London Olympics

[Hemi]

@Jordan23:

…would be nice cause i hate the Bolt Show but it will not happen!

I love the guy!

… "three Swedish handballers" sounds like some young ladies got the fever... greedy bugger!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/track-field/7458043/Coolest-in-London-fastest-on-the-planet

[rocket]

Mo Farah!

[Giles]

Yeah.  Go Mo…...

[gbougard]

@MikeC:

USA Women's 4x100 Relay. We just owned you Jamaica. Let's see what happens when my man Justin Gatlin and the USA men take on Bolt & Jamaica in the 4x100 tomorrow…..

Um um…

[Giles]

Still waiting…....

[bagley920]

I wasn't of the opinion that we were gonna take that one but it was a great race. When it was even coming down to the last leg, I knew Bolt would take it.

[Hemi]

What an awesome closing ceremony… London, you put on an incredible Olympics!

Highlights for me:

Usain Bolt
Mo Farah
Lisa Carrington
London

I've decided I'm gonna go to Rio in 2016... who's with me?

[RocknRoll]

Missed the closing ceremony, but agree that London came out of all this looking pretty damn good.

The marathon route was a tourist extravaganza featuring all the big sights. Cliched perhaps, but an awesome advertisement for the place.

Can't understand why Gosport didn't feature more prominently…

[Chris]

Two comments:
First, why does Ralph Lauren hate the Olympics so much?  The opening ceremony outfits were awful and the closing ceremony ones are worse, which I honestly didn't think possible.

Second, Take That closed the ceremony?  Is that the British way of saying, "Thanks for coming, now get the hell out, you wankers"?

[RocknRoll]

Kitch patriotism, bizarre outfits, and performances by musical has-beens seem to be Olympic opening/closing ceremony traditions. It certainly happened in Sydney in 2000, and made most of us who live here cringe.

[Mild7]

True story RnR.
however nothing can compare to the horror of Meatloaf at last years AFL grand final 

[MikeC]

I'm sick of seeing the USA athletes in Chinese made clothing. One of the most developed countries in the world can't even get their clothing made locally. WTF?!?!?

[Chris]

Says the man wearing Japanese made clothing…

[Seul]

Clever… 

[LandoCal126 0]

[Seul]

Can't freakin blame him!..  :o

(Sorry ladies.)

[FurattoHeddo]

Hehe, little perv

[Seul]

Nowt perv about admiring a beautiful strong lady… Or her arse...

[FurattoHeddo]

No, but maybe a little more discretion is needed for live TV … Great clip. More importantly who is the runner? 

[Giles]

Someone on here mentioned that to his mind the medal tables are counter the Olympic spirit, on the whole I agree, but no where near as much as I did after Atlanta in 1996…..(we got one Gold).....