OLYMPICS

The first major whinge of the Olympics has started already, and surprise surprise it comes from the Aussies, who always complain about British whingeing but are no slouches themselves.

It seems the beach volleyball competition is going to be held at night under floodlights, and the aussie women (gold medal winners in 2000), who obviously are used to playing on the beach during the day, are complaining that this has been done to help the Greek team.

For once the Aussies may actually have a point, though I'm not sure it is the on they mean to make. they are implying that the Greek womens team are used to playing under lights so it will help them to have the competiton at night.

I suspect though it is actually because the night-time games will make it even harder to distinguish between Greek men and women than usual and so the Greeks are hoping to slip a couple of ringers in without anyone noticing. Even the odd moustache is going to be believable on a Greek womens team under the cover of night. Actually it would be in broad daylight too so perhaps trhey're hoping to get away with beards?