David Bond BBC Sports Editor

In the main I think the BBC have covered the Olympics, all sports, really well though I think they were a bit out of order trying to interview Bolt et al from the 200m last night when the Kenyan national anthem was being played for David Rudisha.

But whenever David Bond comes on I find myself reaching for the remote.  He is so negative.  He was in his glory before the games when issues like G4S security came under fire and even now when we are having a succesful time he will find something negative in it.  Who can forget Cavendish snapping at him after the road race.

I always found him the same  before the games but this just gives him too much time on air, come on BBC get shot of him.

Loving Hazel Irvine on the breakfast news at the moment, gives a well informed and positive start to the day.

Yep he does come across as right tosser

i was totally disgusted by him dragging the youngest away whilst the anthem was being played.totally disrespectful......

I agree, they all seemed to want to genuinely show respect for the national anthem but he just was so pushy to get the interview through at any cost, maybe he was getting orders from producers? But either way 60 seconds wouldn't have made much difference. The athlete came across better then he did! Great race though.

Isn't the guy doing the interviews called Phil?  There was some hoo-ha earlier in the week about him grabbing hold of the athletes to interview them, which I thought was a little OTT.

I agree that the BBC were disrespectful to Rudisha trying to do the 200m runners' interview during his anthem.  The BBC could have waited as Bolt, Blake and Weir had actually stopped.  Those three chaps themselves all came across really well;  listening to the anthem respectfully and then thanking Birmingham for putting them up at their camp. 

David Bond does seem a bit on the miserable side, but I've only seen him on the news programmes.  I also was plesantly surprised to see Irvine given the morning gig.  I'd rank her way above Sian Williams but I still have a soft spot for Susanna Reid. 

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To be fair to Phil Jones, he has a small window of opportunity to grab the most famous athlete on earth while a great many other media people are also trying to get him, with an editor in his ear telling him to do it now, do it now etc etc. He does at least show in his questions that he has a knowledge of the sport and what the athletes have been through in the months and years before the Olympics. What they do is not easy and if you miss out you might find yourself out of a job at some point.

Yes I think the interviewer on the night is Phil Jones.  David Bond is used much more for big reports and summaries on the main news broadcasts.  The spat with Cavendish appeared to me because athletes don't like him too much.

The spat with cavendish to me just conformed he's a t*sser Cavendish had just had a nightmare ride for his game plan and here was some fool asking d*ckhead questions when all he wanted to do was get drunk and cry.

Bolt and co were waiting patiently............they always give the BBC a interview as they know they have so many fans living in Britain...probably nearly as many as in jamacia.................and with Britain being the home nation then there is no way they would have missed giving an interview................he was just plain disrespectful

Yeah, that David Cameron, he's a dreadful mayor, isn't he!

I was at the stadium on Monday and all the Media (my seat was next to a bank of media desks) were standing for the anthems

From calling him a negative reporter, to a "letch" in 14 moves.

That must be a RW record?

Worst post race interview  was Hazel Irvine and the winner of the mens road race (bikes) - seemed to think he'd want to spend his moment of glory talking about why Cavendish didn't win.    Can't stand her - so anodyne she makes Lineker look like a personality - was more impressed with Tanni G-Ts knowledge of the cycling and the horsey woman (whatever her name is - did a decent TV show riding round the UK on a bike) has put in her usual good performance.   

We can't find much fault with our team this time round, highest medal haul ever, (ignoring the 1908 games when only about 3 teams competed), so let's find pointless faults with random other things that don't matter.

What did Bond ask that so pissed Cavendish off?

Muttley, he had the audacity to ask if the gruelling Tour de France had knackered the GB lot out a bit.

apparently a stupid question...