Mad that they finish in this time I’m about 2 hours slower than them crazy!
2021 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)
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They are incredible, I’ve watched the whole marathon, amazing athletes
If it is any consolation I run considerably faster on road than a treadmill
I was delighted with my marathon time of 3hours 34 minutes and then I watch these women. Incredible running. Did I hear the commentators say it's only Seidel's 2nd ever marathon?!
Fantastic if it is she ran really well, and 3:34 would shit on most runners just gives an idea of how fast these girls are..
Love to sit up for the men’s basketball but I think it’s bedtime for me…
The women’s golf tournament has also been very entertaining.
It’s so so good
Basketball USA! 
dont really watch much Basketball, but to me it looked like USA struggled at times, did not have it all their own way.
They struggled all the way to win the Gold
It's just fair competition. Obviously to beat the team that makes it all the way to the finals won't be a walk in the park.
Cheers , are they all pro players from the NBA ?They struggled all the way to win the Gold
It's just fair competition. Obviously to beat the team that makes it all the way to the finals won't be a walk in the park.
Galal Yafai is very good
This is an excellent flyweight fight
Considering that the Olympics was the first time the majority of them played together, the struggle was clear.They struggled all the way to win the Gold
It's just fair competition. Obviously to beat the team that makes it all the way to the finals won't be a walk in the park.
They won based on KD being unstoppable, take him away and Team USA were very underwhelming and won't make it past Spain.
Galal Yafai Great Britain’s first male Olympic flyweight medal in 65 years. Excellent Gold, well deserved.
That was an excellent performance by Yafai. He has been such a fun boxer to watch with his aggressive style of boxing
Agree and it's a good thing we have KD and they made it past Spain.
Beach volley gold
Done think Tom is getting Gold , the 2 from China are diving well.
Think he is getting a Bronze
Think he is getting a Bronze
Carlin playing demolition derby.
chinese dominance when it comes to diving competitions is absolutely insane. Why are they so much better? Is it their physical average that's so suitable for that sport?
bronze for Daley is a great achievement, happy for him
bronze for Daley is a great achievement, happy for him
The last dive was just insane, the highest score of a dive ever I think they said.
Watching the men’s indoor cycling, and specifically the 6 lap keirin event. For the 1st 3 laps they have a pacesetter that cycles ahead of them to keep them in order.
Then he peels off and the mad sprints begin, up to 75 km/hr begin for the last 3 laps.
Q: why don’t they just have a 3 lap race? It’s weird to see the pacesetter on an ordinary bike just holding them back. He looks like he’s out for a leisurely ride.
Then he peels off and the mad sprints begin, up to 75 km/hr begin for the last 3 laps.
Q: why don’t they just have a 3 lap race? It’s weird to see the pacesetter on an ordinary bike just holding them back. He looks like he’s out for a leisurely ride.
Population of 1.4bn. They put kids from age 4 in sporting boarding schools that train them in an intense way that the western nations would deem as abusive. They focus of certain sports with high medal possibilities and that suit the athletic capabilities of their people. They don’t put as much effort into developing athletes for track and field as they do in things like diving and table tennis for example.
He’s on a motorised bike.
If they only had 3 laps they wouldn’t get those mad speeds. If they didn’t have a pacesetter no one would want to take the lead. It would be like this 1v1 race where they look at each other for half the race.
It’s interesting watching the men’s madison today. A lot more finely balanced compared to yesterday women’s one where Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald won every sprint bar one I think.
The track is so congested it’s amazing there aren’t even more crashes
The track is so congested it’s amazing there aren’t even more crashes
Madison race is quite exciting!
Men's madison, I am watching it, but I have no idea what is going on 
France in a really strong position in the breakaway. They are winning all the sprints at the moment and will get 20 extra points if they can close the full lap.Men's madison, I am watching it, but I have no idea what is going on
cheers, understanding it more as I watch more.
200 laps with a ton of sprints, brutal event.
come on GB this is exciting
Silver for GB Well Done.
That was a great race. I’d be interested to know if that was the GB tactic all along to finish that way. If they’d just got one more point in one of the earlier sprints they would have got gold.
Earlier on they looked like they were going for consistency which ended up being the Danish tactic and worked better for them.
Earlier on they looked like they were going for consistency which ended up being the Danish tactic and worked better for them.
Think GB should be a little disappointed with that silver in the Madison… they were clearly coasting for a long time leaving a lot left in the tank. If they’d just pushed a tiny bit harder in the middle of the race they’d have probably got gold.
Our German coaches playing a blinder with microphones everywhere and no fans. First the racist idiot at the cycling time trial now this woman.
I'm quite amused that just yesterday after I ranted about all the horse riding disciplines today there's a huge debate in Germany how plenty of it is flat out horrible for the horses.
Meanwhile, German television showing horse riding
Brits finished 3 points behind. Anyway, that logic would only have worked if the Danes were toast towards the end. The reality was that they knew only France could overtake them so they spent the final laps on the French wheel instead of trying to win the final sprint.
Team GB doing fantastically well.
We're doing better than some predictions. One US study projected us to win 52 overall with 14 golds finishing 7th in the table. Team GB were aiming for between 45 and 70 so we should get close to the higher end of what we were hoping for.
KO in the men's middleweight boxing! The Ukranian fighter was well ahead on the cards but was stopped by the Brazilian. You don't see that very often in amatuer boxing. Can't find a tweet or video of the knockout but you can see it on the BBC page below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/52501715
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/52501715