What a race that women's madison was! Never seen such an event before, I was blown away by that ride from Team GB! Incredible performance, what a way to take home the gold
Same for the sprinting, that was a lot of exciting action. The men's finals were really worth watching, and I'm looking forward to seeing what the women manage tomorrow. A well earnt bronze there for Carlin, he stormed that!
The whole Olympics have gone by so fast, there's not much of it left already
Good thing the paralympics are coming up soon, that should be exciting too. I reckon tomorrow's shift is going to be like today, looking forward to getting back and watching the action. I didn't think track cycling could be so exciting!
EDIT: It was sad news to hear that the Dutch woman from yesterday's crash has multiple injuries, amongst other issues her collarbone is injured. Ribs damaged and the lungs are suffering too
Really hope she pulls through and recovers well, some serious injuries there. As much as I've loved following Team GB, I've kind of adopted the Netherlands as my second favourite team, so it's sad to see a fine athlete go down like that.
EDIT 2: Sorry for multiple edits, I was distracted by ice cream! Forgot to mention Starikova's excellent performance, that was a brilliant show and I was celebrating that too. I really want Ukraine to do well!
What a way to end the penultimate day of track cycling!
Starikova defeating the German to go into the semi-finals, wow that was a result! That's going to be an edge of the seat watch tomorrow
Certainly an interesting men's madison, silver was a good result but I do kind of feel they held back a bit too much. Doing so over 200 laps, yes of course it will have been necessary in places, but perhaps too much slack. Still, a great run by Belgium who I really thought were going to steal the gold, so close yet so far from them!
Bad luck for Katy Marchant, that woman from Hong Kong's an absolute machine so it would always have been a tough one for her to win. The women's sprint semi final and, indeed, the final, will both be excellent viewing. I get the privilege of watching the first bit before I head to work, as it all starts at 2am, so I'll be having breakfast while the first part of the action is on. Work's going to drag so much!
I am a bit gutted I just haven't been able to watch as much as I wanted to, what I have seen has been great though. Certainly, the closing ceremony promises to be good too.