Superb womens tennis match taking place our Johanna Konta just taken the 2nd set 7-5 to take match v Kuznetsova into a final set.Trying to watch this along with T20...
Quote from: PGW on August 09, 2016, 07:56:19 PMSuperb womens tennis match taking place our Johanna Konta just taken the 2nd set 7-5 to take match v Kuznetsova into a final set.Trying to watch this along with T20...Kiss-cam amused me greatly.
Quote from: taylorsworkrate on August 08, 2016, 10:44:17 PMQuote from: ACVilla on August 08, 2016, 10:41:53 PMTom Daley gets far more attention than he deserves but a well fought bronze medal for him tonight with Daniel Goodfellow.Louis Smith's fall from the pommel horse has looked like its condemed is to 4th.Unfortunate for Smith, would have been a guaranteed bronze without the fallJust caught up on a recording from last night. I think it was Max Whitlock's totally lacklustre all-round performance that cost us. He really underperformed. Smith was told to go for the difficult routine but it wouldn't have made a difference anyway. Unless, of course, his falling off meant the Chinese could go easy with some of their routines on the high bar and he failed to put them under pressure. Sadly, the TV coverage was awful and you didn't know what was happening in what order. On a separate note - I just cant get excited by bronze medals. I know we set ourselves a total medal target, irrespective of colour, but bronze is worth a tenth of a gold, in my view. I'd be gutted if I was in contention and walked away with that colour. I'd probably hand it to a kid in the crowd.
Quote from: ACVilla on August 08, 2016, 10:41:53 PMTom Daley gets far more attention than he deserves but a well fought bronze medal for him tonight with Daniel Goodfellow.Louis Smith's fall from the pommel horse has looked like its condemed is to 4th.Unfortunate for Smith, would have been a guaranteed bronze without the fall
Tom Daley gets far more attention than he deserves but a well fought bronze medal for him tonight with Daniel Goodfellow.Louis Smith's fall from the pommel horse has looked like its condemed is to 4th.
Quote from: dave shelley on August 09, 2016, 01:13:06 PMI understand your point LeeS but the worst place you can finish is fourth. After four or more years of hard graft, sacrifice and commitment a medal of any colour has to be something an athlete can really be proud of, along with all his/her countrymen/women.If I finished 4th I'd find another sport. Some of the athletes just seem pleased to be there - like its an achievement in itself, rather than an honour. I prefer the Ben Ainslie approach. He was going to win whatever happened and however he had to do it. His victory in Sydney was one of the greatest examples of win-at-all-costs ever. He skilfully blocked the Brazilian chap (who had narrowly beaten the teenage Ainslie in Atlanta) in the final race so that they both came in at the rear and Ainslie won the gold. In 2012 he had a similar experience where the Danish guy accused him of cheating and Ainslie decided to destroy him whilst taking gold. Love it.
I understand your point LeeS but the worst place you can finish is fourth. After four or more years of hard graft, sacrifice and commitment a medal of any colour has to be something an athlete can really be proud of, along with all his/her countrymen/women.
Phelps - best Olympian of all time, how can there be any debate?
Quote from: usav on August 10, 2016, 03:53:29 AMPhelps - best Olympian of all time, how can there be any debate?He's good but he's also a drink-driving arrogant knob who once pushed a mate of mine out of a (albeit stationery) car
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