Lineker has been rubbish so far....some of the questions he has been asking Ian Thorpe about the swimming have been cringeworthy...the look on Thorpe's face has been priceless

GB gymnasts demoted from silver to bronze by the "video refs". I'm sure I saw Ganson among them!

Seriously, a great effort by the GB team. Not that long ago the idea of GB getting a medal in gymnastics would have been laughable.

Not bad is it, finish 4th, have a b*tch and moan, get bumped up to Silver Medal (can i say Silver Medal)?

Why are China so successful at every games? Is it simple law of averages? 1 billion population therefore a bigger talent pool, or is it the military-esque strict upbringing they have that makes them successful?

Roids.

I'm enjoying the Olympics more than I thought I would. It's strange really how sports I really don't care about for 3 years and 50 weeks like diving and volleyball are brilliant entertainment for a 2 weeks every 4 years.

Thought Lineker and Thorpe were having a tan-off in the studio last night.


Major disappointment yesterday when we didn't get to see the gymnastics riot we've all been aching for.

Fear of failure perhaps? You get the feeling with most athletes the worst they have to deal with is a bit of embarrassment and perhaps a reduction in state funding. Some of the Chinese athletes give the impression that they are there under duress, having been forced to train and that they would be killed if they return home a loser. I doubt they have the same approach to sport in China. Here no one will come and tell you which sport you should play, but I bet they do in China. I'll bet the promising youngsters are identified at an early age and pretty much forced down one route or another.

I've said it earlier on the thread, there are some very strange things going on with the Asian athletes. I was really shocked by the appearance of a few of them during some of the events. It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Chinese were dabbling in genetics, cloning, hormone and drug therapy during their athlete's development. The ages of the Chinese athletes has always been questioned in previous games in events such as gymnastics where there have been strict rules on minimum ages and the US sporting authorities have always been suspicious of the Chinese. I was reading before the games about how many Chinese athletes see almost miraculous transformations in performance and this is what has raised the alarm bells for the US official who complained about the swimmer who beat her PB by 6 seconds.

Not the Olympics finest hour www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympi ... farce.html

Not the Olympics finest hour www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympi ... farce.html

potential for a few medals tomorrow - rowing, the time trials, and we even have a couple of half decent swimmers in a final

Talking of funny/cringeworthy, stella Mccartney was talking about poking Victoria Pendleton's stomach and was suprised at how flat it was, before she was desiging the outfits.

Good old Gary Linekar then said you didn't poke Tom daley's little thing did you. Stella MCcartney looked on in disgust. I think they did well to carry the conversation on, as you could tell they were either dying to laugh say "why the hell did we bring that up" after the camera had gone.

Gold and a bronze for GB on the boating lake at Eton.

Badminton? Very bloody naughty minton more like

According to the BBC its to keep the judges honest

Gold for Wiggo!!

Wiggins... Incredible. 52kph average, 42 seconds quicker than anyone. Smashed it, as I believe the youth would have it.
Bronze for Froome too; another outstanding ride.

Incredible performance by both....lets hope it kick starts a medal rush by the rest of team G.B.

P.S Given that they give out knighthoods to less worthy than Wiggo when will it be Sir Bradley Wiggins then?

Wiggins did well. Coverage better than the road race but still lacking. Where are the graphics?

How come he's so good at that? 42 second seems an enormous gap and from the coverage there only seemed to be about 12 riders doing it.

As a total novice to watching cycling I've been very impressed by it, sensational athletes on show.

We were there at the Diana fountain in bushy park. Incredible speed when you see it live. Now seen a gold medal British Olympic win live, one ambition achieved

Not sure of the total number but it was around 50 including lots of tour de France riders

The thing that most impressed me about Wiggins was the way he turned out on Saturday, between winning the Tour de France and yesterday's race, to flog himself in the road race. He had no chance of winning it, wasnt even trying to. Risked injury and fatigue in the GB cause. I just cannot see that happening in any other sport.

It's a huge gap - almost one second per kilometre.
As for why... Well it's been a process. He was already a good time-trialler, but tweaks to his position on the bike (see how flat he is and how little body movement there is compared to the rest), gearing, cadence, tweaks to the bike itself (like the assymetric chainring, the benefits of which I still remain sceptical of) have all helped. The fact he's 15kg lighter than previously and is in quite amazing condition helps too. So really, a combination of things. That and his big rivals - Tony Martin and Fabian Cancellara - were both struggling injuries. Had they been fit, I'd still have backed Wiggins to win, but not by such a large margin.

Yeah he blew himself to bits to try and and help his mate Cav.

I thought Anthony Joshua was lucky to get the nod against his Cuban opponent last night. I was impressed with Savon very slick boxer with superb footwork. Joshua looked to have power but seemed very stiff and sluggish. I think he could do with losing some of that muscle to try and gain some speed.

Me too, I thought he was lucky to be ahead going into the final ground and then I thought that the Cuban won the last by 2/3 points. Not that we're complaining!

Aye. Some the decsions so far have been shocking.