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  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    Couldn’t happen to a nicer bloke then Tom, great that he’s got the medal all that hard work and toil he’s put in. 
  • meldrew66
    meldrew66 Posts: 2,561
    Tears in my eyes with pride and relief at GB’s Tom and Matt winning GOLD. Funny how patriotism gets you at the Olympics. Brilliant.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    Fantastic, well done lads! 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    So pleased for Daley, pressure at a young age and finally an Olympic Champion. Superb round of diving, not that I'm an expert. 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    Looks an epic mountain bike course

    on verge of another gold 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    Get in Tom Pidcock. 
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Great ride from Pidcock.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033
    We’re drowning in golds this morning!
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    edited July 2021
    Knackering just watching Tom Pidcock going around that course.

    Great stuff today with that last dive from Daley and Lee immaculate. Imagine the pressure they're under to do that.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Magic Monday, what's for brunch :-) 
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  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    edited July 2021
    Lauren Williams now into the Taekwondo final, decent day...
  • Eynsfordaddick
    Eynsfordaddick Posts: 2,045
    Amazing start to the day! Bring it on 
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Hal1x said:
    Too many shit sports now, Im waiting for 40-40 to be introduced.
    40 40 I see Hal1x, 1 2 3 and out 
    how does that work?, and I seem to remember one with a tin can.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    now it's underway I am enjoying what little I have seen .. the Triathlon, surely the hardest won medals .. the events so far have been those where the missing crowds are not really obvious .. it'll be different when the athletics start and the lack of spectator atmosphere will really show.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Is it too early for the "if Yorkshire was a country" stuff 😂😂

    We will run out of letter boxes again :p
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,519
    Three brilliant golds! 
    And quite a silver for Alex Yee - Lewisham lad - any chance he's an Addick? Probably outpaced a few on here in the local park run.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Three brilliant golds! 
    And quite a silver for Alex Yee - Lewisham lad - any chance he's an Addick? Probably outpaced a few on here in the local park run.
    Lives in Leeds so we are claiming him :p
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    Having heard God Save the Queen 3 times this morning, I don't like the arrangement used!
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Having heard God Save the Queen 3 times this morning, I don't like the arrangement used!
    Its like they are using the KTel version


  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    I hadn't realised that the BBC can only show two events at the same time (even on the red button) because Eurosports outbid them for the rights.
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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Hal1x said:
    I hadn't realised that the BBC can only show two events at the same time (even on the red button) because Eurosports outbid them for the rights.
    Discovery bought the world wide rights, we are lucky it's on Eurosport else it would all be on discovery+
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Hal1x said:
    I hadn't realised that the BBC can only show two events at the same time (even on the red button) because Eurosports outbid them for the rights.
    It was Discovery who I believe bought Eurosport a few years ago but yes that is the reason. I can't criticise BBC over it though, Discovery are huge. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    Discovery bought the rights for all of Europe, thought with the agreement that there would be some free to air coverage in every country

    If the time zone had been more favourable I might have bought a Discovery + subscription, only £6.99 for a month, and they have a promo £29.99 annual deal

    https://promo.discoveryplus.co.uk/promo/all-sports/discoveryplus-home-of-the-olympics?snb=2&utm_term=discovery+&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=CjwKCAjwuvmHBhAxEiwAWAYj-HtK7RQ5rtuYWlMB8sqIhBrLnTlF6373MQygzWwFR1HVJNnHDbo_cxoC_XEQAvD_BwE
  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,032
    Wife got a discovery + membership last month for all the reality junk they put on there. Was very pleasantly surprised the other day to see I've got all the Olympic events at my fingertips. It's worth noting if you've got SkyQ you can get discovery+ free for 6 months
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-57966293

    Tokyo 2020: S Korea TV sorry for using pizza to depict Italy
    Pizza for Italy, Dracula for Romania and Chernobyl for Ukraine.

    This twitter thread had more of them, I love the Dracula one   :D




  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    MrOneLung said:
    Skateoarding as an Olympic sport??

    What a load of woke nonsense!!

    God I'm getting old
    Will hazard a guess more people skateboard than row, windsurf, sail etc 
    And I'd hazard a guess that a 470 or a 49er are slightly more expensive than an Element or a Plan B skateboard.

    More people play cricket or go fishing than skateboard. 
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,436
    Well done Alex Yee.

    And well done the winner, a Norwegian looking for all the world like a bloke running down the road in his faded blue pants.
    Alex Yee is a Lewisham boy too - I had to look it up when he said he was from South East London
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,757
    Fantastic to wake up to two more gold medals for Team GB. Over the moon for Tom Daley!
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    edited July 2021
    follett said:
    Wife got a discovery + membership last month for all the reality junk they put on there. Was very pleasantly surprised the other day to see I've got all the Olympic events at my fingertips. It's worth noting if you've got SkyQ you can get discovery+ free for 6 months
    Trouble is the coverage is seriously crap. The studio seems to be computer generated, unfortunately on a Commodore  64.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,839
    Williams gets silver in the Taekwondo