hooked on the Olympics.

[Anthony-Coral]

Favourite Moment of the Games so far has to be the BBC interview with the father of SA's Chad le Clos after he'd seen his son win the Gold Medal - absolutely priceless!

http://deadspin.com/5930604/this-bbc...e-games-so-far

[SlotsAff]

This is brilliant - proper emotions (got me going!)

[angelam]

We have been watching attentively and loving the footage!
Swimming and gymnastics have been great to watch........
Dont get the synchronized diving tho.....boring

[SlotsAff]

I can't wait for the athletics to start though

[Renee]

woops my bad, Phelps record is actually 15 gold medals he has 19 total medals (including 6 gold at the 2004 olympics, and 8 at the 2008 olympics)

lol yeah, for someone to break the record in an event like basketball they'd be have to be competing into their 80's

The running events seem more specialised with the events they train for. Bolt won 100, 200, and Relay at the last olympics, but even if he maintained 3 golds each competition, I doubt any runner will ever maintain that for 5 straight olympics to match Phelps.

I heard on the radio this morning that Phelps holds the record for most number of golds won for a single event now..

Regarding his age, I was saying in the car this morning that he would be "old" for a swimmer.. even though he is probably late 20s, early 30s.

There was also an aussie girl who scored the highest number of goals in basketball than anyone has ever done too.. Can't remember her name though.

[p.arena]

Hey Renee, yeah that's Lauren Jackson. She also carried the flag for Australia in the opening ceremony
She's a top player, she's been WNBA MVP before too. Shame we don't have Andrew Bogut in the men's team or we could probably fight for a medal.

A friend sent me a link to this story today about the Chinese diver that won gold, pretty sad. I guess it worked since she's won 3 gold medals but it sounds like she's done it at the expense of living any kind of a normal life whatsoever: http://deadspin.com/5931182/chinese-...ied-a-year-ago

[Renee]

Wow that almost made me cry. The father is right though, she doesn't really belong to them anymore. I would be surprised if she even felt anything over the death of her grandparents. I imagine she didn't even know them really.

It's really sad. I feel very sorry for her. When she retires I hope she still understands the importance of family, socialising and basic human life.

[Anthony-Coral]

Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea FC and moves to China...

Months later China wins all the medals in the pool for Diving...

Coincidence?

[rak]

Didier Drogba leaves Chelsea FC and moves to China...

Months later China wins all the medals in the pool for Diving...

Coincidence?

You're a genius.. that is... gold! Gold for Hodgeys.

[baldidiot]

Did anyone see the USA v Nigeria yesterday in the basketball yesterday? The US team broke a new Olympic record for most points scored in a game: 156 - 73

[Caruso]

Who cares she's a useless cyclist who threw away her partner's only chance of gold?

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/a...-_1551595a.jpg

[p.arena]

Did anyone see the USA v Nigeria yesterday in the basketball yesterday? The US team broke a new Olympic record for most points scored in a game: 156 - 73

yeah that was insane, 83 pt win!
Carmelo Anthony had 37 pts in just 12 mins of playing time lol

[SlotsAff]

Team GB smashed it today in the velodrome - amazing scenes

[grem]

the 92 dream team is still the best

[p.arena]

the 92 dream team is still the best

wow, nice gif
shows just how far the athletes have improved.
I was watching the men's 1500m swimming race, the record got smashed.
The way Kieren Perkins and Grant Hackett dominated that event in the past, I thought those records would stand for a long time.

was debating with some friends recently on the 92 dream team vs the 2012 team.
It's hard to compare different eras, the players in the current team are quicker and more athletic than the 92 team.
I think of the two teams, the current one is more likely to have a loss, but that could just be due to most other countries catching up in skill.

[bonusbeast]

the 92 dream team is still the best

Yeah Jordan, Magic, and Bird in the same sentence says enough.

[rak]

Yeah Jordan, Magic, and Bird in the same sentence says enough.

drafts of '84 and '85 - 2 years which made the nba so global 8 years down the track

More guys from the Dream Team...

ewing
robinson
pippen
drexler
malone
stockton
barkley

[p.arena]

drafts of '84 and '85 - 2 years which made the nba so global 8 years down the track

More guys from the Dream Team...

ewing
robinson
pippen
drexler
malone
stockton
barkley

hey you forgot Christian Laettner :P
They should have put Shaq in as the college player instead of Laettner, and Dominque Wilkins ahead of Chris Mullin.