Olympics All Format Spoiler Thread
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Incredible performancePross said:Switched on just as they were showing that BMX round. That was truly incredible.
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The woman commentating on the golf play off on BBC1 is terrible. R5 knew the format and the holes to be used. This aussie hasn't a clue.0
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The athlete/coach/assorted others reactions when the score was announced was a joy to see
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And starting tomorrow morning...
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Watching it, you just go "woooah!" - it's just amazing.Dorset_Boy said:
Incredible performancePross said:Switched on just as they were showing that BMX round. That was truly incredible.
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Gold for Max Whitlock to take him to 6 Olympic medals.0
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It's lovely to see 00s X Games Legend Jamie Bestwick is now part of the GB coaching set up.
'Charlotte Worthington' just sounds like a name that should be playing hockey or riding horses though 😋We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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The one piece of gymnastic equipment I hate watching. Spend to much time wincing.....Dorset_Boy said:Gold for Max Whitlock to take him to 6 Olympic medals.
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Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.0
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Yeah, I've taken my down and set it up outside to give it a try. I'm going to kick off at 1.7m and work my way up.kingstongraham said:Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.
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Just amazing when you measure these things. Always seem impossible.focuszing723 said:
Yeah, I've taken my down and set it up outside to give it a try. I'm going to kick off at 1.7m and work my way up.kingstongraham said:Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.
I remember when Bob Beamon broke the Olympic long jump medal in 1968, Mexico.
I measured it out in the garden.... 8.9 metres (29.2 feet) It's impossible. I know the current record is 8.95.
“You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!”
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That is bloody far. I might give it a crack after.dabber said:
Just amazing when you measure these things. Always seem impossible.focuszing723 said:
Yeah, I've taken my down and set it up outside to give it a try. I'm going to kick off at 1.7m and work my way up.kingstongraham said:Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.
I remember when Bob Beamon broke the Olympic long jump medal in 1968, Mexico.
I measured it out in the garden.... 8.9 metres (29.2 feet) It's impossible. I know the current record is 8.95.0 -
How many attempts are you allowed, and it's a cumulative total, right? Right?focuszing723 said:
That is bloody far. I might give it a crack after.dabber said:
Just amazing when you measure these things. Always seem impossible.focuszing723 said:
Yeah, I've taken my down and set it up outside to give it a try. I'm going to kick off at 1.7m and work my way up.kingstongraham said:Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.
I remember when Bob Beamon broke the Olympic long jump medal in 1968, Mexico.
I measured it out in the garden.... 8.9 metres (29.2 feet) It's impossible. I know the current record is 8.95.
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Well, I'm not that concerned with all the faff which goes along with it, so I will just keep going until I get bored or something gives out.No_Ta_Doctor said:
How many attempts are you allowed, and it's a cumulative total, right? Right?focuszing723 said:
That is bloody far. I might give it a crack after.dabber said:
Just amazing when you measure these things. Always seem impossible.focuszing723 said:
Yeah, I've taken my down and set it up outside to give it a try. I'm going to kick off at 1.7m and work my way up.kingstongraham said:Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.
I remember when Bob Beamon broke the Olympic long jump medal in 1968, Mexico.
I measured it out in the garden.... 8.9 metres (29.2 feet) It's impossible. I know the current record is 8.95.
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It's incredible how little it has increased (I know Mexico City was at altitude but still, with all the advancements in technology and how much other records have changed in that time).dabber said:
Just amazing when you measure these things. Always seem impossible.focuszing723 said:
Yeah, I've taken my down and set it up outside to give it a try. I'm going to kick off at 1.7m and work my way up.kingstongraham said:Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.
I remember when Bob Beamon broke the Olympic long jump medal in 1968, Mexico.
I measured it out in the garden.... 8.9 metres (29.2 feet) It's impossible. I know the current record is 8.95.
I had the school record when I was about 14 at 4.something. it felt huge at the time.0 -
High jump gold medal shared. The Italian is sooooo Italian is his reaction!0
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Italian and Qatari decide to share the gold instead of going to a jump off. Weird, but I think I like thatWarning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Surprised they're allowed to do that.0
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Jacobs in the 100m hit 43 kmh
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Italian guy wins the men's 100 metres. He didn't look overjoyed, more relieved. I remember reading something in a doping ex-cyclists book about being relieved to win.
The British guy false started."Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
Though Olympic Bumper Cars was another new sport, but apparently its Formula 1.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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Not heard of Pietro Mennea then? Top class and very successful 100 m and 200 m sprinter. Nicknamed Freccia del Sud = Arrow of the South (South because he came from near Bari). 1980s.ddraver said:Italy now producing 100m sprinters and TT super-specialists!
Woe the Italian GC climbing superstar
(mind you they re pretty good at football still... 😕)
The last few years Italy has had some good short-distance runners (e.g. as well as Jacobs there is Tortu), and I would guess while they are unlikely to win gold in the 4x100 relay, they should still be podium contenders.
In the women's 4x100 relay, Italy should certainly reach the final and thus stand an albeit outside chance of bronze too.
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Landing on your head trying a trick that's never being done in women's competition before, watching the American girl nailing her run, then going for the trick again on your last run is next level stuff
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tailwindhome said:
Landing on your head trying a trick that's never being done in women's competition before, watching the American girl nailing her run, then going for the trick again on your last run is next level stuff
I see that British Cycling constructed a replica of the Tokyo 'track' in a warehouse in Telford at the cost of £500,000. It's part of a project to build £15m of cycling facilities as a legacy of the Harrogate worlds. BMX got £3.6m. So the roadies did their bit for the BMX medals.Twitter: @RichN951 -
Hannah Roberts was absolutely sensational in the seeding rounds, and extremely magnanimous in defeat.tailwindhome said:Landing on your head trying a trick that's never being done in women's competition before, watching the American girl nailing her run, then going for the trick again on your last run is next level stuff
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I was the opposite. For half the tricks they just said things like "yes, like that" with no info on what we actually just saw.Lanterne_Rogue said:I'm almost as impressed by the commentators recognising what the hell's going on than I am by the competitors for nailing it. Glad there was some sort of crowd for the BMX final though - their reaction gave so much more context to tricks being landed (or not) than just the commentators getting excited.
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