That Van Vleuten crash was sickening. She's ended up with concussion and three small spinal fractures, which in the end is about as good a result as could have been expected.

Had she hit her head on the kerb rather than landed on the road, I don't see any way she would have survived. Boardman was spot on. That descent was way too steep and way too technical in the best of conditions. Add in the light rain that was falling at the time and it made it lethal.

Good to see GB off the mark in terms of medals on day two, despite a few near misses earlier in the day. If he wants it, there's no reason why Adam Peaty can't go on and dominate that event for years.

I've found the Sevens coverage hugely irritating, mainly due to the constant insistence of the likes of Inverdale referring to it as "rugby sevens" and dropping the fact it's only one version of the game. They even had Brett Gosper the head of World Rugby on last night's coverage, giving five minutes of Union propaganda about how this will help spread the sport. Just a shame that with the specialised nature of sevens these days there aren't a few League boys in there to highlight our game.

Interesting for those who moan about uncompetitive international RL though. There are realistically three teams in with a chance of winning the womens sevens then a big gap to the rest. Yet nobody has made a big deal out of it or questioned its point, because it provides exposure of the highest level of the sport to a wider audience.

There's also an RL link in Team GB, who are coached by former Castleford winger Simon Middleton.

Great to see Adam Peaty destroy the field and his own world record last night. Better though for me was to see Jaz Carlin get her silver. Great swim. Seen her train many times down at Bath and my son even raced a relay with her a couple of years ago. She was devastated after missing London with illness and nearly chucked it in.

never watched a second of London games and Rio will be the same. Tour de France was also a huge no no.
no interest and a waste of money nowadays

I really enjoy watching new sports so I will be tuning in as much as possible.

There's a young boxing prospect from Keighley called Muhammad Ali. No pressure on him with that name!

The walking event on Friday should probably convert you.

yeah right mate. been on a big digger at a girls school for 3 months. that's all the excitement I need!

Sickening fall on a par with the vaulter whose leg collapsed under him!!

If the descent was so difficult how come so many managed to navitage it multiple times without any falling off? This is elite sport and as such should be the ultimate challenge.

The problem with the descent was the combination of difficulty and lack of any kind of margin for error or safety precautions in the event of someone getting it wrong. Vincenzo Nibali is one of the best descenders in world cycling, yet it caught him out on Saturday. If you're going to have a descent that tricky and made even more so by the shadows cast by the trees over the road, then you can't have six inch deep gutters on both sides of the road that will throw anyone getting it slightly wrong over their handlebars. It's like putting concrete walls with no deformable barrier on the fastest part of a Formula One track.

I agree. I get Sal's point about it be the ultimate challenge to win an Olympic gold so of course it should be difficult but they seemed to go beyond that to almost reckless/careless. It says it all about the course when we are relieved that it's 'only'.a severe concussion and three spinal fractures. Perhaps also 'fortunate' that she was on her own and not in a group of 3/4 that could've caused mutiple injuries.

As for others making it down safely, I'd imagine that with her being in 1st place at the time that others may have gotten a heads up to use caution going into that particular turn, especially as she still lay motionless on the side of it. In the gymnastics that's just an unfortunate injury that can happen in sport and whilst cyclists know that crashes come with the territory, this was pretty much asking for something serious to happen.

I thought straight away at the time when she didn't move at all that she had broken her neck, was awful viewing. I fully agree the course should be difficult for the Olympics - but not so barbaric that any mistake not just costs you the race but potentially your career. I do however think she got the speed and angle of entry into that particular turn all wrong, she was far too narrow for the tight bend under no pressure from other riders - I guess they will have ridden the course many times before the actual race (?) so that turn shouldn't have been a surprise.... however mistakes like that should cost time allowing the pack to catch up somewhat, not have you speared into a concrete wall fracturing your back!

always look forward to the Athletics, that is the Olympics for me. I will watch a few of the other things going off involving Brit hopes but things like football and Golf etc.. wouldn't give it the time of day as Olympic sports go they just don't belong for me.