Tokyo Olympics

[Jimmy Floyd]

Fucking hell, Xander's just lost a ball while leading. He might let the boy from Bratislava win gold.

[Jimmy Floyd]

7 way playoff for bronze :drool:

[niko_cee]

I reckon there could be some mileage in sudden death golf as a full tournament format. Not quite sure how you'd go about it. What's the most you can feasibly send off the tee at the same time?

Simultaneous tee shots?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Otherwise known as match play.

On one of the niche golf accounts I follow I saw an 11-ball going off in a playoff in some third or fourth tier American event. Looked absolutely insane with none of them talking to each other and the whole green basically cordoned off for standing on other people's lines.

[niko_cee]

No, no up or down. Just out or carry on. Last man standing.

Probably better than the par 3 thing they do at Augusta, just get the field out on a Wednesday. No yardage books or ball finders either. You could call it The <insert number of competitors here>.

[Disco]

You all tee off at the same time and it's first to hole wins, number of shots doesn't matter it's just first to putt wins the hole.

[Jimmy Floyd]

CT Pan somehow coming out of that insanity with a bronze medal is so golf it hurts. Legend.

[niko_cee]

Speed round. You could run it like a cycling time trial. Off the tee every 2 minutes. If you can nail the guy in front of you that's his problem.

When China do the medal table do they include Taipei's in their tally?

[Jimmy Floyd]

They have an agreement whereby they have a separate team but aren't allowed to call themselves Taiwan.

FM always used to call them Chinese Taipei (China PR). Brave, brave Miles.

[Kikó]

CT Pan somehow coming out of that insanity with a bronze medal is so golf it hurts. Legend.

He did really good golfing.

Good boxing semi final on Eurosport 7 now.

[Queenslander]

What's with the Pro Wrestling entrances in the high jump?

[Queenslander]

That Chinese bloke can go.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

£5 on Erriyon Knighton to win gold in the 200m.

It's probably too early for him but the kid (he's 17) is ridiculous.

He's broken all of Bolt's youth records and he currently has the 4th fastest time this season.

[Giggles]

What did/does Djokovic do? I thought everyone liked him, or is that Federer?

[Shindig]

So we've seen biting and headbutts in the boxing. Someone should start throwing some kicks.

[Pepe]

You all tee off at the same time and it's first to hole wins, number of shots doesn't matter it's just first to putt wins the hole.

Mario Golf style. Throw some goombas on the field and you got a winner.

[Shindig]

What did/does Djokovic do? I thought everyone liked him, or is that Federer?

He launched a racquet into the (empty) stands and then smashed another one off the net post. Then he quit the the doubles tournament.

[-james-]

He's a psychopath with nothing remotely interesting or charismatic about him.

[Mike]

That 800M runner from Mexico leaves me in no doubt I'd have been a world class athlete if they'd have let me keep my glasses on in PE at school.

[Shindig]

He's a psychopath with nothing remotely interesting or charismatic about him.

Novid Djokovic. I forgot about that. :D

[Queenslander]

Aussie Pete looks good for a medal in the 800m.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This high jump final has been top quality.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Women's triple jump WR gone.

Absolutely HUGE jump, beats a 26 year old record.

[Kikó]

The triple jump then was unreal.

[Giggles]

Is some of this on during the day? I thought it was all in the small hours here.

[-james-]

The lanky Venezuelan made me feel things.

[-james-]

Is some of this on during the day? I thought it was all in the small hours here.

A lot of the good athletics is on from the late morning. Men's 100m final in ten minutes.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It looks like she's holding back a little on the hop and the skip as she's scared that she's going to land in the sand.

The previous record was set at the same event as Jonathan Edwards' record.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

lol in the high jump.

Commentators saying it's going to a jump off but one of the competitors just asked "Can we have 2?" and the official said why not.

[-james-]

Since when is sharing the gold a thing?

[Shindig]

They only share the bronze in the boxing because they don't want to do another bout.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Last time a gold was shard was in Sydney.

50m freestyle was shared between two Americans. No silver was awarded though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ties_for_medals_at_the_Olympics

[Manc]

Since when is sharing the gold a thing?

Bemusing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

No idea who is winning the 100m here.

I thought going in that Bromell would win but he didn't even make the final.

It's incredibly tight because no one really stands out and anyone here can win. I'll take a punt on DeGrasse with £5 on him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh dear Zharnel Hughes, clearly nerves got to him.

[hfswjyr]

The same guy (Barshim) shared a three way Bronze in London 2012.

https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-2012/results/athletics/high-jump-men

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I didn't think Jacobs had it in him.

[Queenslander]

Holy shit what a year for the Italians.

[Manc]

Fucking lol at that Chinese lad pulling out the flag. You've come last m8.

[Spikey M]

Leave him alone, he's a desperate man trying to avoid going to a concentration camp in the morning.

[Pepe]

Where the fuck are the Jamaicans?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

From a mediocre long jumper to winning the Olympic gold in the 100m.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Where the fuck are the Jamaicans?

They're all shit now.

Blake has lost his elite speed and is more of a 10s runner now and their other guys are youngsters who haven't really broken out yet.

[niko_cee]

Marcell Lamont Jacobs.

Classic Italian Name.

Like Rory 'The Slovafrican' Sabbatini.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Iran about to get DUMPED out of the volleyball :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Marcell Lamont Jacobs.

Classic Italian Name.

Like Rory 'The Slovafrican' Sabbatini.
He was born in Texas and his Dad is a Texan but he himself lives in Italy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6kHDdU_cB0

He also has an Italian accent and his English isn't great.

[Kikó]

They're all shit now.

Blake has lost his elite speed and is more of a 10s runner now and their other guys are youngsters who haven't really broken out yet.

The drug line has been cut.

When do we think the Italian will test positive for drugs?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://i.imgur.com/WvTkFkI.png

Poland topping the group and Iran gone :drool:

[Waffdon]

The drug line has been cut.

When do we think the Italian will test positive for drugs?

Must be soon. He only broke 10 seconds for the first time in May :lol:

[randomlegend]

Literally never heard of a single runner in the 100m

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You can't have watched the 100m, 4x100m relay (bronze in both) or the 200m (silver) in Rio then as De Grasse took medals in all of those.

[randomlegend]

Quite possible.

[Don]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58040337

Eric Bailly masterclass :D South Korea-Mexico seemingly played with a floater too which is an interesting twist to make sure no one mistakes this for actual football.

[Pepe]

Golf is so boring to watch. The highlight was seeing the dude who was winning trying to retrieve his ball from the bushes. That took like twenty minutes though.

EDIT: And he still won. Surely putting your ball into the jungle should be a lot more damaging to your result.

[Lewis]

That medal sharing is a disgrace, and it could only be an Italian and a pretend Arab who cooked it up between them.

[Pepe]

Yeah, it was a fucking disgrace. Let them share a silver if they want, maybe.

[Pepe]

Anyone who ever gets into a 1vs1 final should just do that.

[Luca]

Yep. What a joke that was. Fuck the other guy, go for gold.

[Queenslander]

I blame the Italian by the way he carried on.

[Kikó]

It deserved a Kilroy share or shaft moment.

[Queenslander]

Japan v America in the Baseball should be good?

[Yevrah]

Apologies for not finishing my profile of the competitors in the Women's 87KG+. Kicks off at 11:50 I believe and the reason I'm so interested in it is it's a watershed moment that at best could screw someone out of a medal at this Olympics and at worst could be the catalyst for biologically born Women being unable to compete at the top level of their chosen sport. It goes against everything fair that sport should stand for.

[-james-]

How many trans women have medalled since they were first allowed to enter in 2002?

[Spikey M]

Hopefully New Zealand Jenner smashes them all before taking some time off for her mental health. :drool:https://content.instructables.com/ORIG/FQQ/SYJF/IXQG60PD/FQQSYJFIXQG60PD.jpg

[Yevrah]

How many trans women have medalled since they were first allowed to enter in 2002?

I don't know, how many have actually entered?

If you genuinely don't see a problem with this then for the first time in my life I know how Germaine Greer feels.

[Spikey M]

I think we all see the problem. It's mental. Funny though.

[Yevrah]

I think we all see the problem. It's mental. Funny though.

I'm genuinely not sure all people do, so we must have some on here that don't. I mean, it's happening, no?

[niko_cee]

It only becomes a major problem when the lines get blurred in something like boxing and someone gets seriously hurt, but I guess that happens in straight up cis-normie fighting too.

Is Semenya allowed to compete? Seems an interesting juxtaposition (although I appreciate the same rules might be being applied).

[Spikey M]

It's just a governing body too scared to say no for fear of being lynched I think.

[Yevrah]

It only becomes a major problem when the lines get blurred in something like boxing and someone gets seriously hurt

See Spikey, people are fine with it. We have run mad.

[Queenslander]

Germaine Greer is our gift to you.

[Yevrah]

Looks to me as though the Beeb aren't going to cover it on BBC1. Any ideas where it is on?

[Yevrah]

Germaine Greer is our gift to you.

She is absolutely brilliant (as a lot of old people are) and I find it hilarious that she fought so hard for so long for Women and is now painted as a bigot. It's incredible really.

[Queenslander]

I'm watching the international feed covering the baseball in Australia. The Seven app have all the live international feeds for every sport.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Australian 1960s exports to London were all dons. Greer, Murdoch, Clive James (one of my favourite ever writers), Barry Humphries, probably others.

[Yevrah]

I'm watching the international feed covering the baseball in Australia. The Seven app have all the live international feeds for every sport.

I will have to press the red button or dive into Eurosport (eurgh) I think.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Eurosport coverage is far better than the Beeb.

[Spikey M]

When did Rolf come over?

[niko_cee]

See Spikey, people are fine with it. We have run mad.

I'm not saying I'm fine with it, if you'd quoted my entire post you'd see that sentiment in the next sentence, you fucking idiot.

[Yevrah]

Eurosport coverage is far better than the Beeb.

That's a pleasant surprise. I only have their snooker coverage (which I see after on Youtube) to go by, which is a bit shit.

[Jimmy Floyd]

When did Rolf come over?

Good painter, better singer. A man of all the talents.

[Yevrah]

I'm not saying I'm fine with it, if you'd quoted my entire post you'd see that sentiment in the next sentence, you fucking idiot.

Your sentiment in the next sentence is what everyone says who is absolutely fine with it "Semenya's basically a man", which is why I ignored it, as it's a fucking idiotic stance to take, you fucking idiot.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That's a pleasant surprise. I only have their snooker coverage (which I see after on Youtube) to go by, which is a bit shit.

They have way more feeds than the Beeb and are also much more even-handed in showing sport, rather than being a Team GB cheerleading outfit.

[Queenslander]

Seven speak to the Boomer parents every morning.

Brutal

[niko_cee]

Your sentiment in the next sentence is what everyone says who is absolutely fine with it "Semenya's basically a man", which is why I ignored it, as it's a fucking idiotic stance to take, you fucking idiot.

No it isn't. Learn to comprehend mongo, up your emotional intelligence or whatever it is.

My point was it is interesting to contrast the treatment of Semenya, ostensibly a woman/born a woman, with that of trans-athletes, even if the comeback to that [implication being it is unfair] is that they are both held to the same testosterone standards [I don't know].

[Yevrah]

Niko, I've read that second line 3 times now and I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, but just don't bring Semenya into it, she's a once in a lifetime occurrence that's a massive red herring when it comes to the issue at hand here.

[Yevrah]

No it isn't. Learn to comprehend mongo, up your emotional intelligence or whatever it is.

My point was it is interesting to contrast the treatment of Semenya, ostensibly a woman/born a woman, with that of trans-athletes, even if the comeback to that [implication being it is unfair] is that they are both held to the same testosterone standards [I don't know].

Testosterone is the benchmark for everything in Women's sport these days I think, there's another here with issues now it seems, but that doesn't take into any of the natural advantages you get having been born a man vs. being born a Woman with high testosterone, let alone being born a Woman without that.

[-james-]

Niko, I've read that second line 3 times now and I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, but just don't bring Semenya into it, she's a once in a lifetime occurrence that's a massive red herring when it comes to the issue at hand here.

I take it you haven't heard of the other two athletes that are competing who are subject to the same rules as Semenya. Makes a mockery of the idea that Hubbard is allowed to compete because the libs would go mad otherwise.

[Giggles]

What’s this about, the bloke in the womens weight lifting or is there one doing it the other way around too?

[Yevrah]

I take it you haven't heard of the other two athletes that are competing who are subject to the same rules as Semenya. Makes a mockery of the idea that Hubbard is allowed to compete because the libs would go mad otherwise.

I've just seen one of them. Can you clarify your second sentence please? I don't know why Hubbard is allowed to compete, but she absolutely shouldn't be. High testosterone is a completely different thing to the natural frame advantages you get by being born a man.

[Spikey M]

What’s this about, the bloke in the womens weight lifting or is there one doing it the other way around too?

I think that's who we're on about, unless I've missed another one

[niko_cee]

Yeah, there are a few more Semenya types.

I find it hard to believe that the likes of Maria Mutola might not have fallen foul of such standards had she competed today, although that's probably just me being a racist.

Drilling down into what is and what isn't a permissible biological advantage is just a minefield. I mean, virtually every 100m runner of note ever has West African lineage of some sort, fast twitch fibres and all that. Should the whities not be able to up their roid levels to compensate?

[-james-]

I can't really be bothered discussing the Hubbard issue on here because the issue for most people (I do not speak for Yevrah here) seems to be that trans women are not real women, and not the physical advantage that arises from being a women that underwent puberty as a man.

[Yevrah]

Drilling down into what is and what isn't a permissible biological advantage is just a minefield. I mean, virtually every 100m runner of note ever has West African lineage of some sort, fast twitch fibres and all that. Should the whities not be able to up their roid levels to compensate?

People also say this too. Have you appeared on GMB to argue the toss with Piers Morgan?

The answer to your tongue in cheek question is of course, no.

[Spikey M]

It is all a bit mental. Every single athlete there has a physical advantage over 99% of the population. Thems the breaks and I don't understand why we've moved past "don't take shit that artificially enhances your natural ability" as the line in the sand.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Should just be men = has penis and women = doesn't. Trans women aren't undergoing the change to cheat biological women out of Olympic medals.

[Giggles]

Should just be men = has penis and women = doesn't. Trans women aren't undergoing the change to cheat biological women out of Olympic medals.

Men = born with penis, women = wasn’t. Job done, handy out.

[thommo]

I think one of the Namibian women who just took part in the 200m is of the same classification as Semenya, and is only taking part as she can't run the 400m without reducing her testosterone. I do understand why other athletes have an issue with these competitors - it must just feel inherently unfair - but at the same time they didn't choose to be born intersex and have this advantage. But as niko says, it's a minefield as a lot of elite athletes undoubtedly have some sort of biological advantage (Phelps springs to mind).

Regarding Hubbard and the weightlifting, I don't think it's fair to allow her to compete really. It's a very different situation to being a women with high testosterone, as being born a biological male will give her a very big general advantage. Not to mention she competed as a male before transitioning, so it's not as if she decided to go into the discipline post-transition.

[Yevrah]

I can't really be bothered discussing the Hubbard issue on here because the issue for most people (I do not speak for Yevrah here) seems to be that trans women are not real women, and not the physical advantage that arises from being a women that underwent puberty as a man.

Fair enough. For what it's worth I don't really care for the argument as to whether they're real Women or not and nor really, should anybody else. In that context alone it makes no difference to anyone whether they're described as Women or not so I have no problem with them being so and not even in a 'tolerate' way - I just don't care. I've heard of societal issues that could potentially be cause by it (diminishing the place of biological Women), but I'm nowhere near intelligent or learned enough to get involved in that.

I'm coming at it from a purely sporting perspective and it just isn't fair.

As for Semenya and other Women affected by high testosterone, I think the IOC ran mad on that one too. If Semenya is demonstrably a biological Woman (I believe she is) and hasn't been supplementing her testosterone then for my money, she should be allowed to compete against other Women without reducing it. Why did the IOC go down this road? IIRC was it because there were malicious Jamie Lee Curtis style accusations?

[Yevrah]

Should just be men = has penis and women = doesn't. Trans women aren't undergoing the change to cheat biological women out of Olympic medals.

Is that a serious post?

[Yevrah]

Eurosport 2 HD claims it has this on, but there are runners.

EDIT: We're on!

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is that a serious post?

Yes. Trans women are women, as far as society has it. If society changes its mind on that and bans sex changes, then so be it.

[Yevrah]

Yes. Trans women are women, as far as society has it. If society changes its mind on that and bans sex changes, then so be it.

And with that, you've nailed it again. Ever thought of a career in politics Jim?

[Yevrah]

Which is interesting as it therefore has to come down to (as James pointed out) people not believing they actually are. I wonder what % of society actually, deep down, believe they are.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The 200m heats were pretty funny.

Jackson who won bronze in the 100m was comfortably going to qualify second in her heat but then decided to put the brakes on with 10m to go with the runners behind her still going all out.

She ended up finishing 4th by four thousandths of a second and wasn't one of the fastest losers.

[Yevrah]

https://i.postimg.cc/rpLCSFvr/TG.jpg (https://postimg.cc/DSBXhFfv)



https://i.postimg.cc/3NWgKyDP/TG-2.jpg (https://postimg.cc/vxF1hZhz)

Both from last July.

:sherlock:

[7om]

All of these women are morbidly obese.

[Yevrah]

Poor Snatch from the Austrian there.

[thommo]

The Australian woman seems to be considerably larger than the others. I was genuinely surprised she lifted her first attempt.

[Queenslander]

Stuff the baseball the. Matilda's are playing Sweden.

[Spikey M]

Poor Snatch from the Austrian there.

How does the New Zealanders snatch look?

[niko_cee]

I never realised the weightlifting was such a nexus of sporting prowess and tactical pen pushing [suspicion as to Yev's true interest].

[Lewis]

Is Fatima Whitbread in Team Hermaphrodite, or was that just eighties nutrition?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I never realised the weightlifting was such a nexus of sporting prowess and tactical pen pushing [suspicion as to Yev's true interest].

It's the best sport at the Olympics.

There's so much to it.

[Yevrah]

I've only watched it once IIRC, but really enjoyed it. When it got down to the business end it was brilliant.

[niko_cee]

I knew about the three goes thing, which I always found a bit odd, but I didn't realise it wasn't just like passing in the high jump or pole vault, but instead involves furious form filling.

[niko_cee]

So how is this going to go down anyway? Everyone else is going to scrap out the best they can do before the Chinese woman comes out and lift 20kg more on her first go? :cab:

[7om]

Half of these have Turners Syndrome I reckon.

[Yevrah]

The Korean nailed that. :drool:

[Manc]

Discus has gone out the window due to the rain. Slipping all over the place.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So how is this going to go down anyway? Everyone else is going to scrap out the best they can do before the Chinese woman comes out and lift 20kg more on her first go? :cab:

Pretty much. The Chinese lass is so far ahead of everyone else.

[Yevrah]

So how is this going to go down anyway? Everyone else is going to scrap out the best they can do before the Chinese woman comes out and lift 20kg more on her first go? :cab:

Very probably.

[niko_cee]

One failed lift for transkind.

[Yevrah]

One failed lift for transkind.

And you should headline write for the tabloids, that is excellent.

Good news for our medal hopes that mind.

[-james-]

The Korean has surely gone too low.

[Yevrah]

Was that a fail from Hubbard's second attempt?

Mahow may have nailed this.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Was that a fail from Hubbard's second attempt?

Mahow may have nailed this.

It was, her elbows were a little too bent.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Told you she wasn't getting a medal.

[-james-]

Rock bottom lol.

[Yevrah]

Really feel for her there.

And we might have a new Jim of Golf in Mahow.

[Yevrah]

Told you she wasn't getting a medal.

You did and more impressively you described exactly how she'd fail.

[niko_cee]

Being completely ignorant of this I assumed she'd succeeded with the second lift.

[7om]

Yeah the South Korean looked like it was a walk in the park. Should’ve gone higher.

[Yevrah]

Jesus Christ.

I'm genuinely scared for what life will be like when China have the highest GDP per capita.

[Yevrah]

Being completely ignorant of this I assumed she'd succeeded with the second lift.

I did too initially and thought the commentator was confused as to why the judging panel hadn't requested a replay and not the other way around.

[thommo]

All that state-funded eating paying off for Wenwen.

[Yevrah]

Will she go for a World Record with her third Mahow?

[Yevrah]

What an athlete. :hail:

[7om]

Does the clean and jerk happen straight after?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Will she go for a World Record with her third Mahow?

Her WR is 148.

She started a little low to really go for it. She just wanted to lock up the gold.

187 is her record for the clean & jerk.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Does the clean and jerk happen straight after?

10-15 minute break.

[niko_cee]

We're absolutely monstering the Arsene Wenger Memorial 4th Place Trophy table.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Back on but it seems Eurosport 2 has shunted it for horses.

Discovery+ has it or illegal streams.

[7om]

The clean and jerk has started and Eurosport aren’t showing it. Fuck.

[Yevrah]

What a bollocks.

[Yevrah]

Horsing should never be prioritised over anything.

[Spikey M]

I'm not sure if that's going to annoy Jimmy or Baz more.

[Yevrah]

I'm not sure if that's going to annoy Jimmy or Baz more.

The same horsing is on both BBC1 and Eurosport2 now. :mad:

[Manc]

Something about German eventing screams Nazi.

[7om]

The same horsing is on both BBC1 and Eurosport2 now. :mad:

Mind blowing. Who made the decision to put fucking horse riding on two channels and the weightlifting final nowhere to be seen?

[Yevrah]

There are 5 more horses to do their horsing so that's it, those of us who watched Snatch will not get to see the Clean and Jerk live.

What I really also don't get is that red button stuff is now useless. I swear back in 2012 you could watch every event on Sky if you wanted. I'd have blamed it on COVID but Eurosport have a commentary team at the sodding weightlifting.

[Spikey M]

Is it not available on iPlayer and if not, how and why?

[Spikey M]

You beat me with the Edit Yev, you rapid bastard.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is it not available on iPlayer and if not, how and why?

Because Eurosport/Discovery took most of the sports.

[7om]

Is it not available on iPlayer and if not, how and why?

BBC lost the rights to Discovery so they are only permitted two live streams. One on BBC1 and one on the red button.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Also, it feels like the Korean has come out too light again.

Feel she could have gone for the silver if she and/or her coaches were a bit more aggressive.

[7om]

Our girl has two chances at 156 to get the bronze.

[Yevrah]

Live comms Mahow?

How's the Brit doing? Presumably the Chinese has gone for dinner while the rest of them are pissing about?

[7om]

Campbell has got bronze

[7om]

Oh shit she’s going 161 for the silver.

[Yevrah]

Campbell has got bronze

That would have been awesome to watch. FFS.

Cheers though 7om.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Campbell has got bronze sewn up (unless Wenwen fails three times). Korean went way too low.

[Yevrah]

Oh shit she’s going 161 for the silver.

The tension, while all I can see is a fucking horse trotting around.

[7om]

Silver :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What a fucking lift.

I didn't think she had that in her.

[Spikey M]

Can we have a horse update please Yev?

[thommo]

Very impressive lift. Not sure how she held it during the jerk but she did. 7 kg over her PB to get silver.

[Yevrah]

Silver :drool:

And no one has seen it, but that's ok because there's a rich twat on a horse for us all to look at instead.

I think my brief trip to the Olympics is now done, I can't watch like this. Isn't it a listed event as well?

[7om]

Can we have a horse update please Yev?

Alex Hua Tian is a traitor.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wenwen is bonkers. Olympic record in the snatch, clean & jerk and total at only 21.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And no one has seen it, but that's ok because there's a rich twat on a horse for us all to look at instead.

I think my brief trip to the Olympics is now done, I can't watch like this. Isn't it a listed event as well?

Don't you have Sky Q?

You can get Discovery+ for free if so.

[Yevrah]

And now on the two channels we have someone talking about their horsing and a commentator talking about horsing in general.

Outstanding work.

[Yevrah]

Don't you have Sky Q?

You can get Discovery+ for free if so.

I wish I'd known that 20 minutes ago. What channel is it on?

[Lewis]

Wor Tranny failing on basic technique having nevertheless rammed the weight easily above their head should really end the 'debate'.

[Spikey M]

Big fan of Mahow leaving that until it's just too late. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I wish I'd known that 20 minutes ago. What channel is it on?

You need to make an account and it's a red button affair on any Discovery channel.

[Yevrah]

Big fan of Mahow leaving that until it's just too late. :D

:D

I've added it but there's an upgrade window. Highlights are on the BBC now.

[Yevrah]

That was awesome. :D

Gutted I didn't see it life. First medal for the Brits since 1984.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Big fan of Mahow leaving that until it's just too late. :D

I was too INVESTED in the final and I had forgotten about his Sky post.

[Yevrah]

It's alright Mahow, we're cool.

[Spikey M]

None of us are cool. Especially Mahow.

[Yevrah]

When's the men's equivalent Mahow?

[Manc]

I know some mass is required to shift those numbers, but these lasses are bang out of shape.

[Yevrah]

The American's mask is the real winner here. Absolute beauty.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

None of us are cool. Especially Mahow.
Absolutely.

Also, IIRC there was a hefty sign up time so I'd have had to tell him yesterday.

When's the men's equivalent Mahow?
109KG is tomorrow afternoon with the overs the following day.

[Lewis]

None of us are cool. Especially Mahow.

Speak for yourself pinhead. :cool:

[Baz]

Wor Tranny failing on basic technique having nevertheless rammed the weight easily above their head should really end the 'debate'.Was Hubbard garb then?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Spain/GB hockey quarters has gone to a shootout.

On BBC one, BBC red button (makes sense lads) and probably multiple Eurosport channels too.

[Spikey M]

Was Hubbard garb then?


They said she had a dodgy snatch.

[7om]

How was Hubbard’s clean and jerk?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Non-existent.

[randomlegend]

They said she had a dodgy snatch.

:D

[Manc]

Hinch for the clinch.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

GB keeper was massive in that shootout.

[Yevrah]

Is there football in this and are we competing?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is there football in this and are we competing?

Yes and no.

Well the men aren't, they can never agree and London was a one-off. The women lost to the Aussies in the Quarter finals.

[Shindig]

The lasses were but the Shielas did them.

[Giggles]

I can’t hear or read Sheila’s without thinking of Alf Stewart.

[Ian]

Same.

And it turn leads to me wondering if QL calls people flamin' galahs. I sure hope he does.

[Giggles]

I’ll be very disappointed if he doesn’t.

[Ian]

Strewth!

[Spikey M]

Last time I saw an episode he was having Vietnam War flashbacks which was fun.

[Queenslander]

Don't me started on all the flamin' galahs at Coles today!

[Giggles]

Mongrels.

[Ian]

Stone the crows!

[Yevrah]

Always odd to me that the foster care home in that only had a two-seater sofa.

[Boydy]

Can't believe my original snatch joke got lost at the bottom of a page and ignored and now Spikey's stealing it ffs.

[Yevrah]

I can't believe we're doing them at all, but hey ho.

[Giggles]

Spikey, robbing jokes and upsetting the signallers :cool:

[Spikey M]

My conscience is clean, don't be a jerk.

[Boydy]

I can't believe we're doing them at all, but hey ho.

You're the one that was trying to turn it into a BIG ISSUE in the thread, I don't think you've got a moral high ground here.

[Manc]

Is Handball essentially Basketball for regular sized folk?

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's for people whose nations had the misfortune of not having invented or imported good sports.

That little jump thing they do to shoot must be in the top three campest moves in all of sport, and I'm including diving in that.

[Giggles]

Our handball is better than that one.

[Yevrah]

You're the one that was trying to turn it into a BIG ISSUE in the thread, I don't think you've got a moral high ground here.

It is a BIG ISSUE, or at least would have been had she had any technique.

Jim nailed it all in one post anyway.

[Lewis]

You're the one that was trying to turn it into a BIG ISSUE in the thread, I don't think you've got a moral high ground here.

One is a middle-aged old man embarking upon drastic life changes prompted by severe and untreated mental illness, the other...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's for people whose nations had the misfortune of not having invented or imported good sports.

That little jump thing they do to shoot must be in the top three campest moves in all of sport, and I'm including diving in that.

It's genuinely shit.

I've really tried to like it many times but I just can't.

[Don]

Just caught some of the handball on BBC. The fucking cheeky of a couple of geezers who spend a significant portion of their free time watching golf knocking that :D

[Kikó]

Eurosport 7 has wrestling on. These guys are fucking huge.

[Giggles]

Just caught some of the handball on BBC. The fucking cheeky of a couple of geezers who spend a significant portion of their free time watching golf knocking that :D

Something something gammons.

[Kikó]

Genuinely baffled by that. It finished 1-1 and the not Russian won on points. Wrestling is just bizarre.

[Shindig]

Eurosport 7 has wrestling on. These guys are fucking huge.

There's seven Eurosports now? And yes, Handball's a bit shit. I had to review a Handball game a while back and was stunned how crap it was. It's parking this bus manifested as a sport.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There's seven Eurosports now? And yes, Handball's a bit shit. I had to review a Handball game a while back and was stunned how crap it was. It's parking this bus manifested as a sport.

No, there are 9.

The first two are permanent channels, the other 7 are temporary ones for the Olympics.

[Shindig]

Makes sense. I don't think I could cope with a world where British Eurosport spawned 6 Doppelgangers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Taz's lot sneaking a victory at the death.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The American long jumper Tara Davis:

https://i.redd.it/b7af0e2ndh871.png

:drool:

[Queenslander]

Yeah she is stunning.

The Arab running for Japan is a bit unusual for them.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was not planning to watch all of that long jump final but I couldn't stop watching, top quality competition.

[Luca]

Jesus. That Norwegian just absolutely smashed the WR in 400m hurdles. :cool:

EDIT: The American in second place and the Brazilian in third place also beat the existing world record.

[niko_cee]

That Dutch opening rider in the Mens Team Sprint is a monster.

lol at the Danes stacking it into the hapless British rider in the pursuit, double lol if they get DQ'd.

[Ian]

I saw a clip of that. I love the very audible "FUCK THEM" on BBC morning TV after he'd just ridden into a guy.

[-james-]

The climbing is underway with the men's qualifying. Here's a post (https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?2850-Tokyo-2021-Sponsored-by-it-s-not-2020-you-slags&p=464518&viewfull=1#post464518) on it I did a while ago.

What a disgrace that it's not on the BBC. It's on the Eurosport website or https://olympicstreams.me/ for anyone interested.

[Don]

That long jumper is getting pumped by a spaz.

[Queenslander]

Aussie Boxing win with a ref that let everything go

[Offshore Toon]

Wtf is this mackem shuffling in the ring for whilst doing nothing. He's gonna get battered.

[Kikó]

Climbing is on eurosport 2.

[randomlegend]

It's on the red button/iPlayer on BBC as well.

[-james-]

The coverage has been quite poor. Whoever was directing the Bouldering needs sacked. Four athletes climbing most of the time, and the feed kept showing climbers chalking up or artsy wide shots while there's action on the wall. Infuriating.

Mickael Mawem the big surprise so far. He's on top going into the last discipline, Lead, which starts at 13:10 I believe. Top 8 go through to the final on Thursday.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Erriyon Knighton is going to be MASSIVE.

I doubt he'll reach Bolt levels but he'll go close I think.

[-james-]

Was not expecting a man called Kenny Bednarek to be African American.

[-james-]

While I'm on names, Renaud Lavillenie is a brilliant name for a French pole vaulter.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Surprised at how good De Grasse looked there.

PB and he was clearly easing up too, he looked pretty crap in the heats earlier too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Cracking 800m final there.

Silver for GB (almost a bronze too), Hodgkinson breaking Holmes' national record and most of the field putting down PBs.

[Luca]

My man is going to medal :cool:

[Queenslander]

Erriyon Knighton is going to be MASSIVE.

I doubt he'll reach Bolt levels but he'll go close I think.

He spoke to our media.

https://www.facebook.com/429137883963971/posts/1723325221211891/

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Doesn't work.

Weightlifting today has been brilliant.

Uzbek lad and Armenian were going toe to toe.

Armenian sets an Olympic record for the snatch but the Uzbek sets an Olympic record for the clean & jerk plus the total.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think one of the Namibian women who just took part in the 200m is of the same classification as Semenya, and is only taking part as she can't run the 400m without reducing her testosterone.

She's just won silver.

[Manc]

Came home like a fucking steam train. Ban impending.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is it a cheat track, or are they all wearing cheat shoes?

[Lewis]

The conspiracy of silence around the super shoes is pretty lol. It's not even a big deal, since these things improve all the time, but whenever anyone gets asked about them they get all indignant about it.