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No. They were thrown out for breaking the players' code of the World Badminton Federation.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...ified-olympics

The IOC or the Olympic oath didn't come into it. The WBF threw them out.

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Well done Wiggo!!! :clap: :clap:

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Britain's greatest sportsman?

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If I have done my calculations correctly. This puts us in 10th place on the Medals table.

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You have indeed. :)

LINKY

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Definitely Britains coolest sportsman :D

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Thought so. :)

Was using that table but it hadn't updated and we were still showing in 14th place last time I looked about 5 minutes ago.

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I loved how bored he look on the podium, as if he knew this would happen :D

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Nice read:

Tarnished Gold: Some of the great Olympic cheats.

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:tu: It was an utter disgrace.

Well done to all our medallists today! Wiggins, Glover and Stanning in particular were just awesome!

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Wiggins had an outstanding ride, he didnt even look like he was trying that hard in some sections.

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Michael Jamieson win silver in the men's 200m breaststroke final.:clap:

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Please let's not forget Froome's bronze in the same race as Wiggins..;)

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Olympics rowing: British lightweight four win silver.:clap:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911253

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Gold or Silver guaranteed in the Judo.:clap:

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outstanding :clap:

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Canoeing shortly - chance of a medal or 2....

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was there an olympic event finished about 10-1030pm las night in south wales? there was horrendous traffic on the M4 ,i was coming from Barry

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YAY bronze at least!!

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Looks like we are having another good day again.:)

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Another gold!!!!!

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and silver!!!!!

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Magnifique.:hyper:

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And another gold in the shooting.:cleader::cleader:

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What was that someone said about us not doing very well :D

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12 to 5 in muintes :D, and gemma's going for gold at 4pm

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There will always be the pessimist's l am afraid Martyh.:rolleyes:

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Just watched the canoeing ....outstanding performances by the British canoeists

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Silver in the Ladies Judo.

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new world record for victoria pendleton in the cycling womens team sprint ......and it's only the qualifier

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That's just bragging :D

Oops. China take the WR...

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China breaking world records all over the place, now done so in Cycling. Rather worrying since that is our best chance for medals.

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and China take it back :(

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Britain qualify quickest in the cycling mens team sprint :clap:

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Britain win men's team sprint in new world record! 19 year old Philip Hindes certainly looks like a name for the future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19101613

This and the canoeists have to be the results of the day. The sight of young Peter Wilson sinking to his knees in a combination of relief and delight after winning the double trap was very moving indeed.

:clap: :clap:

Note to all the doom-mongers out there - it's not looking quite so pear shaped now is it? :D

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Just for reference, here's the final medal table from Beijing:

http://www.espn.co.uk/london-olympic...ry/143119.html

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I don't think you understand. All this optimism and positivity is destroying the very fabric of our nation! ;)

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lol - I really think it's doing wonders for the nation's spirits (apart from those who'd enjoy gloating if it all went wrong of course).

I saw some of the volunteers interviewed earlier and the experience seems to have inspired them to want to carry on with the volunteering after the games are over. If so, that's great - great for the good causes/communities that'll benefit and good for those young people who may not have jobs or high expectations but may now have realised they are of value and do have things to offer. If nothing else, volunteering looks good on a CV and there's no doubting how it can raise the self esteem and inspire others. If people find this experience has changed their viewpoint and given them some self worth that'll be a valuable added bonus. The games have raised London's profile but I also think the wonderful spirit evident on the streets will do a great deal to win London many friends and future tourists. The army of volunteers have done us proud and it'd be a really nice gesture if their role was offically recognised and rewarded with some free or heavily subsidised use of the facilities.

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The volunteers are outstanding. (Probably a discussion for the non-sports topic though).

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Good idea - will copy my post there.

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Is Barry Davies doing the hockey commentry? Sounds like him, legend, he should come back to do the football.

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Yes indeed as he still much better then the current crop.

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Michael Phelps wins his 20th Olympic medal.:clap:

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Very true

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...Qk2lK_Ks#t=40s

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Ranomi Kromowidjojo strikes Gold for Holland in the pool :)

BBC presenters are having such problems pronouncing her name. It's quite easy really. The last bit is like Yoyo, but you pronounce the first Y as the J in Joe. KromowiJoeyo...

It's not a common Dutch name by any means though. She's part Indonesian.

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:cleader:Athletics starts today:cleader:

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It's already started...

Heptathlon 100m hurdles heats are already under way

GO ENNIS!!!!

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Just watching now. Wow - I thought my wife had a good 6 pack!!! :naughty:

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YES!!!!

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concentrate on the running man ,


but yes they do look good :D

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OH WOW, what a run by Ennis..

12.54s

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just watched it and yes fantastic run ,she looks in top form

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Very 'top form'..... :naughty:

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Just the start we wanted.:)

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Gold number 6 in the womens double sculls

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Absolutely brilliant.:clap:

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Quote from the BBC -

This is fantastic!! :D

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Another medal in the Judo and this time we have won a bronze with Karina Bryant in +78kg category.

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Keep those GOLDS coming.

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3rd in the medal table now! Amazing stuff :D

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Absolutely wonderful.:)

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well i think our athletes are putting up a fantastic showing and each and everyone can be very proud of themselves

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Ledecky has just taken over 5 seconds off her 800m freestyle pb must be cheating.

Opps my bad, she's American not Chinese, must be a wonderkid in that case. :rolleyes:

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Well I did think we had been counting our chickens over that particular medal and title..

I guess if the athletes are going to get younger and younger we will be having the toddler Olympics at this rate.:)

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Down to 4th :(

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Which was the point I was trying to make earlier :)

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Some of these wonderkid swimmers seem to be getting younger and younger.

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Perfect!

Great run in the 200m by Jessica Ennis!! WOW

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Oh will South Korea and France GO AWAY. GAH!!!!

Anyway, we OWN the velodrome! (I mean, we literally do of course, but we OWNED it tonight).

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The atmosphere in the velodrome looks amazing, those are tickets i would love to get!

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I am going Sunday :D (sorry:blush:). Keep trying the site, I got mine last weekend!

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Another gold medal in the men's four in the Rowing.

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Another GOLD FGS!!! Oh dear, I was hoping GB would blow it during London 2012. Only the thought of our massive failure on the world stage made me feel better about the money that's been spent and all the facilities which have been built in London.... :D

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Oh dear another GOLD medal in the women's lightweight double sculls - what'll I do??.... It's unbearable... :bigcry:




:D

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And now a 3rd gold medal by the Ladies in the rowing.:clap:

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This really makes these Olympics special for me..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19126033

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Gold medal number 11 in the Ladies Cycling.:)

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We needed just a bit longer to catch the yanks. :)

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True but if you look at the percentage of gold medals per population of each counrty we are actually doing better then the mighty yanks.:)

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Velodrome tickets added NOW: http://www.tickets.london2012.com/br...lable_events=1

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They're probably gone by now.

Anyway Ennis has a chance at Gold tonight, heavy favorite. I will not repeat BBC's stupid, stupid, STUPID commentary where they were talking as if it was already done. They even asked her how it felt to be getting a Gold medal. IDIOTS. It's not over until the thin lady wins.

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l totally agree on that point Damien as its absolutely pathetic that time after time the BBC commentators seem to think that some of our Olympians only have to turn up to win gold.

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They'll look even more stupid if she pulls a hamstring or something and has to drop out... You expect this sort of stuff from the Daily Star not the BBC.

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Everyone who follows sports knows that anything can happen even if it usually doesn't. Quiet confidence is what is required here.

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What's worse is how the interviewers always asking the foreign athletes about the British ones.

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Jessica Ennis wins gold.:clap::clap:

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Yes, it's truly awful isn't it!!! :bigcry:


:D



Well done Jessica - fingers crossed for Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah.

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Wonderful - she could have won it by just cruising at the end, instead she gave it everything she had.

Makes me proud to be British, and proud she is.

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Another GOLD c/o Greg Rutherford - this is doing my head in lol.

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And it gets even better as Greg Rutherford wins gold in the Long Jump.

Jess Ennis
 

WELL DONE TO JESS ENNIS

What can you say - with all the pressure SHE DID IT !!!!!!

A phenomenal performance - British Record, Gold Medal !!!!

All our congratulations and best wishes to Jess - we are all so proud of you

:cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader:

************************************************** ******

Also many congratulations to GREG RUTHERFORD, another Gold for Team GB in the Long Jump

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++

and now MO FARAH, first GOLD in 10,000 metres in a 100 years - much respect

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We're not being generous hosts here now are we? :D

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Yet another, this time from Mo Farah. I reckon the team's successes will already have inspired thousands of youngsters and hopefully there's a lot more to come.

:clap: :clap: :clap:

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Unbelievable.

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This is amazing.

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Don't worry about it.The New York times keeps sending me email alerts about how many golds Phelps has got..;)

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The royal mail is gonna be busy printing all those stamps, and painting the post boxes gold

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Korea v GB Football is down to penalty shoot outs. I can't bear to watch.:(

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Meh. We weren't going to beat Brazil. Besides, football? It's all about the cycling! :D

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Korea 5 GB 4

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Amazing

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What a night! What a day! Absolutley amazing team GB!

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Well done to Ben Ainslie who has just won gold for the 4th Olympics in a row.:clap::clap:

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Murray is 1 set up and already 3-0 up in the 2nd set with the 4th game advantage as he looks for another break :D

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Now 4-0 Murray in the 2nd set

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So now he decides to do well in Wimbledon final. Why not last month? :D

Amazing match so far.

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Wimbledon was about him as an individual, this is about the whole nation as Team GB

it's now 5-1.. just one more game as Murray serves

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2 - 0 in sets now. Just 1 to go....

C'Mon Andy!

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Now two sets up :D

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Why is it 3 set games throughout the tournament and then a 5 set game just for the final? It seems strange.