Olympics daily thread

Chivito550 wrote: »

Anyone else having trouble with RTE's online coverage. Was working earlier on the laptops but not at all now? Phone App is glitchy but in general works though.

yes.. it doesn't work.. I haven't been able to get anything streaming on their site..

Picture Quality on RTÉ News Now is atrocious for the cycling! Anyone know who are commentating for RTÉ?

Looks like Dan Martin missed the crucial break.

Intriguing race!

Crash. Nibali down. 2 of the 3 leaders down.

Polish leader to hold on.

On the BBC they were calling it that there'd be trouble on that final descent and they were spot on. Dramatic stuff. Glad the Polish guy held on for a medal in the end.

Danish athletes constantly amaze me by their fighting qualities and ability to deliver medals if they are in with a sniff. Makes me envy to see similarly small countries to our own do so well across a range of sports and deliver a haul of medals. That's why I always cringe when I see our media and indeed our own athletes talk about us punching above our weight and taking over the world in sports. It's so far off the mark.

Joe_ Public wrote: »

And the "Iron Lady" Hosszhu just .13 off the WR in the 400 medley, she'll surely nail it the next day!

Saw that. And in her late 20s. Swimming a heap of races at these games. I heard 18. I assume that's 18 races across all strokes. Loving day 1. Times are great, only for the finals being late!

Phelps still the attraction for me. He swims in3 individual events. Won all 3 at the U.S. trials. He's obviously amazing, but where is D emerging U.S. talent if a 31 year old is the best U.S. male qualifier?

walshb wrote: »

Saw that. And in her late 20s. Swimming a heap of races at these games. I heard 18. I assume that's 18 races across all strokes. Loving day 1. Times are great, only for the finals being late!

Phelps still the attraction for me. He swims in3 individual events. Won all 3 at the U.S. trials. He's obviously amazing, but where is D emerging U.S. talent if a 31 year old is the best make qualifier?

No medals in her previous 3 Olympics but have a feeling she's going to make up for it here with a bit of interest!

Interesting descriptino by the co-commentator on RTE on Peaty's performance: "The equivalent of Usain Bolt winning his 100m heat by 10m". Maybe he was over-egging it just a little bit!

walshb wrote: »

And it seems that it may be likely that more WRs go in the heats due to it being at a more preferable/optimal time for many swimmers. There was a very good article posted on boards about this. Lot of aggro from swimmers regarding the late time for the finals.

I heard some coach giving out about it earlier today, saying it was totally unfair to those swimming multiple events, pretty cr"p if your on the late event and then have to go to doping control after it and swim a heat early the following day! Only thing I guess is they must have known this schedule a year ago so they would have had time to adjust, but maybe it's not as simple as that. IOC No.1, NBC No.2 and everybody else nowhere is the general rule I guess.

The gymnastics is one I'm definitely looking forward to. Havent seen Simone Biles before but read a lot about her and seems an amazing athlete.

Deleted User wrote: »

Where are people watching stuff that isnt on rte or bbc... Wouldnt mind checking out some other stuff ty in advance

BBCs red button's an option I believe. I haven't tried it as if's not working for some reason on my Sky Box.