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  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,083
    SporadicAddick said:
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Impressive how well we've done in the swimming with the lack of facilities we have.
    Indeed, just the 796 public swimming pools to train at, including 53 that are Olympic length (50m).
    The UK has 14 Olympic size pools (50x25m) with a 15th being built in Cambridge. Paris has 20.
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,033
    GOLD for Bryony Page!!!!! 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Get in there Bryony!!! gold in trampoline! 
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    GOLD!
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    Literally didn’t know trampolining was an Olympic sport until 5 minutes ago!
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,277
    Felt sorry for the Chinese gymnast that messed up her routine and bonked her head on the trampoline surround. Not for long admittedly, but that's got to have hurt.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Dugdaleclass said:
    Hal1x said:
    Just won a silver in the rowing, with the world's most annoying BBC commentary team who gave it to the UK at 200m.

    Actually I feel the standard of BBC commentators has been pish-poor this year, and I really cant see how Jeanette Kwakye warrants a sofa position. Shes no Des Lynham, more Des O'Connor with her fake laughter.
    The rowing commentary hurts the ears. Agree about some of the other commentators - the tennis twosome have been a little err biased in their coverage of Andy's swansong performances.

    I do like the boxing team though and the gymnastics trio are a blast - Matt Baker trying to be upbeat whilst chatting away to a bloke who sounds like Johnny Vegas and being put in his place by the all knowing 'Chris' who has that same dead pan put down about detail as Esme Young on Sewing Bee.   
    Haha! know exactly what you mean about the Johnny Vegas bloke. I couldn't listen to it without imagining him sitting there talking about the routines and their mistakes whilst thinking 'well you couldn't do it Johnny!!' 
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    suzisausage said:
    Dugdaleclass said:
    Hal1x said:
    Just won a silver in the rowing, with the world's most annoying BBC commentary team who gave it to the UK at 200m.

    Actually I feel the standard of BBC commentators has been pish-poor this year, and I really cant see how Jeanette Kwakye warrants a sofa position. Shes no Des Lynham, more Des O'Connor with her fake laughter.
    The rowing commentary hurts the ears. Agree about some of the other commentators - the tennis twosome have been a little err biased in their coverage of Andy's swansong performances.

    I do like the boxing team though and the gymnastics trio are a blast - Matt Baker trying to be upbeat whilst chatting away to a bloke who sounds like Johnny Vegas and being put in his place by the all knowing 'Chris' who has that same dead pan put down about detail as Esme Young on Sewing Bee.   
    Haha! know exactly what you mean about the Johnny Vegas bloke. I couldn't listen to it without imagining him sitting there talking about the routines and their mistakes whilst thinking 'well you couldn't do it Johnny!!' 
    He's like a Johhny Vegas and Bo Selecta Mel B love child
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    Fleetwood having a storming round today, hopefully he can keep this up.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    well the Chinese coach was worse than useless there.
    I could see the girl was gonna stack it, can't believe he didn't put the crash mat there
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  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Bryony Page starts a new chapter in her life and proves this GB team have bounce back ability.
    🥇💪🏻👏🏼
    Just heard this news and didn't see it live.
    Another Gold.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited August 2024
    se9addick said:
    Literally didn’t know trampolining was an Olympic sport until 5 minutes ago!

    I haven't researched this but we got a Silver in Tokyo which was Bryony Page.

    *Now checked and it was Bronze in Tokyo and silver in Rio.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    soapboxsam said:
    se9addick said:
    Literally didn’t know trampolining was an Olympic sport until 5 minutes ago!

    I haven't researched this but we got a bronze in Tokyo which I believe was Bryony Page.
    and Rio which was err, Bryony Page
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    In gold position for the team jumping final with one rider from each team left.
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Bryony Page, such a lovely lady. Can't get over the look on her face at the medal ceremony.

  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,853
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    SporadicAddick said:
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Impressive how well we've done in the swimming with the lack of facilities we have.
    Indeed, just the 796 public swimming pools to train at, including 53 that are Olympic length (50m).
    The UK has 14 Olympic size pools (50x25m) with a 15th being built in Cambridge. Paris has 20.
    Plus 41 other 50 metre pools, including University of Bath and Manchester Aquatic Centre which aren't too bad at turning out decent swimmers. We are fortunate that in the Olympics they swim lengths rather than widths.  

    Plus 796 other pools, the vast majority of which host swimming clubs that build the strength we have in the sport.

  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Is the 50m pool at Hornfair Park still there? Used to use it before I moved.

  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    superclive98 said:
    Hal1x said:
    Just won a silver in the rowing, with the world's most annoying BBC commentary team who gave it to the UK at 200m.

    Actually I feel the standard of BBC commentators has been pish-poor this year, and I really cant see how Jeanette Kwakye warrants a sofa position. Shes no Des Lynham, more Des O'Connor with her fake laughter.
    The female rowing commentator has the most annoying high-pitched schreech of a voice. I'm sure I recognise it from football on the BBC. I have to turn the volume down or off when it's her commentating.
    I....particularly.....hate.....the.....stressing......of........one.......word.......from.......the.....next
    reminds me of the old Clubcall stretching how long you had to wait on the phone.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,673
    cafcpolo said:
    In gold position for the team jumping final with one rider from each team left.
    All the teams going before us seem to be smashing this latest run. France, Ireland & Netherlands all clean runs. I'm Iplayer so not sure if i'm watching live or a replay  :D
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,810
    se9addick said:
    Literally didn’t know trampolining was an Olympic sport until 5 minutes ago!
    no surprise we are good at that given that 99% of the population seem to have one in their garden ;)
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  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,810
    when's the track Cycling?, for some reason I always thought that was week 1 as well before the Athletics kicks in and takes over the TV screens?
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    Pelling1993 said:
    cafcpolo said:
    In gold position for the team jumping final with one rider from each team left.
    All the teams going before us seem to be smashing this latest run. France, Ireland & Netherlands all clean runs. I'm Iplayer so not sure if i'm watching live or a replay  :D
    As long as we do as well. One more clean run all that's needed! I think anyway.

    Irish guy just had a horrible run.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    I do think it’s impressive how many different sports we are picking our medals up in - think we have 8 golds from 7 different sports. Compare that to China (diving), US (gymnastics), or France (swimming).
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,033
    Show-jumping GOLD for GB. 
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    Another gold. Go horses!!
  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,234
    Moves us ahead of France in the table 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,034
    The gold rush has returned!
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Great jumping and an unexpected gold.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,849
    So we have established we are good at any sports that involve sitting, falling, and bouncing
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    few fists in the air in the office after the horse jumping. nice to see I'm not the only one slacking and watching

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