Olympics - does anyone actually care anymore?

[grecian]

Does seem to have a brainfade in every competition which stops her getting a better result. She is still early 20's though so maybe she will get over that as she gets a bit older.

She's just so appalling at the throwing events though, I mean Jess isn't great but she somehow gets a decent score in all, which is why she's the greatest female brit athlete ever IMHO, yet you maybe right she could improve, but maybe she could improve even more in the high-jump if she just concentrated on that.

remember when CPR whined that the long-jump default cost KJT gold at the Worlds, and yet here we are with no default and Jess is still winning easily.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Touch and go for Ennis on the final event now. Apparently needs to win by 9.47 seconds which is supposedly the same as the gap between the PBs.

 

[cpr]

Yeah she's really ****ed up the throwing events this time. She's got time on her side though. Didn't get to see the javelin, but the shot out she really looked 'cbf with this'.

S'pose I should cheer for Jess now.

Meanwhile, that long jump final tho... Lawsons hand.... Great interview with Greg afterwards (and much praise for the interviewer for bogging him up when he broke down half way through)

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Well KJT has no chance of competing with that Belgian in future, she is different gravy.

Brilliant night/day for GB though. Tomorrow promises to be very good too with us already guaranteed 3 medals.

 

[StephenZA]

SuperSport - Olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luvo_Manyonga

For those who like a good comeback story... hopefully he keeps it up.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Well KJT has no chance of competing with that Belgian in future, she is different gravy.

Brilliant night/day for GB though. Tomorrow promises to be very good too with us already guaranteed 3 medals.

Well if KJT was consistent and that far behind then yea, the fact that she's inconsistent and utterly botched two events leaves a small chance that if stars align she'll compete with her. But you certainly wouldn't bet on her stringing together 7 events that get near to her PB.

 

[hendrix]

she's soo freaking hot though

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Not a bad day today again. Golf, Gymnastics, Cycling and Sailing. Just want Murray to cap off a marvellous weekend for GB

 

[straw man]

there's something about NZ hockey, both men and women's, and horrible last-minute chokes

 

[Burgey]

We had the curse of the Kookaburras for decades until they finally won a gold, but it seems to have returned.

That must have been devastating for NZ just then though. They had it sewn up

 

[vcs]

What an incredible run there by Van Niekerk!

 

[Burgey]

Holy ****. Johnson's 400m world record just went. Held since 1999. That's a massive moment. Incredible.

 

[_Ed_]

That hockey defeat was hard to swallow, but what an unbelievable 400m.

 

[straw man]

We had the curse of the Kookaburras for decades until they finally won a gold, but it seems to have returned.

That must have been devastating for NZ just then though. They had it sewn up

I'm relieved I wasn't watching that - just following online, so I think I'll just continue to pretend hockey doesn't exist. Erkh, doesn't bear thinking about how awful the players must feel. Knew 1-0 wasn't close to safe but 2-0, geez.

 

[Pratters]

Van Niekerk. Wow.

 

[Burgey]

Carn Bolt. History in the making, hopefully.

 

[vcs]

Boooooooolt!!!

 

[social]

Looked as if he was struggling all race and ran 9.8 easing up

 

[Burgey]

**** yes. What a ****ing legend.

 

[social]

Credit to Gatlin as well

Guy has copped a lot of **** (deservedly) but somehow held it together