2012 Olympics

[pink_triangle]

Isn't Carl lewis the same as Phelps winning gold in multi events in swimming?

[pink_triangle]

While I think this is very true, I found sailing surprisingly accessible financially. £50 for a week's tuition one summer, then £5 to hire a boat for 2 hours.

That said, what put me off taking it further was how twattish about half of the people involved were.....

[LondonTom]

Phelps was great, I don't think you can have definitive greatest Olympian of all time, as depends how you look at it. But he is certainly up there with that record haul, pure talent! (Even if tonight it was Lochte impressive swim to put the US so far ahead of everyone else!! , don't me wrong the others did their bit by keeping it up but getting that far ahead was brilliant!)

Hoping we get a medal in the swimming soon!!! The girls and guys in teamgb are certainly getting close, just that little bit extra effort in the finals/luck I think!

The women's hockey did well again today to, can't wait to get there next week!!!...Just hoping I can snag some cheap swimming tickets in the resales/recycled when i am there!

[TheGayTent]

Went to the rowing today it was great fun and brilliantly well organised.

[TheGayTent]

Phelps isn't the greatest Olympian is an opinion I can understand. However, to suggest a drug cheat as someone who was better is slightly strange.

[bunique]

I am getting a little annoyed over this Tom Daley twitter business. I would have more sympathy if he had not decided to cash in on his dads death and bring the story into the public domain.

[pryce]

got back from london yesterday ..... never seen the tubes quieter

anyway, had a great time at the olympics.... went too two Handball matches, Iceland vs Argentina and Croatia Vs Korea... both great games and very impressed by the sport fantastic to watch! icelandic fans were great and loud as well

and i went too GB vs Argentina and Germany vs Belguim at the mens Hockey .... brilliant atmosphere by the fans which was helped by a GB win

impressed by the layout as well. and 4.60 a pint was pretty good to be fair

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Cash in? It's not the kind of thing he could have kept secret!

[LondonTom]

I agree to a certain extent. What Tom Daley should have done is retweet it with the user removed and deal with it personally. It's fairly obvious people like that are simply looking for publicity, so why give them it when you can deal with it in private?

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Cash in? It's not the kind of thing he could have kept secret!

[AcademicPistol]

First gold earlier! Well done Glover and Stanning

Edited August 1, 2012 by AcademicPistol

[pink_triangle]

The rowers were fantastic, hope it is the first of many golds.

Glad to see the badminton players kicked out. While I think there are cases when an olympian wouldnt be accepted to give 100% (eg athletic heats where many atheltes could win but conserve their energy and take 2nd or 3rd) the badminton players were almost rubbing peoples noses in it and were completely going against the spirit of the game. In a way feel sorry for the players who were probbaly put in a difficult position by their coach but its important to send a message to others. It probably wont stamp this kind of thing out though, players will probably just be a bit cleverer in losing.

[The Nal]

[philipsteak]

If you decide to sell the story and put personal details in the public domain then maybe you should not expect to take the moral highground.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

I haven't seen his story in the press so don't know how and to who he sold it, but quite often in these cases the journalist comes to the star and says something along the lines of "do the story with us, or we'll do our version anyway".

[TheGayTent]

Grief is dealt with in different ways by different people.

Wind your neck in

[thetime]

Grief is dealt with in different ways by different people.

Wind your neck in

[thetime]

All bets of for BBC sports personality of the year then.

[Alcatraz]

[The Nal]

I hate the guys politics, and he is a moron, but fuck me he's a loveable buffoon

[The Nal]

Would've loved to go to something. A mate of mine has tickets for the 100m final. Bastid!!

Another huge night of swimming ahead!

[AcademicPistol]

Would've loved to go to something. A mate of mine has tickets for the 100m final. Bastid!!

Another huge night of swimming ahead!

[The Nal]

Although i am hugely jealous of your pal it's less than 10 seconds of enjoyment

Edited August 2, 2012 by The Nal

[AcademicPistol]

Now you know how his girlfriend feels every Saturday night!!

BA DUM tssshhh!!

I'm here all week.

[lost]

Saw Spain vs Morroco yesterday, Mata, De Gea and Jordi Alba all played. Spain missed a hat full of chances though Morroco's number 9 looked handy. Thought the security measures and searches at old trafford were a bit over the top, worse than an airport, though I expect its going on at all the venues?