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Gems from the BBC's live Olympic text:

Re: controversy over the GB vs China women's taekwondo quarter-final: "That head kick from Stevenson should have scored two points and won the fight. I said beforehand that the Brit might have to decapitate her opponent to go through to the semi-finals - and she very nearly did! Maybe they required her to spit down her neck afterwards."

Re: reaction to overturning of the result of the taekwondo match in favour of GB: "The Chinese lady sat behind the officials knows about the reversal - she's got her hands over her face and looks like she's just discovered her husband in bed with Usain Bolt - but there hasn't been an announcement in Mandarin yet, and I'd imagine the news will go down like Jim Davidson at the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras."

Lunchtime in the wake of controversy over use of "to medal" as a verb (hey, I'm a variationist, I have no problem with it XD): "It's time to sandwich... "

Close finish in the men's kayaking: "You could have thrown a doily over the medallists."

LOL. Everyone who writes the live text updates is pretty much a genius. XD

[Edit] Hatchling! :)