Olympics Bore Festival

[Rjk]

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I've not seen as much as I usually would have, due to timings, but there have been some brilliant moments.
the 2 high jumpers sharing the medal.
a 13 year old winning a bronze for Britain today.
400m hurdles records in men's and women's both absolutely smashed (in the men's the top 3 were in the top 4 times of all time)
the Dutch 1500 runner falling on the last lap but still winning her heat.
classic Olympics stuff

[The Bloop]

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I've not seen as much as I usually would have, due to timings, but there have been some brilliant moments.
the 2 high jumpers sharing the medal.
a 13 year old winning a bronze for Britain today.
400m hurdles records in men's and women's both absolutely smashed (in the men's the top 3 were in the top 4 times of all time)
the Dutch 1500 runner falling on the last lap but still winning her heat.
classic Olympics stuff

It's been excellent with some brilliant highlights as you've said. I'm surprised at how much I've enjoyed the more artistic events such as bmx, skateboarding, surfing and even the gymnastics. I've never really bought into subjective judging to determine the winner of an event but have really enjoyed it this time.

[MacAdder]

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I've not seen as much as I usually would have, due to timings, but there have been some brilliant moments.
the 2 high jumpers sharing the medal.
a 13 year old winning a bronze for Britain today.
400m hurdles records in men's and women's both absolutely smashed (in the men's the top 3 were in the top 4 times of all time)
the Dutch 1500 runner falling on the last lap but still winning her heat.
classic Olympics stuff

Agree the 400m hurdles final was good although I got a bit confused when people said they'd predicted a record time as the track was "fast".
Aren't all tracks the world over the same?
If not, why not as it dampens world records for me.

[MacAdder]

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Just watched on replay the 13 year old skateboarding get the bronze. Great stuff!

Her parents, Mr and Mrs Brown, obvs have a sense of humour naming her Sky

[Rjk]

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Agree the 400m hurdles final was good although I got a bit confused when people said they'd predicted a record time as the track was "fast".
Aren't all tracks the world over the same?
If not, why not as it dampens world records for me.

tracks are definitely not all the same. they say the Tokyo one is quite bouncy, which has helped with the hurdling events

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Just watched on replay the 13 year old skateboarding get the bronze. Great stuff!

Her parents, Mr and Mrs Brown, obvs have a sense of humour naming her Sky

Could she reach the medal table?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Imagine if angling became an Olympic sport, now that would be a hard watch.

Or letching after female celebs on't interweb whilst scratching one's nuts and listening the death metal.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

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The action is always a mixed bag as so many sports just demonstrate why we never see them on the tellybox outside of the Olympics. Unfortunately I have stopped watching not because of the sport but because of the amount of pointless studio bound chopsing that the BBC is serving up.

[The Bloop]

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Just watched on replay the 13 year old skateboarding get the bronze. Great stuff!

Her parents, Mr and Mrs Brown, obvs have a sense of humour naming her Sky

Could she reach the medal table?

She's also in the British junior surfing team which doesnt fit with her name. Fortunately though her younger brother is named Ocean.

[bobh]

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The action is always a mixed bag as so many sports just demonstrate why we never see them on the tellybox outside of the Olympics. Unfortunately I have stopped watching not because of the sport but because of the amount of pointless studio bound chopsing that the BBC is serving up.

The BBC studio stuff is annoying.
But give the presenters a break - it's the only time they get to comment on anything othr than the Boat Race shite.

[jon1959]

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I always liked the 'proper' events on track and field, and have got more comfortable with the 'sitting down' sports that the UK does well at - bikes and boats.

But I cannot get on with the horse abuse events (especially when the English tabloids get over excited about medals).

[The Bloop]

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The action is always a mixed bag as so many sports just demonstrate why we never see them on the tellybox outside of the Olympics. Unfortunately I have stopped watching not because of the sport but because of the amount of pointless studio bound chopsing that the BBC is serving up.

Eurosport is the place to watch it live this time.
Too much chopping and changing on the BBC, aswell as the annoying Sam Quek.

[Rjk]

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The action is always a mixed bag as so many sports just demonstrate why we never see them on the tellybox outside of the Olympics. Unfortunately I have stopped watching not because of the sport but because of the amount of pointless studio bound chopsing that the BBC is serving up.

I think the BBC has been excellent as always on the Olympics, across TV and radio.
a commercial broadcaster probably wouldn't bother with some of the more obscure events

[Rjk]

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Eurosport is the place to watch it live this time.
Too much chopping and changing on the BBC, aswell as the annoying Sam Quek.

who wouldn't want to watch Sam Quek?

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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I always liked the 'proper' events on track and field, and have got more comfortable with the 'sitting down' sports that the UK does well at - bikes and boats.

But I cannot get on with the horse abuse events (especially when the English tabloids get over excited about medals).

If competitions of dancing horses are permitted surely elephants and camels should be allowed to strut their stuff if they have a posh-looking johnny wearing a hard hard and johdpurs astride them.