looking forward to this

hassan going for history, competing in the 1500m, 5k, 10k and marathon 

7 races in 10 days 

Always enjoy the rowing- takes a while and watching boats creeping up on each other is tremendous. 

Archery, judo, modern pentathlon etc.

Even watching Charlotte and her horse was brilliant.

Meh.

57 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Meh.

🤣

Redgrave et al were inspirational. Dunno if you've seen it, but there is a video somewhere of him training. Collapses from total exhaustion at the end.

Complete dedication to his sport.

Should show it to all would-be athletes.

Stories like this are illustrative of the efforts and risks- as with football, rugby etc.

Admiration for them all.

33 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

🤣

Redgrave et al were inspirational. Dunno if you've seen it, but there is a video somewhere of him training. Collapses from total exhaustion at the end.

Complete dedication to his sport.

Should show it to all would-be athletes.

Stories like this are illustrative of the efforts and risks- as with football, rugby etc.

Admiration for them all.

No problems with any of that. I'll see some of it. Won't go out of my way to watch it. Only my opinion of course but in comparison to a World Cup Finals tournament, there's an absolute gulf in terms of interest and excitement.

Hodgkinson is 9/1 SPOTY, wins that 800 I reckon she'll be a shoe in

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

Hodgkinson is 9/1 SPOTY, wins that 800 I reckon she'll be a shoe in

Not if Josh Kerr wins the 1500

19 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Not if Josh Kerr wins the 1500

it's 2024, the female will get the vote 

3 Americans, 2 Ethiopians, 2 Kenyans, 3 Britons, a Ugandan, a South African and a Slovakian in contention - and only 8 places in the final.

So the semis will be interesting.

19 hours ago, MalcolmW said:

3 Americans, 2 Ethiopians, 2 Kenyans, 3 Britons, a Ugandan, a South African and a Slovakian in contention - and only 8 places in the final.

So the semis will be interesting.

I thought you were telling us a joke at first there 🙂

What's happened to the Olympics? Used to be a big fuss made of it years back. Seems to get less coverage.

Couldn't name one athlete these days. 

 

 

On 17/07/2024 at 10:39, L/H White said:

Hodgkinson is 9/1 SPOTY, wins that 800 I reckon she'll be a shoe in

What price is Jimmy Anderson ? 

3 minutes ago, Ani said:

What price is Jimmy Anderson ? 

50/1.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c2v0j0j6nqlo

Discuss!

 

On 19/07/2024 at 17:03, Ani said:

What price is Jimmy Anderson ? 

he's done nowt but retire 

maybe a outstanding achievement award or some cobblers for him

1 hour ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c2v0j0j6nqlo

Discuss!

 

A year in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl

What a disgrace that is

11 hours ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

A year in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl

What a disgrace that is

Exactly!

From a legal perspective though (leaving the morals for a minute) he's served his time, so should he be able to go to the Olympics?

For me, no- here (so presumably in the Netherlands) there are certain roles that prohibit folk with certain criminal backgrounds.

There may well be the odd "minor" competing in the games. 

26 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Exactly!

From a legal perspective though (leaving the morals for a minute) he's served his time, so should he be able to go to the Olympics?

For me, no- here (so presumably in the Netherlands) there are certain roles that prohibit folk with certain criminal backgrounds.

There may well be the odd "minor" competing in the games. 

Legally it would seem there's no barrier because the IOC has stated the decision rests with the national governing bodies and the governing body in the Netherlands has selected him 

Morally, of course, it's a different question and - aside from that - the safeguarding point is a good one

On 17/07/2024 at 10:39, L/H White said:

Hodgkinson is 9/1 SPOTY, wins that 800 I reckon she'll be a shoe in

Went Through Atherton on Sat 

Full of Olympic Flags 

Wonder what's in the video 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/equestrian/articles/cd16ll5z086o

30 minutes ago, DirtySanchez said:

Wonder what's in the video 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/equestrian/articles/cd16ll5z086o

Read the article and wonder no more

Aye, saw that earlier. 

Abusing someone she was teaching, or abusing a horse.

I'll go for the latter.

1 minute ago, Casino said:

Read the article and wonder no more

Seems my guess was correct. 

They didn't elaborate on the wireless earlier. 

25 minutes ago, Casino said:

Read the article and wonder no more

My mind couldn't get far enough into it without wandering where it shouldn't 

U23s football starts today 

I know it's only football, but having events on before the opening ceremony is shite