It’s on the telly.
2021 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)
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Fiji are just mint at this game.
Thank you! Feels like it's going to practically be a national holiday here today, literally everyone I know was celebrating last nightCongratulations, I see she took gold! Great achievement for her and your country
Ah thanks for the tag, unfortunately I didn't see the notification, however BBC showed some of it, with the Brazilian and Japanese surfers. I had it on in the background while I worked so will rewatch on iplayer later, one of them looked to take a huge tumble into the water, breaking his board. It's not an "every day" sport in the UK so would be nice to see more of it, unfortunately I don't have euro sports.
Does anyone know when the gymnastics starts and what channel?
It’s on now. No clue of the channel in the UK though
It’s changing over to BBC 2.
Shit. Simone almost fell down on the vault.
Oh my god we might have just lost the team gold in the first event with that
It feels a bit galling that Russia are essentially being allowed to compete as normal. I feel some sympathy for the athletes given many of them won't have been involved/had any say in the matter but I'm not sure the absence of the flag and anthem means anything when you're still allowed to compete under a name with 'Russia' in the title and in your national colours. I think it would mean more if their athletes were still allowed to compete but under something more neutral.
Didn't they compete under a neutral banner in 2016?
Nope, competed as Russia. It was in the last 2 World Athletics Championships that they had to compete as “Authorised Neutral Athletes”.
I think Russian athletes should’ve been made to compete under the “Independent Olympic Athletes” banner that has been used for banned nations.
That's where I've seen it then. Cheers.
Isn't there some talk of the football team not being allowed to compete as Russia should they qualify for next year's World Cup?
Agreed
Lee with a 15.4!!! Yes!!!
Russia answered with a 14.9 though
Need a couple miracles from Biles to have a chance now
Russia are taking this team comp. it’s real strange with Biles, it really didn’t seem like an injury. Intriguing. Super sad either way for her, amount of pressure on her must be unreal.
Fecking 2021
Oooh, mistake!
Oooh, mistake!
ROC just feel off the beamRegarding Biles and the physical toll and the pressure…
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Do the BBC get a bonus for switching the coverage to another channel every five minutes? Bloody annoying.
Let's go Suni Lee!
14.133 on Beam. US now ahead of ROC by 0.1
14.133 on Beam. US now ahead of ROC by 0.1
Russians ruining everything on the beam
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Wonder what kind of injury it is, seemed like a minor annoyance at the moment itself. Hopefully healthy again for the rest of the competitions.
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scenes . What an amazing video
Great stuff. I’m loving the watch party coverage. A similar one from last night for the US. Imagine watching your high school teammate win gold
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Watching the softball final. Have no clue what’s going on. Thought baseball was hard to understand but this is next level 
Reports are it's a mental issue. Wouldn't be desperately surprising if someone with as much attention/pressure as Biles was to find it too much for once.
That's the USA fecked, Chiles lost the plot there at the end.
It’s basically the same rules manWatching the softball final. Have no clue what’s going on. Thought baseball was hard to understand but this is next level
Sunisa Lee vs Nina Derwael at the uneven bars is gonna be a final of never seen before quality. Incredible stuff both of them.
That is an AMAZING bronze for GB.
Crikey, we won a bronze! Don't think I saw more than two of our competitors.
All throws are underarm. All shots are hit along the ground and don’t clear the nearest fielder. At least in baseball you get the occasional home run!It’s basically the same rules man
Feck, 4th
Amazing from the russians
Hope Biles can recover for the individual events
Amazing from the russians
Hope Biles can recover for the individual events
Had no idea we were about to get a bronze in gymnastics- I had it on in the background, and whenever they weren't talking about Russia vs US for gold, I kept hearing of how well Italy and France were doing
Estonia won gold in the women's team epee