I said it yesterday that the Madison is absolutely mental but it's probably my favourite event in the whole Olympics. The mix of endurance and sprinting is great to watch and the tactics, from what I understand of them, are fascinating.
GB looked like they were going to struggle to hold on to bronze and then suddenly in the last 8 laps they grabbed silver and nearly nabbed gold.
Great fun.
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07-08-2021 09:04 AM #181
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07-08-2021 10:13 AM #182This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Edit. Ignore me, I looked it up. 43, 40 and 40.
It looked like France were going to blow everyone away but couldn't maintain the lead. Very tactical race compared to the women's race.Last edited by Moulin Yarns; 07-08-2021 at 10:16 AM.
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07-08-2021 10:15 AM #183This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
GB 40
France 40
Belgium 4th on 32
Big gap back after that. No one managed to gain a lap.
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07-08-2021 10:17 AM #184This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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07-08-2021 10:20 AM #185
There's showjumping on at the moment and I like the attitude of this Lithuanian horse. Couple of the jumps he just hasn't fancied and no one is making him jump them.
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07-08-2021 10:49 AM #186This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-08-2021 10:53 AM #187
I was impressed by the Modern Pentathlon, running for a while and every so often stopping to fire a laser gun at a target, for me that takes a lot of skill, controlling your breathing every so often like that then running off again.
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07-08-2021 11:00 AM #188
It amuses me that the horse gets described as ‘opinionated’ when he’s going the wrong way
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07-08-2021 11:19 AM #189This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-08-2021 11:30 AM #190
Sifan Hassan is the athlete of the games for me.
Gold in the 10000m, gold in the 5000, bronze in the 1500m
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That's almost superhuman.
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07-08-2021 11:47 AM #191
Fantastic bronze for Kerr in the 1500m, almost got silver and just outside No Farah's British record.
No one beats Ingebritsen at this distance. He's sensational and his work ethic is second to none.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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07-08-2021 11:49 AM #192This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Last edited by HUTCHYHIBBY; 07-08-2021 at 11:52 AM.
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07-08-2021 11:58 AM #193This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-08-2021 12:18 PM #195This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I mean it's not like they're greetin' for effect like in the X Factor to get through the Judges House stage with their inevitable "journey" story.
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07-08-2021 12:28 PM #196This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-08-2021 04:40 PM #198This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-08-2021 04:51 PM #199This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteEvery gimmick hungry yob,
Digging gold from rock and roll
Grabs the mic to tell us,
He'll die before he's sold.
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07-08-2021 05:24 PM #200This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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07-08-2021 10:27 PM #203
The marathon production is annoying me, everyone in the world knows what a marathon is in miles but they are showing it in km, that and Radcliffe's commentary, hope a world record happens to shut her up quicker
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07-08-2021 11:01 PM #204This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
United we stand here....
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07-08-2021 11:04 PM #205This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
United we stand here....
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07-08-2021 11:24 PM #206
That was funny watching the self driving car drive away and the guy chasing after it.
United we stand here....
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07-08-2021 11:54 PM #207
that's twice now in the last few mins the kenyan lying 2nd has turned around to say something to that wee spanish dude clipping his heels
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07-08-2021 11:59 PM #208
Kipchoge could stop for a pint and a fag and he'd still win this.
One of the, imo unfair, criticisms of him is that he often loads up races with his pacemakers. Not today. He's done the hard work in brutal conditions himself.
And marathons are increasingly being paced and marked in kms now. It's really just bringing it into line with all the other events. Even the uber imperial Americans mark their 3 majors in metric now.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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