Yesterdays crash looked horrific. I hadn't seen any of the crashes on Saturday, just the aftermaths of people sat in the gutter. In fact I wasn't even aware until after yesterdays race that Nibbles broke both his collarbones when he crashed.

Watch the French gymnastics instead.

French gymnastics

Not sure the course should be to blame. "Going to fast for conditions," maybe, I dunno. It's tricky.

Despite having a job that's to do with Sport, so far I have managed to watch zero minutes of the Olympics. I wonder if I can keep it up?

Not sure the course should be to blame. "Going to fast for conditions," maybe, I dunno. It's tricky.

Boardmans argument primarily appeared to be that there was no crash protection, not the road itself. Also, that segment was under canopy so you can't see the road surface well enough to identify the risks due to the dappled sunlight.

I know nothing about bicycle racing but if there's an unusually high number of crashes/injuries then surely it has to be something to do with the course.

I know nothing about bicycle racing but if there's an unusually high number of crashes/injuries then surely it has to be something to do with the course.

I know nothing about bicycle racing

It is the most important thing in the world

Boardmans argument primarily appeared to be that there was no crash protection, not the road itself. Also, that segment was under canopy so you can't see the road surface well enough to identify the risks due to the dappled sunlight.

Was the descent too dangerous? It had been freshly surfaced and some rain was falling on Sunday but van Vleuten’s crash was her accident, a compound error of risk, speed, trajectory and braking. What followed though was not self-inflicted, the drainage channel and the kerb meant that an exit from the road came with a high price. It’s easy to type that the road should have been secured but how? Fill in all the ditches and to remove the kerb? Ideally yes but Brasil doesn’t have the money and if they did and it rained what chance everyone would be aquaplaning their way to hospital too.

My eldest was born just a few weeks before the start of the last olympics so 2012 will always hold a special place in my heart. Indeed, our first family outing was to go and see the olympic torch come by our town.

It's not just the gymnasts that wear makeup though. The footballers, hockey players and even the rugby girls are dolled up to the nines. I think it's a shame that they feel the need to.

One Canadisn girl's leotard was cut so high on the hip that it showed more of her public line than I'd ever want to see in a sports contest

It's not just the gymnasts that wear makeup though. The footballers, hockey players and even the rugby girls are dolled up to the nines. I think it's a shame that they feel the need to.

Some of the girls in my softball team do. As long as they are doing it for themselves and not because they feel they have to, that's fine.

Of course you never know.

It's not just the women. Look at the state of the male competitors, they look like they spend every waking minute at the gym. Vain twats.

It's not just the women. Look at the state of the male competitors, they look like they spend every waking minute at the gym. Vain twats.

Just had a quick look at the 1996 photos for gymnastics.

Looks like the uniforms and make up are similar to now.

The sequins and glitter are a lot more prevalent in gymnastics than, say, marathon running, though both are sports that highlight the human body's amazing abilities at extremes. Endurance of the runner, precision, flexibility and strength of the gymnast.