TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
any chance of a medal here?
Olympic Track & Field - aka Athletics thread
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Sweaty Betty
Hemo rising!
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
The Olympic champion ran a slower leg than the heptathlete. You don't need to say anymore.You watch her 'break into a stroll' as she hands over the baton and then tell me I'm wrong. It looked like she didn't give a damn.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
fucikin hell that was poor from us
ScallyWag II
New Member
not unless Bingham grows wings!
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
GB 4th, our 2nd runner let us down, who was it?
ScallyWag II
New Member
Good leg by Rooney. Disappointing overall though.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
We beat jamaica at a track event. 
coccinelle
Active Member
I don't agree with that but I do agree she has a funny attitude on her shoulders. In both trackside and studio interviews, she comes across as a bit strange and as if she has some sort of ulterior thing going on. Maybe bitterness.
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
No - the open water swimmers had brilliant tactics. They're pool swimmers, so the pool-like conditions in fresh water (less buoyant and harder work than sea water) favoured them. They're not tactically experienced and they're not used to breathing in choppy water so they chose to lead - giving the others the chance to hitch a ride, but allowing them to set a pace and be in with a chance at the finish.
I suspect that the girls intended to do what David Davies did and go for a bigger lead a fair way out, but they didn't manage to make a break. David's tactics were brave but brilliant. With 700m to go he got a 5m lead - meaning they no longer had his wake to pull them along and they had to work even harder to catch up. He was relying on being strong enough to keep a steady pace to the finish whilst his main threats were getting more knackered than usual and could not afford to drop back and hitch a ride off slower swimmers. If he hadn't taken the wrong course towards the end, he would almost certainly have won by a good margin. It was the best performance of the Olympics IMO.
Treacle Toes
Time
You watch her 'break into a stroll' as she hands over the baton and then tell me I'm wrong. It looked like she didn't give a damn.
Good god you are a moody sod aren't you?
She clearly did just to wind you up.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
in the 80s it was basically amateur, so the africans weren't that bothered about the circuit, now you have the golden league and that, more people are running, more money in the races, so poorer nations are more into it, i guess
Good god you are a moody sod aren't you?
She clearly did just to wind you up.
I just call it as I see it lady.
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
4 medals; 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze.
Gingerman
Is a great bunch of lads.....
Ooops my mistake
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
any drug assisted?
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
For a mature man, you really are a silly bollocks.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
TrippyLondoner
Well-Known Member
Feels so weird there being no track events left other than this. Just a week a go we were waiting for it to start.
