(Just found out what that little lever thing is that moves immediately before the release. It's a 'clicker' that indicates you've reached a full draw - consistently. I've been looking to see if we have a local club. I fancy having a go. ).
I thought the BMX girl was brilliant. She steamed through all the rounds I saw, god knows how it works but won them with ease. Then in the final her start was poor and she ended well back.
But...her attitude was fantastic, still smiling, great to see.
MrLongbeard wrote: Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:50 am
What the heck.
In the swimming relay races, a team can qualify through the rounds, but the country can then field a different team for the final?
It does seem odd but I suppose it's a team medal so you can perm any 4 from the whole team for any round. (However, that means that everyone on the team roster that competes in the associated strokes/distance should get a medal...and I don't even know if anyone from the heats that isn't used in the final does. ).
Edit: just had a squizz at the rules. I suspect it's a loophole type thing.
weeksy wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:48 pm
So tomorrow is the big Cycling Road Race. Pretty much the best of the best.
Mathieu van der Poel is favourite at 11/4 with the 2 Belgians next Remco Evenepoel, and Wout van Aert at 11/2 and 6/1.
I could see the Belgians doing it with team-work but they're going to have to agree between themselves which of them gets the chance to attack and when.
It's a uppy downy course and lots of hard kickers in it.
I'm going with van der Poel personally and i think by minutes rather than seconds.
Mathieu van der Poel (NED) to Win by 30 Seconds or More @ 7/1 i think is a decent bet IMO.
Glad I never put that on. VdP isn't quite there Evenepoel is though.
weeksy wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:48 pm
So tomorrow is the big Cycling Road Race. Pretty much the best of the best.
Mathieu van der Poel is favourite at 11/4 with the 2 Belgians next Remco Evenepoel, and Wout van Aert at 11/2 and 6/1.
I could see the Belgians doing it with team-work but they're going to have to agree between themselves which of them gets the chance to attack and when.
It's a uppy downy course and lots of hard kickers in it.
I'm going with van der Poel personally and i think by minutes rather than seconds.
Mathieu van der Poel (NED) to Win by 30 Seconds or More @ 7/1 i think is a decent bet IMO.
Glad I never put that on. VdP isn't quite there Evenepoel is though.
Crowds are huge!!!!
11.5km to go and it looks like he may have it in the bag, that was pretty decisive and the french rider had nothing in reply. The 2nd group aren't making any ground at the moment
Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2024 8:19 am
Golf is probably 3rd on my list of sports which shouldn't be at the Olympics.
Football and tennis are 1st and 2nd by the way. From that you can probably work out what criterion I'm using
I'll add anything that needs a panel of judges to evaluate the likes of 'artistic interpretation'. I'm a 'higher, faster, further, more consistently accurate' fan.
wull wrote: Sun Aug 04, 2024 8:42 am
I’m purely going on the enjoyment factor of it, it’s going to be some finish today. As for the being professionals or not i don’t really give a fuck.
Pretty much this, I really like watching sports that I'd never normally watch. The Archery this morning is brilliant for example.
However, football can go, breakdancing can deffo go. Apart from those two, I'll watch most of the other stuff.
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