The Olympic Games

[Punksnotdead]

Farewell to probably my favourite sports person of all time. 3 grand slams, 2 Olympic golds & a Davis Cup. And all in the era of the 3 greatest tennis players of all time. IMO the greatest British sportsman of my lifetime. Thanks for the memories Andy Murray. 

[steviewevie]

and kudos to the American pair who held back the celebrations to acknowledge it was all about Murray.

[steviewevie]

 

[steviewevie]

Athletics starts today. 

[Nobody Interesting]

[charlierc]

12 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

Good to see the wit that saw him be a surprisingly effective guest on Mock the Week is still active.

[steviewevie]

Michael Johnson 😍😍😍

[steviewevie]

I don't think an outdoor running track should be blue.

[Crazyfool01]

25 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Michael Johnson 😍😍😍

think hes retired mate 

[Crazyfool01]

Beth Schreiver is surely a shoe in in that BMX racing ? bar collisions shes smashing them apart 

[Punksnotdead]

22 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Beth Schreiver is surely a shoe in in that BMX racing ? bar collisions shes smashing them apart 

I thought so too but sky bet has her as 2nd favourite behind the Australian. 

[Crazyfool01]

23 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

I thought so too but sky bet has her as 2nd favourite behind the Australian. 

im presuming theyve not met yet as shes dominated all her races .... find out soon anyway 

[Punksnotdead]

Wow! France 1,2,3 in the men's BMX!

[Crazyfool01]

oh 😞 

[Punksnotdead]

1 hour ago, Crazyfool01 said:

im presuming theyve not met yet as shes dominated all her races .... find out soon anyway 

Well the bookies had it right - the Aussie won it so easily. Beth had a 'mare!

[steviewevie]

It's all about the start. 

Missed the end of 10000m for that too. Never again, silly kid sport.

[Punksnotdead]

9 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

It's all about the start. 

Missed the end of 10000m for that too. Never again, silly kid sport.

It still cracks me up seeing grown men & women on tiny bikes - does anyone remember Nathan Barley? 😄

 

Anyway, the Olympics isn't all about the Brits - watching Leon Marchand has been the highlight of the games for me & I would be amazed if anything beats it in the next 10 days. 

[pink_triangle]

Not sure if this belongs in Olympics or politics, but have found the pile on the Algerian boxer social media at its worse.

[lazyred]

23 minutes ago, pink_triangle said:

Not sure if this belongs in Olympics or politics, but have found the pile on the Algerian boxer social media at its worse.

People are trying to shoehorn it into the trans/gender debate. It seems to be some form of DSD.
 

[Crazyfool01]

matt baker annoying or enthusiastic on gymnastic commentary ? cant decide 

[Crazyfool01]

41 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

matt baker annoying or enthusiastic on gymnastic commentary ? cant decide 

before it started trending on twitter 🙂 

[steviewevie]

Wow, Femke Bol really is something else.

[pink_triangle]

4 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Wow, Femke Bol really is something else.

Always good to see USA lose!

[Punksnotdead]

2 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

Wow, Femke Bol really is something else.

She's awesome - my favourite athlete. My prediction - She's gonna smash the world record in her individual event!

[MilkyJoe]

Bit of controversy in the Women's Skeet Final shootout. GB's Amber Rutter recorded a miss when the slow motion replay showed she had actually hit the clay on the side. Must be gutting when something like this happens.