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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2024
    ValleyGary said:
    Our diving lads have been great so far, but the Chinese are on another level.

    Agree:
    The Chinese were brilliant on every dive.
    The German men were about 6 ins different in height which makes it hard to synchronize !
    The French had a 40 year old called Hunt who was on the GB team about 15 years ago !
    Lots of pressure on Noel Williams but the boy did great with Tom Zaha Daley.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2024
    swordfish said:
    So Tom, Tom and  Tom have all  won medals today. What can we expect from the pipers son I wonder?

    The Pipers son is no Vegan but is a good runner.
    Keep beating that Tom Tom Tom drum, Swordfish.

    Tom Pidcock was just different class after suddenly finding himself 39 seconds behind the French leader  after the puncture.

    Brilliant gold medal.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    aliwibble said:
    That last passing move from Pidcock was insane. Well deserved gold after coming back from a puncture.
    In F1 the stewards would say Pidcock caused a collision & give him a 5 sec penalty. 


  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID this morning!

    Imagine how fast he would have gone yesterday without that additional handicap.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited July 2024
    killerandflash said:
    Adam Peaty tested positive for COVID this morning!

    Imagine how fast he would have gone yesterday without that additional handicap.

    He said in his interview he had a sore throat but didn't want to make excuses!

    Oh shit, he was supposed to be in the relays and he may've infected the whole of the British team and Sharon Davis 😱

    Edited: I just remembered, COVID has been downgraded. 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Silver for Adam Burgess in canoeing. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Weegie Addick said:
    Silver for Adam Burgess in canoeing. 
    Another sitting down sport.
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,639
    Weegie Addick said:
    Silver for Adam Burgess in canoeing. 
    That was incredible to watch. Everyone making mistakes that either cost time or get 2 penalty seconds for touching a gate. One bloke who was on for a time to beat the Brit missed a gate. And then the French bloke wins by 5 seconds in an event that takes just over 90 seconds. Astonishing. But well done Adam - superb result beating people ranked higher than him.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    Can't get on with this Handball
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Gribbo said:
    Can't get on with this Handball

    Agree:
    No VAR to sort it out.
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  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Gymnastics coverage v frustrating as we’re not getting to see the GB routines.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Canada's tracksuits are horrible!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    What a swim by Richards in lane 1. Takes silver losing by 0.02 seconds.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,484
    North Lower Neil said:
    Canada's tracksuits are horrible!
    Pretty sure they had a similar one for one of the Winter Olymipics back in the 90's?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    ValleyGary said:
    What a swim by Richards in lane 1. Takes silver losing by 0.02 seconds.
    Is that the same margin that Peaty missed out on gold by?
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    se9addick said:
    ValleyGary said:
    What a swim by Richards in lane 1. Takes silver losing by 0.02 seconds.
    Is that the same margin that Peaty missed out on gold by?
    I believe so.

    We also just had two of our swimmers finish 4th. We are loving a near miss in the pool.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,012
    Tom Daley competing in his 5th Olympics having only just turned 30 is some going.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,291
    Weegie Addick said:
    Gymnastics coverage v frustrating as we’re not getting to see the GB routines.
    Although somewhat understandable given the battle between the Chinese and Japanese, especially on the high bar. I can't believe one of the Chinese fell off twice, and the performance of the last Japanese gymnast was amazing given he'd fallen off himself in qualifying, and had fallen off the pommel earlier.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,147
    How do you watch on discovery plus on Sky Q 
    I signed up but its not giving me permission and keeps saying retry or upgrade pass , can't work out where to find/how to do  that
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    aliwibble said:
    Weegie Addick said:
    Gymnastics coverage v frustrating as we’re not getting to see the GB routines.
    Although somewhat understandable given the battle between the Chinese and Japanese, especially on the high bar. I can't believe one of the Chinese fell off twice, and the performance of the last Japanese gymnast was amazing given he'd fallen off himself in qualifying, and had fallen off the pommel earlier.
    Happy to see the top routines but I seem to remember in the past that the BBC would specifically show a couple of our routines while all the teams were moving on to the next rotation. Instead today we had lots of filling of close ups across various competitors plus replays of what we’d already seen live. A real shame when our boys came fourth and we saw next to nothing of them. 
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  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853

    What are the BBC TV rights for Paris 2024?

    Throughout the Games, the BBC will have the choice of a network TV channel and a second broadcast stream.

    That means we can show the two most exciting or important events happening at any moment live at the same time.

    And because of the way the Olympics schedule works, it means there will almost never be a big medal moment or race or tearful interview we can't bring you.

    Broadcaster Discovery+ is the rights holder showing every moment of the Games in the UK.

    The Discovery+ app and Eurosport channels will air more than 3,800 hours of live coverage in total from 07:00 to 22:30 BST each day. Discovery+ and Eurosport requires a subscription. You can find more information here.

  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    edited July 2024
    oohaahmortimer said:
    How do you watch on discovery plus on Sky Q 
    I signed up but its not giving me permission and keeps saying retry or upgrade pass , can't work out where to find/how to do  that
    https://www.sky.com/help/articles/sky-marketplace-subscribe-to-discovery-plus

    Has to be done through marketplace first and not directly in app or it won't work.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,035
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngjz32j4do

    Triathlon postponed due to poor water quality in the Seine. 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngjz32j4do

    Triathlon postponed due to poor water quality in the Seine. 
    I really hope it doesn’t end up having to be a duathlon. 
  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,234
    se9addick said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngjz32j4do

    Triathlon postponed due to poor water quality in the Seine. 
    I really hope it doesn’t end up having to be a duathlon. 
    Perhaps the open water swimmers could  play cards to decide their event.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,012
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngjz32j4do

    Triathlon postponed due to poor water quality in the Seine. 

    "Organisers said about 1.4bn euro (£1.2bn) had been spent on a regeneration project to make the Seine safe to swim in after a 100-year-old ban. But as recently as June this year the level of E. coli was 10 times the acceptable level imposed by sports federations."

    A pretty crazy sum of money (if true) for the water to still be shit.

  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngjz32j4do

    Triathlon postponed due to poor water quality in the Seine. 

    "Organisers said about 1.4bn euro (£1.2bn) had been spent on a regeneration project to make the Seine safe to swim in after a 100-year-old ban. But as recently as June this year the level of E. coli was 10 times the acceptable level imposed by sports federations."

    A pretty crazy sum of money (if true) for the water to still be shit.


    Not a bright idea to hold it in the Seine in the first place IMO. It's a bit like us holding it in the Thames.  There must have been plenty of lakes in the French countryside where this could have been held.  Four years training for this? Farcical.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited July 2024
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Tom Daley competing in his 5th Olympics having only just turned 30 is some going.
    Do you know hes got a young son, whos there watching. This is the sort of interesting item you would think the BBC could mention, instead of all that boring sporting nonsense.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,012
    man_at_milletts said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c4ngjz32j4do

    Triathlon postponed due to poor water quality in the Seine. 

    "Organisers said about 1.4bn euro (£1.2bn) had been spent on a regeneration project to make the Seine safe to swim in after a 100-year-old ban. But as recently as June this year the level of E. coli was 10 times the acceptable level imposed by sports federations."

    A pretty crazy sum of money (if true) for the water to still be shit.


    Not a bright idea to hold it in the Seine in the first place IMO. It's a bit like us holding it in the Thames.  There must have been plenty of lakes in the French countryside where this could have been held.  Four years training for this? Farcical.
    Also they say it's been postponed until tomorrow. If it's not good enough today after spending a billion and god knows how long on it, what exactly are they going to do in just 24 hours?

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