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Rafa Maciel

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  1. Rafa Maciel
    Channeling your inner Orangehair there
  2. Rafa Maciel
    OK - so I am a fan of Adam Peaty and I hope he wins this evening, but I am getting really sick of BBC's constant hyping of it. It thought his "interview" with Gordon Ramsay was bad but the filler they're using today is grating on my nerves.
  3. Rafa Maciel
    And I was cursing your name in true Gaelic fashion
  4. Rafa Maciel
    The website is giving me heart palpitations - it was showing Collett as eliminated for a while
  5. Rafa Maciel
    And now Australia have a retirement....
  6. Rafa Maciel
    Hope you haven't just cursed the team's chances! If either Collet or Canter fall now, I'll be blaming you
  7. Rafa Maciel
    I was hoping that Orangehair might have entered into the spirit of the games and drop his constant prophet of doom crap but evidently not.
  8. Rafa Maciel
    I was in a glass half full kind of mood this morning
  9. Rafa Maciel
    Think we can confirm that Harry Hepworth has reached the Vault final. He is currently 2nd overall with 14.766 and there are only 4 gymnasts in the 3 subdivision who are completing 2 vaults so he can't be pushed out of the top 8. Jake Jarman is also qualified after Korea's Lee Junho only managed 14.383. Looks like we could have as many as 6 individual finalists in Paris compared to just 2 in Tokyo.
  10. Rafa Maciel
    At some point Knibb has to realise that she is damaging her chances in the triathlon with these crashes
  11. Rafa Maciel
    I don't think Fraser has quite managed to find the form that he had pre injury but he definitely brings a stability to the squad and barring disasters, you know you're going to have 6 safe routines but not necessarily the kind of scores that will get him into the individual apparatus finals. Totally agree with you that it will come down to who makes the fewest mistakes - as a basic measure, you'd want to be confident that in the final, you're not going to be counting any 12.x scores.
  12. Rafa Maciel
    17.50 is a huge score and about 7 points better than she scored in Tokyo. With 2 riders complete, GB have opened up a 13 point lead over Germany and we still have World Number 1 Ros Canter to come. Of course tomorrow is the day with maximum danger for the team, but it's definitely a case of so far so good
  13. Rafa Maciel
    OMG Are we going to have Tom bloody Huddleston at the start of every BBC Olympic programme?
  14. Rafa Maciel
    Not hugely surprising - GB outscored the US at 2022 Worlds qualifying but then the position was reversed in Antwerp last year. The teams seem pretty well matched. What I would say was surprising was the size of the gap - normally the two teams are within 1 point of each other so for GB to be over 3 points ahead was probably not expected.
  15. Rafa Maciel
    Great chance of 2 floor finalists - Jarman's score upgraded to 14.966 and Luke Whitehouse with 14.533.
  16. Rafa Maciel
    First potential shock in qualifying - world bronze medalist Ahmad Abu Al Soud unlikely to make the final on pommel as he scores just 12.466
  17. Rafa Maciel
    On slightly less positive news, Jake Jarman didn't have a great second vault and scores 14.699 overall. He currently sits 3rd behind team mate Hepworth (14.766) and Benovic (14.733). He should still make the final, but it could be close. Having said that, he did score more than he did in qualifying for Antwerp and we know how that ended.
  18. Rafa Maciel
    Strong start for GB in the Eventing - Tom McEwen topping the table after the first round of team riders
  19. Rafa Maciel
    Half an hour in and BBC still haven't shown any sport - in fact they are basically repeating the same stuff they showed in the run up to the opening ceremony last night. It doesn't exactly fill me with hope for the next 2 weeks. I have no idea what the Chinese commentators are saying, but at least they are showing a live handball match
  20. Rafa Maciel
    OK - I think I am giving up on this. For the first time since Barcelona, I'm not going to make it through an opening ceremony but it's 3:30 now and I don't think I can stomach another 2 hours of this.
  21. Rafa Maciel
    Although some people would argue that it looks a lot like a Persimmon new build
  22. Rafa Maciel
    These statues look very plastic and a bit flimsy - like a gust of wind could have them toppling into the Seine
  23. Rafa Maciel
    Did I miss the bit where they explained who/what he was?
  24. Rafa Maciel
    The metal/opera bit has been the strongest element so far - visually impressive but I'm still not convinced that they've got the sound levels right. Maybe they are paying the price of not being able to have a full rehearsal.
  25. Rafa Maciel
    This is definitely beginning to stray into the territory of being weird. Watching this I am getting a greater appreciation for what the non-Brits must have felt like when they were watching all those nurses pushing hospital beds around at London 2012.
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