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  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    the French lass she was against absolutely rinsed her as well.

    these Chinese girls are impressive, that gymnastics base will shine through 
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,106
    sam3110 said:
    Raygun looked like she's a 'cool' aunt that once took a dance class and listens to world music on Spotify. Bizarre 
    Or maybe Carter put her up to it when they were in the Sweeney?
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    rina said:
    suzisausage said:
    that Australian called 'Raygun' reminded me of an amateur trying to do breakdancing whilst not really achieving much at all. looked so out of place. she just rolled around the floor. 

    my wife thought it looked like one of those tv shows with a pro dancer teaching a celebrity to dance
    It was surreal. I half expect her to be revealed as a 'Rob and Romesh vs' type comedian from Oz. 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Spain 3-1 up in the gold medal match against France. Not even half time yet.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    edited August 2024
    Two days to go and I’ve managed to watch not a single solitary minute (well other than the clip in you tube of the funny Walker woman who celebrated too early and got passed on the line). 
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Can someone just summarise what the fudge is going on in this cycling flinging ride?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    I haven't got a clue what's happening in this Maddison thing 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,261
    Italians are winning, but Netherlands can win gold on the last sprint as it's worth double 
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,033
    Silver for Team GB it seems from that final sprint? 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,261
    We make a late surge and win the final sprint, grabbing silver in the process 
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,000
    Great silver just using the sprints 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    It was confusing enough watching on TV with commentary, I can't imagine watching this live!

    Our tactics seemed a bit off, but a great final sprint to get the silver. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,261
    I think we needed to take a lap if we were to have any chance at gold, but taking a lap essentially eliminates you from the sprints as it takes a lot out of you
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    Sillybilly said:
    Two days to go and I’ve managed to watch not a single solitary minute (well other than the clip in you tube of the funny Walker woman who celebrated too early and got passed in the line). 
    What do you want, a medal?
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,626
    stonemuse said:
    Great silver just using the sprints 
    I think we missed a trick not going to the 20 points. I knew the Netherlands did and only got bronze but it seems mad not to go for it early on & then just pick up a few 1's & 2's in the sprints. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    golfaddick said:
    stonemuse said:
    Great silver just using the sprints 
    I think we missed a trick not going to the 20 points. I knew the Netherlands did and only got bronze but it seems mad not to go for it early on & then just pick up a few 1's & 2's in the sprints. 
    I think we wasted too much  energy on 2 lap sprints anyway. Too much energy unless you get 3 points 
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,598
    LenGlover said:
    I would like KJT to win the gold obviously but, given all her previous Olympic traumas, I just hope she can actually get a medal of whatever hue.
    Same here, really hope she can get a medal. First saw her at London 2012 and have always looked out for her results since.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    North Lower Neil said:
    I haven't got a clue what's happening in this Maddison thing 

    Apparently it's organised chaos according to Neah Evans who tagged Elinor Barker who surged on the finals laps to grab silver instead of Bronze.
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    golfaddick said:
    stonemuse said:
    Great silver just using the sprints 
    I think we missed a trick not going to the 20 points. I knew the Netherlands did and only got bronze but it seems mad not to go for it early on & then just pick up a few 1's & 2's in the sprints. 
    We were marked targets, the other big teams wouldn't let us go for 20pts. Everyone else would just put in more effort making a break away almost impossible.
  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    Men’s bronze goes to a final round .

    netherlands gold and silver for oz. 
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,000
    golfaddick said:
    stonemuse said:
    Great silver just using the sprints 
    I think we missed a trick not going to the 20 points. I knew the Netherlands did and only got bronze but it seems mad not to go for it early on & then just pick up a few 1's & 2's in the sprints. 
    We were being marked too closely to have any chance of the lap 
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,636
    suzisausage said:
    Can someone just summarise what the fudge is going on in this cycling flinging ride?
    It's tag-team wrestling but on bikes. There are two of them in the team but only one's racing, the other just circles round slowly taking a breather. They tag each other when they're swapping who's doing the racing. Usually they do a hand-sling where the one who's currently active gives the other one a bit of a push when they hand over, but they're not obliged to do that.

    Commentators hate it because half the riders need to be ignored, but they're wearing the same kit as the others. It's very popular at track cycling meets due to the potential for complete carnage.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Merde, il pleut at the athletics 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,766
    What a mess we made of that.
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,365
    Feels like that should've been a gold. Got off to a flyer.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    GB's 2nd fastest 4x100 ever with 2 shocking handovers
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,811
    Looked like two bad change overs!!
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Could def have won with better changeovers but let’s hope we’re not DQd. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    superclive98 said:
    What a mess we made of that.

    They ran so well but two iffy exchanges probably cost the Gold as Neita would've been in the lead on the final hand over and had a great chance of Victory.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    What was Carlin doing?

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