twitter. an irishman who loves boxing, so stereotypical.
My two penneth worth: 'Professional' sports shouldn't be in the Olympics.
Business > Sport these days :(
All 5 of Ireland's medals have come from fighting and horses, no stereotypes there at all! :) :)
An 8-10 Kg advantage over your opponent is sizeable at that level
If only there were an Olympic Drinking and Singing event :)
We'd nail it!
isn't pretty much every sport 'professional' these days?
Scotland's TeamGB members and Germany on the podium, definitely
No
Though Sponsorship blurs the lines to some degree
yeah, i guess in my brain 99% of the people in the olympics these days are making plenty of money from what they do
but you could argue that posh sports shouldn't be either. if it's amateur should you be required to purchase a dressage horse? at least i can afford a tennis racket.
The three British team dressage horses are up for sale at a total of £30 million.
i'd rather have golf in the games any day.
It's a fair point but class shouldn't be an issue. Why should 'Upper Class' sports be any different to more accessible ones.
Basketball, Football, Tennis, Golf have no right in the modern Olympics. But I understand why they are
Most yawn-worthy sport, ever
compared to horse dancing??
To watch, yes..
have you watched golf on the tv before.. it's unwatchable.. at least horse dancing is watchable.. :)
i quite like watching golf!
Although watching the big tournaments is a nice relaxing way to spend a day. I can't do all 4 days though.
but people can relate to it and people can have a go at it themselves, people can aspire to being a world class golfer.
who can seriously sit and watch a £10m horse prance on sand and think "i'm game for a bit of that"?
I didn't watch it, mostly as it doesn't interest me. But I despise the fact that multi-millionaire sports people also get to compete in the Olympics, regardless of what some Arabian will pay for a Gold medal horse
Maybe it depends on the sport. Amateur works for boxing and others. But the track and field athletes are pros aren't they, or some of them are?
I'm not sure big field sports should be there, including football even though I enjoyed the game we went to.
Horse Riding is as accessible as Golfing.
Have you seen the price of Golf clubs?
[I have no interest in horses, btw]
only the very rich can play at horses! if it's about money, anything equestrian is right out of the question. no?
no way! Mum and Dad always have it on, and without fail i fall asleep. The most interesting part of it is the animals they spot and talk about.
I used to play golf and used to love it, i used to walk round with my parents while they played. i can deal with that... but on tv... no way. :)
michael phelps was worth $40 million coming into London, hes not doing too bad.
Not unless things have changed
in the end it's a sporting competition. if it's a sport, to my mind, it should be eligible.
Sponsorship is different. He doesn't get paid to turn up each week to swim in a league
You can pick up a 2nd hand set for under £100, or hire a set from the local club, just to get you going.
i hate the endless 'thats not a sport!' that comes about, mostly bmx/equestrian/synchronised swimming.
I'm damn sure I couldn't do any of them. They're a sport.
FINA pays prize money in some events.
I think some do the Diamond League to earn a living.
Only the rich can afford those kind of horses but lots of kids from modest backgrounds get riding lessons at a local stables regularly. Many of them even get free riding lessons in return for working a few hours mucking out stables and grooming horses,
To start with golf is probably more expensive
Not true.
I have family in Ireland that have horses and they are far from rich
[they no longer ride them in the street, without saddles]
OK, maybe things have changed. My point stands on pro-league stuff.
A lot of athletes get paid to go to events
becoming a world class golfer is probably harder than finding a riding school that does dressage etc. for example, there is one directly opposite my house. People may not watch dressage and think.. i want to do that, but they may think 'i want to try horse riding' which, if you're in the country (my part of the country anyway) isn't that hard to start doing.. and is much much cheaper than a round of golf!
I think the olympics highlights all these crazy sports and if it reaches just one person who goes 'yep i want to try that' then it's succeeded. It shouldn't be about just the accessible sports we see every day like golf, tennis, football. They highlight diving and swimming etc so why not horse riding and things :)
These are all extremely talented individuals, to be selected to represent their country.
Lots of people watch F1. Is that any more difficult for the average person to relate to than horse dancing?
Exactly, cos the Bob Sleigh and Skeleton aren't exactly accessible either
I love that the Olympics can inspire the next generation though. I've heard several stories of medal winners not even taking part in their sport before Beijing
hehehe so true. I'm not even sure any of us could do the speed walking, but i do feel like we should try ;)
Depends where in the world you are. If you live in the Alps how much can it cost to dive off the top of a mountain on a tea tray?
i once got trapped by a walking race in albert park. terrifying.
i'm not arguing that horse dancing shouldn't be in the olympics? i'm arguing that golf should be, because something as mental as horse dancing is.
should karting me an olympic sport yes! single seater motorsport of any kind. but f1 is about teams, not nations. a1gp could totally be a valid consideration had it not gone bankrupt.
And live? :)
i've led on a skateboard and gone flat out downhill facefirst plenty of times.
That is a very difficult and incredibly painful thing to do. It uses muscles that are not normally worked hard at all.
I guess the Benny Hill band take up a lot of space too
i can imagine watching how they walk!
I don't think golf should be. I don't get why it is being added.
If motor sport is to get into the Olympics it would need to be karting so that enugh standard equipment would be available and so that the entry wasn't restricted to high level licence holders
Agreed. F1 is a silly idea, but karting or a single make series would be no different from a class of sailing or bobsleigh. Maybe use the F2 cars which are centrally-operated and distribute them randomly, let a driver and his engineer figure it out in a practice then let 'em go.
You could even do a Motoring Pentathlon or something... One driver has to do karts, single seater, touring car, rally..
how can tennis be okay and golf not?
I'm not sure i'm a fan of motorsport being in the olympics, and i can't put my finger on exactly why.
Walking is for walking and if you want to go faster you run. Speed walking is silly.
$
#word
Yes. You just start off half way down the run so you don't build up so much speed and keep your toes on the ground or pull the front up to dig the back in to slow you down. You don't start at the top of the Cresta run and just go for it at you first attempt
Tennis isn't ok :)
Is that Cool Runnings advice?
did you see andy frickin murray win? it was absolutely, stone cold, bloody awesome.
whhaat! :( it totally is!! :)
<3
It was but that doesn't mean it should be there. It's not a popularity contest.
He was marvellous, can't take that away from him
I successfully ignored tennis for two months of Wimbledon and Olympic Wimbledon, I'm quite pleased at that.
they can walk about twice as fast as i can run!
The full Brazilian vs Spain Football squad would perform well but should it happen?
it's a global sport, in a global sporting competition, that provided hours of class entertainment.
on what ground shouldn't it be there?
:)
My opinion on Pro vs Am stuff. I admit it's outdated but there you go
it just doesn't hold any water. if the IOC took that stance there would likely be less than a week's worth of sports left.
What's the conclusion? Darts, Horse Racing, Baseball?
I disagree. I'd probably exclude 5 sports but there are 10 more that are probably worthy
actually, much less. according to wikipedia:
As of 2004, the only sports in which no professionals compete are boxing and wrestling
short competition.
I'm off to bed before people are mean about tennis :) I think my argument against golf is purely based on my hatred for the damn thing :) night you olympic folk!
It looks like we need to come up with a sidepodcast Olympics sports list
Baseball used to be in the olympics
Night Lou
Night Lou
yep, yep, yep. i'd watch all of them.
the interesting thing to me, is nation verses nation. who cares at what they are competing.
Sad times
Tennis, Golf and Football are still off the Bassano Olympic list :)
There are professional silly walkers?
i guess so.
John Cleese has a lot to answer for
*phew*
Unless all athletics are classed as one sport. There can't be professional silly walkers
Since 2003, the IAAF has organised an annual worldwide competition series in which elite athletes accumulate points for the right to compete in the IAAF Race Walking Challenge Final and to share over 200,000 USD of prize money
Baseball is a great game and it lets Mr C get his geek on
Damn. That would feed a lot of people
*boom*
:)
*stunned*
For me, it's a spectator vs participant thing
the question is then, if there's professional boxing, why isn't there professional boxing in the olympics? seems unfair.
I think they've done the right thing. Why should there be, in your eyes?
Because professional boxers fight once every three months so it would take two years to get through all the rounds to the final
i am biased towards race walking because nz used to have a guy who was awesome at it :D
"As of 2004, the only sports in which no professionals compete are boxing and wrestling"
seems like they've been singled out?
hehe
I assume you are also biased towards rugby sevens because you will get All Blacks in the Olympics
I think Team GB should start a breakaway Sitting Down Olympics, for the Gold lolz
yes lets
?But why should that sport be included, apart from 'everyone else is'?
GB is great at sitting down Olympics
Cycling
Sailing
Kayaking
Rowing
Going into London, 47 of New Zealand's 90 Olympic medals were won sitting down. We'd be right there with you!
Bus Stop Queueing
eh? 26 sports, 39 disciplines and only two are exceptions to the rule. why the exception.
:)
ooh, 12 of our 13 medals this time have been sitting down too.
Bring it on GB :P
I don't know, the massive corruption possibly
It is just not possible for professional boxers to fight often enough to do the Olympics and no-one will pay wrestlers
Extreme Bus Rides
ahh, i don't understand then. what's the difference with pro boxing then? they look the same to me.
the difference is when pro boxers are doing their thing i am the only person on my twitter feed who doesn't appear to be watching. i don't get it.
Amateur is 4 rounds of 2 minutes against 12 rounds of 3 minutes for the pros
Amateur boxing is scored on accuracy of punching where professionals are so much more powerful and there tend to be an awful lot more knock outs.
Pro boxers train for specific opponents much like F1 cars are tuned to a specific track where amateur have so many fights that isn't possible,
Also top pros expect to get a few million per fight which could get expensive if they have to fight 6 or 7 times in two weeks
It's a sport least deserving of the term professional, I think the IOC steer well clear of it on purpose.
They can't even decide on what 'World Champion' means
interesting. so in theory they could be eligible, but they wouldn't want to anyway.
They wouldn't get paid for representing their country but they could get some lucrative sponsorship deals around it.
"Wouldn't get out of bed for a Gold medal"
They simply couldn't survive the punishment they would take fighting that often in a short spell of time.
but they'd be against the current amateurs, no?
Nobody is saying they have to have the same number of rounds as their pro fights. They could use the am format at the Olympics.
agreed.
You want pros fighting amateurs? The pros would kill them
huh? are they like a super race of humans or something?
uh oh, if they ever list anything on this page i'm worried i'll buy it
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But their bodies are not suitable for that. When they leave the amateurs they bulk up to build the endurance needed for the pro fights. It would be like asking Usain Bolt to run the marathon
a quick google says Ali won gold once. nobody died in the process.
Step away from the credit card!
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That'll be £3020
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He wasn't a pro then. He wasn't even a heavyweight. All sorts of great professional fighters won or lost at the Olympics
Evening. Just catching up as we had to make a trip to hospital earlier (everything is fine).
What an evening. I think this has been my favourite Olympics. It's even better than Sydney.
YOU CAN BUY YOUR FAVOURITE ONE!
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That's even more!
i don't know enough to debate the argument sadly. so long as pro boxers aren't being marginalised unfairly, i'm okay with that.
now when will crashed ice become an olympic winter sport?
my favourite too. although technically also my first.
Berlin did this with sponsored polar bears.
Yes. It should be. Although I think they may need to call it something other than Red Bull Crashed Ice
aren't they still there though? i saw lots when i was in Berlin
:) :)
Loved it, even though the back end of this week has felt a bit slow / less interesting than all the stuff before it.
Agree that Sydney was the best previous to it.
I think so. They were sponsored to be painted for charity or something.
Now that, I'm on board with.
I'd so love to do a Soichi trip like Amy's adventure
Sadly, it'd need a lottery win
Yes.
i'm thinking 2022 for the winter olympics.
You've never watched the Summer Olympics before????
Why not? Ski/snowboard cross is already there...
i totally don't get your argument at all. they're paid professional ice hockey players.
I think a Rio trip sounds like fun
I'm trying to convince my Kazakh friend to chaperone me to the first GP there.
They're out too then ;)
considering how much you hate the cost of F1, you'd REALLY hate the cost of F1 there
I'm told by my colleagues that rip is awesome.
Ooh, gimme a shout, if so
nope.
Hehe true. He's told me the place is full of rip off artists. Figure two years might be enough time to save a few bob for it ;)
:)
Some of my nest sporting memories are from the Olympics. It's been great seeing some of those again.
its one of the most expensive places in Russia, the main reason I'm not considering the winter olympics just yet :D
worth adding i'd never watched the winter olympics before the daily threads two years ago either.
So I hear. It's where the oligarchs go on holiday.
#TooMuchCoding
How you ever met Christine, I'll never know ;)
Winter Olympics is a bit harder to watch I think.
Not as many team competitions as the SUmmer Games.
Are you kidding?
It's even better, all that adrenaline and risk and Skeleton!
i love it just as much but in a whole different way
i was coding at the time. pre-sidepodcast i only paid attention to f1, and i only got into that because of the technology. you lot have
ruined meopened my eyes.It used to be I think. What with the luge, Skelton and cross events it has changed a lot. 20 years ago it was a very different event though.
I agree. Some sports are harder to pick up on in the winter games though.
:) :) :)
And you also know how to heat pizza. Progress is a wonderful thing
i found it fine with comments. same as the past two weeks. even if i was clueless commenting made it interesting.
I only started paying any attention to those at Turin, the one before last, although I got into Vancouver much much more.
technically, i now know how not to heat pizza. have never done it correctly.
Crowd spectating is the bestest
Maybe it was the Ferrari in the Opening Ceremonies. ;)
Me too, although thats partly due to the time difference.
OMG :)
This helped :)
What made Ben Ainslie the sailor so angry?
he thought everyone was ganging up on him to stop him winning
A couple of competitors shut him in our something and there was a protest about him hitting a buoy that he swears never happened.
#Justice
They probably were!
Funny.
Maybe what was done at the Opening Ceremonies at this years Games can be repeated in 2016? Only difference is it should be a F1 car with Bruno Senna at the wheel taking the Olympic flame from where Jarcepunga was to the soccer stadium where the Opening Ceremonies will take place to hand off to Pele outside the stadium. ;)
We had better see a Mclaren tomorrow then.
we technically already have, in the velodrome.
Cos he rose above it and won anyway. With a few grumbles, mind
Or I'm guessing you'll be roaring with anger. ^^;
Yes! Forgot about that. Siedpodscience!
But more interesting than the exhibition
Not to mention a former Dakar winner got bronze in Men's Skeet. ;)
olympic rallying one day?
Jus seeing the boxing comments above. I dislike professional boxing, it's too violent and too much about money and posturing.
I surprised myself with how much I enjoyed the amateur boxing in the Olympics - perhaps because it's more about scoring points than hurting people?
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Yep that was one of the most amazing experiences of my life, in the Olympic Stadium when Mo Farah nailed the 5k. #52seclastlap #85kfans:)))
What's on the cards tomorrow? There are still some events left before the closing ceremony right?
http://www.london2012.com/schedule-and-results/day=12-august/all-day.html
15 more medals to be won
Quite a mixed bag then.
Als, not much sitting down. Possible Welter Weight Boxing Gold
Well, we already have Mountain Cycling. Maybe a return of Cross Country as a stand-alone event? That is already an element od the Modern Pentathlon. And if memory serves, I believe that event had a touch of a SUmmer Biathlon as in Cross COuntry running and Shooting.
The final event in the modern pentathlon is a cross country run with an occasional stop for a bit of shooting with laser pistols
There's a shooting club that is near me. I wish they bloody had laser pistols!
Are they louder than the landing jets?
Yes. A lot. We hardly ever hear the airport.
Ah well, double glazing does wonders
Unless you need some air ;)
Google Maps and property seeking go hand in hand. Just think of the discount you received
The only jets I were able to hear over the TV are them coming in for landing judging from the engine noise.
in the paddling, team gb the only entry with an aero-cover. can't be a coincidence.
Did the other teams protest the double diffuser?
Huh?
the paddling that we won gold in today. all the entrants have exposed knees. except us. we have an aerodynamic cover surrounding our man. presumably wind tunnel tested.
newey has been moonlighting, i swear.
Paddling is a sport?
Aerodynamics below 30/40mph ain't an issue
Don't joke. He wanted to design an Americas cup yacht and a land speed record attempt.
Clearly you don't cycle then.
Before he joined Red Bull, Yachts were his next thing
i dunno what it's called. but there's a man in a boat paddling...
it must have some benefit.
True.
Its negligible, even more so on water.§
I must disagree. Position makes a big difference as does wind direction.
I guess to a hundredth of a second, yes
Aerodynamic form, not the laws of aerodynamics
may it stops water getting in.
Probably. A fairing a paddling knots ain't gonna change much
What do you mean?
I guess I'm trying to say I use more or less energy if the wind is in my favour.
How fast are the kayakers?
^
That's an opposing force rather than streamlining
Dozing off, it must be bedtime.
Bassano I will see you tomorrow, should be fun. :) Train gets in at 12.50 so I will grab some lunch at Waterloo then make my way over. Travelling light as I don't want to bother carrying a bag about the place, so no ipad to read/listen to on the train..
Exactly. So even though aero may make little difference, if you can reduce your drag you must save a bit if energy?
'K
@AbsoluteRadio in the morning. 3hours this week. Live from Hyde Park. Damon Albarn interview in the mix. On air at 10. (via @DaveGorman)
Have blur got back together?
But aerodynamic streamlining has negligible effects at low speeds.
Due to the V squared portion of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_equation
As velocity increases, the drag effect become much more important
Canoeing/kayaking
The aerodynamic cover is called a spraydeck and it is to stop water getting in the boat
Ah thanks, maybe I'll bring my little radio then, if they are still on 1215MW..
A few years ago for comeback gig in Hyde Park (I was there, coolest gig ever). One last hurrah Sunday night and they're done.
One off Closing Ceremony gig in Hyde Park tomorrow, inc The Specials, Bombay Bicycle Club and New Order
ah-ha. so our guy doesn't like getting wet?
maybe he really likes doing barrel rolls
Boat Paddling :)
:)
oi! he had a paddle and was paddling it.
Did you call the Pole Vault Stick Jumping? ;)
nooooooooooo!
forward high jump.
I only sat in a kayak once and it didn't have one. I was fine until I started thinking about how I was balancing it shen it started to tip over. Lack of spraydeck then resulted in me being deposited head first in cold Scottish water.
Blur played in denmark recently.
:D