Olympics All Format Spoiler Thread

Lanterne_Rogue

elbowloh said:

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.

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.

Depends which broadcaster you're watching, of course.

Hannah Robert's interview with the BBC (which I've only just seen) was something else though. You get the feeling she's really pleased someone else is throwing out some big tricks and looking forward to the challenge. Best of luck to her.

elbowloh

Lanterne_Rogue said:

elbowloh said:

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.

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.

Depends which broadcaster you're watching, of course.

Hannah Robert's interview with the BBC (which I've only just seen) was something else though. You get the feeling she's really pleased someone else is throwing out some big tricks and looking forward to the challenge. Best of luck to her.

Said somewhere else on the board how many of the interviews have been so refreshing and honest for these Olympics, probably something to do with them not having loads of media training and made to be bland

Lanterne_Rogue

elbowloh said:

Lanterne_Rogue said:

elbowloh said:

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.

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.

Depends which broadcaster you're watching, of course.

Hannah Robert's interview with the BBC (which I've only just seen) was something else though. You get the feeling she's really pleased someone else is throwing out some big tricks and looking forward to the challenge. Best of luck to her.

Said somewhere else on the board how many of the interviews have been so refreshing and honest for these Olympics, probably something to do with them not having loads of media training and made to be bland

They're probably just really, really excited to be talking to somebody other than the teammates they've been isolated with for weeks now...

rick_chasey

Can’t get over how strong these gymnasts are. Just amazing.

focuszing723

https://www.bikeradar.com/news/hope-track-bike-price/
The first time I've seen this, but it seems to have been out for a year and a half.

mrb123

Awesome world record from Germany in the women's team pursuit qualifying.

Interesting to see how close GB can get to it.

rick_chasey

These women would be getting medals in the men’s event in 1992.

Shows the progression

focuszing723

If you wear a POC aero helmet like that it should be instant disqualification in my mind. INSTANT!!

focuszing723

A bit embarrassing when you have all that fancy kit.

rick_chasey

Germany paced that well

kingstongraham

Don't often see someone swing out from second in line.

RichN95.

rick_chasey said:

These women would be getting medals in the men’s event in 1992.

Shows the progression

Filippo Ganna on own would have got a medal as late as 2004 (and I'm sure he'd go sub 4 minutes if the IP was still in the Olympics)

gweeds

Very messy last couple of laps there. No point looking back, seeing you’ve made a gap and then still pushing.

kingstongraham

Another team loses rider two.

Seriously impressed by the Italians getting the third in line back onto Ganna's wheel.

Pross

Felt like Ganna would have been faster solo. They were less than 2 seconds up when he took his first turn, it went up to 2.7 seconds on his first (fairly short) turn which dropped before going back to 2.8 as the other 3 took their turns. He then did his final turn and stretched it back out to 4.5 seconds with the others grovelling to hold on. Just lead him out for the first few laps until you hit top speed and then leave him on the front!

Lanterne_Rogue

thejimmymethod

Scary equipment failure for the Aussies, lost his handlebars

rick_chasey

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pblakeney

Anyone hearing Brad's comments on ES?

kingstongraham

pblakeney said:

Anyone hearing Brad's comments on ES?

I'd heard that Carlton was commentating, so no. What's he got to say?

norrinradd

Not hearing Brads comments. Watching the ad free stream on ES player.

pblakeney

norrinradd said:

Not hearing Brads comments. Watching the ad free stream on ES player.

Me too. A minute of silence from Carlton is a welcome break though. 😉

kingstongraham

Respect to the Aussie guy who's properly messed up after his bike snapped.

yorkshireraw

Pross said:

dabber said:

focuszing723 said:

kingstongraham said:

Just measured how high 2.33 metres is against the curtain rail.

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.

Just amazing when you measure these things. Always seem impossible.
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.

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).

I had the school record when I was about 14 at 4.something. it felt huge at the time.

The runway in Tokyo '91 was incredibly hard as was the track - hence the 100m WR going as well.
I think that grade of track was banned subsequently.

Not to take away from Powell's WR - that was an incredible comp vs. Carl Lewis.

daniel_b

Did the Aussies manage to put a time in, or will it be a lot later on?

So lucky he was not at the front, as with no real brakes, chances are the entire team would have hit the track.

@pblakeney are you able to summarise Brad's comments?

As soon as I realised the BBC were not taking the same feed I abandoned the ES ship pronto.

No_Ta_Doctor

Aussies got a second ride, came 5th.

Denmark are on fire, and they know they can go faster, there were a couple of short turns in the 2nd-3rd km leaving a ridiculous final turn.

pblakeney

daniel_b said:

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@pblakeney are you able to summarise Brad's comments?
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Based on my question about not hearing them, here you go...
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RichN95.

I think both the Danes and the Italians have more to offer. I expect that will be the final.

RichN95.

There maybe some injury concerns for the Danish pursuit team. They all appear to have identical shin injuries taped up with plaster. Now a cynic might suggest that it's a sneaky way around the UCI sock rule, but there's no-one like that around here

daniel_b

pblakeney said:

daniel_b said:

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@pblakeney are you able to summarise Brad's comments?
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Based on my question about not hearing them, here you go...
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lol, ah only read your first comment which I took to mean:

"I've been listening to what Brad has to say, wow that was really boring/contentious/bizarre - has anyone else heard him?"

Denmark look untouchable, leagues above - and agreed, looks like Denmark V Italy, almost certainly.

GB were fast for them, but still a BIG distance off, and fractured pretty early.
I think they would need one of the other teams to have a really bad ride to make it through to the gold/silver ride.
Can't believe Clancy is now 36 - makes me feel so old.