What an amazing Olympics 2012

I've not had time for blogs this past week, something far more time consuming has taken my interest. 

Does it really need spelling out.

I love sport, I am very, very patriotic and am absolutely glued to The Olympics.  So my dilemma has been which sport to tune in to.  My most favourite are Rowing, Sailing & Cycling and these events have been taking place, pretty much every day, at the same time.

Then last night I was wanting to watch GB v S. Korea in the mens football, Greg Rutherford in the long jump, Jessica Ennis in the heptathlon, Mo Farrah in the 10,000 meters track. How was I going to manage this.

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Well, thank goodness for technology.

Last night I watched the football on the tv, the long jump on the BBC website, the heptathlon in a pop out media player and the 10,000 meters on my phone. I don't know how I have managed to watch previous Olympics, I know I've been as glued to them as this one, I suppose I was content to watch the high-lights when I couldn't watch the action live.  

On Thursday night I even had a Liverpool football match to keep tabs on too, I had to make do with the LFC website audio commentary for that but that was ok, I know the style LFC play and I know the players like the back of my hand so was very easy to picture what was happening. 

So far, this 2012 Olympics has been amazing. We've got Gold in the Men's cycling individual time trial, congratulations to Bradley Wiggins, as well as bronze, well done Chris Froome.

We've won Gold in the Men's Canoe Double, congratulations to Tim Baillie & Etienne Scott and we also won silver in this event, well done David Florence & Richard Hounslow

 

We've also won Gold in the Men's Double Trap, congratulations to Peter Wilson.

Sorry to go on, but ...

... we've also won Golds in the rowing. The Women's Lightweight Double Sculls , congratulations to Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking.

 

the Women's Double Sculls , congratulations Anna Watkins & Katherine Grainger

and in the Women's Pair, congratulations Helen Glover & Heather Stanning.

We won Gold in the Men's Four, congratulations to  Alex Gregory, Peter Reed, Tom James & Andrew Triggs Hodge

  

Silver in the Men's Lightweight Double Sculls - well done to Zac Purchase & Mark Hunter and Men's Lightweight Four so well done also to Peter Chambers, Rob Williams, Richard Chambers & Chris Bartley

Bronze in Men's Single Sculls - well done Alan Campbell, also in the Men's Pair , well done George Nash & Will Satch and in the Men's Eight, well done to  Alex Partridge, James Foad, Tom Ransley, Richard Egington, Mohamed Sbihi, Greg Searle, Matthew Langridge, Constantine Louloudis & Phelan Hill

And it hasn't stopped there. As expected, we've won Gold in the Velodrome.

In the Men's Team Sprint - congratulations to Philip Hindes, Chris Hoy & Jason Kenny, 

in the Men's Team Pursuit congratulations to  Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh & Geraint Thomas

  

Victoria Pendleton, local girl to me, won Gold in the Women's Keirin, many congratulations Vicky.

And ... in the Women's Team Pursuit congratulations to Dani King, Joanna Rowsell & Laura Trott

Then last night within, it seem, minutes of each other, GB won Gold in the the Women's Heptathlon, congratulations to Jessica Ennis, the Men's Long Jump, congratulation Greg Rutherford & in the Men's 10,000 meters, congratulations to Mo Farrah 

An amazing achievement, so far, in the 2012 London Olympics 14 golds, 7 silvers & 8 bronze medals.

The Women's Cycling Road Race gave us another silver, well done Lizzie Armitstead and so did the Equestrian Team Eventing, well done to Nicola Wilson, Mary King, Zara Phillips, Kristina Cook & Willaim Fox - Pitt.

Silver & bronze were won in the Women's Judo, well done Gemma Gibbons & Karina Bryant.

One silver and two bronze medals have so far been won in the pool. Congratulations to Michael Jamieson on winning his silver medal in the Men's 200m Breaststroke

and to Rebecca Adlington for her Women's 400m Freestyle bronze & her Women's 800m Freestyle bronze. 

An amazing achievement to gain the bronze in the Mens team Artistic Gymnastics, well done Sam Oldham, Daniel Purvis, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas & Max Whitlock.

The competition is not over yet, will we see Ben Ainslie win yet another gold in the sailing? are there more to come in the Velodrome? Will Tom Daley win Olympic gold in the diving? Will we get the gold in the BMX cycling that we hoped to get in Beijing? We're guaranteed 2 medals in the tennis with Andy Murray in the singles final and Andy again in the mixed doubles final with Laura Robson. So many more opportunities & all so exciting.

Come on

Update: 05/08/12 13:59

Congratulations to Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson who have won GB's first medal of the day - silver in the Star class sailing

Update: 05/08/12 14:40

Congratulations to Ben Ainslie who has won gold in the Finn class, making him the most successful sailor in Olympic history!

 

Update: 05/08/12 16:12

Well done GB's Louis Smith - Silver & Matt Whitlock - bronze on Men's Pommel Horse

Update: 05/08/12 16:15

Congratulations to GB's Andy Murray, beating Roger Federer in 3 straight sets - Gold medal.

Update: 05/08/12 18:45

Well done Ed Clancy on winning the bronze medal in the Cycling Omnium Final.

Update: 05/08/12 18:46

Well done Laura Robson & Andy Murray on winning the silver medal in the Mixed Doubles Final.

Update: 05/08/12 21:12

Well done to GB's Christine Ohuruogu for the silver medal in the 400 metres.

Update: 06/08/12

Congratulations to  Scott Brash, Peter Charles, Ben Maher & Nick Skelton in the Esquestrian Team Jumping for winning the Gold medal 

 

Update: 06/08/12

Gymnastics brought us another medal. Well done Beth Tweddle for winning the bronze in the Uneven Bars.

Update: 06/08/12 18:22

Jason Kenny wins the Gold in the cycling Men's Sprint - Well done Jason 

Update: 07/08/12 13:17

Congratulations to brothers, Alistair Brownlee, who won the gold & Jonathan Brownlee, who won bronze in the men's triathlon, fabulous race.

Update: 07/08/12 13:26

Well done to Nick Dempsey who has won an Olympic silver medal in RS:X windsurfing class.

Update: 07/08/12 16:10

The GB Equestrian Dressage team have won Olympic gold medal for the 1st time. Well done Laura Bechtolsheimer, Carl Hester & Charlotte Dujardin.

Update: 07/08/12 17:20

Congratulations to Laura Trott on winning gold in the women's Omnium.

Update: 07/08/12 17:50

Another medal in the velodrome, Well done on winning silver to Vicky Pendleton in the Women's Sprint.

Update: 07/08/12 18:06

Congratulations, Gold medal in the men's keirin for Chris Hoy, as if we expected anything else (hee hee I'm so happy)  :))  his second gold of London 2012 and his sixth Olympic gold medal. 

  Chris Hoy

Update: 07/08/12 20:30

GB's Robbie Grabarz wins the bronze in the high jump, well done.

Update: 09/08/12 16:02

Equestrian medals for GB in the individual dressage. Charlotte Dujardin wins gold & Laura Bechtolsheimer wins bronze. Well done girls. Woooo Hooooo :)) 

Update: 09/08/12 16:43

First  Women's Olympic boxing champion in history. GB's Nicola Adams wins gold in the Women's boxing Flyweight (51kg). Congratulations Nicola.  :)))

 

Update: 09/08/12 22:37

Congratulations to GB's Jade Jones on winning gold in the women's taeqwondo -57kg class.

And the medals, they just keep on coming, only a few days to go of the Olympics, London 2012 now and I'm not sure how many more medals team GB can still win. We are still hoping for gold in the men's 10m diving with Tom Daley and we are guaranteed another 4 medals in the boxing. So ... fingers crossed we'll be cheering & singing/hearing God Save The Queen a few more times yet.

Update: 10/08/12

Bronze medal goes to the GB Women's Hockey team - well done girls. 

Update: 10/08/12

Well done to silver medal winners, Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark in the womens 470 sailing class.

Update: 10/08/12

Sailors, Luke Patience & Stuart Bithell won silver in the men's 470 sailing class. Well done lads.

Update: 10/08/12

Well done to Anthony Ogogo for winning the bronze medal in the men's middleweight boxing. 

Update: 10/08/12 22:22

Well done Lutalo Muhammad for winning bronze in the men's -80kg taekwondo!

Update: 11/08/12 09:30

And yet another gold medal for team GB, congratulations to Ed Mckeever in the Men's Kayak Single (K1) 200m

Update:11/08/12 13:12

Well done to Bronze medal winners Liam Heath & Jon Schofield in the Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m.

Update: 11/08/12 19:47

Marvellous Mo Farah wins gold in the 5000 meters - double gold medal winner - fantastic.

Update: 11/08/12 21:07

Congratulations to Luke Campbell for winning the gold in boxing Bantam 56kg.

 

Update: 11/08/12 21.58

Bronze in the 10m platform diving for Tom Daley - what a fantastic result for an 18 year old - Well done Tom :)))

 Update: 12/08/12 14:34

Men's Welterweight (69kg) boxing silver medal is won by GB's Freddie Evans - well done Freddie.

Update: 12/08/12 15:35

Anthony Joshua wins gold in the boxing Men's Super Heavyweight (+91kg) - Congratulations Ant.

  Update: 12/08/12 19:22

Well done to GB's Samantha Murray who has won the silver medal in the women's modern pentathlon.

Well that's it for Team GB and medals, what an absolutely amazing achievement. Our goal was to win 48 medals, 1 more than in Beijing, the team have surpassed that with 65.

29 Golds, 17 Silvers & 19 Bronze. We finished third in medal table after most successful Olympics for 104 years. Congratulations to Our Greatest Team

Well done and congratulations to all the athletes, it has been wonderful to watch. Now I've just got the closing ceremony to enjoy.

A great image to remember the sportsmanship at the London 2012 Olympics. Bolt doing the Mobot & Mo doing the lightning Bolt. :)

And some fun

Roll on The Paralympics ...

This sort of thing really annoys me!!

Teenager shouts 'Allah is great' in Arabic as he tries to grab the Olympic flame from hands of terrified torch bearer.

What right does this person have to terrify another in this way. It makes me so angry.

Nobody has the right to frighten, torment, terrorise, to inflict pain on another human being, why do some people think they can do what they like no matter of the consequence. 

In the grand scale of things in life this may seem trivial to some but the torch relay has brought lots of pleasure to thousands of people across the country. We are about to host one of the biggest sporting tournaments in the world, the cameras will be focused on our country. Most of us are proud and excited that the Olympics are being hosted in Britain. Many Britons are happy - yes, they are happy, they are enjoying the relay, they are excited for the start of the competition, me included. 

So why does some pain in the ass teenager think he has the right to frighten the torch bearer and potentially ruin the relay for the people of Maidstone. 

I know not everyone is interested in the Olympics, some think its a waste of money but they are not going out of their way to ruin it for those who do enjoy it.  This poor woman was probably extremely proud to be involved in the relay, was most probably having a great time when this lad decided to take that away from her. With the threat of terrorist attacks forever being talked about I would think this torch bearer thought her time had come.

My mum was watching it in Gravesend to day and she thoroughly enjoyed it, I'm glad nobody ruined it for her

 

Rant over :)

 

 

Olympic Torch Relay

Only us Brits would brave the rain, stand around for at least an hour before the event, getting soaked through and still have a smile on our faces, having a laugh with the people next to us, who we've never met before.  And why this time? 

We've had the rain soaked Diamond Jubilee, we've had a rain soaked Wimbledon and today I've seen a rain soaked Olympic Touch Relay.  Today the torch relay route was Cambridge to Luton starting at 6.33am, passing through St Ives, Huntingdon, Bedford & Grotten End before arriving in Letchworth Garden City at about 11.40.  It was great being able to follow the Relay live coverage on my phone, it helped to build the excitement knowing when it was just around the corner. By 12o'clock the traffic was stopped from entering Pixmore Avenue and so we knew the torch was about to pass. 

I wasn't expecting the procession that came before the flame, I thought that made a nice touch and certainly had the crowd cheering.

Once the torch had completed the route through Letchworth it was off to Stevenage where more of my family and friends were waiting patiently to see the procession. 

The next ports of call, to finish the days mammoth relay, were Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead & finally finishing in Luton.

It may have been wet in Letchworth but it was so worth it. I love the banter between strangers, I love the euphoria, the cheering & I absolutely love the passion & pride we have in our countrymen and women.

It's now just 19 days until the Opening Ceremony and I for one can not wait.