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The shooting is tense, the Judo and boxing too... Sailing is all happening... And the velodrome is open!
Are you anti canoeing?
Some medals here...
Watching the shooting very good....
Just found out some bad news though..... 😉
http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/spice-girls/361094-spice-girls-olympic-closing-ceremony
Gold & Silver in the Canoeing woo hoo
Gold and silver. 😀
Traps Gold!!
Gold in the Shooting too, what a few minutes
Fab!
Work is definitely coming in second today.
Rocketed up to 5th in the medal table.
[i]Traps Gold[/i]
those greyhound jockeys must be tiny.
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[i]Just found out some bad news though.....
http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/spice-girls/361094-spice-girls-olympic-closing-ceremony [/i]
Who's the one 2nd from left? Ghost Spice?
Just found out some bad news though.....http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/spice-girls/361094-spice-girls-olympic-closing-ceremony
Now that really IS a spoiler.
Oh crap. I was hoping for the Zep...
Pink Floyd are there too.
Come on Gemma.
Oh and shootists, can someone answer my question on the "random questions" thread. 🙂
Team GB are clearly all about middle class sports...
Team GB are clearly all about middle class sports...
's funny, just had that conversation here in our office. The people I actually know who actually do shoot, canoe or do Judo are no more middle class than yer average cyclist.
Oh, hang on
Is Vicky on yet?
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WORLD RECORD - Great Britain (Women's team sprint cycling)
Victoria Pendleton and Jessica Varnish set a new World Record in their heat of the women's team sprint, a time of 32.526 seconds.
Woooo!
And it was against the Aussies too!
Didn't last long!
WORLD RECORD - China (Women's team sprint cycling)
GB's record lasts a matter of minutes as China set a new record of 32.447 seconds in the women's team sprint cycling.
China 32.447!! 😯
OMG WTF???!!!
A bit generous to get a restart isn't it?
something wrong with that machine...
(doh!)
Reading the news feeds rather than watching live 🙁
😯
Who's the daddy?
whooooooooooosh
something wrong with that machine...
Cav reckoned rider error. Sounds similar to when a car fishtails.
Could anyone see what happened with his bike? I'm listening on radio.
Looks like he slid the front wheel just after the gate...
Tank slapper.
uh oh...
NO! Surely not?
doesn't look good
32.422! Another WR, how long before questions are asked?
Come on BBC - where's the replay?
DB looks angry
Not the Beeb's fault.
Look at it on the Beebs live stream and you can rewind it yourself. VP definitely passes before the line.
What's happened then?!
GB Might get a DQ for cocking up the changeover
No DQ, confirmed.
Woo. No DQ.
Edit: SHITTTTTTTT!!!!!
phew
Disqualified
And, now we are again.
Wut?
But wait....
Dammit 😈
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no
The tannoy just said GB DQ'd
If we are in the final we are going to be wary of the changeover now and might loose vital time...
edit oh cock
balls!
So does this mean Bradley Wiggins isn't the most hated man in cycling now?
Couple of fannies
Bloody bbci player has crashed and I cant get any coverage?!
No, because Pendleton is female... Wiggins is still the most hated man! :p
Try http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w2zws if Iplayer isn't working.
Does the second rider's front wheel actually have to be behind the front rider's then as they cross the line?
I think he was referring to the umpirelizzz - Member - Quote
No, because Pendleton is female... Wiggins is still the most hated man! :p
What happened anyway? I'm stuck with poverty-spec broadcasting here and didn't see it.
So will that turn VP into a gibbering wreck or spur her on to make good later on?
edit looked like Varnish backed off a bit early too
British cycling tweeted....
'Heart-break for Jessica Varnish, whose Games are over'
No, because Pendleton is female... Wiggins is still the most hated man! :p
You don't say.....
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It wasn't her I was talking about.
What happened anyway? I'm stuck with poverty-spec broadcasting here and didn't see it.
Pendleton cocked up and took over Varnish before she'd fully crossed the line. Whoops!
She looked bloody fast though
A bit harsh when the commissaires have discretion on their side.
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I can't work Cav out at the moment.
Bloody jobsworth
A bit harsh when the commisaires have discretion on their side.
Not so sure myself. VP clearly a lot faster than Varnish. When you are dealing with 100ths of seconds it cant be fair to allow any discression that could give an advantage?
How dare he apply the rules!
You missed a bit druidh
How dare he apply the rules when he has some discretion!
So I'm not in the UK so sorry if this has been asked and answered. But why is the track so fast? Is it just the athletes and equipment has improved? Or have they treated the track with a different material?
I'm kind of hoping we get **** all medals anyway, just to see the media go ape shit.
empty seats in the velodrome. WTF!
AAAAARGH!
Damn.
Nice shirt Don Carlos. 8)
empty seats in the velodrome. WTF!
All the hipsters that got tickets are still locked up for protesting outside the opening ceremony.
Damn, such a shame.
On the empty seats thing you could get the £325 ones (or thereabouts) this morning on the ticket site, I guess they are unwilling to discount the top class seats so we're still seeing empty rows.
Ok, so what exactly is going on?
I'm confused...
why is the track so fast
They got me in to sand and finish it. I've used a special lacquer in certain spots that only Team GB know. 😉
"The polished unit of Great Britain." Deadly?