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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    iaitch said:
    MrOneLung said:
    Absolutely love the Olympics, am barely going to be able to watch any of it this year and gutted about it
    Love it as well. 

    Looking forward to the three weeks every four years where everyone at work is an expert on the different intricacies of the kneeling,standing and prone components of the rifle shooting, and the likely wind changes in the offshore sailing 
    Please advise us of their comments on lacrosse.
    It is not an Olympic Sport
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,648
    I’ve mentioned it here a while back, Mrs GA cousin’s lad is representing NZ in the BMX, (Rico Bearman). Her cousin was a professional road racer and has been in the TDF. Her Uncle is a Charlton fan and moved down under many years ago.
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,223
    I’m looking forward to it, will be hoping across the channel to Lille to watch the handball on Aug 7th.

    if you’re looking for a Charlton connection; Erin McNeice, who is competing in the climbing started out at The Reach Climbing Centre in Woolwich Dockyard.

    Was always a quiet, unassuming Lass, I’m delighted to see her qualify for Paris. 
    Alice Kinsella (daughter of Mark) will be at her second Olympic Games. 
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    MrOneLung said:
    iaitch said:
    MrOneLung said:
    Absolutely love the Olympics, am barely going to be able to watch any of it this year and gutted about it
    Love it as well. 

    Looking forward to the three weeks every four years where everyone at work is an expert on the different intricacies of the kneeling,standing and prone components of the rifle shooting, and the likely wind changes in the offshore sailing 
    Please advise us of their comments on lacrosse.
    It is not an Olympic Sport
    Apologies just checked it's coming back in 2028.
  • Hope the 1500 metres lives up to its billing with the grudge between Josh Kerr and Ingebrigtsen boiling over.  Go on Josh you can do it!
  • Dunno if anyone caught the excellent documentary 'Daley: Olympic Superstar'? (Available on iPlayer)

    It tells the story of the complex man behind one of the greatest all round athletes the World has ever seen.  Dedication is only half the story.  Well worth a watch imo.
  • Another one to look out for is Path to Paris: The Hunt for Gold - starts tomorrow on C4 at 4:55pm. (2 parts). It follows British Athletes as they prepare for the games.

    Keeley Hodgkinson, Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman and Morgan Lake feature.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    Dunno if anyone caught the excellent documentary 'Daley: Olympic Superstar'? (Available on iPlayer)

    It tells the story of the complex man behind one of the greatest all round athletes the World has ever seen.  Dedication is only half the story.  Well worth a watch imo.
    even as a 13 year old, I was not impressed in 1984 with his whistling the national anthem and homophobic tee shirts
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    MrOneLung said:
    Dunno if anyone caught the excellent documentary 'Daley: Olympic Superstar'? (Available on iPlayer)

    It tells the story of the complex man behind one of the greatest all round athletes the World has ever seen.  Dedication is only half the story.  Well worth a watch imo.
    even as a 13 year old, I was not impressed in 1984 with his whistling the national anthem and homophobic tee shirts
    Yeah, that's the dilemma.
    Feet of clay and all that.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,103
    MrOneLung said:
    Dunno if anyone caught the excellent documentary 'Daley: Olympic Superstar'? (Available on iPlayer)

    It tells the story of the complex man behind one of the greatest all round athletes the World has ever seen.  Dedication is only half the story.  Well worth a watch imo.
    even as a 13 year old, I was not impressed in 1984 with his whistling the national anthem and homophobic tee shirts
    That has affected his legacy. He's arguably the greatest sportman Britain has ever produced, but how many people born this century are aware of him? 

    As a kid I liked his phonebook adverts with the cartoon cat!
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    MrOneLung said:
    Dunno if anyone caught the excellent documentary 'Daley: Olympic Superstar'? (Available on iPlayer)

    It tells the story of the complex man behind one of the greatest all round athletes the World has ever seen.  Dedication is only half the story.  Well worth a watch imo.
    even as a 13 year old, I was not impressed in 1984 with his whistling the national anthem and homophobic tee shirts
    That has affected his legacy. He's arguably the greatest sportman Britain has ever produced, but how many people born this century are aware of him? 

    As a kid I liked his phonebook adverts with the cartoon cat!
    and he played for Wimbledon
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013
    It's live on BBC1 all day, every day from early in the morning until it gets dark.
    If that blanket coverage isn't sufficient it's also on Eurosport all day & evening.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,103
    MrOneLung said:
    MrOneLung said:
    Dunno if anyone caught the excellent documentary 'Daley: Olympic Superstar'? (Available on iPlayer)

    It tells the story of the complex man behind one of the greatest all round athletes the World has ever seen.  Dedication is only half the story.  Well worth a watch imo.
    even as a 13 year old, I was not impressed in 1984 with his whistling the national anthem and homophobic tee shirts
    That has affected his legacy. He's arguably the greatest sportman Britain has ever produced, but how many people born this century are aware of him? 

    As a kid I liked his phonebook adverts with the cartoon cat!
    and he played for Wimbledon
    The cat?
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,112
    For the sake of the world’s climate, I hope this will be the last Olympics staged in this way.

  • MrOneLung said:
    Dunno if anyone caught the excellent documentary 'Daley: Olympic Superstar'? (Available on iPlayer)

    It tells the story of the complex man behind one of the greatest all round athletes the World has ever seen.  Dedication is only half the story.  Well worth a watch imo.
    even as a 13 year old, I was not impressed in 1984 with his whistling the national anthem and homophobic tee shirts
    I cut him a bit of slack there. 

    He was sent away to boarding school aged 7 by the authorities.  He had a mother who didn't love him and a father who was shot dead in the street.  I wouldn't be surprised if he was on the spectrum - his obsession with the sport was absolute.  He put his heart and soul in and he wasn't paid a penny piece in the early days. 
  • mr.se7
    mr.se7 Posts: 272
    Men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. A few different teams going for it including GB. Always a cracker 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,047


    The beach volleyball arena in Paris has a pretty amazing backdrop!
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    se9addick said:




    That looks amazing.  Although, I'd have thought it would be a bit chilly for volleyball in Blackpool.  
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    I am looking forward to seeing Andy Murray finally bow out of his tennis career.  Britain's most successful professional athlete, in my view. 
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,610
    The artistic swimming is a new one I’m looking forward to now that I partake in synchronised swimming.
    Our friends son Finn Lynch is part of the Irish sailing team so will watch that.
    And know loads of the Irish rowers so will be watching them too.
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    The artistic swimming is a new one I’m looking forward to now that I partake in synchronised swimming.
    Our friends son Finn Lynch is part of the Irish sailing team so will watch that.
    And know loads of the Irish rowers so will be watching them too.
    I was going to make a hilarious joke about which sailing class your friend Finn is going to be competing in.  But they've dropped the Finn class this year, so I won't. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    Yesterday, Charlotte Dujardin was profiled in Horse and Hound and described as someone who "could become Britain's most decorated female athlete of all time" were she to win any medal at the Paris Olympics.  

    Today, she has pulled out, following a video released from four years ago.  Heroine to zeroine. 
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,223
    Chizz said:
    I am looking forward to seeing Andy Murray finally bow out of his tennis career.  Britain's most successful professional athlete, in my view. 
    Just quickly thinking of some of the rowers and cyclists we have had, plus Mo Farah, puts Murray a long way down in my opinion for Britain's most successful athlete. 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    Chizz said:
    I am looking forward to seeing Andy Murray finally bow out of his tennis career.  Britain's most successful professional athlete, in my view. 
    Just quickly thinking of some of the rowers and cyclists we have had, plus Mo Farah, puts Murray a long way down in my opinion for Britain's most successful athlete. 
    Rowers and cyclists are - ostensibly at least - not "professional" in the same sense as tennis players.  It's an argument that's unwinnable, of course, but he is - in my opinion - Britain's most successful professional athlete.  It's interesting that ESPN ranked him third in their list; but numbers one and two were not rowers, cyclists, track and field athletes or, in fact, Olympians.  
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,813
    Chizz said:
    Chizz said:
    I am looking forward to seeing Andy Murray finally bow out of his tennis career.  Britain's most successful professional athlete, in my view. 
    Just quickly thinking of some of the rowers and cyclists we have had, plus Mo Farah, puts Murray a long way down in my opinion for Britain's most successful athlete. 
    Rowers and cyclists are - ostensibly at least - not "professional" in the same sense as tennis players.  It's an argument that's unwinnable, of course, but he is - in my opinion - Britain's most successful professional athlete.  It's interesting that ESPN ranked him third in their list; but numbers one and two were not rowers, cyclists, track and field athletes or, in fact, Olympians.  
    He's defo up there but Hamilton, Calazaghe, Lewis, Anderson are four that spring to mind as being above him for me.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    Murray won 3 out of 60 grand slams he played in
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    edited July 2024
    Chizz said:
    Yesterday, Charlotte Dujardin was profiled in Horse and Hound and described as someone who "could become Britain's most decorated female athlete of all time" were she to win any medal at the Paris Olympics.  

    Today, she has pulled out, following a video released from four years ago.  Heroine to zeroine. 

  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    Pretty dramatic to pull out - from that and from her statement it sounds to me like she may have hit a pupil and/or horse, just a guess of course. Ah well , Strictly beckons …
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    MrOneLung said:
    Murray won 3 out of 60 grand slams he played in
    ...Which is three more than every British male tennis player in the open era. 

    Added to that, he made eleven grand slam final appearances, eight more than all other British male tennis players combined. 

    Added to that, he's one of only five British men to win the Olympic singles gold medal; and the only one, of any nationality, to retain the singles title. 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    But in the biggest tournaments (The Slams) he won 1 in 20
    Greatest British tennis player maybe, but best British sportsman?, nah not for me