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Joe_ Public · 07-08-2016 11:02PM

walshb wrote: »

Adam Peaty's 100-1 on to win the 100 breaststroke. Has there ever been a heavier favourite in any Olympic race ever?

He just looks like any world class swimmer. How is he so clearly better? That's a genuine question.

I'd say it's likely, over so many thousands of events and races bound to have been a fair few certainties. Dream team in 92 maybe?

Joe_ Public · 07-08-2016 11:05PM

Skid X wrote: »

Annemiek Van Vleuten reported to have "cerebral trauma & three spinal fractures" after her fall.

That does not sound good.

Ah no..does not sound good at all. My heart goes out to her and her loved ones, hope to god it's not as bad as it seems.

BorneTobyWilde · 07-08-2016 11:05PM

We can rebuild her

Strazdas · 07-08-2016 11:06PM

Skid X wrote: »

Annemiek Van Vleuten reported to have "cerebral trauma & three spinal fractures" after her fall.

That does not sound good.

Oh no

That sounds awful

Edit : perhaps not quite as bad as it sounds though.....the very latest is that she was concussed and suffered three very small fractures to her spine, it seems they're optimistic about her

walshb · 07-08-2016 11:11PM

Todd Gack wrote: »

Katie Ledecky is 1/100 as well so probably not

FFS, that's the end of my fun😞

Strazdas · 07-08-2016 11:24PM

The Irish hockey team can't score against NL for love nor money : they've had more shots on goal and more corners than their opponents and are still 4-0 down

maximum12 · 07-08-2016 11:44PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Oh no That sounds awful

Edit : perhaps not quite as bad as it sounds though.....the very latest is that she was concussed and suffered three very small fractures to her spine, it seems they're optimistic about her

Thankfully they all wear helmets nowadays. Could have been fatal otherwise. Looked like she landed on her head in the footage.

Skid X · 07-08-2016 11:47PM

RTE are using the News Now Channel a lot more for this Olympics, there is quite a bit of live coverage on it.

Decent Basketball game between Spain and Croatia at the moment, Timmy McCarthy in full flow on commentary.

shamrock55 · 07-08-2016 11:49PM

Is there any daily list of events and times,it's the one thing that annoys me about Olympics,I don't know when anything is on

Lionbacker · 08-08-2016 12:18AM

shamrock55 wrote: »

Is there any daily list of events and times,it's the one thing that annoys me about Olympics,I don't know when anything is on

This should prove helpful:)
http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/rio-2016/schedule

Skid X · 08-08-2016 12:29AM

Fiona Doyle spoke the truth after she missed out on the 100m Breaststroke Semi Finals by one place, Yuliya Efimova qualified in second place ...

Cheaters are cheaters. She [Efimova] has tested positive five times and she’s gotten away with it again. It’s like FINA keep going back on their word, and the IOC keep going back on their word. And FINA caved in to [Vladimir] Putin, and that’s just not fair on the rest of the athletes who are clean. Who are you supposed to trust now? They have signs all over the Village saying we are a clean sport, and it’s not. And I just don’t think that’s fair.

http://www.insidethegames.biz/articl.../updates/15005

Pherekydes · 08-08-2016 12:49AM

Skid X wrote: »

Fiona Doyle spoke the truth after she missed out on the 100m Breaststroke Semi Finals by one place, Yuliya Efimova qualified in second place ...

She missed out by 5 places, but she's right about the Russian. Their Athletics and Weightlifting teams have been excluded, as have their Paralympic team, so having swimmers, boxers and what-not there is ridiculous.

Joe_ Public · 08-08-2016 12:57AM

Pherekydes wrote: »

She missed out by 5 places, but she's right about the Russian. Their Athletics and Weightlifting teams have been excluded, as have their Paralympic team, so having swimmers, boxers and what-not there is ridiculous.

Efimova is the Russian poster girl for state sponsored doping and irredeemable cheating, absolutely no shame at all and fair play to Doyle for letting her have it with both barrels.

08-08-2016 01:06AM

Gold medal events in swimming will be shown on rte tonight or have I missed em?

Joe_ Public · 08-08-2016 01:10AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Gold medal events in swimming will be shown on rte tonight or have I missed em?

You havent missed a stroke yet, dont start to somewhere around 3ish i think. Pot of strong coffee or two in the meantime!

08-08-2016 01:13AM

Joe_ Public wrote: »

You havent missed a stroke yet, dont start to somewhere around 3ish i think. Pot of strong coffee or two in the meantime!

Perfect... Having a few beers as off tomoro have the rte coverage up but will go looking at some more of the random sports till then... Cheers

Strazdas · 08-08-2016 01:16AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Perfect... Having a few beers as off tomoro have the rte coverage up but will go looking at some more of the random sports till then... Cheers

The British swimmer Adam Peaty, who has already broken the WR in Rio, goes in his final at 2.53am.

Strazdas · 08-08-2016 01:17AM

Joe_ Public wrote: »

You havent missed a stroke yet, dont start to somewhere around 3ish i think. Pot of strong coffee or two in the meantime!

Starts at 2am

Joe_ Public · 08-08-2016 01:20AM

Strazdas wrote: »

The British swimmer Adam Peaty, who has already broken the WR in Rio, goes in his final at 2.53am.

Peaty seems a really decent fellow. His mum was interviewed earlier, never been on a plane before she went to Rio, came across as really simple people in the best possible way, just a great Olympic story.

mansize · 08-08-2016 02:06AM

I like that ginger British lad

08-08-2016 02:28AM

mansize wrote: »

I like that ginger British lad

Made a big lay on Guy when rte commentary says he is out but he makes it by 1/100 of a second do your reckon I'd get by money back from rte if he wins the final

mansize · 08-08-2016 02:53AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Made a big lay on Guy when rte commentary says he is out but he makes it by 1/100 of a second do your reckon I'd get by money back from rte if he wins the final

???

mansize · 08-08-2016 02:59AM

Peaty was awesome

wonderboysam · 08-08-2016 02:59AM

that american dude was happy :pac:

Strazdas · 08-08-2016 03:03AM

mansize wrote: »

I like that ginger British lad

Winning by one and a half seconds was very impressive stuff (as well as smashing the WR)

Chivito550 · 08-08-2016 03:16AM

Why are swimming times constantly getting faster while for the most part athletics times have stagnated or regressed? Doping doesn't explain it as 1) not everyone is doping 2) people doped 20 years ago too and 3) people dope in athletics and other sports too. Michelle Smith's juiced time from 1996 would not have beaten one of the 8 finalists in the 400 free there.

wonderboysam · 08-08-2016 03:17AM

Chivito550 wrote: »

Why are swimming times constantly getting faster while for the most part athletics times have stagnated or regressed? Doping doesn't explain it as 1) not everyone is doping 2) people doped 20 years ago too and 3) people dope in athletics and other sports too. Michelle Smith's juiced time from 1996 would not have beaten one of the 8 finalists in the 400 free there.

We are evolving, haven't you seen waterworld?

Strazdas · 08-08-2016 03:19AM

Chivito550 wrote: »

Why are swimming times constantly getting faster while for the most part athletics times have stagnated or regressed? Doping doesn't explain it as 1) not everyone is doping 2) people doped 20 years ago too and 3) people dope in athletics and other sports too. Michelle Smith's juiced time from 1996 would not have beaten one of the 8 finalists in the 400 free there.

This seems to be a very fast pool for starters, several world records in the last couple of days.

I get the impression swimming hasn't been quite as blighted by drugs as athletics. Not sure if you can trust any WR on the track....it's possible every single one of them was achieved on drugs.

Chivito550 · 08-08-2016 03:35AM

Who is the over excited swimming presenter on BBC?

Chivito550 · 08-08-2016 03:37AM

Strazdas wrote: »

This seems to be a very fast pool for starters, several world records in the last couple of days.

I get the impression swimming hasn't been quite as blighted by drugs as athletics. Not sure if you can trust any WR on the track....it's possible every single one of them was achieved on drugs.

I'd disagree. I'd hazard a guess that doping is equally rampant in both. I also believe there are many clean champions in both. To think there are less drug cheats in swimming is bizarre, particularly with Russians not banned.

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