Saturday, July 28, 2012

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18:26 BST
Gold medal: Italy have won the men's team archery final

    Archery: Pure drama at Lord's. Italy win the gold medal on the last arrow with a 10 from Frangilli. US are floored. Amazing stuff! #bbc2012
    — BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 28, 2012

Updated at 18:27 BST
18:23 BST

There's been a change in the host's seat. Rob Bagchi is taking over from Steve Busfield for a spell.
18:16 BST
Beach volleyball might not be Team GB's strongest event...

Steve Grotowski and John Garcia-Thompson's Olympic bid began with a defeat as the British pair went down in straight sets against Canada at Horse Guards Parade: 21-19 21-13, writes Rob Bagchi. It was the first appearance by a British men's team in this sport at Olympic level.
18:07 BST
Empty seats: Official response
Owen Gibson writes: "London 2012 organisers have promised a "full review" after thousands of empty seats were visible across various venues on the first day of competition. Despite most events having long since sold out, there were rows of empty seats visible at the swimming heats, the gymnastics, the volleyball and the dressage in Greenwich Park. The London 2012 organising committee said it appeared that most of the empty seats were not sold to members of the public but were in "accredited" areas meant for members of the "Olympic family"...More here.
18:02 BST
Empty seats

Laura emails to say: "Hi. I'm at the fencing competition (excel arena). 'VIP' seats half-empty here aswell :("

What are these stayaway corporates up to?

18:01 BST
GOALS!

GB 2-0 Cameroon - Jill Scott adds a second for the host nation as half-time approaches.

USA 1-0 Colombia - Megan Rapinoe gives the holders the lead
17:54 BST

Where would a Guardian minute-by-minute be without the input of the esteemed Gary Naylor. He emails:

    "I'm still reeling from the tactical and televisual shambles that was the road race. I'm not sure what was worse: Team GB treating the race like a stage of the Tour de France and not a madcap Belgian Classic like the Tour of Flanders: or television coverage that seemed to be the result of handing it over to promising teenagers, which, admittedly, worked last night with the torch. My question is - how long does the feelgood factor from Danny Boyle's Dazzling Britain last? Until more medals are squandered? Until rightwing MPs and journalists stop frothing at the mouth in such delicious anger? Until me and the kids spend two hours trying to get into the Men's Table Tennis (3rd Qualifying Round) on Monday?"

Answers via email to steve.busfield@guardian.co.uk or via Twitter to @Busfield

Updated at 18:21 BST
17:48 BST
Medal table: China top

I see some discussion below the line about he whereabouts of the medals table, well here it is. When I'm not here to help you out, you can find it at the top of the Olympics page. And at the moment China are top with two golds and a bronze. Sixteen nations have medals, but so far no GB or USA or Australia. Early days though...
17:39 BST
GOAL!

GB's Women have taken a 1-0 lead versus Cameroon through a goal from Casey Stoney. As previously mentioned, if GB win this game then Tuesday's GB vs Brazil match at Wembley will simply be to decide who tops the group. Although, of course, that could be pretty important given the relative strength of some other contenders.
17:33 BST
Olympic torch: Don't tell your parents...

So secret was the identity of the youngsters who lit the Olympic flame that they didn't even tell their parents. Indeed, one teenager, Jordan Duckitt reveals that his parents had even gone away on holiday without him. Read more of this impressive teenage self control here.

17:25 BST
USA vs Colombia

The reigning Olympic champion women's football team, USA, are in action against Colombia. You can follow that live here. Meanwhile, I have tickets to take my kids to see GB vs Brazil at Wembley on Tuesday (as does Rob Bagchi). If GB win today, that group game will be completely meaningless. That is annoying. Still, it's not the winning, it's the taking part.

17:17 BST
400m freestyle champion reinstated

South Korea's Park Tae-hwan, the reigning Olympic champion, has now been reinstated in the 400m freestyle final after winning an appeal against disqualification. Germany's Paul Biedermann, the world record holder for the event, missed out on the final after finishing 12th overall in 3:48.50.

17:10 BST

Good afternoon, morning, evening, middle of the night, wherever you may happen to be. For the rest of Day One of the actual London 2012 Games (or is it Day Four if you include all that stuff before the Opening Ceremony?) it will be myself and Rob Bagchi guiding you through the events...
17:02 BST

And that's me done for today. I'm handing over the baton to Steve Busfield, who'll guide you through an exciting opening evening.

Updated at 17:06 BST
17:00 BST
The five o'clock news on the opening day...

    Mark Cavendish suffered bitter disappointment in the road race, missing out on a medal as Alexander Vinokouroff of Kazakhstan took gold
    The first gold medal of the Games was won by China's Yi Siling in the women's 10m air rifle.
    South Korean shooter Jin Jong Oh's claimed victory in the men's 10m air pistol
    Park Tae-hwan, pre-race favourite for the men's 400m freestyle, was disqualified for false starting.
    Michael Phelps qualified for his first final of the Games, in the 400m individual medley, by just 0.07 seconds and will start tonight's final in lane eight.
    An Albanian weightlifter was expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for stanozolol.
    Two rowing records were broken, New Zealand's Eric Murray and Hamish Bond shattering the world record in the men's pair, and Britain's Helen Glover and Heather Stanning beating the Olympic record in the women's.

16:54 BST

Sarah Menezes of Brazil has won the women's 48kg judo. Ranked second in the competition, Menezes beat defending Olympic champion Alina Dumitru of Romania in a defensive final. She spent most of the time struggling - and failing - to sweep Dumitru to the floor with her feet, but eventually won the day with a throw at the death.

Meanwhile, back to matters of guns and buckshot. "The only time we ever get to see a shooting competition on the box is at the Olympics, but back in the 70s pistol shooting was a regular feature of Superstars," recalls a wistful Ian Burch. "Stan Bowles memorably fired a shot into the table when he picked up his pistol in his heat of the show, he also capsized his kayak did Stan. Thankfully footballers have become much more proficient with guns since then as England's left-back recently proved."

Any old excuse to post one of the great BBC themes (and link to this old Joy of Six on sporting tunes, which should probably, in all honesty, have seen me sectioned).

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Olympic 2012 track turning to Race Track ?

A scheme to turn the Olympic Stadium into part of a Formula 1 track after the London 2012 Games is one of four now under official consideration.

Football clubs West Ham and Leyton Orient are bidding to be tenants, as is the UCFB College of Football Business.
An original deal for West Ham to lease the £486m stadium was scrapped last year amid legal wrangling.

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) said bids will be assessed before any negotiations begin.

Plans for a grand prix circuit were tabled by Intelligent Transport Services, in conjunction with F1.

The proposal  would reportedly allow another British round of the world championship in and around the stadium in East London.

UCFB,  which offers degrees in football business, is based at Burnley FC's Turf Moor ground and is an affiliate of Bucks New University.

It is understood Orient's proposal is based on a ground share with West Ham, although the Premier League club has previously insisted it is not considering that arrangement.

F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone said last month that he had been consulted by the Intelligent Transport Services company about plans to use the stadium for a race.

Ecclestone told the Daily Telegraph: "This is a firm that happened to be bidding for use of the stadium, not to own it. They came up with a scheme whereby Formula 1 would race around the stadium, inside it, outside it. They wanted to make sure I would be interested."

He has separately said that plans for a race on a 3.15 mile (5.1 km) London circuit taking in sights including Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and Trafalgar Square were "no joke".

Orient chairman Barry Hearn refused to comment on a possible ground share, but told BBC Sport he hoped the League One club's bid could succeed.

"There is no point dwelling on the design of the stadium and the faults of the stadium," he said.

"We have to get on with it, we have to make a fist of it and we have to make sure the Government and the people of this country get maximum value for the investment that has gone into the Olympic Stadium.



"Our idea does that and I think it forms part of a legacy that people in this country can be proud of. Bearing in mind this is the only time in our lifetime that we are ever going to hold the Olympic Games, we need to get something out of it.

"A mixture of usages and a mixture of opportunity within the Olympic Stadium will give us the feeling that we have spent our money wisely and that is really what we are trying to achieve. All sides have to exercise common sense and move forward. I think we have created a very interesting scheme that can do just that."

Essex County Cricket Club has dropped plans for tenancy at the stadium after its partner, the University of London, pulled out of the process.

It has already been announced the 80,000-capacity Olympic Stadium will be reduced after the Games to a 60,000 venue, which retains a running track, and will host the 2017 World Athletics Championships.

The LLDC says it is possible more than one bidder could be successful, with a decision expected in the autumn.

Meanwhile, preferred bidder status has been granted to iCITY for the Olympic press and broadcast centres.

It wants to them into a design, technology and research base that might create more than 4,000 jobs. The scheme includes a conference centre, pedestrian square, cafes, restaurants and bars.