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I just saw this now so apologies You can get a rugby thread going if you'd like For Cycling I think one big thread is better but if you want you can make threads for different disciplines

This subject is one of a lot of interest to me, so I'll weigh in Firstly, there is a 'perception' that Alex Kay-Jelski (BBC Sport Director) thinks that way of the Boat Race, according to The Telegraph. I'll just say that that particular organ would have reason to hope that that is true, that the BBC has political motivations etc. The Boat Race was, at a time, a genuinely big sporting event in this country, but these days, no-one really cares. People of my father's generation talk about a time when people would call themselves a "light blue" or a "dark blue" based on who they want to win, but it's relevance has really dwindled. This is a forum for sports nerds, and even then not too many people would talk about the Boat Race. This is probably a nail in the coffin for it, although I'm not familiar enough to say whether it was a final one. I think of Lakeside Darts which was struggling to keep up with the PDC offering already, but when the BBC pulled the plug on it and it moved to Channel 4 it was game over. Let's be fair though. I don't know how much it really is worth it for the BBC to pay using licence money for the Boat Race. I think people who live nearby may watch but I never saw it as an important sporting event, certainly not one with partisan feeling, and mostly important because of legacy and history rather than current relevance. I think it probably is a bit elitist, although I do worry about too many traditions being removed because of this perception, such as the Eton v Harrow match at Lord's. In general though, in a time where it has been faced with a hostile government and print media, the BBC's sporting offering is still quite good. Obviously still a lot of football but that is the main sport in the country and even with women's football I'd say a good Lionesses run has huge social relevance in this country. The Women's Rugby World Cup which they put a lot of effort into their coverage of showed they don't just rely on football but are trying to put a lot into women's sport. Both rugby codes get a fair offering from the BBC, as does tennis with Wimbledon still a big showpiece for the corporation, and they still focus on snooker. Cricket, golf, and motorsport has been cut back massively; gone are the days where an F1 race would be live on the BBC probably forever now. The Olympics coverage I think is very good, to be honest having 25 streams for a billion quid is unjustifiable and Discovery is a fair offering for those who care enough about the Olympics to pay for it, I think the free offering from the BBC will suit a general audience. Their athletics coverage is still among the best in the world but it's a big disappointment that the Swimming Worlds have disappeared, in my view for no reason. People still know the names of top swimmers and it's one of their favourite sports at the Olympics and Commonwealths and the rights would have been cheap as chips with Eurovision getting a hold of them. I'm really surprised ITV, C4, or TNT didn't want them either. I'm not too sure about cycling disappearing, although I'm not the biggest cycling head so I'll defer to you on that. Rowing and triathlon I think still get a fair enough shake. But I don't think that Auntie is just obsessed with football, although their interest in women's sport may bite for people not bothered with it. We do have to accept that football does hog a lot of interest and then there is a 'second tier' of sports with a lot of fans (F1, Cricket, both Rugby codes, and at 'peak times' tennis, darts, boxing, snooker and athletics) with the others going after scraps. Ultimately the BBC has to give the people what they want

Big day because after going to I can finally sit on my arse for the whole session and just watch athletics

Can finally watch this after being at footy on Saturday and a card game tournament on Sunday Hopefully our team do better than me (one win, one draw, three losses)

Ben Proud moves to Enhanced Games What a shame

Alas, he won't anymore

Today (2 August): 0158 Diving Men's 10m Platform Preliminaries: Euan McCabe, Robbie Lee 0324 Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 10: Eva Okaro - 6th in 24.81, 15th overall (Q) 0345 Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke Heat 6: Jonathon Marshall 0348 Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke Heat 7: Oliver Morgan 0422 Swimming Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay: Heat 3 0802 Diving Women's 3m Springboard Semifinal: Grace Reid 1102 Diving Women's 3m Springboard Final: Grace Reid 1209 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle Final: Benjamin Proud 1251 Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals: Eva Okaro 1307 Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke Semifinals: Jonathon Marshall and Oliver Morgan 1342 Swimming Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay: Final

You must be a bit happier now right

Tomorrow (1 August) 0202 Diving Women's 3m Springboard Preliminaries: Grace Reid, Amy Rollinson - Reid 11th with 283.90 (Q), Rollinson 33rd with 230.70 (DNQ) 0317 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 6: Edward Mildred, 3rd in 51.36, 11th overall (Q) 0346 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 5: Holly McGill, Katie Shanahan: Shanahan 5th in 2:09.96, 10th overall (Q but scratched), McGill 6th in 2:10.07, 12th overall (Q) 0421 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 13: Benjamin Proud, Jacob Mills: Proud 3rd in 21.71, 8th overall (Q), Mills 8th in 22.15, 28th overall (DNQ) 0500 Swimming Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Heat 2: Won in 7:03.98, 1st overall (Q) 0702 Diving Men's 3m Springboard Semifinals: Jordan Houlden: 4th with 461.60 (Q) 1032 Diving Men's 3m Springboard Final: Jordan Houlden: 4th with 492.10 1210 Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinals: Edward Mildred - 7th in Semifinal 2, 51.61, 15th overall (DNQ) 1221 Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke Semifinals: Holly McGill, - McGill 5th in Semifinal 1 in 2:09.51, 10th overall (DNQ) 1234 Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinals: Benjamin Proud - 3rd in Semifinal 1 in 21.61, 6th overall (Q) 1259 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Final: Luke Greenbank - 8th in 1:56.26 1308 Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Final: Angharad Evans - 5th in 2:24.21 1339 Swimming Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Final - GOLD! 6:59.84

Tomorrow (31 July): 0202 Diving Men's Diving Men's 3m Springboard Preliminary: Jordan Houlden, Jack Laugher - Houlden 5th with 441.85 (Q), Laugher 26th with 360.80 (DNQ) 0320 Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 7: Eva Okaro - 7th in 54.55, 21st overall (DNQ) 0323 Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 8: Freya Anderson - 6th in 54.39, 17th overall (DNQ, R) 0344 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 4: Luke Greenbank - Won in 1:55.27, 2nd overall (Q) 0348 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Heat 5: Oliver Morgan - 6th in 1:57.57, 21st overall (DNQ) 0358 Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 2: Angharad Evans - 2nd in 2:24.82, 4th overall (Q) 0430 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 5: Gregory Butler - 4th in 2:10.60, 8th overall (Q) 0435 Swimming Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Heat - 6th in 7:56.41 (Q) 0832 Diving Women's 10m Platform Semifinal: Maisie Bond - 13th with 271.30 (DNQ) 1202 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Final: Emily Large - 7th with 2:07.99 1211 Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinal 1: Freya Anderson - 8th in 54.49, 16th overall (Q) 1223 Swimming Men's 200m Medley Final: Duncan Scott - 4th in 1:56.32 1232 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Final: Matthew Richards - 8th in 47.74 1245 Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals: Angharad Evans - 2nd in 2:23.32, 4th overall 1300 Swimming Women's 50m Backstroke Final: Lauren Cox - 5th in 27.36 1313 Swimming Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals: Gregory Butler - 4th in 2:09.60 in Semifinal 1, 9th overall (DNQ) 1331 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Semifinals: Luke Greenbank - 4th in Semifinal 1 in 1:55.64, 8th overall (Q) 1344 Swimming Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Final - 5th in 7:51.87

"Representative team of the Kosovo FA" vibes

Tomorrow (30 July): 0302 Diving Women's 10m Platform Preliminaries: Maisie Bond - 7th with 305.80 (Q) 0313 Swimming Women's 50m Backstroke Heat 5: Lauren Cox - 5th in 27.97, 16th overall, Swim-off: won in 27.64 (Q) 0349 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 10: Matthew Richards - 2nd in 47.89, 7th overall (Q) 0352 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 11: Jacob Mills - 8th in 48.54, 23rd overall (DNQ) 0413 Swimming Men's 200m Medley Heat 4: Tom Dean, Duncan Scott - Scott won in 1:58.00, 5th overall (Q); Dean 7th in 2:00.76, 23rd overall (DNQ) 0426 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 2: Keanna Louise MacInnes - 3rd in 2:09.24, 9th overall (Q) 0431 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Heat 3: Emily Large - 5th in 2:09.98, 15th overall (Q) 0455 Swimming Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay: Heat 4 - 6th in 3:46.19, 12th overall (DNQ) 1002 Diving Mixed 3m Synchronised Final: Noah George Penman/Grace Reid - DNS 1217 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Final: Freya Constance Colbert - 4th in 1:55.06 1226 Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals: Matthew Richards - 5th in 47.59, 6th overall (Q) 1236 Swimming Women's 50m Backstroke Semifinals: Lauren Cox - Won semifinal in 27.26, 2nd overall (Q) 1311 Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinals: Keanna Louise MacInnes, Emily Large - Large 4th in Semifinal 2 in 2:07.71, 5th overall (Q), MacInnes 8th in Semifinal 2 in 2:11.18, 16th overall (DNQ) 1329 Swimming Men's 200m Medley Semifinals: Duncan Scott - 3rd in 1:55.51, 3rd overall (Q)

Today (29 July): 0159 Diving Women's 3m Synchronised Preliminaries - Yasmin Harper/Scarlett Mew Jensen: 2nd with 294.03 (Q) 0315 Swimming Men's 50m Breaststroke Heat 6 - Max Morgan: 3rd in 27.50, 29th overall (DNQ) 0335 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Heat 3 - Freya Constance Colbert: 3rd in 1:57.53, 8th overall (Q) 0356 Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Heat 3 - Edward Mildred: 5th in 1:56.17, 14th overall (Q) 0520 Diving Men's 10m Synchronised Preliminaries - Robbie Lee/Kyle Kothari: 3rd with 394.86 (Q) 0832 Diving Women's 3m Synchronised Final - Yasmin Harper/Scarlett Mew Jensen: SILVER! 298.35 1032 Diving Men's 10m Synchronised Final - Robbie Lee/Kyle Kothari: 4th with 399.27 1202 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Final - James Guy: 7th in 1:45.28 1256 Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke Final - Oliver Morgan: 5th in 52.37 1309 Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Semifinals - Freya Constance Colbert: 5th in Semifinal 2, 1:55.91, 6th overall (Q) 1326 Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Semifinals - Edward Mildred: 8th in Semifinal 1, 1:56.13, 15th overall (DNQ)

Apologies, I was out of action yesterday 28 July 0302 Diving Men's 3m Synchronised Preliminaries - Jack Laugher/Anthony Harding: 3rd with 394.29 (Q) 0332 Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 4 - Oliver Morgan, Jonathan Marshall - Morgan 4th in 52.93, 9th overall (Q), Marshall 6th in 53.91, 19th overall (DNQ) 0357 Swimming Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 5 - Angharad Evans - 8th in 1:07.04, 18th overall (DNQ) 0417 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 4 - James Guy - 2nd in 1:46.19, 10th overall (Q) 0421 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5 - Matthew Richards - 1st in 1:45.66, 3rd overall (Q) 0632 Diving Women's 10m Synchronised Preliminaries - Maisie Bond/Lois Toulson: 3rd with 285.54 (Q) 0902 Diving Men's 3m Synchronised Final - Jack Laugher/Antony Harding: BRONZE! 405.33 1102 Diving Women's 3m Synchronised Final - Maisie Bond/Lois Toulsen: 5th with 282.54 1230 Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke Semifinal 2 - Oliver Morgan - 4th in 52.41, 5th overall (Q) 1253 Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly Final - Benjamin Proud: 5th in 22.79 1317 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinal 1 - James Guy - 5th in 1:45.50, 7th overall (Q) 1323 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Semifinal 2 - Matthew Richards - 4th in 1:45.85, 12th overall (DNQ) 1330 Swimming Women's 200m Medley Final - Abbie Wood: 6th in 2:09.92

Wow, a 12yo at the World Championships? That's gotta be a first

Tomorrow (27 July) 0202 Diving Men's 1m Springboard Preliminaries - Jordan Houlden, Noah George Penman: Houlden 2nd with 407.45 (Q), Penman 17th with 337.05 (DNQ) 0307 Swimming Women's 200m Medley Heat 2 - Abbie Wood: 3rd in 2:11.15 (9th overall, Q) 0315 Swimming Women's 200m Medley Heat 4 - Katie Shanahan: 7th in 2:12.42 (18th overall, DNQ) 0333 Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 3 - Jack McMillan - 3rd in 3:47.28 (14th overall, DNQ) 0401 Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 4 - Keanna Louise MacInnes - 5th in 57.90 (14th overall, Q) 0436 Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly Heat 11 - Benjamin Proud - 3rd in 22.96 (5th overall, Q) 0525 Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 7 - Gregory Butler: 5th in 59.87 (13th overall, Q) 0557 Swimming Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Heat 3 - 3rd in 3:12.69 (6th overall, Q) 1032 Diving Men's 1m Springboard Final - Jordan Houlden - 4th, 405.15 1213 Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly Semifinals - Keanna Louise MacInnes - 7th in Semifinal 1, 57.67, 12th overall (DNQ) 1223 Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly Semifinals - Benjamin Proud - 2nd in Semifinal 1, 22.74, 3rd overall (Q) 1248 Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals - Gregory Butler - 7th in Semifinal 2, 59.53, 13th overall (DNQ) 1259 Swimming Women's 200m Medley Semifinals - Abbie Wood - 4th in Semifinal 2, 2:10.12, 5th overall (Q) 1327 Swimming Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final - 4th, 3:10.73

26 July 0300 Diving Women's 1m Springboard Preliminary: Tilly Brown, Yasmin Harper: Harper 5th, 258.35 (Q), Brown 21st, 227.60 (DNQ) 1200 Diving Women's 1m Springboard Preliminary: Yasmin Harper, 8th, 258.45

25 July 0302 Artistic Swimming Mixed Duet Free Final: Isabelle Thorpe/Ranjuo Tomblin BRONZE! 322.0583!

My plan is to start caring after Milan 2026 by which time we will start being drip fed it all

24 July 1232 Artistic Swimming Women Duet Free Final: Robyn Ellen Louise Swatman/Eve Young: 12th, 210.9404

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8z910rpezo

Nothing tomorrow (22 July) 23 July 0302 Artistic Swimming Women Duet Free Preliminaries: Robyn Ellen Louise Swatman/Eve Young - 12th in 230.3952 (Q) 1232 Artistic Swimming Mixed Duet Technical Final: Isabelle Thorpe/Ranjuo Tomblin - 4th, 226.0899

Nothing tomorrow (20 July) 21 July: 0200 Water Polo Women Classification - 9-14 0302 Artistic Swimming Team Technical Preliminary: 17th with 78.4309 (DNQ) 0702 Artistic Swimming Men Solo Free Final - Ranjuo Tomblin: 4th with 210.9125

19 July 0302 Artistic Swimming Team Free Preliminary - 14th, 223.3776 (DNQ) 0645 Water Polo Women Classification - 20-12 0702 Artistic Swimming Men Solo Technical Final - Ranjuo Tomblin - 5th, 228.4316