Olympicsnell

happy for jake to come back from numerous injuries, shame it wasn't a 1498m race josh must have been injured going into that race knowing it may pop at any moment im guessing, should have just stopped when it did

waka waka eh eh

molly being wheeled off, shes gonna start hating major championships

am i going insane, but some of GB are running in a (much nicer) white jersey. e.g josh kerr

yeah hes been ill all week, his trade team-mate didnt even start the race, would probably have been the correct option for charlie as well

i was shocked because she actually lifted one arm to pour drink into her mouth just then

3 things certain in life death, taxes, and japanese distance runners flopping around like zombies who teaches them this technique!

i think harries ran his leg incredibley poorly, he could of sat on the back of the group but instead burned all his matches and looked cooked at 200m mark

gotta be something in the american collegiate system that have duel nationality that we can snipe to add a bit of strength

so, gb/england will pick up at least 5 bronze medals, i believe 4 of which are in olympic classes? now i have not seen every GB fight, my question is this, is it unwise of me to hope that british boxing IS BACK! Things that make me question this is i know IBA countries are missing, how much does that diminish the standard of competition? also how much is this a result of the tournament being at home, are they getting the lucky scores etc? the ones i can comment on is reid looks really good, and Stott is probably the most promising, he looks classy and has cracking power. damar thomas looked good until he changed his gameplan for no reason and got schooled by the very experianced cuban. the other one i liked the look of was shittu. what do people think?

Gutted for thomas throwing that away against the cuban, but at 20 and with an eye on LA i think hes gonna be a problem if he can improve tactically

she punctured when clear in 3rd place, but had been gapped by the top 2 on the penultimate lap Aldridge DNS because off illness, apparently a bug in the camp

i think it was like $60 on their website, i'm not sure where they got that figure from. i would probably have signed up for like $10-15 as i like watching softball/baseball but i wouldn't pay 60 for mlb.tv let alone european softball

i would expect GB's best chances to be both 4x100's, both 4x400's and (maybe) the mixed 4x400 women's 800 we WILL get 1, could get 2. I'd expect 1 in men's 1500m and 1 in men's 400. Hopefully for molly to get one in PV My realistic hope would be 9 medals with 1 gold (keeley), optimistic somewhere up to 12 medals....2....3 gold? Men's 4x400 is an exciting prospect

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Aquatics Swimming - similar to Paris, 32 Open water swimming – 1 men 1 woman – 2 Diving – will go with 10 Water Polo – women’s side will push for a extended place, but will come up short 0 Artistic swimming - 2, Archery – 2 one of each Athletics – 55 sounds like a nice number Badminton – Based on world champs will be lucky to qualify anyone, but I will say men’s doubles – 2 Basketball (in all it’s form’s 0, outside shot of men’s 3x3, but nah) 0 Boxing – will have a better idea after the upcoming world champs but a minimum of – 6 Canoe Sprint – none last time, none this time – 0 Canoe Slalom - 2 woman, 2 men, - 4 Cycling BMX Freestyle – one of each – 2 BMX Racing – one of each please – 2 Mountain Bike – 2 men 1 woman - 3 Road - 4 in males, 4 in females - 8 Track – 14 is a full team yes? - 14 Equestrian – Full teams 12 Fencing – 0 Football - women I am hopeful for, men will be scuppered by everyone on the island arguing again -18 Golf - 2 man, 2 women 4 Gymnastics 2 Teams. Is that - 10 Rhythmic – I think we just absorbed someone from France who is better than what we have, 1 Trampoline - 1 male 1 female – 2 Handball – nope Hockey - both teams could be there. - 32 Judo – 2/3 would be optimistic based on paris, maybe like boxing we are restocking the shelves. – 4 Modern Pentathlon – 2 female, 1 men based on the world’s yesterday - 3 Rowing – will go with 38, Rowing Coastal Beach Sprints – actually have no idea about this one, will over estimate that it rowing and we are good at it, 4. Rugby Sevens – Women should qualify, I will be hopefull with picking the men to get back in, ireland’s decline helps - 24 Sailing – not sure how many a full squad is, but will go with 14 Shooting – will go with similar to paris – 6 Skateboarding- 2 Sport Climbing – 0 in speed, 2 each in men and women bouldering, 1 each in lead - 6 Surfing – Going to say 0 Table Tennis – one…maybe? 1 Taekwondo – 2 men 2 women we have been strong at this event for a while now – 4 Tennis – looking at it now….1 male, 2 female, men’s doubles so am confident with 5, but will be optimistic – 6 Triathlon - 2 man, 2 woman, the relay should qualify. - 4 Beach Volleyball - 1 Men pair - 2 Volleyball – Not in this lifetime – 0 Weightlifting – 2…3 max. will go with -2 Wrestling - 0 Cricket – Anthing less than both teams is a national disgrace – 30 Flag Football – Both teams could get there, but I don’t think they will. Again depends on how many continental sports there are, women are GB’s best bet but Austria will mop that quota up Baseball /Softball – Could be in contention but for one European place the continent will proof to strong Lacrosse – Dare I say it, hopefully both teams should/could qualify - 22 Squash – if 2 are allowed per nation I think we could get 4, 2 men 2 women- 4 So I’m giving us 403, up from 327. Does sound a bit mad when I read it like that, but gaining 52 from cricket and lacrosse alone, plus return of womens football and men’s rugby 7’s.

i am wondering (and yes this is a bit last minute) am wondering if there is enough of us to have a fantasy league? 8 to 10 would do it?

hopefully he does comeback, maybe he's taking time to learn the obstacle event, it must be a huge change to them, but its a completly different event isnt it and if your terrible at it can blow your chances completly like we saw with green yesterday

Ok well that was good fun to watch, the new format has won me over after grumbling for 3 years or so A good positive is GB have at least one male (hulme) and one female (green) who look competitive at world level, 4th and 6th respectively. If Hulme can build on his swim over the olympiad he will be right up there, On the women's side all 3 lacked speed on the obstacle element which (im guessing) will be new to them so hopefully that's where the main gains can be made to close the gap on the medals. Green (who is by far the most promising based on her running) was pretty woeful. Follett was well placed before an awful run, she dropped like a stone on lap 1 before the shoot dunno if she fell or something? Overall 3 years out, promising

massive win for charlie aldridge in the short track mountain biking, his first career win at this level, he usually starts to die after halfway point so this is a massive progression hes started to look good before the summer break, so hopefully he shows more progression on sunday in the olympic distance

Green from sneaking through to make it 3/3 into the women finals, i've not completly forgiven the world for taking away the psychotic horses though but this is very enjoyable format

ok but each athlete does have a PB at the start of the obstable event on the graphic next to their name and at the end the WR graphic of 27.69 appears... it is weird because no one in womens semi final B is close to that time so who knows what it all means 🤣

is it allways the same route for the obstacle? or does it vary from event to event? i see the graphic says "pb" so i assume the route is allways the same?

unless i've missed something a pretty miserable week for the badminton squad, only the mens doubles (ranked 14) made it to the R16, and then lost in straight sets to malaysia (ranked 7) no one really punched above their weight, bit of a long road ahead in this olympiad for badminton i fear