Just how good will the Olympics be?

[Teacake]

Rudisha has basically pulled 7 of the field round to PBs, incredible race.

[claypole]

Great article, that IMO was the best performance of the games, Rudisha is an undoubted superstar. Go to remember how long Seb Coes record stood before 2010, it was untouchable even though greta athletes like Joquim Cruz, Billy Konchella all tried and failed. Take a bow Mr Rudisha

[Teacake]

You've gotta love Bolt, I so hope he comes to Glasgow for the Comminwealth Games in 2014.

[Snowball]

You've gotta love Bolt, I so hope he comes to Glasgow for the Comminwealth Games in 2014.

If the 3 of them come then you could Run the last leg of the Relay and they would still get Gold.

[Tal]

My only surprise really is that it has taken until now for a WR to go, given how fast the track seemed.

800m is my favourite event. The last ten to fifteen years have seen the race go from tactical with Kipketer to the likes of Butcher and Borzakovskiy who were sheer pace (particularly the latter indoors). Then it's slowly become both: they're running 50s laps first up and then kicking.

Rudisha has taken it on again a level. Today was, in an odd way, inevitable; it just had to be. So pleased for him and at last he will get the credit he deserves.

[Tal]

Now come on, Jade!

Kick to the head, please.

[The Camel]

Midway through the day, I thought this was going to be the weakest day of the whole Olympics, thought it was petering out.

But the incred BMX racing followed by a couple of great women's boxing finals really livened it up.

Then the athletics has just been awesome and Japan v USA football was terrific.

I just love the Olympics.

[Tal]

Four letters: GTFI

[mondatoo]

Another great day, Jade was class all day, abs crushed it.

[Woodsey]

Chav food gets some support 

London 2012 Olympics: After her historic success, Britain’s boxing champ Nicola Adams yearns for some fast food

“I just want to go to Nando’s,” said the first woman to win Olympic gold in the ring.

[MintTrav]

Martina is so good - in all 4 of Bolt's Olympic gold finals, Martina has been in the first 6 - 2nd & 4th in Beijing and 5th & 6th in London.

[The Camel]

Great blog by Alistair Campbell about what has made these Games so special:

http://www.alastaircampbell.org/blog/2012/08/09/the-volunteers-are-70000-reasons-why-these-games-are-great-and-they-are-changing-britain-for-the-better/

[TightEnd]

Politicians of all parites have underestimated, possibly deliberately in some cases, the extent to which sport is embedded in our national psyche

Would be great to see selling of school playing fields slowed down, commitments to a couple of hours a week of sport in the national curriculum too

Capitalise on these Olympics, and make them count

[claypole]

Great blog by Alistair Campbell about what has made these Games so special:

http://www.alastaircampbell.org/blog/2012/08/09/the-volunteers-are-70000-reasons-why-these-games-are-great-and-they-are-changing-britain-for-the-better/

Yep, agree with all of that - greta blog

[Ironside]

Usa athlete ran 200m of the 4x400 with a broken leg and they still qualified with ease, now that's impressive