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Jul 26, 2021 5:39:14 GMT
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Post by RD on Jul 26, 2021 5:39:14 GMT
Absolutely no interest in the Olympics whatsoever this year - feels very odd for some reason. Almost jeep forgetting it's on.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2021 5:50:21 GMT
As with the football and other sporting events, doesn't feel right without the fans. Definitely for the athletics in the stadium. Less so for the 50 people yawning as they watch the archery. It's one of the rare occasions when I actually wish that they'd dub some fake crown noise onto it.
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Jul 26, 2021 6:06:57 GMT
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Post by Marshy on Jul 26, 2021 6:06:57 GMT
Definitely for the athletics in the stadium. Less so for the 50 people yawning as they watch the archery. It's one of the rare occasions when I actually wish that they'd dub some fake crown noise onto it. Yes I agree, Tony Green - 180!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2021 6:48:30 GMT
It's one of the rare occasions when I actually wish that they'd dub some fake crown noise onto it. Yes I agree, Tony Green - 180! Where is darts in the olympics? Shooting and archery are in where a target needs to be hit using a piece of machinery but hitting a target with a bit of tungsten and plastic using your own muscle power is not. It would have been great to have seen the late great Andy Fordham at an Olympic Games carrying the flag in the opening ceremony.
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Post by yattongas on Jul 26, 2021 6:56:15 GMT
Gold 🥇 ! in the diving 🇬🇧
Tom Daley & Matty Lee 👏
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Post by yattongas on Jul 26, 2021 7:07:18 GMT
Gold 🥇 ! 100 mtrs breaststroke
Adam Peaty 👏
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Post by yattongas on Jul 26, 2021 7:25:07 GMT
Gold 🥇 !
Tom Pidcock in the mountain bike cross country 👏
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 26, 2021 7:46:21 GMT
Gold 🥇 ! in the diving 🇬🇧 Tom Daley & Matty Lee 👏 Don't know about you, but by the end I was spotting some of the finer details in a dive, obviously watching too much!! That was close but really well done both, you could see the emotion and what it meant.
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Jul 26, 2021 7:48:41 GMT
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Post by Baxtinho on Jul 26, 2021 7:48:41 GMT
Yes I agree, Tony Green - 180! Where is darts in the olympics? Shooting and archery are in where a target needs to be hit using a piece of machinery but hitting a target with a bit of tungsten and plastic using your own muscle power is not. It would have been great to have seen the late great Andy Fordham at an Olympic Games carrying the flag in the opening ceremony. There is a campaign to get darts included, these things take years - I believe bowling is closer to being passed. It might not be the pinnacle of competitions though, which the IOC don't like. They've added five new events for 2020 though to reflect public tastes so who knows for Paris.
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Post by Baxtinho on Jul 26, 2021 7:50:20 GMT
Gold 🥇 ! in the diving 🇬🇧 Tom Daley & Matty Lee 👏 Don't know about you, but by the end I was spotting some of the finer details in a dive, obviously watching too much!! That was close but really well done both, you could see the emotion and what it meant. One of the best things about the games. Becoming an expert immediately and criticising people who are literally top of their game, despite not having thought about that sport in four (or five) years. 😅
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Post by yattongas on Jul 26, 2021 8:25:29 GMT
Don't know about you, but by the end I was spotting some of the finer details in a dive, obviously watching too much!! That was close but really well done both, you could see the emotion and what it meant. One of the best things about the games. Becoming an expert immediately and criticising people who are literally top of their game, despite not having thought about that sport in four (or five) years. 😅 Watching the diving and thinking ….. oooh that was a good dive . Only then to hear the commentator say they’d completely muffed it up ! 🤣
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Post by Gasshole on Jul 26, 2021 9:02:52 GMT
Gold Always believe in your soul You’ve got the power to know Your indestructible
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Post by miamigas on Jul 26, 2021 11:29:53 GMT
Gold Always believe in your soul You’ve got the power to know Your indestructible This much is true…UTG!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2021 11:47:15 GMT
3 Golds - just another manic Monday!
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Jul 26, 2021 15:38:51 GMT
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Post by cagastrophy on Jul 26, 2021 15:38:51 GMT
Skateboarding? Good to see the olympics getting back to its ancient roots! Here here, bring back oiled up Greco-Roman wrestling I say
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 26, 2021 20:10:41 GMT
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Jul 27, 2021 6:05:17 GMT
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Post by yattongas on Jul 27, 2021 6:05:17 GMT
Tom Dean gets gold medal 🥇! & Duncan Scott gets the silver in 200 mtrs freestyle swimming 🏊♀️
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Post by gregsy on Jul 27, 2021 7:54:06 GMT
Tuned in for the 1 o'clock news yesterday but there wasn't any because of the Olympics.... Thats OK I thought, I'll watch the BBC news channel. Shock horror, it was all Olympics. They even looped the programme without even showing any other news so I got to see Tom Daley winning his medal twice.... Later in the day I tuned in to the 6 o'clock news which has a 30 min slot. There I got to see Daley winning his medal again. The Olympics took 15 minutes of news time. Then the local news and guess what?
Surely people who take interest in the Olympics watch it live, record it, or watch a highlights programme and therefore don't need to see it on the news, and people who aren't interested in it don't want to see it on the news either....
Does my head in....
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Post by wertongas on Jul 27, 2021 8:01:54 GMT
Glad that there is some positive news coming from Japan after the negative mess that has been coming out of our football club
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 27, 2021 9:42:16 GMT
Silver in the Women's Trialthlon. Great fightback in the Rugby 7s, NZ in the semi finals will be a real test too.
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