***Official 2024 Olympics Thread***

[social]

FMD, imagine being a rower

At least our swimmers earn millions after years of getting up at sparrows

 

[Coronis]

Who gives a **** about half these sports.....unless you've got a chance of winning a medal of course!!

And in other news, a commentator sacked for this controversial comment about the Aussie Women's relay winning swimmers....

Bob Ballard said they were "finishing up", adding "you know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make up".

As a father of 2 daughters, can confirm this is exactly what they do!!

Bob Ballard: Olympics commentator axed over ***ist remark - BBC News

****wit

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

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Wonder if there's an English person who doesn't know how to take a screenshot.

 

[Son Of Coco]

Even after 24 years, it's impossible to watch the gymnastics without hearing these guys.

 

[GIMH]

Which soccer players did England choose for the diving?

What a zinger

 

[Ali TT]

GB horses 3 fences to the good now with one rider left

 

[Son Of Coco]

What a zinger

Thank you.

 

[Brook's side]

Who gives a **** about half these sports.....unless you've got a chance of winning a medal of course!!

And in other news, a commentator sacked for this controversial comment about the Aussie Women's relay winning swimmers....

Bob Ballard said they were "finishing up", adding "you know what women are like... hanging around, doing their make up".

As a father of 2 daughters, can confirm this is exactly what they do!!

Bob Ballard: Olympics commentator axed over ***ist remark - BBC News

I must say I've not heard the comment (can't find it) but it seems an over reaction to sack him, doesn't it?
especially bearing in mind the way that someone gets painted in that situation. When I first saw his picture and a headline I thought he'd been caught out for being a *** monster or something.

Probably poorly judged with kids watching who might be looking for inspiration and role models, but it just sounds like a light hearted comment.
I read on another forum that he's gay, so not likely to be a massive male chauvenist or whatever.

If presenters are constrained to just factually describing the events it'll make viewing sports a less entertaining experience, and make less people interested in sport.

Seems to me like they should have just let him apologise and move on rather than making a massive deal about it.

(no doubt I'm on completely the wrong side of this argument as always though)

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

I read on another forum that he's gay, so not likely to be a massive male chauvenist or whatever.

Wot

 

[Ali TT]

Moving on from the above nonsense from our usual suspect, first gold for Team GB in the eventing.

Whether the horsey stuff should be there or not, pretty epic venue in the grounds of Versailles

 

[Spikey]

the horses can stay. the humans should go

 

[Jarquis]

No Aussies in here keen to talk about the boxing?

 

[Brook's side]

Moving on from the above nonsense from our usual suspect, first gold for Team GB in the eventing.

Whether the horsey stuff should be there or not, pretty epic venue in the grounds of Versailles

I'm not your anything pal.

And if "the horsey stuff" shouldn't be there, then the epicness of the grounds wouldn't come in to.
Don't know why they shouldn't be there though. Been a key Olympic event for decades, and the horses would not doubt be gutted to lose their sport (presuming this is a horse welfare issue).

Yes, well done to team GB. Shame it was a bit less exciting than normal, but you can't have everything.

 

[Molehill]

Worth noting that most of the horses (from all teams) are bred and trained in the UK, so it's a win for us with or without the humans.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Good team gold that. Might get more medals later in the individual.

Australia 15th of 16

 

[Molehill]

Pidcock about to go in the Mountain Bike.....

 

[Chubb]

Versailles is the perfect place for such an elitist event. To the guillotine with all of them!

 

[Heboric]

Seemed to have thrown the book at Canada.

In the wonderful documentary Chasing the Sun 2, the Bok management team was so paranoid that the French were spying on them during practice, they started practice moves and calls in hotel rooms and lobbies

 

[Burgey]

Good team gold that. Might get more medals later in the individual.

Australia 15th of 16

They had to withdraw one of their horses through injury. Unlike the Poms who get done for abusing their animals (in all kinds of ways) we look after ours.

 

[Molehill]

They had to withdraw one of their horses through injury. Unlike the Poms who get done for abusing their animals (in all kinds of ways) we look after ours.

If your horse got injured, sounds like it wasn't fit to be in the event in the first place.

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