Rio Olympics 2016

ArmchairCritic said:
The best thing about Gymnastics is I have no idea about what is actually good, everything looks incredible to me.
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True, like when they said the Swiss guy landed on the wrong side of the pommel horse. He covered it up well.
 
There's way too much rugby sevens on.
 
Classical Mechanic said:
Gymnasts are absolutely incredible athletes, probably the most remarkable in all of sport. I can only watch it for 15 minutes at a time before I get bored though.
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They're amazing athletes with incredible bodies. Even the most "average" looking ones out there, still look way better than the average folk. I love the rings though, I could watch it for hours.
 
kouroux said:
They're amazing athletes with incredible bodies. Even the most "average" looking ones out there, still look way better than the average folk. I love the rings though, I could watch it for hours.
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they are still 5'4 though

hard to be best athlete in the world being that short
 
Uchimura is unreal, his landings are timed to perfection. Incredible ending to the allround!

Verniaiev deserved it just as much for me though speaking from my very limited knowledge of gymnastics.
 
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Just watched the canoeing, what a performance by Joe Clake.. absolutely flawless effort.
 
Britain's Andrew Willis coming close in the 200m breaststroke, 4th but missed out on a bronze very narrowly.
 
Fecking hell I'm literally shaking, silver medal for Pieters in the 100m freestyle men! Incredible, unbelievable. An 18-year old wins it which is amazing as well.
 
GB's men's hockey team lost its game to Australia a little earlier: all hopes of progressing to the knockout stages now rest on goal-difference and the performance of others. We suffered particularly thanks to one green and one yellow card in the latter stages.

Though better discussed in another forum, i really do think that football could benefit from a sin-bin when sanctioning players.

For practitioners of the sport i am sure than fencing has some appeal, however the decisive moments were too fast for me to take in when watching on TV yesterday evening.
 
Nick 0208 Ldn said:
GB's men's hockey team lost its game to Australia a little earlier: all hopes of progressing to the knockout stages now rest on goal-difference and the performance of others. We suffered particularly thanks to one green and one yellow card in the latter stages.

Though better discussed in another forum, i really do think that football could benefit from a sin-bin when sanctioning players.

For practitioners of the sport i am sure than fencing has some appeal, however the decisive moments were too fast for me to take in when watching on TV yesterday evening.
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Most of gymnastics, diving etc are like that to me. I tink 'what an incredible dive/move' and he gets just above average.
 
Nikhil said:
I really wanted Chad Le Clos to win the 200m butterfly yesterday. Oh well..
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Worse is that he didn't even get a medal.

Chad fades too badly in the last 20m. He should've used the same strategy that he is used in the 200m freestyle . Go hard and lead from the front then try to hold on.

He gets another shot at Phelps in the 100m butterfly.
 
hopefully he has learned to do the right things in preps. better just focus on himself
K2K said:
Worse is that he didn't even get a medal.

Chad fades too badly in the last 20m. He should've used the same strategy that he is used in the 200m freestyle . Go hard and lead from the front then try to hold on.

He gets another shot at Phelps in the 100m butterfly.
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ArmchairCritic said:
The best thing about Gymnastics is I have no idea about what is actually good, everything looks incredible to me.
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yes, My brother and I watched someone do an amazing triple backflip double spin thing and took a step while landing....my bro- 'well thats a bit shit'
 
Cooksen said:
Decent night in the pool for Australia.

And a tremendous effort against the us in basketball
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3 brilliant performances in the pool resulting in a gold and 2 silvers. And the Sharks beat Japan in the water polo. They now face Greece and Serbia. Their group is wide open so 1 more win might just be enough to make the quater finals.
 
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Finals, August 10th
(056/306) • cycling road • w • time trial • 1) Armstrong (USA) 2) Zabeliskaya (RUS) 3) van der Breggen (NED) 4) van Dijk (NED) 5) Longo Borghini (ITA) 6) Villumsen (NZL)
(057/306) • shooting • m • 50m pistol • 1) Jin (KOR) 2) Hoang (VIE) 3) Kim (PRK) 4) Han (KOR) 5) Wang (CHN) 6) Gontcharov (RUS)
(058/306) • cycling road • m • time trial • 1) Cancellara (SUI) 2) Dumoulin (NED) 3) Froome (GBR) 4) Castroviejo Nicolas (ESP) 5) Dennis (AUS) 6) Bodnar (POL)
(059/306) • shooting • m • double trap • 1) Aldeehani (IOA) 2) Innocenti (ITA) 3) Scott (GBR) 4) Kneale (GBR) 5) Willett (AUS) 6) Loew (GER)
(060/306) • canoe slalom • m • kayak (K1) • 1) Clarke (GBR) 2) Kauzer (SLO) 3) Prskavec (CZE) 4) Aigner (GER) 5) Grigar (SVK) 6) Da Silva (BRA)
(061/306) • diving • m • 3m synchronized springboard • 1) Great Britain (GBR) 2) United States (USA) 3) China (CHN) 4) Germany (GER) 5) Mexico (MEX) 6) Italy (ITA)
(062/306) • judo • w • 70kg • 1) Tachimoto (JPN) 2) Alvear (COL) 3) Conway (GBR) 3) Vargas Koch (GER) 5) Graf (AUT) 6) Bernabeu (ESP)
(063/306) • judo • m • 90kg • 1) Baker (JPN) 2) Liparteliani (GEO) 3) Gwak (KOR) 3) Cheng (CHN) 5) Nyman (SWE) 5) Lkhagvasuren (MGL)
(064/306) • weightlifting • w • 69kg • 1) Xiang (CHN) 2) Zhapparkul (KAZ) 3) Ahmed (EGY) 4) Solis Arboleda (COL) 5) Avdalyan (ARM) 6) Pachabut (BLR)
(065/306) • gymnastics • m • individual all-around • 1) Uchimura (JPN) 2) Verniaiev (UKR) 3) Whitlock (GBR) 4) Belyavskiy (RUS) 5) Lin (CHN) 6) Deng (CHN)
(066/306) • fencing • w • individual foil • 1) Deriglazova (RUS) 2) di Francisca (ITA) 3) Boubakri (TUN) 4) Shanaeva (RUS) 5) Thibus (FRA) 6) Guyart (FRA)
(067/306) • fencing • m • individual sabre • 1) Szilagyi (HUN) 2) Homer (USA) 3) Kim (KOR) 4) Abedini (IRI) 5) Dolniceanu (ROU) 6) Anstett (FRA)
(068/306) • weightlifting • m • 77kg • 1) Rahimov (KAZ) 2) Lyu (CHN) 3) Mahmoud (EGY) 4) Chinnawong (THA) 5) Spac (MDA) 6) Caicedo Piedrahita (COL)
(069/306) • table tennis • w • singles • 1) Ding (CHN) 2) Li (CHN) 3) Kim (PRK) 4) Fukuhara (JPN) 5) Han (GER) 5) Yu (SIN) 5) Cheng (TPE) 5) Feng (SIN)
(070/306) • swimming • m • 200m breaststroke • 1) Balandin (KAZ) 2) Prenot (USA) 3) Chupkov (RUS) 4) Willis (GBR) 5) Koseki (JPN) 6) Watanabe (JPN)
(071/306) • swimming • w • 200m butterfly • 1) Belmonte Garcia (ESP) 2) Groves (AUS) 3) Hoshi (JPN) 4) Adams (USA) 5) Zhou (CHN) 6) Zhang (CHN)
(072/306) • swimming • m • 100m freestyle • 1) Chalmers (AUS) 2) Timmers (BEL) 3) Adrian (USA) 4) Condorelli (CAN) 5) Scott (GBR) 6) Dressel (USA)
(073/306) • swimming • w • 4 x 200m freestyle • 1) United States (USA) 2) Australia (AUS) 3) Canada (CAN) 4) China (CHN) 5) Sweden (SWE) 6) Hungary (HUN)

Expanded Medal Table, August 10th
01 ) 11 - 11 - 10 / 05 - 06 - 04 United States
02 ) 10 - 05 - 08 / 05 - 06 - 02 China
03 ) 06 - 01 - 11 / 03 - 03 - 05 Japan
04 ) 05 - 02 - 05 / 03 - 06 - 02 Australia
05 ) 05 - 01 - 01 / 01 - 02 - 01 Hungary
06 ) 04 - 07 - 04 / 03 - 03 - 02 Russia
07 ) 04 - 02 - 03 / 01 - 01 - 00 Republic of Korea
08 ) 03 - 06 - 02 / 02 - 03 - 08 Italy
09 ) 03 - 03 - 06 / 08 - 05 - 02 Great Britain
10 ) 02 - 03 - 01 / 03 - 05 - 03 France
11 ) 02 - 02 - 03 / 01 - 01 - 00 Kazakhstan
12 ) 02 - 01 - 01 / 01 - 00 - 00 Thailand
13 ) 01 - 02 - 01 / 04 - 02 - 04 Germany
14 ) 01 - 02 - 00 / 00 - 03 - 00 Sweden
15 ) 01 - 01 - 02 / 02 - 00 - 01 Netherlands
16 ) 01 - 01 - 01 / 00 - 00 - 01 Belgium
17 ) 01 - 01 - 00 / 03 - 00 - 02 Colombia
18 ) 01 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 05 - 03 Brazil
19 ) 01 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 01 Slovenia
20 ) 01 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 00 Vietnam
21 ) 01 - 00 - 02 / 00 - 02 - 00 Taipei
22 ) 01 - 00 - 01 / 02 - 02 - 01 Spain
23 ) 01 - 00 - 01 / 01 - 00 - 00 Switzerland
24 ) 01 - 00 - 01 / 00 - 00 - 00 Greece
25 ) 01 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 00 Argentina
25 ) 01 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 00 Croatia
25 ) 01 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 00 Independent Olympic Athletes
25 ) 01 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 00 Kosovo
29 ) 00 - 02 - 02 / 01 - 00 - 00 DPR Korea
30 ) 00 - 02 - 01 / 00 - 00 - 01 Ukraine
31 ) 00 - 02 - 00 / 01 - 00 - 02 New Zealand
32 ) 00 - 02 - 00 / 01 - 00 - 00 South Africa
33 ) 00 - 02 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 01 Indonesia
34 ) 00 - 01 - 05 / 02 - 04 - 01 Canada
35 ) 00 - 01 - 01 / 00 - 02 - 01 Georgia
36 ) 00 - 01 - 00 / 01 - 01 - 00 Slovakia
37 ) 00 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 02 - 00 Mongolia
38 ) 00 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 01 Denmark
39 ) 00 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 00 Azerbaijan
39 ) 00 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 00 Malaysia
41 ) 00 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 00 Philippines
41 ) 00 - 01 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 00 Turkey
43 ) 00 - 00 - 02 / 00 - 03 - 00 Egypt
44 ) 00 - 00 - 02 / 00 - 00 - 00 Uzbekistan
45 ) 00 - 00 - 01 / 02 - 00 - 00 Czech Republic
46 ) 00 - 00 - 01 / 00 - 01 - 01 Tunisia
47 ) 00 - 00 - 01 / 00 - 01 - 00 Israel
48 ) 00 - 00 - 01 / 00 - 00 - 02 Poland
49 ) 00 - 00 - 01 / 00 - 00 - 00 Kyrgyzstan
49 ) 00 - 00 - 01 / 00 - 00 - 00 Portugal
49 ) 00 - 00 - 01 / 00 - 00 - 00 United Arab Emirates
52 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 01 - 05 - 01 Mexico
53 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 01 - 00 - 01 Dominican Republic
53 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 01 - 00 - 01 India
53 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 01 - 00 - 01 Iran
56 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 01 - 00 - 00 Ecuador
56 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 01 - 00 - 00 Latvia
58 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 02 - 00 Romania
58 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 02 - 00 Singapore
60 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 00 Armenia
60 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 00 Austria
60 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 00 Cuba
60 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 01 - 00 Moldova
64 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 02 Belarus
65 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 01 Albania
65 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 01 Iceland
65 ) 00 - 00 - 00 / 00 - 00 - 01 Papua New Guinea
 
Mrs Smokers 11th August finals schedule
Today's Finals, August 11th
15:12 Men's Quad. Sculls Final A (re-scheduled from yesterday)
15:24 Women's Quad. Sculls Final A (re-scheduled from yesterday)
15:44 Men's Pair Final A
16:04 Women's Double Sculls Final A
16:24 Men's Double Sculls Final A
16:44 LWT Men's Four Final A
17:00 Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women's Finals
19:15 Canoe Slalom Canoe Double (C2) Men Final
20:00 Canoe Slalom Kayak (K1) Women Final
20:00 Archery Women's Individual (from QFs)
20:30 Judo Women -78 kg and Men -100 kg (from Repechages)
21:00 Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Final
22:00 Fencing Women's Épée Team (from Bronze Medal match)
23:20 Cycling Track Men's Team Sprint Finals (from Bronze Medal match - qualifications from 21:00)
23:30 Rugby Sevens Men's (from Bronze Medal match)
01:30 Table Tennis Men's Singles (from Bronze Medal match)
03:17 Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Final
03:26 Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Final
04:01 Swimming Men's 200m Individual Medley Final
04:18 Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Final

CET times.
 
Great recovery from Croatia in the mens doubles for rowing. Good battle between them and Lithuania.
 
Czechs looked set to take the gold in kayaking, then capsized. Only seconds away from winning too, or at least taking the lead.
 
Britain with another silver in the canoeing as well, just beaten by Slovakia.
 
K2K said:
Worse is that he didn't even get a medal.

Chad fades too badly in the last 20m. He should've used the same strategy that he is used in the 200m freestyle . Go hard and lead from the front then try to hold on.

He gets another shot at Phelps in the 100m butterfly.
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Yeah, he faded badly in the last 20-30m. Didn't even finish 3rd. He had a great start in the 200m freestyle but couldn't hold on. He's a great swimmer though. He needs to go the extra step and become unbeatable like Ledecky, Phelps. Or even finish on the podium consistently like Lochte, Adrian.
 
Murray through in a cracker of a game. Blew Fognini away in the 1st set, then lost 8 games in a row to be a set apiece and 3-0 down in the 3rd. Came back to win the 3rd set 6-3. Very nervy game. Brilliant for him to have his battle early on, and can hopefully kick on from here now.
 
GB just smashed the Olympic Record in the team sprints.
 
Rowing and a spot of badminton earlier in the day, followed by some dressage (Charlotte and Valegro looking good). Missed the kayak Final though, which was annoying.

GB's men's sprint team just set a new OR: the next round begins in three-quarters of an hour or so. Before that there is qualifying for the women's team pursuit.

Fiji vs GB in the Rugby sevens gold medal match from at 11ish.
 
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