Olympics

[Toast]

Good night for Italy.

Nearly as good as the other week..

When they won Eurovision Song Contest..

 

[orly]

Whitlock - the utter BS jingoism of the BBC spoils watching his performance. They spoil everything they touch with their coverage.

The joy of the mute button

 

[wandyr79]

How is it spoiling the thread complaining about OTT jingoism?

I assure you that every nation will focus on their own athletes, it is just the way. The sooner you realise this then the less you will feel like complaining about it.

Also, I would say that all 3 commentators in the Gymnastics are or were heavily involved in the sport so will know Max Whitlock personally, more than likely. It was about the person themselves more than the country.

Matt Baker is an excitable fellow and you could hear him upset about the Irish gymnast as well. The commentary team for the gymnastics have been superb throughout and completely unbiased when taking about individuals but it is natural to focus more on the athletes you are more personally invested in. It happens in all sports.

Jingoism is a strong complaint and I think it is utterly unwarranted, nothing but full respect for all athletes across all sports while cheering on the British.

 

[wandyr79]

No. He was just about to say that if both agree then they had a gold each.

FFS, you must have a heart of flint.

Agreed 100%

For me that optimised the Olympic spirit, as well. Absolutely brilliant scenes in that last 30 minutes across the high jump along with the triple jump and 100m.

 

[degsy]

Good to see all 3 medals in the sprint do Personal Bests and in the high jump 2 guys agreeing to share the medal - fair play to them.
Proper Olympics now, none of this synchronised tiddly winks rubbish

 

[davek]

Nearly as good as the other week..

When they won Eurovision Song Contest..

Been a great summer for Italy, apart from the Wimbledon final loss.

 

[davek]

The joy of the mute button

There should be a jingo commentary button and a rational commentary button.

 

[davek]

I assure you that every nation will focus on their own athletes, it is just the way. The sooner you realise this then the less you will feel like complaining about it.

Also, I would say that all 3 commentators in the Gymnastics are or were heavily involved in the sport so will know Max Whitlock personally, more than likely. It was about the person themselves more than the country.

Matt Baker is an excitable fellow and you could hear him upset about the Irish gymnast as well. The commentary team for the gymnastics have been superb throughout and completely unbiased when taking about individuals but it is natural to focus more on the athletes you are more personally invested in. It happens in all sports.

Jingoism is a strong complaint and I think it is utterly unwarranted, nothing but full respect for all athletes across all sports while cheering on the British.

How long have you posted on this forum and known me mate? lol

 

[davek]

Agreed 100%

For me that optimised the Olympic spirit, as well. Absolutely brilliant scenes in that last 30 minutes across the high jump along with the triple jump and 100m.

For @arminisgod the Olympic motto is Citius Altius Fortius Onlyforoneofus

 

[Shevin Keedy]

They will both have to square that with themselves being 'joint' champions. End of the day they both have an Olympic gold and that is what counts. In the spirit of the games I say.

They both have half a gold each. It is shared not doubled.

 

[RomanReigns]

mad how some countries pay hundreds of thousands of pounds if their athletes win a gold medal and other countries pay nothing

 

[wm02]

That was some performance by the Taiwanese fella on the pommel horse.
Joy to watch that

 

[Methuselah]

Why don't Mexico do very well in the Olympics? Its because any Mexican who can run, swim or jump is already in the US.

 

[navidson]

That was some performance by the Taiwanese fella on the pommel horse.
Joy to watch that

Reminds me of a dream I once had

 

[Sassy Colombian]

If this has been posted already my apologies but I thought it was a cool fact about this year’s medals. “This is the first time that medals have been manufactured with recycled metals from electronic devices, the Tokyo organising committee were also the first to consult the public in the design of the medals, via the Tokyo 2020 Medal Project.”

What exactly goes into an Olympic gold medal?

They are the most coveted little disks in world sport, but all that glitters is not exactly solid gold.

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