A London bus that folds down to reveal a privet hedge in the shape of the London skyline, Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page performing 'Whole Lotta Love', a dance troupe performing as commuters queuing for the bus, a lollipop lady and the Abbey Road crossing, David Beckham kicking a ball about, Boris managing not to trip up or drop the flag - that's ( Read more... )

Pun not intended, of course. Christ, poor Sarah Stevenson. She won the match fair and square and the judges didn't pick up the kicks, so she was judged to have lost it. Only for the judges to reconvene, check out the press photographers' images and discover she should have won. So the result is overturned, the Chinese girl who originally 'won' ( Read more... )

Christ, that was a close race. I thought the Swedes were gonna nick it at the finish line. Phew.

That caps Team GB's most successful regatta ever. Six golds in the rowing and the sailing, three silvers and three bronzes. Awesome.

*faints*

That's fifteen gold medals - eight in the cycling alone! They'll have to rename the song to 'Britannia Rules the Waves (and the Velodrome)'. Dude...

ETA: Oh my God, Christine Ohuruogu just won the 400m! Oh my God, that's four today and sixteen in all. Christ. Who are you people and what have you done with the GB Olympic Team?

We're third in the medals table. Third. Us. Great Britain. Wow. We've won eight gold medals in the last two days. That's...wow. When has that ever happened ( Read more... )

Hooray for London!

Oh, it is nice to know that the 2012 Games will be here in Britain. Maybe for once I'll have a chance to go and watch some of the events. And it's made even sweeter by the fact that we beat out the 'old enemy' for it. Heh. I have nothing against France or the French, most of the time - in fact, I don't quite understand why a lot ( Read more... )