Olympics Closing Ceremony

[birdsoeking]

Let’s hope it’s better than the opening ceremony!

Starts at 7 pm on BBC 1.

Alex Yee will be carrying the GB flag.

Being a father does not have a physical impact on an athlete's body.

Me too @TellyUsername

i miss andrew cotter when it is steve cram commentating on the athletics, which it often is
dont the bbc realise how popular he is!

The London 2012 volunteers were called games makers

Agree but there’s also a lot of focus on childcare and finding the time etc. they had the lady who got silver in the shooting talking about sacrificing time with her baby to train and how she felt about that - it wouldn’t even be part of the conversation with a new dad and there would be no suggestion of guilt!!

The dads didn't push babies out of their vaginas, though.

I hope they are least rehearsed tonights offering

Did I miss anything in the first hour of this? It's mostly been the athletes walking in so far.

I don't think the tiny contribution fathers make towards creating a new human can be compared to what women put their bodies through!

I’ve met Steve cram he’s such an arrogant prick!

The pace is off.

Not as drastically as in the opening ceremony, but it's definitely dragging on a tad.

You haven't missed a thing!

What’s going on here? Music and lights

They do like to drag things out.

Agree there, most posters here are mums so know what the toll is on our bodies. But the whole '9 mums' thing has been repeated over and over. We get it, it's amazing. But women are amazing.

I'd also like to hear how many fathers competed this year for GB. Since we're all into equality in the Olympics...

I think you have to be there

I think it’s good to highlight it and it is impressive to have a baby and then get your body and mind ready again to compete at that level.

This is boring.

This is quite atmospheric

Camera angles are off

Scary

I think if I was there, I’d still be bored!

Alison felix lost sponsorship when she became a mother and it was only a few years ago the sports director at the time of British cycling told one of the female cyclists to 'just leave the sport and have babies' when she complained about lack of qualification entries. I think it's amazing now how females athletes are still competing after giving birth.

They have. They've missed the wonderful Andrew Cotter's commentary and his big reveal in this thread.

Other countries have tons of ad breaks during their Olympic broadcasts … I may be wrong, but I’m starting to think that’s why they have these laboured dragged out bits.