It has live text commentary, but I can't see any streaming.
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It has live text commentary, but I can't see any streaming.
HiddenAway
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killer_clank
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Oscar Pistorius? Yeah, he's the favourite for a lot of gold medals.
Well done Mark Colbourne!
Oscar Pistorius? Yup. He's competing in:
Men's 100m - T44
Men's 200m - T44
Men's 400m - T44
Men's 4x100m Relay - T42/T46
Randdalf said:
I had the same problem. Watching on TV Catchup (tvcatchup.com) works fine though.
killer_clank
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The Channel 4 player was playing up for me this morning but it's working fine now - HD and everything when it works properly. And the text commentary is really well integrated into it.
Shame they don't stream everything like the Olympics, I feel like I've missed a lot of archery
Shame they don't stream everything like the Olympics, I feel like I've missed a lot of archery
Cool thanks!
Wasn't sure if being in one precluded from being in the other.
killer_clank
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Gold for GB in the cycling. Sarah Storey seems good enough to compete in the Olympics, tbh.
She's one of the few people who've had gold in two different sports. She was a swimmer before she was a cyclist. She's also cycled for England in the Commonwealth games. So, yeah, she's in the right ballpark!
Edit: In fact, she *was* good enough for the Olympics:
It was just one of those quirks about the amount of people you could have in an event - there were something like six viable candidates.
killer_clank
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Come on GB swimmers, show up your compatriots in the olympic team!
Psychotext
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/bites back of hand
killer_clank
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wow, what a race! i feel like we've already beaten the olympic swimmers in less than a day.
Is anything going on right now?
killer_clank
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So, I was right, the GB swimmers HAVE already beaten their olympic tally, by winning a single gold!
gawd, the olympic swimmers were terrible.
gawd, the olympic swimmers were terrible.
JonathanEx
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Anyone else watching The Last Leg on C4? While it seems 4 have taken some time to find their feet today (no surprise, first ever *lympic games coverage, it's not easy), this is great fun and why it's good they got the games.
killer_clank
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It's good yeah, and their studio is nice, shame it doesn't seem to be in the olympic park though, the BBC's studio made you feel incredibly close to the games by that one simple thing.
JonathanEx
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Mm. They are in the IBC, the international broadcast center - so in the park... just with no windows. It's a pity, and they could get away with it for Last Leg but it hampers the rest.
And where the BBC had people in little studio boxes in each venue, not seen 4 use anything like that which is a pity. But agree on how much it changes the mood.
Very much laughing at Last Leg now too.
And where the BBC had people in little studio boxes in each venue, not seen 4 use anything like that which is a pity. But agree on how much it changes the mood.
Very much laughing at Last Leg now too.
killer_clank
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still, at least they've already made amends over their disastrous athletics world championships coverage - they really are giving it a lot of attention and money, and though it's not the olympics I'd imagine it'll do pretty well for them ad revenue wise and that's why they're pushing the ads so much.
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Gracias, Arnulfo. Tú sí te la rifas.
What happened?
He felt his bike slip out the release stand at the start, and stopped to say there was a problem. Tv footage showed that to be the case, but that is inadmissible in the rules, so effectively they just made the rules up, had a quick look at the equipment, thought it looked ok and dq'd him, even though if he'd fell off because of it he would have got a restart...
Is suppose if you are disabled, the less falling about you do the better...
killer_clank
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yup. no question about it.
killer_clank
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COCKROFT!
1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze yesterday, 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze today.
It seemed to me that he got DQed because he simply tried starting before the beep and his wheel was still locked in place.
It seemed to me that he got DQed because he simply tried starting before the beep and his wheel was still locked in place.
Napoleonthechimp
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I just saw clips of it. I don't blame him at all. Like he said himself he spent 4 years training for this moment only for those people to take it away. If I was him I'd have stuck that prosthetic leg right through their faces.
just curious - some of the athletes are wearing those carbon fibre springy legs, which help them run faster, but presumably in normal life they wear more standard legs?
So why do the swimmers swim 'au naturel' and leave their legs etc by the side of the pool? Why can't they come on with some kind of leg with a flipper attached?
So why do the swimmers swim 'au naturel' and leave their legs etc by the side of the pool? Why can't they come on with some kind of leg with a flipper attached?
Napoleonthechimp
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I have no idea where to find the clip but here he is apologising: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/19445841
He's a better man than me because I would have never bothered with the apology. At least it isn't his only chance at a medal.
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