Van Niekerk is such a sad story, all-time great career ruined by a stupid friendly rugby injury. 43.03 will take a long time before it gets beaten but Van Niekerk will never return to that level again unfortunately 
2021 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)
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Either way I hope she does well. I can’t imagine the pressure she will be under. I hate doing meetings with more than 10 people involved
the amount of pressure for her will be through the roof, yeah
Oh yeah, missed that, don't follow the golf
That's a nice surprise, was that a shock result I'm assuming?Really really sad. Agreed that I don't see him coming back to those heights again sadly.Van Niekerk is such a sad story, all-time great career ruined by a stupid friendly rugby injury. 43.03 will take a long time before it gets beaten but Van Niekerk will never return to that level again unfortunately
Australia vs Sweeden has been a good game so far.
How the feck did the Norwegian survive that false start in 400m hurdles !
Laurel Hubbard bombs out in the snatch, saves a few boring and repetitive discussions.
She hasn't so far, she claimed there was a noice so they let her participate in order to allow her to file a complaint later for her disqualification so that in case she was right she still had the chance to compete.How the feck did the Norwegian survive that false start in 400m hurdles !
Sounds messy!
We just had what looked like a legitimate goal ruled out.
It was a goal imo, but a good cross into Kerr.
Maybe people from Brabant do. Speak for yer self
Do you feel any rivalry with Belgium? Never heard anything like it. On Dutch TV which is filled with people from above the rivers they always want Belgium to do well too. My friends from the dark side also want Belgium to do well.
The rain on the hurdles!
Femke Bol was very impressive. Natural talent.
It was a great moment but also unique and interesting. Being hung up on it is not the same as finding it interesting and discussion worthy.
I never did, until they became better than us at football. Now they can feck off.
In all honesty though, nah I don't care. I'm indifferent to pretty much all countries. Aside from Portugal in football.
I didn't necessarily mean you being hung up on it, just a few people can't seem to wrap their head around it.
Oh yeah, missed that, don't follow the golf
Yeah it was unexpected but it’s easier to cause upsets at the olympics where only 4 per country can participate unlike the PGA tour where you’re up against 50+ decent Americans.
He’s representing Slovakia these days because he wasn’t good enough for one of the South African spots so won’t show up in your medal count though
It’s a bit like in F1 with the constructors championship and individual championship running in parallel. So Team GB won gold for its cumulative team score being the highest and within that there is an individual standing in which all of the GB athletes are quite well placed (which explains why they comfortably won team gold).
I think they then do an additional individual jump off at the end, which is what is happening now, to determine individual medals. Their starting score before this is the one they’ve already racked up over the last couple of days, so we already know who is in the mix for gold and if the German rider currently in 1st place clears all her jumps and gets round in the allotted time she will get gold.
Cheers.
Phenomenal badminton in the men's singles final at the moment!
Ah well darn. NevermindYeah it was unexpected but it’s easier to cause upsets at the olympics where only 4 per country can participate unlike the PGA tour where you’re up against 50+ decent Americans.
He’s representing Slovakia these days because he wasn’t good enough for one of the South African spots so won’t show up in your medal count though
She got Silver! First for Team GB in Weightlifting since 1984! What a result!
To make matters even more confusing, I think there is a showjumping event in 2 days’ time as well where our riders will be going again. That’s separate to the eventing though (where jumping is just one of three things you’re scored on), so the scores will start from scratch. Fingers crossed for some GB medals there - a bit disappointing to have only got the silver in the individual today I think.
Hassan 1 down 2 to go.
Bit late to the game here, but I could swear in the last couple of Olympics, I could just go on BBC iPlayer or red button and watch whatever event I wanted. Now apparently I only can choose between two events at a time, currently weight lifting or hockey. I’d rather watch the women’s 5,000m final.
Axelsen was impeccable. The way he broke down after winning gold was so emotional, and such a contrast from how he held his nerves during the match
TV rights have changed. They can only show 3 events at once now.
Well that’s a massive backwards step, it was perfect before. So this is why I have to watch horse prancing instead of a proper sport, because BBC only shows events where GB could win a medal.
Conveniently no comments on that at all
He didn't drop a set in the entire Olympics - ridiculous really. His reaction to winning was incredible. I don't think I have ever seen an athlete not being able to finish an interview because he was bawling his eyes out. Five years of hard work since Rio, where Chen Long beat him in the semis, and it all came out in that moment.
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What is there to comment on?
I'm not sure it changes anything in the broader debate.
When is the women's 5000m on? I've got hockey or hockey on the BBC?
Pretty much. The IOC, FIFA and UEFA hate our crown jewel laws for sporting events.
Discovery own the rights for Europe and have sold off bits to national broadcasters. Eurosports have some if you've got that and some Sky subscribing people seem to have an option called Discovery+ that lets you get more channels.
20 mins ago.
I don’t have any of that, only basic channels. I’ll just have to do without.
They’ll be showing it again
Almost feels like there's too many players on a hockey pitch
I’ve resisted going down the Eurosport/discovery route as I do think the BBC coverage is excellent and want to support it. Plus I hate major national events moving off terrestrial - if there is a legacy from the Games in terms of grass roots impact then that is massively undermined if you move to pay to view channels (obviously that’s not their primary goal).