Beijing 2008
Moonraker 5
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3rd in the official medal table, the greatest haul of Gold for 100 years, ahead (currently) of Australia - what the hell happened to Team GB?? 
China dominating 1st place isn't surprising, nor is the United States' 2nd, given the huge teams they send, but a huge well done to Great Britain's Olympians!! I know it's not all over yet, but it's a fantastic haul so far to come home with -{
Oh, and it better bloody well be 'arise Sir Chris Hoy' this Hogmannay!
Results table
China dominating 1st place isn't surprising, nor is the United States' 2nd, given the huge teams they send, but a huge well done to Great Britain's Olympians!! I know it's not all over yet, but it's a fantastic haul so far to come home with -{
Oh, and it better bloody well be 'arise Sir Chris Hoy' this Hogmannay!
Results table
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Yeah, but where would we be without Michael Phelps? And great what China can do with 12-year-olds. Err, I mean 16-year-olds. . .
and where would Michael Phelbs be without his little secrets, that we will find out in the next 8 years??
I may sound like an envy ******* but the amount of world records and the delta leaves me back very suspicious as well with Usain Bolts performance in the first 70 meters of his race.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
And it can't be explained by the suits solely.
I wish, I could believe, that he's clean, but from what we have learned in the past, dominators of their sports seldom have been this without "extras"
I just want to recall the dominating Balco athletes together with all dominators from the Tour de France and so on.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
Most sad, indeed. Until any of these contestants (regardless of their nationality) are busted for something, they have my unflinching admiration.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Too bad, it could be such a great sport and some years ago, I have been of the opinion, that the controls would be good enough to sort out the bad guys, which prove to be absolutely wrong.
Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
I'm tempted to say that we must be getting a better quality of steroid these days - but that would really be a very cheap laugh !
I'm amazed by our medal haul at these games and I'm very proud of our medal winners (bar one) -{
I just hope David Price manages a gold in the boxing {[]
I'm sorry, but can I repeat that...(Dan are you reading this?)
Yey, ahead of Australia!
All I can say, is bring on 2012! :v
C'mon, you Brits -- if you really want to impress, why not sort by "cycling golds"! Here, we'll sort by "swimming golds by guys with big ears from Baltimore"!
Enjoy it while it lasts, friends -- in a few Olympiads, any sorting you like will favor the Chinese.
This has been a very interesting Olympics. For some reason, Australia hasn't dominated as much as I would have liked (it could be because we are simply a wonderful people who don't mind other nations winning
Speaking of extraordinay, Phelps is out of this world. While I don't consider him to be the greatest Olympic athlete of all time (that honour IMO goes to Carl Lewis), he is truly among the very greatest; and as much as I hate to admitt it, he may very well be the greatest swimmer of all time (he's certainly better than Mark Spitz whom I always felt was a *little overrated)
*for reasons I'm happy to go into, if asked.
The reason I was congratulating Team GB now, is because no matter where we come on the medals table, whether 3rd, 8th, 12th, at the end of the week, it's still been a fantastic haul for a nation that has so long struggled to achieve any sporting success. I'd never detract from the Aussies and their achievements either, considering they're not even half the population of the UK. But it does hopefully give us a bit of a kick up the backside for London 2012 (and fingers crossed, post 2010 independence referendum in Scotland, we'll still be competing as Great Britain).
And yes, it will always favour the 1.3bn Chinese and the 100m strong Olympic team they send!
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Christine Ohuruogu X-( - her winning just leaves a bad taste and somewhat sullies what the rest of Team GB have achieved.
I've been lucky enough to have watched Usain Bolt's two record-breaking runs live as they happened. An incredible athlete and showman - for me those were the defining moments of these Games.
What if Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan (for Team GB) were competing in the 4x100 swimming medley relay?
I feel the papers are full of suggestion that she took drugs - no proof and not exactly getting around to saying it, but, I feel, suggestion all the same. 'No smoke without fire, etc.'
To miss one drugs test is accidental, to miss two is stupid - but to miss three and not even try to get to the testing centre, even when 'phoned up and given enough time to get there.......well....you pays your money.....
In my opinion the lifetime Olympic ban handed down to her should have stood, or where do you draw the line ? But that's my opinion and everybody is entitled to their own, I have no problems with that.
Come on the boxers {[]
London's presentation was certainly not what I was expecting, and I wonder what Hu Jintao thought of Leona Lewis bursting into Whole Lotta Love (despite looking very serene and opera like). But a very refreshing take on London's history and tradition, while keeping it very modern.
And while I was heartened by the 2000 strong crowd in Glasgow's George Square cheering at the London 2012 flag being raised over the City Chambers, the Scottish Government should be ashamed at themselves over the timing of their comments today. Whatever their thoughts, keep it till the party is over. At least the random straw poll Reporting Scotland took in Buchanan Street, Glasgow, scoffed at them.
4 years to go! I'll be there. B-)
This is the first time I'd seen the logo with the Union flag incorporated into it. Hmmm--looks like a few pieces to this jigsaw puzzle are missing!
I could've done without the posing and preening, however Usain Bolt is a Bolt sure enough, a bolt of lightning!