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Most 1 sided Olympic final ever? They are scarily impressive though
desperate for a least one try :-s
Jeez that's a hiding.
Fiji are playing a completely different game
I reckon they let us have that try out of sympathy
wayhay!
Yay!
Taxi for the England team
😆
Are people happy that GB 7's is losing or cheering for another reason?
Cheering because we actually scored a try
On Ben Ryan -"It was harder when he didn't get paid the first five months, when he realised the Fiji men's rugby sevens team couldn't afford petrol for the team bus or even water to serve during practice. It was hardest in February, when Cyclone Winston unleashed its 295km/h winds on the country, killing 44 people, causing nearly $500 million in damage and leaving some of the players homeless."
-wow.
It all went very quiet in the Pub!
is it over yet 😳 Fiji deserved that 😀
That was the only rugby I've watched - quite a battering. Chapeau to USA for going down 24-19 to that outfit.
Sorry to be a grump but there are athletes who've trained for a decade for the chance of an Olympic medal and we have a 7's team who came together a few months ago who now have Rio Silver. Have to say thats a bit of a joke.
Training or not, their genetic advantage was clear - GB looked like schoolboys and the Fijians snatched the ball from them like professional bullies. Awesome brutes.
One wonders why Fiji can no longer mount a strong challenge in 15s. I'd imagine with the right backing they could easily be as awesome as the Kiwis.
I guess the lack of additional defensive line players is what plays into thier hands best in 7s. That and the lack of now largely pointless constant scrummaging.
not happy no, tbh, I've no allegiance to GB in the slightest(or any team for that matter), it was just that much of a skelping, GB deserved a wee sympathy cheer! 😆wrecker - Member
Are people happy that GB 7's is losing or cheering for another reason?
nonsense.jambalaya - Member
That was the only rugby I've watched - quite a battering. Chapeau to USA for going down 24-19 to that outfit.Sorry to be a grump but there are athletes who've trained for a decade for the chance of an Olympic medal and we have a 7's team who came together a few months ago who now have Rio Silver. Have to say thats a bit of a joke.
Sadly two more 'drugs' expulsions overnight. A bulgarian runner for EPO (although b sample still TBC) and bizarrely, a Kenyan coach for impersonating an athlete. Apparently he 'borrowed' a pass so he could get a free breakfast, and while doing so was stopped for a random drugs test. Which he promptly took.
A weird set of circumstances for sure, I know we like a good chance to speculate on here so 3,2,1, go! Did he know he was going to be called and so went into hiding?
http://news.sky.com/story/second-kenyan-official-expelled-from-olympics-over-drug-scandal-10532420
Sorry to be a grump but there are athletes who've trained for a decade for the chance of an Olympic medal and we have a 7's team who came together a few months ago who now have Rio Silver. Have to say thats a bit of a joke.
So taking the Englandv7's teamband adding a few others means thevplayers havent been training like pro athletes?
Did he know he was going to be called and so went into hiding?
There's this bit...
Ferguson is completely confused as to why he would do this but the good news is that he found out straight away and went to the drug-tester and gave them blood and urine samples
While we're on, who thinks the team cycling sprint should only give out one medal instead of three? After all, only one cyclist does the whole race!
Missed this last night as i changed stream at the finish of the game but pretty special celebration from Fiji! https://streamable.com/egw2
After all, only one cyclist does the whole race!
He couldn't win if he wasn't being towed by the other 2 for 2/3rds of the race. Besides, it'd just be a solo sprint...
[i]Have to say thats a bit of a joke.[/i]
I think jambalaya was referring to his previous paragraph.
Only managed to watch the final this morning. Team GB did amazingly well to get to the final (especially considering how average the England team were last season) - but playing to get there took too much out of them, I reckon.
Silver is damn good considering the opposition. Much enjoyed beating SA in the semi 🙂
theotherjonvSadly two more 'drugs' expulsions overnight. A bulgarian runner for EPO (although b sample still TBC) and bizarrely, a Kenyan coach for impersonating an athlete. Apparently he 'borrowed' a pass so he could get a free breakfast, and while doing so was stopped for a random drugs test. Which he promptly took.
Meanwhile, Team USA's male gymnasts are clean as a whistle.
He couldn't win if he wasn't being towed by the other 2 for 2/3rds of the race. Besides, it'd just be a solo sprint...
...and it only counts as one on the medal table.
So Froome didn't win the TDF? After all, it's the work of a team that gets him there.Kryton57 - Member
He couldn't win if he wasn't being towed by the other 2 for 2/3rds of the race. Besides, it'd just be a solo sprint.
[quote=jambalaya ]Sorry to be a grump but there are athletes who've trained for a decade for the chance of an Olympic medal and we have a 7's team who came together a few months ago who now have Rio Silver. Have to say thats a bit of a joke.
Don't be silly. The GB 7s players have been training just as hard as the competitors in any other sport, otherwise they wouldn't have made it to the final. Plenty of other Olympians who only got selected for the games a few months ago (and plenty of others sitting at home who didn't get selected but have been training just as hard).
[quote=Rockape63 ]While we're on, who thinks the team cycling sprint should only give out one medal instead of three? After all, only one cyclist does the whole race!
Yeah, and the relays teams (swimming, athletics) shouldn't get any medals as none of them do the whole race
So Froome didn't win the TDF? After all, it's the work of a team that gets him there.
Good point! 🙂
He couldn't win if he wasn't being towed by the other 2 for 2/3rds of the race. Besides, it'd just be a solo sprint...
True, but its like pace makers in running races....they don't get the world record! 😉
[quote=Rockape63 ]True, but its like pace makers in running races....they don't get the world record!
It's not [b]quite[/b] the same - there's a reason you're not allowed pacemakers to take the individual pursuit world record, but you are for the 1500m running world record (to take the most physiologically similar events).
Nor does Froome get his team to ride in front of him for the ITTs.
Jess Ennis. Lovely.
[quote=NZCol ]Jess Ennis-Hill. Lovely.
Fixed, sorry.
[quote=Rockape63 ]While we're on, who thinks the team cycling sprint should only give out one medal instead of three? After all, only one cyclist does the whole race!
Oh, yeah and as just pointed out on another thread, only 3 medals for the TP - Wiggins doesn't deserve one because he didn't finish
Another gold! Go girls.
And the boys 4 too!
Women's 10 thousand metres!
I'm not sure I believe that.
Men's 4, Gold.
I'm not sure I believe that.
I'm very much in the innocent untill proven guilty camp, but..................................
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That was a staggering 10k!
I'm very much in the innocent untill proven guilty camp, but..................................
Mmm, yes, 25 years old but only second time running that distance on a track?
Ross Tucker in Twitter is great for analysis on these things
KJT can jump pretty high........
[edit] VERY high... new British record
Mmm, yes, 25 years old but only second time running that distance on a track?
Thats not significant lots of athletes run well or even their best times very soon into a new event. She will have ran many miles at that pace over and under distance.
Crowd seems a bit sparse..
Oh, yeah and as just pointed out on another thread, only 3 medals for the TP - Wiggins doesn't deserve one because he didn't finish
I wasn't being serious ......forgot the winkie! 😉
That horse dancing that was just on, how do they train a horse to dance??