It’s very bad form to accuse athletes of cheating, I’m sure. In the comments box here your TMFD correspondents do just that. Turns out we were right. It does beg the question of how she ever thought she was going to get away with that kin[…]

Olympic watch
I saw my first proper bit of the Olympics last night. One thought amongst many is that I like the olive wreaths they give to medallists. We’re getting that ancient vibe (I hesitate to say ‘feel’ too with many atheletes[…]

We won the Rowing Gold Medals on the seas of Trafalgar
I was quite chuffed with the gold-medal for the coxless fours. I like the olympics because they show the basic spirit of sport is competitiveness, and despite our liking for some more than others[…]

“Sometimes it is beautiful for the competitiveness, the spirit and the organisation”
Jose Mourinho, quoted in David Lacey’s piece in yesterday’s Guardian which is a pretty good refutation of all things fannydangle.[…]

Olympic Avoidance Log
Triple Jump: Keeping up my strong middle section with a brief accidental flight of fancy on the Triple Jump. You see Triple Jump was one of the few sports that my games teachers groomed me for. Looking back it was a bit cynical,[…]

Bobby Robson
I felt a little for Bobby Robson last night. The Sky cameras had cornered him at what looked like a racetrack. Recorded live to air, he was asked about Newcastle’s rather unusual week.
The trouble with Bobby is he can’t stand[…]

Darts for the Big Guys
I mean, of course, the Shot-Put. The highlights made this event look exciting. No doubt in real time it lasted hours, but the BBC shoe-horned it into ten minutes.
It had everything that defines the modern Olympics; Grunting, a […]

My Favourite Olympical Things (So Far)
Pete I rise to your challenge!
– Tiny weightlifters. Big weightlifters are better represented by Worlds Strongest Wo/Man but the tiny ones are ace, how can they lift so much! The Thai lady who won her cate[…]

(I love the way this seems to be the only regular Olympic coverage on TMFD)
Archery: Okay, there is a subtle cheat to the Olympic Avoidance Log which, if I am to break my personal best time of one hour needs to be okay by the TMFD Olympic Committee b[…]

USE OTHER HILARIOUS STORIES PLEASE: comedy listing of unpopular player on eBay = new sporting ritual. Reporting of same as spacefilling news story = stop it now. (Related question: what did lazy editors do before eBay?)[…]