Olympics Day 10

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Usain Bolt still is the World's Fastest Man. Murray has Olympic Gold. Big Ben rules the waves.

Day 10, over to you!

I have a feeling Beth is going to end as the nearly girl of Gymnastics ....I hope not but would be such a shame...she just needed to stick that dismount a little better and she would have got a 16+ score...

GSC wrote:Tweddle goes 2nd with 3 to go

Aah ...just that stumble on dismount has cost her a Gold medal

Think she will hold on for Bronze ...well I hope she will hold on for Bronze ...just one more to go ...

All of the asians look 12

1 more to go 15.913 or less and Beth gets bronze

Think thats good enough for Bronze for Tweddle!

2 mistakes their...surely that is bronze for Beth. Big error their!! Come on Beth

THE YANK MESSES UP AND BETH GETS BRONZE

Bronze it is for Beth

But so close to the top step ...

Bronze for Tweddle!

Yes Beth!! Bronze get in their Girl...get it on the medal table BBC!! Such a fanastic way to end, she left nothing behind and as always went for it and this time she get's her just deserves.

4 Medals in the Gymnastics this year, we are going from strength to strength...plus we have the Vault coming up later.

Female Hockey team into the Semi final's so chance of Bronze even if we lose in the Semi Final...

Two boxers guaranteed Bronze with another 3 to come today...looking like a decent day again for the Brits...

Anyone know how we are getting on in the Show Jumping?

Dont worry just had a look...another clear round for Nick..looking very good for Individual and Team medals...

And in the 470 sailing class our lads had a good day closing the gap to one on the Australians...we are in 2nd and a long way ahead of 3/4th so good chances in that one.

A few years ago if you'd have told me Britain would win four Olympic medals for Gymnastics I'd have called for the men in white coats

A lot of that improvement is down to Beth , for showing the way...I am so glad she finally got an Olympic medal to go with all her World titles etc. Just wish she had nailed that dismount and taken the Gold ...

Given the team's showing this time , I think a gold medal may well happen for someone in Rio.

Bronze for Tweddle.

alfie wrote:A few years ago if you'd have told me Britain would win four Olympic medals for Gymnastics I'd have called for the men in white coats

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Definitely. It's not that many years ago that British gymnastics was considered something of a joke. Now we are considering it a bit unlucky that we didn't pick up a gold and a couple more silver medals.

Very happy for Tweddle that she has eventually taken an Olympic medal of any colour - I seem to remember she got stitched up by the judges in the last Olympics, and that the difference between gold and 4th was only something like 0.1 points.

Bauge has won plenty of these big Championship races before though, which could be the difference! Whereas Kenny only won his World Title after Bauge was disqualified, I think that is right, but I'm rooting for Jason; I just can't believe he is such a heavy favourite (4/11), desperate for him to prove me wrong though!

Well done Beth!

Why the long face Beth.....

Jesus Christ these men in the vault are powerful

Semi Final of the men's sprint coming up, best of 3 heats.

Kenny (GBR) v Phillip (T&T)
Bauge (Fra) v Perkins (Aus)

Both Kenny and Bauge have won their first heat.

Now's the time for everyone's favourite moment of a track cycling championships. The lovely Laura Trott in the Omnium. Can't wait to see her Elimination race (bet she screws it up now.)

GB one good round away from a gold in the team show jumping too.

Kenny looks so so fast this week. I think he justifies his short odds, but we'll see. Bauge looks a bit off (his team sprint starts weren't as amazing as normal.)

Ack. One fence down.

If the Dutch go clear they win gold and GB silver - one fence down and it's all square. More than 4 faults and GB win gold.

Jump off for Gold Medal...come on GB!!..

Although why the bloody hell is the jumping on both BBC1 & BB3?!? Idiots...

A jump off...these are too much on the nerves

Gold or silver anyway , which is the first in jumping for many years.

A majestic performance from Katie Taylor in the Boxing against a really tough opponent in Britian's Jonas. So much pressure on Taylor, indeed there wouldn't be Womens Boxing at London 2012 if it wasn't for Taylor.............................

2 more bouts to fulfill what seems like her destiny................

Trott of GB has won the first event of the women's omnium.

how do you beat a time by 0.001 lol!!

go trott

Kenny just through to the final of the Sprint. He looked very, very good. Starting to doubt by Bauge prediction now!

Whats with the captain america - USA cycling outfits!!

Horse Gold

HORSEY STUFF!!!

GOLD FOR SHOW JUMPING

Never have I been so tense watching something in my life lol. I jumped those fences as well I think lol

John Cregan wrote:A majestic performance from Katie Taylor in the Boxing against a really tough opponent in Britian's Jonas. So much pressure on Taylor, indeed there wouldn't be Womens Boxing at London 2012 if it wasn't for Taylor.............................

2 more bouts to fulfill what seems like her destiny................

Why would there have not been womens boxing?

GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gold in the showjumping.

We're all too busy watching the cricket...

The tension as he approached the last was amazing! GOLDD!

I think watching a tie-breaking round of show jumping is pretty well the ultimate in tension for the viewer...you sort of jerk your hands up at each jump and mutter "up!"...or at least some of us do

I know , I am getting just too involved in all this

Olympic tragic , that's me ...

YES KENNY GOES 1-0 UP AGAINST BAUGE

Kenny goes one up ...

That horse jumping was fantastic....

But it doesn't come close to the excitement of the sprint cycling! Sensational from Kenny,...my heart is pounding and hands shaking!!

GOLD FOR KENNY

YES WELL DONE JASON KENNY WELL RIDDEN YOUNG SIR

JASON KENNY YOU ARE GOLDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

18 and 40

owen10ozzy wrote:That horse jumping was fantastic....

But it doesn't come close to the excitement of the sprint cycling! Sensational from Kenny,...my heart is pounding and hands shaking!!

Nah ...Kenny had him covered all the way

Another Gold ...Kenny was magnificent

Number 18! Well done Kenny!

Gordy wrote:

John Cregan wrote:A majestic performance from Katie Taylor in the Boxing against a really tough opponent in Britian's Jonas. So much pressure on Taylor, indeed there wouldn't be Womens Boxing at London 2012 if it wasn't for Taylor.............................

2 more bouts to fulfill what seems like her destiny................

Why would there have not been womens boxing?

IOC very uneasy about putting womens boxing in for the first time in 2012...............i think the brilliance of Taylor over the last few years helped a lot...........im no expert but a lot of the stuff ive been reading has said the same............

I apoligise Jason! Sorry forever doubting, that was brilliant! And well done Laura Trott! Wins the elimination race and leads the Omnium!

Haha, I did say the Laura Trott devil was going to be the highlight of the Olympics. (maybe a slight exaggeration perhaps).

She didn't let me down.

Trott and Kenny smashed it. 3 more golds up for grabs in the 'drome. Pendles and Trott looking good, King Hoy to take the keirin.

So they completely changed the Cycling rules in the hope of stopping our domination...

Since it has failed I am slightly worried that they may just end up taking it out of the Olympic Programme completely next time.