I think the all-round coverage combining both online and, what, something like 25 TV channels, as well as a dedicated radio channel plus five-live has been peerless, actually. I've found it very easy to always be clued up with exactly what's happening. Having a live updating sailing leaderboard up whilst watching the rowing on channel 156 and listening to five-live, for example, has been great.
How much are you enjoying the Olympics?
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1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
How the fuck do you do that? Ive been searching their website and striuggling to even find out the state of play in sailing!
Olympic Sports --> Sailing --> Events and Results --> (e.g.) Men's Finn --> Results (in top-left corner)
If you then click on a race currently in progress, it shows you the latest standings through each marker, which updates in real-time.
Despite what some poets would have us believe, God is not a resident of the UK and thus does not have access to the BBC.
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
bbc coverage has been chocked full of simpering fools using too many superlatives and who the hell is the blonde lady who does the round up it's like she's been given an intravenous of MDMA she is clearly only there for the US viewers on BBC world, the over simplification of the sports, the constant telethon type back stories which aren't really insightful at all, the tourists not knowing what they hell they're doing on the tube, the constant it's ok to be a patriot musings of people who really should know better, the exclusions zones preventing people from using their local facilities, the difficulty in getting around in the 'olympic' boroughs, the irreplaceable loss of local wet and marshland for car parks for people who cannot even be arsed to turn up for their seats , having to put up with being told how lucky we are to have an olympics... the lot...
Not loving it, the legacy we get from it is even more national debt and being on the hook for council tax hikes to pay for the up keep of abandoned and not fit for any other purpose Olympic sites.
Can't wait until the stadium is empty personally and then see the squat party which will take place in it after it's abandoned like so many olympic sites before it... that'll be good... the rest just needs to fuck off frankly....
Not loving it, the legacy we get from it is even more national debt and being on the hook for council tax hikes to pay for the up keep of abandoned and not fit for any other purpose Olympic sites.
Can't wait until the stadium is empty personally and then see the squat party which will take place in it after it's abandoned like so many olympic sites before it... that'll be good... the rest just needs to fuck off frankly....
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
Do you mean Hazel irvine? She is the scurge of british sports and manages to ruin everything for me, but unfortuantely the Beeb seem to think she is the dogs bollocks.
GarfieldLeChat
fucking awesome but wrong
no idea of her name I'm afraid she seems nice enough but sounds like a female William Hauge, has a drone in her voice like all from that part of Yorkshire really, but then is saccharin in all of her comments and so overly excited you have to wonder at times if she's got love eggs in or is hooked up to some kind of electro-stimulation which jolts her very time she's less than overly enthusiastic. To me it has all the presenting hallmarks of a primary school teacher trying to get a group of inner city kids excited about the dullest part of life.
It's irritating, feels like condescension, seems false and forced...
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Stop using the incredibly irritating phrase 'Team gb' and we'll all be a lot happier. I think the BBC coverage online has been astonishing and I've enjoyed the sport a lot even if on a broader scale I agree with some of the reservations about the funding and corporate aspects of the games. That aside the Olympics is always great because you see drama and a load of world class sports people you didn't know existed.
1927
Funnier than he thinks he is.
I think Gabby Logan is great, very knowledgeable. Irvine on the other hand is just a whiny scot, the female equivalent of Jim Rosenthal.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
Jim rosenthal is cool cos he never moves his head. That is what his usp is.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Just let Clare Balding do it all. She's fab.
tangerinedream
Density of Sound
That guy from Blue Peter was actually quite knowledgeable about gymnastics. Matt baker?
felixthecat
are we there yet?
He was great. I did think he might wet himself with excitement at one point......
Too busy feeding babies to dingos, being racist and drinking shit beer to export annoying but sickenly attractive bar staff.
He competed for Britain as a junior gymnast, so that's why he knows his stuff on that front. When he had to give gymnastics up, went in for pole vaulting and sheep dog trials. He has also presented "One Man and his Dog".
Diverse talents!
Yeah, I think she's greatJust let Clare Balding do it all. She's fab.
Sort of jolly hockey sticks girl that you'd love to have a pint with
binka
!!!!!!!!!
im enjoying the continual references being made to the amount of investment (mostly lottery funding) over the years which has allowed britain to improve from four and five gold medals in the 70s and 80s to where we are now. it is working out to be an excellent example for the next time some tory argues "you can't just throw money at a problem..."
after watching that I was looking forward to seeing him during Channel 4's coverage of the Paralympics but it looks like he's got the boot. 
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Yeah, I think she's great
Sort of jolly hockey sticks girl that you'd love to have a pint with
Unless you've got dodgy teeth
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
Suprisingly really enjoying it. I love watching athletics. I think I enjoy looking at all the different physiques, I find it quite facinating. It would be good to find a glamorous discus thrower or shot putter.
Some of the sports baffle me as in do not make sense-I see sport as a competition in survival skills so get running and jumping and swiming and throwing stuff and cycling but table tennis and beach volley ball?? all good though...
Some of the sports baffle me as in do not make sense-I see sport as a competition in survival skills so get running and jumping and swiming and throwing stuff and cycling but table tennis and beach volley ball?? all good though...
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I agree! Have always enjoyed watching her present the horse racing as she has an in depth knowledge of that, not surprising given her background, but she has really shown her enthusiasm and delight of sport in general during the Olympics and it's been great.Just let Clare Balding do it all. She's fab.
She also seems really at ease with people especially when interviewing them, an all round good egg I'd say!
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
on your lap top via the BBC sports site - or via Sky or via PS3 - go on to the BBC Sports site via the PS3 and you can access them - I don't think you can get them via freeview
