Olympics - London 2012 - Athletics

[KnightOwl]

Wow! What a run - new Olympic Record 9.63!!

Blake took silver & Gatlin bronze...I think!

[rondun]

How could you doubt it?

Props to CJ (ah well maybe not it's been rounded to .63)

[VamosVixs]

Wow, well done Usain!!! He's just awesome!!! :gold:

[DaveArneRiise]

Gatlin getting bronze is some achievement!

[RoastLamb]

Awww was hoping Team Jamaica would do a clean sweep. Can't wait for the 100m relay now.

[KnightOwl]

He didn't flippin' well ease back this time :big grin:

[Sallydaisy]

erm, this comment from Pseudofed belongs here ......


Not Roger Federer ‏@PseudoFed (https://twitter.com/PseudoFed) #BOLT (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23BOLT)'s time was as quick as the first set today #fedup (https://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23fedup)

[DaveArneRiise]

When's 200m final?

[rondun]

Only Powell who pulled up didn't run under 10s :shocked:

[KnightOwl]

Excluding Asafa Powell, who pulled up in the last few metres, all of the runners were sub-10 seconds - awesome!

Also, Steve Cram just said that the gold, silver & bronze medallists all ran the fastest ever times for those positions - incredible!

[KnightOwl]

Now Usain is wandering round carrying a huge gold Wenlock mascot - gotta love that man!

[KnightOwl]

Good grief! Yohan Blake may not be the fastest on the track, but he's definitely the fastest talker :big grin:

[Linda]

Amazing how they manage to pad out a 10 second race to at least 10 minutes with the preparations, slow-mo repeats, mini-interviews etc! :rolling:

[KnightOwl]

Apologies for over-posting, but this stuff is all brilliant :)

Another magic moment in the studio, with Denise Lewis getting excited, and Colin Jackson screaming "Here comes Gatlin! Look at whats-his-name! There goes the Big Man! The Big Man..."

Wonderful :)

He later admitted "whats-his-name" was Yohan Blake...

[rondun]

Gb top of the athletics medal table!

[KnightOwl]

Gb top of the athletics medal table!

For now anyway :)

[rondun]

Gotta take it while you can get it!

What was that thing that was thrown onto the track behind Bolt at the start?

[KnightOwl]

Yes! I saw that - forgot about it in all the excitement - it looked like one of the beer bottles they sell at the Olympic Park - plastic luckily! Who on earth does something like that on such an occasion?!?

[rondun]

Somebody who just emptied it

[KnightOwl]

Yeah - I'm guessing they must have emptied a few more of them first :grrr:

[rondun]

Yeah. Idiot, hope the get him.

[rondun]

Got im nice one - "Bosched" by a dutch judoka black belt, picked the wrong girl to stand beside!

[Maza1987]

A belated congratulations for Mo' Farah.
My man of the olympics.

Congrats to Usain. To perform under that level of pressure is simply amazing. OR as well. Well done.

[KnightOwl]

ATHLETICS (20:45): Dai Greene, men's 400m hurdles final

Dai Greene might be the reigning world champion but the Welshman has a huge task on his hands to add Olympic gold after scraping into the final with the seventh-fastest time. Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico's Javier Culson qualified fastest. Holly Bleasdale has joined the elite in the women's pole vault over the last year and could be in the mix for medals (19:00-21:06), with world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva the favourite.
Quote from BBC Sport Olympics Day 10 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19140394) page.

[rondun]

Got im nice one - "Bosched" by a dutch judoka black belt, picked the wrong girl to stand beside!attagirl
Spectator arrested after bottle thrown at 100m final (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9454858/Spectator-arrested-after-bottle-thrown-at-100m-final.html)

[KnightOwl]

In the Olympic Stadium today:



Time
Event
Round
British Interest


10:00
Men's Discus (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-discus-throw/phase=atm052900/index.html)
Qualification
Lawrence Okoye, Abdul Buhari & Brett Morse


10:05
Women's 100m Hurdles (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-100m-hurdles/phase=atw011900/index.html)
1st Round
Tiffany Porter, Jessica Ennis


10:45
Women's Shot Put
Qualification



10:50
Men's 800m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-800m/phase=atm008900/index.html)
1st Round
Michael Rimmer, Andrew Osagie & Gareth Warburton


10:50
Women's 1500m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-1500m/phase=atw015900/index.html)
1st Round
Lisa Dobriskey, Hannah England & Laura Weightman


19:00
Women's Pole Vault (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-pole-vault/phase=atw072100/index.html)
Final
Holly Bleasdale


19:15
Women's Shot Put
Final



19:20
Women's 200m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-200m/phase=atw002900/index.html)
1st Round
Abi Oyepitan, Margaret Adeoye & Anyika Onuora


20:15
Women's 400m Hurdles (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-400m-hurdles/phase=atw044200/index.html)
Semi-final
Perri Shakes-Drayton & Eilidh Child


20:45
Men's 400m Hurdles (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-400m-hurdles/phase=atm044100/index.html)
Final
Dai Greene


21:05
Women's 3000m Steeplechase
Final



21:30
Men's 400m
Final




A more detailed schedule can be found by clicking the links above or from the BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/athletics/20120805) Athletics page.

[rondun]

Bored with this game now, building hotels on everything ...

The "Andy Murray has more Olympic Medals than..." table
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/rondun/amcom/andyhasmore-athletes.png

[Hawkeye]

Who's this Murry fella? ;)

[KnightOwl]

Lisa Dobriskey and Hannah England are both through to the Women's 1500m semi-finals - Hannah finished fifth in her heat, which was a great result considering her recent injury concerns, and Lisa cruised home to win her heat, looking very comfortable.

In other news, Michael Rimmer suprisingly failed to qualify in the Men's 800m. Gareth Warburton also failed to qualiffy, less surprisingly, but Andrew Osagie did what he needed to do, so we will at least have one athlete representing Great Britain in Lord Coe's signature event at the London 2012 Olympics :)

Edit: more good news - Laura Weightman scraped through her 1500m heat, so all three British woment are through to the semi-finals!

[KnightOwl]

Great Britain's Lawrence Okoye is safely through to tomorrows Discus final, qualifying in fourth place after a slightly dodgy start!


Lawrence Okoye gets the big build-up from the public address announcer as he prepares for his first throw in discus qualifying. He promptly nearly decapitates a pair of photographers as his throw skews out of his hand. It is outside the permitted angle and is racked up as a foul on the scoreboard. Okoye looks accusingly at his chalk-dusted palms.
Quote from BBC Sport Olympics Day 10 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19140394) page.

Fellow Briton Abdul Buhari wasn't so fortunate, though, missing the qualifying distance by almost 5m.

[KnightOwl]

Wow - some fairly dramatic developments in the Olympic Stadium:


Drama in the athletics heats this morning where Algerian 1500m medal contender Taoufik Makhloufi has been thrown out of the Olympics for not trying in his 800 heat.

Makhloufi, who won his 1500m semi-final in style, had been forced to run in the two lap race after his team failed to withdraw him from it by Sunday's deadline. The 24-year-old lined up at the start of heat five but was already well behind the field at the start of the back straight before stopping running completely another 100m into the race and wandering back across the infield past the pole vault area.

"The referee considered that he had not provided a bona fide effort and decided to exclude him from participation in all further events in the competition," read an IAAF statement.

Quote from BBC Sport Olympics Day 10 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19140394) page.

[RoastLamb]

I can't believe Andy's top of the list. Wow! I tell you what they'd better make him the flagbearer come 2016.

[KnightOwl]

He's actually only top of the list of people he's got more medals than...;)

[-J-]

Bored with this game now, building hotels on everything ...

The "Andy Murray has more Olympic Medals than..." table
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/rondun/amcom/andyhasmore-athletes.pnglove your list tho its obviously stolen from some where surely I mean who on earth remembers Elliot bunney

[traveller7]

and where is Hoy and Wiggins who are way ahead of andy?!

[Hawkeye]

They can't be on a list of who Andy is ahead of, which is the whole point of the exercise.

[-J-]

and where is Hoy and Wiggins who are way ahead of andy?!think your missing the point of the list ;)

[traveller7]

We have a girl doing the pole vault at the moment has cleared 4.45 in the final so far, she cleared 4.55 in the qualifying so cross fingers she does well. 4 years ago she apparently didnt even know what pole vaulting was lol so well done her for getting this far!

[KnightOwl]

C'mon Holly!

[Hawkeye]

Poor Holly, never looked right this evening.

[KnightOwl]

Awww...poor Holly....she looks gutted at going out so early, but she never looked comfortable at all this evening :sad:

[traveller7]

She didnt look comfortable at all out there tonight but she is young and will be back well done for getting into the final

[-J-]

very strange indeed she has looked good all season?

[davech]

I feel really sorry for her - it looked like she was so unsettled by the conditions that she couldn't concentrate on the actual jumping. Surely it didn't help that her coach kept holding her until there were just a few seconds left on the clock.

[traveller7]

Looks like Belarus won the gold in shotput

[KnightOwl]

Perri Shakes-Drayton came third in her 400m hurdles semi, but it was a slowish race, so not sure if that will be enough to get her through - only two go through by right, and two fastest losers, so could be very tight.

Eilidh Child had a really tough draw in lane 8 and never looked like she was going to challenge for a place in the final. She came round the final bend in last place, but put on a strong spurt at the end to finish 7th :)

[KnightOwl]

Oooh! Perri wasn't going to make it, but there were two disqualifications in the final heat, which not only pushes Perri back up to one of the fastest loser positions, but also means Eilidh actually came 5th :)

[traveller7]

Perri has got in (at the moment) due to someone being disqualified.

[KnightOwl]

Dai Greene is up in a few minutes - getting nervous...!

[davech]

Come on Dai.

[traveller7]

Blow them all away Dai get on the podium!

[Hawkeye]

Dai'd.

[KnightOwl]

Groan.

[traveller7]

Just not fast enough compared to the top 3 such a shame :(

[-J-]

how to put this politly , but what is Sanchez on?

[KnightOwl]

how to put this politly , but what is Sanchez on?

...the top of the podium ;)

[davech]

I thought Dai was catching there, but he seemed to have a bad final hurdle and couldn't catch them after that.

[-J-]

...the top of the podium ;)true, and ironically I loved Sanchez post Sydney I loved his quest for gold caught caught up in the whole flashing wristband etc but having then having watching his decline it makes this al the more incredulous

[KnightOwl]

Holly seems to be coming to terms with her disappointment - which is great, as she looked totally distraught at the end :sad:


British pole vaulter Holly Bleasdale on BBC Radio 5 live: "I am really disappointed, but to come top eight in my first Olympic final is pretty good. I felt I could have done so much better as I did not handle the wind very well. I am really privileged to have competed in front of a crowd like this. I think I was lacking experience, as when the other girls come to a competition they know what to expect, and I don't. Hopefully, by Rio, I will be at the top of my game."
Quote from BBC Sport Olympics Day 10 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19084031) page.

[KnightOwl]

Awww! Felix Sanchez crying buckets on top of the podium as the anthems are played :hug:

[Sallydaisy]

Oooh! Perri wasn't going to make it, but there were two disqualifications in the final heat, which not only pushes Perri back up to one of the fastest loser positions, but also means Eilidh actually came 5th :)

Twitter update re the 2 DQs

Rosalova reinstated in 400 hurdles according to official here in the stadium. Shakes-Drayton now out of final. GB may appeal.
Did we know that track athlete Denisa Rosolova is the ex-wife of Tennis' Lukas Rosol?

[KnightOwl]

There doesn't seem to be an official update on that yet - no comment on the BBC live text page - but the summary at the top does say "Shakes-Drayton OUT of 400m hurdles final" so it looks like that's right.

Harsh to be out then in then out again :sad: it's like the hokey-flipping-cokey!

[traveller7]

Oh what a shame :(

[rondun]

love your list tho its obviously stolen from some where surely I mean who on earth remembers Elliot bunneyI thought you might!
Found a handy spreadsheet with a complete list of medal winners for the past 100 yrs, which means there are probably a few missing who never won one, and I skipped a lot of relay runners but there are a few big names on there!

[-J-]

There doesn't seem to be an official update on that yet - no comment on the BBC live text page - but the summary at the top does say "Shakes-Drayton OUT of 400m hurdles final" so it looks like that's right.

Harsh to be out then in then out again :sad: it's like the hokey-flipping-cokey!I have seen them go with 9 athletes before in these circumstances, but maybe not practicable in hurdles

[-J-]

I thought you might!
Found a handy spreadsheet with a complete list of medal winners for the past 100 yrs, which means there are probably a few missing who never won one, and I skipped a lot of relay runners but there are a few big names on there!ye very impressive list

[rondun]

Why did they get dq'd in the 1st place?

[DaveArneRiise]

I went to school with Lisa Dobriskey's brother! Lovely guy.

[cazza99]

I loved the commentating earlier in the pole vault

"Here is Silva going for gold"

[KnightOwl]

Why did they get dq'd in the 1st place?

Not sure, tbh. Sounds daft, but they didn't really say anything about why, just that it had happened :confused:


I loved the commentating earlier in the pole vault

"Here is Silva going for gold"

Yes - I loved that too :big grin:

[KnightOwl]

ATHLETICS (19:00-21:06): Robbie Grabarz, men's high jump

Among the finalists at the Olympic Stadium, Robbie Grabarz has every chance of battling for a medal in the high jump and Lawrence Okoye made the discus final in dramatic style, while fellow Briton Tiffany Porter goes in the 100m hurdles semis (19:15) along with the brilliant Australian Sally Pearson. Usain Bolt will begin his charge for the sprint double in the morning (11:50) with the heats of the 200m, while Britain's Phillips Idowu will hope to overcome his fitness worries to qualify (10:45) for the triple jump final.

Quote from BBC Sport Olympics Day 11 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19155527) page.

Phillips Idowu is in the building :)

[KnightOwl]

In the Olympic Stadium today:



Time
Event
Round
British Interest


10:00
Women's Javelin (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-javelin-throw/phase=atw053900/index.html)
Qualification
Goldie Sayers


10:10
Men's 110m Hurdles (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-110m-hurdles/phase=atm012900/index.html)
1st Round
Andrew Turner, Lawrence Clarke & Andrew Pozzi


10:45
Men's Triple Jump (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-triple-jump/phase=atm062900/index.html)
Qualification
Phillips Idowu


10:55
Women's 5000m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-5000m/phase=atw050900/index.html)
1st Round
Jo Pavey, Julia Bleasdale & Barbara Parker


11:50
Men's 200m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-200m/phase=atm002900/index.html)
1st Round
Christian Malcolm & James Ellington


19:00
Men's High Jump (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-high-jump/phase=atm071100/index.html)
Final
Robbie Grabarz


19:05
Women's Long Jump (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-long-jump/phase=atw061900/index.html)
Qualification
Shara Proctor


19:15
Women's 100m Hurdles (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-100m-hurdles/phase=atw011200/index.html)
Semi-finals
Tiffany Porter


19:45
Men's Discus (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-discus-throw/phase=atm052100/index.html)
Final
Lawrence Okoye


19:55
Men's 800m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-800m/phase=atm008200/index.html)
Semi-finals
Andrew Osagie


20:25
Women's 200m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-200m/phase=atw002200/index.html)
Semi-finals
Abi Oyepitan & Margaret Adeoye


21:00
Women's 100m Hurdles
Final
Wait & See


21:15
Men's 1500m
Final




A more detailed schedule can be found by clicking the links above or from the BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-

results/athletics/20120807) Athletics page.

[rondun]

I feel really sorry for her - it looked like she was so unsettled by the conditions that she couldn't concentrate on the actual jumping. Surely it didn't help that her coach kept holding her until there were just a few seconds left on the clock.I don't know what was going on with her coach- the whole thing seemed more about him than her.
I mean if she is that insecure jumping in a breeze, then he's not been doing his job properly.

[Hawkeye]

Phillips Idowu is in the building :)He might as well not be by the look of things...

[KnightOwl]

Holly Bleasdale seems to be a bit happier this morning :big grin:


Last night started with disappointment for Britain's Holly Bleasdale who dropped out at 4.55m in the pole vault final, well short of her British record of 4.87m, to finish joint sixth. It improved markedly though when her boyfriend Paul Bradshaw produced an Olympic ring of his own and proposed later on in the evening. She said yes to sign the lad up on a long-term deal.


Great Britain's Holly Bleasdale on BBC Radio 5 Live: "It was the best evening of my life! I was really happy with coming sixth. I didn't realise at the time where I had come. My boyfriend took me down a little canal which was very pretty then got down on one knee and proposed. It was so pretty. I said yes obviously!

"It was a total surprise. People thought I would get a medal, I just wanted top six. It was the end to a reallty good day. When will we get married? We need a quiet year when there is no Olympics or World Championships, maybe in two years' time!"

Quotes from BBC Sport Olympics Day 10 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19083462) page.

[KnightOwl]

He might as well not be by the look of things...

Nope...I guess he's on his way back home again now....what an anti-climax!

[traveller7]

Great day for Holly in the end then?!! Congrats to her.

[KnightOwl]

Men's 200m 1st Round:


Usain Bolt cheecks over both shoulders as he slows to a gallop in the final 50m. No danger on either side and he comes home first in 20.39 seconds in the first 200m heat.

Nice turn of phrase from the BBC Sport Olympics Day 11 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19155527) page :)

[KnightOwl]

Good job by Andrew Osagie, looking very comfortable as he cruised through his 800m semi final in second place. Tiffany Porter didn't have such an easy run in the 100m hurdles, and failed to go through.

Much better news for Shara Proctor in the long jump though - she qualified with her very first jump :)

Robbie Grabarz going now in the high jump - but he's just had his second failure at 2'33 so :nailbiter:

[traveller7]

Come on robbie you can do it!

[KnightOwl]

Think his PB is 2'36 so it's tight...

Edit: Oooh! Missed his third attempt, but still in bronze medal position if no-one else goes over...

[traveller7]

Im getting nothing done at all watching these games lol need to be doing household chores lol

[traveller7]

And he gets Bronze well done Robbie - dont think the crowd realise yet?!!!

[KnightOwl]

:phew: the American fails in his last attempt at 2'33 so :bronze: for Robbie Grabarz :)

[traveller7]

And with that medal we have now equalled what we got in Bejiing!

[VamosVixs]

Well done Robbie! :bronze:

[JAMES4578]

Fab for Robbie, well done!

[KnightOwl]

Not only that, but it takes us beyond our total medal haul from Beijing 2008 - so it's officially the best Olympics ever for GB :cheer:

[RoastLamb]

Canada and Quatar also got bronzes. Three bronzes. I wonder why they didn't have a playoff.

[KnightOwl]

Canada and Quatar also got bronzes. Three bronzes. I wonder why they didn't have a playoff.

They never do in field events like this - there were two other people who also got the same height as the three bronze medallists, but no medal for them as presumably they had more attempts at some stage, so lost out on countback. It's a bit of a weird system, but I guess that's just how it's always been done :)

[KnightOwl]

ATHLETICS (10:45): Mo Farah, men's 5000m

Mo Farah begins his quest for a second gold of these Games with the heats of the 5,000m (10:45). The evening session in the Olympic Stadium sees Shara Proctor go in the long jump final (20:05), three British women - including World silver medallist Hannah England - in the 1500m semi-finals (19:45), Usain Bolt try to qualify (20:10) for the men's 200m final and his compatriots aim to continue Jamaica's sprint domination in the women's 200m final (21:00). The men's 110m hurdles final with Britain's Andy Turner, is at 21:15.
Quote from BBC Sport Olympics Day 12 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19166475) page.

[KnightOwl]

In the Olympic Stadium today:



Time
Event
Round
British Interest


10:00
Men's Pole Vault (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-pole-vault/phase=atm072900/index.html)
Qualification
Steve Lewis


10:45
Men's 5000m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-5000m/phase=atm050900/index.html)
1st Round
Mo Farah & Nick McCormick


11:35
Women's 800m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-800m/phase=atw008900/index.html)
1st Round
Lynsey Sharp


19:05
Men's Javelin (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-javelin-throw/phase=atm053900/index.html)
Qualification
Mervyn Luckwell


19:15
Men's 110m Hurdles (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-110m-hurdles/phase=atm012200/index.html)
Semi-finals
Lawrence Clarke & Andy Turner


19:45
Women's 1500m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-1500m/phase=atw015200/index.html)
Semi-finals
Lisa Dobriskey, Hannah England & Laura Weightman


20:05
Women's Long Jump (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-long-jump/phase=atw061100/index.html)
Final
Shara Proctor


20:10
Men's 200m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-200m/phase=atm002200/index.html)
Semi-finals
Christian Malcolm


20:45
Women's 400m Hurdles
Final



21:00
Women's 200m
Final



21:15
Men's 110m Hurdles
Final
Wait & See



Also today is the Men's Decathlon (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-decathlon/index.html?v=20120808-101337853), featuring Britain's Daniel Awde:

10:10 - 100m
11:10 - Long Jump
13:10 - Shot Put
18:00 - High Jump
21:30 - 400m

A more detailed schedule can be found by clicking the links above or from the BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/athletics/20120808) Athletics page.

[KnightOwl]

Whoop! Daniel Awde just ran a PB of 10.71 in the Decathlon 100m!

Pretty darn good, since the heats are seeded based on the individual athlete's season's best times, and he was in the last heat, so up against the fastest competitors :clap:

[KnightOwl]

A new British Record of 71.98 for Sophie Hitchon in the hammer throw - need to wait & see if that's enough to get her through to the final tomorrow, but she's in with a good chance now - currently lying 5th in Group A, with Group B yet to start.

[davech]

Mo's safely through his 5000m heat, although that last lap looked tough. It was one of those really slow races with a crazy sprint for the line - something I think Mo could've done without. He's being interviewed now, and says he was being caught by other athletes all the way round. Sounds painful.

[KnightOwl]

Two no-jumps from Daniel Awde in the decathlon long jump - he only has one more attempt to register a legal jump!

C'mon Daniel...!

[davech]

Daniel has registered a jump, but he was miles behind the board. 6.83 isn't what he would've wanted, and he seems to have hurt himself, too.

[KnightOwl]

OMG! I didn't realise that Lynsey Sharp was Cameron Sharp's daughter! Wow! :big grin:

[davech]

Lynsey Sharp is comfortably through in her 800m heat. Maybe people will stop bleating about her selection now.

[KnightOwl]

Wonderful reaction from the crowd as Sarah Attar crosses the line in last place in her 800m heat - she's the first female athlete from Saudi Arabia ever to compete at the Olympic Games. I think, from what I recall being said during the Opening Ceremony, that Saudi Arabia had been the only remaining nation to exclude their women from competing, so that's quite a historic moment, and the crowd certainly gave her a rapturous welcome :clap:

[JAMES4578]

Would have been a great moment for Sarah! Well done Mo and Lynsey!

[KnightOwl]

What a shame! Daniel Awde has had to pull out of the decathlon, after injuring his knee during the long-jump - must be heartbreaking for him :sad:

[cazza99]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19179092)- Olympics athletics: Cuban suffers pole fault in London

[davech]

BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19179092)- Olympics athletics: Cuban suffers pole fault in London

I remember this happened to Daley Thompson in an Olympic decathlon once - it makes an already dangerous looking sport look potentially fatal.

[davech]

Robbie Grabarz is about to receive his bronze medal. It looks a bit crowded!

Oh, and there's a Canadian in there somewhere, too. ;)

[davech]

The 110m hurdles semis will be on in a bit, with both Andy Turner and Lawrence Clarke gunning for the final. Lawrence goes in the first heat, and Andy is in the second.

[KnightOwl]

Gulp! Dreadful start from Turner, he seemed to get almost stuck in the blocks and although he pushed pretty hard, he was never going to catch that up, finishing in 4th place.

Lawrence Clarke was 3rd in his earlier semi-final, so basic maths will show that there's no way we can get both guys through :sad:

Edit: timings have come through - Andy Turner is definitely out, and sounds distraught in his interview, but Lawrence is still in a fastest loser position, with one more semi still to come...

[KnightOwl]

Third semi looked fairly slow....but was it slow enough...?

Edit: Yay! Yes it was - Lawrence Clarke is through to the final...!

[davech]

It's time for the 1500m semis and Lisa Dobriskey and Hannah England both go in the first heat. The first five from each semi go through as do the two fastest losers.

[davech]

Lisa is through in fourth, but Hannah was a long way back coming into the final straight and couldn't make up the distance - she came ninth.

[davech]

Laura Weightman, trained by a certain Steve Cram, is up now. Steve is very nervous.

[davech]

Laura gets seventh place - and she's into the final!

It's a new PB for Laura, and she gets the last fastest loser place in the final by a few thousandths of a second.

[davech]

In the men's 200m semis, all the big guns are through to the final. Christian Malcolm, however, misses out.

[KnightOwl]

Fantastic run from Charles Lawrence Somerset Clarke, finishing 4th in the 110m hurdles :big grin:

Gold to Merritt, silver for Richardson (both USA) & bronze went to Parchment of Jamaica - but what a ride :)

[KnightOwl]

Not so many British hopes in the Olympic Stadium today, but may as well put the schedule up anyway:



Time
Event
Round
British Interest


09:30
Women's High Jump
Qualification



11:35
Men's 4x400m Relay (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-4x400m-relay/index.html)
1st Round
Team GB


19:20
Men's Triple Jump
Final



19:30
Women's 800m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-800m/phase=atw008200/index.html)
Semi-finals
Lynsey Sharp


20:00
Men's 800m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-800m/index.html)
Final
Andrew Osagie


20:20
Women's 4x100m Relay
1st Round



20:55
Men's 200m
Final



21:00
Women's Javelin
Final




Also today is the Men's Decathlon (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-decathlon/index.html?v=20120808-101337853), unfortunately no longer featuring Britain's Daniel Awde who was forced to withdraw yesterday after a knee injury in the long jump:

09:00 - 110m Hurdles
09:55 - Discus
12:55 - Pole Vault
18:30 - Javelin
21:20 - 1500m

A more detailed schedule can be found by clicking the links above or from the BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/athletics/20120809) Athletics page.

[KnightOwl]

Lynsey Sharp is up in the 800m semi-final...!

[davech]

Shame - Lynsey got herself into a bad position at the bell and couldn't do anything in the sprint for the line. She's absolutely distraught. :sad:

[KnightOwl]

Fabulous! A new World Record of 1:40.91 for Kenyan David Rudisha in the 800m, with Briton Andrew Osagie coming in last with a time of 1:43.77 - every athlete running under 1:44 - wow!!

[JAMES4578]

Great race, well done Rudeshia! Good time for Andrew too! Pity for Lynsey Sharp but hopefully she'll learn from the experience.

[davech]

That was an unbelievable race. Osagie, who came in 8th place, is now the 4th fastest Brit of all time - only Coe, Cram and Elliott have run faster.

[cazza99]

BBCKheredine ‏@BBCKheredine

Wow. The finest 800m race ever? New world record and gold medal for Kenya's David Rudisha : 1.40.91! Big pb for GB's Osagie in 8th: 1.43.77

[davech]

Another stat: three of the ten fastest 800m times ever were run in today's final.

[VamosVixs]

:shocked::shocked::shocked:


American Manteo Mitchell reveals he ran last 200m of the men's 4x400m relay heats with a broken left leg!


Manteo: "Soon as I took 1st step past the 200m mark, I felt it break. I didn't want to let the guys or team down, so I just ran on it."

[KnightOwl]

That's a 1-2-3 for Jamaica in the men's 200m - Bolt, Blake & Weir - with a winning time of 19.31s!

[VamosVixs]

Usain makes it look so easy!!!

[cazza99]

Well done Bolt :gold: :OGwave: :OGwave:

[KnightOwl]

He still coasted a little at the end there, but not so much that he could have gone under 19s if he'd kept pushing - ever the showman, once he crossed the line he dropped to the track and did a few press-ups :)

[VamosVixs]

Love Usain!!! :)

[rondun]

:shocked::shocked::shocked:
I felt sick watching that :hide:

[davech]

Usain is a Legend. The only problem for him now is where does he go from here?

[rondun]

Usain is a Legend. The only problem for him now is where does he go from here?I would think it's probably the Dutch beach volleyball team's hotel!

[Sallydaisy]

Usain is a Legend. The only problem for him now is where does he go from here?
The pub?

[davech]

:lol:

I'm sure he managed to get the phone number of the girl helping out at the start line, too...

[KnightOwl]

That was hilarious! She was trying to stay professional, but you could see she was loving it :)

[cazza99]

Another stat: three of the ten fastest 800m times ever were run in today's final.

Another stat: Osagie who came last, would have won that race in his time at the last 3 olympics!!

[KnightOwl]

Dave - I think you've just been trumped - that's quite a stat!!

[davech]

Another stat: Osagie who came last, would have won that race in his time at the last 3 olympics!!

You can't ask any more of him than that!

Another stat: Osagie has improved his PB seven times this season, from 1:45.3 to 1:43.7, more than 1.5s.

[cazza99]

:rolling:

[KnightOwl]

ATHLETICS (20:55): Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman, women's 1500m

Britain has a healthy representation of two finalists in the women's 1500m (20:55). Lisa Dobriskey, who considered quitting the sport earlier this year due to potentially fatal blood clots on her lungs, qualified fourth in her semi-final; Laura Weightman, coached by BBC Sport commentator and former Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram, went through as one of the two fastest losers.

The women's 5,000m final (20:05) will see a fascinating clash between Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot. Steve Lewis goes in the pole vault (19:00) and Sophie Hitchon in the hammer final (19:35), the relays continue with the finals of the women's 4x100m (20:40) and the men's 4x400m (21:20), and the Jamaicans are expected to star in the first round of the men's 4x100m (19:45)
Quote from BBC Sport Olympics Day 14 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19200494) page.

[KnightOwl]

In the Olympic Stadium today:



Time
Event
Round
British Interest


19:00
Men's Pole Vault (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-pole-vault/phase=atm072100/index.html)
Final
Steve Lewis


19:10
Women's 4x400m Relay (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-4x400m-relay/phase=atw404900/index.html)
1st Round
Team GB


19:35
Women's Hammer Throw (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-hammer-throw/phase=atw054100/index.html)
Final
Sophie Hitchon


19:45
Men's 4x100m Relay (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-4x100m-relay/index.html)
1st Round
Team GB


20:05
Women's 5000m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-5000m/phase=atw050100/index.html)
Final
Jo Pavey & Julia Bleasdale


20:40
Women's 4x100m Relay
Final



20:55
Women's 1500m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-1500m/phase=atw015100/index.html)
Final
Lisa Dobriskey & Laura Weightman


21:20
Men's 4x400m Relay (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-4x400m-relay/phase=atm404100/index.html)
Final
Team GB




A more detailed schedule can be found by clicking the links above or from the BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/athletics/20120810) Athletics page.

[Alis]

The 800m final last night was fantastic - probably the greatest 800m race in the history of the Olympics. I felt it was a pity that it was overshadowed by the 200m. Usain Bolt is an amazing talent but am I the only one who finds him irritating? The press-ups at the finishing line were totally unnecessary IMO and Blake tried to congratulate him three times before he took any notice of him. Shades of Federer methinks - incredibly talented but incredibly arrogant!

[davech]

I think it was just the showman taking over. A lot of sprinters tend to have an overabundance of self-confidence, but I think Usain falls on the fun, entertaining side rather than the arrogant side.

[Alis]

I think it was just the showman taking over. A lot of sprinters tend to have an overabundance of self-confidence, but I think Usain falls on the fun, entertaining side rather than the arrogant side.

You are much more charitable than I am davech - good on you!

[VamosVixs]

I find Usain to be fun and entertaining. It's great to have characters like him in sport. :thumbup:

[KnightOwl]

Looks like we might have had another baton-disaster... :sad:

[RoastLamb]

I liked how Team Jamaica kept the US off the podium. :lol: I find the Americans very full of themselves. Rightly so perhaps, but a little humility would be preferable for me.

[supergran]

Looks like we might have had another baton-disaster... :sad: It is such a shame to get it wrong at the Olympics. Poor lads.:sad:

[KnightOwl]

It was the final changeover, between the two younger lads which went wrong - just a timing issue I think - but they must feel gutted :sad:

The women's 4x100m was superb though - no British involvement as we dropped too low in the world rankings to compete - but a new World Record of 40.82 for the USA! The previous record was the last remaining one held by East Germany, and it was set in 1980.

[davech]

Steve Lewis has one more attempt to (probably) get into the medals in the pole vault. 5.85m would be a PB and a British record, so he would do well to go over.

[KnightOwl]

Very weird 1500m race for the women. It seemed to consist of a couple of laps of jogging round the park followed by a somewhat scrappy 800m race. Turkish 1-2 for the first time ever, with the Bahraini athlete taking bronze. Lisa Dobriskey was in 10th place, the pace really not suiting her at all, and Laura Weightman was 11th. Not a great spectacle.

[rondun]

Lisa Dobby-riskey?

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/rondun/amcom/lisadobbyriskie.jpg

No?
Just me then...:getcoat:

[davech]

It was agonisingly close in the 4x400m relay. Martyn Rooney almost overtook the Trinidadian athlete to win bronze, but the line came too quickly for him. Good run, though.

[Alis]

Pity - he said if the Russian athlete hadn't been so bulky he might have got round him quicker in the finishing straight and made it to the line in third. Such narrow margins!

[KnightOwl]

In the Olympic Stadium today:



Time
Event
Round
British Interest


09:00
Men's 50k Walk (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-50km-walk/phase=atm095100/index.html)
Final
Dominic King


17:00
Women's 20k Walk (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-20km-walk/phase=atw092100/index.html)
Final
Johanna Jackson


19:00
Women's High Jump
Final



19:20
Men's Javelin
Final



19:30
Men's 5000m (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-5000m/phase=atm050100/index.html)
Final
Mo Farah


20:00
Women's 800m
Final



20:25
Women's 4x400m Relay (http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-4x400m-relay/phase=atw404100/index.html)
Final
Team GB


21:00
Men's 4x100m Relay
Final





A more detailed schedule can be found by clicking the links above or from the BBC Sport (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/athletics/20120811) Athletics page.

[KnightOwl]

I kind of wish the BBC team would stop building Mo Farah up as if he's almost a shoe-in for a second gold - I hope he wins, and it's certainly a possibility if he's at his best, but after what he gave us on Saturday, it's a lot to expect :)

This isn't his best distance, and there are athletes there who have run much quicker than him recently...still...

Go Mo!!

[VamosVixs]

It's going to be very tough for Mo but I hope he can do it! :GBflag:

[davech]

Come on, Mo - let's see the Mobot one more time!

[KnightOwl]

OMG what a cheer! That's got to be the loudest yet :big grin:

[Linda]

There seem to be a lot of entrants from Ethiopia! Just as Jamaica are masters of short distance running, it seems that Ethiopia must be masters of long distance running!

How many times do they go round the track in this race? (I know nothing about athletics :shamed:)

[VamosVixs]

OMG what a cheer! That's got to be the loudest yet http://www.andymurrayfanforum.com/images/smileys/biggrin.gif
Amazing!! :cheer:

[-J-]

again mo looking very controlled

[-J-]

There seem to be a lot of entrants from Ethiopia! Just as Jamaica are masters of short distance running, it seems that Ethiopia must be masters of long distance running!there are only 3

[-J-]

mo from 500 ?

[KnightOwl]

mo from 500 ?

:big grin:

[KnightOwl]

Starting to push on a bit now...

[-J-]

what a flippping performance mo mo super mo

[Linda]

:gold:

[KnightOwl]

That must have been a weird sight - Dave & I both on our knees screaming at the telly :big grin:

Mo Farah :worship:

[VamosVixs]

Brilliant Mo!!! :gold:

[-J-]

That must have been a weird sight - Dave & I both on our knees screaming at the telly :big grin:

Mo Farah :worship:repeated is households up and down the country including here

[-J-]

love the shots of the crowd in the background going nuts as mo was coming up the finishing straight

[cazza99]

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Well done Mo :yahoo: :yahoo: What a finish!

[KnightOwl]

love the shots of the crowd in the background going nuts as mo was coming up the finishing straight

Absolutely! How phenomenal was that?? Running out of words - and that doesn't happen often :big grin:

[Hawkeye]

love the shots of the crowd in the background going nuts as mo was coming up the finishing straightAbsolutely! Tears to a glass eye!

[davech]

Never mind Usain Bolt - we have our own legend! :yahoo:

[KnightOwl]

Also - we just reached 60 medals!!

[Sallydaisy]

Magic MO!!!
:dance:

[VamosVixs]

Would love to have been there, atmosphere sounds amazing!

[cazza99]

He has got a flag which says Fly Mo. Maye he should do promo stuff for lawn mowers!

[rondun]

Let's all do the Mobot... Let's all do the Mobot... :party:

[-J-]

I will never tire of scenes of Denise lewis bouncing up n down :p

[RoastLamb]

Awesome win! :gold: I didn't see his first race so this was great!

I could lipread Beckham so easily. :lol:

[-J-]

Awesome win! :gold: I didn't see his first race so this was great!

I could lipread Beckham so easily. :lol:? Missed that

[KnightOwl]

I could lipread Beckham so easily. :lol:

I didn't even see him - I only had eyes for Mo - what did he say? I guess you may need to paraphrase...?

[RoastLamb]

He had his sons with him and he highfived the smallest one then picked him up to hug him. He said: "Come on Mo" about five times then "HE WON" then "unbelievable".

[-J-]

I didn't even see him - I only had eyes for Mo - what did he say? I guess you may need to paraphrase...?perhaps it was only on yank TV

[KnightOwl]

Brilliant - thanks RL :)

[-J-]

I know its nuts but I seriously think oor girls in the 4 x 4 are in with a shout, if we can keep in contention through the first 2 legs

[KnightOwl]

It's certainly a possibility, but they'll have to push on a bit more than in the previous round. If I recall correctly, we finished third, but 1 & 2 were quite a bit in front, and that was just one of two heats.

We've got a decent team, and with Christine on the anchor leg that should give us a strong finish, but the other girls have to get her into contention....

[-J-]

It's certainly a possibility, but they'll have to push on a bit more than in the previous round. If I recall correctly, we finished third, but 1 & 2 were quite a bit in front, and that was just one of two heats.

We've got a decent team, and with Christine on the anchor leg that should give us a strong finish, but the other girls have to get her into contention....we got dropped on the third leg, I think PSD coming in there will make a big difference and Christine is gunning for revenge
btw we where third but faster than winners of first semi

[-J-]

lane 9 not good tuff draw

[KnightOwl]

btw we where third but faster than winners of first semi

Good point - I couldn't remember how fast the other heat was - and I agree PSD is a good call - nearly time - fingers crossed...!

[KnightOwl]

Just for goodness sake don't drop the damn baton :)

[-J-]

sauna going for it

[KnightOwl]

2nd at first changeover...?

[KnightOwl]

How did that happen! We were 2nd then suddenly 5th...?

[VamosVixs]

Too far back! :sad:

[KnightOwl]

2nd at first changeover...?

Weird, I waited to post til after the stagger had wound out, and we looked ok, but Shana Cox had a nightmare in the last, what, 30-40 metres...?

[KnightOwl]

Actually, now I think, in the relay the stagger goes on a bit longer, doesn't it, so maybe that was all it was....

[-J-]

Weird, I waited to post til after the stagger had wound out, and we looked ok, but Shana Cox had a nightmare in the last, what, 30-40 metres...?ye we where never i n contention, think she went out to fast

[KnightOwl]

Perri had the fastest leg at 50.4, with Christine next at 50.6. Didn't catch the others exactly, 51.something for Lee & obviously 52.something for the first leg with no running start...

[Alis]

Not to be - unfortunate lane draw - bad luck girls.

Fantastic result for Mo - double gold medalist - absolutely brilliant!!!!!!!!

[Alis]

O.K. so we didn't get our 8 track and field medals but we got 6 and 4 of them were gold - has to be better than 8 silver and bronze.

[KnightOwl]

O.K. so we didn't get our 8 track and field medals but we got 6 and 4 of them were gold - has to be better than 8 silver and bronze.

Abso-bloomin-lutely :)

[-J-]

we got lucky if it wasn't for Jess and Mo we would be high and dry I can't recall very many the athletes recording bps which is just about a minimums requirment surely ?

[KnightOwl]

we got lucky if it wasn't for Jess and Mo we would be high and dry I can't recall very many the athletes recording bps which is just about a minimums requirment surely ?

Hmmm...maybe a little harsh :) I think there have been a few PBs and unexpected wins. Of course I can't recall many now I'm on the spot ;)

Greg Rutherford did better than expected for one. Sophie Hitchon got a new British Record in the hammer. Steve Lewis finished fifth but I think equalled or got close to his best. I'm sure there have been a few others too....

[KnightOwl]

Oooh! Dave has just reminded me about Andrew Osagie who got a PB, and I remembered Lawrence Clarke in the 110m hurdles - finished 4th completely out of the blue!

[-J-]

Hmmm...maybe a little harsh :) I think there have been a few PBs and unexpected wins. Of course I can't recall many now I'm on the spot ;)

Greg Rutherford did better than expected for one. Sophie Hitchon got a new British Record in the hammer. Steve Lewis finished fifth but I think equalled or got close to his best. I'm sure there have been a few others too....Greg has been leading the long jump rankings all year and did it went it counted no doubting that, while your thinking of bps have a little thought to how many th athlete where in track finals other than over 5000 & 10000

[KnightOwl]

He had his sons with him and he highfived the smallest one then picked him up to hug him. He said: "Come on Mo" about five times then "HE WON" then "unbelievable".

Becks & sons are now all the way over the other side of the Olympic Park watching the diving - he can still move pretty fast when he wants to then :)

[RoastLamb]

I just saw that! How on earth did they manage that? Are they close by?

[KnightOwl]

New WR for Jamaica in the men's 4x100m!! And do my eyes deceive me, or did Bolt just do the 'Mo-bot' after he crossed the line :shocked:

[RoastLamb]

Hey Canada got the :bronze: NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VamosVixs]

Wow, amazing from Jamaica! New WR! :thumbup:

[KnightOwl]

Hey Canada got the :bronze: NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Did they?!! I was too busy watching the Jamaicans & Americans - well done Canada!!

[VamosVixs]

And do my eyes deceive me, or did Bolt just do the 'Mo-bot' after he crossed the line :shocked:

He sure did! :thumbup:

[Alis]

Andrew Osagie in finishing last would have won in the the last 5 Olympic finals - has to be applauded IMO - and Lawrence Clarke and Greg Rutherford - well done guys!!!!

[RoastLamb]

Oh no we just got disqualified! :crying:

[-J-]

Andrew Osagie in finishing last would have won in the the last 5 Olympic finals - has to be applauded IMO - and Lawrence Clarke and Greg Rutherford - well done guys!!!!absolutely individuals performances are to be applauded but all they do is cover up shortfallss in the system, dose Andy Murray winning gold demonstrate the LTA are getting it right?

[KnightOwl]

Aaargh! What happened to Canada - didn't notice a problem - did they run out of their lane, or swap in the wrong zone...?

[KnightOwl]

absolutely individuals performances are to be applauded but all they do is cover up shortfallss in the system, dose Andy Murray winning gold demonstrate the LTA are getting it right?

Hah! No, gotta give you that one :)

[cazza99]

Well done Bolt and co :gold:

[RoastLamb]

Aaargh! What happened to Canada - didn't notice a problem - did they run out of their lane, or swap in the wrong zone...?

Jared stepped on the line once.

[RoastLamb]

Oh well I didn't expect them to do well but it's still sad - esp. for the athletes. However, I'm glad Team Jamaica beat Team USA.

[VamosVixs]

Brilliant! :lol:


@dpcoverdale (https://twitter.com/dpcoverdale): Mo doing Bolt's pose. Bolt doing Mo's. It doesn't get much better than that. http://yfrog.com/nwf8ndkj (http://t.co/mwSQuRcm)

[KnightOwl]

Oh, how cool is THAT!!

:big grin:

[davech]

Genius!

[VamosVixs]

Here's a better pic.


Pic: Legends! @Mo_Farah (https://twitter.com/Mo_Farah) does ‘The Bolt’ while @UsainBolt (https://twitter.com/UsainBolt) does ‘The Mo-Bot’ http://pic.twitter.com/x37kdSiP (http://t.co/x37kdSiP)

[supergran]

What a truly wonderful Olympics. Another great day today. Managed to watch all track and diving being very quick on the remote. Great night.:GBflag::GBflag::GBflag:

[VamosVixs]

Here's a video, Usain is lovely with Mo's family at the end. :thumbup:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w335z?tc=2012-08-11T21%3A05%3A57-00%3A00 (UK Only)

[JAMES4578]

Mo has been a huge star in the games, absolutely superb tonight as it's so tough to do the double. So thrilling seeing him clinch it.

[KnightOwl]

Just watching replays of the 4x100m - I'd really love to know what GB could have done if we'd been in the race - still can hardly believe we messed up the baton AGAIN :sad:

[VamosVixs]

I think we would have got bronze, ah well. :sad:

[traveller7]

well done Mo on doing the double fantastic race we were all shouting at the TV!
Good run from the girls but USA were way too fast for us to catch up

[cazza99]

Tumblr (http://mofarahrunningawayfromthings.tumblr.com/) - Mo Farah Running Away From Things
:rolling: