I've just watched golf and genuinely cheered each hole. The Olympics do some seriously funny things to me. Every damn time. Love them.
Rio Olympics 2016
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It's the only time it's okay as a man to cheer on a competitor in the dressage and pommel horse.
Between the golf today and the tennis yesterday we have seen some amazing sport. Something to remember forever.
We're one Gold behind China 
Louis Smith about to go any minute in the Pommel Horse and then Max Whitlock.
Certainly it's been assumed for a long time that some countries used hormones to delay puberty, and there's certainly some historical evidence. But because of normal variation between different individuals, and the fact that there are always genetic and environmental factors in play, it's hard to know for sure if it's still happening.
Female gymnasts in general are a couple of years behind the normal pattern, but their diets and the intensity of exercise could be the reason for that. Alternatively gymnastics may just favour the ones who mature later, and hence it's a self-selecting thing.
Girls who do gymnastics are inclined to be on the petite side, so you are probably right.
Wow that's brilliant
Whitlock da gawd
another gold for team GB and a silver also.
Fabulous.
Max.
Double gold, this is nuts
Hero
Super Sunday > Super Saturday
shaping up to be Super Sunday.
Gymnastics really throws me off.
I watch every routine and i'm like 'yes this is the best thing I've ever seen ever' and then all the judges give them a score of like 1 and the commentators call the athlete an embrassment and say how their mothers should be ashamed of them and stuff.
Then when I think I'm getting the hang of it I'll be like 'ooooh his little toe was pointing in a different direction to the rest of them the judges aren't going to like that' and the fecker will win.
I watch every routine and i'm like 'yes this is the best thing I've ever seen ever' and then all the judges give them a score of like 1 and the commentators call the athlete an embrassment and say how their mothers should be ashamed of them and stuff.
Then when I think I'm getting the hang of it I'll be like 'ooooh his little toe was pointing in a different direction to the rest of them the judges aren't going to like that' and the fecker will win.
You can add 1+1 to the gold and silver ranks due to Kenny and Skinner, Murray too, no reason he shouldn't defend his crown.
Oh Louis, how much will he be regretting that he played that routine safe?
We never get gold in gynastics, then get two.
Max Whitlock, you legend!
Louis Smith must be bitterly disappointed but it's a bit classless not to congratulate your team mate becoming a history maker.
Louis Smith must be bitterly disappointed but it's a bit classless not to congratulate your team mate becoming a history maker.
#TeamGB performances are just stellar at the moment. I remember when we struggled to win medals. Keep it up!
We're one Gold behind China
Level now.
Smith's a prat.
Is that 3 golds today? With Murray and Kenny/Skinner to go?
eh why?
Arrogant and more interested in himself than the team's performance.
Disregard swimming from the medal table and GB are first
Team event is over in Gymnastics, this is all about the individual now. Not sure why you think he wouldn't be disappointed missing out on the gold?
It wasn't a team event tonight. He got pipped at the post, and he couldn't hide that it hurt.
SUPER DUPER SUNDAY!!
Looks happy enough now.
It must be absolutely gutting but I do agree. I bet whoever loses in the men's sprint cycling tonight will be much more magnanimous.
It is. They got the day wrong.
So we might go above China in the medal table?
What other chances for team GB golds tonight?
He hugged him and congratulated him when the last gymnast was performing, I'm not sure where this is coming from? Obviously he was gutted, but he still went over and congratulated Max.
The cyclist all seem to be more supportive of each other. Maybe gymnasts are a bit more artistically moody.
he did, a few timesHe did look disappointed, but I think that was all it was. He wanted to win and got beaten by his teammate.
Thats probably Smith's last ever chance of winning gold. Kenny is probably going to end up with 10 golds by the end of his career. Skinner already has one and is only 23