Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

[Vienna_70]

I'm surprised at that. Australia looked very strong against Ireland yesterday.

Yeah, I thought it was going to be an all-antipodean final.

I think NZ will win comfortably, now.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

It’s curtains for Draper.

Net curtains?

 

[BringBackSwales]

It’s curtains for Draper.

He wants to draw a line under it

 

[BringBackSwales]

He wants to draw a line under it

He would have had a pole in the next round

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

And tennis where I’ve just heard the commentator say Draper is nearly spent - it’s part way through a 3 set match ffs, unfit ****

Wikipedia:

Draper supports Manchester United F.C. and enjoys listening to rap and grime music

That's all I need to know, thanks. Born in South London, the cu ..

 

[supercity88]

Having slagged off shit sports like shooting earlier, I actually quite enjoyed that!

 

[BringBackSwales]

Did you read my post?

It has nothing to do with the BBC.

Discovery bought the rights, and only allow the Beeb to show a maximum of two live events at any one time.

Fucking hell, sorry for mis reading a post

 

[BringBackSwales]

Amazing that Canada beat Australia in the women’s rugby semifinal.

A brilliant performance.

Thanks for posting that. I am just watching it on the bb fucking c. Australia 12 ahead. I wonder how it ends?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Having slagged off shit sports like shooting earlier, I actually quite enjoyed that!

It gets faster and faster, and more and more tense. If you've got a man in the final, that is.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

One of the Aussie players has an interesting name on her back.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

One of the Aussie players has an interesting name on her back.

I’m on canoe slalom, what does it say? ;-)

(Think I saw it the other day though, was it number 6?)

 

[I'm With Stupid]

I’m on canoe slalom, what does it say? ;-)

(Think I saw it the other day though, was it number 6?)

Yep.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fucking hell, sorry for mis reading a post

By the way Vienna my point was basically that the bbc could afford to send that shagfucker stones to watch the rags on a pre season tour but couldn’t afford to bid for proper tv rights on something as important as the Olympic Games

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Amazing that Canada beat Australia in the women’s rugby semifinal.

A brilliant performance.

That moment at the end of the first half changed it. It had looked like Australia would run away with it.

I agree though that NZ will probably win the final. They looked pretty good against USA.

BBC will presumably be showing it with a delay, as it's scheduled to start 3/4 of the way through the gymnastics Biles show.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Fucking joke bbc. Do they show anything live?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

By the way Vienna my point was basically that the bbc could afford to send that shagfucker stones to watch the rags on a pre season tour but couldn’t afford to bid for proper tv rights on something as important as the Olympic Games

It wasn’t really in the BBC’s hands. Eurosport/Discovery+ bought the rights in 2018 for the whole of Europe, not just the U.K. They paid $1.5b to cover Tokyo and Paris.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

By the way Vienna my point was basically that the bbc could afford to send that shagfucker stones to watch the rags on a pre season tour but couldn’t afford to bid for proper tv rights on something as important as the Olympic Games

It's only due to the UK mandating that the Olympics must have free to air broadcast that the BBC could afford to bid for the rights - Discovery bought the global rights, and probably took a lower bid than they wanted from the BBC in order to get the advertising exposure here.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Having slagged off shit sports like shooting earlier, I actually quite enjoyed that!

I was slagging off the BMX earlier but I’ve just seen the British guy and he is fucking fantastic to be fair

 

[BringBackSwales]

It wasn’t really in the BBC’s hands. Eurosport/Discovery+ bought the rights in 2018 for the whole of Europe, not just the U.K. They paid $1.5b to cover Tokyo and Paris.

I can’t let that stop me getting a dig in at stones and the rags!

 

[urban genie]

just in and put on the red button to see Coco Gauffs meltdown