Olympics

Great Britain in 3rd place in the medals tally? 'Oh shut up you berk' would be the answer you'd expect. But we are indeed in that position and even more remarkably, it could have been better. It's quite refreshing to see us dominate in certian sports like the Cycling, Sailing and Rowing. So often we've been 2nd best to Nations, far smaller and poorer than we are, with the media gripping onto the hope that maybe one athlete would be able to bring a medal home. We were world class at getting bronze, but now it seems that's just not good enough anymore.
I listened to an interview on the radio the other day and they were saying how some British athlete's are actually gutted with getting silvers. The womens 4 in the rowing were speechless and it seems like an Australian-like grit and determination has been instille, whereby the previous English philosophy of taking part is no longer acceptable.

The Chinese have taken things even further. I read that their trap shooter was bollocked for coming third. The interviewer posed questions like 'You must be dissapointed with that', 'You only scored 7.8 in round one, explain why that was', until the guy eventually succcumbed to the interogation, admitting that he'd 'let the nation down'. poor sod.

Occasionally on the bbc round up they will finish with funny outakes from the Olympics, that you ordinarily wouldn't see or notice. I will relay the ones i can remember that made me chuckle:
1. A trampolinist that just jumped up and down, didn't attempt any twist, or flips. nothing. The judges actually asked him to stop!
2. A 33 stone Judo wrestler, who had all his gut spilling out. How the fuck are you supposed to throw him over!
3. A women 1500 metre runner, who gets tarted up before each race. Mascara, lipstick, eye shadow, the lot. strange. Maybe she wants a bit of Brendon Foster inside her.