Olympics 2024

[Buxtonclaret]

Another impressive run from Kerr ?

[Jellybean]

Strange comment from Steve, the trampolining is really fascinating and I dare Steve to give it a go himself, he might have fun!
Good luck to Bryony.

[daveisaclaret]

The trampolining is actually pretty crazy. The bravery and confidence to risk injury on literally every bounce.

[Jellybean]

Another impressive run from Kerr ?

Should be a great final between him and Ingebrigtsen

[Buxtonclaret]

Should be a great final between him and Ingebrigtsen

Reminds me a lot of Ovett.
Got that same confidence/arrogance.

[Jellybean]

Yes he's got oodles of confidence but he is that good to justify it. I think he said he could beat Kerr blindfolded which hopefully will spur Kerr on to beat him!

[Jellybean]

Bryony has smashed it getting the gold, done us proud!

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Bryony takes gold with an amazing routine. Russian and Chinese athletes are absolutely distraught.

[Bosscat]

Jumping for gold in the Horsey thingummy showy jump ... GB 9th gold

[claretskeith]

4th in the medal table now.

[Big Vinny K]

The Woke Olympics will go down in history as the worst Olympics ever,but only till the next Olympics which will be worse,we live in very sad times.

Pathetic

[ClaretOfMancunia]

4th in the medal table now.

Third now, with the 9th Gold. The tables can be a bit slow to update sometimes.

[Bosscat]

Watching the sailing ... Utter confusion at the end

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Watching the sailing ... Utter confusion at the end

Only just tuned in. Where has all the confusion come from?!

[Bosscat]

Only just tuned in. Where has all the confusion come from?!

Right at the end the Dutch seemed to stop to celebrate too early and also the the Yanks ... nobody seemed to know what was going on ... but the Dutch were the winners

[Buxtonclaret]

Watching two man mountains on a yellow rug at the mo.
Don't understand judo.

[claretskeith]

It was between judo or badminton earlier so opted for the badminton.

[fatboy47]

Great day for GB...enjoyed every event...

...apart from the chinless berks on horseback.Obviously.

[BurnleyFC]

You do that..I'd sooner watch Blackburn.

Just don’t watch the events you don’t want to.

I personally love the Olympics track and field events. The best sporting occasion bar none.

[dougcollins]

The Woke Olympics will go down in history as the worst Olympics ever,but only till the next Olympics which will be worse,we live in very sad times.

Wtf are you on about?

[Buxtonclaret]

Superb run by Phoebe Gill to qualify!

[Buxtonclaret]

50 metre Silver, Ben Proud.

[ISpeds00]

Watching France v Argentina
Great game so far

[ISpeds00]

https://soccerinhd.com/live/france-u-23 ... ntina-u-23

[ISpeds00]

9 cards and a 100 man scuffle at the end
France go through

[Poulton-le-Claret]

Love an Argentina meltdown.

BBC News - Paris 2024 Olympics video: Trouble follows France-Argentina men's football quarter-final - BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/vi ... ngn05e9geo

[ecc]

9 cards and a 100 man scuffle at the end
France go through

And Martinez wasn't in goal. Would have loved to see him giving it narrow.

[ClaretOfMancunia]

GB v Argentina women's hockey a good watch this morning.

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Another gold for GB in men's rowing. Absolutely stormed by the lads, they looked so calm and composed. Best the Dutch who were rowing in a swanky carbon fiber boat.

[jdrobbo]

Another gold for GB in men's rowing. Absolutely stormed by the lads, they looked so calm and composed. Best the Dutch who were rowing in a swanky carbon fiber boat.

Looked a near perfect performance.

[Swizzlestick]

Above the US in the medal table. Temporarily at least. Probably soon change now the athletics is kicking in but still, some achievement so far.

[Buxtonclaret]

Tommy Fleetwood having a good go at Gold at the mo.

[Buxtonclaret]

Golf giving way to dressage. Bit like a Shadsworth lap-dance.

[Swizzlestick]

Gold for Ireland in the men’s pommel horse - their first gymnastics medal of any description. Great final. GB’s Max Whitlock just missed out in 4th.

[CrosspoolClarets]

BBC overdramatising the pommel horse. Max made an error or two, his score in Rio or Tokyo was enough for gold today, as indeed was Louis Smith’s silver in Rio. It wasn’t an overly high scoring final despite what the BBC say.

[dougcollins]

Golf giving way to dressage. Bit like a Shadsworth lap-dance.

That made my eyes water.

[Buxtonclaret]

That made my eyes water.

'Tis only what I'd heard they call it over that way, Doug.

[helmclaret]

Incredible run from Julien Alfred in the women’s 100m taking gold.

Amazing for the country and it will inspire loads of kids there to see anything is possible.

[jdrobbo]

Biles bags another gold. Amazing vault performance

[wilks_bfc]

Women’s football QF
Brazil wining 1-0 against France

16mins of added time being played

[Commy]

How can the windsurfing be fair? The British girl won 8 out of the 14 races and was miles ahead. She then had to sit and wait whilst the quaters and semis were raced, which gave them the chance to learn how the wind was and which line to take, and then went into a final with three of them. She ended up with Bronze. It has happened to her twice now where she finished miles ahead and didn't get the gold.

[Bangers&Mash]

Sport is 50% skill and 50% tactics

I'm no windsurfer but surely sensible tactics there is don't finish miles ahead?

[Poulton-le-Claret]

GB lose the men's hockey semi final to India, who had 10 men for most of the game. India were brilliant and defended like a prime Dyche unit, GB were woeful in trying to break them down.

[quoonbeatz]

India really deserved that, the red card was a complete joke. Good to see var is as bad in other sports.

[kentonclaret]

Incredible run from Julien Alfred in the women’s 100m taking gold.

Amazing for the country and it will inspire loads of kids there to see anything is possible.

Winning a 100 metres gold medal was only made possible for Julien Alfred because she left St Lucia at an early age to go to school in Jamaica and subsequently moved to live and train in the US. Jamaica was the birthplace of her idol Usain Bolt and both Jamaica and the US have a wonderful sprinting heritage.
Whilst the gold medal may well inspire the young people of St Lucia the islands are impoverished and lack the facilities needed to train aspiring athletes to the required level. Still, a wonderful moment for the people of St Lucia to celebrate a victory for one of their own.

[helmclaret]

I have a house in St Lucia and have spent a lot of time there over the last 7-8 years.

The National Stadium has been left to ruin and something like last night might awaken the powers that be to do something about it.

There’s poverty right across the Caribbean, but this will inspire the kids there that they can achieve something in life.

It’s worth noting British track stars like Dina Asha-Smith base themselves in the States.

[Bosscat]

GB lose the men's hockey Quarter final to India, who had 10 men for most of the game. India were brilliant and defended like a prime Dyche unit, GB were woeful in trying to break them down.

[Burnley Ace]

Shooting - it’s 2024, if the reply we all saw was the clay they called a miss that’s just preposterous.

[ClaretOfMancunia]

Absolutely robbed in the final. Replay showed she clearly hit the target but she was overruled.

[Super Teds]

The tennis was on iplayer then they’ve just binned it for something else halfway through the final??…is it on BBC anywhere??