Alex 33985 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 That Latvian lass in the javelin btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Of course George Mills, the GB lad who tried to start on the French athlete after the 5000m heat is Danny Mills' son. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 33985 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 3 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Of course George Mills, the GB lad who tried to start on the French athlete after the 5000m heat is Danny Mills' son. I didn’t twig. Although I remember reading an article about it a while back. Looks a bit like his dad too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Aye he does. I didn't realise either until I've just read it there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdansmith 2948 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Watching the triple jump here and the WR line is just a mile away from where these lads are jumping. This still looks completely ridiculous today. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20355 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 37 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Watching the triple jump here and the WR line is just a mile away from where these lads are jumping. This still looks completely ridiculous today. That was a God assisted jump. And how did he thank God? He forsook God. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 33985 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Hudson-Smith so unlucky there. Another incredible race as well. 5th fastest time ever and it sets you silver! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29419 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Aye, that American lad was like a machine on the home straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Horrible fall in the steeplechase there. Bloke still down getting treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 14 minutes ago, Alex said: Hudson-Smith so unlucky there. Another incredible race as well. 5th fastest time ever and it sets you silver! Didn't realise it was 5th fastest ever. Poor cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 20355 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 10 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Horrible fall in the steeplechase there. Bloke still down getting treatment. Just as well he's not a horse I guess. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 The BBC coverage is a fucking disgrace like. The pole vault tonight was really good, I watched it live on Eurosport. Just flipped back to BBC and Logan goes "you've probably heard lots of screaming behind us tonight, here's Steve Brackley to tell you what it's all been about" Do they think we're watching the Olympics to hear them chat on a sofa ffs. Back in the day it was just David Coleman talking by himself for hours on end. Now they think we want to watch a fucking panel show over the sport. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29419 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 12 hours ago, Gemmill said: From an Irishman.... This is getting out of hand now. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 14 hours ago, Gemmill said: Watching the triple jump here and the WR line is just a mile away from where these lads are jumping. This still looks completely ridiculous today. Triple jump was won last night with a jump of 17.44. Bronze medal didn't even get over 17m. Edwards' WR stands at 18.29m and it's 29 years old this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15094 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Pssst - that was just the qualifying. And you're only looking at one group of it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 Ah well. Wait til the final and I'm having to repeat this post cos of YOU. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 33985 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 (edited) I think it was Gothenburg at the world championships where Edwards smashed the world triple jump record. Only to break it again about half an hour later. The pressure got to him at Atlanta and he ‘only’ won Olympic silver there the following year. He was so good he was still the best in the world 4 years later, winning at the Sydney Olympics. My uncle used to work for Gateshead council and would often use the gym at Gateshead Stadium. He bumped into Edwards there a lot. Apart from saying he was a genuinely lovely fella he also commented on how he could lift insane weights. Especially squats. More than all these blokes in there about twice his size. That’s part of the reason he was so good. Obviously he had great speed on the runway. He was technically brilliant too. The best description I can think of is someone saying most triple jumpers are like a bouncing ball but he was like a stone skimming over water. Maintaining the speed through all the stages. But his power to weight ratio too. He was slightly built compared to most triple jumpers Edited August 8 by Alex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10404 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 7 minutes ago, Alex said: I think it was Gothenburg at the world championships where Edwards smashed the world triple jump record. Only to break it again about half an hour later. The pressure got to him at Atlanta and he ‘only’ won Olympic silver there the following year. He was so good he was still the best in the world 4 years later, winning at the Sydney Olympics. My uncle used to work for Gateshead council and would often use the gym at Gateshead Stadium. He bumped into Edwards there a lot. Apart from saying he was a genuinely lovely fella he also commented on how he could lift insane weights. Especially squats. More than all these blokes in there about twice his size. That’s part of the reason he was so good. Obviously he had great speed on the runway. He was technically brilliant too. The best description I can think of is someone saying most triple jumpers are like a bouncing ball but he was like a stone skimming over water. Maintaining the speed through all the stages. But his power to Wright ratio too. He was slightly built compared to most triple jumpers 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 33985 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 6 minutes ago, The Fish said: Yeah I just spotted that I genuinely made a lot less spelling and grammatical mistakes before autocorrect. Makes you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15094 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 1 minute ago, Alex said: Yeah I just spotted that I genuinely made a lot less spelling and grammatical mistakes before autocorrect. Makes you think You're just asking quesadillas 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 42458 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 I learned from a podcast this morning that Americans call the Just Asking Questions thing, JAQing off. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 33985 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 24 minutes ago, Meenzer said: You're just asking quesadillas Ducking twang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 10656 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: I learned from a podcast this morning that Americans call the Just Asking Questions thing, JAQing off. Must have stolen it. They're not that funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19264 Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 https://www.wada-ama.org/en/news/wada-statement-reuters-story-exposing-usada-scheme-contravention-world-anti-doping-code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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