Two chances at a Gold medal today, in the men's hockey and heptathlon. Such days don't come around often for us 
2021 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)
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It's still bad, mind! 1 lone gold medal is a dire result for them so far, especially given the expectations!Ah right, read it as ‘you guys’
Technology is amazing.Just a sidenote, for anyone curious/suspicious about that lovely BBC studio with the views over Tokyo, the glass floor and the koi pond, and that long corridor...
Photo gallery:
https://www.newscaststudio.com/setstudio/bbc-tokyo-olympics/
Still can't quite wrap my head around how when they're filming the walkway you can make out the main "set" on the floor above.
Must be shite for the hosts/pundits though...
No not Hall, I have trained frequently with a worlds strongest man competitor and multiple Englands strongest man and he is 100% clean, but he is definitely the exception, everyone else is up their eyes on drugs since its an untested sport (I think they only check for stimulants and that's 24 hours before comp so once the test is done they just take all their stimulants then). Probably should be careful with names, but I know the coach of two famous Scottish strongmen brothers and they get it from private doctors.
If you were watching yesterday that was the super heavy weight category so there's no upper limit on body weight (minimum 109.1kg for men, 87.1kg for women). At that point it's easier to just eat eat and eat and not worry about being low body fat. The other classes do have weight limits so you'll generally see them a lot slimmer as they can't afford to take up weight with fat. As you get into the heavier classes the body fat % does go up (you'll start seeing some bigger boys from about the 96kg class) but i'd hesitate to call them fat, apart from Moradi who is the definition of a power belly.
Track cycling is such a crazy risky sport , another big crash involving a British cyclist just now
Have to really feel for Katy Marchant… she looked so strong in the heats and was in with a good chance at a podium… but taken out by the Dutch rider.
It looks insane, but of the handful of crashes I have seen at the Olympics so far, none of the riders seem to have really injured themselves. Must hurt like hell to slide across the wood, but generally seems like they are able to compete again the next day.
I’m sorry but this looks like such a daft event. Half of the laps they’re riding behind some dude on his e-bike.
Imagine a football game and for the first 45 minutes you can’t attack or score goals…
Imagine a football game and for the first 45 minutes you can’t attack or score goals…
Walking race on now ….lots of men rushing to the toilets, while holding on to a shit.
I think it sucks that the most thrilling event in the cycling, the elimination race, is only used as one of the four parts of the omnium. It should be an event in it's own right.
It's such a weird sport
What on earth are the rules of the men’s sprint? Why do they go so slowly at the start and look at each other?
Don't want to give the other guy slipstream and at the same time don't miss him going for the kill.
First to the finish line wins.
You can’t really go all out attack from the start because the other guy will easily follow you and beat you in the sprint.
Because they're riding at 70kmph at full tilt, the slipstream effect is very effective. The guy defending at the front basically wants to leave it to the very last moment to minimilise that effect.
He's watching to make sure the attacker doesn't get a head start and build up momentum before he can react.
Fair enough, cheers! Looked like they were courting each other.
Aren't these walkers supposed to have a foot planted at all times? A lot of them are cheating. Time to put censors in their shoes and punish them with 10 sec penalties every time they don't follow the basic rules.
Think they get a 2 minute stop and go penalty after being caught three times.
Did the commentator just say none of these riders have got brakes?
Cycling rules are a tad inconsistent.
Crash no restart.
Mechanical fault = restart.
Getting to close = relegation
Elbowing someone = nothing.
Crash no restart.
Mechanical fault = restart.
Getting to close = relegation
Elbowing someone = nothing.
Two chances at a Gold medal today, in the men's hockey and heptathlon. Such days don't come around often for us
I'll be cheering for you! If Australia get another gold I fear they're out of reach for us
Yeah a real shame. She definitely had a good medal chance and it's tough when you get taken out through no fault of your own and that's that. I think she's going for us in the women's sprint so fingers crossed has better fortune there.
These bikes don't have brakes or gears. It's all about keeping the weight down.
Partially, but weight is not the main reason - that's safety, you just can't afford to have brakes on if you're riding in such tight formations. There'd be a lot of pile ups if braking was allowed. Also, Track bikes are fixed gears bikes so if you stop pedalling, you lock your wheel and are effectively breaking so there's no need to have brakes either (and indeed why add extra weight when it's not necessary).
Lavreysen and Hoogland are a class above the rest.
Irish boxer Kellie Harrington guaranteed silver and going for gold in the final on Sunday morning. Delighted for her.
We're doing quite well with 4 medals so far. The most we ever got was 6 in 2012.
We're doing quite well with 4 medals so far. The most we ever got was 6 in 2012.
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Men's climbing final. Intense
What's the mode here? Only seen the combined qualifying.
Same like qualifying. Speed now, but a slightly different format. You get eliminated and the winner goes on until there is an out right winner in speed and he gets the golden point. Then it will be the same I believe for Bouldering and then Lead.
Speed (head to head knock-out this time) then bouldering (same format as before) then lead (same format as before)
Crazy how much of an advantage Ondra got by “competing” against injured/absent opponent.
Thanks guys! Final Placements again a multiplication of the single event standings?
What a slip from Narasaki there. Makes things interesting.
Yup. Ondra’s 4th place in speed makes him hot favourite now.
Huge implications for medals.
Dutch taking so many gold medals in cycling...
Due to the multiplication finishing first or second has a ridiculously heavy impact.
Bouldering problems looking quite interesting.
Has anyone got a video of the USA's 4x100m SF where they went out? I can't seem to find it anywhere
Speed climbing format still doing my head in, Coleman loses to Mawem by 0.04 seconds with a 6.4 time and ends up in the bottom half, Ondra gets a bye then has no chance but because of that bye still finishes 4th. Even the problems of that aside, I don't like the knockout format itself when multiplication is so important. One slip could make the difference between 1st or 5th or 4th or 8th.
It is what it is but I'm sure the athletes will be happy when this mess has been changed for 2024.
If Nagasaki or Ondra win bouldering now, they'll get gold I reckon. If Gines Lopez gets a top 3, he'll get gold.
It is what it is but I'm sure the athletes will be happy when this mess has been changed for 2024.
If Nagasaki or Ondra win bouldering now, they'll get gold I reckon. If Gines Lopez gets a top 3, he'll get gold.
The US sprinters have made an awful job of peaking for the Olympics. All the big hitters recorded quicker times in the trials back in June. Looks like the first time they've failed to win an individual men's gold on the track since the US didn't take part in 1980.The US is out of the 4 x100 relay