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Cosmo Kramer · 16-08-2016 10:54PM

Will drop right down to 8th after round 4, just not enough difficulty in his dives to challenge for the podium. If he can add a couple of high difficulty dives to his armoury he could challenge in future.

Water sports lads, that's where the medals are.

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 10:55PM

I spoke too soon. Its happened again! Stick with the diving.

The German is in the frame this time

bajer101 · 16-08-2016 10:57PM

Down to 8th after four dives. The low tariff dives are killing him. The 3.0 difficulty dive in the fourth round which only scored a 69 really set him back. Hopefully he can pick up a couple of places with his last two dives as he usually finishes well with his higher tariff dives.

HeidiHeidi · 16-08-2016 10:57PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Will drop right down to 8th after round 4, just not enough difficulty in his dives to challenge for the podium. If he can add a couple of high difficulty dives to his armoury he could challenge in future.

Water sports lads, that's where the medals are.

Someone on the radio earlier as I was driving home (not blotto!) said he saves his most difficult dives for last?

bajer101 · 16-08-2016 11:00PM

The German scores 98 with a 3.8 tariff dive in the fifth round and Dingley up next does another 3.0 dive and only scores 60.

Cosmo Kramer · 16-08-2016 11:01PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Someone on the radio earlier as I was driving home (not blotto!) said he saves his most difficult dives for last?

The 3.0 in Round 4 has killed him though, none of the medal contenders are even attempting 3.0 dives.

Another 3.0 in Round 5 and a poor dive. He's gone. Good effort overall though.

Skid X · 16-08-2016 11:01PM

bajer101 wrote: »

Down to 8th after four dives. The low tariff dives are killing him. The 3.0 difficulty dive in the fourth round which only scored a 69 really set him back. Hopefully he can pick up a couple of places with his last two dives as he usually finishes well with his higher tariff dives.

Yeah, if you want to be in the mix for medals you need to be picking tougher dives than he has.

Scoring well on the early technical dives, still a fine performance.

Hope Team GB don't try and poach him back now.

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 11:02PM

Another cop out in the velodrome. Nobody disqualified that time either. Third time lucky.

Groundhog day

Skid X · 16-08-2016 11:03PM

ahlookit wrote: »

Another cop out in the velodrome. Nobody disqualified that time either. Third time lucky.

Groundhog day

They should just send the gurney man home and let them get on with it.

Should be 3 riders gone at least.

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 11:05PM

Kenny wins gold. Thats his 6th.

The guy on the derny is being taken out the back and given a sound thrashing.

Skid X · 16-08-2016 11:06PM

I like to see Britain do well. I'm pleased for them. I really am.

But could they let the rest of us win a few medals here and there? It's getting monotonous.

KevIRL · 16-08-2016 11:06PM

Amazing from Jason Kenny

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 11:07PM

Skid X wrote: »

I like to see Britain do well. I'm pleased for them. I really am.

But could they let the rest of us win a few medals here and there? It's getting monotonous.

They might give us some of their old bikes when we build our velodrome. Still be better than anything the rest of the world is using

Cosmo Kramer · 16-08-2016 11:09PM

8th after round 5. Top 3 well clear of the rest, another gold coming up for China.

Cosmo Kramer · 16-08-2016 11:11PM

ahlookit wrote: »

They might give us some of their old bikes when we build our velodrome. Still be better than anything the rest of the world is using

Yes they've pretty much turned track cycling into Formula 1 at this stage. Engineering more important than natural ability.

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 11:13PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Yes they've pretty much turned track cycling into Formula 1 at this stage. Engineering more important than natural ability.

don't know if you caught one of Hoys comments the other day when Claire Balding asked him what Laura Trott was putting on her hands before a race.

"Liquid chalk we get made up. There's too much weight and drag from gloves"

Incredible attention to detail

Cosmo Kramer · 16-08-2016 11:17PM

Decent final effort, will finish about 9th. He's two dives away from being a serious challenger and is young enough to have another go.

HeidiHeidi · 16-08-2016 11:19PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Decent final effort, will finish about 9th. He's two dives away from being a serious challenger and is young enough to have another go.

Supposing he upped his game and got good enough to make the GB team, could he switch back again?

bajer101 · 16-08-2016 11:21PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Decent final effort, will finish about 9th. He's two dives away from being a serious challenger and is young enough to have another go.

Yeah, and AFAIK he did move over to Ireland, so maybe with another few years here it will sit a bit easier with us if he does win a medal. Best of luck to him regardless. I heard him being interviewed on Newstalk a couple of weeks ago and he seems like an affable bloke.

Strazdas · 16-08-2016 11:21PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Supposing he upped his game and got good enough to make the GB team, could he switch back again?

I don't believe so, I think you can only change once.

HeidiHeidi · 16-08-2016 11:23PM

Is that actually Tom Daley commentating???

There was a fella commentating in the early rounds who sounded exactly like him, but one of the nights Tom was diving so I'm assuming it wasn't!

But tonight's commentator REALLY sounds like him!

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 11:24PM

Strazdas wrote: »

I don't believe so, I think you can only change once.

Judging by the comments on the RTE website earlier, he was British national champion a number of times but didn't get selected international competitions. So whatever was preventing GB from selecting him, it doesn't seem to have been an issue with talent.

If he wants to live here and get some kids involved in the sport then best of luck to him

Cosmo Kramer · 16-08-2016 11:25PM

Dingley finishes 8th in the end.

bajer101 · 16-08-2016 11:27PM

ahlookit wrote: »

Judging by the comments on the RTE website earlier, he was British national champion a number of times but didn't get selected international competitions. So whatever was preventing GB from selecting him, it doesn't seem to have been an issue with talent.

If he wants to live here and get some kids involved in the sport then best of luck to him

In fairness, if it was due to having to choose between Laugher and Dingley, Laugher is the much better diver.

mickmackey1 · 16-08-2016 11:29PM

The Brits have gold medals in 11 different sports, the USA only in eight.

HeidiHeidi · 16-08-2016 11:31PM

Right. Now what?

Someone tell me what I should watch!

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 11:32PM

bajer101 wrote: »

In fairness, if it was due to having to choose between Laugher and Dingley, Laugher is the much better diver.

there was another GB diver in the prelims last night who didn't qualify for the semi finals ... so not just one per country

Anyway, don't know how many of you were watching on RTE, they mention the only previous Irish Olympic diver - Eddie Heron in 1932 - couldn't swim!

You'd have thought that would be a pre-requisite :pac:

HeidiHeidi · 16-08-2016 11:34PM

BBC4 anchorman getting a bit carried away with himself there, awarding GB a gold medal in the women's 470 sailing when the medal race isn't till tomorrow

HeidiHeidi · 16-08-2016 11:36PM

Awwww, Oliver Dingley (Dell) being interviewed on BBC4, he's lovely

ahlookit · 16-08-2016 11:40PM

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Awwww, Oliver Dingley (Dell) being interviewed on BBC4, he's lovely

Just caught a bit of it - he spoke very well - gave great credit to the support team in Dublin. Also expressed gratitude at Ireland investing in him and giving him the opportunity to compete in the Olympics. Nice to hear.

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