Olympics Spoilers and chat.

[AndyRM]

Well no one even mentioned the USA athletes and they took 1 and 3.
The winner knocked 3 seconds off his pb.

They mentioned Hocker at the start as one to potentially watch out for and then basically ignored him until the last 100 metres!

 

[Reynard]

Another result involving a GB boxer that's got a bit of a stench about it...

 

[bitsandbobs]

Well no one even mentioned the USA athletes and they took 1 and 3.
The winner knocked 3 seconds off his pb.

Depends what media you consume, I guess. He was hugely talked up in the US and well known there as a strong finisher.

 

[13 rider]

Another result involving a GB boxer that's got a bit of a stench about it...

It's was close but GB seem to have been on the wrong side of every decision

 

[Beebo]

It's was close but GB seem to have been on the wrong side of every decision

That one was not the worst one.
We’ve had a few stinkers in the first rounds.

 

[Legs]

That one was not the worst one.
We’ve had a few stinkers in the first rounds.

cough, cough (backhanders)

 

[T4tomo]

I don't think it was so much him finding a gap as Ingerbrigtsen moving from the inside and making a gap.

Perfect riposte to everyone including Kerr and Ingerbrigtsen who seemed to be concentrating solely on each other.

Ingerbritsen comes across as a bit of nobber, glad he missed out on a medal. Kerr ran a pb, wasn't enough for gold but fair play to him and he seemed happy.

 

[november4]

Marginal gains?

I get annoyed at the women sprinters with long hair extensions, big nails, jewellery.......what's the point in adding weight when the time deltas are so close to each other

 

[Reynard]

That dinghy medal race was abandoned at a *very* inconvenient time, earlier...

 

[13 rider]

Just watched the men's skateboarding where 51 year old A MacDonald competed for team GB against fellow competitors younger than his kids 😁

 

[Legs]

Marginal gains?

I get annoyed at the women sprinters with long hair extensions, big nails, jewellery.......what's the point in adding weight when the time deltas are so close to each other

A Sinéad O'Connor-style crop would definitely save you more than 0.005s compared with 18" of hair jiggling about...

 

[matticus]

Ingerbritsen comes across as a bit of nobber, glad he missed out on a medal. Kerr ran a pb, wasn't enough for gold but fair play to him and he seemed happy.

I thought so before, but it's worth reading his post (on Instagram?) about the result. Very gracious in defeat.

 

[Legs]

I thought so before, but it's worth reading his post (on Instagram?) about the result. Very gracious in defeat.

I think that they're both rather glad that the other didn't win gold.

 

[BrumJim]

Just watched the men's skateboarding where 51 year old A MacDonald competed for team GB against fellow competitors younger than his kids 😁

Not much younger than me. I'm sure there are grandparents at my son's school who aren't much older than me, with kids around the age of 11.

 

[Beebo]

Bloody Americans. Sod off.