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Olympian tactics if ever I’ve seen them 😅

I think on the above I’ll just offer my 2 cents that the winner of the women’s omnium will be New Zealand (Ally W) lots of what ifs going into the final day but GB will certainly solidify their position with 2 golds.

Whitehouse deduction of 0.2 was warranted on the landing where he almost sat down but I agree placing him so far down made no sense. the one that irked me was Amber in the shooting. How you can let a gold medal be decided on an utter calamitous lack of sight by an elderly referee - biggest prize in the business made to look truly amateur

But yet massively overshot the 50 medal target i don’t this narrative of the games not being a success for GB will hold whatsoever. Lots of nearly moments of bronze and silvers turning into gold, sure, but overall (& Epic can confirm this with his top 8 tally) the Games has been very successful for the team

The good news is that I’m thinking his funding might also be cut so there will be less chat about funding come LA

Whilst we can bemoan our misfortune on the near misses front and lack of golds , the French are going through a very similar thing

Would be great to finish with a bit of a flourish tomorrow. 2 golds and a silver please 🤓

Right well what’s everyone drinking? I owe a big round! 😭😭 still a very good day for GB all in all. Very pleased for Georgia and the swimming girls in particular

Turkish fighter seems to think WWE moves are allowed.

that's ridiculous. she kicked her clearly in the head and nothing, match should be over.

what I wonder when watching taekwondo is why the referee can't award points for clear head shots that are not registered from the sensors? seems so unnecessary to have constant video reviews.

yep that's what cost us the silver. But they held Ireland thankfully

47.7 for McLaughlin. holy moly

MHS with a 43 flat leg, blimey that awkward running style really is deceptive.

GB duet takes silver after scoring the highest in their free routine. Absolutely amazing girls!!

medal run alert: Rebecca up now. Women's duet look like a silver!! Mens 4x4 ran gallantly but were one short really with that change in removing Sam. Great bronze

Sam left off after doing 3 runs, and the third one was by far the slowest. Might be a decision to bring in fresh legs. Bold call. women go with the 4 I expected, its all change: Vicky Laviai Nicole Amber

WELL DONE GEORGIA! my dark horse pick for a bronze as come to fruition :D 3m 52.61 NR. take a bow.

Japan lost another gold medal match in the wrestling mens 74kg - they remain 2 golds ahead of GB.

Emma cruising through to the semi finals.

First medal for France in the athletics...incredibly.

what a brilliant Madison - fair play to Portugal who utterly smashed it in those last 50 laps, great race.

You got it 🍻!!!!

After her fence (and likely swim and ride scores) Asaduskaite is not likely to be anywhere near 10 seconds from the front of the laser run… Ok so you have Botswana beating GB in men’s 4x4, Dutch beating GBR in women’s 4x4, Emma losing to Friedrich and Caden losing the final. Not sure what to make of French not having a chance of gold but “could medal” so will park that. Will check back in on those 4 predictions later. I’d be hugely surprised if 2 or more of the above prove to be accurate.

Sorry a lot of this I can't agree with. French had one disastrous shoot and then still easily ran to the front group by the end - in my opinion ruling her out based on that is extremely foolish. Gros just got dominated by the Dutch girl and will have to qualify via a repechage, not sure how her form is indicative of challenging Friedrich or Emma. Basically at worst you have 2 gold medal shots that are 50/50s, that's with a highly pessimistic hat on. Let alone the nonsense about the 4x4s...they probably won't win given the US dominance, but both squads should medal and I expect both will be much closer than you're giving them credit. Not sure who you think are the "better contenders"...the women's team is likely to change all 4 and the men's team is considered 2nd fav behind the US.