Distant Doonhamer Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Djokovic loses the bronze medal match and is throwing and smashing rackets. Phenomenal player but still a classless c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Presumably the GB doctors tested her to see if she was fit. And probably worth taking a chance on it coming together on the day than putting in another runner who would have little chance of getting beyond the semis, at best. With Paris only being 3 years away, she was just being utterly selfish IMO; & only declared the injury when she "didn't get beyond the semis" & was found out. Edit to add* Her lane will remain empty in the 200m. Edited July 31, 2021 by kiddy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Nah she presumably went in thinking she had a chance. If a potential medalist has a chance of being fit, they get picked, unless there is an athlete of similar ability that can be picked in their place. Anyone in her place would do the same if they thought there was a chance of a medal, IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Watching this on catch up and I have to laugh at how much the Jamaican 100m women seem to hate each other - or at least Fraser-Pryce and Jackson have barely spoken to Thompson-Herah. Very different to other events, like the triathlon this morning, where even the athletes from other countries were all congratulating each other and happy etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 She only just missed out on the final. Her injury clearly wasn't that bad and it's highly unlikely a replacement would have done any better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Jambomo said: Watching this on catch up and I have to laugh at how much the Jamaican 100m women seem to hate each other - or at least Fraser-Pryce and Jackson have barely spoken to Thompson-Herah. Very different to other events, like the triathlon this morning, where even the athletes from other countries were all congratulating each other and happy etc. Are the Jamaican ladies together again for the relay? You'd imagine they would piss the gold medal if they could resist battering each other with the baton. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Asher Smith coverage is sadly an example of a broadcaster having 'invested' too much - literally and emotionally - in the athlete beforehand. They have bigged her up as a star of the games for months, no doubt commissioned bespoke previews and lined-up special interviewees, but it's all ended-up a dud. Hence they wind-up talking more about her not qualifying than about another GB athlete qualifying. Djokovic should have a good look at himself btw. If scratching the Mixed Bronze genuinely was due to him being in a flounce that's a shocker for his partner. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Are the Jamaican ladies together again for the relay? You'd imagine they would piss the gold medal if they could resist battering each other with the baton. I don’t know, you’d imagine they would be if they have any sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Just now, Jambomo said: I don’t know, you’d imagine they would be if they have any sense. Should be worth a watch either way. World Record or massive fight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Should be worth a watch either way. World Record or massive fight. I love a good on-field fight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 21 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Are the Jamaican ladies together again for the relay? You'd imagine they would piss the gold medal if they could resist battering each other with the baton. Well the British are quite literally 'Hamstrung' in their chances, by having to carry DAS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 39 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Asher Smith coverage is sadly an example of a broadcaster having 'invested' too much - literally and emotionally - in the athlete beforehand. They have bigged her up as a star of the games for months, no doubt commissioned bespoke previews and lined-up special interviewees, but it's all ended-up a dud. Hence they wind-up talking more about her not qualifying than about another GB athlete qualifying. Djokovic should have a good look at himself btw. If scratching the Mixed Bronze genuinely was due to him being in a flounce that's a shocker for his partner. Have to say, I did have a little chuckle at the idea that some BBC producer has spent so much time producing mind numbing previews to be shown before the 100 and 200m that will never be shown. Wonder of the BBC might show live sport instead? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 43 minutes ago, sparky88 said: Have to say, I did have a little chuckle at the idea that some BBC producer has spent so much time producing mind numbing previews to be shown before the 100 and 200m that will never be shown. Wonder of the BBC might show live sport instead? Best I saw was the mens 10k on the first night of the athletics. Their show opened, had their inane chit chat & went trackside to the start of the race. Cramby & Brendan then went through their bullshit bingo, as the race meandered for a few laps. "That's the next half hour of our lives lost" I said to the wife, as there was only one British participant with little chance of a medal due to African dominance. As I scanned through BBC online, lo & behold, they were giving a text commentary of the race, which was 2/3rds of the way through! I quickly jumped to Eurosport, which was running it live. Why couldn't the BBC just open the show & say 'We're going straight to the athletics, where the 10,000m for men is under way'? & let the viewer watch the crunch point in the race as it happened? #clowns 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 My mind is blown that triathletes run without socks on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Steve Cram is an insufferable c**t, though at least he actually knows about athletics, as opposed to when he talks over the experts when he's commentating on stuff like curling at the Winter Olympics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Yikes. Tokyo Olympics: BMX rider Connor Fields 'doing well' after brain bleed in crash - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58038021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, sparky88 said: Have to say, I did have a little chuckle at the idea that some BBC producer has spent so much time producing mind numbing previews to be shown before the 100 and 200m that will never be shown. Wonder of the BBC might show live sport instead? They have an emergency featurette prepared about Luke Shaw's slippers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 That hand off from the French winger in the womens 7s! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Left Back Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 No idea how three day eventing is scored but they keep saying Britain are in gold medal position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 I know nothing about BMX but what a gold for Charlotte Worthington. By all accounts the American thought all she had to do was turn and they'd give her the gold. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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