Olympic Athletics Thread (4 Gold; 1 Silver; 1 Bronze)

[Jayson]

Discuss the running, throwing and jumping events here.

[Novo]

aFdNoiMjev8

That's how to win

[Legend killer]

Tyson coming for 100 metre glory. Would be a true fairytale story and cement his place as the GOAT sprinter

C'mon Tyson

[Novo]

Gay only managed a winning time of 10.03.. needs to step it up or Bolt will destroy him

[Legend killer]

Novo He has already ran 9.86 and has only RAN 3 RACES IN A YEAR AND A BIT and unlike Bolt can handle pressure. If not for the injuries Gay would be the fastest man in the world FACT he ran the second quickest time ever on one leg

[Legend killer]

Gay
Blake
Gatlen

Bolt not gonna finish top 3

[Novo]

Well Bolt will run under 10 easily at the Olympics.. Gay will need to do a pb to even get anywhere close to him, Unless Bolt ****s up majorly his chances are slim

[Legend killer]

Unless Bolt ****s up majorly his chances are slim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBtj7B93ffU

Last time they raced and of course when not running against the chockjob Powell Bolt crumbled

[Legend killer]

And Gay was injured in that race PMSL

[Novo]

By1JQFxfLMM

More impressive time for you there, when Bolt races like that Gay is just a spectator.

[Legend killer]

American relay team will take the Jamacians's also

Gay-Gatlen-Bailey-Rodgers vs Bolt-Powell-Blake-Frater

[Novo]

American relay team will take the Jamacians's also

Gay-Gatlen-Bailey-Rodgers vs Bolt-Powell-Blake-Frater

Not a chance not unless they have a race like the GB girls did against USA last year

[Legend killer]

Novo were you not happy enough being schooled by me in Football and Tennis, i'm not complaining though i am never one to mind whipping out some unbiased education on those who most need it

[Legend killer]

The relay will probs be the most exciting event will more then likely come down to the Rodgers-Frater split

[Novo]

Novo were you not happy enough being schooled by me in Football and Tennis, i'm not complaining though i am never one to mind whipping out some unbiased education on those who most need it

I have educated you today and when Bolt wins i will be coming back to give you some more education.. just remember that

Oh yeah Sharapova.. GOAT.. good joke that.

[Legend killer]

Lol Novo you are utterly clueless all your predictions are just black and white you fail to take into account form and matchups.Look no further then your Djok-Fed and Italy-Germany predictions.All you can see is who is better on paper your clueless self cannot account for other factors such as form etc

And after the sprint final you will once again be in utter shock at the depth of my knowledge and understanding of sport

[Legend killer]

Lol Novo you are utterly clueless all your predictions are just black and white you fail to take into account form and matchups.Look no further then your Djok-Fed and Italy-Germany predictions.All you can see is who is better on paper your clueless self cannot account for other factors such as form etc

And after the sprint final you will once again be in utter shock at the depth of my knowledge and understanding of sport

[King Gizzard]

Is there a more likeable guy in the world than Mo Farah?

[Novo]

Ennis smashing the world record and Chernova almost a minute behind her time, great start :worship:

[Marc]

Ennis :worship:

[Marc]

Seriously Ohuruogo, why ease up at the end?! Lost that race. Silly bint

[Munchkins]

The Athletics being on, makes my heart skip a beat :love:

[Novo]

Missed what happened with Ohuruogo.. did she get a fast enough time to go through?

[Legend killer]

http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01164/vbk-02-tyson_gay_1164190e.jpg

They can't beat me at 50% they sure won't beat me at 70%

DESTINY!!!!!

[Novo]

Jobber

[Marc]

Missed what happened with Ohuruogo.. did she get a fast enough time to go through?

Yeah she qualified easily but she literally just pulled up/eased off right near the finish line. Bloody idiot, won't be doing that again

[Legend killer]

I see Blake and Bolt have been hiding there workout sessions from the media bitches are running scared of a 70% tyson PMSL

[CharlieO]

Regina George :laugh3:

[Jack_]

I think I'm in love with Katarina Johnson-Thompson. Wow. Wow wow wow wow wow :lovedup:

[Novo]

Good to see her doing well, she's still at Junior level

[Marc]

KJT woo

[Marc]

Regina George :laugh3:

Is there really somebody called that?! :laugh:

[Marc]

Jessica Ennis! :worship:

[Shaun]

marc [2] :worship:

[GypsyGoth]

This is a bit like a swimming race, but without the water.

[Marc]

OMG Claudia you're right, I've never noticed that before

[GypsyGoth]

:laugh:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

You know those numerous laps race-what happens if an athlete is 2 laps behind and decides to give up?

[GypsyGoth]

Go Vivian Cheruiyot!

[GypsyGoth]

You know those numerous laps race-what happens if an athlete is 2 laps behind and decides to give up?

I think they finish in that position, so if there were 13 runners, they would finish 13th.

[Marc]

They'd lose? :suspect: surely?

[Marc]

They'd get a DNF - did not finish

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Everytime I always wonder this when I see a runner 2 laps or more behind and the first 4 pass her/him by for their last lap.

[Novo]

It's all about that long jump now for Ennis

[Locke.]

Katarina Johnson-Thompson :worship:

Hopefully she manages to finish in the top half

[Novo]

Great long jump for her and then a great Javelin throw as well, it's over now :worship:

[Black Dagger]

Yeah, I don't like how they've already put a gold medal round her neck.

Anything can happen, even if it's likely she's got it.

[Lee.]

See this heptathlon? When is the 800m? Have I got time for a shower?

[Marc]

C'mon Jess! Doing very well

[Marc]

See this heptathlon? When is the 800m? Have I got time for a shower?

Yes go go go they all have another throw of the javelin and probably an hour or half hour rest

[Jack_]

See this heptathlon? When is the 800m? Have I got time for a shower?

Unless you spend six hours in the shower then yeah, the 800m is at 8:35pm :p

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/athletics/20120804

[Marc]

Jess is on in the third race I believe the commentator said, which should be on at 8:50PM but obviously you might want to watch them all :hugesmile:

Jess leading by almost 200 points

[Lee.]

See this heptathlon? When is the 800m? Have I got time for a shower?

Yes go go go they all have another throw of the javelin and probably an hour or half hour rest

Unless you spend six hours in the shower then yeah, the 800m is at 8:35pm :p

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/athletics/20120804

Marc, I'm sitting here, towel round my head, channel hopping like a maniac! :mad:

Incidentally, the trampolining is v impressive :)

[Marc]

Hmmm I might turn over to Tramps

[skkc16]

Does anyone know if Jess is doing the 100m hurdles later on in the competition?

[Novo]

Yeah she is.. saw on the odds before she was 12/1 to win it

[skkc16]

Cheers. It's gonna be hard to beat Sally Pearson though

[Shaun]

Dai Greene :( poor guy. Sanchez was on fire though D:

[Novo]

still got a chance at being the fastest loser

[Shaun]

oh dear Jack Green :/

[Novo]

Think Dai Greene is out

[Novo]

maybe not

[Shaun]

are there 3 or 4 sem-finals? 2nd-fastest loser after 2

[Shaun]

assumedly third if there's only 8 spots :laugh:

[Novo]

Yeah last one coming up now and it's a slow one by the sound of it

[Black Dagger]

He should just about make it, depending on how these last semi finalists do.

Poor Jack.

[Shaun]

-hopes they all fall over- :whistle:

[Novo]

Rhys Williams to come 3rd with a faster time then Dai Greene now

[Munchkins]

Really excited for tonights race :amazed:

[Shaun]

yay he made the final :D

[Novo]

Dai Greene makes it

[Black Dagger]

When is the hurdles final?

[Black Dagger]

Nice to know he's in the final.

Shame he'll have a poor lane =(.

[Novo]

might help him, he was in a good lane for that Semi final but the others just followed his pace and now they won't be able to

[Novo]

Marc here going for a Gold Medal

[Shaun]

Carmelita Jeter is amazing.

[Shaun]

tyrone smith's a bit of a tit

[Shaun]

Ohuruogu qualifies for the 400m final :spin2:

[Munchkins]

Ohuruogu qualifies for the 400m final :spin2:

Yayy good on her :love:

[Locke.]

So close to coming first in that then

[Novo]

Richards Ross eased down i think

[Shaun]

Shana Cox looked miles off, but was only 1 second behind the qualifiers :laugh: amazing how much that matters

[Shaun]

I'm sorry but Greg Rutherford's a cocky prick

[Novo]

He's #1 in the World let him be :worship:

[Black Dagger]

GREAT JUMP MARC.

Could get two medals here in Long Jump if they keep it up.

[Shaun]

LOL @ the official holding up the red flag by accident

[MTVN]

When is this 800m :suspect:

[Novo]

soon

[MTVN]

It had better be

[Locke.]

Heat 1 just finished and Heat 2 is starting now

[Shaun]

Ennis is up in 15 mins apparently

[Novo]

reports suggest she is carrying an ankle injury

[Locke.]

Katrina is up next.

Louise Hazel came third in her race.

[Munchkins]

15 minutes time :amazed:

[Novo]

just joking :pipe:

[Shaun]

nearly 200 points ahead of Skujyte :suspect: surely this should be an easy win

-doesn't want to jinx it-

[Locke.]

Katarina with a late jump up the table hopefully

[Novo]

Skujyte needs to beat her by 12 seconds

[Locke.]

Amazing :worship:

[Locke.]

KJT ‏@JohnsonThompson

“@kennethdalglish: .@johnsonthompson has been magnificent in the heptathlon so far. Good luck” < :o King Kenny!! ....Thank you!!

She gets better and better

[Shaun]

ugh building up every Brit with some "epic" VT just makes it more disappointing if they somehow don't do it :( look at what happened last night with Becky. I hope Jess can do it though.

[Legend killer]

^^ Kenny must think she is a white athlete

Ennis is very good but looks a lot better because of how weak the other's are Kluft would have bent her over

[Munchkins]

Actually so excited for this :love:

[Jayson]

There's no way she'll lose this

[Shaun]

and now we've missed her cheers because of a stupid video :bored:

[Locke.]

This is why watching on the red button is better, no silly VT's

[Jayson]

13.5 seconds

[Shaun]

already in the lead :amazed:

[Jayson]

:worship:

[GypsyGoth]

:amazed:

[Shaun]

omg winning the race :amazed:

[GypsyGoth]

Wow

[Jordan.]

Piece of piss

[Shaun]

:worship:

[Jordan.]

The girl at the end :joker:

[MTVN]

My Mum and brother are there now, I am quite jealous

[Shaun]

they all seem really supportive of each other, regardless of nation

[Shaun]

why aren't you there Matthew :nono:

[Locke.]

Made it look so easy

[Shaun]

Greg just smashed his previous jumps :o

[Black Dagger]

Flawless..

Looking set for another gold now in the Long Jump.

Just hope Mo can do it as well.

[Shaun]

shame the font on that flag is a bit garish

[MTVN]

why aren't you there Matthew :nono:

Because my bloody mother only got 2 tickets and didn't take me :idc:

[Shaun]

Because my bloody mother only got 2 tickets and didn't take me :idc:

leave a poo in her bed [/marc]

[Novo]

Ginger Greg thinks of the applause are for him

[Lee.]

Yay @ Jess!!

The girl who came last, came over the finish line in quite an interesting fashion :)

[Munchkins]

Yay that was amazing, well done Jess :love:
and Greg just jumped far :amazed:

[Jayson]

Dame Jessica Ennis

Greg and Mo will make it a hat-trick

[Novo]

come on Lord Ginge

[Shaun]

won by over 300 points in the end :worship:

[Munchkins]

Yay @ Jess!!

The girl who came last, came over the finish line in quite an interesting fashion :)

Yeah that was hilarious :joker:

[Locke.]

That massive Lithuanian that came last in the race dropped from 2nd to 4th because of that

[Jayson]

Come on Moseph

[skkc16]

I'm so happy. Come on Mo and Greg

[GypsyGoth]

I feel sorry for everyone else, no one cheers for them :laugh:

[Legend killer]

If Bekele is even 50% of what he was before retirement Mo is not going to win

[Marc]

Hi guys just about to win us a gold brb lul

[Shaun]

oh god this is going to take 26 minutes? -goes back to BB-

[Marc]

I'm very happy about Jess, me and her are tight, but gotta concentrate on my next jump xoxo

[Shaun]

good luck marc, try not to be so smug if you win tho x

[Marc]

I'll try, but you know gotta beat this American prick like xo

[Jayson]

I expect a mention in your interview if you win babe

[Black Dagger]

Urgh, 26 minutes...

I'll turn back over to hopefully see him win later.

[Marc]

Who even are you? Shaun gets a mention cos he's my all and everything but who da feck arr you

[Marc]

OMG I won, go m!

[Jayson]

WELL DONE MARC!!! :amazed:

[Black Dagger]

Well done bub <3.

[Locke.]

Another gold :worship:

[Marc]

We're so good!!

[Jayson]

Marc you show off

[Marc]

Was gonna jump 1m for the LOLS but whatever

[Marc]

:worship:

[Shaun]

YAY MARC! <3

/ greg rutherfrod

[Jayson]

If Mo loses now he is a disgrace to the nation

[Novo]

Best day of the Olympics so far

[Marc]

Go on Mo steal my limelight

[Locke.]

Trouble on the frontlines, Mo is getting himself into a fight

[Shaun]

that dirty **** elbowing him :nono:

[Jayson]

Don't know if I'm gonna be able to stay awake for the medal ceremony :(

[Black Dagger]

OMG... how dare you touch our Mo.

GET YOUR GOLD MO, SHOW EM HOW IT'S DONE.

[Locke.]

Some poor guy getting distracted by the elbowing and falling over :joker:

[Me. I Am Salman]

Come on Mo :worship:

[Black Dagger]

Where is he currently? I just switched over for 5... and come upstairs.

[Locke.]

He is at the back of the leading group with 12 laps to go

[GypsyGoth]

The finish seems ages away, I hope no one trips him.

[Novo]

The Kenyans are bullying him

[Locke.]

The guy that fell over is at the front now

[Lee.]

If he wins this, I'm going to do a cartwheel in my living room

[Locke.]

Starting to close in now

[GypsyGoth]

If he wins this, I'm going to do a cartwheel in my living room

:laugh2:

[Jayson]

5 or so minutes left then

[Locke.]

Some poor bastard is about to be lapped

[Novo]

horrible ***** are pushing him in the back

[Shaun]

not long to go, and he's pretty far off :(

[GypsyGoth]

horrible ***** are pushing him in the back

They are racist.

[Novo]

Big Mo knows what he's doing

[Munchkins]

So glad we managed to win the long jump too :love:

[Jayson]

Got a feeling that the last lap is going to be brilliant

[Locke.]

He has made his move, into third now

[Jayson]

It's on now bitches

[Shaun]

going for it now :amazed:

[Me. I Am Salman]

:amazed:

[GypsyGoth]

So glad we managed to win the long jump too :love:

Thanks to Marc :love:

[Black Dagger]

They need to stop bullying him.

COME ON MO.

[Shaun]

go away Masai :nono:

[Marc]

They are racist.

:laugh2:

[MTVN]

Here we go Mo

[Shaun]

going for it :o

[Marc]

:worship:

[Shaun]

Ethiopians attacking ah/

[Jayson]

Is he fourth or third?

[Marc]

Ahh kill them

[Shaun]

fourth atm

[Novo]

The way that guy is running in front :joker:

[Marc]

Come on MoooooooooooooOooooOoOoOoOOOOooo

[Lee.]

Oh god I can't watch

[Jayson]

Where's the one that was lapped?

[Marc]

Trip somebody up hai/

[Shaun]

the people being lapped should move further away :nono:

[Shaun]

this is so close :|

[GypsyGoth]

The crowd should throw stuff at the other runners.

[Marc]

Somebody should tell Mo that he needs to run a bit more

[Shaun]

could do with Katniss Everdeen taking out Bekele

[Marc]

Who is this american?

[Shaun]

last lap :o

[Jayson]

Here goes

[Marc]

Go go go gooo

[Shaun]

-holds marc the gold-medalist for good luck-

[Jayson]

Come on Mo!

[Marc]

OMG AHHHHhh

[GypsyGoth]

:amazed:

[Jordan.]

Go Mo :worship:

[Shaun]

omfg this noise

[Jayson]

Omg

[Marc]

Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Shaun]

YES :amazed: :amazed:

[Jayson]

YESSSS!!! :amazed:

[Me. I Am Salman]

:amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed::amazed::a mazed:

[GypsyGoth]

Yesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Marc]

YESSSSSS!!!!!!

Take a bow!!!!!

[Locke.]

Amazing

[Jayson]

HAT-TRICK!!! :cheer2:

[Jordan.]

What a legend

[Marc]

:bawling: OMG WELL DONE

[Munchkins]

OMFG HE WON :amazed:
OUR ATHLETES ARE AMAZIN

[GypsyGoth]

The american tried to spit on Mo.

[Locke.]

Mo and his training partner top 2

[Me. I Am Salman]

That was tense

[MTVN]

:pipe:

[Lee.]

-cartwheels-

Omg! That was ****ing magic!

[Marc]

-wife goes into labour-

[Black Dagger]

Get the **** in Mo <3.

[Marc]

Locke cartwheel now and film it xoxox

[GypsyGoth]

This has been 9 billion well spent.

[Marc]

I'm very happy for Mo you see

[Black Dagger]

Just splendid.

And all those who doubted us and didn't think we'd come in the top 7. -idc

Tomorrow I'm sure more golds will come :amazed:

[Marc]

MO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

<3 Aw how cute

[Jayson]

Amazing night

[Shaun]

awwww :lovedup:

[Marc]

Just splendid.

And all those who doubted us and didn't think we'd come in the top 7. -idc

Tomorrow I'm sure more golds will come :amazed:

Murray and sailing

[Me. I Am Salman]

Aww so sweet

[Marc]

Mo for president

[Novo]

I've lost count of the Gold Medals today

[Munchkins]

Why are we so good :lovedup:

[Marc]

I've lost count of the Gold Medals today

I think we got 5 today?

[Black Dagger]

Murray and sailing

Yeah, two chances for sailing right?

Will have to look at tomorrows schedule soon.

OMG I'm so proud <3.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Well done Team GB :love:

[Marc]

Greg! :worship:

[Marc]

He's so good and Ginger

[Locke.]

Greg getting a bit into it here