The Official Olympic Thread

[ChesterDave]

What a start in the Heptathlon.

PB, SB, and the Ennis with a World Best for a Heptathlon. British record for all athletes in the 100m hurdles

[Reece]

1044:

Live now, Olympic Stadium
KEY MOMENT
Jessica Ennis runs 12.54 seconds to match American Dawn Harper's winning time from the 100m individual hurdles in Bejing four years ago. Extraordinary.

[Shaggy]

What time is Andy on? Should be a cracker - got a feeling he'll beat Nole today. Come on Andy man

[baitman]

well done Jessica. shame she isnt also doubling up in the proper hurdles event.

[Shaggy]

Just referred to my wicked London 2012 app and Murray is due on at 4pm - Federer v Del Potro at 12.

[Phoenix07]

Why do you hate Andy Murray so much?

Yeah I thought most people had got over that now.

I don't like the media attention he gets. Nothing to do with the Scottish comments. In fact, I salute him for that. All these people and celebrities come out of the woodwork and make him sound ****e when he's a top Tennis player who is sure to win a Grand Slam soon.

This country does it all the time, either overhype them or undervalue them to create this underdog mentality. Never any balance.

[Shaggy]

How is that his fault?

[Phoenix07]

How is that his fault?

It's not. I said during Wimbledon I like him. It's the whole British circus around him and then they'll forget about him during the Australian, US and French Opens. So much pressure piled on his shoulders and yet when people talk about not putting pressure on him (or any other 'British hope' for that matter), they put a ton of it on him.

[Shaggy]

Okay. I get that. It's annoying.

[Neil Young]

Ah, so the anti-Murray stance is in his best interests.

[Buzzo]

It's not. I said during Wimbledon I like him. It's the whole British circus around him and then they'll forget about him during the Australian, US and French Opens. So much pressure piled on his shoulders and yet when people talk about not putting pressure on him (or any other 'British hope' for that matter), they put a ton of it on him.

So why do you not want him to win then...?

[Phoenix07]

Ah, so the anti-Murray stance is in his best interests.

Well, yeah, but no, but yeah, but...

So why do you not want him to win then...?

Simply because of the reaction around it. If I lived in Iraq, then I'd probably want him to win.

[Shaggy]

Ah, so the anti-Murray stance is in his best interests.

So why do you not want him to win then...?

Haha. Yeah. I get the beef with the public, the people who don't know anything about tennis piling the pressure, or ****s who know equally little about him criticising him for reasons unknown to them.....but why do you want him to lose? Some sort of lesson to the wider British public?

[Buzzo]

Ah, so the anti-Murray stance is in his best interests.

I see I'm sure this will be very motivating for him.

I hope he loses as well then Useless miserable Scottish C**t

[Buzzo]

Simply because of the reaction around it. If I lived in Iraq, then I'd probably want him to win.

Thats a ****ing mental reason. But it made me laugh.