Olympics Thread

Chris B.

GB should advance

Only if you're prepared to be mocked as Great Bradbury for the rest of time...

MiketheSnow

@mikethesnow said in Olympics Thread:

GB should advance

Only if you're prepared to be mocked as Great Bradbury for the rest of time...

Ha ha

All the Dane’s doing, useless ginger twat

Go Italy

MiketheSnow

Really enjoyed the W Long Jump comp

But fuck me, of all the events I’ve watched to date the W Long Jump was the most amateur.

Mihambo won by 3cm on her final jump but was 19cm behind the board

Surely with all the modern technology and practice you should expect the jumpers to be under 5cm from the foul line every jump?

The GB jumper was +7cm on three of her jumps ffs

They need to watch the divers and gymnasts to see what professional precision is

Chris B.

Just watched a Japanese guy ride a clear round in the show jumping.

His horse (Chanyon) was like a high jumper - pulling his legs out of the way of the jump as he went clear.

Amazing.

MiketheSnow

Carrington is mightily impressive in ALL respects

Chris B.

Chinese guy's horse refuses twice at the first fence - and his Olympics are done.

I probably could have cantered around the ring a couple of times and got to that point!

canefan

Tom Walsh throws over the qualifying distance, but he gets a red flag on the throw

Stargazer

What was wrong with Walsh' throw? I didn't see him go out of the circle.

NTA

@stargazer said in Olympics Thread:

What was wrong with Walsh' throw? I didn't see him go out of the circle.

I reckon has been called for brushing the ground just to the left of the block.

NTA

@chris-b said in Olympics Thread:

Chinese guy's horse refuses twice at the first fence - and his Olympics are done.

Today's horse is tomorrow's meal.

mariner4life

Lol did you see that Swede's vault? He was like half a metre over the bar!

canefan

Tom Walsh fouls again, he's on the brink. The next throw has to be fair and good

Bovidae

No pressure, Tom.

TeWaio

Looks like the fouled throw 3, but throw 2 was reinstated to 20.38m good for 8th - probably still missed the final as the other qualifying group still to throw, and 12 total make it. Disaster for him.

Stargazer

I find those calls really dodgy.

antipodean

He looks like he's getting fucked here.

Bovidae

Talk about drama.

TeWaio

Results now say they reinstated his 3rd, massive, throw so he's in as top qualifier. Lol

Chris B.

Looks like he's back as top qualifier.

Quite what was supposed to be wrong with that throw, I have no idea!

KiwiMurph

Old mate with the flag is rather trigger happy

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