Olympian1010 7,418 Posted August 5, 2022 #1241 Share Posted August 5, 2022 coach refuses to shake Oborududu hand after losing the gold medal match. A bit of a classless act there. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted August 5, 2022 #1242 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Also, what a run from Simwaka to qualify for the women’s 400m final thiago_simoes 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted August 5, 2022 #1243 Share Posted August 5, 2022 15 minutes ago, dcro said: 8 different nations made it to the men's 200 m final - including Eswatini! This is why Monarchies are superior to Republics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted August 5, 2022 #1244 Share Posted August 5, 2022 Simwaka made the women's 400 m final with third best time (NR). It will not be easy, but a medal is possible. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted August 5, 2022 #1245 Share Posted August 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, dcro said: Simwaka made the women's 400 m final with third best time (NR). It will not be easy, but a medal is possible. Malawi looking at their first ever CWG athletics medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted August 5, 2022 #1246 Share Posted August 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, dcro said: Simwaka made the women's 400 m final with third best time (NR). It will not be easy, but a medal is possible. Ran that from lane 8 as well… “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted August 5, 2022 #1247 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 hour ago, thiago_simoes said: What the?! The results in the individual all-around final in rhythmic gymnastics are... I have no words. Ekimova with the gold medal? We've had plenty of weird results in men's artistic gymnastics with gold medals galore for England, so I must have been very naive not to believe this would happen again in rhythmic gymnastics. Even the results when England did not win medals were STILL weird. For example, Rooskrantz had a mostly clean uneven bars routine and she earned a bronze medal with 13.433. The English girl, Achampong, had a very untidy routine with lots and lots of errors and still got the same score. Rooskrantz had a better execution score, so she won the bronze medal and Achampong finished medal-less, but the point is that Achampong should not even score that high to begin with. The scores for the English gymnasts have been ridiculous. And Kallemaa once again was robbed. Unbelievable. Can I point out that CWG judges come from all the nations in that sport not just CW nations? I guess it’s possible that they were intimidated by a threatening audience of 10 year old girls, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted August 5, 2022 #1248 Share Posted August 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Grassmarket said: Can I point out that CWG judges come from all the nations in that sport not just CW nations? All of the judges in the rhythmic gymnastics all-around final were from the Commonwealth, though each CGA only had one. thiago_simoes 1 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted August 5, 2022 #1249 Share Posted August 5, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: All of the judges in the rhythmic gymnastics all-around final were from the Commonwealth, though each CGA only had one. And we all know how much they love the Mother Country. Edited August 5, 2022 by Grassmarket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,537 Posted August 5, 2022 #1250 Share Posted August 5, 2022 1 hour ago, intoronto said: They are all horrible. Idk why international federations insist on English announcers. probably they're less expensive than US and Canadian... and more comprehensible to the international audience than Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans (the worst of them all)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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