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Post by Worthingshrew on Jul 26, 2024 21:35:08 GMT 1
Bizarre dance routines - what they have to do with sport I don’t know!
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Post by Pilch on Jul 26, 2024 21:39:07 GMT 1
must admit I've seen better nativity plays at my kids infant school
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Post by Pilch on Jul 26, 2024 21:42:53 GMT 1
the lady holding the brolly has been the highlight for me ;-)
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Jul 26, 2024 21:51:20 GMT 1
Hoping all those athletes standing in the rain listening to boring speeches don’t catch colds.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Jul 26, 2024 22:19:02 GMT 1
Eternité just flashed up on the screen. An apt comment.
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Post by Pilch on Jul 26, 2024 22:28:33 GMT 1
who is going to light the flame ?
im torn between mbappe, Zidane , and John Terry
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2024 22:30:16 GMT 1
The balloon is spectacular.
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Post by Pilch on Jul 26, 2024 22:35:21 GMT 1
and they came so close to giving the role to a 100 year old olympian winner
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Jul 27, 2024 8:17:26 GMT 1
Very hit and miss for me. Felt for them with the weather, mind. Typical that it buckets down just when you don't need it. Highlights were the athletes of course, that's always the highlight. As were the smiles of each and every person given the task of carrying the torch. Saint-Cirel singing La Marseillaise was a great performance but I just felt that would have been better in the closed environment of a stadium (on TV at least it just seemed to get lost in the expanse). And whilst I am no fan and have absolutely no idea what she was singing I thought Celine Dion stole the show at the end, that was a superb performance. Other than that thought it dragged on at times and was a bit disjointed. Not entirely sure what Papa Smurf was about.  Lets hope the weather improves and hopefully no more incidents looking to disrupt things. Fingers crossed. Big fan of the hockey and we have GB versus Spain this morning to get things started...👍 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2024 10:40:12 GMT 1
Big fan of the hockey and we have GB versus Spain this morning to get things started...👍 Good start....4-0 and a Welshman leading the way! |
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Post by kenwood on Jul 27, 2024 12:55:57 GMT 1
Some of them little river boats are bobbing up and down 😅 8 of them have just arrived at dover  😂😂 I wondered how long it would take 😂 |
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Post by kenwood on Jul 27, 2024 13:08:50 GMT 1
I thought that horse thing galloping along on the Seine was brilliant.
Carl Lewis and his other brave souls on that small boat looked quite p**sed off . On the verge of hearing the first “. Man overboard”:shout but he managed to hang on .
I also thought there was a good chance of seeing someone puking over the side .
Lewis, Nadal and the others were waving to the crowds supposedly but I couldn’t see anyone , perhaps they were summoning help “ get me off this bloody boat for Gods sake “.
All in all a good night viewing if only for the comedy effect .
Finally, why have a 100 year old man sit in a wheelchair in the pouring rain just to have a brief grasp of the Olympic flame . That was particularly cruel particularly as he couldn’t move his wheelchair cos it was on wet cobbles. Elderly abuse at its finest , I expect to hear someone’s been arrested .
Looking forward to the games , can’t wait for track and field .
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Post by staffordshrew on Jul 27, 2024 21:21:43 GMT 1
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Post by staffordshrew on Jul 27, 2024 21:29:11 GMT 1
When you think of things like the Queen "parachuting" into our ceremony, this really didn't cut the mustard did it?
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Post by Pilch on Jul 28, 2024 20:33:58 GMT 1
they could have just done this instead of the opening ceremony
made me laugh anyway
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2024 20:58:31 GMT 1
Wow, fine margins.
Men's 100m breaststroke.
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Post by MartinB on Jul 28, 2024 21:09:17 GMT 1
Great interview with Adam Peaty afterwards
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Jul 29, 2024 14:54:44 GMT 1
Those of you who follow cycling will have seen Josh Tarling denied a medal by a puncture in Saturday’s Time Trial, he was 4th by a couple of seconds and the wheel change took at least 10 seconds.
Chapeau to Anna Henderson who got an unexpected silver in the women’s event.
It looked liked history would repeat itself earlier when Tom Pidcock punctured while leading the men’s cross country but he came back through the field for an awesome win. Booed by the classy French crowd, their man was second.
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Post by venceremos on Jul 29, 2024 15:33:42 GMT 1
Those of you who follow cycling will have seen Josh Tarling denied a medal by a puncture in Saturday’s Time Trial, he was 4th by a couple of seconds and the wheel change took at least 10 seconds. Chapeau to Anna Henderson who got an unexpected silver in the women’s event. It looked liked history would repeat itself earlier when Tom Pidcock punctured while leading the men’s cross country but he came back through the field for an awesome win. Booed by the classy French crowd, their man was second. Pidcock's win was phenomenal. To come back from 40 seconds down and win like that is probably as good an Olympic performance as I've ever seen. The booing was unfortunate but I wouldn't make too much of it. The French guy had led for so long and looked big and strong enough to take a sprint finish, the race was neck and neck but suddenly Pidcock came into the home straight on his own and the crowd can't really have known what had happened. I think they were probably shocked as much as anything. It sounded more like disbelief with some booing thrown in - not sure any home crowd would have reacted much differently. Best to focus on the incredible athleticism and bike handling skills of Tom Pidcock. |
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Post by zenfootball2 on Jul 29, 2024 15:57:04 GMT 1
Congratulations to tom Daley for an amazing fifth Olympics gold medal also to Williams for his first
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Post by davycrockett on Jul 29, 2024 16:00:57 GMT 1
Those of you who follow cycling will have seen Josh Tarling denied a medal by a puncture in Saturday’s Time Trial, he was 4th by a couple of seconds and the wheel change took at least 10 seconds. Chapeau to Anna Henderson who got an unexpected silver in the women’s event. It looked liked history would repeat itself earlier when Tom Pidcock punctured while leading the men’s cross country but he came back through the field for an awesome win. Booed by the classy French crowd, their man was second. Probably a silly question but why don’t they use punture-proof tyres? www.cyclingweekly.com/news/best-puncture-proof-tyres-for-cycling-463093 |
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jul 29, 2024 16:23:40 GMT 1
Those of you who follow cycling will have seen Josh Tarling denied a medal by a puncture in Saturday’s Time Trial, he was 4th by a couple of seconds and the wheel change took at least 10 seconds. Chapeau to Anna Henderson who got an unexpected silver in the women’s event. It looked liked history would repeat itself earlier when Tom Pidcock punctured while leading the men’s cross country but he came back through the field for an awesome win. Booed by the classy French crowd, their man was second. Probably a silly question but why don’t they use punture-proof tyres? www.cyclingweekly.com/news/best-puncture-proof-tyres-for-cycling-463093Silly question. They are great for normal riding but are so much heavier than flimsy racing tyres and at that level it would make a huge disadvantage to use them. Wheels and tyres (rotating items) is the best place to save weight for maximum advantage. Punctures happen, but even with modern very lightweight tyres it's not that often. Just unfortunate when it's at times like this. |
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jul 29, 2024 16:24:50 GMT 1
I see the Romanians have done well in the first few days.
They have taken gold, silver, bronze, copper and lead so far.
😂😂😂
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Post by venceremos on Jul 29, 2024 16:31:20 GMT 1
Those of you who follow cycling will have seen Josh Tarling denied a medal by a puncture in Saturday’s Time Trial, he was 4th by a couple of seconds and the wheel change took at least 10 seconds. Chapeau to Anna Henderson who got an unexpected silver in the women’s event. It looked liked history would repeat itself earlier when Tom Pidcock punctured while leading the men’s cross country but he came back through the field for an awesome win. Booed by the classy French crowd, their man was second. Probably a silly question but why don’t they use punture-proof tyres? www.cyclingweekly.com/news/best-puncture-proof-tyres-for-cycling-463093According to the commentary the mountain bikers don't use air-filled inner tubes but have foam-filled tyres, so that a flat tyre never goes to the wheel rim and can still be ridden on to the "pits". Punctures nevertheless soften the tyre and reduce speed and handling ability, so they have to be changed. I presume road racers still use inner tubes? |
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Post by GrizzlyShrew on Jul 29, 2024 16:40:52 GMT 1
According to the commentary the mountain bikers don't use air-filled inner tubes but have foam-filled tyres, so that a flat tyre never goes to the wheel rim and can still be ridden on to the "pits". Punctures nevertheless soften the tyre and reduce speed and handling ability, so they have to be changed. I presume road racers still use inner tubes? A lot of top end racers are now racing on tubeless tyres. Dont ask me about them as I'm still using inner tubes, the odd puncture is of little consequence to me at my level of riding except being a small inconvenience. |
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Jul 29, 2024 16:45:13 GMT 1
I’m ignorant on the subject of pro cyclist tyres, but I ride tubeless with tyres filled with expandable sealant that activates when a tyre is punctured to seal small holes.
Pro’s being weight weenies I doubt whether they would use any form of sealant.
These people almost live on their bikes and will be very sensitive to a change in tyre pressure which they will have spent their careers optimising.
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Post by MartinB on Jul 29, 2024 16:49:12 GMT 1
Those of you who follow cycling will have seen Josh Tarling denied a medal by a puncture in Saturday’s Time Trial, he was 4th by a couple of seconds and the wheel change took at least 10 seconds. Chapeau to Anna Henderson who got an unexpected silver in the women’s event. It looked liked history would repeat itself earlier when Tom Pidcock punctured while leading the men’s cross country but he came back through the field for an awesome win. Booed by the classy French crowd, their man was second. Pidcock's win was phenomenal. To come back from 40 seconds down and win like that is probably as good an Olympic performance as I've ever seen. The booing was unfortunate but I wouldn't make too much of it. The French guy had led for so long and looked big and strong enough to take a sprint finish, the race was neck and neck but suddenly Pidcock came into the home straight on his own and the crowd can't really have known what had happened. I think they were probably shocked as much as anything. It sounded more like disbelief with some booing thrown in - not sure any home crowd would have reacted much differently. Best to focus on the incredible athleticism and bike handling skills of Tom Pidcock. They might have seen the coming together between the two riders close to the end. |
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Jul 29, 2024 19:12:31 GMT 1
Pidcock took the better line and held it, no problem.
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Jul 30, 2024 10:47:08 GMT 1
Those of you who follow cycling will have seen Josh Tarling denied a medal by a puncture in Saturday’s Time Trial, he was 4th by a couple of seconds and the wheel change took at least 10 seconds. Chapeau to Anna Henderson who got an unexpected silver in the women’s event. It looked liked history would repeat itself earlier when Tom Pidcock punctured while leading the men’s cross country but he came back through the field for an awesome win. Booed by the classy French crowd, their man was second. In the interests of fairness, the French guy who finished 2nd to Pidcock couldn’t have been more classy in his post race comments. |
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Post by Pilch on Jul 30, 2024 22:38:46 GMT 1
I turned on today and it was bmx skills, I sat laughing at how amazing the skills were that they were pulling off
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