Silver for Ireland, yay!
Rio Olympics 2016
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Simone Biles just done an incredible floor routine.
Made a small mistake on her final landing, but we are only saying it because it's her. She's just not human
fecking hell 15.966
Catch that you cnuts she says
Catch that you cnuts she says
Raisman does her routine awesomely well. Surely she has a medal as well. Will it be gold, silver or bronze?
Amy Tinkler gets bronze in the floor exercise.
Do they get marked on the dancing and prancing? They don't make the men do it.
Not sure. Maybe they should make the men do it. Make it really entertaining.
Penalties. Sweden vs Brazil on now. BBC4
Very poor penalty from Brazil.
The Brazil goalkeeper..
Christ, that Sweden one was even worse. Pathetic attempt.
Yes, but it's mostly a question of them losing marks if they're not moving in rhythm with the music, or if they look awkward doing it. It's supposed to be artistic and the moves are supposed to flow as a continuous story. Basically they can't just fill in time between tumbles, it's supposed to look like it belongs.
Good penalty from the defender.
Peach of a performance by Hambüchen 
Good save but easy enough to guess.
Come on Barbara
Sweden do it.
Hell of a faceplant in the high bar just then.
I'm not bitching (really), but isn't there a thread for olympic football?
Dutch guy just slipped of the high bar, looked pretty bad... nvm, he's up again.
Dutch guy just slipped of the high bar, looked pretty bad... nvm, he's up again.
Lots of bitterness towards the British Cycling team from rival countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/16/british-cycling-head-coach-hits-back-rivals
This quote made me chuckle, the friggin idiot
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/16/british-cycling-head-coach-hits-back-rivals
This quote made me chuckle, the friggin idiot
Us Brits are being ferried from event to event by BBC1 and BBC4, watching finals, seeing the closing minutes of football matches etc, or we can go against the stream and watch individual sports. We're mostly on continuous channel flip, even if we don't touch the remote.
Ah, fair enough.
Love gymnastics at the Olympics. That Simone Biles was incredible earlier. Also crazy the 16 y/o brit who got the bronze, only did her GCSEs last month!
Hambüchen is so close to complete his medal set
All the recent doping scandals has made many athletes hint at other athletes using PEDs as a way of justifying their performances. It just feels weird because I personally feel influenced by it, like I suspect that any champion could be using drugs.
Gold for Hambüchen in his last final. Brilliant!
@kouroux
Well, I can see where they're coming from. It looks pretty fishy how much stronger they suddenly looked compared to recent events. And it's cycling...hard not to put 2 and 2 together.
@kouroux
Well, I can see where they're coming from. It looks pretty fishy how much stronger they suddenly looked compared to recent events. And it's cycling...hard not to put 2 and 2 together.
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Those women gymnasts have certainly improved since 1936.
Conlan's defeat was a travesty.
Corruption at the Olympics, why I never. Shameless bunch.
Who do they think they are? F.I.F.A.?
What happened? Nothing on german TV.
Conlan looked like he won the fight and the judges gave it unanimously to the Russian. Conlan then let the judges have it in an interview after the game. He was distraught.What happened? Nothing on german TV.
Trott!!!
Money talks for the Russians as it did last night in the super or just heavyweight when the kazack boxer was robbed as well, the russian should have had two 10 counts in the last round, it was a sign of things to come today
Another good race from Laura Trott, one more event to go. Stretched her lead.
Go Laura!
Hot to Trott!
Hot to Trott!
I am amazed they don't fall off, the bike is wobbling all over the place when they pick up speed.Trott!!!
That American girl looked like she was gonna throw herself off, she was all over the place
It's getting the technique right while getting the speed. Becky James through to the final now.