Gymnastics thread

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Right just finished that lot. On to the Chinese and the rest on Channel 301

ooh, lots of men in uniform behind the beam. Hope they're not too much of a distraction

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Fucking hell. I've just seen it's past 6.30pm. A clock I've been looking at has stopped at 2.10pm.

Gonna have to watch the rest on fast forward

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh, He Kexin did a great routine on the bars

 

[equationgirl]

Oh, He Kexin did a great routine on the bars

Was it as good as Beth Tweddle's though? she was so far ahead of everybody in her subdivision, in another league. Her degree of difficulty was 7!

 

[moomoo]

Beth Tweddle was out of this world on the parallel bars, simple outstanding

She's amazing isn't she?!

 

[equationgirl]

She's amazing isn't she?!

It was staggering, so perfect and although the Americans were strong throughout (barring some mistakes on the floor) she just wiped the floor with them.

 

[Espresso]

I was gobsmacked by the height some of the Americans seemed to achieve during the vault and on the floor.

 

[Corax]

Saw Tweddle earlier, and she did a really good spinny thing.

 

[IC3D]

The Romanians are incredibly fit.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Was it as good as Beth Tweddle's though? she was so far ahead of everybody in her subdivision, in another league. Her degree of difficulty was 7!

Nah, although I did like it.

 

[equationgirl]

Saw Tweddle earlier, and she did a really good spinny thing.

 

[equationgirl]

I was gobsmacked by the height some of the Americans seemed to achieve during the vault and on the floor.

I know, so powerful. Although a couple of times it went against them because they had too much power on landing and stepped out a little. But overall I thought it was their strongest piece of apparatus.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I've just watched Twedddle's routine a few times on slow motion and still amazed at one of the moves and had to keep rewinding to figure out what exactly she was doing

 

[Espresso]

Saw Tweddle earlier, and she did a really good spinny thing.

Nice to know that there are people in this thread who know as little about the actual technicalities as me, yet still quite like the whole spectacle.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I like the leotards this year and I'm not normally into spangly/sparkly.

How sad is that that I feel the need to comment on leotards

Still hate all the pink though

 

[Espresso]

I'm getting heartily sick of hearing "Double double" every fart's end.

The British men are going great guns, from what I can tell.

 

[Espresso]

I think Matt Baker might actually EXPLODE with excitement

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Fuck me, this is tense

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Fuck me, this is tense

Isn't it

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Yes!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh, a bronze

Fantastic for GB men's gymnastics who were just.... not really even there not so long ago

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

FUCKING HELL!

 

[felixthecat]

SIlver???? Fuck me!!!!

Well done lads!

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

*faints* Fucking brilliant!

 

[belboid]

That Matt Baker chappie is quite excited, isn't he?

 

[Espresso]

That's the best thing I've watched so far in this Olympics.

Well done the lads!!!

 

[SpookyFrank]

Fucking hell. To get silver in a competition of that standard...fucking hell.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Stunned about Japan. I liked Uchimara, but not really been on form here

 

[felixthecat]

Just fabulous.

I bet all of the Team GB medals are going to come from totally unexpected sources - very, very

 

[SpookyFrank]

Gutted for the Japanese. They were better than us, not to put too fine a point on it.