Adlington: second gold medal
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Sunday August 24
0030 Athletics - Men's marathon
0630 Boxing - Six finals
0730 Basketball - Men's final
1330 Closing ceremony
All times BST
| G | S | B | Tot | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| 2 | USA | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| 3 | RUS | 23 | 21 | 28 | 72 |
| 4 | GBR | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| 5 | GER | 16 | 10 | 15 | 41 |
| 6 | AUS | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
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Comments
Cj Bean says...
Well done all and thanks to the National Lottery for providing facilities to assit excellence, facilities missing in UK sport for decades. I suppose the Government who have been lax in support for decades will claim credit though
Posted 19:45 16th August 2008
Steve Lyon says...
Sitting over here in the USA, couldn¿t be prouder of the boys and girls, very proud to be British, Come on team GB, lets have some more.
Posted 19:42 16th August 2008
Daisy Barrett says...
well done to Great Britain we really are great. You have really done us proud boys and girls all you can do is make us even more proud. Get out there and do it! Cant wait Londons 2012 Olympics. xx
Posted 19:35 16th August 2008
Daisy Barrett says...
well done to Great Britain we really are great. You have really done us proud boys and girls all you can do is make us even more proud. Get out there and do it! Cant wait Londons 2012 Olympics. xx
Posted 19:34 16th August 2008
Paul Graham says...
Funny how the ex-pats that are haling our athletes are suddenly proud to be British! Why did you leave our shores then?
Posted 19:03 16th August 2008
Peter Thompson says...
i've always had great expectations of Team GB in the Olympics and the medal haul today has more than proved we are more than worthy of being at this olympics showing that our athletes are as good if not better than any of the other counries in Beijing. WELL DONE TEAM GB. Make us even prouder by getting some more Gold, Silver or Bronze Medals to add to thw Haul.
Posted 18:56 16th August 2008
David Carey says...
From an ex-pat in California, thank you and congratulations to all the members of Team GB. I can't tell you how great it feels to watch the flag flying high and the pride I feel for our Great country. See you all in London for 2012.
Posted 18:47 16th August 2008
Billy Smith says...
Well done Britain! Remember it is Team GB so please stop all this England and ST George stuff, it insults the rest of us who are proud to be Brits!!!
Posted 18:42 16th August 2008
Jamie Hunt says...
Congrats to all of our athletes And especially to our medalists! I live right next Mansfield and Rebecca Adlington has done Amazing! Congrats again to the hard working athletes at Beijing! Well Done!!!
Posted 18:38 16th August 2008
Jamie Hunt says...
Congrats to all of our athletes And especially to our medalists! I live right next Mansfield and Rebecca Adlington has done Amazing! Congrats again to the hard working athletes at Beijing! Well Done!!!
Posted 18:38 16th August 2008
Tracey Gordon says...
I cant begin to say how proud I am to be British today, WELL DONE TEAM GB! The girls and guys in the pool, on the bikes and on the lake today have been awesome!! Especially after the awful comments of Michael Johnson the other night saying how bored he has been waiting for the athletics to start and that world records don't really mean anything unless they are broken on the track!!!! My husband being American was quite ashamed of him and called him an elitest pig. Go Becky!!! Well Done everyone!!
Posted 18:26 16th August 2008
Sarah Hill says...
Congratulations to all the medalists they make us all proud to be British. What a great day for team GB. This year we will have many sportsmen and women to vote for in The Sports Personality Of The Year. These are sports that we do not often see on TV as well. Well done to you all.
Posted 18:25 16th August 2008
Bob Williams says...
Thank you all British competitors - not just the medal winners. You have made us all proud of you. And, as a former resident of a village near Mansfield, a special congratulations to Rebecca Adlington. Worra Lass! Yerdunnus prahd! And congatulations to those few who said before the Games that Britain would have more medals than ever. I bet you are chuffed!
Posted 18:25 16th August 2008
Steve Panniers says...
Well done all, very proud.
Posted 18:24 16th August 2008
Diane Wilsher says...
Well done Rebecca on your second gold medal. The joy that you had shown on tv after your race said it all. All the best on your future swimming races Diane
Posted 18:23 16th August 2008
Cherry Dines says...
Well done to all the GB athletes, not just the medal winners. They should all be so proud of themselves for getting to the olympics. It makes me proud to be british when you see how well the team have done, especially 9 medals in one day. Good Luck Team GB.
Posted 18:00 16th August 2008
Barrie Gibson says...
Awesome! British pride restore, well done to all of our olympians who have gained medals. Lets hope that there are more to come!
Posted 17:54 16th August 2008
Sharon Page says...
Congratulations to Great Britain. I feel great pride in what we are acheiving, even when we do not medal we have been in so many finals. I am in the US and the NBC coverage sucks so when they put a swimming 800m race on and Rebecca won I was screaming and jumping that it scarred people. Go England, Go England
Posted 17:47 16th August 2008
Guy Osborn says...
Well done all you Great British athletes. God save the queen. Cry "Havoc" and let slip the dogs of war! Cry God for Harry, England and Saint George!
Posted 17:43 16th August 2008
Stuart Morgan says...
I am disappointed that Gary Sumner only congratulates medal winners. Of course I echo his remarks but it also makes me feel proud to be represented by these guys. I congratulate all competitors from the UK and around the world, they work so hard to hone their particular abilites to compete at this level. The equestrian team did us proud again especially when you consider they have to depend on the fitness and approach of the animal in addition to their own efforts. Well done all of you, if you're clean and trying hard, winning medals is a bonus.
Posted 17:30 16th August 2008
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