She’s not on the plane fortunately.
2021 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)
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Such an emotional moment to see India in semis of Field Hockey Olympics. I was on verge of tears. Hopefully we land a medal in hockey again after 41 years. Will be mighty tough though.
A good first sign. Hopefully means she’s being given some help/protection. Poor woman.
Really really sad story.
They really turned it around after the 7-1 drubbing by Australia
It will be easier to get silver than bronze for us.
Why are people underestimating Belgium? Reigning World champions, runners up in last Olympics as well. If anything, beating Germans is slightly easier than beating Belgium
Just watching the first round of the women's freestyle BMX, Hannah Roberts routine was incredible, how did we manage to beat it 
will watch round 2 in a bit
will watch round 2 in a bitDid those 2 who shared the high jump each get a medal? Presumably only one was set aside for that event?
What’s our chances of beating Belgium?
Is there any particular game that people look at and get an overwhelming feeling of 'I could fecking do that' even though like obviously not really
Volleyball for me. Used to be a goalkeeper and I'd fancy the skills developed to transfer over.
Volleyball for me. Used to be a goalkeeper and I'd fancy the skills developed to transfer over.
They both did get a gold medal and no silver was awarded. In some disciplines it's not that uncommon for people to share their position, so there will be enough spare medals available. It's not like the medal itself would be worth that much. They're mostly made out of silver and contain a little bit more than 6 grams of gold this year, placing them at around 700€.
I haven't read the earlier posts about this, so sorry if this has been addressed: I get why the athletes opted to share gold - why wouldn't they? Be a guaranteed winner instead of risking being a runner up. It's a no brainer if they're allowed to do it.
But what I don't understand is why that's even an option? It goes against the whole concept of elite sport and there being a winner and a runner up. It's heartbreaking for the loser but that's what happens in sporting competitions. What happened today is like two teams reaching a World Cup final (or Euro's!), it going to penalties, and them just being allowed to decide 'you know what, neither of us want to lose, let's just say we both won the World Cup!' Or both players saying the same if the Snooker World Championship goes to 17-17, and a respotted black.
It's crazy that the final two competitors in a competition can just choose for both to be declared winners because neither wants to lose. Nobody ever wants to lose in a situation like that, but it's a weird sport / rule that allows it.
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I'd like a go at the shooting, I did live fire once and was "above average" though obviously the targets on that don't move and Olympic shooting would be far quicker and I'd probably miss everything! I'd bike round the BMX track though no jumping
dressage maybe.Absolute no way would be to diving, swimming, gymnastics, stunt BMX/ skateboarding or running over 200m. I would die.
Ah ok that makes sense for some reason I thought there would be a silver too!
Yea, I would have thought so as well, just learned about how those are awarded in that case today. Kind of makes sense to only have 3 people winning medal, though. It prevents unfair collusions, I guess.
Just watched the women's BMX final, the tricks Charlotte and Hannah pulled off were insane, will watch the mens tomorrow should imagine that's even more incredible what they can do
Someone tripped Sifan Hassan on the final lap of the 1500m, so she ran from like 50m back to still win the race
She was a woman on a mission once she got back up, she tore them apartSomeone tripped Sifan Hassan on the final lap of the 1500m, so she ran from like 50m back to still win the race
Why is long jump this early? Thought it was one of the main events.
Interesting. Why? Belgium is looking all-round best team. They are continuously on the up since 2016 Rio. We do have recent good record vs them though.
We definitely won't be favourite that's for sure. Belgium are scoring for fun so it looks to be tough task. Although whenever I have seen, India seem to defend well (Didn't watch 7-1 drubbing vs Australia
).Haha. Not sure enough care about hockey here.I was expecting a lets all laugh at ingurland thread
Yes!!!!!!!
Enjoyed the Long Jump Final, took a while for the Greek to realise he had won.
What a performance from Indian women's hockey team to shock Australia! Terrific.
The umpiring has been shit though in both men and women knockout matches of hockey. Might be tinfoil hat stuff but umpires seemed to be trying everything in their power to not let India win.
The umpiring has been shit though in both men and women knockout matches of hockey. Might be tinfoil hat stuff but umpires seemed to be trying everything in their power to not let India win.
If two sprinters or swimmers finish with the same time, they share the medal. There's no run/swim off to decide a winner
What i don't understand is why it's even an option to have them continue in high jump. They get 6 jumps already. Making them keep going is just unnecessary strain on already tired bodies
Agreed, but i see it the other way
Agreed. Massively undervalued the event, and it was not surprising to see it decided by injuries
Kudos to the greek champion, but having track and field finals in the morning is mental
Looking like a shootout between Team GB and Germany in the women’s team pursuit. World Record already smashed in qualifying.
They seem to be doing them all mixed up this summer.
The 100m mens and womens is already done, usually they are the show piece events.
High jump is a bit different really. The aim is to jump as high as possible, only those 2 managed to jump the highest. They both couldn't clear the next height so it was a draw.
They were both the best.
The jump off basically works it's way back down the heights until 1 of them gets tired enough or loses concentration and makes and error.
Maybe if they weren't friends and respected each other they'd of done it until the end, but clearly they both ended up happy with being joint champion. If the 3rd guy managed to jump the same height then I guess they would have no choice.
Joint medals have been given out before in races like swimming and running when they had identical times, but they don't ask them to do the race again.
Terrific defensive performance from the women's team against the mighty Australians. We never looked like the underdogs this match. We were there neck to neck.
Runs away and shoots himself!..
I am not underestimating Belgium. Indian team used to have a inferiority complex for past few years when they face Australia, Netherlands and Germany in major tournaments. I don't think India would be terrified facing Belgium when compared to Germans or Australia. The team will be confident about getting a result in semis.
Thank goodness there’s been a resurgence in the men’s and women’s hockey in India. I know cricket is a religion but we have talent at a lot of sports. Every kid wants to be the next Sachin or Virat.
They shouldn't be terrified but I don't know why you rate the others higher than Belgium just based on India's history against them. We already beat the Germans and Australia needed a penalty shoot-out to dismantle a pretty afwul Dutch side.
Netherlands were quite good against Australia though.
Other teams looking pretty good in the velodrome. GB haven’t gone yet but I’d expect the medals might be shared more evenly between teams this time round.
It's also great for hockey. It might be scrapped from the Olympics so when you guys compete chances are bigger it stays. Apart from the fact that it's great for the sport in general.
Maybe awful was over the top yeah, but this has to be your most underwhelming hockey side (or at least performance wise) in quite some time, isn't it?
I think it's today the women's weight lifting starts.
We all should probably get a lot of popcorn for this.
We all should probably get a lot of popcorn for this.