Well done Becky and Katy 
And another gold
Sprout posted:And another gold
Apparently the sailing is a guaranteed Gold, but it won't be official until the competition finishes on Tuesday.
However: we're definitely going to get both Gold and Silver tonight in the Men's Cycling Sprint final, and Murray's just starting in the Tennis final, so he's definitely going to get at least Silver too! 
Eugene's Lair posted:Sprout posted:And another gold
Apparently the sailing is a guaranteed Gold, but it won't be official until the competition finishes on Tuesday.
However: we're definitely going to get both Gold and Silver tonight in the Men's Cycling Sprint final, and Murray's just starting in the Tennis final, so he's definitely going to get at least Silver too!
I was just saying the The Crib...all of a sudden we have a glut
Sprout posted:Eugene's Lair posted:Sprout posted:And another gold
Apparently the sailing is a guaranteed Gold, but it won't be official until the competition finishes on Tuesday.
However: we're definitely going to get both Gold and Silver tonight in the Men's Cycling Sprint final, and Murray's just starting in the Tennis final, so he's definitely going to get at least Silver too!
I was just saying the The Crib...all of a sudden we have a glut
With so many GB wins in quick succession, Clare Balding was commenting that they were having difficulty keeping the medal table up-to-date, and Sir Chris Hoy immediately chipped-in with "Nice problem to have!"
Eugene's Lair posted:After starting the competition with a hole in one, Justin Rose has won the golfing gold!
But boy: was it tense on the final hole!
And what a great final round by the American Matt Kuchar for the bronze!
It was properly exciting So delighted for Justin Rose too. He seems such a genuinely nice guy.
Roger the Alien posted:Eugene's Lair posted:After starting the competition with a hole in one, Justin Rose has won the golfing gold!
But boy: was it tense on the final hole!
And what a great final round by the American Matt Kuchar for the bronze!
It was properly exciting
Seems very down to earth I get the impression 
Well done Andy Murray 
Fantastic performance
It was a see-saw match, very entertaining, and the crowd rowdy as heck
C'mon Charlie! This one's made too many mistakes to go in front of you
Yeeeeessssss!
C'mon Trotty!
With Katy Marchant winning bronze in the Sprint, it means that every member of the GB track cycling team has now won a medal! 
Eugene's Lair posted:With Katy Marchant winning Bronze in the Sprint, it means that every member of the GB track cycling team has now won a medal!
...and Becky James winning the Silver means that Team GB has already equalled their Beijing medal tally!
Eugene's Lair posted:Eugene's Lair posted:With Katy Marchant winning Bronze in the Sprint, it means that every member of the GB track cycling team has now won a medal!
...and Becky James winning the Silver means that Team GB has already equalled their Beijing medal tally!
And our diver is doing well too
Jason Kenny's got it!
A record-equalling 6th Gold medal! And this is now officially our best-ever Olympics outside home soil!
Eugene's Lair posted:Jason Kenny's got it!
A record-equalling 6th Gold medal! And this is now officially our best-ever Olympics outside home soil!
The one piece of news from the Olympics which is worth reading by everyone including anyone who has zero interest in sport.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37102355
It's what the Olympics is really about. The famous quote from Pierre de Coubertin, regarded as the man who started the modern Olympics:
"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these principles is to build up a strong and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity,"
El Loro posted:The one piece of news from the Olympics which is worth reading by everyone including anyone who has zero interest in sport.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37102355It's what the Olympics is really about. The famous quote from Pierre de Coubertin, regarded as the man who started the modern Olympics:
"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these principles is to build up a strong and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity,"
So very true El Loro
My favourite saying is "second place is first of the losers"
I think it was by Homer, Homer Simpson :-)
We thoroughly enjoyed the cycling-it's our favourite bit and at least we could watch it in real time on a dedicated channel. Oddly enough we are now hooked on the hockey.
El Loro posted:The one piece of news from the Olympics which is worth reading by everyone including anyone who has zero interest in sport.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37102355It's what the Olympics is really about. The famous quote from Pierre de Coubertin, regarded as the man who started the modern Olympics:
"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part; the important thing in Life is not triumph, but the struggle; the essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. To spread these principles is to build up a strong and more valiant and, above all, more scrupulous and more generous humanity,"
(Forgot to reply to this yesterday... 
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Thanks for posting this, El Loro. With some of the stories coming out of Rio being - let's just say - not in the Olympic spirit, it's great to see one that so clearly is.
BTW, it turns out that D'Agostino did the last four laps with a torn ACL (anterior cruciate knee ligament).
Needless to say, she won't be competing tomorrow... 
Why aren't we very good in the women's diving 
No, I want em all
Tai kwando and hockey
Sprout posted:Tai kwando and hockey
I like mine with special fried rice.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Sprout posted:Tai kwando and hockey
I like mine with special fried rice.
PMSL!
I suspect that us in Yorkshire are doing rather well in t'medal table.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Sprout posted:Tai kwando and hockey
I like mine with special fried rice.
Well done Nick Skelton, Gold in the individual Show Jumping in his 7th Olympics!
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Well done Nick Skelton, Gold in the individual Show Jumping in his 7th Olympics!
velvet donkey posted:I'm sure he did all the work
No place in the Olympics for animals for me. No dig Fluffs - just don't sit right
Hope you've another jaunt lined up
Donks, you really can't make a horse do what it doesn't want to do 
The issue I have is dogs in dog shows and (other animals) doing tricks and stuff like that. They're not bred for that and it's unnatural 
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport...PWjQ&ocid=TSHDHP
Why? If anyone should go it should be Inverdale....he's getting to be like Clarkson 
Sprout posted:
Good grief
