Bishop Briggs Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, peasy23 said: A huge shock given the strength of the Dutch team. I know things are different compared to a pro race and IIRC they don't have radios etc, but it appears the Dutch were oblivious to the fact that the Austrian was miles up the road on her own. Annemiek van Vleuten broke away late on to take second and initially thought she had won gold. Kiesenhoffer is an amateur too which makes it all the more remarkable. Sadly, I missed the race. IIRC there are no team radios in the Olympics. There should, however, have been motorcycle board updates for the pursuers. It's up to the road captains, rather than a DS, to know what's going on so the team can decide when and who to chase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, sparky88 said: No, it's kind of out of their control because if the IOC deal with Discovery. It will be the same in three years for Paris 2024 when events will be happening in primetime in UK. Talking pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Turned on the last 23 seconds of France v USA basketball. Still watching it, we've only had six seconds. Is it always like this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 First time I've tuned in but enjoy watching the Skateboarding. No clue how they score any of it right enough but it's certainly fun to watch. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 On 23/07/2021 at 11:31, RosspCfc said: Right see my thing with the Olympics on the BBC, but Red Button aside, there are 207 countries* competing but you'll hear of nothing apart from team GB, on the main coverage. I want to see Germany v Brazil at Handball etc but you've no chance because Jason Kenny is eating his breakfast https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jul/25/bbc-olympics-coverage-misses-events-after-selling-tv-rights 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said: Talking pish. Nope. Beijing happened in almost the exact same timezone and BBC had streams for all sports. Nothing to do with ratings, and everything to do with the IOC deal with Discovery/Eurosport. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 hours ago, peasy23 said: 5 hours ago, Donathan said: Gold medal favourite John Rahm out of the golf after his second positive covid test in two months. First two PCR tests were negative, third and final one returned a positive. Not enough time for Spain to send a replacement, Patrick Reed taking DeChambeau's spot on the US team. Oh goodie................an absolute c*nt being replaced by a cheating c*nt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie adie Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I saw ex Dunfermline playmaker Istvan Kozma son is in the Hungarian swimming team 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 29 minutes ago, Willie adie said: I saw ex Dunfermline playmaker Istvan Kozma son is in the Hungarian swimming team This is his 4th Olympics now! He was born in Dunfermline too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I saw ex Dunfermline playmaker Istvan Kozma son is in the Hungarian swimming team This is his 4th Olympics now! He was born in Dunfermline too. You'd have thought they could have got Freddy Boswell on for a poem 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, SANTAN said: First time I've tuned in but enjoy watching the Skateboarding. No clue how they score any of it right enough but it's certainly fun to watch. The scoring was confusing me, too. Bloke does twisty turny thing on a rail, commentator: "wow, that was absolutely amazing!" Next bloke does exactly the same, commentator: "oh, he'll be disappointed with that". No idea how they work it out, except you get zero points if you fall off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: The scoring was confusing me, too. Bloke does twisty turny thing on a rail, commentator: "wow, that was absolutely amazing!" Next bloke does exactly the same, commentator: "oh, he'll be disappointed with that". No idea how they work it out, except you get zero points if you fall off. Aye that was hard to follow. I think most of the grind moves they do it'll matter if they do an ollie or a nollie then which part of the board they used to connect with the rail. Almost impossible to notice in real time if you're unfamiliar like myself. I was confused because one guy would do a really cool flip into a rail but then the next guy would do what looked closer to a normal grind just at a weird angle and that's apparantly much better. Certainly good to watch though! I've always thought Skateboarding looks so much easier than it is compared to some other sports. Edited July 25, 2021 by SANTAN -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Aye that was hard to follow. I think most of the grind moves they do it'll matter if they do an ollie or a nollie then which part of the board they used to connect with the rail. Almost impossible to notice in real time if you're unfamiliar like myself. I was confused because one guy would do a really cool flip into a rail but then the next guy would do what looked closer to a normal grind just at a weird angle and that's apparantly much better. Certainly good to watch though! I've always thought Skateboarding looks so much easier than it is compared to some other sports. Shout out to the first Olympic skateboarder to wrap his balls around one of the rails. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 8 hours ago, sparky88 said: I think this is the least BBC have shown since Athens. It's because the IOC sold the rights for all of Europe to Discovery. They then sublicensed the ability to have two streams to BBC. Not quite. The BBC already had the rights for 2018 and 2020 when Discovery won their pan-European rights (which didn’t apply in the UK and France until 2022). As part of the deal to sub-license rights to the 2022 and 2024 games, the BBC sub-licensed rights for 2018 and 2020 to Discovery and restricted themselves to two streams as part of that agreement. The BBC also reportedly paid £110m for 2022/2024, so presumably if they wanted to keep more this time (and/or get more in the next two) that figure would have gone up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 BBC conducting an extended interview with the family of a team GB silver medalist on their "highlights" show - what fresh new hell is this?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Saintee Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 No problems with Alex Scott as a pundit but she's not a great presenter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 BBC conducting an extended interview with the family of a team GB silver medalist on their "highlights" show - what fresh new hell is this?! They obviously thought he was a shoe in.On a day of shocks, like in the women's cycling. His 18 year old opponent was a rank outsider, who had to qualify for the last 16, then beat the Worlds no. 1, 2 & Champion to take Gold.The Brit was beaten, on the day, by a guy who was on an amazing day of form. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 False start at the Triathlon as the gun went off with a power boat blocking half the competitors. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Water temperature for the swim is 30°C, I've been in heated pools that were considerably cooler than that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Are triathlon courses usually in laps? I thought it was usually one big course. Could be talking pish though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.