really a question for the mods. are we to post all olympics stuff in one thread or split it into the different sports threads quite a lot of which already exist. or is there going to be a lot of specific olympics sports threads eg. athletics, swimming etc

Sod that. When can we start posting pictures of some of the more elegant looking competitors

oh well seeing as i started the thread

Name? Country etc?

Not sure, but a good start.

Given the url, she's American and called hot female (either that or ryan seacrest)

Is there going to be another Olympics thread that I could look at without having to check whether my missus is looking over my shoulder?

think shes an aussie - called melanie adams. something prevented me concentrating on the biog when looking into this one

mind you i've always thought golf should be included in the olympics


well womens golf anyway

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18993023 South Korean flag put up along side the North Korean female football teams pictures on the big screen

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18993023 South Korean flag put up along side the North Korean female football teams pictures on the big screen

Ooooops. That's Kim Jong-whatshisface declaring war on us.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18997930 Welsh midfielder Joe Allen listed as 'English' in Team GB's programmes Oops #2

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18997930 Welsh midfielder Joe Allen listed as 'English' in Team GB's programmes Oops #2

It's embarrasing so far. Some of the tickets for the diving are massively restricted as well.

It'll be 'reet, we can just send in team America...

Have you seen Kim Jong-un's wife though ? She's rather tasty.

I enjoyed the opening ceremony,it was better than i thought it would be...i do think Sir Macca should call it a day though he was cringworthy last night imo.

Can anyone explain to me what's going on in this cycling road race? Britain have been miles back throughout, yet the commentators just go on and on about them being totally in control. They are a minute behind with 20 miles to go. Surely they could quite easily lose and probably will now?

Seems I was right and the commentators don't know what they are talking about. For five hours of that they were going on and on about how perfect the GB team tactics were. I'd question that, staying at least a minute behind throughout is never going to work. Every time anyone attacked the commentators mercilessly mocked them, saying GB would mop them up, but they've mopped no one up.

Rather pathetic from everyone involved in the GB team really. What was all the hype about? What's all this about team tactics? They are now saying it's because they only had 5 riders, yet the Kazakhstan winner didn't have a team holding his hand. One wonders about the money spent inflating these egos. Oops.

The coverage was utterly terrible from the BBC. Why they are given big sporting events is beyond me. Ridiculously poor coverage, no stats, no tables of gaps etc.

Coverage was terrible, but not by the BBC. Olympic Broadcasting Services provide the pictures.

GB were basically hung out to dry by everybody else. With riders up the road in the shape of Philippe Gilbert and Stuart O'Grady, Belgium and Australia weren't ever going to contribute to the chase. Why Germany held back is more of a mystery. Their best chance, like GB, was in a bunch sprint, but they contributed sod all to the catch and GB can rightly be narked about that. Over Box Hill, GB were totally in control, but when it came to catching a 32-man break they needed more legs from somewhere and didn't get them.
Chapeau to Ian Stannard though. He totally buried himself on the front of that peloton. Weepy scenes when Fabien Cancellara finally rolled in as well, after 15km riding with a broken collarbone.
Better luck in the pointy hats on Wednesday where tactics don't really come into it - just man versus clock.

GBs tactics were pretty much right, they just lacked the help they needed to kill the break away. 50 seconds is hardly anything in cycling afterall and can be closed down in a matter of kms normally, just not with only 4 people doing all the riding. The Germans tactics were truely shocking, they needed a sprint as much as GB yet refused to help till it was too late.
Also they are hardly over inflated egos, Wiggins won the Tour De France and Cavendish is the most successful sprinter in its history. They are pretty much the best sports people we have at the moment and some of the best of all time.

onewild is correct - gb are so feared in cycling at the moment that other countries are happy not to contribute to setting up a bunch sprint - even if they know they won't win a medal - strange olympic ideal.

canellara might be out of the TT on weds, wiggins even more of a chance. and there are no tactics in this one, possibly only tony martin to stand in his way

Dont follow Cycling but if the GB guys are so good and feared why do they need 'help' from other countries ??

Because to chase down a breakaway, it takes a huge amount of effort. The person at the front of the group sets the pace, while the others behind them get a rest (believe it is something like 30% by been in the slipsteam) if there are only 4 guys setting that pace, then it is next to impossible for them to keep up a high enough pace to bridge a gap. Now in pro teams, you have 9 cyclists, in the worlds they have 8, so it is possible for a team to do all the work themselves.
However at the Olympics it is only 5. Since our best shot was Cav, they had to ride for that. If the teams were abit bigger than maybe they could have sent Millar down the road or something to mark the breakaway.
Basically the other teams were so scared of allowing Cav to get a shot, they messed it up for themselves espeically the Germans.

I really don't understand what the Germans were thinking, André Greipel is a great sprinter and he has managed to beat Cavendish in the Tour this year. Who knows what would have happened after Cav had gone over Box Hill 9 times. Also the organisers shouldn't have used fair play in the course design, why wasn't it just flat? stupid unselfish ideals.