The 1500m swim is a bit of a slog.
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The 1500m swim is a bit of a slog.
Scotland's Duncan Scott wins his third medal in the pool and is on course for a fourth at the weekend. Four medals at one Games would be a new record for a British Olympian.
Novak Djokovic is out of the Olympics, beaten by Alexander Zverev, and misses the chance of winning the Golden Slam.
Bethany Shriever dropping an F bomb after winning gold is my highlight so far.
Paula Radcliffe commentating is my low point. Can't stand her whiny voice.
Listening to woman's fitbaw on radio. Midway through the second half male commentator pitches in with England, quickly followed by GB 🙄
Sore one to take for McColgan in the 5000m. She has to be smarter than that though. At her height she can't get boxed in or getting clipped is inevitable.
Agreed. I'm not saying she's looking for excuses (and I didn't hear her speak live) but from her quotes here it sounds as though she allowed herself to get far too distracted from the task in hand. It's a shame as I thought she had an outside chance of success:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/oly...ost_type=share
Mixed triathlon gold, every one of the athletes had a stormer when it mattered
Brilliant. I’m loving all these mixed events, the dynamics of it are fascinating. I watched the 4x400 mixed relay earlier and Nigeria were miles ahead after 3 legs and ended up finishing last. There’s so many changes of the lead depending on what order you put the men and women.
First drug test failure in the women’s 100 meter field. Why do they do it.
I enjoyed it.
I think it was Michael Johnson who said he didn't like it in it's current format because every team basically does the same thing: Man, woman, woman, man. Those that don't generally learn the hard way such as Nigeria yesterday or I think it was Poland at the world championships.
He suggested that before the race each team draw lots and all their runners go in a random order thus giving random combinations in each leg. It would be interesting to see.
I managed to watch the triathlon before leaving on an overnight trip to Kennacraig. I then had the rather splendid Radio 5 Live coverage for company the highlight of which was the swimming medley. I went through Tyndrum punching the air in delight. Sport at its best.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/oly...ost_type=share
Djokovic showing his class. Guy's a tool.
Women's 7s final shaping up to be a good game.
The Cuban boxers continue to prove the essential superiority of Communist thought.
Footage of Djokovic losing the plot:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/olympics/58037826
Is that Henman commentating? It always amazes me how tennis pundits are so polite and restrained when it comes to criticising players. After what happened to him in the US Open you'd think a guy with Djokovic's experience would know better than to hurl a racket like that. He's in his mid 30s, not some reckless teenager. That could have done real damage to somebody.
Dina Asher Smith in big trouble in the 100m. Think she will struggle to make the final with that time. 200m is her event but she would expect to make the final of the 100.
She's been injured recently and it's showing.