Tokyo Olympics

[Manc]

Huge effort from Giles Scott.

[Lewis]

https://i.imgur.com/XzLiae4.png


Yeah, he'll be bald by the next one. Unlucky.

Well at least one of us won our event.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Belgian lad in the Decathlon long jump pulled his hamstring whilst attempting his run but he hobbled back and then tried again:

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:D

Had to roll out of the sand pit and then be put into a wheelchair.

[Queenslander]

:lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

400m hurdles delivering again.

McLaughlin sets a new World Record and Muhammad in silver also beat the previous record.

[Luca]

I read a stat that the Norwegian who set the WR did the 400m hurdles faster than 23 blokes in the 400m sprint. :D

[Queenslander]

https://i.ibb.co/HKHSKvb/Screenshot-20210804-144648.jpg (https://ibb.co/6yWMyhT)

[Spikey M]

Belgian lad in the Decathlon long jump pulled his hamstring whilst attempting his run but he hobbled back and then tried again:

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:D

Had to roll out of the sand pit and then be put into a wheelchair.

:D

He still got further than I could tbf.

[Ian]

That should be the accepted form for long jumping.

[niko_cee]

I don't really understand how he's done that, has he somehow tripped on take-off whilst airborne?

[Jimmy Floyd]

It should be the furthest mark you can make that counts, rather than the behind-most. The Superman technique would win out.

[Kikó]

I don't really understand how he's done that, has he somehow tripped on take-off whilst airborne?

If his hamstring has popped he's probably seized on the jump which leads to that awkward front flop.

[Kikó]

The pole in the climbing a second ago was unreal. Just incredible speed.

[Manc]

Was that skater not supposed to secure Gold? Fuck off back to America.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm fully here for the French lodging a protest against the gold medal-winning British sailors. Keep trying lads, it's been a 400 year dry spell on the seas but your luck's got to change some time.

[Yevrah]

How does this picture, from the BBC's main page, exist?

https://i.postimg.cc/kX5rXWmh/bbc.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

[Yevrah]

Ignore me, forgot that she did actually get one lift above her head even though it didn't count.

Russia are staying as classy as ever though.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58029133

[Ian]

They're a lovely bunch.

[Spikey M]

There's a documentary by Reggie Yates on iPlayer about the LGBT community over there. It's mental.

[Don]

Somewhere in the remote Siberian village of Mikhailovka there's a couple of dons lolling at a bunch of gammons who don't find the idea of this geezer competing in the women's weightlifting event mental. Regardless of having worked her/zir/eir/vis bollocks off to get there.

[Offshore Toon]

Anybody riding a horse for sport or leisure is a psycho. I'm surprised they're carrying on with it at the Olympics given it's clearly animal abuse.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

KJT's Achilles has gone again.

Maybe we shouldn't have sent so many injured athletes?

[Manc]

The Muller curse.

[Manc]

KJT's Achilles has gone again.

Maybe we shouldn't have sent so many injured athletes?

:harold:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Georgian lad gets an Olympic record with his first snatch :cool:

Previous record was 204 and he comes out at 208.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He's just done 215 like it was nothing.

And makes 223 (a new World Record) look easy.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And a WR in the clean & jerk, what a man.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

De Grasse looked brilliant there. I didn't think he had that time in him and thought one of the Americans would rise up.

Surprised Knighton was so far out of it, perhaps nerves got to him.

[Gray Fox]

This Georgian lad is a hero. 3 world records there in about 15 minutes. He only looked remotely troubled in his last lift.

[Manc]

Artistic Swimming is fully mental.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Have they brought in a men's event yet in that? I said handball was camp, but men's synchro would be full on Starlight Express.

[Disco]

On the horsey stuff I find the horse/rider divide interesting.

In 'eventing' we care about the rider but in racing it's all about the horse, is that a class divide do we think? Upper class horse stuff it's about the rider but for the proles getting rinsed by the bookies it's just about the horse. Point to point might have to be the exception that proves the rule.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm going with yes.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Unexpectedly ungammon opinion from me: having watched some of the climbing and skateboarding, they seem to me like perfect fits for the Olympics and brilliant additions.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I'm undecided on the climbing. Skateboarding has been really fun though and does fit.

[Shindig]

An easier question might be finding what doesn't fit. Although you don't really know until the committee figures out a format.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Equestrian bullshit.

[Offshore Toon]

You could shave about 20% and replace it with stuff from the X Games. It would be so much better.

[Pepe]

Anyone followed the 3v3 basketball? :eyemouth:

[Pepe]

Even that is probably ok. Can't be worse than beach volleyball.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Anyone followed the 3v3 basketball? :eyemouth:

I watched a little bit of it.

It's alright and I like that the games are relatively short.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E7_IaqrXMAYIkf3?format=jpg

Proper paedo moustache from a Spaniard in the skateboarding today. Just the look you want in a sport with a lot of youngsters.

[Queenslander]

The Americans were clearly in 1st gear for the 1st two quarters... Unstoppable now.

[Baz]

Where can I watch last nights women’s park skateboarding?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Big fan of the very loud "Fuck Yeah" from the Aussie Moloney at realising he's won bronze. Just as the cameraman decided to walk up to him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Not too keen on the sport climbing scoring system.

It feels weird that Ondra dropped from the gold medal position to sixth just because the Austrian lad (who took bronze) ended up beating him in the lead climb.

[-james-]

Yeah it was an absolute shambles lol.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Why do they call it 'sport climbing'? Is other climbing not a sport?

[-james-]

The random Spanish lad won because he came first in the speed section, which was a knockout bracket in which he faced the worst speed climber, and two opponents who fell off or false started. He recorded the fifth fastest speed time. He was the worst of the lot over the two other disciplines. Speed shouldn't even be in the combined event.

[-james-]

Why do they call it 'sport climbing'? Is other climbing not a sport?

The names don't make much sense. Sport climbing is generally a broad term used to refer to non-competitive climbing done outdoors with ropes and fixed anchors (there are many sub-categories).

I don't know why it's called that but in any case it's not the same as what goes on in indoor competitions such as this Olympic one.

[Jimmy Floyd]

In most new events (I only know about this from golf) they only get given 2 medals (one for each gender) as a probation run and they just get told to make the best of it. Presumably the climbing authorities thought they had to showcase themselves in a certain way in order to get established and be given more medals in the future. I know in the case of golf that is why they basically use the most boring, safe format available.

All these weird mixed relays in various sports seem to be a way of gerrymandering gender equality in terms of participants.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fun event but the scoring needs to be looked at.

[-james-]

In most new events (I only know about this from golf) they only get given 2 medals (one for each gender) as a probation run and they just get told to make the best of it. Presumably the climbing authorities thought they had to showcase themselves in a certain way in order to get established and be given more medals in the future. I know in the case of golf that is why they basically use the most boring, safe format available.

All these weird mixed relays in various sports seem to be a way of gerrymandering gender equality in terms of participants.

Yeah it makes sense that the IOC wanted to get speed involved because it's pretty eye-catching and accessible. Nobody within climbing likes the combined format but I don't see what else they could've done. The decision to make the speed component of the combined final as high variance as possible is pretty baffling though.

Speed gets its own medal in Paris, 'how. They'll probably want to separate lead and boulder further down the line as well.

[niko_cee]

What the fuck is this artistic karate bullshit?

Now, I know about katas and whatnot, but I'm sorry, no. Get out.

Be fucking gold medal keepy uppies next (admittedly probably better than the actual Olympic football).

[Jimmy Floyd]

Keepy uppie would be a great Olympic sport. You could have an artistic one with judges, a timed one, one going over an obstacle course in the skate park, some kind of mixed relay obviously.

Karate and baseball have been given the chop for Paris. Presumably pétanque and pelota are in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Keepy uppie would be a great Olympic sport. You could have an artistic one with judges, a timed one, one going over an obstacle course in the skate park, some kind of mixed relay obviously.

Karate and baseball have been given the chop for Paris. Presumably pétanque and pelota are in.

Well they've decided to keep surfing (which will be held in nearby Tahiti), skateboarding and climbing.

This has left them with one choice for an additional "sport" which will be breakdancing...

[Spikey M]

Fuck me, Every country will send their version of Phonics.

[Pepe]

Can't wait to see Yev go for gold in esports.

[Manc]

How did Hal get on in the race walk?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can't wait to see Yev go for gold in esports.

He'll keep requesting a new save/challenge halfway through.

[Yevrah]

Can't wait to see Yev go for gold in esports.

:D

I'd be nowhere near good enough, even at Bethesda games.

[Giggles]

In fairness you could probably strip over half the sports out of this.

[Shindig]

The annoying thing with eSports is I only find fighting games to be watchable. The FGC have a huge chip on their shoulder about going mainstream so IOC approval would result in a proper shitstorm. :drool:

[Pepe]

Really? I think everyone would love it. I didn't see any complaints about the Intel tournaments.

[Shindig]

Maybe they've matured over the years but I think Olympic recognition would knock a few noses out of joint.

[Pepe]

I bet most would appreciate the extra money.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kata is absolute bobbins.

[Lofty]

I really don't care for most of the olympics but the climbing is excellent.

[Ian]

Kata is absolute bobbins.

I was surprised to see it'd even got in. It's just dressage for karate. But without the x factor of a massive stupid jumpy animal involved.

[Dave.]

Kata is completely awesome you heathens. :mad:

[Ian]

It's not.

[Dave.]

It's not.

I guess I appreciate it more because I've done karate to a reasonable standard and specialised in kata. For me, it's great to see it in the Olympics.:thbup:

[Ian]

I did karate for years as a kid and doing kata for grading or whatever they called the exams just didn't excite me.

I can appreciate the control required to do it properly I just have zero interest in watching it and I have my doubts whether it ought to be an event in the Olympics.

[Baz]

TTH outing itself as a former junior karate dojo.

Let’s start a gofundme to buy Red Triangle in Liverpool.

[Spikey M]

Nothing artistic should be at the Olympics.

Or anywhere at all, ideally. Load of shite.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My rule is that anything involving judges should go. Unfortunately that means the end of boxing, how sad.

[Yevrah]

Gymnastics feels like it should be at the Olympics.

[Ian]

Yeah I dunno that I'd rule out judges altogether. Though I have spent a fair bit of time this Olympics thinking about what I think the rules should be to determine if something should or shouldn't be an Olympic sport. I remain unconvinced about shooting and archery.

[Yevrah]

Horsing definitely needs to go. Those people have already won at life.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They'd tell you they (the riders) are not rich but just from the countryside or whatever.

[Jimmy Floyd]

OK, I'll change my mind.

'Could you use the sport in a theoretical prison escape?'

Anything that isn't a yes has to go.

[Yevrah]

In the same way that every farmer you meet will tell you they aren’t rich? They’re just smart with their money and it’s all tied up working for them.

[Yevrah]

OK, I'll change my mind.

'Could you use the sport in a theoretical prison escape?'

Anything that isn't a yes has to go.

Does that bring snooker into the fold? Balls in a sock to cosh a guard with?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Does that bring snooker into the fold? Balls in a sock to cosh a guard with?

Don't think a good cue action helps you get out of Colditz.

Athletics, swimming, gymnastics, shooting, archery, martial arts, boxing, triathlon all stay. Equestrian - we'll keep cross country and showjumping, but I think a round of dressage is likely to slow you down.

[Ian]

Your rule keeps horsing in and is therefore incorrect.

It's also basically how that fella claims he invented modern pentathlon.

If we're going to base this on film/literature scenarios it should be the works of Arnold Schwarzenegger, in which case horsing would have to include an event for a man on a horse chasing a man on a motorbike, including the bit in the lift.

[niko_cee]

Are you proposing some sort of equestrian version of the Keirin?

[Yevrah]

Now if horsing involved what Van Damme does in Hard Target I’d be in.

[Ian]

With obstacles, trench coats and a much lesser regard for the wellbeing of the little fella on the motorbike. In that you're trying to bring him to justice.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It was only the other day I discovered we won Town Planning gold at the 1932 Olympics, so if anything we should be more open minded. Horsing stays.

[John Arne]

Futsal should deffo be an Olympic sport. Breakdancing, not so much.

[Dave.]

Let's have darts and snooker (or pool maybe) in the Olympics and have them in a Wetherspoons style pub. :drool:

[Dave.]

It was only the other day I discovered we won Town Planning gold at the 1932 Olympics, so if anything we should be more open minded. Horsing stays.

Town Planning. :lol:

[Jimmy Floyd]

Snooker would be a good Olympic sport, to be fair. What would you have, a 32 man knockout with max 3 per country. Using the world rankings that gets me to:

Trump, Selby, O'Sullivan (GB)
Robertson (Aus)
Ding, Yan, Zhou (China)
Un-Nooh, Saengkham, Akani (Thailand)
Doherty, O'Brien, Hill (Ireland)

And then qualifiers from Switzerland, Iran, Belgium, Jamaica, Germany, Pakistan, Ukraine, Hong Kong, Brazil, Norway, Finland... that's as international as half the sports on there. Bit top-heavy, but there are about 8 sports that China win without even trying, so who cares.

[Ian]

You were saying the other about people looking miserable because they "only" get a silver. Do you really want Ronnie O'Sullivan moping about with a gold like a cunt, bitching about how nobody's as good as him?

[Dave.]

You were saying the other about people looking miserable because they "only" get a silver. Do you really want Ronnie O'Sullivan moping about with a gold like a cunt, bitching about how nobody's as good as him?

To be fair, that would be pretty hilarious. :lol:

Maybe we could have snooker pairs in the Olympics and make him team up with Mark Selby? :lol:

[Manc]

This German lass having a mental breakdown on the horse is superb viewing.

[Ian]

Either Selby or one of the no-mark youths he loves to moan about so much.

[Manc]

Laser Run disappointingly does not involve athletes running through lasers.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Modern pentathlon gold? How have we managed that?

It seems we're good all rounders, anything that involves depth / mixing genders / being a general jack of all trades we seem to dominate. Anything where the Chinese can hothouse one person, not so much.

[Disco]

Modern pentathlon is the one that has shooting, horsing, and swording isn't it? Another one for the public school brigade.

[Manc]

Great run from Laura Muir.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kipyegon is a monster. I thought she had gone too hard too fast.

Beating Hassan is MASSIVE for Muir.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Modern pentathlon should be renamed to old school pentathlon, and modern pentathlon should be skateboarding, climbing, BMX, table tennis, and finally a marathon, because I like to watch ill-suited athletes suffer.

[Shindig]

Keep in mind the skateboarders were children.

[Baz]

"she's come away with a PB, British Record and Silver medal in Olympic final, she couldn't have wished for more" - except for the gold medal maybe

[Disco]

Modern pentathlon should be renamed to old school pentathlon, and modern pentathlon should be skateboarding, climbing, BMX, table tennis, and finally a marathon, because I like to watch ill-suited athletes suffer.

The marathon needs to be more modern, the first 3 Mario games or something. Warpless obv.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thought we had the gold in the 4x100m.

Can't believe Italy managed to sneak ahead at the line.

[Manc]

Italy need to fuck off.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Calling a national doping programme. Genuinely wish nothing but misery on them and their histrionic nation.

[Manc]

Gold lost to a whitey. Smh.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was some final leg by Tortu.

[Spikey M]

We should just nuke Italy at this point.

[-james-]

Genuinely bonkers how Italy have won that.

[Kikó]

Italy suddenly being amazing at running is a turn up. Have they been in Milan's labs?

Also, the women's javelin is incredibly confusing as the Australian, Lithuanian and Pole have beautiful faces but then legs like Anthony Ruiz.

[mugbull]

Football's coming hoome

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was watching it on silent and was expecting to see Gold Medal Giuseppe pick up on the home leg, but no, they have Inspector Fazio instead and he just powers past our BLM might from miles back. Molte shenanigani, ragazzi.

[Lewis]

It isn't a sport if you can do it in jeans (snooker, darts, golf, etc.), so shooting and archery are out and the horse stuff is probably for it as well.

[Luca]

The seethe has not let up. :drool:

Forza Italia baby

[Pepe]

It isn't a sport if you can do it in jeans (snooker, darts, golf, etc.), so shooting and archery are out and the horse stuff is probably for it as well.

Do pijamas count? Crucial for the fate of baseball.

[Disco]

What about jorts?

[Jimmy Floyd]

San Marino taking part in the doping programme as well. 3 Olympic medals for them is ridiculous.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Gianni Infantino rocking up to dish out boxing medals at the Olympics is an interesting flex. At least he has to hear God Save the Queen now.

[Giggles]

:D the hurt.

[Queenslander]

:D

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm conducting an investigation into a possible Irish doping programme as well after their bottom ranked female golfer came 7th. Will report back.

[Manc]

Choong. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/07/german-modern-pentathlon-kim-raisner-coach-thrown-out-of-tokyo-olympics-for-punching-horse-annika-schleu

Lol.

[Offshore Toon]

https://i.imgflip.com/5iv8ut.jpg

[-james-]

They should change the modern pentathlon to skateboarding, climbing, surfing, table tennis and golfing.

[Lewis]

The Bentathlon.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Cracking run by Kerr.

[niko_cee]

That modern pentathlon horse sounds a right legend, the BBC story is better as it includes this finale:


The horse cleared just four fences before crashing into the fifth and then repeatedly refused to jump, eliminating Schleu with zero points as it had done earlier to another competitor, Gulnaz Gubaydullina.

:D

[randomlegend]

They should change the modern pentathlon to skateboarding, climbing, surfing, table tennis and golfing.

Xbox, rhythmic TikTok, speed tweeting, social distancing and mental health first aid.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

India with their first ever athletics gold medal via the javelin.

[Shindig]

Xbox, rhythmic TikTok, speed tweeting, social distancing and mental health first aid.

Olympic Gold Medalist and Spreadsheet Badboy, Barry Akehurst.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

This USA women's 4x400 relay team is fucking bonkers good.

Gold medallist in the 800m, Bronze medallist in the 400m flat plus Gold & Silver in the 400m hurdles.

[Manc]

Only just clocked Brazil v Spain is live and direct via the iPlayer.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

France on the verge of a gold in the Men's volleyball.

They've never won a medal before with their best finish being 8th.

They've only even won one bronze at the World Championships.

[Shindig]

Add them to Jimmy's list.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They're struggling to put them away though.

In set 3 they had an early lead but flopped and it looks like the same is going to happen in the 4th.

If it does go to a fifth set I can't see France winning.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

France have done it.

That final set was brilliant.

Russia went out hard early and it looked like they might cruise it but France got back into it and then they were just trading points for a while.

The point to set up match point was brilliant too, the guy faked that he was going to set a shot before tipping it into open space on the Russian's side of the court.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

France have done it.

That final set was brilliant.

Russia went out hard early and it looked like they might cruise it but France got back into it and then they were just trading points for a while.

The point to set up match point was brilliant too, the guy faked that he was going to set a shot before tipping it into open space on the Russian's side of the court.

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[Spikey M]

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Yevrah

[randomlegend]

Only just seen that Viktor Axelsen won the badminton singles.

Beast. :cool:

[Baz]

When's this finishing? Sick of hearing about it.

[Shindig]

Tomorrow.

[Queenslander]

Go hard fellas.




https://i.ibb.co/FW8gD5D/FB-IMG-1628383967280.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Carnage to start the first race of the Omnium.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Italian out for blood.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was stunning from Jason Kenny.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, that was pretty funny. Go long! Daft Aussie looking the wrong way set it up for him.

[Kikó]

Did he just lose his bearings and not realise how far back he was to Kenny?

[Manc]

Talk about stealing a march.

[Lofty]

Lol at that marathon runner knocking over all the water bottles and taking the last one for himself, gold medal level shithousery.

[-james-]

I've enjoyed the Olympics a lot. The one event that absolutely needs to go in its current format is the men's football. Get beach soccer or Wembley Doubles in instead.

[Shindig]

Futsal's made for it.

[Baz]

Can you manage Team GB on FM?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There is no Team GB football so no.

They have women's football on FM now though right? So womens Team GB might be there.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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At least he got the gold medal for being completely knocked out.

[Baz]

There is no Team GB football so no.

They have women's football on FM now though right? So womens Team GB might be there.
Oh. When did they can that?

[Giggles]

Wasn’t it just a one off for 2012? The other 3 British countries outside England are afraid of their shite of the thought of it anyway.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wasn’t it just a one off for 2012? The other 3 British countries outside England are afraid of their shite of the thought of it anyway.

Yep.

Pre-2012 the last time they sent a team was in the 60s (although they did try up until 1972 but couldn't qualify) and they'd just use the England amateur plus a couple of others from the other nations to appease them.

[niko_cee]

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At least he got the gold medal for being completely knocked out.

Didn't he get the actual gold medal [due to some stupid rule] or was that your point?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Didn't he get the actual gold medal [due to some stupid rule] or was that your point?

That was my point.

The rule is that you can't follow through with your strikes as they don't want excessive force to be used.

I think the Saudi Arabian lad is really unlucky as I don't think he did follow through, it just looks really bad as his opponent ducked into the kick.

[Shindig]

He can't really pull our of it. It's over in a flash.

[Lewis]

Doesn't that incentivise over-selling that and staying down?

[Yevrah]

Massively I'd imagine.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah but I doubt he was getting up for a while regardless.

[Pepe]

Didn't even notice this was over. They were a bit shit this time around, weren't they?

[Manc]

I really enjoyed it. A much needed palate cleanser after the never ending football.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They were good but wrong time zone for us to enjoy it as much as we could. The next two will be better. Fuck Brisbane but I'll be 44 by then.

[Don]

Didn't take notice of any of it really, largely due to timings and work commitments.

[Ian]

I barely watched any of it. Partly because of the times and partly because the main coverage was garbage.

I also preferred when the BBC just had about 12 channels on the go to show stuff rather than having to red button or check Eurosport or whatever.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yes, the beeb coverage being a disgrace was also an issue. I could hardly be described as a wet internationalist, but I don't tune into the Olympics to hear about Lisa Bumcheeks-Jackson coming 14th in whatever event and her Great British Backstory, I just want to watch the sport.

In the end I just found leaving Eurosport on and accepting whatever they showed me was the best way.

[Don]

They had a cracking selection of BLMs [and Nihal] tho tbf to them.

[Ian]

I reckon of all the times I turned on the main BBC broadcoast for it when I got up in the morning I happened to turn on when there was sport on about 10% of the time. The rest of the time it was Hazel Irvine asking somebody who won a medal for us previously how [new bronze medal winner for TEAM GB] "must be feeling right now."

[Jimmy Floyd]

Lutalo's voice had a soothing quality. Shame he is expert in a pointless Korean sport.

[Pepe]

The coverage in the US was absolutely disgusting. 90% ads, 5% stupid commentary, 5% sports. I was hoping for the BBC to show everything, but they disappointed too.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Whenever I have the misfortune to watch US coverage of any sport (mainly golf, but occasionally others) it is just a complete ad fest. I don't understand it really given how much money there is swilling about over there.

[Queenslander]

The 7+ plus app down here were doing gods work. All the live international feeds with zero studio time and limited advertising.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Discovery+ here was the same.

Although two of their feeds were direct from Eurosport so had waffle/ads at times.

Not all of the sport had commentary though.

BBC was genuinely horrendous, I really thought they'd do a better job considering most people wouldn't be watching a lot of this Olympics due to the time zone.

Their highlights show was also pretty shit. Mainly focused on stuff they had prioritised in the live broadcasts and again too much studio waffle.

[Queenslander]

Discovery+ here was the same.

Although two of their feeds were direct from Eurosport so had waffle/ads at times.

Not all of the sport had commentary though.

BBC was genuinely horrendous, I really thought they'd do a better job considering most people wouldn't be watching a lot of this Olympics due to the time zone.

Their highlights show was also pretty shit. Mainly focused on stuff they had prioritised in the live broadcasts and again too much studio waffle.

It makes the Olympics so much more accessible for me. I'm sure the studio standard is the same around the world with the low tier hack banter ruining enjoyment for viewers. Don't get me started about the swimming coverage.

Same time zone was probably the only reason I made an effort.

[phonics]

Was impossible to watch anything a Swiss wasn’t competing in here and was impossible to see any clips online because ‘this video cannot be viewed in your country’ so outside a couple of gifs I’ve seen nothing.

[Kikó]

Discovery+ here was the same.

Although two of their feeds were direct from Eurosport so had waffle/ads at times.

Not all of the sport had commentary though.

BBC was genuinely horrendous, I really thought they'd do a better job considering most people wouldn't be watching a lot of this Olympics due to the time zone.

Their highlights show was also pretty shit. Mainly focused on stuff they had prioritised in the live broadcasts and again too much studio waffle.

The BBC forgo rights on this which is why there was more bluster and less action.

[Luca]

The CBC coverage was fine. They (Canada's beeb equivalent) broadcast the Olympics 23 hours a day, stopping only for the nightly news at six and Coronation Street at six-thirty.

There is a lot of waffle on the main channel about Stevie Saskatoon and his Great Canadian Story (he, like Lisa, ends up disappointing the nation and finishing 7th in the heats of the men's 750m dog paddle), but they've got *everything else* streaming online, lots of it without commentary as well.

[Luca]

Alright, Floyd. :eyemouth:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/58193101

[Shindig]

Did I imagine things or did the beeb originally report it as testing positive for Covid? :D

[Lofty]

Haha what a fucking clown :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Silver to Canada and Bronze to the Chinese.

What a mong.

[Lewis]

You have to wonder how the coaches, dieticians, etc. never spotted it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

My working theory is that some drugs leaked off the Italian as he surged past him, and thus framed him.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ujah was on the opening leg.

[Manc]

Seem to remember him giving it large in the post race interview. Bellend.

[Don]

Just hope his mental health doesn't take a battering during this testing time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58405211

A Paralympian was three minutes late to the shot put and he was told it was ok as he had a valid reason. He then sets a WR and wins gold but they've now stripped his medal as they don't think the reason for his lateness was valid.

Shambles.

[Lewis]

There was a lad in my form with cerebral palsy, 'Adam Cripple', and he was always late for lessons because some woman had to wheel him around. Years later I saw him shuffling around the university with sticks, so I think they're right to be wary of these people.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/58559089

B sample has also come back positive for Ujah so that's the 4x100m silver gone.

[Yevrah]

Presumably as our Great British girls and boys don't cheat, there must have been some sort of mistake. Twice.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/60437373

The silver has officially been stripped.

[Lewis]

Presumably as our Great British girls and boys don't cheat, there must have been some sort of mistake. Twice.

A couple of ex-rugby league players who were banned for drugs have come out recently and said that loads of people were at it, and that they essentially only did it to compete and get the same opportunities, and the whole sport has mobilised to paint them as a pair of bitter wankers. I mean they are, but that doesn't mean they're making it up.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't see how top footballers 'press' to the extent they now do without help.

[Manc]

I seem to remember Barca being in some serious hot water during thier peak. Not sure what happend to the story. Buried no doubt.

[niko_cee]

I don't see how top footballers 'press' to the extent they now do without help.

They're all probably asthmatic.

Presumably CJ Ujah's grandad is too old/dead to have mixed up his growth hormone [or whatever it was he was taking].

I saw that Rugby League thing too. It's obviously absolutely rife in the 'bulk up' sports.

[Kikó]

Drugs that help you recover and reduce fatigue will be across all major sports.

[niko_cee]

Aye, it's all in managing the dosage, as far as I understand it.

Landis left his ball patch on too long etc.

[Spikey M]

They should just legalise the lot. Who gives a fuck what they take? And who doesn’t want to see what Adama Traore looks and moves like on a cocktail of horse and bull meds?

[Giggles]

Or something to allow him to be able to move his limbs.