It's closer than you'd think a sport like this would be
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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C'mon lads! Pull like dogs!!
Yeah rowing is lit actually, you'd never guess 
Going for silver here! Come on hold
Going for silver here! Come on hold
Amazing! Consecutive olympic golds!
GB best chance of a Gold coming up in the rowing
Good run by Neita.
Ireland get the gold but photo finish on the silver was amazing
Bit like swimming. Depends where you are on your stroke as you hit the line. So rough to lose a race like that.
G'wan the lads!
My local town delivering again!
My local town delivering again!
Dogs, famous for their pulling ability?
My parents have been living there for the last 20 years or so. I'll take a bit of Skib glamour by proxy.
Up the Skibs
Do they live in Skibb itself?
I'm from Baltimore, about 8 miles away. Tonight will be unreal down there!
They live in the same parish as the O'Donovans. Near Church Cross. There's a class little pub there called Minehans which will be hopping tonight. I was there for a lock-in when they got back from Tokyo. Passing the gold medal around the pub. I have a photo of myself, plastered, with the medal round my neck. Much bigger and heavier than you'd think.
I know it well - lovely area. My parents were at a reunion at Minehans last week - an old friend home from the States had a big do there.
I have no fecking clue what's going on with that FX sailing but I love the scenery.
Indeed!
It's my favourite pub, anywhere in the world. My folks live right by the harbour at Turkhead. Baltimore is 30 minutes away by car, 15 by boat!
Never in doubt
Even with some disappointing close finished, this is a vastly improved performance from the rowing team.
Finally another gold for GB! It would have been a shock if they’d lost, as they were probably GB’s hottest favourites in the whole Olympics, but it was good to see an easy win after all those close defeats.
Another gold. Absolutely smashed that.
I have a tiny dislike for the sports that are so dependent on the judges. Mexico deserved that gold in the synchronised diving. Their mistakes seemed to judged harder than the Chinese ones
With so many events going on do we really need 15 minutes of inane chat after the rowing from the BBC? The Eurosport coverage is much better.
Discovery plus app is so good for the Olympics, I love being able to pause stuff and come back to it.
Yes because BBC are only allowed to show x hours of live broadcast.
It's amazing. Being able to watch every single event of every sport you want to watch is such a game changer.
I imagine most of us have never thought about how much you weighed
I think it's more the case that laymen have no clue in ranking the difficulty and execution of dives or gymnastic routines, rather than bent judges.
Does anyone know if Discovery + is on Virgin Media? I have the three Eurosport channels but couldn't find the Discovery + channel
It’s an App, not sure how it works on Virgin but I’m guessing you need to sign up for it on their website first and then log into app for it in your TV.
It’s a streaming platform (called Max everywhere apart from UK), not a channel. Discovery Channel doesn’t show sports.
Might have to invest then ahead of the athletics this week. How much is it, £3.99?
84kg. Or approximately 168 Olympic gold medals. Whichever you prefer.
You might have it for free already, if you subscribe to BT/TNT Sports. I discovered I did last week.
Yep. So close to being Italian that she’s practically surrounded by them.
Have you read The Boys in the Boat about the U.S. team that won the 1936 Olympics?Yeah rowing is lit actually, you'd never guess
Going for silver here! Come on hold