Tokyo Olympics 2020 (2021)

[StanSP]

Wow that was desperately unlucky for Pereira. And then McIlroy just misses his  putt too. 

 

Murikawa and Pan to go... 

Edited 1 August 2021 by StanSP

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Morikawa is well and truly plugged.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

I like Morikawa but I'm glad the medals were spread around and the USA didn't win 2 of the 3 medals.

[EastAnglianFox]

Max Whitlock producing a routine like that first up 

[purpleronnie]

Really enjoying the mixed events, I hope they'll be lots more of them in future Olympics.

[EastAnglianFox]

Zharnell Hughes has just won the first semi final in the Men's 100m in 9:98...not that we can see it yet

[StanSP]

Wow. Love that. Mens high jump gold is shared! 

Italy and Qatar decide to share the gold. Emotional scenes after they were offered a 'jump off'. Looks like the Qatari guy said he's happy to share it. 

[EastAnglianFox]

I know ill be the miserable sod here but I'm not having that shared Gold, great sportsmanship but you fight it out until its done Imo.

[Guest Lcfc82]

Don’t really agree with that, should they be allowed to share the gold ?

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, EastAnglianFox said:

I know ill be the miserable sod here but I'm not having that shared Gold, great sportsmanship but you fight it out until its done Imo.

 

1 minute ago, Lcfc82 said:

Don’t really agree with that, should they be allowed to share the gold ?

It was offered to them so must have been .

 

I don't get why it can't be shared. Inseparable during the competition itself and they were offered a jump-off. Clearly they're happy with sharing it

 

[StanSP]

GB's Hughes disqualified. False start

 

[StanSP]

Jakobs!!! What a win for Italy

 

[spacemunky]

Happy for de Grasse getting the Bronze. Was always going to be tough being in Lane 9. Great acceleration to finish third!

 

Great that they waited til the half of the Notts/Derby match to run it too! 😁

[Finnegan]

That was the most surreal 100m final. I can't put my finger on why, it almost looked slow. 

 

I just think it's Jacob's gait, he doesn't look fast, he's got almost a lethargic style. 

Edited 1 August 2021 by Finnegan

[Jattdogg]

2 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

Happy for de Grasse getting the Bronze. Was always going to be tough being in Lane 9. Great acceleration to finish third!

 

Great that they waited til the half of the Notts/Derby match to run it too! 😁

Yesssss DeGrasse. He had the shittiest start of the lot and somehow pulled off bronze. If he had a good start he would have won the gold man.

[Guest Lcfc82]

15 minutes ago, StanSP said:

 

It was offered to them so must have been .

 

I don't get why it can't be shared. Inseparable during the competition itself and they were offered a jump-off. Clearly they're happy with sharing it

 

Obviously it is allowed because it’s happened, I’m saying should it be ?

 

it’s elite level sport not a school sports day, personally don’t get why they would want to share it

[deejdeej]

The woman interviewing Hughes then... she might as well have just told him how much he's f****d his whole life up. Zero empathy 

[EastAnglianFox]

7 minutes ago, deejdeej said:

The woman interviewing Hughes then... she might as well have just told him how much he's f****d his whole life up. Zero empathy 

 

She's been horrific every day, especially when dealing with the athletes that are visibly upset

[UniFox21]

Did not expect to see this headline

 

 

 

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, UniFox21 said:

Did not expect to see this headline

 

 

 

TBH the moment I saw Belarus I figured what to expect.

 

Lukashenko is an old-school dictator.

[Raj]

26 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

 

She's been horrific every day, especially when dealing with the athletes that are visibly upset

Who is she, shes fecking awful.

Sounds like they dragged her out on a youth training course scheme

[EastAnglianFox]

Just now, Raj said:

Who is she, shes fecking awful.

Sounds like they dragged her out on a youth training course scheme

 

Think she was a sprinter for GB and won a medal at the 2008 games (I think) 

[Guest Lcfc82]

30 minutes ago, Raj said:

Who is she, shes fecking awful.

Sounds like they dragged her out on a youth training course scheme

She used to be a sprinter. Jeanette kwakye

[Raj]

1 hour ago, EastAnglianFox said:

 

Think she was a sprinter for GB and won a medal at the 2008 games (I think) 

 

1 hour ago, Lcfc82 said:

She used to be a sprinter. Jeanette kwakye

She should know better than to ask stupid questions after an athlete has just made a massive feck up.

 

Edited 1 August 2021 by Raj

[KingsX]

10 hours ago, kingfox said:

The Golf is dramatically nerve-racking

 

I definitely wasn’t planning to stay up til 3:15 am to watch it    But so compelling!  Definitely the type of pressure you only see in a major.

 

Surely the guys at this level go in to each tournament just thinking, it’s their job.  (And this one half a world away, with no purse.)  But they showed the Olympics, once you get there, is much more than just another week on the job. 

 

Just those few dozen marshals clustering around each green were enough to remind Matsuyama  -- a great player -- that he was carrying the weight of his country on home soil.  And he cracked.

 

There’s your “fifth major”.  Who'd have thought.

Edited 1 August 2021 by KingsX