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GrahamwantshisOates

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Should be worth a watch tomorrow evening as they sail down the Seine.
Already been fun and games with the whipping girl and Argentina shock defeat against Morocco. Yes the Football has begun.

Love the Olympics as I can support the GB Skateboard kids, Robin Hoods, Karate kids, and sports I normally have no interest in.

Anyone going to be hooked or just choose selected sports like Football,Athletics or boxing etc.
 
I’ll watch bits and bobs without following closely.

Heptathlon is my favourite event but I’ll watch anything where a Brit is in contention.
 
BFC87 said:
Anyone from the fylde coast involved? If so good luck.
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Not sure from Fylde but lots from Lancashire and the original County boundary.
Keely Hodgkinson from Atherton and Holly Bradshaw from Clitheroe for example.

Didn’t realise the Argentina v Morocco game was marred by crowd trouble.
Looks like it may have been a repeat of Cadiz game where refs had to blow full time early.

From BBC:-

Here's how the chaos and confusion unfolded...

  • Immediately after Medina looked to have made it 2-2, a number of cups and bottles were then thrown at the celebrating Argentina side before what appeared to be a flare landed near the players and coaching staff.
  • A number of fans in Morocco colours also ran on to the pitch, with some being escorted off the pitch by stewards.
  • Riot police moved to the side of the pitch and the referee immediately took the players off the pitch.
  • The fans inside the stadium in Saint Etienne were told to leave the ground and a message on a big screen said: "Your session has been suspended please make your way to the nearest exit."
  • It was unclear whether the match had been classed as finished, but it was then revealed the final three minutes would be played in an empty stadium with no fans present.
  • Before the match could be played to a finish, it was announced that Argentina's potential equaliser had actually been ruled out by a video assistant referee decision that showed a player was offside before Medina scored.
 
As i posted in my olympics thread and this is not a competion. the 1948 Austerity games doc is well worth a look at. the Govt didnt have a pot to piss in after the war. but with some ingeniuty and using what they already had it was a great success. Even though the USA brought a huge ocean liner full of beefsteaks. OH and the Athletes as well.
 
1972 was the year of an epic showdown on the basketball court between the old USSR and the USA. USSR won by one point the outfall was massive. cheating amongst others. i must have another look at that online.
 
Remember watching my first Olympics- Tokyo '64
Cried when it finished and have loved the occasion ever since.
Marvel at the dedication and commitment of athletes who train several hours a day for years, to compete in events for which they receive relatively little funding or recognition
Do not believe there's a place for football, rugby, golf or tennis at the Olympics; those sports command enough perennial media coverage. We have the "majors", let's enjoy the performances of the
"minors".
Realise not many participants are what we used to term "amateurs", with various sponsorship deals being eventually offered to athletes who have aspirations in the less-popular disciplines, but perhaps "ditior" should be added to the Olymipc motto to accommodate global sporting superstars?
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
Should be worth a watch tomorrow evening as they sail down the Seine.
Already been fun and games with the whipping girl and Argentina shock defeat against Morocco. Yes the Football has begun.

Love the Olympics as I can support the GB Skateboard kids, Robin Hoods, Karate kids, and sports I normally have no interest in.

Anyone going to be hooked or just choose selected sports like Football,Athletics or boxing etc.
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GB skateboarding team is made up of teenagers apart Andy MacDonald who is the oldest in the team and the skateboarding competition at the tender age of 50!

www.teamgb.com

Andy Macdonald announced for Paris 2024 Olympics | Team GB

www.teamgb.com www.teamgb.com
 
Chunkylad said:
I love that after watching ten mins of any given random event in the Olympics you start to believe your an expert 😁

Modern Pentathlon- “she needed to drop her shoulder before lunging”

Cycling Keirin - “banking too early”

Love it!!
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“Should she be hitting the horse that hard?”
 
GrahamwantshisOates said:
Should be worth a watch tomorrow evening as they sail down the Seine.
Already been fun and games with the whipping girl and Argentina shock defeat against Morocco. Yes the Football has begun.

Love the Olympics as I can support the GB Skateboard kids, Robin Hoods, Karate kids, and sports I normally have no interest in.

Anyone going to be hooked or just choose selected sports like Football,Athletics or boxing etc.
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I always say I'll pick and choose then end up watching everything.
 
Wizaard said:
I always say I'll pick and choose then end up watching everything.
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To confirm that, I thought the handball game between Germany and S Korea was great stuff, while the Brazilian keeper in the previous game was unbelievable.
 
Chunkylad said:
I love that after watching ten mins of any given random event in the Olympics you start to believe your an expert 😁

Modern Pentathlon- “she needed to drop her shoulder before lunging”

Cycling Keirin - “banking too early”

Love it!!
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I'm warming up for the breakdancing. Was that a triple Salco or a headspin on a bit of old cardboard? 😅
 
It’s Breaking, not breakdancing. Honestly how old are you lot!!

Best thing about the Olympics is that I could give a shit about swimming, gymnastics, BMX or canoeing for 4 years, or 3 in this case, yet I will sit and watch it all for 2 weeks. I really enjoy watching the Handball and standard Volleyball which normally gets zero TV time.
 
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Pauls_Boutique said:
It’s Breaking, not breakdancing. Honestly how old are you lot!!

Best thing about the Olympics is that I could give a shit about swimming, gymnastics, BMX or canoeing for 4 years, or 3 in this case, yet I will sit and watch it all for 2 weeks. I really enjoy watching the Handball and standard Volleyball which normally gets zero TV time.
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Handball was great this afternoon on Eurosport.
 
Some key points that need establishing:

1) Sports should ONLY be included if it is clearly the pinnacle of said sport. Clearly mens football, golf, tennis and basketball are out.
2) Events need to go back to the true Olympic spirit.

Track and Field should get rid of the joke events on the track or replace them with real-life versions - eg:
Track Events: 100m should have the added spice of each competitor being chased by another competitor holding a sword and trying to run them through. 110m hurdles should be done across a row of suburban houses with the hurdles replaced by privet hedges. Get rid of 200m, it's pointless. Same goes for 400m hurdles and 800m. 1500 m's becomes a mile, the steeplechase becomes a proper race from steeple to steeple with ditches and walls to jump over. No other distance race apart from the marathon. The walking race should be done on the host cities busiest thoroughfare at peak time and you get eliminated IF you bump into a pedestrian.
Field events: Javelin has to be thrown at a moving target. Distance and accuracy are rewarded. Discus and hammer are gone, replace the shot put with either a house brick, petrol bomb or Nazi era hand grenade (handle and bomb bit). Triple jump is clearly out. High jump is fine as is, replace the bar on pole vault with an actual Jenga wall like they make horses jump at Earls Court.

Swimming: 2 disciplines:
1) Speed races that only allow styles that would be used if you were swimming away from a shark/any other apex water predator. All competition takes place in a fresh or salt water environment.
2) Non-speed races where you employ strokes used in the pool on holiday (on your back and sort of waving your arms forward) and competitors must avoid random and unexpected challenges such as their mates trying to yank their shorts down or their kids/missus suddenly grabbing you round the neck and expecting a free tow round the pool. Winner is the one who sustains constant movement for the longest over an infinite period.

I could probably think of more, but I've already wasted a lot of my life thinking about this.
 
Excalibur said:
... we only do well in events u sit down, cycling, sailing, rowing,
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That was certainly the case in the past, but Lottery funding has transformed our competitiveness over the last decade or so.

Think we've been top 4 in the last 4 Olympics.
 
I see there’s chaos now as a number of arson attacks paralyse the rail network.

What’s the betting who the culprits are?

Europe is heading for total carnage unless Governments wake up and take action against this tide of terrorism engulfing the continent.
 
straightatthewall said:
Some key points that need establishing:

1) Sports should ONLY be included if it is clearly the pinnacle of said sport. Clearly mens football, golf, tennis and basketball are out.
2) Events need to go back to the true Olympic spirit.

Track and Field should get rid of the joke events on the track or replace them with real-life versions - eg:
Track Events: 100m should have the added spice of each competitor being chased by another competitor holding a sword and trying to run them through. 110m hurdles should be done across a row of suburban houses with the hurdles replaced by privet hedges. Get rid of 200m, it's pointless. Same goes for 400m hurdles and 800m. 1500 m's becomes a mile, the steeplechase becomes a proper race from steeple to steeple with ditches and walls to jump over. No other distance race apart from the marathon. The walking race should be done on the host cities busiest thoroughfare at peak time and you get eliminated IF you bump into a pedestrian.
Field events: Javelin has to be thrown at a moving target. Distance and accuracy are rewarded. Discus and hammer are gone, replace the shot put with either a house brick, petrol bomb or Nazi era hand grenade (handle and bomb bit). Triple jump is clearly out. High jump is fine as is, replace the bar on pole vault with an actual Jenga wall like they make horses jump at Earls Court.

Swimming: 2 disciplines:
1) Speed races that only allow styles that would be used if you were swimming away from a shark/any other apex water predator. All competition takes place in a fresh or salt water environment.
2) Non-speed races where you employ strokes used in the pool on holiday (on your back and sort of waving your arms forward) and competitors must avoid random and unexpected challenges such as their mates trying to yank their shorts down or their kids/missus suddenly grabbing you round the neck and expecting a free tow round the pool. Winner is the one who sustains constant movement for the longest over an infinite period.

I could probably think of more, but I've already wasted a lot of my life thinking about this.
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Equestrian : Make them all complete each round twice, once on horseback and once giving the horse a piggy back

Cycling: Award time bonuses for ignoring red lights and mowing down pedestrians

Introduce brockian ultra cricket
 
Daughter is working for Olympics TV and has been in Paris for 3 months.

She has been given tickets for opening ceremony and for the skateboarding final tomorrow (she is working tomorrow but will just be able to make it on time). She is pretty hopeful of getting tickets for quite a few more events.
 
Raging_Bull said:
I see there’s chaos now as a number of arson attacks paralyse the rail network.

What’s the betting who the culprits are?

Europe is heading for total carnage unless Governments wake up and take action against this tide of terrorism engulfing the continent.
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A woman in full riding gear and whip was seen leaving the scene on horseback.
 
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