Five-Ringed Circus: Day 8 Brits on the cycling track in trouble?

• Basically, to be fair about it:  For the first time in the London Games, the United States is at the top of the official medal table.  After another big night in the pool, the gold-medal "arms race" is at USA 21 - China 20.  The total is USA 43 - China 42.  That means, out of the approximately 113 events completed as of the end of the first week of medal competition, the two countries locked in the medals race have 41 of the golds.
• A country who has done very well for themselves in the last several days, largely in rowing and cycling, are the hosts, Great Britain.  In fact, on the official table, they are fourth with 8 gold medals.  (Third is South Korea, with 9.)
• That might change, though, as, to go along with one cycling disqualification for illegal passing in a team event, Great Britain may well have to tell one of it's cyclists to Just Shut Up.  In this Yahoo! video, comments by gold medalist (at the moment) Philip Hines was set to intentionally crash his bike, forcing a restart in a team event, if the start did not go well.  In fact, this was, apparently, all planned out.  Cycling officials declared it "lost in translation".  More swampland in Topeka, KS, now up for sale, if you believe THAT one!