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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    SamB09 said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    SamB09 said:
    cafcdave123 said:
    SamB09 said:
    Enjoying the skateboarding, takes a lot of skill and fearlessness to do some of the tricks they do.
    my mates younger brother was going mental on facebook the other day after someone suggested it shouldn't be there and isn't a sport. started comparing footballers feigning injury to skateboarders getting wiped out and jumping straight up and cracking on

    was quite entertaining 
    Lol it does sound entertaining. Your mates brother could of quickly ended it(maybe he did) with a quick google search
    sport definition..

    an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
    no, he was calling footballers fucking pussies and listing his injuries from skateboarding like a fractured elbow then calling people uneducated snobs then basically ending saying he doesn't know why he bothers with any of you c*nts

    my mate is about to turn 40 but his brother is only in his early 20's but clearly very passionate 
    Ah got ya
    very entertaining though
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    They will be dancing in the streets of Olympic committee!

    What a result for team GB, Alice worked ever single piece!!

    She must be from Yorkshire :p
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,735
    Great stuff ! SO pleased for young Alice & her team mates. 

    Commentator picking out Alice for special praise.

    Bet Mark's over the moon ! 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    Kin-kin-kinsella!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    Gymnastics is a sport which suffers due to the host feed concentrating on the Russians and Americans
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Come on Gio, horse dancing is coming home!! 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    Nice music
  • BrentfordAddick
    BrentfordAddick Posts: 1,460
    Anyone sort of hoping it stops and drops a deposit on the middle of the arena?

    Just me then.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Cafc43v3r said:
    They will be dancing in the streets of Olympic committee!

    What a result for team GB, Alice worked ever single piece!!

    She must be from Yorkshire :p
    You know someone’s vegetarian from Leeds because they tell you…
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    BrentfordAddick said:
    Anyone sort of hoping it stops and drops a deposit on the middle of the arena?

    Just me then.
    Boom  :D
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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    The boxing judges in the olympics just as shit as the pros
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited July 2021
    ValleyGary said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    They will be dancing in the streets of Olympic committee!

    What a result for team GB, Alice worked ever single piece!!

    She must be from Yorkshire :p
    You know someone’s vegetarian from Leeds because they tell you…
    You don't have to sit through our local news, they were claiming the triathlete from Lancashire at lunch time because she trains in Leeds.

    If "we" don't win a medal before hand tomorrow's news will be about how Tom Daley once went to Betty's tea room and they will send a reporter there to do interviews. 
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    My main gripe with some of the sports in the Olympics is that I've always held the opinion that if the Olympics is not the pinnacle of your sport, then that sport doesn't belong in the Olympics. 

    Tennis, football, golf etc are a big no for me as Olympic sports.  

    Just my opinion of course 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    Gravesend_Addick said:
    My main gripe with some of the sports in the Olympics is that I've always held the opinion that if the Olympics is not the pinnacle of your sport, then that sport doesn't belong in the Olympics. 

    Tennis, football, golf etc are a big no for me as Olympic sports.  

    Just my opinion of course 
    Agreed, I never in particular understood why golf was brought back
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    Agree that the Olympic sport should be the pinnacle. Having professionals playing football and basketball doesn't seem right.

    The surfing was good. The Brazilians board broke on his first wave in the final!
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,726
    ForeverAddickted said:
    With regards to the players for the Rugby 7s.

    Are they picked from the typical Rugby Premiership / England team?
    The players may be linked to a club, but they're centrally contracted with their respective nations 7s teams. They're basically on tour for the whole year, playing in a number of tournaments around the world. 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,240
    When I was still playing rugby a few sentences would send me cold 

    "7s tournament in July" 
    "We are away next week to Sheppey" 
    "We'll have a game of touch for a bit of fun" 
    "Tank has shat in the shower" 

    Hated playing sevens, hated it. It bore no relation to how I played the game and was all set up for the whippets who had far too much space they wouldn't normally get. I totally agree its exciting to watch for a non purist rugby fan though 

     


  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,757
    Well done to the Irish women, picking up a bronze in the rowing. Shame it had to be at the expense of the Brits in 4th though.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,757
    edited July 2021
    GB miss out on a medal for the third time in the rowing today. Not looking good.
  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,009
    Biggest recipient of lottery funding and no medals so far. 
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  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,009
    Now we've got one lol
  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,620

  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,255
    edited July 2021
    soapboxsam said:
    Fiji were brilliant 5 years ago when they won in the 7's in Rio.
    When they are on it, they are so hard to beat. Happy for Fiji to beat the Aussies.
    7's is a great Olympic sport.

    I was in Fiji in 2018. I was given a 7 dollar note in some change, which left me cursing for not noticing it, but I then clicked that Fiji released a 7 dollar bill to commemorate winning the rugby 7's, which is pretty cool. My bill is pinned to the wall in the office now.
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    Best bit of the morning Olympic breakfast is Sam quek - proper rocket 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    How do our rowers manage to go this far off course when they're supposed to be going in a straight line?

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,291
    My wife must have been navigating 
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,076
    Impressive how well we are doing at swimming when you consider we only have 12 Olympic size pools, Australia has 47.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,945
    Didn't realise that Lauren Price, who is competing in the boxing, is a previous World champion at kickboxing, and played football for Wales before winning World Championship boxing gold.

    How talented are some people?!
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Friend Or Defoe said:
    Impressive how well we are doing at swimming when you consider we only have 12 Olympic size pools, Australia has 47.
    The one they built and have since knocked down in Leeds was ment to be Olympic size but they completely ballsed it up.  I am actually suprised we have as many as 12 everything seemed so focused on Crystal Palace. 
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,674
    Duncan Scott has been great for us over the years. 

    Including the Commonwealths, European, Worlds and Olympics he has won 25 medals, 10 gold, 10, silver, 5 bronze.  Most medals come from relay events where he generally holds down the anchor leg.  Fingers crossed he adds to his collection in the next few days.  

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