Olympics All Format Spoiler Thread

daniel_b

No_Ta_Doctor said:

That podium is probably all Jumbo next season.

Stephens stated that, not sure it had been announced officially anywhere though?

daniel_b

"agonising for the swissman"

daniel_b

Ganna 4.5 seconds off a silver.

DeVlaeminck

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

tailwindhome

Hong Kong win their first medal in the pool

Siobhan Bernadette Haughey takes a silver


*wanders off to Wikipedia to figure out what's going on

focuszing723

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

Where is that from, link?

Lanterne_Rogue

rick_chasey said:

Lanterne_Rogue said:

rick_chasey said:

Oh my god I just saw the men’s 4 rowing.

What a disaster. 😱😱😱

Bad enough to have bad steering, worse to put another crew in the sh!t.

Seen the footage of the Norwegian double?

r.

I have not, will keep an eye out.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/olympics/57993857

Not often you see that at the top level.

above_the_cows

focuszing723 said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

Where is that from, link?

Eurosport post-race chat with Orla.

rick_chasey

Lanterne_Rogue said:

rick_chasey said:

Lanterne_Rogue said:

rick_chasey said:

Oh my god I just saw the men’s 4 rowing.

What a disaster. 😱😱😱

Bad enough to have bad steering, worse to put another crew in the sh!t.

Seen the footage of the Norwegian double?

r.

I have not, will keep an eye out.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/olympics/57993857

Not often you see that at the top level.

Caught a big crab? Yikes. The conditions aren't that bad?!

Ben6899

DeVlaeminck said:

Rohan doesn't look happy but I guess he came here for gold. For Dumoulin I'm guessing a silver is above expectation - certainly above my expectation .

What's the point, if you're not there for Gold? Discussed this at length with Miss6899, last night. I can't understand how anyone is happy with anything but Gold, considering the commitment needed to perform at the Olympics. Miss6899 made the point "imagine 4years ago, in Gymnastics when we knew Biles was going to clear up, you'd be happy with Silver"... I wouldn't have bothered, if I knew Gold was 99% an impossibility, take the family on holiday instead.

But then I'm an incredibly sore loser.

ddraver

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

For his his bitching about the Daily Mail, Wiggo is no stranger to stirring the pot.

(I also think he might be projecting his own situation onto Geraint)

neonriver

ddraver said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

For his his bitching about the Daily Mail, Wiggo is no stranger to stirring the pot.

(I also think he might be projecting his own situation onto Geraint)

Is there any context here haven't heard of anything with the Daily Mail but it is a paper i go out my way to avoid

rick_chasey

Ben6899 said:

DeVlaeminck said:

Rohan doesn't look happy but I guess he came here for gold. For Dumoulin I'm guessing a silver is above expectation - certainly above my expectation .

Discussed this at length with Miss6899, last night. I can't understand how anyone is happy with anything but Gold, considering the commitment needed to perform at the Olympics. Miss6899 made the point "imagine 4years ago, in Gymnastics when we knew Biles was going to clear up, you'd be happy with Silver"... I wouldn't have bothered, if I knew Gold was 99% an impossibility.

But then I'm an incredibly sore loser.

I guess it is where your expectations are, right?

I've 100% been in races where getting second felt almost as good and a win, and i have equally been in races where coming second is utter dejection.

These athletes know roughly where they're at and especially in the olmypic sports like athletics, swimming, gymnastics, where the performance is absolute and comparable to all your other performances, all you can really hope to do is do your best on the big day.

If you do that, you can be really proud, and pleased - especially if it nets you a placing higher than you would have expected.

ddraver

I was only just wondering how the coxless crews steer - turns out they don't... :P

focuszing723

above_the_cows said:

focuszing723 said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

Where is that from, link?

Eurosport post-race chat with Orla.

Ah, cheers.

What do people think he means by that a bit odd?

mididoctors

WvA a bit shagged out in the heat . They all looked drained at the finish . Thought ganna would do better .

Roglic is a strange one. Never seems to get effected by failure . Just carries on. TD is back he looked good

above_the_cows

Ben6899 said:

DeVlaeminck said:

Rohan doesn't look happy but I guess he came here for gold. For Dumoulin I'm guessing a silver is above expectation - certainly above my expectation .

What's the point, if you're not there for Gold? Discussed this at length with Miss6899, last night. I can't understand how anyone is happy with anything but Gold, considering the commitment needed to perform at the Olympics. Miss6899 made the point "imagine 4years ago, in Gymnastics when we knew Biles was going to clear up, you'd be happy with Silver"... I wouldn't have bothered, if I knew Gold was 99% an impossibility, take the family on holiday instead.

But then I'm an incredibly sore loser.

There wouldn't be any sports then with that attitude. For some people just going to the Olympics is a win. If those people who know they can't get a gold didn't go then there'd be like 5 competitors per event tops.

How sad.

feelgoodlost

ddraver said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

For his his bitching about the Daily Mail, Wiggo is no stranger to stirring the pot.

(I also think he might be projecting his own situation onto Geraint)

Geraint has just said the same thing in his post-race inerview, so I don't think Wiggins is projecting at all.

focuszing723

I still can't get over our mens swimmers in the 200m. I thought it was always the Yanks and Aussies fighting for Gold and Silver?

bianchi_dave

Happy for Tom D. Never seen anyone so delighted with a silver - and rightly so

r0bh

feelgoodlost said:

ddraver said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

For his his bitching about the Daily Mail, Wiggo is no stranger to stirring the pot.

(I also think he might be projecting his own situation onto Geraint)

Geraint has just said the same thing in his post-race inerview, so I don't think Wiggins is projecting at all.

What did Geraint say?

above_the_cows

focuszing723 said:

above_the_cows said:

focuszing723 said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

Where is that from, link?

Eurosport post-race chat with Orla.

Ah, cheers.

What do people think he means by that a bit odd?

He said "people like to stick the knife in". There was nothing about being stabbed in the back. He could have been talking about the press, the team, internet forum people. Who knows. But I think his actual quote is less shocking than the mis-quoted "knifed in the back" which suggests treachery rather than just criticism.

Ben6899

I'm not saying my attitude is correct, btw. In fact, it's way off normal thinking!

I've never entered the club TT. No point - wouldn't win.

r0bh

The next Watts Occurring should be interesting then.

ddraver

I feel a big announcement coming on...

notquite6foot

focuszing723 said:

I still can't get over our mens swimmers in the 200m. I thought it was always the Yanks and Aussies fighting for Gold and Silver?

GBR's depth in men's 200 free has been years in the making.

They won that relay at the 2015/17 Worlds (Guy was individual champ in 2015 too) and got silver in Rio.

Dean and Scott came in as the fastest two this year.

focuszing723

above_the_cows said:

focuszing723 said:

above_the_cows said:

focuszing723 said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

Where is that from, link?

Eurosport post-race chat with Orla.

Ah, cheers.

What do people think he means by that a bit odd?

He said "people like to stick the knife in". There was nothing about being stabbed in the back. He could have been talking about the press, the team, internet forum people. Who knows. But I think his actual quote is less shocking than the mis-quoted "knifed in the back" which suggests treachery rather than just criticism.

Cheers ATC.

r0bh

ddraver said:

I feel a big announcement coming on...

Retirement?

daniel_b

above_the_cows said:

focuszing723 said:

above_the_cows said:

focuszing723 said:

DeVlaeminck said:

What's this Wiggins is saying about Thomas and him feeling he's been knifed in the back?

Where is that from, link?

Eurosport post-race chat with Orla.

Ah, cheers.

What do people think he means by that a bit odd?

He said "people like to stick the knife in". There was nothing about being stabbed in the back. He could have been talking about the press, the team, internet forum people. Who knows. But I think his actual quote is less shocking than the mis-quoted "knifed in the back" which suggests treachery rather than just criticism.

My perception of that would be the public and the hateful rabid tabloids.

notquite6foot

Interesting stat - golds in the last 4 women's ITT have all gone to 35+ year-olds (down mostly to the Kristin Armstrong trilogy).