Renton 21636 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) Can't remember the last time I sat in front off a telly for 6 hours watching sport and enjoyed it. BMXing is fucking epic. Maybe CT should take it up. Edited August 1, 2021 by Renton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44935 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 It's been great all week. Already dreading next Sunday when it all winds down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: It's been great all week. Already dreading next Sunday when it all winds down. Proper cup half full you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4268 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Alex said: Proper cup half full you like Dreading the end of the olympics is a bit tragic like. It’s mostly shite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44935 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 👍👍👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I was some boy at the 100 metres. Posted an 11 seconds in year 10 timed by my aging PE teacher. Faster than anyone in the school at the point even the older kids. And then we have this low t LOSER false starting in the final. They should have nurtured me. Gold gtd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 The school of course then ran me versus other schools in the 200metres, which I didn't have the stamina to excel at. I bursted into first place and tripped over and went arse over tit about 10 metres from the finish line. I was in front at the time but I think 2nd was catching me. They ran some slower cunt in the 100. Unbelievable Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 11 seconds for the 100m would be just outside the championship record for the English Schools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) It was an aging p.e teacher but I was undoubtedly rapid. Think the English record is 10.8 for that age group and even .2 is considerable in 100metres Happy to concede it was probably a bit over though :lol: Edited August 2, 2021 by TheGingerQuiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) You mean you just looked it up. 0.2 seconds equates to just under 2 metres. So you were within 2 metres of the English schools record. Basically meaning you’d be the fastest 100m runner your age in the country in almost any given year. I was North Tyneside 100m schools champion at the same age and nowhere near running 11 flat. Neither was the winner of the North East Counties Schools that year where I came 5th. The same year I competed in the North East Athletics Championship. In the Men’s final Jonathan Edwards was edged out of first place in the final of the 100m. I think the winning time was 10.8-ish. So, your time as a year 10 school kid would’ve been about the same as a fully grown man who broke the world triple jump record about 3 years later. Weird Edited August 2, 2021 by Alex 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44935 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Sounds like you should have stuck with sprinting, TGQ. Although with your testosterone levels you would almost certainly have failed a test at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) Here, I'm not going to argue about it I've said there was a canny large margin for error. It wasn't optimal timing conditions it was a 60 odd year old with a stopwatch. But I had little interest in athletics, ran for the school once and was so pissed off at being put in the 200m I didn't do it again. But I know just from playing football at the time that nobody could live with how fast I was. Shame I wasn't better on the ball Re: the record. There'll be hundreds to thousands of kids posting times between that 10.8 and 11 seconds, I would have thought Edited August 2, 2021 by TheGingerQuiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44935 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Did anyone see the 200m women's heats? Some absolute spelk of a lass called Christine Mboma from Namibia. Totally skinny, didn't even look like a sprinter. Anywhere she ran a terrible bend then just flew past everyone to win in the fastest heat time. Turns out until very recently she was a 400m runner who has been forced to drop down to 200m cos her testosterone levels were deemed to be naturally too high to compete at 400m and above (the rule only kicks in at 400). She's a glakey little thing, barely looks like a sprinter at all, never mind one with high testosterone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 The world is full of those mate. Look as effeminate as you'd like til they whip their dick out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17284 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 My mate who lived across the road from us was in 6th year when he was called up to the Scotland commonwealth games training squad when it was held in Edinburgh in 1986. Think he was in the top 3 in the country that year, so he was called up so the coaches could put him through his paces . He didn’t make it, a kid with the magnificent name of Elliot Bunney got a place instead of him , he went on to run for GB in the late 80s/early 90s. My mate played rugby for Scotland under 21s.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, PaddockLad said: My mate who lived across the road from us was in 6th year when he was called up to the Scotland commonwealth games training squad when it was held in Edinburgh in 1986. Think he was in the top 3 in the country that year, so he was called up so the coaches could put him through his paces . He didn’t make it, a kid with the magnificent name of Elliot Bunney got a place instead of him , he went on to run for GB in the late 80s/early 90s. My mate played rugby for Scotland under 21s.. I remember Elliot Bunney. He trained for a while with a lad called David Lawson who was a bit older than me (who I knew from Cramlington Athletics Club). I think he got a medal at the Commonwealth Games. He might have picked up the odd relay medal for Scotland/GB too iirc Edited August 2, 2021 by Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 7297 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Never knew we were amongst such elite level athletes here, well done lads on choosing to use your considerable powers for other more socially advancing endeavours. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17284 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 40 minutes ago, Alex said: I remember Elliot Bunney. He trained for a while with a lad called David Lawson who was a bit older than me (who I knew from Cramlington Athletics Club). I think he got a medal at the Commonwealth Games. He might have picked up the odd relay medal for Scotland/GB too iirc Yeah he was a class horse but probably just shy of being able to compete individually with Christie/Regis/Campbell etc.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44935 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 Some absolute dagg in the Aussie pursuit team has just ripped the handlebar off his bike a minute into their effort. Came down like a sack of shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35095 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: Some absolute dagg in the Aussie pursuit team has just ripped the handlebar off his bike a minute into their effort. Came down like a sack of shite. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21636 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: Some absolute dagg in the Aussie pursuit team has just ripped the handlebar off his bike a minute into their effort. Came down like a sack of shite. Do you ever do any work? 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44935 Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 I'm assuming you work as a metro inspector, MISTER CHECKIE! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17284 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Warholm beats his own WR by the best part of a second in the 400 hurdles...Benjamin in 2nd broke it too https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58067231 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30633 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Imagine beating the WR and still only picking up silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44935 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 That performance was mad. One of the sailing finals earlier was like a sprint finish to the line too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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