In the men's relay it looks like Magnussen has been listening to the pesky 'T' man from the Commonwealth Bank again.
"...caused consternation among the delegation, who demanded an explanation"
I was watching the badminton last night and wondered if I would really want a gold medal at that sport. Imagine telling the grandkids you won olympic gold at shuttlecock.
It'll probably mean something TOTALLY different in 20 years time. Like the time when people were gay.
^ That's for real.
...Brazilian beach volleyball team photo not working(?). But you get the idea.
A little disappointed at all this cheating talk.
Badminton first, good result.
Then swimming and the cheater has even said he did, nothing to happen.[}:)]
Then the British cyclistwho said he fell of to force a re start when they didn't get a good start[}:)]
That's just bad form around[}:)]
Watched the women last night in the 100m heats,semi-finals tonight.Felix is the one i'm rooting for.
100 + 200m should be awesome, Blake,Bolt and Gay for top three.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-icke-claims-london-2012-1199641
I'm not posting this because I necessarily agree with it... but it's an interesting take on things nonetheless.
www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/03/the-cost-of-olympic-failure-sponsors-taxpayers-ask-if-its-worth-it/
How about that runner with prosthetic lower legs competing in the 400m race.
Surely that isn't fair.
The guy has ~4kg less to throw forward with every stride and his blood pressure must be lower and his heart is doing less work. Those fibre composite springs he runs on weigh next to nothing, demand no physical resources to work and return nearly every bit of energy put into them.
Sure the bloke would no doubt rather have his original real legs and he certainly has spirit to come back as an athlete after such a disastrous loss but that's not the point. The Paralympics exists for "differently abled" athletes.
I think if they let him compete on those things then they should let the rest of the field compete on Powerizers (technabob.com/blog/2007/07/16/powerizer-leg-springs-perform-superhuman-feats/). he he That would be an interesting race
