Olympicsnell

Mountain Bike is my main one, Put the short course event in! Same riders, same course, it's a no brainer. Agree about 4x400 Mixed, if its who has the best B team then just keep it at the world Championships. I don't like the 3 week idea, part of the appeal for me IS that there is too much going to watch everything at the same time, everyone's games experience is different. But i do agree that week 2 seemed slightly emptier than week 1 in Paris. I think the range of sports in Paris was almost perfect, i actually think there is TOO many sports in LA...but t20 cricket should be in, but with 8-12 teams. Gutted about the Modern Pentathlon changes, even before GB got good at it i enjoyed watching it, I'd rather not see it in the games than see it with a joke event slapped in the middle. I am also 50/50 on boxing, it can stay or go....not to fussed really. I get why football is in, but....again you could cut it and i wouldn't care, being a under23 tournament is just weird

Been having a think about this, IF, boxing was to be dropped from the games COULD this lead to an increase in cricket teams? 2 each men's and women's? does anyone know if there is wiggle room in this scenario or is the 6 set in stone. The way T20 is anyone can beat anyone on the day and if they did a normal qualification tournament then it isn't lock that India would get in, but my feeling is the IOC will be absolutely desperate to have India involved for viewing figures alone. Maybe they might go for qualification via international rankings? T20 world cup will probably offer a place or two? Maybe they go "top finishing european nation, top finishing african nation" etc. I just don't want it to come down to a one off game against ireland or netherlands haha

Olympics: British Olympic chiefs target men's football side at LA 2028 - BBC Sport A positive little post games noise, but i've heard this one before, we can but hope

At least you have a shot at the Excel World Championships, top work!

So I have ranked sports according to how I feel they performed in Paris, I think I got them all. 10. being overachieved or done everything we could have asked of them. 5. Done what was expected 1. Being total dogshit 10. Artistic Swimming, Equestrian, Sport Climbing, Mountain Biking 9. Diving, Rowing, Triathlon 8. Canoeing (slalom, not you sprint), Shooting. Weightlifting 7. Athletics, 6. Track Cycling, Golf, Gymnastics (inc Trampoline), Swimming 5. Skateboarding, Freetstyle BMX, 4. Sailing (saved by Aldridge) Hockey, Archery (They get a pass from me for actually qualifying a whole team). Taekwondo. Tennis. 3. Rugby Sevens, BMX Sprint 2. Badminton, Modern Pentathlon, Boxing 1. Judo, Table Tennis Think I got them all. . Sports I’m expecting 0 presence in LA: Water Polo, Basketball and 3x3, Wrestling, Handball, Volleyball, Fencing. Big hopes are we get our women’s football team back in, and GB rugby gets it’s act together and maybe get a beach volleyball team in Big Fear: 1500m Rowing lake is a game changer I don’t like the thought of. Far to sprinty. New Sports: Baseball/Softball: I remember pre TOKYO watching the softball qualifiers and we just missed out, and the Baseball classic last year where GB did well, i hope both squad can push qualification close, maybe get one in. Cricket: We should be qualifying two sports here, women certainly, men have a bit of competition continentally from those pesky dutch again. This is assuming the nations come together under a GB banner of course. Lacrosse: Honestly not a clue, but england seem to be ranked in top 6 in both men's and women's events....so tail is up. Flag Football: Love american football so really interested to see how this one goes, with doing no research aren't GB women european champions? It's going to be who is second best being USA, why not us! Squash: Should be well represented

Went to get in my car for the first time in 17 days this morning, battery was dead *sigh*

If that is the case they ran an event like this at The European Championships in Glasgow 2018 and it went down very good

We all in favour of seb going for the big gig....right? London 2012 was a massive success and i think he has led athletics extremly well (repecharge rounds in the current format aside)

Great shout, all those match points and making dan evans likeable!

Traditionally we are strong in events where russia are not, rowing sailing track cycling, i think other countries may benefit more from them not being here than us. They would certainly take golds off japan in wrestling (judo?). A couple from australia in swimming maybe, we'll never know but interesting to think about in a paraell universe

Yes...tbc this month i believe, a slimmed down version, which lets be honest it got too big for what it was Am also a huge fan of the multisport european championships which i hope gets an exciting host in 26

Yeah this is something im interested in, the keeleys, the finucane's and yee's who will be at their peak in 28

1. Pidcock, too many emotional mood swings in one race, rollercoaster 2. Toby Roberts 3. The womens, i wanna say quad, inching out the netherlands for gold Honourable mentions: Keeley and Bryony golds, KJT finally getting a medal, and yee

Last event 😭

Lets make the most of this everyone, it's all we've got for the next four years

And like 3 years ago, here i am watching water polo clutching on to the dying flames of the Olympics wishing it we had another week. Week 2 was underwhelming but hopefully we can bounce back in L.A and have more champion's like we know our team is capable off. I have enjoyed having this forum to share the experience with as well, and look forward to following the progress towards 2028 (and 2026 winters of course, but its not the same) maybe create a review topic for tomorrow? Winning more medals than tokyo, very good! Winning significantly less golds than expected, bad Finishing below netherlands and other sporting rivals, very bad and hopefully the shot in the foot we need going into the next olympiad

Very odd bit of riding from Georgia Baker, started in silver with 108, finishes with nothing on 108

The first shoot from

Hugely dissapointed in our track cycling team, looks like after their main focus of TS and TP the management have just said "go out and enjoy it" for the rest of the events. Guess this is what the end of the win at all costs era looks like

If anyone is wondering why GB are so bad in the track this week, trust me we'd like to know as well, an archibald injury is only an excuse so far

Let me guess finucane is ill as well Flame goes out later today, GB's went out a week ago

Or a Neah Evans sliding down the track sadly out of contention after one event

Double whammy with hassan winning the marathon we gonna get done by the netherlands in the table

Last day and the broadcasters still zooming out to see what paris looks like from the moon as crucial things happen in the race