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Olympics 2024
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Please don’t derail what has otherwise been a great thread, full of positivity, with the usual nonsense from those who are old enough to know better.7
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I am so impressed again this Olympics with the interviews with the athletes.
Even in the immediate post event analysis they are erudite, speaking with clarity and intelligence.
Barely an “um” or “err”, it’s great to witness their passion.0 -
Skateboarding on currently, Sky Brown in the third group after recovering from a dislocated shoulder.0
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the Chinese girl is 11 years old !!!!!!!1
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I'm surprised they haven't copied the "randomness" of the Pentathlon horses elsewhere, to add excitement. The triathlon would be shaken up if they had to use a central pool of randomly allocated bicycles, in varying degrees of maintenanceswordfish said:No luck on the horses today 😟
That's it from them, until we see the unfortunates used for the Modern Pentathlon for the last time as they will be replaced by an obstacle course for the athletes to negotiate in 2028. Hopefully we won't see a repeat of the mistreatment of Saint Boy that ultimately did for Annika Schleu in Tokyo 🙄
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MarcusH26 said:Skateboarding on currently, Sky Brown in the third group after recovering from a dislocated shoulder.
Sky Brown is one tough cookie.
Sky has a brother called Ocean Brown and a British dad called Stuart and her Mum Meiko is Japanese and the family moved to the USA from Japan where Sky was born.
A very International Girl, still only 16.0 -
killerandflash said:
I'm surprised they haven't copied the "randomness" of the Pentathlon horses elsewhere, to add excitement. The triathlon would be shaken up if they had to use a central pool of randomly allocated bicycles, in varying degrees of maintenanceswordfish said:No luck on the horses today 😟
That's it from them, until we see the unfortunates used for the Modern Pentathlon for the last time as they will be replaced by an obstacle course for the athletes to negotiate in 2028. Hopefully we won't see a repeat of the mistreatment of Saint Boy that ultimately did for Annika Schleu in Tokyo 🙄
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Are you out of your mind? Serious question.seth plum said:I thought a lot of people used performance enhancers in the past but got away with it.
The Irish swimmer Michelle Smith reportedly used to put a whisky soaked finger into her wee wee when tracked down for a random test in order to confuse the results. I used to also think that amongst others Steve Cram was as dodgy as they come and he makes a living as a commentator.2 - Sponsored links:
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FFS get this knob cheese banned, it’s gone past ignore stage now.Now ruining the best threads on here.5
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I clearly said I ‘used’ to think, following on from the comment about the Irish swimmer.Leroy Ambrose said:
Are you out of your mind? Serious question.seth plum said:I thought a lot of people used performance enhancers in the past but got away with it.
The Irish swimmer Michelle Smith reportedly used to put a whisky soaked finger into her wee wee when tracked down for a random test in order to confuse the results. I used to also think that amongst others Steve Cram was as dodgy as they come and he makes a living as a commentator.0 -
What a stupid thing to even mention? I'm not convinced you're entirely sane, tbh.seth plum said:
I clearly said I ‘used’ to think, following on from the comment about the Irish swimmer.Leroy Ambrose said:
Are you out of your mind? Serious question.seth plum said:I thought a lot of people used performance enhancers in the past but got away with it.
The Irish swimmer Michelle Smith reportedly used to put a whisky soaked finger into her wee wee when tracked down for a random test in order to confuse the results. I used to also think that amongst others Steve Cram was as dodgy as they come and he makes a living as a commentator.2 -
Are you surprised? Same old.ValleyGary said:FFS get this knob cheese banned, it’s gone past ignore stage now.Now ruining the best threads on here.1 -
The commentators were banging on about Joe Clarke being in another event, thought they mentioned the canoe sprint but not seeing him anywhere. Anyone know?0
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Not surprised, just fed up of seeing it.cafcpolo said:
Are you surprised? Same old.ValleyGary said:FFS get this knob cheese banned, it’s gone past ignore stage now.Now ruining the best threads on here.3 -
Came 4th in the kayak singles then got silver in the kayak cross, if the latter is the answer you're after?cafcpolo said:The commentators were banging on about Joe Clarke being in another event, thought they mentioned the canoe sprint but not seeing him anywhere. Anyone know?0 -
There has been discussion regarding transgender issues, and several comments about Chinese competitors being cheats. Maybe it is because they are Chinese.Leroy Ambrose said:
What a stupid thing to even mention? I'm not convinced you're entirely sane, tbh.seth plum said:
I clearly said I ‘used’ to think, following on from the comment about the Irish swimmer.Leroy Ambrose said:
Are you out of your mind? Serious question.seth plum said:I thought a lot of people used performance enhancers in the past but got away with it.
The Irish swimmer Michelle Smith reportedly used to put a whisky soaked finger into her wee wee when tracked down for a random test in order to confuse the results. I used to also think that amongst others Steve Cram was as dodgy as they come and he makes a living as a commentator.All on this thread.
I have made a comment about something I used to think about in the past, as people make comments about what they think about Chinese athletes now. Are those who make those remarks insane?
Michael Johnson has been critical of Steve Cram in relation to things he said about Justin Gatling, so discussion on these matters is something that happens.
I also said Cram was a good commentator.
Previously on Charlton life I remember a well know poster talking of Linford Christie and Tessa Sanderson climbing out of windows when testers turned up.
Is anybody entirely sane doc?1 -
Don't think so...I thought it was during his Kayak Cross semi final they mentioned him doing the sprint and having a chance due to his power. Must have imagined it!North Lower Neil said:
Came 4th in the kayak singles then got silver in the kayak cross, if the latter is the answer you're after?cafcpolo said:The commentators were banging on about Joe Clarke being in another event, thought they mentioned the canoe sprint but not seeing him anywhere. Anyone know?
Edit: Yep, watched it back. Misheard. They said he'd be good in it.0 -
“Womens” skateboarding should really be retitled “girls” skateboarding - amazing from these youngsters. Hope our two go well.0
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Enough now Seth1
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To my completely ignorant eyes Sky Brown seems a cut above the rest.MrOneLung said:
Loving this. They all seem like a group of best friends just out having a laugh.se9addick said:“Womens” skateboarding should really be retitled “girls” skateboarding - amazing from these youngsters. Hope our two go well.Edit - as I type this she comes off of her skateboard!3 -
Are Spain under-performing with only 9 medals [1 gold]?
I guess Norway sweep up in winter olympics, but surely they should have more than one medal?0 -
Finally caught up with the artistic swimming as Discovery+ clearly cocked up the timings yesterday.I cannot stress enough how blimming difficult it is and how amazingly fit these athletes must be to do it.
The commentator actually said that they train for 8hrs a day. The Aussies even live together in Perth they’re that committed to it 😳
Give it a watch folks, my favs were team USA…….they even managed to replicate the moonwalk as they performed to Smooth Criminal lol
The Chinese hold top spot after day one.0 -
A one sport countryMrWalker said:Are Spain under-performing with only 9 medals [1 gold]?
I guess Norway sweep up in winter olympics, but surely they should have more than one medal?
I'm amazed at how poorly Germany do these days as well, considering their size and the success of previous FRG and GDR teams.3 -
Tennis and football are so huge over there and that's not many medals available!MrWalker said:Are Spain under-performing with only 9 medals [1 gold]?
I guess Norway sweep up in winter olympics, but surely they should have more than one medal?1 -
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Chinese diver gets straight 10s in her first dive, may as well give her the gold now0
