The Official Olympic Thread

[ChesterDave]

I'm not sure how the Government is to blame for this

[Bender]

there to blame for everything...i blame them when i milk goes off or i miss my bus or when the bankers do what they like

[dom9]

there to blame for everything...i blame them when i milk goes off or i miss my bus or when the bankers do what they like

I blame them for your education.

[Bender]

I blame them for your education.

you can't as i never had an education

[Chazza]

London 2012 Olympics: Locog reselling bureaucrat tickets to public
Jackie Brock-Doyle, Locog's director of communications, says some 3,000 Olympics tickets from international sports federations have been "put back in the pot" and sold to the public.

The move comes after the sights of swathes of empty seats at events in the first days of the Olympic Games prompted anger from people who had struggled to get tickets.

Ms Brock-Doyle, Locog's director of communications, said they had been able to get back 3,000 tickets and re-sell them - a step they will take each day to make sure as many seats as possible are filled.

"We talked to the International Federations yesterday, we were able to put back into the pot for sale around 3,000 tickets last night, they have all been sold," she said.

"That includes about 600 for the gymnastics event today and we're going to do that on a day-to-day basis."

She said they were talking to accredited groups, including broadcast media, to see if they could release some tickets. Ms Brock-Doyle said the number of seats given up depended on the sport, and in some situations also depended on security arrangements, but in those cases, they had contingency plans involving giving seats to troops or students and teachers.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/9438424/London-2012-Olympics-Locog-reselling-bureaucrat-tickets-to-public.html

[dom9]

you can't as i never had an education

Can't blame them for everything after all then.

[Tee]

FLMAO at Bender and Dom.

[Bender]

Can't blame them for everything after all then.

I blame them for not giving me an education

[dom9]

FLMAO at Bender and Dom.

I can only imagine it's been a long night for him and he's still up.

[Bender]

I can only imagine it's been a long night for him and he's still up.

nah back to work tonight ...just bored at the moment

[Alex]

How do Gymnastics do all that spinny ****?

[Chazza]

A bit more agile than most of us i would suggest

Also they are big old boys plenty of upper body strength

[Gibbo]

How do Gymnastics do all that spinny ****?

You could get a job as a BBC commentator with that kind of analysis!

[Shaggy]

Absolutely loving the table tennis

[dom9]

Absolutely loving the table tennis

One of my favourite sports to play.

It's gone table tennis mad in these parts. Tables have popped up everywhere.