Olympic emotions. **SPOILERS**

[I like Skol]

Yesterday I walked up the steps from Barcelona towards the Olympic village of 1992 where Chris Boardman had his amazing success and I have to admit that it felt special. My wife frowned and tutted but as a cyclist, and in view of Britain's recent cycling success and the current Olympic quest I knew it was not just another sight-seeing visit!
At the airport on the way out I picked up a rare copy of CyclingPlus and in it was multiple articles referencing Boardman's 92 campaign (quite a coincidence that I happened to be in Barcelona during Olympic season).
I have just watched Wiggo and the GB team win gold on the track and now I am back home it really brings it home to me how the athletes must feel to be there and have success
Go team GB.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Anger. At the BBC coverage. And Clare Bloody-Stupid-Question Try-it-Yourself-Give-it-a-Go Balding.

 

[e-rider]

fed up of the constant medal counting

I'm sure 20 years ago you'd only see the medal table on the final day after the final event!

 

[User32269]

Confused. I miss the days when, after practically every event, we would be told, "And Great Britain finished in a very creditable sixteenth place."

Doesn't feel right being good at things!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Is anyone able to tell me whether Jessica Ennis-Hill has had a child?

 

[Levo-Lon]

Is anyone able to tell me whether Jessica Ennis-Hill has had a child?

yes she has..sadly its not mine

 

[400bhp]

Yesterday I walked up the steps from Barcelona towards the Olympic village of 1992 where Chris Boardman had his amazing success and I have to admit that it felt special. My wife frowned and tutted but as a cyclist, and in view of Britain's recent cycling success and the current Olympic quest I knew it was not just another sight-seeing visit!
At the airport on the way out I picked up a rare copy of CyclingPlus and in it was multiple articles referencing Boardman's 92 campaign (quite a coincidence that I happened to be in Barcelona during Olympic season).
I have just watched Wiggo and the GB team win gold on the track and now I am back home it really brings it home to me how the athletes must feel to be there and have success
Go team GB.

A cracking justification for the next city visit to Rio.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Is anyone able to tell me whether Jessica Ennis-Hill has had a child?

What, during the competition? I know its all about the athletics version of multitasking, but isnt that a bit extreme? Maybe doing the high jump brought on the contractions.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

What, during the competition? I know its all about the athletics version of multitasking, but isnt that a bit extreme? Maybe doing the high jump brought on the contractions.

I think she's the only woman to have a child. Ever.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

fed up of the constant medal counting
I'm sure 20 years ago you'd only see the medal table on the final day after the final event!

Ironically, 20 years ago, it was the 1996 Atlanta Games where Britain only won 1 gold medal (yes, 1).

Everyone in the meeja (media) and on the telly box were anxious that we should win a gold and there was a lot of navel gazing and hand wringing going on. All the talking heads told us how awful it was as, well, you know, being Britain, of course we should have won at something, it was quite clearly our moral right and civilisation as we know it would have ceased to exist with it being such an inconceivable plight to befall us all (think Brexit but only with Linford Christie, Sally Gunnel and Des Lynham).
We didn't colonise half the world, raping and pillaging as we went for all those dreadful Johnny Foreigners to then throw it back in our faces like THIS you know, the ungrateful swines!
It just wouldn't have been cricket, dear chap.

In the end, it was good old Captain Steve 'Redcoat' Redgrave and his merry crew who did the dirty, sordid deed, winning gold and putting the world back in it's place once more by giving it the equivalent of a slightly painful paper cut. Everyone gave a sigh of relief, the bells rang out and our terrible, miserable, crappy lives went back to normal again.

It should be pointed out that a few silvers and bronzes were also won, but of course, they didn't matter, nobody cared, you might as well have offered a turd on a plate.

SO, it was just as bad then 20 years ago, but for the wrong reasons and those games were the catalyst in the current drive for 'excellence', appearing 4 years later in Sydney and still going now.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I have eventually found a bit of BBC coverage worth watching
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37076385

 

[Tin Pot]

fed up of the constant medal counting

I'm sure 20 years ago you'd only see the medal table on the final day after the final event!

Look good though right now doesn't it

 

[Tin Pot]

Sadness. At this, which is fecking horrible and is what happens when nationalistic, sexist, and racist OTT bollocks sweeps people into a mad place.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/15/gabby-douglas-hounding-american-champion-olympics

Basically, never go online.

You know those old scifi stories where someone gets telepathy but goes mad from all he voices in their heads?

That's going online.

 

[coffeejo]

Sadness. At this, which is fecking horrible and is what happens when nationalistic, sexist, and racist OTT bollocks sweeps people into a mad place.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/15/gabby-douglas-hounding-american-champion-olympics

That's just... Well, there aren't any polite words to describe what that is.

 

[fossyant]

Many of my 'non cycling' colleagues have enjoyed the track racing.