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[Brazil]

And Japan gets another medal that isn't Gold.

 

[krishian]

Italy wins the fencing final, Japan just can't get any gold it seems

 

[Meadows]

god Ben Aisley couldn't give a shit haha

 

[szaromir]

Meh USA took the first set. Neeither team is too good at constructing points though.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

Can't wait for this final but I can see bolt not winning somehow

 

[Nolan.]

GB's Waterpolo Coach gets yellow carded Spain winning

 

[LordAlu]

Fencing is such an awesome sport to watch

 

[Canis lupus]

How could we lose this set... Our girls should not lose spirit, they can definetly do something...

 

[PaulLFC]

Probably not.

They didn't show womans 100m live.

NBC sound really bad. I get there's a time difference, but surely they could have a live channel and catch up channels?

 

[Withnail]

I'm gonna stream it. Doubt they air it live, though.




There seems to be a marker where the first jump has to be. Is this jump measured in any way? Then the second jump doesn't have a mark and seems less like a jump. Then the third looks like a normal long jump.

They measure the total distance.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

It's awesome that the Aussie keeper is called Burgers

 

[mokeyjoe]

I'm gonna stream it. Doubt they air it live, though.




There seems to be a marker where the first jump has to be. Is this jump measured in any way? Then the second jump doesn't have a mark and seems less like a jump. Then the third looks like a normal long jump.

They don't measure each jump - it's the total distance covered.

 

[Brazil]

I love the Turkish girls, but they need to lose so Brazil can advance

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Gary, er, Lineker, er, hasn't, er, got, er, a, er, fucking, er, clue, er, about, er, anything, er, maybe, er, if, er, he, speaks, er, slowly, er, nobody, er, will, er, notice, er, that, er, he, er, doesn't, er, know, er, what, er, he's, er, talking, er, about.

 

[fuenf]

watching Lisicki playing mixed in the Olympics might be the cutest / most entertaining thing ever, she should have her own reality show.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Lineker is awful

 

[Bo-Locks]

JustJohn is especially loving this Colin Jackson piece.

 

[ChocolateCupcakes]

NBC sound really bad. I get there's a time difference, but surely they could have a live channel and catch up channels?

You would think but all they care about is money. And taping things for primetime seems to be working unfortunately.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

400m time.

Let's go Kirani!

 

[clemenx]

Why are the records on the Throwing events so long lasting? Do kids don't get feed as well as they were before? lol. They all seem borderline mythical.

 

[bgbball31]

NBC sound really bad. I get there's a time difference, but surely they could have a live channel and catch up channels?

Most people can watch during primetime, so they put the marquee events there even if not live. All about ad revenue.

 

[Meadows]

dat 400m guide

glad people realise how hard it is. I used to run it for my school and it fucking kills you every time. I much preferred the 1500m but we had a club runner level athlete for that.

 

[wilsham]

wow Hammer throw is a sport i have never seen before outside of a computer game. Its great! no commentary on BBC it seems though which is a shame.

 

[Withnail]

UK people just press the red button. Get to just watch the sport without the embarrassing presenters.

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

How much did it cost?

£35 for me and bro in law. £16 for mummy as she is a senior

 

[Big-E]

Why are the records on the Throwing events so long lasting? Do kids don't get feed as well as they were before? lol. They all seem borderline mythical.

Dat Soviet training.

 

[mokeyjoe]

Why are the records on the Throwing events so long lasting? Do kids don't get feed as well as they were before? lol. They all seem borderline mythical.

Well I know with javelin they had to alter them so they didn't fly as far, it was getting dangerous.

 

[davidsaurus]

£35 for me and bro in law. £16 for mummy as she is a senior

Good value actually.

 

[Creamium]

400m. Go Borlees!

 

[Bo-Locks]

Why are the records on the Throwing events so long lasting? Do kids don't get feed as well as they were before? lol. They all seem borderline mythical.

I'm guessing most are East German/ USSR records from the 80s when they were all doping like crazy. Some records will probably never be beaten.

 

[Big-E]

Dude with no legs is going to be in the next heat.

 

[Levyne]

Hammer throwing looks both awesome and scary

 

[szaromir]

[volleyball]
Watching Turkey is really frustrating. Such a charismatic team, yet their amounts of choking is unbearable. Hopefully they'll reach QF though.

 

[Bleepey]

£35 for me and bro in law. £16 for mummy as she is a senior

Ahh i am too lazy to look at how to get tickets. If i can get tickets for about £20 or less with a student discount then i would go to near enough anything.

 

[Subliminal]

Good value actually.

Tickets were priced fantastically. It was a total lottery though.

I've got tickets to Paralympics athletics, You can still get loads of those!

 

[PaulLFC]

watching Lisicki playing mixed in the Olympics might be the cutest / most entertaining thing ever, she should have her own reality show.

Lisicki <3

If she ever did get her own show it'd best get picked up by one of the UK networks!

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

The womens volleyball almost never do the quick set up and slam. Its always the big set up, usually on the other side of the net. MIX IT UP

 

[Juicy Bob]

Apparently there was a technical fault during that Lineker/Ainslie interview and Gary couldn't hear anything Ben was saying through his earpiece.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Were going to need a new thread before the 100m final.

 

[PaulLFC]

Break point Germany in the Tennis!

 

[giga]

Triple jump is so goofy.

 

[PaulLFC]

YES!!

Champions tie break! Come on Sabine <3

 

[McNei1y]

damn volleyball is so cool

 

[modulaire]

watching Lisicki playing mixed in the Olympics might be the cutest / most entertaining thing ever, she should have her own reality show.

It is cute watching her for ONE match.

But there is a reason her teammates gave her the nickname "drama-queen".

All the smiling, crying, collapsing etc is just too much if you follow tennis all season.

 

[numble]

There really should be a new thread to attract attention to the 100m race. "Fastest man in the world" and all...

 

[Nolan.]

That Solomon guy from Australia in the 400m seems like a nice guy, he was trying to shake one guy's hand but the guy was too busy celebrating

 

[Levyne]

I'm sure giga is on it.

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

Well I know with javelin they had to alter them so they didn't fly as far, it was getting dangerous.

They changed the center of mass of the javelin in 1986, to make it fly less far, and to always make it stick into the ground clearly. The world record started fresh, though, at that mometnt.

 

[Coldnoodle]

ALDAMA IS SO RIPPED

 

[Kitschkraft]

Hooker...godly.