Katie Ledecky is racing at 2.20 in the 800m freestyle. I'll stay up to watch that, she's amazing and I'm guessing we'll get to see a WR
Rio Olympics 2016
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Martyn Rooney "I ran like a dick" 
it get's really interesting now the track & field starts to land thick and fast, but need to go to bed soon.
I was watching BBC4 last night. The suggestion by a Rio based reporter was that basically Brazil loves football and winning. The rest of it doesn't really rate much of a response. The idea of the global event where people will go to watch a different sport just for the novelty just hasn't caught the imagination.
On the practical side, even ignoring ticket costs and the economy, people are finding it hard to go to events. Apparently when the swimming ends after midnight, the crowd are expected to catch buses to the train station, but some nights the station has already been shut when the buses arrive.
Spain win the tennis doubles gold.
100m butterfly final in 25 min.
Phelps again.
Le Clos' last chance. Not hopeful though.
Phelps again.
Le Clos' last chance. Not hopeful though.
amazing womens 200m backstroke swimming. Poor lady from Hungary lost the race having led for 199 meters!!!!
100m butterfly starting.
Phelps looking calm . His last ever individual race at an Olympics.
Phelps looking calm . His last ever individual race at an Olympics.
Phelps beaten.
Three silver medallists
Three silver medallists
Schooling from Singapore beats Phelps!!!! Poor guy must have been knackered.
3 people got silver, one being Phelps.
Three-way tie is absolutely mental.
Shows how fine the margins are when three people can finish in the exact same hundredth of a second.
Shows how fine the margins are when three people can finish in the exact same hundredth of a second.
No, bring on 2020!
Schooling wins
3 way tie for second! There have been three or four different ties these games. I thought he was way less common then that
Beat Phelps tonight, met him as an admirer eight years ago:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37055724
3 way tie for second! There have been three or four different ties these games. I thought he was way less common then that
Beat Phelps tonight, met him as an admirer eight years ago:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37055724
Ledecky up next; could make history right now
What a terrible moustache.Schooling wins
3 way tie for second! There have been three or four different ties these games. I thought he was way less common then that
Beat Phelps tonight, met him as an admirer eight years ago:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37055724
Ledecky is dominating the 800m. Incredible.
Shes destroying it right now.
Looks like she'll take a new WR at this rate too.
The amazing Valerie Adams retakes the lead convincingly in the Shot Put.
She's too good
I fear Ledecky will lap someone here now.
Is she going to be able to lap/pass the 8th place swimmer? This is crazy dominance
She's ridiculous
WR and dominance. What a performance.
And Carlin got silver, lovely1
And Carlin got silver, lovely1
Incredible performance. Great for Carlin too...very close there at the end.
New world record.
Absolute domination.
Wow. I think I've become a fan(Gloryhunting in full force)
Absolute domination.
Wow. I think I've become a fan(Gloryhunting in full force)
Wow
She's just 19.
She might break Phelp's record. I think she has 4 golds here.
She might break Phelp's record. I think she has 4 golds here.
Should give Carlin gold and make up some new medal for Ledecky.
I think she broke the olympic record last time as a 15 year old
Platinum medals or something like that for WR's would be kinda cool.
Ledecky won in 8:04,second place in 8:16...amazing.
She beat second by 12 seconds, which is more then the time between 2nd and 8th
Yeah but can she successfully balance a pringle on that space between her nose and mouth and make it look like a moustache? Didn't think so.
50m freestyle coming up next.
Being in the final just gives you a chance here.
Being in the final just gives you a chance here.
35 years old, wow