Rio Olympic Games 2016

[ACVilla]

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.

They had a huge amount to live up to after Beijing and London but it's not going to be looked upon as a classic games regardless of what happens on the track.

It's such a shame but the Olympic venues are sure to end up as the whitest of white elephants.

I'm fairly sure Tokyo in 2020 will be different.

[four fornicholl]

Can we please fk off the tennis

[ACVilla]

Can we please fk off the tennis

Put on red button, GB in the badminton.

[PGW]

What a performance from the girls there, a new World record time to go with their Gold.

Del Potro to play Murray for Tennis Gold.

[paul_e]

another brilliant gold in and world record in the cycling for the women in the team pursuit.  Trott becomes the first british woman to get 3 olympic golds, at 24.  I think it's now pretty clear that we have the best track coaching team in the world by a long way.

and there's a silver for Becky James in the keirin as well, which is a massive achievement for her.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

It helps that we do so well in it, but I've found the whole cycling circus very exciting, whoever's in it.

[paul_e]

The track cycling is brilliant.  I love the Keirin and the scratch race in the omnium is about the most bonkers thing in the entire olympics, but in a brilliantly watchable way.

[andyh]

The cycling is just superb, fantastic, brilliant.
But, please........

Stop showing FUCKING TENNIS AND GOLF.

I love both sports, but they don't need to be shown wher there is so much other quality sport to watch.

[paul_e]

I agree but a brit leading in the golf and a brit into the gold medal match of the tennis means they're going to get a lot of airtime.

[paul_e]

Women's hockey top the group with 5 wins from 5.


They got bronze last time round and should be in with a good chance of a medal again.

[cdbearsfan]

Mo wins! First British athlete to win three Olympic golds.

[Karlos96]

Fantastic Mo Farah what an achievement.

[dave shelley]

Got tripped, got up and still won.  What a superb athlete.

[cdbearsfan]

Bronze for the Villa reject.

[paul_e]

I feel for Rutherford there, for his fifth jump he clearly changed the run up because thry fouled the fourth so to reverse that is a bit galling.