sport✅
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Post by sport✅ on Aug 10, 2024 19:27:43 GMT
Very happy for Botswana as well.
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Post by simple on Aug 10, 2024 19:39:17 GMT
Nice to hear Links Recht getting a play over the pa after the Women’s 4x400. I listened to that a lot during the Euros
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Post by Danno on Aug 10, 2024 20:04:26 GMT
Well I hope sport is happy. Fuck yes. Thank you Femke! You show that Danno! Fuck did I say now? |
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Aug 10, 2024 20:05:57 GMT
I can't believe you don't remember.
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 10, 2024 20:09:45 GMT
Taekwondo would be more interesting if there was no padding.
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X201
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Post by X201 on Aug 10, 2024 20:09:53 GMT
So, apparently taekwondo rules are: U.K. are in with a chance of winning until the last seconds, then we lose.
I think that rule needs looking at.
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Post by cubby on Aug 10, 2024 20:12:40 GMT
It's bizarre how few of the hits were getting registered in all the matches I saw.
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X201
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Post by X201 on Aug 10, 2024 20:15:20 GMT
Is artistic swimming a rebrand for synchronised swimming?
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Aug 10, 2024 20:19:19 GMT
Poor Michael Johnson having to talk about our shit guys while desperately wanting to enjoy all the us golds.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 10, 2024 20:26:44 GMT
I honestly can't believe our luck having Michael Johnson on the British coverage. It's never really made sense to me. Probably the best athlete of his generation and he's notably modest, articulate and measured in his analysis. Very different from the stereotype self obsessed egomaniacs the US usually produce.
Why don't the US broadcasters want him? I've always thought it weird that he's sat alongside Gabby Logan and co for the biggest nights in his sport.
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Aug 10, 2024 20:32:15 GMT
I think you answered your own question, he's not your typical American broadcaster and he probably prefers the approach of the BBC.
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 10, 2024 20:34:59 GMT
I dunno. I've never watched US athletics coverage but I've watched a lot of their coverage of other sports and I don't see an issue there. They also have in depth analysis and debate. It's not like it's Fox News across the board
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Post by muddyfunster on Aug 10, 2024 20:37:34 GMT
It's like seeing a retired Tiger Woods spend every Masters with the UK commentary team.
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Post by senso on Aug 10, 2024 20:40:10 GMT
Can't believe Denise Lewis is 51! Seeing that BBC montage of her career she looks like she has aged zero years from Sydney to now!
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cubby
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Post by cubby on Aug 10, 2024 20:43:52 GMT
I dunno. I've never watched US athletics coverage but I've watched a lot of their coverage of other sports and I don't see an issue there. They also have in depth analysis and debate. It's not like it's Fox News across the board I don't know if they have improved recently but NBC has historically been pretty poor in terms of punditry. |
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Post by Lukus on Aug 10, 2024 20:45:20 GMT
They really milked her final appearance there.
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Post by cubby on Aug 10, 2024 20:46:35 GMT
This artistic swimming is insane.
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X201
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Post by X201 on Aug 10, 2024 20:47:07 GMT
Johnson himself has said that US coverage of athletics is basically national trials and Olympics. No one bothers watching anything else.
So in the long run, he probably gets more work over here than from US networks
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 10, 2024 20:55:24 GMT
He gets the Commonwealth Games as well with the BBC so he certainly gets more to do.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 10, 2024 21:14:58 GMT
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Post by Duffking on Aug 10, 2024 21:15:24 GMT
Steph Curry is just ridiculous.
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Post by Lukus on Aug 10, 2024 21:22:22 GMT
That mouth guard chewing thing he does pisses me off
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hicksy
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Post by hicksy on Aug 10, 2024 21:24:37 GMT
This artistic swimming is insane. Terrific performance! If I was a dolphin I would definitely be floating upside down clapping my fins . As it was internally I was delighted for them as they rocked it 🤘😎👍 |
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Post by peacemaker on Aug 10, 2024 21:30:35 GMT
Steph Curry is just ridiculous. I had a bet on that had x amount of points and assists for curry, James and durrant. James was 1 point under so I didn’t win £200. At the end 2 of curry’s 3s James was completely open to pass to. I now hate curry  |
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Post by LegendaryApe on Aug 10, 2024 21:31:43 GMT
Steph Curry is just ridiculous. He's lethal. As an aside, the coverage of the basketball on the Irish national broadcaster has the most annoying commentator since speaking and sports were invented |
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Post by minimatt on Aug 10, 2024 21:39:54 GMT
I've just realised, the little remote control car that we all love is going to be a fucking cybertruck in LA ain't it?
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Post by Danno on Aug 10, 2024 21:46:11 GMT
I don't get basketball at all.It feels very 'attack, score, other end attack, score, rinse and repeat' for entirely too long for anyone to pay much attention. Just can't get invested or interested.
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Post by nexus6 on Aug 10, 2024 22:03:01 GMT
I don't get basketball at all.It feels very 'attack, score, other end attack, score, rinse and repeat' for entirely too long for anyone to pay much attention. Just can't get invested or interested. They could cut the game length to about 1 minute for the exact same outcome |
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Post by simple on Aug 10, 2024 22:16:19 GMT
That’s why I think Gary Lineker’s description of the difference between football and other big ball sports holds so much water - in football the value of a goal is so high that there is more potential drama and upset than in any other. All it takes is one goal, one mistake, one moment of skill and any team could beat another. If its a 100 point game then the better team will always win because they’ll just rack up the points with every attack.
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Post by Danno on Aug 10, 2024 22:23:14 GMT
That’s why I think Gary Lineker’s description of the difference between football and other big ball sports holds so much water - in football the value of a goal is so high that there is more potential drama and upset than in any other. All it takes is one goal, one mistake, one moment of skill and any team could beat another. If its a 100 point game then the better team will always win because they’ll just rack up the points with every attack. I think the length of the court is the biggest issue, I'm a rugby fanatic and big scores get racked up, but you have to earn the territory to score |
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