The Official CUK Beijing Olympics Thread

[TimberWolf]

Is Paula Radcliffe in it again? No doubt she'll stop half way, have a crap, have a cry and then make lots of excuses.

Was it a number one? Either way she was very quick IIRC

And she didn't have the runs.

[DaveB]

So how long till the first stories of athletes suffering from the effects of pollution?

[FiveTimes]

So how long till the first stories of athletes suffering from the effects of pollution?

and using special counter tactics like taking performance enhancing substances.

[realityhack]

Also does sports done to excess knacker up your joints?

Yes, yes and yes again. I used to do a lot of running, long distance, 100m, 400m and X-country and my knees do give me problems - and I was just at college/county level. Olympiads and professional athletes must have crippling joint problems as they age.

[BrilloPad]

1 China 29 13 9 51
2 USA 18 19 22 59
3 Great Britain 11 5 7 23

GN 3rd in the medal table

[Xenophon]

1 China 29 13 9 51
2 USA 18 19 22 59
3 Great Britain 11 5 7 23

GN 3rd in the medal table

[bodnobal]

Probably another 5 or 6 Golds to come. Maybe we aren't so bad as we thought we were at sport, although I'd just like to know how much money has been thrown at the cyclists because they are on a different planet to the rest of the world at the moment.

Can't we throw the same money in Track and Field and Swimming, christ we might even top the table.