He may need a mini digger to get that ball out ...... or a miracle
I find if you are getting a lot of bad luck there is normally something else going on. We always seem to be "unlucky"and I am not sure how much better other routes would have been for our fighters.
Everyone has hard luck stories, ask everyone in every event that comes 4th.
The silver and bronze medallists in the golf both came from way back, 21 players teed off after them.
A lot of the fights are very close also.
The boxing draws were a mixed bag, Aidan Walsh got a great one, being honest that's the main reason he got a medal. Harrington's draw is potentially ok as far as the semis also.
Michaela Walsh, Aoife O'Rourke and especially Kurt Walker got very tough draws, that's just the way it goes unfortunately.
At least the scoring has felt fair in the boxing this time after the absolute shambles in Rio. Some close bouts that could have gone either way but I don't feel that any of our losing boxers were robbed this time around.
Rhys McClenaghan up at 10:41am. This apparently is a real medal hope.
This is going to be hard to watch - one slip and it's over...
I'm imagining what I'd be like on the pommel horse 😂
Not our day.
Serious pressure. All your years of work boil down to one minute.
Some serous psychological problems with Eire competitors. Just can’t handle being favourites. That gymnastic guy was an embarrassment
If you have a bad stroke in golf, for example, over 4 days, it's recoverable.
And all the goons back in the RTE will be praising this loser
He's in an Olympic final that he qualifies for at the top of the field. The pommel horse is a notoriously difficult one. No extra gos, one small error and your gone. He's also very young, much younger than the field. He will be back.
Given he's single handedly raising the standard of gymnastics in the country I think it's fair to praise him. Lambasting a young lad with years of potential left would be fairly embarrassing for the adult choosing that route.
I think we could say the same for you. Bit of an obsession with team 'Eire'.
He’s be better off retiring tbh and stop embarrassing himself and the nation
Congratulations on winning gold in the 'Muppet Troll of the Day' event.
Pathetic post, but since you're clearly British as only a trolling Brit would keep incorrectly calling the country Eire, that's to be expected I suppose.
He tried, it didn't work out, hopefully he'll be back in Paris.
Feel terrible for him.
Great interview Rhys, resilient and determined. Look forward to watching him in Paris.
Great speech.
Super attitude.
Great role model
I'd say your cv is excellent.
Your post smacks of someone who's greatest sporting endeavour was probably the egg and spoon race when 8.
What's with the 'Eire' crap? If your team GB most of your recent and present team are dopers, Wiggins, No Farrah etc. Some countries like GB, with low self-esteem, throw huge resources into athletics to boost their ego. Cover up the cracks in the crumbling foundation of their former Empire.
Showing why he is in an Olympic final.
Great attitude. Inside he’ll be gutted but he always seemed the type to be motivated through his mistakes rather than his achievements. Bring it home in Paris.
Its a fine line on these type of events, one mistake and your medal chance could be gone.
But overall, I think its safe to say we haven't done as well as we thought we might have in these games?
You're a sad pathetic loser. That's been your first reaction to every under par Irish performance for a week. What a loser's life.
Come on Tom Barr at 1.05!
Definitely not. I think the issue is most of us, myself included, don't keep track of a lot of these sports in between olympic years. So we sort of end up with conflicting views of on one hand these did not do as well as we expected but on the other hand we are also just finding out how well people like Rhys have done over the last number of years to be in a place where a medal is expected.
Even on the rowing which has been our most successful they mentioned they had strong hopes of 4 medals with thoughts of 4 potential golds.
Boards has been full of edgelords moaning about athletes or RTE or pretty much anything Irish for the whole Olympics
Max Whitlock was older than Rhys currently is when he won both gold medals, so he has tons of time - Paris will be Rhys's big chance to grab a gold medal.
