Olympic Games 2020 (2021)

[Sniffer]

Absolutely fucking brilliant. Get in!

Delighted for Johnny brownlee. He has an Olympic gold.

 

[Trips]

That race was brilliant, hopefully it becomes a permanent fixture

 

[jlo]

Fantastic, great race and so well deserved. I've always preferred it when you've had a broken cycle where they don't draft, same happens with Ironman events where it's actually illegal. Think that's a better event than the individual event tbh

 

[lemonjelly]

watched that relay last night. totally hooked! superb event, and the gb team were ace.

 

[AndyWolves]

Rafa Mir bags a hat trick against Ivory Coast.

 

[Sniffer]

Artingstall beaten in the women’s boxing semi final. Split decision 3-2 but she won rounds 2&3 (4-1 & 3-2) on judges cards and if the one judge in round two went with her rather than against she’d have been through. Cracking contest and could have gone either way.

 

[Tony Towner]

Go Max!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Impressive from Zharnel Hughes in the 100m. Got to have a decent medal chance.

 

[Tony Towner]

How stupid is that?

 

[Sniffer]

Galal Yafai against Cuba's Yosvany Veitiam was as good a boxing contest you will see. Absolutely fantastic by Yafai to win it. Guaranteed a medal now.

 

[SSB]

Not watched a lot of the Olympics but the BBC coverage hasn’t been great. This morning they cut away from the diving so Carol could tell us the weather.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Eurosport coverage is much better.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

As a kid I never thought the Ed Moses record would get broken. This Norwegian guy would be ten metres clear of him!

 

[Tony Towner]

Michael Johnson explained today that the track and footwear just make today's athletes so much quicker. He described it as a level playing field against their peers, but not against history (not in a bitter way). Flo Jo still has the 200m female record though...

 

[Sniffer]

Michael Johnson explained today that the track and footwear just make today's athletes so much quicker. He described it as a level playing field against their peers, but not against history (not in a bitter way). Flo Jo still has the 200m female record though...

...and the 100m. Is it Kratocvilova who still holds the 800m?

Edit - yes and Marita Koch the 400m. I wonder what that tells us

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It’s Marita Koch still having the women’s 400m record. Nothing dodgy there at all at 47.60. 36 year old record. Kratochvilova has the second fastest time. Nothing to see here at all…

 

[Tony Towner]

...and the 100m. Is it Kratocvilova who still holds the 800m?

Edit - yes and Marita Koch the 400m. I wonder what that tells us

You don't like Koch?

 

[Sniffer]

You don't like Koch?

I preferred Katarina Krabbe (sp?).

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I liked Heike Dreschler. Shave those pits and I was hers.

 

[Sniffer]

I liked Heike Dreschler. Shave those pits and I was hers.

I’d I have broken Bob Beamans record if she was chasing me towards the sand pit.