OLYMPICS 2021 Chat Thread #2

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Following on from here.

Have just finished watching the very last drop of the Olympics, have absolutely loved it! The number of unexpected wins has made it so exciting and some of the stories of the athletes are so inspiring! And I've learned a lot about sports I never knew even existed. I can't wait for the Paralympics and would love to see something live in Paris.

Me too @whysotriggered

Loved the BBC's montage at the end and the song that went along with it! Brought a tear to my eye! Such a fantastic Olympics! Well done Team GB and all the Olympic athletes! Arigato Tokyo!

Saw a few clips of closing ceremony. Fabulous.

The whole games has been fab.
Without controversy? Isn't there normal a huge scandal at every games?

I saw a clip of a commentator saying that this had been a poor games for GB compared to previous, certain sports had underperformed, and that underfunding and overfunding would need to be reviewed.
Presumably this will start straight away?

weight lifting and bmx should get more funding now
tough job

Team GB came fourth in the medals table, not sure how that can be a poor showing, maybe commentator knows something I don't! Will watch the Gold Rush documentary film to prolong the Olympic mood 😂

It's a bit of a drop in gold medals. Having said that, we had quite a few silvers in martial arts and boxing didn't we? So those could have quite easily gone the other way.

2012: 65 (29/17/19) = 3rd
2016: 67 (27/23/19) = 2nd
2020: 65 (22/21/22) = 4th

I think there’s been at least a couple of controversial athletes

i really enjoyed the Gold Rush, quite emotional

Helen Glover's road to the olympics was amazing.
how was Jessica Ennis chosen as the 2012 poster girl and what a shame for Christine Ohuruogu

Aww just watched the crash with Laura Kenny how unlucky. You must feel absolutely gutted to lose in such a way she had no chance saving her self 😢

Laura K was very pragmatic in her post race interview. I guess the upside was that she wasn’t injured.

There was a good short programme on iPlayer about Adam Peaty’s road to Tokyo (Beneath the Surface). As the parent of a similarly sized ex-swimmer I really sympathised with him on the size of his hotel dinner.

@Oblomov21

I saw a clip of a commentator saying that this had been a poor games for GB compared to previous, certain sports had underperformed, and that underfunding and overfunding would need to be reviewed. Presumably this will start straight away?

Apparently we have more fourth places than any other country.

Let’s hope they review the disparity in funding between rowing and athletics.

@JacquelineCarlyle the BBC contract for Paris is the same as Tokyo so yes I imagine we will all be getting a Discovery pass given the very pleasing lack of time difference!

Thanks @TheWindRises, although annoying that that is the case!

Really fantastic place on medal table

What an achievement

@AbsolutelyPatsy: I always got the feeling that Christine Ohurougu wasn't terribly popular with the powers that be. Maybe it's because of those missed drugs tests. .

2012 would have been on her doorstep. She's never a pundit either, despite her success.

@AbsolutelyPatsy

Helen Glover's road to the olympics was amazing. how was Jessica Ennis chosen as the 2012 poster girl and what a shame for Christine Ohuruogu

Christine was set to be the face of the games until her missed drugs tests ban.

m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR3dk2Njl3i-6Ymuku6rw0cQ7IGkgGdGZK0SHbTw8HR98o1L6mbBD3-UkNU&v=nRLNpQfRb1c&feature=youtu.be

What the BBC Olympics studio really looked like

wow,
thanks

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58112331