Howmanheyman 26804 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Whatevs. The last few world cups and euros have been unmitigated shite btw. Last passable world cup was mayyyybe 98. I won't accept alternative views on this. Fair enough. P.s. enjoy the synchronised tiddlywinks event later today. I hear team GB's Mark Jenkins from Leamington Spa has a great chance of a silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30393 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I love the Olympics. First one I can properly remember is LA in '84 although I have some vague recollections of Moscow four years earlier. Alan Wells and Seb Coe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14584 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Whatevs. The last few world cups and euros have been unmitigated shite btw. Last passable world cup was mayyyybe 98. I won't accept alternative views on this. Missing the glaring point that Euro 2000 was indisputably the best football tournament ever to take place I've always enjoyed the Olympics, as Alex says the first one I remember is Moscow 1980 when Alan Wells won the 100m. We'd just moved to Scotland and to say he returned a national hero is something of an understatement. The US and others boycotted that year (Thatcher made shot putting budgie breeder Geoff Capes stay at home though, because he was in the police ) but it's a fact that Wells beat every single one of his main rivals over the course of that summer, he went to the US in the September to take on the main yank contender and beat him too. I think there's the whiff of doping about Wells's achievements now though, which is a shame. Also Daley Thomson wearing a t shirt with " is the worlds second greatest athlete gay?" On the podium at the LA games in 84 after Carl Lewis won four golds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30393 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I saw Alan Wells beat Ben Johnson at Gateshead stadium. Notable (obviously) because Johnson was on the cusp of becoming the fastest man in the world (he won the world championships the following year) but also because it was 1986 and Johnson had become the Commonwealth champion in Edinburgh just before that, but Wells wasn't even selected to run for Scotland. Funnily enough, since you mention him, I can remember Wells' lap of honour with all the British athletes congratulating him and he came to a group of them that included Daley Thompson. Thompson sort of slinked to the back of the group and the pair basically ignored each other. Seemed a bit odd. It goes without saying that big egos don't always get on like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14584 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I saw Alan Wells beat Ben Johnson at Gateshead stadium. Notable (obviously) because Johnson was on the cusp of becoming the fastest man in the world (he won the world championships the following year) but also because it was 1986 and Johnson had become the Commonwealth champion in Edinburgh just before that, but Wells wasn't even selected to run for Scotland. Funnily enough, since you mention him, I can remember Wells' lap of honour with all the British athletes congratulating him and he came to a group of them that included Daley Thompson. Thompson sort of slinked to the back of the group and the pair basically ignored each other. Seemed a bit odd. It goes without saying that big egos don't always get on like. From wiki... Wells missed most of 1985 with injury. He was not selected for the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986, as he had failed to compete at the Scottish trials. However, in a stunning comeback, he soundly beat both Johnson and Mahorn, the respective Commonwealth 100 m and 200 m champions at Gateshead. The Scottish commenwealth games officials didn't pick a former Olympic champion for the team in his home city...... I remember the outcry well, and the press campaigns to get him there. All to no avail, the "village hall committee members" didn't budge Think the sane happened with Coe in the run up to Seoul in 1988? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I like some of the minority sports in both the summer and winter Olympics. Always enjoy the curling. My mate said he was glued to the fencing yester I've watched a bit hockey and swimming so far but can't get into the cycling at all. It's alright round the track but these road races are dull as fuck other than the last 30 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30393 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Juan Samaranch (sp?) mentioned the possibility of Coe competing as an independent athlete in 88 iirc. He would've struggled to win a medal though. Also Britain had some good 1500m runners - Elliot and Cram both made the final and came 2nd and 4th repsectively. Coe was still a better runner than Steve Crabb then though. The case with Wells was just daft though. I think the only other decent sprinter they had was Elliot Bunney (who I think might've made the 4x100m relay team in Seoul). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 790 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I've watched the cycling, womens rugby sevens, tennis, archery, synchronised diving, table tennis, archery, handball, canoeing, and, my favourite so far, the fencing. I love it, I think probably because it's so varied and the athletes are doing it for the love of the sport, quite often making massive sacrifices for their sport. I think it's also probably a lot to do with the fact that I lose more and more interest in football as the years go by (Friday night and the Euros didn't exactly help matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34435 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 The rugby 7s has been good as well, aye. That baldy English lass lobbing people about like ragdolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30393 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 The rugby 7s has been good as well, aye. That baldy English lass lobbing people about like ragdolls. Was telling my laddie that this was the women's rugby sevens while we were watching it and he just wouldn't have it that she wasn't a fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34435 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 [emoji38] It took a bit of googling for me to be satisfied. My lass was googling "can rugby sevens teams have one man in them". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Whitehurst 790 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 [emoji38] It took a bit of googling for me to be satisfied. My lass was googling "can rugby sevens teams have one man in them". I have to say, my interest in the sport was initially piqued by a couple of the French players who certainly didn't conform to the usual female rugby player stereotype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34435 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Rower from Kazakhstan has just capsized his boat. YAKSEMASH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26804 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 It's been interesting watching the freestyle Brazilian street thieves team in action. Take a look at @FootballVines's Tweet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Great advert for Brazil, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 26804 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 The hipster in the green T-shirt, beard and glasses isn't exactly sending out a 'shit, I'd better steer clear of this radge cunt' message, is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Everyone watching the Women's Handball? The Swedish are sexy and violent. Bit like myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 that lad at 1:05 ish, does his victim seem bothered at all, she just hands him the phone and keeps on wandering off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34435 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Tbf she probably reasonsled that a stabbing might be her reward for putting up a fight. Plus it looked like it was only an iPhone anyway. Probably glad for the nudge to finally shift to android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Somebody has clearly had a word with Helen Skelton like, she's gone from one extreme to the other and is now wearing more clobber than a nun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19819 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 One of the yank divers was called Steele Johnson. Snigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34435 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Aye great name. Feel sorry for Daley's dive partner. All the coverage this morning is about how "Tom Daley and his dive partner won the bronze". At least give the fucker a name check, he's an Olympic medalist ffs. He's not getting one in this post though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12767 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Aye and he has a name and it's Billy Frontflip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16631 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Aye and he has a name and it's Billy Frontflip Just lazy jurno's as per fucking usual. I've enjoyed watching some of the sport I dont normally watch. The &s has been good. Fencing I quite enjoyed too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19819 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Aye, the fencing was good. Quite enjoy the challenge of trying to get your head around the rules and scoring systems for the different events. The wife and I were still scratching our heads on the diving till about round 4 or 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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