Most Boring Olympic Sport So Far?

That banana he kept in his lunch box must've slowed him down a bit as well.

Murray just broke in the 3rd set! Looking very good now!

I wonder if he'll sing the national anthem if he wins gold.

Bernard Dennis Park wrote:I wonder if he'll sing the national anthem if he wins gold.

No chance of that I'd say, but would be nice to see. Piers Morgan is giving £1000 to great ormond street for every Team GB gold winner that sings it.

Murray wins gold and Lewis Smith SO unlucky just to get silver - had the same score as an Hungarian to a thousanth of a mark but lost on the tie breaker 'style' marks.

BoltonTillIDie wrote:

Bernard Dennis Park wrote:I wonder if he'll sing the national anthem if he wins gold.

No chance of that I'd say, but would be nice to see. Piers Morgan is giving £1000 to great ormond street for every Team GB gold winner that sings it.

He sang it. Well done Murray.

Amazed! True Brit!

Is anyone else watching the women's basketball? GB v Brazil. I think I heard the commentators saying that both teams have lost all four games so far. It's pretty clear they are roughly evenly matched.

It's 32-31 to Brazil at the moment, a few minutes before half time.

Yep, i've watched all the GB games the women have been great. Yes they've lost their games but they should have won at least 2 games. They just can't execute at vital moments. And when they've had leads they've panicked.

Enjoyed the 100m final, Bolt is a top bloke, he's completely relaxed before a race...laughing and joking etc. This is how top athletes should be.

And he knows Ricky which makes him a top bloke in my book.

Numpty 28723 wrote:And he knows Ricky which makes him a top bloke in my book.

Ah, that was a good day....the last goal he ever scored for us I think.

This made me laugh out loud this afternoon:

How did Beth Tweddle get a medal, she was the only one to fall over when she dismounted?

Natasha Whittam wrote:How did Beth Tweddle get a medal, she was the only one to fall over when she dismounted?

She avoided falling over, but yes, her dismount was problem. The rest of the routine was excellent though. I reckon she might have even got silver without the dodgy dismount.

I take my hat off to the 39 year old, grey haired Bulgarian who finished 4th in one of the men's competitions earlier.

largehat wrote:

She avoided falling over, but yes, her dismount was problem. The rest of the routine was excellent though. I reckon she might have even got silver without the dodgy dismount.

Surely a dodgy dismount should be enough to stop you getting a medal. It's like the rowers capsizing.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

largehat wrote:

She avoided falling over, but yes, her dismount was problem. The rest of the routine was excellent though. I reckon she might have even got silver without the dodgy dismount.

Surely a dodgy dismount should be enough to stop you getting a medal. It's like the rowers capsizing.

Ha, ha, it really isn't. It's a very small part of a routine that lasts about 30 seconds. I suspect you only formed this negative opinion about dodgy dismounts after watching Beth Tweddle this afternoon.

Won't be long before a thread titled -

"Should national disgrace Tweddle give her medal back"

"We all know Tweddle was handed a medal because the Olympics is in London, why else would such a crappy routine win anything, lets face it, she fell off - Shame on her"

Some of the things that annoy or irritate or bother Natasha are quite funny to read about. But I have to admit that trolling these hard working young people who have sacrificed so much to represent GB at the Olympics irks me a bit - which is of course one of the reasons she posts this stuff.

largehat wrote:Some of the things that annoy or irritate or bother Natasha are quite funny to read about. But I have to admit that trolling these hard working young people who have sacrificed so much to represent GB at the Olympics irks me a bit - which is of course one of the reasons she posts this stuff.

You pair of bitches.

I was simply asking why someone can fall over and still win a medal. Surely the dismount is an important part of the routine? If Tom Daley did a brilliant dive but missed the water they wouldn't give him a good score.