Olympics Thread
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Currently down to 7 pole vaulters having cleared 4.7 m. The other 2 kiwis still in but I doubt they clear the height.
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@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
McCartney 2 from 2. The only competitor to skip 2.4 m. Come on Eliza!!
She's leading the competition at the moment, but a long way to go.
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/results/athletics/women-s-pole-vault/fnl-000100--
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I'm watching the hurdles and Andrew Cotter is commentating. Adds colour and gives an ignoramus like me a good understanding of how runners can fuck up a hurdle.
Is there no sport this bloke isn't brilliant at?
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Has to get 4.8 as 3 jumpers already over. 1 miss so far.
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Last chance saloon. So close with 2nd jump.
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😢…
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@MajorRage said in Olympics Thread:
BBC chose to show Gabby Logan taking to people instead.
Why on earth did they decide people who watch the Olympics prefer people chatting on sofas to live sport?
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Olympics Thread:
I'm watching the hurdles and Andrew Cotter is commentating. Adds colour and gives an ignoramus like me a good understanding of how runners can fuck up a hurdle.
Is there no sport this bloke isn't brilliant at?
I wish they'd use Cotter as the main commentator on all the races instead of Cram.
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@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
@Victor-Meldrew said in Olympics Thread:
I'm watching the hurdles and Andrew Cotter is commentating. Adds colour and gives an ignoramus like me a good understanding of how runners can fuck up a hurdle.
Is there no sport this bloke isn't brilliant at?
I wish they'd use Cotter as the main commentator on all the races instead of Cram.
Cram has forgotten more than Cotter knows
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Salt in the wound is Aussie heading for gold.
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That was some finish from Quincy.
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@MajorRage said in Olympics Thread:
Amazing finish by the American. Brilliant.
Karma for the BBC for spending 90 minutes building up to the race, ignoring the woman's pole value that the Brit didn't win gold.
Matt Hudson-Smith ran a Personal Best, a British record, a European record and the 5th fastest time of all time. A great performance. He could hardly have executed any better.
But Quincy Hall found a way to finish that little bit sooner. The margins in elite sport can be unbelievably small.
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@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
@MajorRage said in Olympics Thread:
Amazing finish by the American. Brilliant.
Karma for the BBC for spending 90 minutes building up to the race, ignoring the woman's pole value that the Brit didn't win gold.
Matt Hudson-Smith ran a Personal Best, a British record, a European record and the 5th fastest time of all time. A great performance. He could hardly have executed any better.
But Quincy Hall found a way to finish that little bit sooner. The margins in elite sport can be unbelievably small.
Hudson-Smith is a complete loser. Only gold counts…
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@Billy-Tell I liked M H-S's post-race interview. "Sometimes the journey is better than the outcome." He said he was happy with the silver in the circumstances but also really wants a gold in a world championships or an Olympics and thinks he will achieve it.
He's the second most decorated athlete in European championship history already.
