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Galfon wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:45 amKarma !

Yus, lost by .01 in Tokyo, great ‘redemption’

Banquo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 1:06 pm

Mellsblue wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:30 am

Banquo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:01 am

Pairs? They were shagged at the end

Blimey. What did the pair who came first get as a prize?!?!?

Pulled off at half time

yes sorry I meant pairs

Gold in the trampoline cos the Chinese girl bounced off! Bizarre, and not an ideal way to win I guess but we'll take it, gold for Bryony Page, UK.

Really looking forward to see B Proud (love that..) in the 50m - so deserveth of a G., and Shriever in the bmx race - her take off speed and control over the course is incredible.

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 1:23 pm Gold in the trampoline cos the Chinese girl bounced off! Bizarre, and not an ideal way to win I guess but we'll take it, gold for Bryony Page, UK.

TBF, Bryony's routine was superb, whilst the Chinese gymnast never looked set, and though only up there briefly, looked like the pressure had got to her.

Another gold, from the horsey crowd. Awesome. Terribly well done chaps. I've just bought a Jeeves and Wooster anthology as well.

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:17 pm

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 1:23 pm Gold in the trampoline cos the Chinese girl bounced off! Bizarre, and not an ideal way to win I guess but we'll take it, gold for Bryony Page, UK.

TBF, Bryony's routine was superb, whilst the Chinese gymnast never looked set, and though only up there briefly, looked like the pressure had got to her.

Tis true, genuinely breathtaking to watch her routine, absolutely nailed it when she had to.

These two's back-stories could overshadow the actual boxing in the tournament, which would be a huge shame for the participants giving their all for the last 4 years in readiness.
Just a pity the matter still has enough blurred edges to result in controversy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/ar ... v3vexdq1ro

Galfon wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 3:43 pm These two's back-stories could overshadow the actual boxing in the tournament, which would be a huge shame for the participants giving their all for the last 4 years in readiness.
Just a pity the matter still has enough blurred edges to result in controversy.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/ar ... v3vexdq1ro

Should've been sorted one way or the other years ago and seems to be, as much as anything else, some spat between the IBA and the IOC, which is a shameful way to treat the athletes involved. Boxing is currently not on the bill for the next Olympics and frankly I'm not unhappy about that, given the levels of corruption that seems to exist throughout the sport.

Done a little digging, and it's worth noting that the IBA appear to be too corrupt, even for the IOC, and that the IBA president appears to be friendly with Putin, beholden to Gazprom, and all the homophobia etc that implied with that.


Anyway, on this issue in particular: even their own minutes where they 'clarify' their decision make it pretty clear that the process was a joke. Like, by their own account it went like this: supposedly, both athletes failed a test at the previous year's world championships, in Turkey in '22. The IBA didn't bother disqualifying them then or telling anyone though (that's really not how the testing process works. Even if the fight or competition is over, if a test is failed, results are struck). Upon arrival, and this bit is pretty glaring, both passed all the required tests to enter an IBA tournament, and only after that did the President demand they both take new, unspecified tests that they 'failed'.

Even the 'failed for having xy chromosones' is unclear, because that was an as far as I can tell unofficial statement by the (dodgy as hell) IBA chief. It certainly isn't in the official justification of the decision linked above, nor does it appear in their official statement this week. 'Did not meet the eligibility criteria to compete in female categories' is an incredibly vague statement.

The IOC statement adds another tidbit: the regulations used under which Khelif is eligible were put in place while the IBA was still organising the competition. And even past that, both fighters boxed in IBA-sanctioned tournaments for years.

ETA: Also, this, which google wasn't showing me when I was doing my digging: Boxing controversy - what we know and what we don't


TLDR:
This is not a trans discussion
This is not a testosterone discussion
This is not a really gross "external genitalia" discussion
This a chromosome discussion, with a test that only seems to have been seen by the IBA president, not the IBA itself, or the IOC itself, or, as far as I can tell, anyone at all with any credibility. Even the IBA chief exec. seem to suggest that the chromosome test was inconclusive.

Windsurfing looks cool as fuck, and we've a good chance of a medal.
I came home from holiday wanting to learn to windsurf and there is nowhere around Glasgow that does lessons. Shameful.

Judo is a strange sport

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 4:53 pm Done a little digging, and it's worth noting that the IBA appear to be too corrupt, even for the IOC, and that the IBA president appears to be friendly with Putin, beholden to Gazprom, and all the homophobia etc that implied with that.


Anyway, on this issue in particular: even their own minutes where they 'clarify' their decision make it pretty clear that the process was a joke. Like, by their own account it went like this: supposedly, both athletes failed a test at the previous year's world championships, in Turkey in '22. The IBA didn't bother disqualifying them then or telling anyone though (that's really not how the testing process works. Even if the fight or competition is over, if a test is failed, results are struck). Upon arrival, and this bit is pretty glaring, both passed all the required tests to enter an IBA tournament, and only after that did the President demand they both take new, unspecified tests that they 'failed'.

Even the 'failed for having xy chromosones' is unclear, because that was an as far as I can tell unofficial statement by the (dodgy as hell) IBA chief. It certainly isn't in the official justification of the decision linked above, nor does it appear in their official statement this week. 'Did not meet the eligibility criteria to compete in female categories' is an incredibly vague statement.

The IOC statement adds another tidbit: the regulations used under which Khelif is eligible were put in place while the IBA was still organising the competition. And even past that, both fighters boxed in IBA-sanctioned tournaments for years.

ETA: Also, this, which google wasn't showing me when I was doing my digging: Boxing controversy - what we know and what we don't


TLDR:
This is not a trans discussion
This is not a testosterone discussion
This is not a really gross "external genitalia" discussion
This a chromosome discussion, with a test that only seems to have been seen by the IBA president, not the IBA itself, or the IOC itself, or, as far as I can tell, anyone at all with any credibility. Even the IBA chief exec. seem to suggest that the chromosome test was inconclusive.

I'd to go through this with fellas on the what's app group, we eventually got the point across. Ridiculous culture war bullshit

0.05 s. !..Silver great showing at the 50 m., Proud.
..8 th. Olympic medal for Scott (200 medley) - superstar.

paddy no 11 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:08 pm

Which Tyler wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 4:53 pm Done a little digging, and it's worth noting that the IBA appear to be too corrupt, even for the IOC, and that the IBA president appears to be friendly with Putin, beholden to Gazprom, and all the homophobia etc that implied with that.


Anyway, on this issue in particular: even their own minutes where they 'clarify' their decision make it pretty clear that the process was a joke. Like, by their own account it went like this: supposedly, both athletes failed a test at the previous year's world championships, in Turkey in '22. The IBA didn't bother disqualifying them then or telling anyone though (that's really not how the testing process works. Even if the fight or competition is over, if a test is failed, results are struck). Upon arrival, and this bit is pretty glaring, both passed all the required tests to enter an IBA tournament, and only after that did the President demand they both take new, unspecified tests that they 'failed'.

Even the 'failed for having xy chromosones' is unclear, because that was an as far as I can tell unofficial statement by the (dodgy as hell) IBA chief. It certainly isn't in the official justification of the decision linked above, nor does it appear in their official statement this week. 'Did not meet the eligibility criteria to compete in female categories' is an incredibly vague statement.

The IOC statement adds another tidbit: the regulations used under which Khelif is eligible were put in place while the IBA was still organising the competition. And even past that, both fighters boxed in IBA-sanctioned tournaments for years.

ETA: Also, this, which google wasn't showing me when I was doing my digging: Boxing controversy - what we know and what we don't


TLDR:
This is not a trans discussion
This is not a testosterone discussion
This is not a really gross "external genitalia" discussion
This a chromosome discussion, with a test that only seems to have been seen by the IBA president, not the IBA itself, or the IOC itself, or, as far as I can tell, anyone at all with any credibility. Even the IBA chief exec. seem to suggest that the chromosome test was inconclusive.

I'd to go through this with fellas on the what's app group, we eventually got the point across. Ridiculous culture war bullshit

Beeb:

Hamori, 23, (Hun.)will face the 25-year-old Algerian in the quarter-finals of the 66kg competition on Saturday.

The Hungarian Boxing Association has protested against Khelif's participation at Paris 2024, and the Hungarian Olympic Committee requested talks with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the issue.

onward & downward

Of course it's a fucking Hungarian. Why wouldn't it be the one nationality that would make this culture war bullshit all that much worse?

Puja

FFS

Right big day for Ireland tomorrow, going for a medal from Ben healy and Harrington in the boxing. Hope to have yer support (ignore the British having strong hands in 2 of those!)

BTW, what's the summary of yer hockey team? Semi final their limit?

Haven't seen very much hockey but what I have had not been impressive from men's or women's UK teams. Less organised and cohesive than others for sure, I'd be surprised if either of them make it to a final.

Good luck in the boxing, hope your boys get a fair fight and their due rewards.

Today at the Olympics (copied from twitter):
OLYMPICS PREVIEW THREAD - DAY EIGHT

Another big day for GB - 11 medal chances, 7 of them strong ones and 5 with real gold possibility...

A huge amount going on...
1. Kicking off at 9am we have the team dressage (horse dancing). Looks likely to be a bronze for GB behind Denmark and Germany but you never know.

Goes on a loooong time.

2. At 9.50 we have the women's eight rowing - it looks like GB vs Romania for gold. They both won their heats so hard to say who's favourite.

3. At 10.10 we have the final race of the Olympic regatta with the men's eights.

GB again one of the favourites along with the US and Netherlands. GB and US won the two heats but our one wasn't hugely competitive so again hard to known who's in pole position.

4. At 10am - and going on for six hours - we have one of my favourite events: the men's road race.

The Dutch + Belgian teams look strongest but GB has a good team. Tom Pidcock, having won his mountain bike gold so brilliantly, is probably the Brit most likely to get a medal.

5. At 11.13 the women's windsurfing finals are supposed to start (after being postponed from today).

Emma Wilson has a guaranteed medal but needs to win the final to take gold. She's the favourite after a very strong week.

6. At 11.33 the men's windsurfing finals start.

Sam Sills is involved but will have to come top two in the quarter final and then semi final to get through to the medal final. A long shot but possible.

7. At 2.30pm we have the first of the men's gymnastics apparatus finals: floor.

Jake Jarman qualified in first place and Luke Whitehouse in 5th. Jarman's looked very strong on the floor all week
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8. At 4.16pm the next apparatus final to involve a Brit: the pommel horse.

Max Whitlock has won gold in this at the last two games. He's qualified again and is one of the favourites (but there's three of them with a similar top score if they all nail their routines).

9. Into the evening and we have athletics and swimming finals going on concurrently.

At 7.55pm we have the (athletics) 4x400 medley. GB won their heat tonight and could get a medal, especially if they swap out one team member for someone stronger. US will win gold.

10. At 8.20 we have the women's 100m final.

If Daryll Neita and Dina Asher Smith have qualified through the semis at 6.50 then they have outside medal hopes. Neita looked good in the heats.

11. And then at 8.58pm it's the swimming 4x100 mixed medley.

Medal chances here depend almost entirely on whether Adam Peaty competes and how much of a gain he can give us on his leg.

Other things to watch:

10.55am - men's 100m first round with Zharnel Hughes and Louie Hinchcliffe.

2.30/3.40 - men's and women's kayak cross first round - a new event racing down the whitewater course. V cool.

3.20 - Simone Biles in the vault final.
Also golf third round (with Tommy Fleetwood equal first place) and sailing going on all day.

There's a trend on socials of "Unfortunately I did not make the Olympics in 2024" and it's had me chuckling into my coffee this morning:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1819 ... =topunroll

How the hell is that legal?

I thought that getting a draft from a car after your chat was cheating. I utterly fail to see how freewheeling whilst actively holding onto a car is classed as "cycling".

Either allow them to be told what to do, and give them radios, or so t allow them to chat with non-riders.
Either way, don't allow them to be driven.

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 8:41 am There's a trend on socials of "Unfortunately I did not make the Olympics in 2024" and it's had me chuckling into my coffee this morning:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1819 ... =topunroll

Yeah it’s brilliant

Nice, rounded look to GB's medal tally.

Damn those Aussies are efficient in the red zone.

'Only' a bronze in womens windsurfing, which given how dominant the UK athlete has been all week, I'm trying not to be disappointed by. Only watched a little but it does seem... unnecessarily hectic? I've read that under the rules of any other sailing event, she would've been given gold .

UK Sailing needs to have a chat with UK rowing and get their shit together for LA.