Team GB Daily: Day 14

[cjsavory 44]

Pretty exciting flurry of medals right there! Madison and W4x100 *could've* got Gold, but ultimately did brilliant work to secure Silver, and that's fine by me. The margins are so fine here - literally hundredths of a second - and in both cases 2nd feels like a perfectly good result. 

[Orangehair43 285]

1 minute ago, cjsavory said:

Pretty exciting flurry of medals right there! Madison and W4x100 *could've* got Gold, but ultimately did brilliant work to secure Silver, and that's fine by me. The margins are so fine here - literally hundredths of a second - and in both cases 2nd feels like a perfectly good result. 

Particularly the Maddison as it looked like they were starting to fall apart. 

[Olympicsnell 332]

Two good relay medals, but the madison squad rode it like amateurs and made too many mistakes and i will die on that hill, even before the dutch gained their lap GB had blown 2 sprints by leading out for 2/3 laps before the sprint (im not counting the sprints were they didnt contest to rest), and their change overs were frequently at the wrong times. It definitely cost them one sprint, which if it was their plan to go for sprints you'd have thought they would have prepared accordingly 

 

[Olympicsnell 332]

KJT ran her little heart out, so close!

[Grassmarket 4,108]

Anyhow….There’s no doubt that Athletics are the King Sport of the Olympics & that Britain have exceeded all expectations here already.

Edited August 9, 2024 by Grassmarket

[Orangehair43 285]

Why is the Men’s relay not official on the website yet. The Women’s are. 

[Orangehair43 285]

Just now, Grassmarket said:

Anyhow….There’s no doubt that Athletics are the King Sport of the Olympics & that Britain have exceeding all expectations here alrrady.

At least we have a gold. I’m not sure France are getting that 

[Grassmarket 4,108]

Just now, Orangehair43 said:

Why is the Men’s relay not official on the website yet. The Women’s are. 

Appeals & counter appeals.

[Epic Failure 359]

10 minutes ago, Olympicsnell said:

Two good relay medals, but the madison squad rode it like amateurs and made too many mistakes and i will die on that hill, even before the dutch gained their lap GB had blown 2 sprints by leading out for 2/3 laps before the sprint (im not counting the sprints were they didnt contest to rest), and their change overs were frequently at the wrong times. It definitely cost them one sprint, which if it was their plan to go for sprints you'd have thought they would have prepared accordingly 

 

I mean they won 13 more points in sprints than any other country (and 3 more pts than they got in the WC last year that they won).

 

So I'd say that they prepared pretty well myself...

 

 

In other news, rumours abound about a protest against the British women's sprinters.

 

In happier news, that's KJT's 2nd best ever heptathlon by my reckoning, behind only Doha 2019. A fine performance and great to get the monkey off her back about no Olympic medals.

Edited August 9, 2024 by Epic Failure

[Orangehair43 285]

1 minute ago, Grassmarket said:

Appeals & counter appeals.

Who is appealing. Are we in danger!