Olympic Games

[Kaz]

Can I just say . . . . .


:hello: :hello: :hello: CONGRATULATIONS!!! :hello: :hello: :hello:

. . . . . . to all Great Britain's medal winners at the Olympic Games so far. :thumbs:

After a relatively quiet start, we're now doing rather well! :colour: :colour: :colour:

Special congratulations to Matthew Pinsent on his fourth gold medal, and to the rest of the coxless fours . . . . . . . you were absolutely FANTASTIC!!! :love: I haven't been up so early on a Saturday morning since I don't know how long!
:blush: Can hardly speak now - still hoarse from screaming at the TV! :laugh:

Keep up the good work, Team GB! :dance:

[BigSister]

Well done GB , Keep up the good work:thumbs:
I was sooo pleased he got the 4th gold medal and well done to Kelly Southrton in the Heptalon getting a bronze at her first meet:hugesmile:

[Di2001]

I've really enjoyed watching the Olympics this year.

Had goose-bumps watching Matthew Pinsent & Co win their golds yesterday.

Let's hope Paula Radcliffe does us proud in a few hours time. Don't think I could run 26 miles in that heat! Good luck to her.......:thumbs:

(BTW my hubby's enjoying the woman's beach volleyball - wonder why?!?!?)

[BigSister]

Kelly Holmes has won gold!
Well done to her

[James]

:spin2: :spin2:

[Amy]

Another Gold Medal :hello:


BOXING sensation Amir Khan blasted his way into the Olympic final last night - and set up the chance of a gold medal at 17.

The Bolton barnstormer swept aside Kazakhstan's Serik Yeluov to win a thrilling semi-final on points.

That triggered more ringside celebrations in Greece by scrap metal dealer dad Shajaad, 43, mum Falak, 39, sisters Tabinda, 18, and Mariyah, seven, and brother Haroon, 13.


Article The Mirror (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14579876%26method=full%26siteid=50143% 26headline=amir%2dtime%2d-name_page.html)

Congratulations to him, he was excellent - did anyone else see him fight?

[Amy]

For anyone wondering how we are doing medal wise here's our results so far..........

Great Britain Gold - 7 Silver - 8 Bronze - 11

[BigSister]

lol Amy he hasnt got the gold yet he has to fight another person but he at as least silver

Well done to him and good luck Kelly tonight:thumbs:

[Amy]

He was excellent last night I bet he'll win a gold :thumbs: I know he has not got it yet but think positive :laugh: Silver / gold just as good as each other!!

[James]

Gold for Kelly Holmes tonight in the 1500m and gold for Britain in the 4x100m relay.

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[Amy]

Kelly was excellent tonight she made her win look so easy :thumbs: Well done to her :hello: Another Medel to add to the list :hello:

[BigSister]

Well done to Kelly and the relay boys:thumbs:

[Amy]

Tonights the last night of the games isn't it?

[Kaz]

Yep. :bawling:

They've been fantastic, though. From a slow start, Team GB has really done us proud! :thumbs:

Last night's athletics was brilliant - Kelly Holmes was awesome, and the men's 4 x 100 relay ran out of their socks. Made a change for the Americans to mess up the baton changes, didn't it! :laugh:

All the best to wee Amir Khan going for gold later today. :hello:

[Amy]

Here's how the medal table stands at the moment.........

Country G S B
USA 34 38 28
China 31 17 14
Russia 23 26 35
Australia 17 16 16
Japan 15 10 11
Germany 14 15 18
France 11 8 12
Italy 9 9 11
Great Britain 9 8 12

[BigSister]

Well done Amir on reaching silver, cant beileve hes only 17:thumbs:

[Amy]

Did he just manage Silver!? Have I missed his fight :bored:

Well done to him Silver is Excellent!

[BigSister]

Yeah he missed out on gold the cuban won the gold

[Kaz]

Can't believe what happened in the men's marathon! :shocked:

That poor Brazilian athlete - he must be in absolute shock. :bawling:

Thank god he managed to hang on and get the bronze medal . . . . . even if it was at the expense of the British athlete (who also finished 4th at the last Olympics :bawling:)

We'll never know if he'd have won gold if that idiotic spectator hadn't shoved him off the track, but that's not the point. What on earth were the Greek police doing? Looking everywhere except where they should have been! :nono: That lunatic ran across from the other side of the road - they should have spotted him in plenty time and stopped him. :rolleyes:

What a shame that this happened right at the end of an otherwise fantastic Olympic Games.

[BigSister]

onmg that was horrible I agree with you Kaz im glad he got a medal even though it meant beating the british man, the brazilian got another award of some kind as well

[BusyBee]

Picture it - a bar in a small French village with a small tv on in the corner showing the women's 1500m - the French completely ignoring it and four British holidaymakers shouting their heads off and jumping up and down in front of the screen. I think the rest of the people in the bar thought we had gone completely mad - especially as there were tears rolling down our faces. Well done Kelly - we made sure your achievement was celebrated in time honoured fashion.:joker::spin2::spin2::hello::hello:

Didnt see much else the French tv seemed to be only really showing bits where the French were doing well. I wonder why?