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Olympics Bore Festival
Christ it's hard work watching this
Is it just me ?
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I expect it is harder to take part.
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Dave Blue
I expect it is harder to take part.
Its gone downhill since Kelly Sotherton retired
I have lost interest
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They should have darts and poker in there somewhere
PS:----- I ain't watched any of it.
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I miss the greats , Fatima Whitbread and Geoff Capes
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Christ it's hard work watching this
Is it just me ?
It is you.
I tend not to watch programs I don't enjoy. Life is too short.
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Can’t stand it.
One of the things the BBC insist we ought to be interested in.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Christ it's hard work watching this
Is it just me ?
I respect the athletes, but I've never really been into watching the Olympics. But the shabby treatment Simone Biles has got from right-wing media is disgusting. A useless white blob, like Piers Morgan thinking he has the right to criticize a multiple gold medal winner, about something he just has no comprehension of is beyond the pale. Win any medal for physical endeavor yourself first and then decide if you're in the position to criticize someone that's won over 30. ****.
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And what if you don’t give a rats arse about medals ?
You do t have to.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Christ it's hard work watching this
Is it just me ?
Does anything not bore you? I think it's been brilliant.
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UNDERHILL1927
Does anything not bore you? I think it's been brilliant.
Didn’t you know? Sludgey, just loves that exhilarating, dynamic, adrenaline heavy ‘sport’ of fishing.
That’s why him and JR Hartley are proper bum pals with each other.:biggrin:
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Christ it's hard work watching this
Is it just me ?
Dont watch it then.
I'm sure Robson Green is on another channel somewhere getting over excited about a fish.
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The Bloop
Dont watch it then.
I'm sure Robson Green is on another channel somewhere getting over excited about a fish.
:hehe:
Ben Whitticker v the Cuban in the boxing LHW division gold medal decider was a good fight.
The Brit lost on a split decision, though the commentators were talking like the other fella pissed it.
Different breed of fighter though those Cubans.
I must say I have enjoyed the Olympics more than I thought I would.
The new even BMX-ing was excellent with the British girl winning gold.
The "well established" sport of hockey though leaves me cold.
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Christ it's hard work watching this
Is it just me ?
Why not try enjoying life a bit more before you die?
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Imagine if angling became an Olympic sport, now that would be a hard watch.
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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
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Rjk
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.
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Rjk
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.
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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 :yikes:
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MacAdder
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
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MacAdder
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 :yikes:
Could she reach the medal table?
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Majorblue
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.
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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.
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MacAdder
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 :yikes:
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Taunton Blue Genie
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.
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JumpersforGoalposts
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.
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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).
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JumpersforGoalposts
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.
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Originally Posted by
JumpersforGoalposts
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
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The Bloop
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?
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jon1959
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.
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Rjk
who wouldn't want to watch Sam Quek?
Watching, yes. Listening, not yet.
I'm sure the BBC are developing her into one of their main broadcasters and I think shell get better, but she still hasn't mastered ad-libbing and makes several mistakes. Being on Question of Sport will help.
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The Bloop
Watching, yes. Listening, not yet.
I'm sure the BBC are developing her into one of their main broadcasters and I think shell get better, but she still hasn't mastered ad-libbing and makes several mistakes. Being on Question of Sport will help.
I've watched the Olympics in other countries before and from what I've seen they tend to be much more focussed on their own nation's competitors than the BBC does. I think the BBC does a genuinely great job on this, and I doubt many people at all will be watching Eurosport instead.
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The Bloop
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.
I've enjoyed the bmx and Skateboarding
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Rjk
I've watched the Olympics in other countries before and from what I've seen they tend to be much more focussed on their own nation's competitors than the BBC does. I think the BBC does a genuinely great job on this, and I doubt many people at all will be watching Eurosport instead.
I agree that the BBC does an excellent job, but their contract this time restricts them to only having 2 channels. In 2012 (and I think 2016) they had channels dedicated to each sport and you could watch everything live. Eurosport have that contract this time and theyll have plenty of viewers.
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The Bloop
I agree that the BBC does an excellent job, but their contract this time restricts them to only having 2 channels. In 2012 (and I think 2016) they had channels dedicated to each sport and you could watch everything live. Eurosport have that contract this time and theyll have plenty of viewers.
yeah, I've just been reading up on that. it seems as though after 2022 (discovery) Eurosport will have even more of the Olympics, so we could be in very different territory next time around.
the fact that their amount of live sport is restricted this time probably makes it feel a little thinner than in recent years.
I'm not impressed with the Eurosport coverage that I've seen tbh for all the money they've spent on the rights, the show's seem a bit cheaply made and slightly boring.
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Taunton Blue Genie
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.
Exactly right.
Ostrich racing is 'a thing' in southern Africa. Surely a case for that alongside go-carting, darts and sheepdog trials?
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jon1959
Exactly right.
Ostrich racing is 'a thing' in southern Africa. Surely a case for that alongside go-carting, darts and sheepdog trials?
they should definitely have dog sled racing in the winter Olympics
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many of the sports arise from combat, I think it would be quite exciting to watch professional paintball teams/1 on 1 matches
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I don't like it so I don't watch it.
I'll look over now and again if something that looks like it could be interesting comes on if it's on down the pub but I wouldn't purposely put it on at home and then log onto the Internet to moan about it being crap, when I could just turn it off.
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Another thing that Sludge doesn't like :yikes: