Stevo985 Posted July 30 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30 1 hour ago, sne said: Nice to see parts of the US are still in full Soviet Union cold war mode when reporting https://www.expressen.se/sport/os-2024/avslojat-sa-fuskar-usa-med-medaljligan/ The thing that makes this extra weird is they'll win by an absolute mile anyway so they don't even need to pretend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 Home nation (almost) always does well in the Olympics. Athletes are given both more funds and better opportunities to train and prepare to what they usually get. And home nations always gets better calls and judgments from the refs and judges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 2 hours ago, sne said: So like professional boxing then. I thought that in previous Olympics the boxers wore protective head gear, now they aren't wearing it. I understand that amateur boxing head gear is mandatory whereas in professional boxing head gear isn't. When was this changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted July 30 Moderator Share Posted July 30 It's kinda like the opposite of Wimbledon. Where Wimbledon starts with the good stuff and then you get the crap afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 30 Author Share Posted July 30 25 minutes ago, delboy54 said: I thought that in previous Olympics the boxers wore protective head gear, now they aren't wearing it. I understand that amateur boxing head gear is mandatory whereas in professional boxing head gear isn't. When was this changed? Women still wear it apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted July 30 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30 Table Tennis is fun North Koreans ranked 16th out of 16 against China for the Gold Medal. Loads of Chinese fans no North Koreans apart from staff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 30 Moderator Share Posted July 30 American tennis brat, Coco Gauff, a break point down, has spent the last fifteen minutes haranguing the referee while her opponent looks on, noted. Someone really ought to be telling her to shut up and get on with it - hope she loses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 3 hours ago, delboy54 said: I thought that in previous Olympics the boxers wore protective head gear, now they aren't wearing it. I understand that amateur boxing head gear is mandatory whereas in professional boxing head gear isn't. When was this changed? Not sure what made the change but lot more cuts now. They should bring the headguards back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 30 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30 6 hours ago, delboy54 said: I thought that in previous Olympics the boxers wore protective head gear, now they aren't wearing it. I understand that amateur boxing head gear is mandatory whereas in professional boxing head gear isn't. When was this changed? Few games ago they changed it all. It used to be headgear and you got points for punches that made contact Now its basically just professional rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted July 30 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted July 30 The Simone Biles stuff is a bit over the top. They’ve just won the team gold and all the British commentators talked about for the last 2 hours is Biles I get she’s the superstar, but it’s a team competition. They’d already won it by the time she did one of her routines anyway 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikeyp102 Posted July 30 Popular Post Share Posted July 30 Amazing swim by the British team in the relay. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Platt Posted July 30 VT Supporter Share Posted July 30 Doubles Tennis was good fun too. Old Man and Villa Fan doing the business. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 16 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Amazing swim by the British team in the relay. Can’t get my head around Leon Marchand doing both the fly 200m and breaststroke 200m semi finals in one evening and winning both comfortably - even could’ve pushed the world record in the 200m breaststroke if he wanted to… …yet will be 2nd favourite to win in both finals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 7 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: American tennis brat, Coco Gauff, a break point down, has spent the last fifteen minutes haranguing the referee while her opponent looks on, noted. Someone really ought to be telling her to shut up and get on with it - hope she loses. I didn't see this but I'd be surprised if Coco was clearly wrong. She's pretty measured usually and only complains if she's really been screwed. Andy Murray. The best. Alongside Villa fan Dan as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted July 30 Share Posted July 30 Handball is a good watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Our archers normally perform very well in events staged in France. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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villa89 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 20 hours ago, sne said: Home nation (almost) always does well in the Olympics. Athletes are given both more funds and better opportunities to train and prepare to what they usually get. And home nations always gets better calls and judgments from the refs and judges. They also get more qualifiers than they would normally. In a lot of the sports (like Boxing) there's a limited field size so it's easier to win the olympics than a world championship for example. If you are getting extra places in limited field events you can rack up a few medals handy enough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 In regards to swimming why is it always freestyle not front crawl? You can swim any technique you want but unless its front crawl you will come last. It must be an historical quirk. Also this probably comes up every Olympics but why are India so crap at most sports? It is obviously not a priority for the country even as am example of soft power. I wouldn't expect them to be at the top of the table but they are currently level with Moldova at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Fun fact of the day: If everyone called Tom in the GB team were their own country, that country of Tom's would be 8th in the medal table! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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