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[nimrod]

personally i've found i can enjoy top sporting performance regardless of any thoughts i might have about drug taking. at the time ben johnson's 100m in 1988 was a thing of beauty to me. i have no problem with people questioning results and how they are achieved accepting there is a difference between questioning and full on accusation. if athletes don't like that, then they can try a different career, it comes with the territory especially in a sport like cycling. of course many athletes today are taking peds of some sort, some of which may be deemed legitimately allowed due to existing illnesses etc. i mean that was what sharapova did for years. as for flojo's world records.....

i've always been a massive fan of british track cycling and brad wiggins. but i metaphorically puked inside when he fawned all over armstrong on his return to the tour back in the day. never been quite the same for me since then i'm afraid.

i think the Science of Sport website does some great analysis btw.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Looking very good for the womens hockey team. 3-0 up in the semi-final.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

And the beeb cunts change channels with 4 minutes to go...

This fitting in the news nonsense has really spoiled a lot of the enjoyment of the coverage.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Get in - guaranteed a minimum of a silver in the hockey then. That is a bonus medal I reckon.

 

[BillyDee]

The constant channel switching has been horrendous, especially when it's for the news. If only the Beeb had a dedicated channel for news...

 

[Jabbawolf]

3 of the GB women came back from the dead in that game - they must be on the medication too.

 

[Kenny]

The constant channel switching has been horrendous, especially when it's for the news. If only the Beeb had a dedicated channel for news...

There is clearly still a high % of people that watch the 6 & 10pm news, despite the 24hr channel. If they have to show it to avoid Points of View (no idea if that still exists) being showered with complaints, just put it on BBC 2.

 

[BillyDee]

3 of the GB women came back from the dead in that game - they must be on the medication too.

Kate Richardson-Walsh broke her jaw in a group game in 2012. Still came back for the knockouts...

 

[BillyDee]

Apparently the women's hockey final will be shown in it's entirety on BBC1 on Friday night, with the news moved...

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

The generation that have to watch the bloody news at exactly ten on bbc one are dying off. It's bloody ridiculous.

 

[Jabbawolf]

Apparently the women's hockey final will be shown in it's entirety on BBC1 on Friday night, with the news moved...

Let's hope there aren't any injuries, so that it overruns the slot, and we have to flip channels like last night.

 

[So Long Architect]

We have a good chance of a medal, very possibly gold, in the mens 200m K2 kayak today at 1.40pm, with Liam Heath and Johnny Schofield. (Not that you'd know if from the BBC - grrr!)

Liam's from my club so leafy Guildford is moist with anticipation.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Just seen that. A couple of tenths quicker than everyone else in the semi-final so they must be in with an excellent chance.

 

[So Long Architect]

Just seen that. A couple of tenths quicker than everyone else in the semi-final so they must be in with an excellent chance.

They're going really well. They got bronze in London and no-one else seemed that great in the heats/semis.

Liam's also in the K1 200m tomorrow. He's the fastest in Europe at the moment so quite hopeful for some coloured metal there too.

 

[Jabbawolf]

Triathlon at 3 too.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Should also get the sailing gold confirmed assuming the wind blows.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Just caught one of the boxing ties. Irish lad v a Russian. Irish lad dominated it....but the judges gave the win to the Russian. A very very very very dodgy outcome.

Wont be able to fight in today's semi-final as wont pass the medical, will have to give a walkover.

 

[Langers]

Wasn't sure where to put this, so I'll put it in the Olympics thread, but terrible news about Charlie Webster - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37115095

Hope she pulls through.

 

[SSB]

And the beeb cunts change channels with 4 minutes to go...

This fitting in the news nonsense has really spoiled a lot of the enjoyment of the coverage.

I've been solely watching the BBC's coverage via Sky channels 472 upwards and have found them excellent.

 

[Sniffer]

Silver in the mens 200m K2 kayak