XXIX Olympiad (Otherwise known as the 2008 Olympic Games)

[boldie]

its a bit scary really ... how fast can he go !!

Tell Bolt that the cops are at the door and he's out the window faster than that.

[The Baron]

its a bit scary really ... how fast can he go !!

9.92 at a jog! I mean WTF? That's just daft.

Never seen anything like it and Michael Johnson agrees! His 200m record could go and I cant believe I'm saying that so soon!

[Colchester Kev]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  thats what the olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

[AndrewT]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  thats what the olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

If she'd worked a bit harder previously her PB wouldn't have been so slow.

[boldie]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  thats what the olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

If she'd worked a bit harder previously her PB wouldn't have been so slow.

+1 10 seconds is a ridiculous amount to take off and just shows you she's a slacker.

[Josedinho]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  thats what the olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

She said aftewards "You can't ask for any more than a personal best at the Olympics can you?"

Yes, a medal

[Tonji]

It needs a BBC interviewer that can rip into the athletes as they come of the track, to tell it like it is. The athletes performance would improve dramatically.

[Colchester Kev]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  thats what the olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

She said aftewards "You can't ask for any more than a personal best at the Olympics can you?"

Yes, a medal

harsh comments ... if you go to the greatest show on earth and smash your personal best then you rose to the occasion and did your best.

If every british athlete did that then we would have a lot more medals already !

[Colchester Kev]

It needs a BBC interviewer that can rip into the athletes as they come of the track, to tell it like it is. The athletes performance would improve dramatically.

I would rip the "i enjoyed the experience ... oh well"  athletes to shreds if I was interviewing them.

[sweet potata!]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  that's what the Olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

She said afterwards "You can't ask for any more than a personal best at the Olympics can you?"

Yes, a medal

WTF , I cant understand what the problem is here , it seems as though if you ain't at the very top of your chosen sport , i.e good enough to win a medal then theres little point competing and wasting everyones time . Some people should really get a grip and support ALL your athletes , whether they are gold winners or Merely making up the numbers ,it is an achievement in itself to qualify for the Olympics or maybe alot of Blonde posters have won gold's before that i'm unaware of and  therefore have the right to criticise

[Longy]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  that's what the Olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

She said afterwards "You can't ask for any more than a personal best at the Olympics can you?"

Yes, a medal

WTF , I cant understand what the problem is here , it seems as though if you ain't at the very top of your chosen sport , i.e good enough to win a medal then theres little point competing and wasting everyones time . Some people should really get a grip and support ALL your athletes , whether they are gold winners or Merely making up the numbers ,it is an achievement in itself to qualify for the Olympics or maybe alot of Blonde posters have won gold's before that i'm unaware of and  therefore have the right to criticise

I won a box of Terry's all gold once.

[thetank]

Longy for Olympic tombola team

[Josedinho]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  that's what the Olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

She said afterwards "You can't ask for any more than a personal best at the Olympics can you?"

Yes, a medal

WTF , I cant understand what the problem is here , it seems as though if you ain't at the very top of your chosen sport , i.e good enough to win a medal then theres little point competing and wasting everyones time . Some people should really get a grip and support ALL your athletes , whether they are gold winners or Merely making up the numbers ,it is an achievement in itself to qualify for the Olympics or maybe alot of Blonde posters have won gold's before that i'm unaware of and  therefore have the right to criticise

1 it was a joke
2 it's still true you can ask for more then a PB
3 you don't have to have won gold to criticise - how often does Gordon Brown get slated? Nobody throws their toys out their pram and says "boo hoo have you ever run a country before"

4 Some people would argue that if you aren't good enough to win a medal then competing is a waste. Frankie Gavin didn't even get to the Olympics and he was on 24k a year from a pool of money i have contributed to. She gets flights ,accomodation, a load of free gear, a wage and for what? A PB. She can run a PB anywhere.
I'm not saying whether that is my opinion or not but some people would argue that and would be entitled to that opinion.

Now, it's friday afternoon, un-twist your knickers, relax and start what i hope will be an enjoyable weekend for yourself.

[Colchester Kev]

Helen Clitheroe takes 10 seconds off her PB ...  that's what the Olympics is all about .. well done that woman.

She said afterwards "You can't ask for any more than a personal best at the Olympics can you?"

Yes, a medal

WTF , I cant understand what the problem is here , it seems as though if you ain't at the very top of your chosen sport , i.e good enough to win a medal then theres little point competing and wasting everyones time . Some people should really get a grip and support ALL your athletes , whether they are gold winners or Merely making up the numbers ,it is an achievement in itself to qualify for the Olympics or maybe alot of Blonde posters have won gold's before that i'm unaware of and  therefore have the right to criticise

I won a box of Terry's all gold once.

Longy, thats shite, If I had coached you, you would have got the bottle of scotch for certain !!

[kinboshi]

Helen's only recently taken up the steeplechase, and she's consistently been bettering her PB.  It's also a British record, so quite simply no other British woman can do better.