Tokyo 2020 Olympics/Paralympics

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It's a tough event, half of them look like they need to go to hospital.

It’s got to be the toughest Olympic event hasn’t it?

 

[Mozzer]

Could someone have a word with the BBC presenters to not incorporate the word "super" into every fucking sentence?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Could someone have a word with the BBC presenters to not incorporate the word "super" into every fucking sentence?

It seems to be replacing the word very, sadly.

We should respond and call the NFL‘s final the VeryBowl.

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

It’s got to be the toughest Olympic event hasn’t it?

It's got to be up there. You are not really trying unless you are sick and get put in a wheelchair at the end!

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

It's got to be up there. You are not really trying unless you are sick and get put in a wheelchair at the end!

Can’t even go on the piss the night before. It’s too hot to compete unless they start at 6am!

 

[5 Hit Gibbon]

Can’t even go on the piss the night before. It’s too hot to compete unless they start at 6am!

I think the Norwegian had a few last night, that's why he was sick at the end. It was last night's kebab.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think the Norwegian had a few last night, that's why he was sick at the end. It was last night's kebab.

Think he went through. They started at 4:30am local time apparently!

 

[chesterbells]

Can’t even go on the piss the night before. It’s too hot to compete unless they start at 6am!

Just wait till Qatar 2022 World Cup, (or are all the venues gonna be indoors air conditioned?)

 

[SWP's back]

Just wait till Qatar 2022 World Cup, (or are all the venues gonna be indoors air conditioned?)

It’s in December so will be around 18-24 degrees and more or less perfect for football.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Yeah, but all the “non-niche” stuff if you wanna call it that, won’t be hidden away, it’ll be on free to air still. You’re right it terms of % of total sports content, but the % of most watchable events will be high on bbc. I think that’s the model anyway. Still something like 20 hours on bbc each day I reckon.

Well yeah, but there have already been a few complaints about things not being shown live and then being spoiled on the BBC website/Twitter account before they've shown it on BBC One. I think Chelsie Giles' bronze medal match wasn't shown live and instead we had to watch a repeat of Jade Jones getting knocked out for the third time that day. And there are a lot of times where you might be into a longer sport, and then they cut away and it's not on the red button.

I'll be honest, it's irritating me how much punditry there is. When it's a single event that's happening like the Euros, they obviously have to fill the 15 minutes somehow. But when there's always another sport on, the last thing I want is another motivational video about which school one of the athletes went to or in depth discussion from people who don't really know about the sport but have to blag it anyway.

I'm really into climbing and I watch the competitions regularly on the climbing federation's Youtube channel. But with the biggest competition ever, I wonder if I'll actually be able to watch it start to finish, because Britain aren't actually that good at it and only have one climber.

ETA: As I type, they turn off the softball final to talk about swimming. Not show swimming, just talk about it ffs. Now a video about what music Adam Peaty likes to listen to. I'm not that interested in softball, but either show the final or don't. Don't start showing it and then fuck it off for this wank.