jmothecat Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Great stuff. I was worried at the end. Another win for Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 2 hours ago, The Naitch said: Daley's made a right c**t of things at the diving. Peaked too soon like Sooky mentioned. He is a very 90s style British Olympic star. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 The showjumping section of the pentathlon seems to be absolute carnage. Only knocking over 4 fences appears to be a reasonable success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Coubertin created the contest to simulate the experience of a 19th-century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines: he must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight enemies with pistol and sword, swim, and run to return to his own soldiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 1 minute ago, HibeeJibee said: Coubertin created the contest to simulate the experience of a 19th-century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines: he must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight enemies with pistol and sword, swim, and run to return to his own soldiers. Who grows up and decides they want to be a modern pentathlete? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 The showjumping section of the pentathlon seems to be absolute carnage. Only knocking over 4 fences appears to be a reasonable success. They only have 20 minutes notice of the horse they have to use, it's a random draw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 This is brilliant. Horse fucking off. Rider giving chase. ETA: I think in the entire Olympics the Showjumping in the Pentathlon is the one where you think you could probably do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Carnage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Carnage. And they've just said that was the horse the current leader has to ride. [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Saints Fan Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 This is excellent viewing. Seething horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Walkden and Cho both into their taekwando SFs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Both the taekwondo guys reach the semi's. Bianca Walkden, the 3rd seed, will play the Chinese 2nd seed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 So 2nd place going into the last combined event and start 9 seconds after the first. I have no idea at all if 9 seconds is significant or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 1 minute ago, Sooky said: So 2nd place going into the last combined event and start 9 seconds after the first. I have no idea at all if 9 seconds is significant or not. I'm guessing it is as little as a couple of missed shots. I'm delighted by how absolutely fucking bonkers this entire event is. One hour to go til the running shooting, apparently. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 Works out quite well timing wise. Taekwondo semi-finals at 9:30 and 9:45 and the final round of pentathlon at 10pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 It's not. For context the combined shoot-run at London 2012 took the medalists between 10mins 30sec and 11mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meth Damon Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Should definitely get points off for this shrieking noise they make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Boring,boring Walkden. (Though I've actually quite enjoyed it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Golden point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 The punches never register. What's the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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