Sport 2020(/1) Tokyo Olympics

[Deebs]

🥉Not a great race but not sure over the last baton handover.

 

[Deebs]

Fucking hell that was close 🥈

Well done to the Italians.

 

[Aoami]

View: https://twitter.com/Adam_Gemili/status/1423643884584902658

 

[Hawkwind]

View: https://twitter.com/Adam_Gemili/status/1423643884584902658

Bar one expletive that is exactly what my son said watching it

 

[Deebs]

🥊🥇 Nicely done Galal.

 

[Deebs]

Come on Tom.... Cracking first two dives.

Men's silly event is on as well. Wonder if the gee gees will behave today?

 

[Embattle]

Come on Tom.... Cracking first two dives.

Men's silly event is on as well. Wonder if the gee gees will behave today?

I'll post this quote here about the german woman on that horse in the modern pentathlon, I was going to say speculate something similar:

But Samantha Murray, an Olympic silver medallist and world champion, believes that the nightmare nature of the performance came about largely due to 'rider error'.

'When you try to break it down, you can see that it's largely rider error, the mistakes,' she said. 'I think she was quite put off, because when this horse first went into the arena in the first round, she was eliminated on this horse.

'That probably set a bit of a panic off with this athlete. So when she would have got on this horse, she would have been a bit stressed. That transcends into the horse. Horses can't see the rider, they can only feel you when you're on top.

'You need composure, and you need to be very decisive with what you're going to do when you're riding.

'In the moments when she was crying and panicking, I understand why she was like that, but you just wish she'd let the reins loose a bit and rode more with her leg. Really give the horse as much positivity as possible, ride forward, encouragement.

'You saw, when she came to the fences correctly, the horse jumped. When she came on the wrong stride, not quite there, not quite close enough, the horse stopped, because the horse was losing confidence all the way through that.

'These horses need to feel as confident as possible with you, an unknown rider to them.'

 

[Deebs]

I'll post this quote here about the german woman on that horse in the modern pentathlon, I was going to say speculate something similar:

I also read that she could have chosen a different horse but chose not to.

 

[Deebs]

🥉for Tom but those last two dives from the Chinese were incredible.

 

[Embattle]

🥉for Tom but those last two dives from the Chinese were incredible.

Yeah but they also don't make mistakes, Tom made one slight mistake and got 80 points in the 4th round and the two Chinese went past but even if he hadn't those last dives would probably have done it for them.

 

[Deebs]

Men's Madison and Team GB in the lead. Chaos at high speed

 

[Deebs]

Cor this is getting rather exciting.

 

[Deebs]

Jesus what a fucking finish by Team GB for 🥈

 

[Deebs]

Just the laser run to go much like yesterday....

 

[Embattle]

Kim Raisner: German modern pentathlon coach thrown out of Tokyo Games for punching horse

A German modern pentathlon coach has been thrown out of the Tokyo Olympics for punching a horse during competition.

www.skysports.com

 

[Gwadien]

It's pretty weird that they get a horse assigned to them.

Is that just for the pentathlon or all horse events?

 

[Deebs]

It's pretty weird that they get a horse assigned to them.

Is that just for the pentathlon or all horse events?

Penthathlon only I think. The main equestrian events the athletes bring their own horses who they have been training with for years.

 

[Gwadien]

They should take out the horse riding part and do skateboarding instead.

 

[Deebs]

They should take out the horse riding part and do skateboarding instead.

Nah add paintball into the mix and tiddlywinks for the final round.

 

[Wij]

Horse boxing tbh

 

[Ormorof]

What would a modern modern pentathlon look like?

Skateboarding? CS:GO? Bouldering?

 

[Deebs]

Come on Team GB do the double!

 

[Deebs]

ooooh this is going to be close

 

[Deebs]

Fucking get in there! The double is ours! 🥇

 

[Wij]

What would a modern modern pentathlon look like?

Skateboarding? CS:GO? Bouldering?

CSGO probably. Also bog-twitter, teabagging and drag.

 

[Tom]

Kim Raisner: German modern pentathlon coach thrown out of Tokyo Games for punching horse

A German modern pentathlon coach has been thrown out of the Tokyo Olympics for punching a horse during competition.

www.skysports.com

"Mwuhahah bye bye medal bitch"

 

[Moriath]

I love the kenyan flag. With the tribal shield on it

 

[Embattle]

Stroud skatepark where Olympic athletes trained set to close

Popular skatepark used by medal-winning athletes set to close as waterside development progresses.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Raven]

While I like to see redevelopment rather than tearing stuff down. There is no point developing and existing and functioning 'thing'

 

[Raven]

What impresses me most is our spread of medals, we have missed several that in previous years we would expect golds and still ticking over nicely.