Rio Olympic Games 2016

[dave shelley]

Phelps - best Olympian of all time, how can there be any debate?

He's good but he's also a drink-driving arrogant knob who once pushed a mate of mine out of a (albeit stationery) car

Doesn't he have Asperger's Syndrome? high functioning autism? might explain why he comes across as arrogant. So does Messi, by the way.

I've just asked my daughter about this and, she says he was diagnosed as ADHD at about the age of thirteen.  She thinks she read that swimming was the way they decided to attempt to control it as opposed to going down the medication line.  Sorry, I have no links to prove/disprove.

[spangley1812]

Its raining in Rio today so conditions for the Men's and Women's road races are not clever - lets hope nobody gets badly injured

Rowing has been cancelled for the day due to it being too windy

[Chico Hamilton III]

Phelps - best Olympian of all time, how can there be any debate?

He's good but he's also a drink-driving arrogant knob who once pushed a mate of mine out of a (albeit stationery) car

Doesn't he have Asperger's Syndrome? high functioning autism? might explain why he comes across as arrogant. So does Messi, by the way.

I've just asked my daughter about this and, she says he was diagnosed as ADHD at about the age of thirteen.  She thinks she read that swimming was the way they decided to attempt to control it as opposed to going down the medication line.  Sorry, I have no links to prove/disprove.

Same with Louis Smith, GB gymnast

[PGW]

Argilagos the little Cuban who beat Galal Yafai in the boxing was on just against a Kenyan and absolutely boxed the life
out of him. I thought the other day that the best 2 boxers met in first round and today only further enhances my belief.
Yafai lost by 1 point this Kenyan lost by 4 points on one of the judges cards here today. Yafai so unfortunate to meet him
so early.

[PGW]

Looks like another Team GB boxer going out - Ashfaq has been beaten in fact well beaten by a Thai...Butdee

[taylorsworkrate]

Been a poor olympics so far for Britain

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Froome got bronze - Cancellara murdered the field.

[LeeS]

Been a poor olympics so far for Britain

Another bronze from Froomy. Meh.

[PGW]

GB Women beat Argentina women 3-2 in hockey

[cdbearsfan]

Gold for Joe Clarke in the canoeing. Plus we got bronze in shooting  (was always gonna happen as the playoff was between two Brits).

[TopDeck113]

If Staffordshire was a country, where would it be in the medal table?

[ACVilla]

That canoeing was great stuff. Looking forward to the judo shortly where Sally Conway fights in the semi after 3 ippons in a row.

[ACVilla]

Been a poor olympics so far for Britain

You were saying?

[taylorsworkrate]

Been a poor olympics so far for Britain

You were saying?

Knew it would work

[cdbearsfan]

Great gold for Jo Clark earlier.