I agree, they have made some strange editorial decisions. The interview with Hodgkinson was very superficial. She will replace Raducanu as our number one sportswoman with a much better chance of remaining at the top of her event. Great runner and seems very grounded.
The Olympics is so uplifting and welcome at a time when there is so much anger and disgraceful behaviour in parts of our country. The games show Britain at its best unlike the morons causing trouble in our towns and cities.
Always good to have a world record at the Olympic Athletics. They are hard to come by nowadays. Flo Jo and Usain Bolt have made the headline sprint records seemingly unobtainable, the tracks are too hard for distance records at the Olympics and Worlds, the middle distance events are races not paced record attempts and some of the throwing event records are suspect.
The distance races on the track also tend to go out so slow nowadays - yesterday's women were doing 74 second laps to start the 5000m. That is, by Olympian standards, unbelievably slow! Delighted to see Keely run well, delighted for Duplantis, delighted for athletics. Cannot wait to see Kerr tonight.
Every 4 years I try to take 2 weeks off to immerse myself in the Olympics. I spend 14 days crying at every sport known to man. It is the best of all people. Stories behind athletes are overwhelming, sacrifices, strife, loss. Each day is a highlight. I will say to friends ‘best medal’ and they will instantly say one and then no no this one, oh I forgot about this one. It’s the greatest of times.
So favourite medal so far? Keely? Bryony? Ladies 4 in the rowing?
Loving the climbing at the moment. The speed climbing is a bit of fun, great to see them fly up the vertical quicker than I could run it horizontally but the boulders are a different beast, some of the feats of contortion along with the strength, just a spellbinding watch.
I loved Alex Yee's gold in the triathlon for the sheer audacity of that late move, and the women's team sprint yesterday with 3 world records in 3 rounds is a throwback to the 2008/2012 era where we dominated cycling in the velodrome. Pidcock's audacious final lap overtake was sensational viewing, and the celebrations from the cox in the mens 8 in the rowing were superb. I think I'd say that my favourite is the rowing gold though!
Coming 2nd with a PB is something to celebrate. Ingebrigsten to his credit gave a lovely honest interview. And the friction between him and Kerr has been great box office without overstepping the line.
Andy MacDonald in the men’s skateboarding was amazing. The crowd’s response to him was fantastic and in a sport that is dominated by kids it was great to see an old timer do his thing. Make no mistake this was no Eric the Eel performance he qualified by rights and did a routine that was astonishing by any measure.
How Hall ran that last 75m to make up so many metres on Matt who was running at such a pace is beyond me. The most astonishing 400m final I’ve seen I think.
Heartbreaking for Hudson Smith but once again if you run your best race and lose how can you be disappointed? We’ve had an amazing games but seem to have had our quota of what could have been
Best moment so far has to be the mountain bike gold for me.
Booed by the French all the way round. Gets a puncture, which would wipe out most people. Gets back on and slowly winds the leader in. Overtakes him and wins. More boos from the French.
It was an extraordinary performance and one that hasn’t been acknowledged enough due to the other great performances. The French cyclist made 2 errors only one shown on the live TV coverage. Pidcock’s overtake had me and Lady Andy Graham Fan Club leaping and jumping around. She has zero interest in MTB and the last race I watched was 3 years ago.
Watching the taekwondo and their 'VAR' is a bald chap who watches it once and then puts his thumb up if they get the decision - takes about 15 seconds and is totally transparent. Brilliant stuff (and the GB chap won so I am happy)
A word for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone who runs the 400m hurdles at the same pace as most women run the 400m. Should be a great race with Femke Bol tonight.
Waited all day for BBC to show some of the breaking, got five minutes of the gold medal battle. Don’t think it should be part of the olympics though. Nor should football.
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I agree, they have made some strange editorial decisions. The interview with Hodgkinson was very superficial. She will replace Raducanu as our number one sportswoman with a much better chance of remaining at the top of her event. Great runner and seems very grounded.
Keeley delivered. Was it ever in doubt. 😥
Maybe my problem is I’m watching too much and therefore I’ve seen some of these fillers about 10x
Exhausting day again
The Olympics is so uplifting and welcome at a time when there is so much anger and disgraceful behaviour in parts of our country. The games show Britain at its best unlike the morons causing trouble in our towns and cities.
Always good to have a world record at the Olympic Athletics. They are hard to come by nowadays. Flo Jo and Usain Bolt have made the headline sprint records seemingly unobtainable, the tracks are too hard for distance records at the Olympics and Worlds, the middle distance events are races not paced record attempts and some of the throwing event records are suspect.
Mondo was a delight to behold.
Keely was fantastic.
Cone on Josh.
Some very odd Olympic sports these days…..
The distance races on the track also tend to go out so slow nowadays - yesterday's women were doing 74 second laps to start the 5000m. That is, by Olympian standards, unbelievably slow! Delighted to see Keely run well, delighted for Duplantis, delighted for athletics. Cannot wait to see Kerr tonight.
Every 4 years I try to take 2 weeks off to immerse myself in the Olympics. I spend 14 days crying at every sport known to man. It is the best of all people. Stories behind athletes are overwhelming, sacrifices, strife, loss. Each day is a highlight. I will say to friends ‘best medal’ and they will instantly say one and then no no this one, oh I forgot about this one. It’s the greatest of times.
So favourite medal so far? Keely? Bryony? Ladies 4 in the rowing?
I'm With you on those 3. It's their pure emotion and elation that gets me
Loving the climbing at the moment. The speed climbing is a bit of fun, great to see them fly up the vertical quicker than I could run it horizontally but the boulders are a different beast, some of the feats of contortion along with the strength, just a spellbinding watch.
I loved Alex Yee's gold in the triathlon for the sheer audacity of that late move, and the women's team sprint yesterday with 3 world records in 3 rounds is a throwback to the 2008/2012 era where we dominated cycling in the velodrome. Pidcock's audacious final lap overtake was sensational viewing, and the celebrations from the cox in the mens 8 in the rowing were superb. I think I'd say that my favourite is the rowing gold though!
There you go. I’m now conflicted again. Pidcock and Yee were amazing. The cycling 3 were flawless.
Also just saw this and it summed me up
What a 1500! Hockey took his chance perfectly when the gap Ingebrigtsen opened for him appeared. Kerr breaks the national record.
Coming 2nd with a PB is something to celebrate. Ingebrigsten to his credit gave a lovely honest interview. And the friction between him and Kerr has been great box office without overstepping the line.
Another fab race and another great Olympic day.
The women’s speed climbing on at the moment is brilliant watching.
How they manage to memorise the route and get up in 6.5 seconds is impressive.
https://www.eurosport.com/climbing/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/paris-2024-unthinkable-aleksandra-miroslaw-world-record-leaves-commentators-without-words_vid2206786/video.shtml
Andy MacDonald in the men’s skateboarding was amazing. The crowd’s response to him was fantastic and in a sport that is dominated by kids it was great to see an old timer do his thing. Make no mistake this was no Eric the Eel performance he qualified by rights and did a routine that was astonishing by any measure.
and the nickname of ‘old MacDonald’ is joyous.
Hard to believe he’s 51 after that fantastic display. Judges were harsh, apparently.
The skateboarding has been the most fun to watch.
Matt Hudson-Smith runs the fifth fastest 400m ever, only to be beaten by 0.04 seconds by Quincy Hall of the US running the fourth fastest.
Wow!
How Hall ran that last 75m to make up so many metres on Matt who was running at such a pace is beyond me. The most astonishing 400m final I’ve seen I think.
Hudson-Smith did slow a bit at the end - understandably - but Hall really turned on the afterburners at the right moment.
A second later with his acceleration and Hudson-Smith would have held on.
A second longer in the race and I think Hall might have lost form completely. As you say, he went at exactly the right time.
Heartbreaking for Hudson Smith but once again if you run your best race and lose how can you be disappointed? We’ve had an amazing games but seem to have had our quota of what could have been
Best moment so far has to be the mountain bike gold for me.
Booed by the French all the way round. Gets a puncture, which would wipe out most people. Gets back on and slowly winds the leader in. Overtakes him and wins. More boos from the French.
The perfect gold.
It was an extraordinary performance and one that hasn’t been acknowledged enough due to the other great performances. The French cyclist made 2 errors only one shown on the live TV coverage. Pidcock’s overtake had me and Lady Andy Graham Fan Club leaping and jumping around. She has zero interest in MTB and the last race I watched was 3 years ago.
Some background on Matt Hudson-Smith.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/cm23ywnz1l9o
Watching the taekwondo and their 'VAR' is a bald chap who watches it once and then puts his thumb up if they get the decision - takes about 15 seconds and is totally transparent. Brilliant stuff (and the GB chap won so I am happy)
A word for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone who runs the 400m hurdles at the same pace as most women run the 400m. Should be a great race with Femke Bol tonight.
Reminded me of Dodge Ball. I was hoping Chuck Norris was going to appear.
the climbers are unreal - incredible strength, flexibility, intelligence. yet another event where I cannot fathom how someone can do it
Waited all day for BBC to show some of the breaking, got five minutes of the gold medal battle. Don’t think it should be part of the olympics though. Nor should football.