Olympics Athletics

[SillyCowCorner1]

My boy Lindon Victor from Grenada is hanging on. He's third in the standings with two more events to go in the Decathalon,

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1819739479009112220

 

[Furball]

Women's 100m looks wide open.

 

[GIMH]

Do you guys not have an option to, like, stream any event that you like live even if it's not on the "main channel"? I can't imagine a worse way to watch the Olympics than being hostage to the broadcasting decisions of mainstream TV producers.

I have Discovery+ for free through my phone so that’s an option, BBC is pretty good for giving you choice tbf to them. But I haven’t watched much of this Olympics tbh

 

[Ali TT]

You'd think in this day and age they could ditch the take off strip on long/triple jump and just measure from where they take off.

 

[weeman27bob]

What a final leg from Femke Bol

 

[Ali TT]

Any St Lucians on the forum? Alfred stormed it.

Neita fourth for GB

 

[weeman27bob]

Comfortable victory in the end in the women's 100m for the St Lucian athlete

 

[Furball]

Yeah she was superb.

Neita unlucky to come 4th.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Getting goosebumps here for my fellow West Indians

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Come on Victor!

 

[Furball]

Don't understand why Campbell isn't the silver medalist in the shot putt.

 

[Ali TT]

Don't understand why Campbell isn't the silver medalist in the shot putt.

He put his heel on the foul block at the front of the circle.

Re the decathlon, I watched the BBC documentary on Daley Thompson before the games. He ran around like it was a Sunday morning jog.

 

[Furball]

He put his heel on the foul block at the front of the circle.

The graphic showed both 2nd and 3rd throwing 22.15, but Campbell threw his in round 2.

 

[Furball]

1500m in the decathlon, as always, is ridiculous.

 

[Furball]

Tomorrow evening should be class. Men's 1500m and women's 800m should be great to watch from a British POV and the men's 100m which is always iconic.

 

[reyrey]

Michael Jordan has really been struggling with remembering the track athletes names.

 

[Ali TT]

Michael Jordan has really been struggling with remembering the track athletes names.

He should stick to the basketball then

 

[GIMH]

You'd think in this day and age they could ditch the take off strip on long/triple jump and just measure from where they take off.

Eh, timing your run up is part of the skill

 

[Victor Ian]

Eh, timing your run up is part of the skill

Yeah. I always view long jump as jumping over a chasm. Overstepping or understepping matters

 

[Ali TT]

Yeah. I always view long jump as jumping over a chasm. Overstepping or understepping matters

Jumping over croc-infested waters would make it more entertaining.