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Wow - new Olympic Record (48/50) and he also holds the World Record at 49/50.
It’s sad that Charlotte Worthington has not qualified for the BMX.
I'm gutted about that! I wonder what happened, it just seemed like her heart wasn't in either of the two runs she did.
Wow – new Olympic Record (48/50) and he also holds the World Record at 49/50.
Previous Olympic record was 43, so a pretty impressive increase! Chinese dude in silver place scored 44 so must be a bit gutted to break the previous record and not even win.
Previous Olympic record was 43, so a pretty impressive increase! Chinese dude in silver place scored 44 so must be a bit gutted to break the previous record and not even win.
Yeah, they both did something special. I watched the last bit of it and I didn't even spot one clay.
Someone really needs to explain the judging on the boxing to me
I've no interest in boxing but a good mate coaches under 18's at a local club, his take when I've asked the same question is basically 'boxing is the most corrupt sport in the world'. My take is that if no one has won by KO the 12th round should continue until someone does, no judges at all
The Pidcock race would make for the perfect Tom Cruise script: our hero is already successful and highly familiar to us. He sets off on his latest mission and all goes to plan until he suffers a major setback. But he is lucky as his back up is relatively close to hand and he has time to make amends. Using his cool calculating head he bides his time on his revenge mission and just as it looks as he is gaining ascendency we realise his foe has something in reserve. The daring fightback looks to be in vain when, with a final piece of quick thinking and skill, he snatches victory from the jaws of defeat.
I had no idea Johnny Vegas was so knowledgeable about gymnastics.
Idly flicking through channels, that US gymnastics floor routine is impressive.
Commentators seem to agree but I have no idea how the scoring or judging works. Kind of like in BMX or skateboarding when the commentators excitedly say what trick it is and all I've seen is a wildly tumbling athlete impossibly spinning around in midair and then a score to 3 decimal places is given.
WTF?!
Also, that Italian - holy ****, how does the human body actually do that?!
Given what's happened in lots of sports I'm slightly to uncomfortable with the middle aged male coaches hugging the gymnasts.
It's bloody impressive but feels a bit odd with the dance elements.
Given what’s happened in lots of sports I’m slightly to uncomfortable with the middle aged male coaches hugging the gymnasts.
I wondered how to phrase that and then decided against mentioning it so I'm glad it's not just me.
Who on earth decided to hold the triathlon swimming in the river in the middle of a huge city like Paris? That’s just an inseine idea!
Especially one where until very recently all the neighbouring streets dumped raw sawage direct into it....
They have been connecting buildings up to sewers over the last four years, but still are only part way through the process.
I don't mind the ambition though - using the prospect of the games to try to drive change that will benefit the residents of Paris in the long term. It could have been quite the Olympic legacy. Unfortunately they didn't quite make it though.
London didn't even bother trying to use the Thames, and it has got progressively more filthy over the past decade.
Tennis: I'm old enough to remember when doubles partners didn't fist pump after every single flipping shot . Even after one of them's done sod all, or screwed up. It's so irritating.
The Great Britain swimmers trackies are a bit on the chavvy side...
It seems that hugging and fist bumping is de rigeur these days in all walks of life. Maybe we need to move on. Not everyone is creepy. Sometimes it's actually quite a nice thing to do.
I am finding it hard to keep up with proceedings. French telly and thrnfan zones are understandably biased towards French hopefuls. Player works on my phone. Also have discovery plus - again works on phone. But despite a vpn still can't get it to cast to telly in airbnb.
Hey ho! More beer. More chatting.
What does a horse drink on a night out in Paris these days?
What does a horse drink on a night out in Paris these days?
Obvious.
https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/olympic-dressage-grand-prix-becky-moody-866413
"Ooh me wet cobbles"
So looking forward to the rowing. It's a favourite in the bunnyhop household (11.25am).
What happens is the dirty water flows downstream and the fresh water coming down is cleaner (hopefully).
The Seine is basically swimmable in summer nowaways, it’s just heavy rain that occasionally overwhelms their systems.
The women's triathlon just need the Benny Hill music on it, if the E. Coli didn't get them, the slippery cobbles will...
Don't think the BBC could be doing a worse job of coverage today;
Day 4: Women's Triathlon, put it on rewind from iPlayer - table tennis, archery, and MEN'S triathlon.
What happens is the dirty water flows downstream and the fresh water coming down is cleaner (hopefully).
I thought that the recent pollution was caused by the rainfall on the opening ceremony day? (or at least that's what they said)
Don’t think the BBC could be doing a worse job of coverage today
The coverage last night was quite bad and I can’t abide Claire Balding - she adds very little other than a smug middle class attitude and no subject knowledge to proceedings.
Thankfully the Discovery app has better coverage.
Go Alex Yee and what a job by Sam Dickinson, loved him encouraging the crowd to get behind Alex.
The coverage last night was quite bad and I can’t abide Claire Balding
The constant digging up of vox pops and athlete profiles with literally every person the athlete has ever met wishing them luck / recounting stories of their youth etc is also massively cringey and annoying.
If anyone's in Paris watching the Triathlon today, my sister is doing the live onsite commentary (she's a two time Olympic triathlete for reference 🙂 ).
Also, her wife is doing the commentary on FrTV.
Annoyingly in the UK I can't actually listen to either of them!
What a finish in the men's triathlon!
Crazy BMX freestyle action!
Massive shouts of NOOOOOO in the NBT household as the BBC live feed flips to a basketball timeout in the middle of Keiran Reilly's run
Anthony JeanJean's run in the BMX just now, utterly ridiculous. I was literally laughing out loud (lol!)
I'm flippin' knackered now!
Keiran Reilly’s second run was awesome. Hope you caught it nbt! 😀
nickjb
Jeanjean’s run was the best for me as pure entertainment but I guess it wasn’t that clean so gets marked down at this level
Yup - it was the recovery from the wobble and straight into the next huge trick. That's entertainment!
Hope you caught it nbt! 😀
Yeah cheers, they realised within a second or two and flipped back but it was a complete WTAF moment when it happened
Wow, just wow. The tricks have gone up a whole level since 2021. My heart was in my mouth. Ed and Tim are great commentators, always entertaining and they absolutely love their sports.
Some nice camaraderie in these games so far.
I can't help but think that the scoring got stricter in that BMX final. Had Reilly done his second run in the first round, he'd have received a much higher score and possibly Gold. Ahh well, still a mammoth achievement.
I can’t help but think that the scoring got stricter in that BMX final.
Yes, I think they realised they'd gone too big on the Argentine rider's score and got a bit stricter
I'm only really showing a wee bit interest in the Olympics, but from what I can lazily gather, Team GB seem to be doing a rather fine job so far...
Kieran Reilly did really well but I thought his run wasn't half as spectacular as a few of the others so I don't feel aggrieved that he didn't win. I don't know how all the scoring works but Jeanjean's run was way more spectacular in my opinion
It's not just about the BMX tricks, but height and smoothness seemed to be a big part of the marking process.
Jeanjean had a couple of sketchy landings at the beginning of his 2nd run, they were off huge hits which made it less obvious but that was also going to drop him points. With the crowd roaring him on it was certainly the most impressive run as an experience.
Has anyone found any coverage of the surfing on the BBC? I thought I'd found it on "Day 4: Extra: Afternoon" - it said surfing in the programme description, but there wasn't actually any in the programme... 🙁
Did anyone see the Mens 20km Twerk this morning? Sometimes known as Racewalking. Makes you wonder how folk get into it "You're a promising runner, have you thought about going slower?".
I still watched though.
Ah cheers @ocrider. I read the qualifiers were incredible, but I guess they just aren't on the BBC. Hopefully the main event is.
@finbar full coverage is on discovery+ and they have an offer at the moment to subscribe for £3.99 per month. Mate of mine has subscribed purely to wach the golf, will cancel at the end of the olympics
I have no doubt they can walk faster than I can run but it's still the most ridiculous sport in the olympics! And that is saying a lot 🙂Did anyone see the Mens 20km Twerk this morning? Sometimes known as Racewalking. Makes you wonder how folk get into it “You’re a promising runner, have you thought about going slower?”.
@finbar discovery plus is free with a lot of sky packages so check that, i didn't realise i could get it free until recently.
Mens round 3 of surfing is really worth watching on replay if you can find it. Proper scary Teahupoo. The first two days and the rest of the forecast were/ are going to be more benign.
Word on the ground is that womens round 3 is on today, probably 6pm ish uk time.
I havent found it on the bbc at all and seems hard to find any highlights on youtube that aren't country restricted. That said, apparently CBC in canada are streaming it free if you can use a vpn.
I don’t care that the BBC has limited live access, but their coverage has been shambolic, whether it’s switching channels mid-contest, padding out when focusing on one venue or criminally short highlights of events; it’s as if the BBC is determined to let you know they are playing second fiddle.
I don’t care that the BBC has limited live access, but their coverage has been shambolic, whether it’s switching channels mid-contest, padding out when focusing on one venue or criminally short highlights of events; it’s as if the BBC is determined to let you know they are playing second fiddle.
BBC are always going to be wrong. There is so much sport and so many of us want them to cover just our sport (I'm hockey) that they can never win. Plus the fact that there our those who are not keen on sport and want 'normal' programmes.
I have no doubt they can walk faster than I can run but it’s still the most ridiculous sport in the olympics!
or horse dancin
Thought I was onto a winner by taking advantage of using a 'free' six-month subscription to Discovery+ from Vodafone* but it doesn't include Olympics coverage.
Took out my own subscription at £3.99/month and will see how much I use it; worth it for the Olympics though.
* And now they've given me yet another reason to leave them when my contract expires in three months.
In 4/5 nights of watching swimming I swear I haven’t seen Mark Foster’s actual eyes.
Beth Shriever absolutely flying in the BMX heats
Amazing seeing Beth tear it up like that...
Just came to share - the BMX racing has been great (and brutal at times!), and Beth is absolutely decimating the rest of the women - so so powerful out of the gate and incredibly smooth! Dominating!
For everyone who is dabbling with Discovery - remember the XC and DH world champs are on at the end of August too!
I'm not crying, it's hay fever.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing/articles/cd1xvv0rwqqo
https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1818606976873443811
or horse dancin
Or BMX. Grown ups on kids bikes. Oh OK Beth Shriver is pretty amazing.
BMX last night was great. The women's is going to be close between Beth, Alise Willoughby and Sakakibara. Beth is so good on the second part of the first jump, she really pulls away there.
The men's looks like a dust off between the 3 Frenchies, with Daudet, Mahieu and Andre within a 10th of a second or so of each other at 31.5 seconds. I think it'll come down to who gets gate 1 in the final. Shame Kye Whyte looks like he's missing some pop on the start.
Gutted for the Men's Pair in the rowing there – they led for about 1985m of that race!
OK Beth Shriver is pretty amazing.
She's absolutely rad! She's in a different class.
So down to earth too. Brilliant.
Interview STW?