Blue Nosed Babe 21,400 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Gutted that Jake Wightman is not running. He was definitely a medal chance. Hadron Collider 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Blue 9,982 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 hours ago, JamieD said: Why are long jumpers so pish compared to the Lewis/Powell days? The longest jump this year is a foot short of the world record. There is only one jump in the last 15 years in the top 20 jumps of all time. Think money has to do with it now as well mate. I’m sure I heard the good sprinters these days get paid a tidy sum on the diamond league circuit for the blue ribband events so they won’t want to injure themselves taking on the jumping events too. Those focusing on the long jump don’t have the speed the sprinters do, or the likes of Lewis in the past, or they’d have just done 100m. JamieD 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingObv 10,858 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 minutes ago, Moody Blue said: Think money has to do with it now as well mate. I’m sure I heard the good sprinters these days get paid a tidy sum on the diamond league circuit for the blue ribband events so they won’t want to injure themselves taking on the jumping events too. Those focusing on the long jump don’t have the speed the sprinters do, or the likes of Lewis in the past, or they’d have just done 100m. Ultimately this, yes. To pop out a 8.60+ long jump you need to have around 10.20s raw 100m speed, or preferably faster. These guys are just choosing to focus on sprints instead of bothering to jump. More money to be made by being a very good sprinter than a world class field event specialist. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 21,400 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 For a small nation we have a fair amount of talented sportspeople. Moody Blue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Blue Legend 63,236 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Think I would get a medal at Table Tennis, BMX speed race and Trampoline. blaudrup, Bigdave30 and Blue Nosed Babe 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluekev 46,696 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 5 minutes ago, Moody Blue Legend said: Think I would get a medal at Table Tennis, BMX speed race and Trampoline. The real test for trampolining should be after 12 pints and a bottle of wine at a family BBQ. Blue Nosed Babe, Inigo, Moody Blue Legend and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Blue Legend 63,236 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Just now, Bluekev said: The real test for trampolining should be after 12 pints and a bottle of wine at a family BBQ. Mate that is my warm up. Bluekev and Blue Nosed Babe 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moody Blue Legend 63,236 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Blue Nosed Babe, BookWorm, Moody Blue and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelavic191 4,778 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Good day for Team GB so far Blue Nosed Babe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaudrup 6,128 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Kayak Cross looks like it might be Mario Kart with canoes, going to check this out over the weekend. Inigo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10pshortof17pound 2,623 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 hours ago, Moody Blue Legend said: ‘Mags 1, I’m coming through’ shortly followed by ‘Apologies, Mags 2, I thought I was facing the other way’. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummiesoot 16,225 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Fuck me Denise Lewis looking fantastic Inigo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sRcFoCt 8,172 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 McEwan's Lager, KaiserJon, Bluekev and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 31,966 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Argentina their usual sporting selves in the football I see. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangers_no1 34,420 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 7 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said: Argentina their usual sporting selves in the football I see. What happened? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 31,966 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 11 minutes ago, Rangers_no1 said: What happened? Just diving about and play acting as per. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 31,966 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Grant Fisher ran an excellent race. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer93 15,455 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Fucking Rebecca Adlington is hard to listen to Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 92,441 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 2 minutes ago, hammer93 said: Fucking Rebecca Adlington is hard to listen to Frankie Boyle saying she has a face like when you look at yourself on the back of a spoon was genius Bluekev, Negri's lovechild, hammer93 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 4,226 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 Disappointed for the British BMX girl, she absolutely destroyed the competition in the qualifying runs. Thought she was a certainty surfsup2 and barrymorrison1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 4,226 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 The Olympics certainly havent covered themselves in glory from a moral standpoint. Having a competitor with an XY chromosome fighting women doesn't sit right with me. Throw in the fact they allowed a pedo to compete and I feel these incidents will shadow all the good that's happened from the medal winners surfsup2 and Negri's lovechild 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 33,276 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 I really like that all of the British athletes seem like very nice, down to earth people. Very relaxing to listen to folk like that. Excepting Josh Kerr obv. TEFTONG 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadron Collider 32,280 Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 1 hour ago, hammer93 said: Fucking Rebecca Adlington is hard to listen to Hard to look at as well mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKingObv 10,858 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 21 hours ago, Blue Nosed Babe said: Gutted that Jake Wightman is not running. He was definitely a medal chance. He wasn't. Had little chance over 800m. 100m heats coming up soon - will be interesting to see how the main contenders look (Thompson and Lyles mainly). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 21,400 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 2 hours ago, TheKingObv said: He wasn't. Had little chance over 800m. 100m heats coming up soon - will be interesting to see how the main contenders look (Thompson and Lyles mainly). Love a good 100m Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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