Rio Olympic Games 2016

[four fornicholl]

SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS.

[dave shelley]

Fabulous race.  Credit to those lads.  The Aussies fairly made them work for it.

[TopDeck113]

Legend.

[paul_e]

Absolutely brilliant, to be put under that pressure and have the confidence to stick to the plan and break the world record for the 2nd time in a matter of hours takes immense mental strength.  I hope Ed Clancy, Stephen Burke and Owain Doull get the credit they deserve as well.  Clancy has been the backbone of the team pursuit winning 3 straight golds and deserves huge respect.

[Risso]

How exciting was that?!  What a finish, 0.7 seconds behind, then bam, see you later.  Brilliant.

[PGW]

Up to 3rd in medal table as well.

[four fornicholl]

Got bored with the Olympics and started channel hopping, Fish Called Wanda on ITV, CLASS!!

[cdbearsfan]

Poor evening for KJT and JEH in the shot put. The Belgian girl must be favourite for gold now.

[cdbearsfan]

Rutherford in trouble. Two no jumps. One left to save himself and get in the Final. Maybe he's just remembered he was once involved with Villa.

[Risso]

Poor evening for KJT and JEH in the shot put. The Belgian girl must be favourite for gold now.

Not sure she is. Poor 800m runner apparently.

[Ron Manager]

Morning.Its probably me but the obvious lack of support for these games from the Brazilian public means a financial disaster for the country. I am shocked how few are there.

[cdbearsfan]

Poor evening for KJT and JEH in the shot put. The Belgian girl must be favourite for gold now.

Not sure she is. Poor 800m runner apparently.

That sounds promising then. I think Ennis-Hill is favourite again then, I think David O'Leary had a word for people like me!

[Pete3206]

Morning.Its probably me but the obvious lack of support for these games from the Brazilian public means a financial disaster for the country. I am shocked how few are there.

High poverty, recession and general apathy over non traditional sports wouldn't help matters. The thousands of tickets that 'disappear' into tout's hand probably have no market and the corporate types may have been put off by the Zika virus scare.

[Lastfootstamper]

Morning.Its probably me but the obvious lack of support for these games from the Brazilian public means a financial disaster for the country. I am shocked how few are there.

High poverty, recession and general apathy over non traditional sports wouldn't help matters. The thousands of tickets that 'disappear' into tout's hand probably have no market and the corporate types may have been put off by the Zika virus scare.

On Today the other morning, during the Olympics report, the question was raised over their suitability to host the games, with the IOC seemingly still having to overcome problems on a daily basis. It was stated that when the games were awarded, Brazil was on the verge of breaking into the wealthiest top five countries, in terms of gdp.

It now sits 74th in that list.

[Dave Cooper please]

"I am not for doping and I have never used it." - Yulia Efimova

Well, except for the steroids and the meldonium.

What's wrong with Meldonium?
Surely having really white pumps isn't performance enhancing?