Brazilian women are dismantling the Kenyans at volleyball right now
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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The horsey folk have won the team gold.
I mean, 25-13 2nd set. That's rather extreme.
We got more golds in swimming than track cycling in Tokyo. 08-16 we absolutely smashed the track, but think our dominance is at an end.
Rowing is also traditionally more fruitful, expect us to get a couple golds there at least. (Got none for the first in however long in 2020).
That said, Team GB has punched well above its weight since 2012. Reckon we might well be back down to the 10-15 golds range.
It's Brazil vs Kenya. No it isn't
No, I'm saying I think there's a counter-reaction amoung sports fans to say Daley is a bit of a joke because of all the TV and media he does. I'm saying he's not, he's won 5 olympic medals including a gold, he's the real deal.The opposite?? You think there should be *more* Tom Daley coverage??
I get what you mean about him doing well in a sport we don’t traditionally do well in, but look at Max Whitlock - not only the greatest GB gymnast of all time, but one of the best gymnasts in history (at pommel anyway) and he never got nearly as much attention as Daley does every four years, even when he was winning multiple golds.
And Daley (and his long forgotten partner) weren’t even the first GB divers to win an Olympic gold - Laugher and Mears (who and who??) were in 2016.
Yeah, cycling, sailing and rowing really set the foundation for us and those exceptional years.
I think you're right, 15 golds would be a decent return.
Yeah I would take that, there isn't any expected golds we have missed out on so far. You could say Peaty but he clearly isn't the same guy we saw in Tokyo.
The kenyans will get them back at long distance running.
Pidcock taken the lead.
The downhill bits of the mountain biking look really fun, the climbs brutal af
Yeah Peaty is the only “favourite” GB have missed out on so far and even he was a slight one between him and the Chinese swimmer.
On the Diving, China were always heavy favourites for that one.
Pidcock just got a puncture, FFS.
Are they not allowed to change bike? In the road time trial they just gave them a different bike, here they have to change tyre like f1
He was doing really well ffs
He was doing really well ffs
Noooo Pidcock 
Indeed not allowed to change bikes. Same thing happened to Pieterse yesterday in the women's edition, she would've gotten silver if not for her puncture.
deeply frustrating there, ended up 36 seconds behind
Puncture at a "good" time on the course though and only halfway through the race, so not all is lost for Pidcock.
Djokovic obliterating Nadal in the meantime, painful to watch.
It is somewhat frightening to realise he has won as much as he has in an era where Federer, Nadal and Murray were playing exceptionally.
Second time in three days for team GB
I don't know enough about mountain biking, guessing Pidcock has no chance of getting a gold after the puncture unless the leaders have a problem?
Good race this.
Considering the video of the Japanese judoka absolutely losing her shit when she lost, imagine the same level of effort, commitment, desire and you miss out because of a puncture not because someone beat you.
A puncture in cycling is part of the game and not always bad luck, especially in CX MTB. Could be down to Pidcock making a mistake or choosing the wrong route on rocky terrain, we won't know until afterwards.
Likewise Tarling, could be not avoiding a shite part of the road (likely given how the road looked in Paris) or the wrong tyre pressure (wet conditions equals fewer tyre pressure).
Race is long enough to still get there. MTB is known for massive phyiscal breakdowns at the end of the race.
Oh yeah, many times they're avoidable, but sometimes its just the way the cookie crumbles. Same with breaking chains, sometimes a component is just slightly weak.
Pidcock looks like a machine, he's got the Saffer in his sights now.
Yup, this isn't over yet. Thrilling race to be fair.
Pidcock 17 seconds behind with two laps remaining.
17 seconds, getting close again.
I'm calling it, Pidcock will do this
He's up to 2nd!
I think the French guy is conserving energy, surely he can't get him too?!
I think the French guy is conserving energy, surely he can't get him too?!
Nadal back level in set two.
Down to 5 seconds.
I doubt it, you can conserve energy, but you wouldn't want the chasers to see you and get on your tyre. If he has energy to spare he'd want to maintain a gap of some sort. Letting them get close as well, any mistake now and he's in trouble.
All together again!
If the lad does this it will be amazing.
This is gripping