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Listed below are comments made by red-athlete between Tuesday, 12th August 2008 and Tuesday, 12th August 2008.

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Predictable gold medals 4:58pm on 12 Aug 2008 Because Table Tennis requires quick reactions, athleticism and physical stamina. Snooker does not. Table Tennis can at least claim to have a passing association with the Olympic motto, snooker can not.

That's why not.
Gay removes flash from 100m dash 3:36pm on 12 Aug 2008 Ah - the old spectre of drugs. To those instant doubters, have you considered that drugs allow people to train harder, recover quicker and get stronger and more powerful - hence lots of athletes who have been found guilty of drug abuse have enormous bulging muscles and incredible explosive starts. I believe that naming anyone in particular is against House Rules as it could be considered defamatory, but you can easily find pictures of banned athletes on the 'Net.

Usain Bolt is still only about 20 or 21, lean, not particularly muscular, has a rubbish start which is indicative of a lack of explosive, weights-built power, but the reason he broke the WR is that he runs like a whippet with a massive stride and a high cadence - that's not drugs, that's genetics. There is enough cynicism in sport these days that it would be nice if you didn't accuse people, who have never had any suggestions of cheating levelled at them, just because they do things on the track that seem out of the reach of normal people.
Move over Murray, these Games ain't for you 2:49pm on 12 Aug 2008 Sorry, nobody else appears to have picked up on a comment from Matti76 at the start of this blog:

"The timing of these games really doesn't suit a tennis player - coming on the back of a Masters series (which Murray brilliantly won), and on the eve of the US Open. If he manages to win that he will bring more glory to British sport than all the gold medalists here could ever do."

Are you serious?!??!?! No, if he wins a major then well done him, and it's about comparable to an Olympic Gold Medal in all honesty, but don't for one moment belittle the achievements of the rowers, gymnasts, triathletes, swimmers and the athletes of a hundred other sports who train far longer and harder, and compete in far more gruelling and demanding events, than tennis players ever do, and for a fraction of the remuneration that tennis players get.

NB He could try being happy about it as well - I wouldn't mind being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds for hitting a little yellow ball across a net. Hardly conforms to the Olympic motto of "Citius, Altius, Fortius" does it?
Gay removes flash from 100m dash 2:24pm on 12 Aug 2008 Finally, some sensible comments. It is unarguable that the 100 and the 200, both with some incredible exponents who are awesome athletes, are completely different races. You could argue forever over who is the greater athlete - the WR holder in the 100m or the 200m.

What is NOT in doubt is which group of athletes are actually faster. The fastest runners are the ones with the greatest peak speed. 100m runners are faster. For the ill-informed who argue that Michael Johnson's 9.2s 100 is faster than the 100m WR, well thanks for that, but please consider that Donovan Bailey and Carl Lewis both ran 100m relay legs, accurately timed for distance, and of course with flying starts, in the mid-8 seconds. End of discussion.

Would you argue that 400mH hurdlers are "faster" than 110mH hurdlers? By the logic of people like Mido_9 you would, because the 400mH WR is a higher average speed than the 110mH WR (11.695s/100m : 11.700/100m).

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