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Exile1987 said:
in 2008 GB had 7 gold medals, 2012 we have 14 so we way ahead :D

no, they had 19


I think he means that at this stage (8 days in) in 2008 we only had 7 golds.

Yes sorry on the 8th day in Beijing we had 7 golds, 7th day of London 14 =)

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@Kowen: Yes!! GB won more than two gold in a speed, strength, endurance events that doesn't include sitting.

Unfortunately I missed a great night of GB athletics (was at a wedding party).




zuvuyeay said:
i thought the rowing has finished,but what a night in the athletics stadium truly memorable for the crowd there amazing for ennis and her medal ceremony,farah and rutherford will get the same treatment tonight

ennis a real treasure for gb athletics dealt with the pressure of a country and the media.mens 100m tonight the french put lemaitre in the 200m then i remember seeing the bolt doco and the french coach saying he will go for the best chance of a medal so not wasting enrgy on the 100m races

so what happened to Russia then,i've been watching sport for years where have the medals gone can't see enough events for them to catch GB in golds now,how the mighty have fallen where did all the golds used to come from can't be all gymanstics

The Russian Federation is a strange one. The USSR was made up of a lot of countries. If the USSR stilled existed and you look at the current table they would be third or so and have around 13 or 14 gold medals.

After the break up of the USSR a lot of non russian athletes still competed under the Russian flag because their countries lack an officail organisation.

China was nowhere in '88 but have now risen to replace Russia as one of the big two along with USA.

 

As far as I am aware the rowing is finished, maybe conegamer meant sailing.



Oh noes, an agonizingly close silver for GB in the Star class! Hopefully Ainslie will makes it all better.



 

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Gotta give respect to GB these have been some amazing games and the GB team have been breaking it! Great results for them.

These have been the olympics I've enjoyed the most! The only thing I did not like was the opening ceremony. I prefered Beijing, Sydney and Athens (those are the ones I remember). But the overall organization has been great. Plus, London is a beautiful city!



Great gold Ben!



GB wins another gold? YAWN, this is getting boring!!!! :D



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Greatest sailing olympian 4 golds :D