Olympic Games 2020

[balthazarstarbuck]

3 minutes ago, mcshed said:

If dressage is somehow dancing then surely rhythmic gymnastics is also?

Totally forgot about Rhythmic Gymnastics. I was more thinking about ballroom, but forgot Rhythmic is to music as well.

So human dancing has to be with a ball, ribbon, or in the water (I suppose you can count synchro as well)

[waltere]

Two fun facts about Flora Duffy becoming Bermuda's first ever Olympic champion - in women's triathlon:

1. It means Bermuda is now the smallest country, population-wise, ever to win a Summer Olympic title

2. The distance of an Olympic triathlon is longer than the island of Bermuda itself!

Edited July 27, 2021 by waltere

[Ayrshire Chris]

Looks like Germany has won the horse dancing 

Edited July 27, 2021 by Ayrshire Chris

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Looks like Germany has won the horse dancing.  

At a canter 

[Padgey]

Loving the Olympics, the rugby 7s game earlier was a cracker and really got into the Taekwondo this time round although I don't quite spot all the scoring points.

I didn't really get the skate boarding yesterday, considering the competitors are the elite in their sport they all just seemed to fall off.

Can't wait for the cycling and athletics to start.

[Ayrshire Chris]

5 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

At a canter 

The goose step won it for them 

[Zoo Music Girl]

I've surprised myself by really enjoying the Olympics this year. We've been watching some highlights packages and it's all been pretty uplifting and exciting stuff. Really enjoyed seeing the British golds but the triathlon and skateboarding have been great too.

[Ayrshire Chris]

The gymnastic women’s team were tremendous, they seem overjoyed with their performance and so they should be. 

[balthazarstarbuck]

1 hour ago, crazyfool1 said:

At a canter 

That’s what you get when you dance the fox trot.

[Quark]

1 hour ago, Padgey said:

Loving the Olympics, the rugby 7s game earlier was a cracker and really got into the Taekwondo this time round although I don't quite spot all the scoring points.

I didn't really get the skate boarding yesterday, considering the competitors are the elite in their sport they all just seemed to fall off.

I mean, yes they did. But then some of the rugby players dropped the ball or missed a tackle. Gymnasts sometimes don't stick a landing. The archers the other day didn't all hit consistent 10s. And they're all pretty elite?

There's nowhere to hide in skateboarding. It's not like in rugby where play carries on after a knock on, or even gymnastics when you catch your balance by taking a step back (and getting scored down for it!) You're basically standing on a ruler with wheels, any balance mistake and you're off.

I get that skateboarding's going to take time to get accepted, but people are very quick to write it off.

[northernringo]

Loving the Olympics so far, the triathlons have been the personal highlight for me.

Only sports so far I have had to turn off are Dressage and Softball. Both very dull.

Can't wait until the climbing starts.

[Ayrshire Chris]

Softball is just rounders isn’t it?  Classic school PE game.  Why change the name 

[Skelts]

2 hours ago, Quark said:

I get that skateboarding's going to take time to get accepted, but people are very quick to write it off.

I love it, the skills are amazing. Even in slow mo I can’t figure out how they do some of the tricks! Sorcery is involved. 

[Ashl]

1 hour ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

Softball is just rounders isn’t it?  Classic school PE game.  Why change the name 

Having for some reason played it at school 15 years ago in PE it is definitely not it is a huge ball that is very much impossible to catch without a mitt, surprised its an Olympic sport though!

[Quark]

30 minutes ago, Skelts said:

I love it, the skills are amazing. Even in slow mo I can’t figure out how they do some of the tricks! Sorcery is involved. 

Indeed. Getting the damn thing off the ground is enough for me, but then to actually be able to make it spin around in the way that they want just with their feet is madness. It's always amazed me.

[steviewevie]

8 minutes ago, Ashl said:

Having for some reason played it at school 15 years ago in PE it is definitely not it is a huge ball that is very much impossible to catch without a mitt, surprised its an Olympic sport though!

V popular in Japan is maybe a good reason.

[Simsy]

4 hours ago, northernringo said:

Can't wait until the climbing starts.

Sport climbing is insane, really looking forward to it.

[Padgey]

4 hours ago, Quark said:

I mean, yes they did. But then some of the rugby players dropped the ball or missed a tackle. Gymnasts sometimes don't stick a landing. The archers the other day didn't all hit consistent 10s. And they're all pretty elite?

There's nowhere to hide in skateboarding. It's not like in rugby where play carries on after a knock on, or even gymnastics when you catch your balance by taking a step back (and getting scored down for it!) You're basically standing on a ruler with wheels, any balance mistake and you're off.

I get that skateboarding's going to take time to get accepted, but people are very quick to write it off.

I think it's because they only skate for what seems like a very short time I expected more of them to get round without coming off.  If I could compare it to anything I guess it would be the snowboarding where they do the tricks on the rails etc and they don't seem to come off as much.

Granted I'd be lucky to travel 5 metres on a skateboard never mind do any tricks so by no way commenting as an expect!

[Ayrshire Chris]

16 minutes ago, Simsy said:

Sport climbing is insane, really looking forward to it.

So am I, climbing is gonna be good, especially since those dancing horses drove me up the wall😉

[Suprefan]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

V popular in Japan is maybe a good reason.

 

1 hour ago, Ashl said:

Having for some reason played it at school 15 years ago in PE it is definitely not it is a huge ball that is very much impossible to catch without a mitt, surprised its an Olympic sport though!

 

Softball returned to being an olympic sport. They took it off their events after 2008. Although its apparently only there for these games and then itll be evaluated again. Softball with a crowd is really what you need to watch. In the u.s. we just had the college softball championships and it was really exciting. Look at it this way, most americans think cricket is boring as hell. And most brits think baseball or softball is boring as hell. Yet if youre a fan of either sport you will argue that its a great and exciting sport. so lets leave it at that.

I dont know why anyone would think skateboarding was going to not deliver. 2 13 year olds just showed the world that theyre coming and the future is bright. Wait in 3 years when the young competitors have gotten even better. Nike did a great job on the uniforms for the countries they sponsored. The U.S. needs them instead of Ralph Lauren trying to make us look like the rich villians from a disney movie who take over the world from a yacht.

[Dales]

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"Artists confirmed to perform so far include Anne-Marie, Bastille, Griff, Laura Mvula and Rag’n’Bone Man". 

[Suprefan]

Shame

 

 

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Suprefan said:

Shame

 

 

Yeah, she's amazing...but obviously not in a good way at the moment.

[gigpusher]

18 hours ago, Quark said:

I mean, yes they did. But then some of the rugby players dropped the ball or missed a tackle. Gymnasts sometimes don't stick a landing. The archers the other day didn't all hit consistent 10s. And they're all pretty elite?

There's nowhere to hide in skateboarding. It's not like in rugby where play carries on after a knock on, or even gymnastics when you catch your balance by taking a step back (and getting scored down for it!) You're basically standing on a ruler with wheels, any balance mistake and you're off.

I get that skateboarding's going to take time to get accepted, but people are very quick to write it off.

Andy Burnham complained about the skateboarding and got a barrage of abuse for not supporting sports that can actually be played by working class people. 

[balthazarstarbuck]

11 minutes ago, gigpusher said:

Andy Burnham complained about the skateboarding and got a barrage of abuse for not supporting sports that can actually be played by working class people. 

Poor really. I’m always a bit iffy with sports that can be judged subjectively, but skateboarding is hardly an outlier in that regard. And surely more people skateboard in the world than snowboard, which has been an Olympic sport since the year dot. All for keeping it with the times.