The Official Olympic Thread

[dom9]

all this talk of unsuccessful sports losing funding to successful sports, surely thats the wrong way round?

cycling has the infrastructure, coaches and athletes so why give them more money, why not boost another sport thats struggling?

I agree. We definitely must invest much more in beach volleyball.

[Liverpel]

Ireland's John Joe Nevin through to the final.

[Gibbo]

Campbell

He's coming for your lad Liverpel, won't be no showboating in that scrap.

[Neil Young]

all this talk of unsuccessful sports losing funding to successful sports, surely thats the wrong way round?

cycling has the infrastructure, coaches and athletes so why give them more money, why not boost another sport thats struggling?

I'm not sure cycling has that much infrastructure really but that's another matter.

The idea is you reward sports that are well run. And that is defined by consistently meeting their objectives, which are (or at least were), success at the elite level and participation rates lower down.

That's why I posted that table of funding the other day. The set-up of the GB cycling team is a model for other sports here and elsewhere. I've long said it. It's very, very impressive.

It may be true of other sports too, I don't know.

[Gibbo]

Ogogo absolutely battered.

[spud_gun]

Ogogo outclassed by a very handy Brazilian in the boxing.

[spud_gun]

This BMX riding is carnage. I don't think I've seen a race in which all of the riders have finished.

[captainfog]

This BMX riding is carnage. I don't think I've seen a race in which all of the riders have finished.

It's awesome

[souliv]

I watched the BMX really enjoyed it, reminded me of when I used to race when I was a kid though the tracks were not as good as the Olympics one.

Did not think it would work as Olympic sport but it is really did

[spud_gun]

Getting to the dregs of the Olympics now. Today we've had Mens open water swimming, BMXing, Mens vollyball and now synchronised swimming. There's still some gems out there though boxing finals and the relay finals are on over the weekend.

[Chazza]

GB and relay change overs

[Pablo]

US Womens relay team smash the world record for the 4x100m, taking half a second off it!

[Chazza]

Didn't realise how long that record had stood.

10.2 splits

[Buzzo]

'kin hell. Zola Budd - I forgot about all that Budd v Decker business in 84.

[Chazza]

She used to run past my house as a nipper.

Fair old training route of about 12 miles