Olympics daily thread

Stheno · 21-08-2016 02:24AM

FrKurtFahrt wrote: »

That's enough wine for you!

Ah I'd always shout for them when we are not in contention tbh, god knows the BBC are very very good to acknowledge our achievements.

Now what's left to watch this evening?

Strazdas · 21-08-2016 02:26AM

Stheno wrote: »

Ah I'd always shout for them when we are not in contention tbh, god knows the BBC are very very good to acknowledge our achievements.

Now what's left to watch this evening?

One more relay I think

Pherekydes · 21-08-2016 02:27AM

Emily Diamond: I'm a fan! That was a great leg. (Two I suppose!

Enough Carlsberg!)

Stheno · 21-08-2016 02:28AM

Strazdas wrote: »

One more relay I think

Ah the mens.

/Pours another glass

Stheno · 21-08-2016 02:35AM

I award myself the medal for most prolific poster, as I have posted across multiple sports, had some knowledge to impart, and am still awake

No sign of Heidi as she is half dead after her night race heeheee

mickmackmcgoo · 21-08-2016 02:41AM

Stheno wrote:

I award myself the medal for most prolific poster, as I have posted across multiple sports, had some knowledge to impart, and am still awake

You are a winner .... along with Mo of course

Skid X · 21-08-2016 02:42AM

Briefly thought Botswana might be about to defeat USA in the 4*400 relay

Ah well, they did well to get into medal contention.

Pherekydes · 21-08-2016 02:43AM

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Their track and field performance is poor though, only 4 medals.

7 now. Only 6 in London (albeit 4 gold versus 2 in Rio).

Stheno · 21-08-2016 02:43AM

mickmackmcgoo wrote: »

You are a winner .... along with Mo of course

Feck MO I'm dead on my feet what else is up

mickmackmcgoo · 21-08-2016 02:45AM

Stheno wrote:

Feck MO I'm dead on my feet what else is up

That's it for tonight. Marathon tomorrow

Stheno · 21-08-2016 02:50AM

mickmackmcgoo wrote: »

That's it for tonight. Marathon tomorrow

Off to bed, night lads, really love this thread

Strazdas · 21-08-2016 02:50AM

mickmackmcgoo wrote: »

That's it for tonight. Marathon tomorrow

More boxing finals too including Joe Joyce's one for Team GB

Strazdas · 21-08-2016 02:52AM

So is two medals our grand total for Rio? A so so Games then but nobody could have anticipated our total failure in the boxing ring.

dogcat · 21-08-2016 02:59AM

Strazdas wrote: »

So is two medals our grand total for Rio? A so so Games then but nobody could have anticipated our total failure in the boxing ring.

Ireland's in the marathon tomorrow, but, it's extremely unlikely to get a medal there.

R00ster · 21-08-2016 03:05AM

Must be strange to be a male marathon runner at the Olympics. 99% of the athletes are finished when your Olympics are just starting. For the riders who only rode in the road race, the games must be a distant memory at this stage.

Tell me how · 21-08-2016 08:05AM

R00ster wrote:

Must be strange to be a male marathon runner at the Olympics. 99% of the athletes are finished when your Olympics are just starting. For the riders who only rode in the road race, the games must be a distant memory at this stage.

True. The Vuelta started yesterday and Chris Froome is riding it. Rio must be a distant memory.

JK.BMC · 21-08-2016 10:08AM

Just watched the replays - a great night for Mr Salazar. And seriously what's the story with the Women's 4x400, with USA and Jamaica nearly 60 meters ahead by the third leg? That is just ridiculous. Great race for bronze.. thankfully

fryup · 21-08-2016 10:39AM

^^^^^^^^^^^^

and Jamaica were no where to be seen 20yrs ago and lo & behold they're now dominating sprint athletics

hhhhhmmmmm :cool:

Darkest Horse · 21-08-2016 10:40AM

Skid X wrote: »

I love Michael Johnson on the BBC Athletics presentation.

He calls out British Athletes who haven't delivered, unlike the others who ignore the facts and try to make excuses for their underperformances.

He even took the loss of his 400 metres World Record in good grace.

I think the opposite actually. I feel he toes the BBC party line and showers the British public with the compliments they crave so they can live vicariously through their heroes. And why would he not? Biannual all-expenses paid trips from Houston to London are likely to be rather enjoyable.

Darkest Horse · 21-08-2016 10:41AM

Strazdas wrote: »

Darkest Horse wrote: »

Lads am I missing something about the supposed enormity of the soccer? It's only the Olympics, a nothing under 23 tournament in an unloved Rio games and the full stadium is going wild. Players hugging, people crying. I could safely say if Ireland won this competiton there wouldn't be as big a celebration. Regardless of 7-0, I think this is bananas.

It's their national sport and the only one they're genuinely interested in. They'd much rather win the gold here than in the men's 100m.

Understandable but it's a hollow victory if they're the only ones that care.

JK.BMC · 21-08-2016 10:51AM

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^

and Jamaica were no where to be seen 20yrs ago and lo & behold they're now dominating sprint athletics

hhhhhmmmmm :cool:

Maybe in Jamaica dey have stoppt smokin' da doobies and now doin de runnin' ting instead...

Yeah right

fryup · 21-08-2016 10:57AM

maybe they swapped da doobies for something more sinister ??

or am i just cynically minded ??

vicwatson · 21-08-2016 11:05AM

Closing ceremony time please?

mickmackey1 · 21-08-2016 11:34AM

fryup wrote: »

Jamaica were no where to be seen 20yrs ago and lo & behold they're now dominating sprint athletics

7 of the 8 finalists from 1988 were later caught doping so maybe that's why Jamaica were nowhere to be seen.

HeidiHeidi · 21-08-2016 12:10PM

walshb wrote: »

I reckon you're up there alright. HeidiHeidi I think is the username is well in the lead.

HeidiHeidi peaked far too early in the competition, and completely ran out of steam for the second half. Very poor performance overall. Training for this event (thread) will have to be reassessed, it clearly didn't work this time.

I've hardly seen any of the last week and almost no athletics bar Bolt's 100m final which nearly killed me! One night I just thought "I cannot watch one more minute of sport" and never really got back into it!

walshb wrote: »

There's always a silver lining, guys. Monday blues won't last long. Rose of Tralee is back!

:eek:

Feck - what sport is on the telly next week?

:eek:

Stheno wrote: »

Of course, I do also have to beat Heidi Heidi on post count, and know that she was posting earlier in another thread about going to bed after doing an overnight offshore race :pac:

I have been gently imbibing alcohol this evening.

Oooh 800m in womens up now, will Caster go all out and wallop the ancient record?

Race on Friday night and a VERY boozy sailing night out last night did for me completely. Never even though of turning on the athletics when I fell in home last night!!

I will have to concede the crown for this thread to Stheno, strazdas or there was one other name that escapes me just now (brain a bit fuzzy, dontchaknow).

But as others have said, 'twas great fun, and a total education.

Award for most bonkers competition of all has to be the velodrome cycling though, esp that motorbike trundling around with all the bikes piled up behind it in a slow-bicycle-race procession!

What's the time difference going to be for the next Olympics in Tokyo? That's going to be hard work, need to get the training started......

nomdeboardie · 21-08-2016 12:38PM

Skid X wrote: »

Katarina Johnson-Thompson jumped 1m 98 in the Heptathlon High Jump

Ruth Beitia jumped 1m 97 to win the (proper) High Jump

KJT should do the High Jump full time.

:eek: Wow
Although there's no guarentee that she would have won the high jump competition here if she had been entered, it must be frustrating not to get come away with some acknowledgement. Not practical probably, but in an ideal world I'd like to see some 'miscellaneous/special' medal for such achievements :pac: Even more so in the unlikely event that an absolute sub-discipline record were broken in the heptathlon or decathlon

(Going off on a complete tangent to the Oscars, I think that anyone who wins Best Adapted Screenplay for adapting their own novel to screen is in a way shortchanged and should get a special acknowledgement (or could be simultaneously entered in the Best Original Screenplay category)

)

Strazdas · 21-08-2016 01:03PM

vicwatson wrote: »

Closing ceremony time please?

Midnight our time

Stheno · 21-08-2016 01:05PM

Strazdas wrote: »

Midnight our time

Way too late for me. Is the marathon the last event?

Red Kev · 21-08-2016 01:09PM

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^

and Jamaica were no where to be seen 20yrs ago and lo & behold they're now dominating sprint athletics

hhhhhmmmmm :cool:

Carribbean countries have the essential genetics for sprinting. What they did is that back in the 80's they started a programme of getting elite athletes to go on scholarships to the US for proper training and facilities. This coincided with big money coming in to athletics with Carl Lewis being one of the first beneficiaries.

Success led to better facilities being built in Jamaica so more kids took up the sport which led to more success and so on.

That's a short version of the reason for success. Incidentally both Ben Johnson and Donovan Bailey were born in the Carribbean along with a few other 80's and 90's runners. Also the women were successful before the men were.

Pherekydes · 21-08-2016 01:16PM

mickmackey1 wrote: »

7 of the 8 finalists from 1988 were later caught doping so maybe that's why Jamaica were nowhere to be seen.

Three Jamaican born runners in that final. Sprinters are fast twitchers; and Jamaicans and Caribbean born are at the upper end of the fast twitcher scale.

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