Friday Olympics

[Robot Chicken]

Apologies, this is an Olympics thread so if you don't like it, move on!

I've become quite interested in the GB progress and with the Russians closing in fast to be still in 3rd place on Saturday will be a huge achievement.

Friday's schedule with the number of medals available in brackets and GB's best hope in bold below. I think Russia are bound to overtake us but at least we're still ahead of the Aussies.

Athletics (7)
0030-0500: Men's 50km walk
1220-1420: Women's long jump
1255-1510: Men's pole vault
1340-1402: Women's 5000m
1415-1430: Women's 4x100m
1440-1500: Decathlon 1500m (final event)
1510-1520: Men's 4x100m

Beach Volleyball (1)
0200-0450: Men's medal matches: USA v Brazil

Canoeing (6)
0830-0834: Men's K1 1000 (TIM BRABANTS)
0845-0849: Men's C1 1000
0920-0922: Women's K4 500
0935-0939: Men's K2 1000
1005-1009: Men's C2 1000
1020-1024: Men's K4 1000

Cycling (3)
0330-0345: Men's BMX
0330-0345: Women's BMX (SHANAZE READE)
0800-1015: Women's mountain bike race

Football
1200-1500: Men's bronze medal game: Belgium v Brazil

Hockey (1)
1100-1530: Women's medal matches: China v Netherlands

Modern pentathlon (1)
Women's event (HEATHER FELL, KATY LIVINGSTON)
0130-0210: Shooting
0300-0615: Fencing
0730-0810: Swimming
1000-1200: Riding
1300-1330: Running

Table tennis (1)
1230-1330: Women's singles medal matches

Taekwondo (2)
1200-1326: Women's -67kg medal bouts
1200-1326: Men's -80kg medal bouts

 

[Djmiles]

Looking forward to see Shanaze Reade take home the gold!

 

[Zesh Rehman]

Hmm that BMX'er should win the gold, hopefully. But cant see us winning anymore Gold's after that, maybe nick one in the boxing. I expect Russia will overtake us soon in the medal table, but we should hold of Australia and Germany.

 

[Conkers]

The BMXing actually starts at 2am our time (Women's Semis Heat 1) which involves Reade. The final is as you stated, 3:30am.

 

[Guillem Balague]

We was projected to finish 4th before the olympics, it would be a great success.

 

[Zesh Rehman]

We was projected to finish 4th before the olympics, it would be a great success.

and it looks aswell we will, and our medal target was 42, we should just about make that, marvellous scenes!

 

[Marlton & Hove Albion]

What about the Boxing? We still have three lively lads in play. Fourth would be an amazing performance. Look at France, Germany, Italy.......we're on the up.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Shanaze Reade fell off in her first semi but still qualified. Mm, she's a bit foxy actually

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Shunted off the course by someone French, in a manner rather reminiscent of Damon Hill being rear-ended by that cheese-eating surrender monkey Jacques Villeneuve.

Bah.

 

[Icy Gull]

Shunted off the course by someone French, in a manner rather reminiscent of Damon Hill being rear-ended by that cheese-eating surrender monkey Jacques Villeneuve.

Bah.

Canadians are cheese eating surrender monkeys? Wasn't it Schumacher who drove Hill off by turning into him rather than rear ending him. I think that the French are innocent in both instances, but nice bit attempt at rewriting of two bits of history

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

a) Villeneuve sounds French

b) I've been awake for 26 hours now

c) that's enough.

 

[Icy Gull]

a) Villeneuve sounds French

b) I've been awake for 26 hours now

c) that's enough.

I've just watched the race and the crash was 100% the Brits fault

 

[Icy Gull]

10m Diving with L'il Tom Daley at 1200 seems to be missing from the list at the top of the thread

 

[Jesus Gul]

just watched the BMX in the gym - how good is that? - takes me back to my youth except I was always weighed down with a luminous yellow bag of Evening Arguses

 

[Mendoza]

Reade should have just settled for the silver instead of trying to go for glory which she was never going to get.

She went from guaranteed Silver medal to last place with one rash decision

Ah well, shes always got 4 years time.

 

[captainmorganrum]

KATY LIVINGSTON get todays GOLD medal from moi.

 

[keaton]

James DeGale in Middlewieght boxing final

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Brabants won GOLD in the 1000m canoe final, and goes again tomorrow in the 500m final.