The AH Tokyo 2020 Olympics/Paralympics Thread in 2021

Not sure is it RTE or Olympic broadcasting bit there's background audio in the commentary. Very annoying

Kinda used to it after a year of little or no fans

No, but only eight go through to the final, so he's in a strong position. One of his big medal rivals, from China, was knocked out.

The second half of next week looks very promising in terms of potential Irish medals - three decent chances in rowing and McClenaghan in gymnastics also, as well as a few longer shots like golf and rugby. The boxing quarter finals start around then as well, winning a boxing quarter final guarantees a medal - Kelly Harrington in particular the one to look out for there but some other possibilities also.

I think he's working for OBS rather than the BBC specifically as he was on Eurosport's coverage too

McClenaghan's prospects seem excellent. He reckons he can deliver an even better performance in the final. A lot can go wrong of course, but if he nails his routine, it will be hard to keep him off the podium.

The Womens Four in rowing look a really good bet to win a medal.

Olympic Broadcast service.

when RTÉ, BBC, Virgin or whoever buy a sporting event to broadcast (World Cup, Olympics, Euro’s etc…) they don’t just get the video feed, they also receive the events in house commentary feed in their preferred language… most would choose to use their own commentary for the events like football, but when there’s so many events to cover, like in an olympics, you’d have to use the official commentary feed the odd time.. when you simply can’t cover it yourself!!! (We’ve only so many George Hamilton’s)

case in point is when TV3 had the Rugby World Cup a few years ago… they used their own commentary team (Conor McNamara) for the Irish games (and perhaps England/Wales games), but then just used the event feed commentary for the lesser interesting games, so you had Aussies/Kiwi’s etc… commenting on certain games they showed… saving them a fortune to boot.

that’s why you always hear clips of Martin Tyler (of Sky Sports) commenting on games at World Cups/Euro’s….. despite Sky never broadcasting any of those tournaments… it’s because he’s there freelancing for the event broadcast.

I suspect Ryle is doing the same thing.

I don't get why they had to show that fella doing all the crying on the news!

Apparently he's doing okay though. One of RTE's pundits (a former Taekwondo guy I think) was in touch with Jack this evening and he says he's already feeling better and planning for the future.

It's making it's debut - aside from the dexterity and imagination they know how to fall and get back up unscathed.

Chase Kalisz of the USA has taken the 1st gold medal in Men's 400metres individual medley final in Swimming.

And well done to the Ireland ladies rowers going to Tuesday's semi final. They did well to get 3rd place.

No, he was simply replaced by McCarthy. I think it's Rowing Ireland themselves who decide who goes into the boats.

Dyiz remember the Dutch female cyclist crashing at Rio 2016? (Van Vleuten)

https://youtu.be/-BuB32whcnM

I thought she was dead at the time.

Anyway, theres 40k to go and she has gone on a solo pursuit of less capable breakaway and is looking strong. Could be one of the stories of the games.