So the Beijing Olympics are no more, how sad :( but happy at the same time because the next olympics are LONDON 2012!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

i know the olympics have literally just finished but i just want to say that i wish the London Olympic Comittee and everybody who is going to be involved on the olympics all the best and im sure our countries olympics will be completly fantastic :) and it would be truly amazing if members of our very own DK forum could be competing in 4 years time :D

im currently watching the extraordinary display by the London representitives and i think the bird nest are absolutely loving it, wat a great wya to start what should be an amazing olympic games :D
what does eveyrbody want to see out of these 2012 games? and what does everybody hope that they wil bring and show to the world...


i no that for once, im proud to be british :

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Agreeing with above.... so glad i am british!!! :)

I am also watching the closing ceremony now.. and its amazing...never seen anything like it... UK have to do better haha!! seriously, this is a truely spectacular display!

I am soooooooooooooooooooo excited now!!!!!

only one fault has to be said with the uk... boris johnson...looked some on scruffy compared to everyone else. why have hands in your pockets u plonker!!

haha yeh aimes, i am soo so sooo excited!! its going to be truly phenominal!! and yes we HAVE to have a better closing ceremony :P


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i think another thing that has to be asked is.. WHO SHOULD LIGHT THE 2012 TORCH??
i think it should be Dame Kelly, she ahs inspired so so sooooo many people and inspired so many children in the upcoming generaiton of athletics and sport that i think she really does deserve to have the honour of lighting the torch! what does everybody else think?

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Thats a toughie, Could be Rebbeca Adling ton or Chris hoy too though.

but wont they still be competing jack? i was going on the basis that it would be someone who has retired form their career, btu now i think about it, it could still be athletes who are competing at 2012 too ..

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Any one can do it I think :/

Chris Hoy I dont think will be there for 2012.

Good thing we beat France in the medal table (4th / 10th)- Just shows the IOC was right to award the games to London and not Paris.

That makes a good point actually....!!! London in 4 years... :) shows how dedicated team GB are i think!

MDF can you get onto the PR forum? Off topic!

yeh good point!!! im actually so so soo excited now :) just to think that i could actually be in the 2012 games if i work and work and work!

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PR site has been down since yesterday mr. jack - perhaps it's being updated

Yes why didn't Boris Johnson do his jacket up? I thought you were only supposed to unbutton to sit down - I must be old fashioned haha. It was really hot though - you could tell afterwards... Seb Coe was in his shirt sleeves.

That would be a first!

anyone watched / watching the live coverage of the olympians flying into heathrow - im watching it now!! its quite exciting actually watching the plane back round at heathrow.. loving the gold nose on the plane and the england flag on it -woop!!!

haha yeh aimes im watchng it but im about to go now, it is very interesting and its great to see how much support our athletes get and they all look very happy to be home !

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i have decided and airplane is like mary poppins bag... where she keeps bringing things out.... sooo many people come off the plane.. hee hee!!! i sooo want to be at heathrow right now ha ha

I haven't been able to access PR's forum for a couple of weeks now. If it is being updated, then it's not before time. It's hopelessly out of date, and Paula hasn't "appeared" since October.

Team GB did us proud and I am glad to be British. I'm sure the 2012 Olympics will be an outstanding success, with all seats for all events sold out. No need to bus in anyone to fill the seats, as was the case in Beijing.

Dave Collin's Contract is up for renewal soon, does anyone think that he will get sacked, as we only got 4 medals for athletics? Actually, his contract runs until March 09, but I don't think he will be "in post" after that.

Does anyone here hope to compete? Torz?

Not sure about Dave Collins but the relay coach/s might be on shakey ground. There were problems in all the relays; even the ones the British team finished.

Yes I had tears of pride watching our SUPER Team GB coming off the plane at Heathrow. As far as Boris is conserned, I have mixed feelings about Boris. I think Boris is a breath of fresh air with his light hearted approach on anything to do with politics and sport, but sometimes he speaks before engaging his brain. His a charactor, Britain needs more charactors like Boris. I did agree with something he said. Wiff Waff (ping pong) is coming home, team GB is coming home and most of all the 2012 Olympics is coming home to London

As for Dave Collins. He is meant to be performance director. Basically, apart from the 4 that did bring back medals, our athletes didn't perform. Its not just the fault of our athletes, Dave Collins is in charge of getting our athletes to perform, basically, he didn't. I remember saying before he got the job that Dame Kelly should get the job. As its turned out, I've been proved right. I still believe DK is the only one that can turn things around for our athletes. Although there's only 4 years to go, if anyone can turn things around, Dame Kelly can.

I hope I can compete, although I very much doubt it.

Aw bless Rebecca Adlington she is so sweet & so amazing! Beat Spitz' world records & by a long way, I saw her getting off the plane she is amazing.

Wasnt Spitz a man? marcus Spithz or something. lol I dont mnow much about swimming os Im not sure.

It was Janet Evans record she beat. I remember her setting it, and I remember Mark Spitz winning his medals too...

Someone I know said she thought Rebecca Adlington had muscley arms, what do you think? I'm not sure

To me everyone has muscly arms.

Probably because Im a distance runner naturally and has twigs

Spitz broke the 400m record three times, all in times slower than Rebecca. Spitz never held the 800m record, but Rebecca's time wasn't beaten till 1975.

In comparison Radcliffe's marathon time would have been a record until 1978 amd Kelly's 1500m PB would have been a gents WR until 1912.

I can't think how Rebbeca could swim those times without "muscley arms".

I.e Muscely arms....

If you think about it, they needs rather good muscles. How much arm effort they are using. I think its also because swimmers usually have broader shoulders aswell, im not sure really. My upper arms / shoulders are more muscle as from trampolining im using my arms in every thing i do.

Jack - yep Spitz is a man I guess that makes it more amazing how Adlington beat this records! [ohh I see I think I might have written it weirdly - when I said I saw her getting of the plan I meant Adlington, not Spitz haha oops]

Ohh I thought Adlington had beaten his records! Someone said that to me they must've been thinking of someone else!

I don't think Rebecca has muscly arms in the sense that some sprinters do, like really defined muscles, but she has very strong arms, more lean than a lot of athletes though who seem to have bunched up shoulders. I think she has a great figure!

I CANT WAIT FOR 2012 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I only Live like 20 mins From The Village !!!
lay in for me ! Hahaha !! xx

Really??? Oh you lucky thing! Will you be going to watch? What is your fave event to watch?

soo... 4 years on today.. Kelly won her 2nd gold.... DOUBLE GOLD WOOP !!! Just been reading up on the dairy.... still get the excitement of when they gave you the second medal :)

weyhey! cant believe thats now 4 years ago!!

God I remember watching that race.

I remeber it diffrently though, so when I first saw the race again a few years later it came as a shock. i clearly remember her taking the lead left with 20 rather then 100.

The memory is a funny thing :/

yes chloe i very much hope to be competing and im prepared to be 100% committed to stand a chance of being selected.

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Go Torz!!

thanks chloe :)
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Would it be high jump or hurdles??

i really dnt have a clue, thats why im keeping my options open, doing eveyrthing i can before i specialise. i think i t was sally gunnel who said that up to the age of 16 she did everything and then she specialised, so im not ruling anything out yet.

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Im doing the same.

My mum thinks I should choose now because Im really excited about the 400mh but I really dont know.

Was Reading The Other Day How Our Opening and Closing Ceromony Are Not To Be Held In The Stadium but To Be Held All Over London...
Was Just Wondering What Everyones Views On This Were???

o really?? well thats... different.. i think it was take the tradition away form the olympics a bit but like i said, its different... tbh, we will probably have to wait to see whats its like before a proper judgment can be made, becuase if it is spectacular, then the london team may start a new tradition, but if it doesnt go so well, i can see london being criticised by it :/

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Its probably just a rumour and more will be said in 2011-12.

It was The Olympic Minister Who Mentioned It, Her Reasons Were To Make It a Series Of Cultural Events and People are Not Left Out Of The Stadium Like They Were In China.

It would definatly be different - but i like the tradition of having it in 1 stadiium in 1 place where everyone can be together!!
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Although I'm sure the London 2012 Olympics will go ahead as planned, I hope the government at the time don't enforce any financial restrictions on the games and spoil it for everyone. All you hear in the news these days is about the financial crunch and the worlds money problems. The celebration of our 19 golds in Beiging are coming up soon in London. Lets hope it chears everyone up and we can then look forward to 2012.

yeh i agree steve... i want london to be the best eve rfor the games/..!

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We'll show the rest of the world how to put on a great show!!

Its a shame the parade of our Olympic medal winners in London on Thursday the 16th of October had to take place in mid week when most of our schools kids were still working. I hope the head teachers were able to let the young one's watch it on tv. I was able to watch and thought for once the bbc presented it well. Even put the 1 o'clock news back 15 minutes to allow for the whole parade to be shown. Dame Kelly looked and sounded great as usual. Apart from the timing of the parade, it was a great event. Even the weather behaved itself. Roll on 2012.

It was amazing how many turned up for the parade, bearing in mind some time had passed since the Games, and it was mid week. Agree, DK was very impressive, and is certainly a very influencial person these days!