My son in law was born on 23rd March. He's a good guy but he can't even ride a bike!

Cool.

Quote from: newportnobby on August 17, 2016, 10:15:56 AM
It's a massive statement that each and every person in the ladies cycling team won a medal

I think every Team GB cycling competitor has won at least a medal (not necessarily gold), so everyone goes home with something.

Quote from: newportnobby on August 17, 2016, 10:15:56 AM
for Jason & Laura to take home 10 gold medals is just mind blowing (hope they don't have to pay excess baggage )

I think that's their cumulative total (including London 2012 and may be Beijing 2008). Laura has retained her two Golds she got in London, with Jason doing something similar. All the same, it's still very impressive and it still moves me to tears...  :'(  as well as joy

Charles.

Yep, that's cumulative, but even so, it's quite the haul, and were they a country they'd be 13th in the medal table.

I haven't watched much but what I've noticed is that a lot of the times/distances are much less than previous Olympic/World records. Are we now seeing true performance rather than drug induced? I hope so.

..Italian team is very dangerous with a rifle on  arms...

I see they've banned our local Wollongong girl Emma McKeon from the closing ceremony because of a night on the town.

You train for years, win gold, silver and bronze for your country, and then get penalised for letting your hair down.

Ridiculous.

I agree George, not good. If you go to Rio, wouldn't you want to go out on the town? I attended a conference in Sao Paolo (Brazil's main city) and it happened that about 10% of the attendees were mugged in the week. No injuries or deaths, and one should also say that 90% of the attendees DIDN'T get mugged.

Webbo

Look what happened when a group of American swimmers went out on the town

The AOC have overturned their decision and Emma will be allowed to attend the closing ceremony. 

Common sense prevails.

On an historical note, Australia's Olympic legend Dawn Fraser, also a swimmer, was no angel either. She stole another nation's flag during the 1956 games!!