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  • PrincessFionaPrincessFiona
    SuedeAdidas said:
    PrincessFiona said:
    ValleyGary said:
    Poxy Italians again 
    The anchor leg athlete who won the individual 100m has performed amazingly
    The guy who ran the anchor leg was not the guy that won the 100m individual. He ran the 2nd or 3rd leg I think?

    Oh yeah, not sure why I wrote that! Anyway 2 out of this world performances
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    Kate French .. to excel at five disparate disciplines is remarkable
  • ValleyGaryValleyGary
    Watching the handball on Eurosport. What a great sport.
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    ValleyGary said:
    Watching the handball on Eurosport. What a great sport.
    I saw one live game in 2012. Enjoyable to watch, but what struck me is that what makes football more interesting to watch than other ball games like Basketball, Handball or Water Polo (which I also saw live in 2012) is that you can tackle, whereas in the other sports the two teams are alternating shots with little opportunity to steal the ball in the meantime
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    Have tried for several Olympics to watch handball and it just doesn’t do it for me. 
  • MrWalkerMrWalker
    Nice to see the early morning spectators scattered along the marathon route. 
  • StigStig
    I'm looking forward to seeing the Madison, that sounded great.  In complete contrast, I saw the the penalty shootout between Canada and Sweden and it was a complete joke.
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Stig said:
    I'm looking forward to seeing the Madison, that sounded great.  In complete contrast, I saw the the penalty shootout between Canada and Sweden and it was a complete joke.
    You're too late, we released him in May, and he's now at Spalding  ;)
  • CloudwormCloudworm
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    killerandflash said:
    Hard to get too patriotic about someone who's spent their entire life in the US or Japan.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57998750
    Don't really understand why she's representing GB - seems to have far more connection to the US or Japan.
    British father. Not sure how her connection to the US trumps that.
  • RothkoRothko
    ValleyGary said:
    Watching the handball on Eurosport. What a great sport.
    Saw a game at London 2012 and it was great.

    hockey is still my favourite Olympic team sport 
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  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    Bronze medal for Tom Daley. Fantastic achievement - the final rounds were brutal and the two Chinese lads who beat him were out of this world.
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    thought the silver medalist was bit unlucky and under marked in final round. 

    Didn’t look too happy at the end 
  • MrWalkerMrWalker
    A German coach has been thrown out of the Olympics for appearing to punch a horse who was refusing to jump or trot during the modern pentathlon.
  • ken_shabbyken_shabby
    MrOneLung said:
    thought the silver medalist was bit unlucky and under marked in final round. 

    Didn’t look too happy at the end 
    Yes, the Spanish commentators thought he had a fair point.
  • MrWalkerMrWalker
    How did Germany end up with - 6 points after cycling round the track 200 times in the men's Madison? Seems harsh. 

    Was the silver explained, as we ended with same points as France? 
  • RothkoRothko
    MrWalker said:
    How did Germany end up with - 6 points after cycling round the track 200 times in the men's Madison? Seems harsh. 

    Was the silver explained, as we ended with same points as France? 
    Position at the end of the final sprint is the tie breaker
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    MrWalker said:
    How did Germany end up with - 6 points after cycling round the track 200 times in the men's Madison? Seems harsh. 

    Was the silver explained, as we ended with same points as France? 
    If you get lapped by the entire field you get -20 points

    Just as you get 20-pts for lapping the whole field
  • Raith_C_ChattonellRaith_C_Chattonell
    Men's madison is 50 Kilometres distance rode at 60 kph.  Jeez.
  • McBobbinMcBobbin
    Gold in the boxing, Galal Yafai
  • MrWalkerMrWalker
    Cheers for the answers. Compelling viewing. Not seen it before. 
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  • ValleyGaryValleyGary
    How on earth did one judge give it to the other bloke? He got given an 8 count in one round ffs. Any sport that requires judges is flawed.
  • MrWalkerMrWalker
    McBobbin said:
    Gold in the boxing, Galal Yafai
    Precision boxing.
    Will be inspirational in gyms up and down the country. 
  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    MrWalker said:
    A German coach has been thrown out of the Olympics for appearing to punch a horse who was refusing to jump or trot during the modern pentathlon.
    Doesn't support Newcastle does he?
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2021/08/07/olympic-100m-champion-lamont-marcell-jacobs-cut-ties-nutritionist/

    It seems that the former nutritionist of 100m winner Jacobs is being investigated for supplying steroids
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    This pentathlon run is confusing as listening whilst doing other stuff

    top 3 at moment all sound very similar 

    Choong - GBR
    Jung - KOR
    Jun - KOR
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    edited August 2021
    Get in Joseph Choong 

    Gold in pentathlon 
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Great finish that, I thought the Egyptian was going to catch him
  • letthegoodtimesrollletthegoodtimesroll
    Do we have enough contenders for the remaining gold medals to make up the 4 we are behind Japan ?
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    letthegoodtimesroll said:
    Do we have enough contenders for the remaining gold medals to make up the 4 we are behind Japan ?
    Hopefully Russia cant catch us either - Would be the first time since Athens 2004 where we'll finish outside the top four in the medal table if they do
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