Team GB over 62.5 Total Medals.

fair play to him. under enormous pressure through no fault of his own really

agreed. Still think it should've been Cook though

How does this repechage work?  The italian losing semi finalist still has a fight.  Has Muhammad definitely got a bronze?

yes berto. Two bronzes awarded

as i understand it everyone who gets beat by one of the finalists even if it's in the first round goes into the reperchage with the 2 losing semi finalists and you end up with 2 bronze medallists

Thanks, awarding 2 bronzes would explain my confusion.  Seems a bit generous!

Awarding 2 bronzes does seem generous. Same as in the boxing, why don't the 2 losing semi finalists just have a bronze medal fight instead of both getting one?

its a long story but is the same in most combat sports

and is perfectly fair

reasoning being you lost to the gold/silver medallist early and might have got further had you not met him til later

What the taekwondo fella got a bronze despite losing in the quarter finals? Go figure.

its called repechage meaning chance to return

the british judo heavyweight got one the same way

it is perfectly normal

I thought it was because if a Semi Finalist got knocked out they wouldn't be able to fight again for 3 weeks due to the rules?

Maybe that's just Boxing.

So.....3 medals to go. What we got left? Well for me there's a cert in the canoe tomorrow. McGeever or whatever his name is. So that's 2 to go. You've got to think Mo in the 5k should get a medal (although I don't think it'll be gold personally). So the last? Well there is the rest of the athletics programme which in terms of medals adds up to just the 4x400m womens. Chance there I feel. There's also the modern pentathlon and I believe GB have a reasonable shot in the womens. There's also the mountain bike to go at. Oh, and also the mens bronze medal playoff, although I expect Australia to win that one. Think this will come in, but Farah is the ket imho

*key

I should add that there are two other outside bets in the canoe / kayak sprints

Aside from McKeever and Farah, our best chance is probably the men in the K2 kayaking.

Modern Pentathlon woman ranked 4th in the world so must have a pretty good chance.

It'll be tight! ... 62 medals nailed on! :)

McKeever medals (gold) thats down to 2 medals required I believe.

v. good start to the day. That's one of the two certs weighed in. 2 medals to go.

Remaining chances:

4x400m women
2 chances on the lake this morning in canoe
Mo Fo
Girl in modern pentathalon (4th in world)
Mountain bikers
Tom Daly in 10m Platform
men in hockey

8 chances. 2 medals required.

Tom Daly in 10m Platform

Good luck with that project

Disclaimer:

Please note that all 'chances' quoted in the previous post vary from approximately 1% to 70%.

Daly clearly falls at the lower end of those 'chances'

Tom Daley,Shanaze Read and the swimmers,the expression 'treat em mean,keep em keen' never been more appropriate.

Tom Daley typical " morning glory" if ever I saw one,if anyone is depending on this floof getting a medal,as we say in Jockoland "yer having a giraffe".

Only £2 available @400s ffs and to think i got up to lay him,medal lay @3.75 easy money the "morning glory" is lucky top 8

woodbridge, mens mod pent has made a decent start in the fencing, he could still figure in the medals as the day goes on, he's been making the frame in top competition in the last 2 years

slim chance but he's got the potential if he gets some luck with the horses

elise loved your above quote"luck with the horses",that could be applicable to everyone on here.

elise - just been researching this one myself. Ranked in worlds top 10 and is currently tied 5th after the fencing. V. good start.

same site also ranks the girl as number 2 in the world so good chances tomorrow

if ever there was a lottery that's it, everytime you see a fav draw the donkey you have to laugh at his utter despair after training for 4 years

last olym, the leader at the time was almost in tears as some shipped in nag ran riot, would expect the uk horses to be of a better standard but there will be huge difference in ability

agreed. But no less unfair than people able to buy the best horses to 'win' gold medals at the Olypmics. Personally I don't think it should be included in the Olympics, but then I'm just a Marxist lol

*Equestrianism

they have combined the shooting/running these days so it's a better event, still stuck in the past though

the fencing is not half way through yet, drags on

But no less unfair than people able to buy the best horses to 'win' gold medals at the Olypmics.

Didn't help the Germans this time,their reputed 10 million euro horse was stuck at home munching on carrots.

A slightly disappointing day yesterday, the way both BMX riders were riding in their semi finals gave me hope that this could have been all but over yesterday but unfortunately not to be.

It might be a bit of an outside chance but id really like to see us grab an extra medal from eton dorney this morning in the two remaining races.

Is 'munching on carrots' a euphamism?

Sudoku - think Mo is the key. If he medals then this bet comes in. If he doesn't then it's still in the balance. Still pretty confident tho. Of course, if one more medal this morning then it really is all over.

this could be close for bronze, gb have a sniff here

Get in.

nice one, deserved that too got a cracking start

Bonus bronze in canoe sprint.  Looking good now.

Wipes sweat off of brow. We needed that. Great bronze. 1 needed!

still need one, surely we get one

Well done one to go by my reckoning

fair play to whoever came up with 62.5, hats off sir

So we need 1 out of mens hockey, mens and womens modern pentathlon, tom daley, mo farah and the womens 4x400m.

indeed - great handicapping. Still, 63.5 would've been more accurate ;-)

got mountain bike outside shot, but not likely

the inappropriately named "annie last" goes today, she has a top 5 ranking this year

Mo should see this home. If not then 4x400women, Modern Pent (men OR women).

tom daley might make the frame in the diving

but judging by his price , most probably not

out on a limb, i'm going to tip annie to get our last medal at lunchtime

I'll say Mo Farah gets the 63rd medal

Yeah I'd like to see an unexpected medal in the mountain biking.
bit about Annie and the course.
.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19218739

Daley qualifies in 4th, got to be in with a shout of a medal tonight

yes biscuit

will have to go for his max difficulty dives and nail all 6... might then get bronze

Team GB woman is leading the mountain biking, comms said she'd been practising on this course for months and knows it well. Medal chance here for you guys.

Thanks. Now watching the mountain biking

I'm desperately trying to make the most of the last two day.

long way to go but she's looking ok at the moment

gonna be a plucky 4th or 5th I imagine

4x400w for me.

mens hockey is the next attempt, if they recovered from that thrashing to take a medal it would be an amazing comeback

hockey 5/1 in my book

mo farah is the one

Boxing

the boxing are already counted, we need something else

How many more are needed exactly?

59- 3 from boxing to come

So one medal
Hockey team 2-1 down
Mo the main chance to get something tonight but has Tom Daley no chance of getting bronze in the Diving?

britains women modern pentathletes ,1st & 3rd in this years world championships

Mo looked knackered in the heats , hope he makes the frame tonight , but wouldn't be surprised if he bombed

hockey lads aint getting a medal

Squeaky bum time Mo looked knackered in the heats,will the Pentathletes help out mmmmmmm.

7th and 9th after 3rd round of mens modern pentathlon

Could get very nasty if it all comes down to the women's pentathlon..  Having to do show jumping on a horse you met only 20 minutes before?  Hmmm.. Not sure 'lottery' is exactly the word...

mo farah gonna medal

Hopefully. I'd like to see the Mobot one more time..

I haven't had a bet on this but Mo should medal. Anyone who's on the medal market and is worried should look at hedging Mo outside the top 3 at 1.36?

But that ploy does mean you're giving up a good chunk of your profits, and you're still not guaranteed to win a thing. You'd hope we'd get a medal from one of Tom Daley or the female Penathletes, but it's certainly not guaranteed.

been easy to trade out if you needed to, this is just about finishing off now

Weighed in.

well done mo-well done this thread,i think it was willed over the 62.5 line

great race

Well done the overs,time to relax and enjoy your profit bit of a sweat but WEIGHED IN,WEIGHED IN.

Well done fellas.

Well done thread. See you all for Rio

Well done thread. See you all for Rio

yep, well done all who contributed, a whole thread of sensible stuff with opinions and help

enjoyed the chase wd all

cracking stuff

reckon daley might get a bronze tonight

Anybody know when bets will be settled on overs please ?

It won't be settled til after the closing ceremony.....we got 24 hours to hang on for none of our medallists to fail a drugs test!

Thanks fingers crossed they dont

Podium positions are final,for betting purposes.

might be worth laying off ? just in case someone gets chucked out the medals before the closing ceremony

be settled when the 3rd boxing final has the medal ceremony unless we pick up any other medals before then

Well done Sudoku and all those who bet overs and stuck with it, I chickened out a bit and laid some of my bet off when things looked a bit hairy, but still, profits a profit!

First of all i have to apolagise for my lack of contribution to the thread the last two days, i was down at the olympic park yesterday and have been out all day today.

Secondly, i'm chuffed to bits that this has come in, at the start it looked a little ropey, then we got going, then we really got going and we should have done this at a canter, but we had a little stumble just before the finish line, but we have finally got there in the end!

Cheers stevo for your thanks, and congrats to anyone who has been on the overs. Ive really enjoyed the thread, been some insightful and interesting posts. And really glad that we dont have to go into tomorrow needing a medal!

Finally a massive congratulations to all Team GB athletes, yes the medal winners have got us to to this point,but each and everyone of them should be proud of what they have achieved here at london 2012. It has been a truly remarkable games.

Well done Sudoko. It looks like you've been working almost as hard at this bet as the GB team!

sam murray, silver, modern pentathlon

Team GB 65 medals

Never in doubt!