Olympics

[Prando]

Despite the new ‘sport’ additions, I am enjoying the coverage and quite fired up for team GB.

The lady co-presenter with Dan Walker is excellent. I understand she was a hockey gold medalist, but also articulate and comes across as natural. BBC have got it right with these two.

I am not letting the inclusion of unwanted sports detract from the occasion.

[WBA1955]

Trifle cynical there 1955 but each to his own.

Just my sense of humour, but nature did give humans a brain, well, some of them, and gave other animals the ability to be great runner's and jumpers.
Humans are quite puny in the natural world, Tyson Fury would be ripped apart by the average Chimpanzee.
We weren't built for the physical side of life.

[mickd1961]

I find the cycling to be a bit pointless.

Train like crazy for years and then a puncture or a faller in front of you ends your day.

Too big a punishment on the innocent party in my opinion.

[kettering_baggie]

I love cycling as a sport, crashes and mechanical problems are all part of it, similar to a footballer pulling a hamstring, for example. Cycling is possibly the toughest sport of all, both physically and mentally. Is there anything tougher than a three week Grand Tour?

[mickd1961]

I love cycling as a sport, crashes and mechanical problems are all part of it, similar to a footballer pulling a hamstring, for example. Cycling is possibly the toughest sport of all, both physically and mentally. Is there anything tougher than a three week Grand Tour?

I think the affect an accident can have on other riders seems very harsh, it would seem fairer to knock 60 seconds off the time of any rider hitting the deck Kets.

[kettering_baggie]

There are many reasons why a rider goes down and it’s not always the fault of the one that goes down first. It’s a tough sport, even at club level, where many dubious tactics are learnt, such tactics are honed and perfected in the professional ranks. Also, cycle racing, particularly the Grand Tours, did not start out as sport, they were commercial enterprises designed to sell bicycles, as such, sportsmanship was pretty much non existent!

[Q165]

Well Mick what about that team triathlon or whatever they call it? Real sport.

I thought the mixed swimming relay was also a success and the way GB came back to win the gold was brilliant.

[DaveP67 is back!]

Shame Laurel Hubbard failed to qualify, ‘she’ had really worked her bo ll ox off to get to the Olympics 🤣🤦🏻*♂️

[kettering_baggie]

Shame Laurel Hubbard failed to qualify, ‘she’ had really worked her bo ll ox off to get to the Olympics ������*♂️

Yes indeed, a case of ‘all for nothing’!

[mickd1961]

How about that 400m hurdles world record, that was right up there with the best performances I’ve ever seen.