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

[ob]

Amazing effort from rowing girls there including Hannah Scott from Bann rowing club in Coleraine.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Agreed, 100%. The achievement that the medal is a symbol of is absolutely outstanding. I can't begin to imagine what the feeling must be like to stand on that podium (any step). Just watching those girls that won the bronze in the synchro diving being interviewed, and one of the interviewers is the dad of one of the girls. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to find that emotional.

You do know the dad is a Fred the guy off First Dates on CH4

 

[Blue Maverick]

Also noticed that everyone sings the national anthem unlike footballers at the Euros.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Will he dressed in a hoodie, back to front baseball cap and tracksuit bottoms (tucked into his socks, obviously)?

Mate the skills they have on those bikes, takes some balls to do it.

 

[jimharri]

You do know the dad is a Fred the guy off First Dates on CH4

Never watched it, I'm afraid. So you have me at a disadvantage there. That must have been a real buzz for the two of them.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Yee was fantastic, great running at the end.

Wilde was great throughout, amazing he does all his training by himself

Did the other team GBR finish or just pull out altogether?

Though the comms team were a little poor

 

[jimharri]

Mate the skills they have on those bikes, takes some balls to do it.

Never said otherwise. Some of the stunts those guys perform defy the laws of gravity.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Doesn’t the Irish gold medalist swimmer come from NI but chose to compete for Ireland?

Yes, but he represents NI in the Commonwealth games. Go figure. :-)

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

Surprised we have done so poorly in the boxing…what’s going wrong do we think….dont have the talent this time?

 

[Blue Maverick]

Yee was fantastic, great running at the end.

Wilde was great throughout, amazing he does all his training by himself

Did the other team GBR finish or just pull out altogether?

Though the comms team were a little poor

I think he basically paces it out to get Yee in a good position, after about 500m in the run he pulled out, he’s part of the relay team.