website statistics
Jump to content
  • Register/Login on Totallympics!

    Sign up to Totallympics to get full access to our website.

     

    Registration is free and allows you to participate in our community. You will then be able to reply to threads and access all pages.

     

    If you encounter any issues in the registration process, please send us a message in the Contact Us page.

     

    We are excited to see you on Totallympics, the home of Olympic Sports!

     

Team GB Daily: Day 10


Recommended Posts

Well it was a slim day for :GBR medal chances in terms of pure numbers, but it was one of those days when they were all very good chances and, sure enough, all of them came off! 5 chances, 5 medals. Cracking stuff.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663314
Share on other sites

Just managed to catch up with the cycling after a manic few hours. Obviously really great for the women's team sprint but I also noticed all squads (except for the men's team sprint who missed out by a couple hundreds), broke the British records as well. Carlin really impressed me so hopefully he is in line for some individual silverware as well.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663362
Share on other sites

Watching the womens 3x3 basketball and the Australians had a near identical team to the one that played in the 2022 commonwealth games, and came 5th. England beat those Australians, feels like a missed qualification opportunity.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663381
Share on other sites

21 minutes ago, TeamGB said:

Just managed to catch up with the cycling after a manic few hours. Obviously really great for the women's team sprint but I also noticed all squads (except for the men's team sprint who missed out by a couple hundreds), broke the British records as well. Carlin really impressed me so hopefully he is in line for some individual silverware as well.

Carlin is clearly exceptionally fast, even if the team as a whole can't live with the dutch. Finucane and Capewell were able to cover for Marchant's weakness as man 1, which is fabulous for Marchant who is better as an individual sprinter than most man 1 types and will be a genuine threat in Keirin. But really, this looks like a Finucane coming out party - her final speed is simply outrageous.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663391
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, Epic Failure said:

Well it was a slim day for :GBR medal chances in terms of pure numbers, but it was one of those days when they were all very good chances and, sure enough, all of them came off! 5 chances, 5 medals. Cracking stuff.

Delighted to see how happy Joe was with silver (and how delighted the german was with bronze) - Kayak X on debut was an absolute stonewall hit, and wonderful to have a new event that's NOT a judged event. Presentation was almost perfect - just enough chaos to entertain, just enough skill to feel like sport. Other sports should take note - THIS is how you create/introduce a new event. Hoping the Coastal Rowing in LA will be similarly harem scarem, and how long before Canoe dabbles its foot in some coastal ocean outrigger action.

 

Could hardly ask more to the triathlon team, who I fully expected to struggle to get a medal and who instead almost pulled off a coup. Georgia Taylor Brown completes the set, as does Al ex Yee who becomes the first man on four medals.

 

and Keely, what can you say...

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663396
Share on other sites

Watched Kayak X medal races this eve and wasn't completely convinced. I like the idea but the inflatable posts, the compulsory roll... Seemed a bit total wipeout. Couldn't it just be from point A to point B with some upstream turns? Maybe I just didn't get to watch enough. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663424
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, Rich said:

Watched Kayak X medal races this eve and wasn't completely convinced. I like the idea but the inflatable posts, the compulsory roll... Seemed a bit total wipeout. Couldn't it just be from point A to point B with some upstream turns? Maybe I just didn't get to watch enough. 

I went to the heats and the stands were packed and the atmosphere was red hot. Crowd loved it and really into it.

 

i get where you’re coming from; for me the issue was the start and first 2 gates split the fields in most of the races making the result almost a conclusion very early on.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663429
Share on other sites

25 minutes ago, Rich said:

Watched Kayak X medal races this eve and wasn't completely convinced. I like the idea but the inflatable posts, the compulsory roll... Seemed a bit total wipeout. Couldn't it just be from point A to point B with some upstream turns? Maybe I just didn't get to watch enough. 

“It’s A Knockout” in boats!  Only thing missing was Stuart Hall collapsing with laughter. Loved it, as clearly did the fans. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663455
Share on other sites

7 minutes ago, Cmon Mary said:

“It’s A Knockout” in boats!  Only thing missing was Stuart Hall collapsing with laughter. Loved it, as clearly did the fans. 

There's a brilliant poem by Patrick Kavanagh called 'Epic' about local land squabbles during 1938 - he expresses despair at how parochial and lame these neighbourhood fights are compared to truly global events like the betrayal of Czechoslovakia ("That was the year of the Munich bother"), but then mentions that Homer whispers in his ear - perhaps the same one who winks at us with Kipling...

 

"I made the Illiad from such a local row.

Gods make their own importance."

 

That's sport. All sport is trivial, all sport is farcical, stripped down to its mere actions. There's nothing noble about running around in circles, or pedalling contraptions, are kicking a pig bladder, or pushing your way around an inflatable buoy...

 

Except the wanting makes it noble. Novak's hand trembling makes it noble. Alcaraz being consoled by his family make it noble. Scottie Scheffler crying when winning Majors didn't bring a tear make it noble. eEmco Evenepoel in utter panic at a hole in his tyre a minute from the line made it noble, and yes, a World champion canoeist screaming with delight at winning bronze in a novelty race makes it noble.

 

That's the secret of all sport. Gods make their own importance.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/page/14/#findComment-663461
Share on other sites

 Share
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/27930-team-gb-daily-day-10/
  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • so to reach any important seat of responsibility  in western countries , you have to spend time in this island FIRST , where they record you they take care of you....then you get your diploma 
    • do you see this small point on map !!! this is where leaders of world decide everything , this is the island of Epstein (lobby of Satanyahu ), you can call it the brain of western countrie     
    • Female flag bearer for Ukraine is Yelyzaveta Sidorko (Short Track) https://unn.ua/en/amp/milan-cortina-2026-ukraine-has-chosen-both-flag-bearers-for-the-olympic-opening-ceremony    Mariia Seniuk (Figure Skating) מריה סניוק תישא את דגל ישראל בטקס הפתיחה של משחקי החורף מילאנו קורטינה 2026 - הוועד האולימפי
    • Just if you want to dive into the Olympic village   A lot of photo - so no translation is needed )   https://ua.tribuna.com/uk/bobsleigh/blogs/3159674-spochatku-my-trokhy-buly-shokovani-yak-vyhlyadaye-olimpiyske-s/
    • Yes which means no way we can watch it. I have no hope now unless they change plan and decide to stream on Olympic Channel.
    • Here's the Official Olympics Page - as you can see, both  &  are on the TBC list   Where to Watch the Olympic Games Live | Milano Cortina 2026
    • We don’t even have a broadcaster or streaming platform for the games ! IOC couldn’t get any deal for the Indian viewers and we can’t watch this games live ! 
    • 2028 Team Size Projection – Jan 2026 Update   Here’s an update to my 2028 Team Size Projection. While I touch upon major events changes may occur due to results in smaller events. Additionally, several sports released their qualification document so there may be cases where I have to update the projection. I will only include sports where there is an update.   Here is the link to the updated sheet.     Aquatics (Water Polo) The Men’s European Championships saw take gold. The victory moved Serbia up a few places between European nations. With that said, no one fell out of Olympic qualification with the likes of France and Romania still on the outside looking in. remains on the edge.   Athletics (Marathon) Both the Xiamen and Osaka marathons were held this month along with a few other smaller events. While there were a few changes in the rankings, in terms of Olympic projections gains an athlete in the men’s marathon at the expense of   Badminton Major tournaments include the Malaysia Open and India Open. New updates which affected projections include the women’s doubles where overtook . As Polina Buhrova is also scheduled to compete in the singles event, an additional spot has been open. Other changes in the women’s singles was loses one of their quotas. and benefit from those losses.   Indonesia’s loss on the women’s side is offset by gaining a second player in the men’s singles. This puts   on the outside.   Canoeing The qualification document for both Slalom and Sprint were released/updated. No significant changes were found in the Sprint update. Slalom had significant changes relative to 2024 where the initial quotas will be decided by rankings and kayak cross will now have significant quotas being allocated. After adjustment, the following nations lost a quota; Andorra, Chinese Taipei, Ireland, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Slovakia, and Sweden. The following nations gained a quota; Canada, China, France, Italy, South Africa, Spain, and Tunisia.   Cricket The Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier was held. No changes to the projection.   Equestrian (Dressage & Jumping) Various World Cup events were held. No changes to the projections were made.   Fencing We had two Grand Prix this month, one for epee and the other for sabre. In men’s epee, overtakes . On the women’s side, the United States moved into the top 4 in the team ranking, pushing Estonia down to fifth. This pushed out of Olympic qualification while takes the Americas quota. This caused a downstream effect on the individual side as Ukraine takes an individual quota and Canada relinquishes their quota, additionally, gained a quota while lost one.   In men’s sabre, now takes the Asian team quota pushing down to just an individual quota. No changes were found in women’s sabre.   Handball Four men’s continental championships were held this month. finished top in Africa while a couple of upsets were saw in South America and Asia where and won over and respectively. Despite their wins, they currently haven’t leapfrogged into being projected to qualify. We’ll see how they perform at the World Championships.   Europe saw finish fourth. This was enough to push it into Olympic qualification projection. They pushed out.   Rowing The qualification document was released. There was a change in boat allocation relative to 2024 and the continental qualifier was slightly different than what I projected. Additionally, I assumed coastal rowing would allow 2 men and 2 women to compete in its three events, but the max is 1 man and 1 woman. This has caused significant changes to the projections.   Overall, the United States lost four quotas. Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, and Spain lost two quotas and Algeria, Argentina, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Portugal, Tunisia lost one quota.   The following nations have gained two athletes; Japan, Morocco while the following nations gained one athlete; Angola, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Cote d’Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Kuwait, Latvia, Mexico, Romania, Philippines, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Togo, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu   Rugby Sevens Fixing a couple of mistakes. First on the men, actually has the Asian quota over and in the women as is essentially shutting down the program, I think it is only right to remove them until they decide to compete again. This means is also projected to qualify.   As for new updates, we saw the third tier SVNS compete, which brought no new updates and the Singapore SVNS. I also didn’t add the Dubai or Cape Town SVNS in my calculations. For both, while there was some shuffling no one ultimately fell out.   Shooting The Asian Shotgun Championships were held this month. A few top shooters were missing. The only change to the projection is is set to qualify in women’s trap, pushing out   Squash The Tournament of Champions was held this month. Additionally, the qualification document was released. There was some restriction as to how many nations can send two players and this sport will offer universality quotas.   The following nations lost an athlete quota; Colombia, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and New Zealand. The following nations gained an athlete quota; Canada, Pakistan, Spain (x2), Switzerland, Ukraine   Triathlon The qualification document was released. There are a few changes relative to 2024. Projection changes include: Losses to Hong Kong and Slovenia and gains for Austria and China.   Weightlifting The qualification document was released. One change to be made was the reallocation process for host nation quotas. Due to this, El Salvador Iraq, Palau, Sri Lanka, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu lost quotas while Australia, China, Dominican Republic, Iran, and Samoa (x2) gained quotas.   Wrestling The qualification document was released. There were some significant changes to the qualification process including using the world rankings and the final qualifier only consisting of non-qualified nations. The projection changes are as follows; losses to Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, and Turkey.   Belgium and Lithuania gained 2 quotas while American Samoa, Austria, Estonia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Madagascar, Spain, and Turkmenistan gained 1 quota.
    • Looks like we in the Philippines are in the same situation. No news yet on whether we’ll be able to watch the Games 
×
×
  • Create New...