mjmooney Posted August 5 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5 9 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Hodgkinson wins the 800 meters. And at her age a chance to be a multiple winner. Great stuff. The poster girl of British athletics for the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 22 minutes ago, sne said: Duplantis wins the pole vault and the most given gold in the whole Olympics. Doubt there is any athlete in any sport that is so far ahead of his competitors. Let's see if he can break another world record. 6.10, new Olympic record. 6.25 next up. Didn't seem even to break sweat. I still find it baffling that Bubka only won the Olympics once when he broke the record something stupid like 30 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 5 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5 3 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: I still find it baffling that Bubka only won the Olympics once when he broke the record something stupid like 30 times. Boycott of Los Angeles, won in Seoul, ballsed it up in Barcelona and injured in Atlanta. And then squeezed in 6 world championship gold medals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sne Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 (edited) 12 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Didn't seem even to break sweat. I still find it baffling that Bubka only won the Olympics once when he broke the record something stupid like 30 times. Guess Bubka didn't go to the LA one due to the cold war and the Soviet skipping it. Duplantis already has 2 Olympic golds. He's 24 years old... Nice thing with the pole vault is that all of the guys seem to genuinely like each other and cheer for each other. A bit like in the Decathlon. And now he has a new world record. He is immense! 6.25! Edited August 5 by sne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted August 5 VT Supporter Share Posted August 5 Having 80k to yourself, setting a WR and the Gold. I'd say it's the pinnacle of his sport. Cannot be topped 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, Seat68 said: Sophie Capewell, one member of the team is from Lichfield. Yeh my dad went to school with her dad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDR V2 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Great day again today, Simone Biles is human, if the yanks shout loud enough they get a result. Brilliant from Keely and Duplantis is already miles ahead, and he's only 24 6.50 probably isn't that far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, sne said: Duplantis wins the pole vault and the most given gold in the whole Olympics. Doubt there is any athlete in any sport that is so far ahead of his competitors. Let's see if he can break another world record. 6.10, new Olympic record. 6.25 next up. 6.25 and cleared easily could go higher What an athlete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Keely was brilliant so controlled at such a young age. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) It's absolutely incredible to watch Armand Duplantis I kind of want to try pole vaulting, but I'm pretty sure I'd die. Edited August 5 by Davkaus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 (edited) I cannot help comparing the solidarity that all the international competitors have/show/respect with each other at these games, with all the rioting etc that's going on in the the UK at the moment..... Oh and well done Keely, a great run and well deserved! Edited August 6 by delboy54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 11 hours ago, Davkaus said: It's absolutely incredible to watch Armand Duplantis I kind of want to try pole vaulting, but I'm pretty sure I'd die. I'd be like the French Dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterw Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 (edited) skateboarding is rubbish. proper shite. Its just very young people falling from their boards. I get why its in there to try and be modern - i mean dressage and maybe fencing is all a nod to the past and in some sports privileged upbringing - but how can you have an event where the elite are just those who go round the course for 10 seconds or so until they fall? Nonsense. Edited August 6 by peterw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 4 minutes ago, peterw said: skateboarding is rubbish. proper shite. Its just very young people falling of their boards. I get why its in there to try and be modern - i mean dressage and maybe fencing is all a nod to the past and in some sports privileged upbringing - but how can you have an event where the elite are just those who go round the course for 10 seconds or so until they fall? Nonsense. Yeah it's been pretty dreadful watching. If it wasn't for Sky Brown it probably wouldn't even be shown over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 11 minutes ago, peterw said: skateboarding is rubbish. proper shite. Its just very young people falling of their boards. I get why its in there to try and be modern - i mean dressage and maybe fencing is all a nod to the past and in some sports privileged upbringing - but how can you have an event where the elite are just those who go round the course for 10 seconds or so until they fall? Nonsense. It could/should have stayed in the X-Games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 The park skateboarding is better than the street stuff. It's obviously still not quite as good as the very best in the sport can manage but it's still a decent watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 15 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: 6.25 and cleared easily could go higher What an athlete There was an interesting comment from one of the Beeb commentators yesterday when he broke the world record. Said something like "he can go much higher, but he'll keep going 1cm at a time - keep his shoe sponsor happy". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 6 minutes ago, bobzy said: There was an interesting comment from one of the Beeb commentators yesterday when he broke the world record. Said something like "he can go much higher, but he'll keep going 1cm at a time - keep his shoe sponsor happy". And his bank account. He could likely go a couple cm higher with the pole he's currently using but to go much higher he needs a stiffer pole (Kenneth) and get used to to that. Probably needs to get even stronger too. He already has the technique and the speed for that. Him and Karsten Warholm are going to race the 100m at an upcoming Diamond League meet. Apparently Mondo claims he is a sub 10.40 runner at the 100m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 Just now, sne said: And his bank account. He could likely go a couple cm higher with the pole he's currently using but to go much higher he needs a stiffer pole (Kenneth) and get used to to that. Probably needs to get even stronger too. He already has the technique and the speed for that. I reckon he cleared 6.35m last night with at least one of his jumps. Can easily push higher right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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