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Post by marion on Aug 6, 2016 18:17:25 GMT
So many nice sports on at the moment. Gymnastics, dressage, archery, cycling, swimming.... Don't know where to look! Might have a nice glass of red with some archery for a bit.
PS Who is commentating on the archery? It sounds like Matthew Pinsent to me. Is he diversifying?
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Post by Miranda on Aug 6, 2016 18:42:25 GMT
I don't know who it is. They haven't introduced themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 19:03:10 GMT
Adam Peaty breaks the 100m breastroke World Record in his heat.
Well done that man!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 19:36:30 GMT
I'm really enjoying the archery, so nice and relaxing to watch (wine in hand!)
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Post by Miranda on Aug 6, 2016 19:43:35 GMT
It is, isn't it?
Don't know what has happened to China. They did really well in their quarter final. But they seem to have gone to pieces since.
I shall be highly surprised if Korea don't win.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 19:44:38 GMT
Well done Heather Watson. Scraped through in three sets. Right battle royal going on between Jaziri and Tsonga at the moment.
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Post by sootycat on Aug 6, 2016 19:54:13 GMT
Tsonga won. His opponent retired injured.
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Post by Miranda on Aug 6, 2016 19:59:36 GMT
Well done to the Aussie men. They have just won their first Olympic medal in the team archery.
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Post by Miranda on Aug 6, 2016 20:45:37 GMT
And Korea just wiped the floor with the Americans. Amazing archery.
I'm now watching the boxing and shouting 'pick your hands up, eejit!' at the Italian.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2016 21:15:56 GMT
Well done Korea! Just had the misfortune to see the video of the unfortunate French man breaking his leg during the vaulting, it was horrible, I won't post it here. Double trap shooting (clay shooting) starts on Tuesday, really looking forward to that. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Miranda on Aug 6, 2016 21:44:08 GMT
I'm watching the boxing and the place is nearly full. There's people from nearly every country on the planet cos they all send boxers to the Olympics. Many races, many languages. And they are all chanting 'Ooops there it is! Oops there it is!' I love the Olympics sometimes. ![](http://yoursmiles.org/ssmile/fun/s0210.gif)
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Post by marion on Aug 6, 2016 22:48:47 GMT
I'm really enjoying the archery, so nice and relaxing to watch (wine in hand!) Definitely a good mix, wine and archery. Best part of my evening!
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Post by Miranda on Aug 6, 2016 23:49:21 GMT
Just saw a photo of the result. So won't be watching the video....
I hope he can come back to gymnastics at some point but that's a bad injury. Bless him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 8:14:18 GMT
Just a heads up that Andy Murray starts his Olympic campaign around 3.00pm this afternoon on BBC4. Hope it doesn't get switched to BBC1. May have to record both just in case.
Well done Kirsten Flipkins of Belgium. Beat Venus in three sets.
There's so much good stuff on, have to keep switching channels! .
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2016 9:07:48 GMT
Well done, Heather. Excellent start and she has already performed above her ranking.
My red button channel (just got the one now) is a black screen with a message saying to look up on some digital page (though no instructions on how to find that) to see what coverage there is in my area! Pah! Luckily I found the tennis on the BBC sport site. The venue looked pretty bleak and the "crowd" was tiny.
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