ninjamonkey
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Tokyo 2020 Olympics/Paralympics
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Won't ask how you came across "merkinmuffly"
The biggest problem with that is that they are all individuals fighting for sponsorship, the very good ones get loads of money and the rest have to make do and mend.
Some athletes train in the south of France others train in Peckham, some athletes are the darlings of the media others haven't got an angle the media care about.
For me athletics ended when they went full pro, and now they extol the virtues of an "elite" athlete even if they fail, crash and burn.
That's why I think it should be brought under 1 roof. I think it'd be cheaper and give more athletes an opportunity to get some funding, especially up and coming athletes, u20's etc... I get the part about them going off to different places in the year but for some part of it, it would make sense.
It works/has worked with the cycling, granted they get professional funding from cycling teams too (well some of them do), just seems to make the most sense to me.
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Surely out there somewhere there are some tall long limbed men and women who could be trained to throw things. We should put more effort into the field events, much better chance of a good return for a modest outlay.That's why I think it should be brought under 1 roof. I think it'd be cheaper and give more athletes an opportunity to get some funding, especially up and coming athletes, u20's etc... I get the part about them going off to different places in the year but for some part of it, it would make sense.
It works/has worked with the cycling, granted they get professional funding from cycling teams too (well some of them do), just seems to make the most sense to me.
Plus we've got past athletes with serious experience of winning medals in those events.Surely out there somewhere there are some tall long limbed men and women who could be trained to throw things. We should put more effort into the field events, much better chance of a good return for a modest outlay.
Saturday 7th August
All start times listed below are in BST, which is 8 hours behind local time in Japan.
Most of the action should be available on BBC or Eurosport.
Medal events are HIGHLIGHTED.
Team GB Schedule
All start times listed below are in BST, which is 8 hours behind local time in Japan.
Most of the action should be available on BBC or Eurosport.
Medal events are HIGHLIGHTED.
Team GB Schedule
| 22:00 Starts on Friday | Athletics | Women’s Marathon FINAL | Stephanie DAVIS (GBR) Jess PIASECKI (GBR) Stephanie TWELL (GBR) |
| 22:30 Starts on Friday | Golf | Women’s Individual Stroke Play – Round 4 | Mel REID (GBR) – (+11) – Tee time 00:23 Jodi EWART SHADOFF (GBR) – (-1) – Tee time 22:47 on Friday |
| 02:00 | Diving | Men’s 10m platform semifinal | Thomas DALEY (GBR) |
| 06:00 | Boxing | Men’s Fly (48-52kg) FINAL | Carlo PAALAM (PHI) v Galal YAFAI (GBR) |
| 07:00 | Diving | Men’s 10m platform FINAL | If Thomas DALEY qualifies. |
| 07:00 | Modern Pentathlon | Men’s Individual – Swimming 200m Freestyle – Heat 6 | James COOKE (GBR) Joseph CHOONG (GBR) |
| 07:42 | Cycling Track | Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals – Heat 5 | Lauriane GENEST (CAN) v Katy MARCHANT (GBR) |
| 07:45 | Modern Pentathlon | Men’s Individual – Fencing Bonus Round | James COOKE (GBR) Joseph CHOONG (GBR) |
| 07:48 | Cycling Track | Men’s Keirin – Round 1 – Heat 1 | Jason KENNY (GBR) |
| 07:53 | Cycling Track | Men’s Keirin – Round 1 – Heat 2 | Jack CARLIN (GBR) |
| 08:13 – 08:16 | Cycling Track | Women’s Sprint 1/8 Finals Repechages – Heats | If Katy MARCHANT struggles. |
| 08:19 – 08:34 | Cycling Track | Men’s Keirin Repechages – Heats | If Jason KENNY and/or Jack CARLIN struggle. |
| 08:39 | Cycling Track | Women’s Sprint Quarterfinal – Race 1 | If Katy MARCHANT qualifies. |
| 08:55 | Cycling Track | Men’s Madison FINAL | Great Britain: Ethan HAYTER & Matthew WALLS |
| 09:15 | Modern Pentathlon | Men’s Individual – Riding Show Jumping | James COOKE (GBR) Joseph CHOONG (GBR) |
| 09:55 | Cycling Track | Women’s Sprint Quarterfinal – Race 2 | If Katy MARCHANT qualifies. |
| 10:15 | Cycling Track | Women’s Sprint Quarterfinal – Decider | If it’s needed and if Katy MARCHANT qualifies. |
| 11:00 | Equestrian | Jumping Team FINAL | Great Britain: Holly SMITH, Harry CHARLES & Ben MAHER |
| 11:30 | Modern Pentathlon | Men’s Individual – Laser Run – FINAL EVENT | James COOKE (GBR) Joseph CHOONG (GBR) |
| 11:35 | Athletics | Women’s High Jump FINAL | Morgan LAKE (GBR) |
| 11:45 | Athletics | Women’s 10,000m FINAL | Jessica JUDD (GBR) Eilish McCOLGAN (GBR) |
| 12:40 | Athletics | Men’s 1500m FINAL | Jake HEYWARD (GBR) Josh KERR (GBR) Jake WIGHTMAN (GBR) |
| 13:30 | Athletics | Women’s 4 x 400m Relay FINAL | Great Britain |
03:30 in the morning for those of us in the UK.What time is the Men's Basketball final on (USA v FRA) ?
Nice one. Literally only watched a small bit of volleyball and that's it but will jump on the bandwagon for this weekend.03:30 in the morning for those of us in the UK.