It was when he was talking about the poses etc. and said "that's why people love me". It's hard for me to hear that and not hate someone.

Have some of the Americans at this Olympics been using made up stereotype names? Missy Franklin, Misty May, McKayla Maroney? Come on people!

Have some of the Americans at this Olympics been using made up stereotype names? Missy Franklin, Misty May, McKayla Maroney? Come on people!

Because it's clearly not like he's going to release his own versions at some point, is it.

Because it's clearly not like he's going to release his own versions at some point, is it.

So yeah… no medals for super Team GB yesterday, but guess we had to recover from passing our previous best total, and we got a couple of guaranteed future medals.

So yeah… no medals for super Team GB yesterday, but guess we had to recover from passing our previous best total, and we got a couple of guaranteed future medals.

Am I the only one who actually hates Bolt for how cocky he is? Granted he's clearly immensely talented, but I just want to see him pull all his stupid poses at the starting  line then trip on his own shoelace halfway through the race.

Am I the only one who actually hates Bolt for how cocky he is? Granted he's clearly immensely talented, but I just want to see him pull all his stupid poses at the starting  line then trip on his own shoelace halfway through the race.

I don't know if it's simply because it's the other way round success wise, but it's been the opposite with us. We've had athletes winning silver and bronze who are devastated and apologizing and the media's going "no don't worry you're still brilliant!", which I suppose is easier to do when you're already comfortably…

I don't know if it's simply because it's the other way round success wise, but it's been the opposite with us. We've had athletes winning silver and bronze who are devastated and apologizing and the media's going "no don't worry you're still brilliant!", which I suppose is easier to do when you're already comfortably…

It certainly looked to me like Pendleton was reacting to Meares' move down, whether there was actually a deliberate barge or not is a different matter, but it was still incredibly harsh, and it seemed to completely knock the stuffing out of Pendleton for the second race. I'm actually starting to feel a bit sorry for…

It certainly looked to me like Pendleton was reacting to Meares' move down, whether there was actually a deliberate barge or not is a different matter, but it was still incredibly harsh, and it seemed to completely knock the stuffing out of Pendleton for the second race. I'm actually starting to feel a bit sorry for…

1. Actually it's England & Wales at the cricket.

1. Actually it's England & Wales at the cricket.

Russia? Pah! We laugh in the face of their vastly larger population!

Russia? Pah! We laugh in the face of their vastly larger population!

@avclub-2a4580ee18f163a2458a87bba7d9d743:disqus I love how a gymnastics team medal where one of the 5 members' mum is from Dundee counted as YET ANOTHER SCOTTISH MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@avclub-2a4580ee18f163a2458a87bba7d9d743:disqus I love how a gymnastics team medal where one of the 5 members' mum is from Dundee counted as YET ANOTHER SCOTTISH MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And now 2 more golds and a silver (cheating Aussie) in the cycling. Did anyone else see Sir Chris Hoy's mum? Brilliant.