Well, this is interesting.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-blogs/badminton/all-eight-women-disqualified-for-throwing-badminton-matches.html

Is China going to send their birdie girls to re-eduacation centers to learn to throw matches, for a better seed?

Sage, flipping .

Good fellas have two medal hopes in action today, one in the badminton and one in the boxing.

I really think this is being blow a little out of proportion

ok so the games were mental , but the fault should be of the badminton people - this thing happens all the time in sport  - lose a match to get a better draw in the finals.

wrong, but thats the way it goes - also the badminton Olympic committee were told this would happen months ago with the system they were using 

yeah I read a bit about the badmington federation...they sound a about as organised and efficient as the UCI    :

A poll? Just an excuse for churlishness. If the athlete posts appropriate times in her qualifying competitions then there's no discussion. Stupid, irresponsible media talking up body image again, as if society doesn't already have enough problems related to that.

i know it was handled badly but there is a valid point here that has been hidden in all the 'Body image' hype which is some felt that she was taking it easy into these games, was doing it as a sort of farewell and if that was the case should she really be there?

she did not win in the end. the swimming team is not performing as well as expected. the swimmers on that team have done very well out the backing they get from federation / sponsors / fans so should be expected to provide a return

after the race the question remains. was she fit enough.

Us
Saina Nehwal, to be more precise, but she's up against the number 1 and is likely to lose tonight and head off to the bronze playoff.

Bert is BACK!!! 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19122449


(and if you haven't seen the original, it's 'unbelievable'!)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072220

It is terrible decision making but i think the issue with shimizu was the referee made mistakes and because of that thy could not overturn it. The judges were not wrong it was the ref that was. Shimizu knocked the other guy down. But he does not get extra points for knocking the other guy down. But fight should have been stopped

Looks like America will be the leader soon in the medals table..2 behind china now but what else does china have?

this one is especially for Dinz



http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/off-the-field/the-games-are-not-ashes-clashes-folks-20120809-23vh3.html

now that is cute

Jason Kenny and Laura Trott
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/news/team-gb-cycling-gold-medallists-in-tandem-laura-trott-and-jason-kenny-confirm-relationship-8026272.html

Fair play, brilliant effort.

this one is especially for Dinz



http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/off-the-field/the-games-are-not-ashes-clashes-folks-20120809-23vh3.html

The Ashes are the Ashes, no UK/England Australia rivalry will match it. Simple as, even when it was a sh*t quality series in the 80s when Australia and England were rubbish or when it was a sh*t one sided series in the 90s and the start of the noughties, this series had a special place. It'd be far more than this current Meares Pendleton rivalry and it'd exist when the fight is for 6th and 7th places.

That said, it was a nice rivalry on the track, especially the women. Be grouse if the next olympics are not so bloody sprint oriented and they hack the keirin for one pursuit event.