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Post by sleepyp on Jul 27, 2021 11:25:52 GMT
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Post by Miranda on Jul 27, 2021 12:59:17 GMT
Women's Team gymnastics
OMG.
I found out that on Eurosport you can follow one team around the competition. So I've been watching our girls with Belgium. But there's no commentary and you don't see anyone else so I had no idea what was going on elsewhere. At the end I went onto the main feed to find out the scores.
Well that was a shocker! I knew we'd done well from the reactions and was expecting the Bronze. But not who got the Gold! And what on earth happened to China? It's unheard of for them to get 7th! Their poor little faces.
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Post by bidiein on Jul 27, 2021 13:07:14 GMT
Dressage. Not 100% sure that this is fair on the horse. Very challenging, but the tight reigns and presence of spurs on the riders boots are less than encouraging, imo.
Medal guaranteed but looks like it will be Bronze.
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Post by marion on Jul 27, 2021 15:37:27 GMT
Well I have just watched the BBC coverage of the women’s gymnastics and you would hardly know we were in the competition. The bronze came as a complete shock to the commentators as well. The Russian Olympic Committee. What a stupid name, they sound like a bunch of civil servants sitting in a meeting room. Still an enjoyable afternoon watching them all, 👍.
So Simone Biles…. I wonder what happened there. Did she twist her ankle on landing? Or was she just appalled to do so badly she couldn’t carry on? So really , it’s well done to the other US women because her vault score didn’t help their cause at all and the other three had to count on every other piece and still got silver. Bravo.
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Post by Miranda on Jul 27, 2021 15:38:39 GMT
So what exactly happened with Biles? Did she withdraw from competition?
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Post by Miranda on Jul 27, 2021 15:42:22 GMT
And it's a shame you didn't get to see the GB women cos they were really good!
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Post by beverley61 on Jul 27, 2021 15:44:03 GMT
In the interview she said it was just something internal she needed to sort out. They said she had no physio and no medical treatment, so I'm guessing she didn't feel up to it, but she still seemed to have a medal around her neck. So do they just give out an extra one? Then again she did do a vault, so I suppose she was in it.
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Post by marion on Jul 27, 2021 15:44:52 GMT
She did!!! Gosh I know some info!!! Unusual.
She did her vault and it went very wrong. Not only did she take a massive step to the side but she didn’t complete the full number of rotations (say 1.5 instead of 2.5) so her difficulty score was also reduced. I can’t remember what she got now but given the vault is where you pick up big scores this wasn’t a great start! She looked a bit down and then left the arena with a coach but she came back fairly quickly. Then she spoke to the team and put her tracksuit on and sat with them. So the remaining three had to count on all the remaining three pieces. Still she will pick up a silver medal for that!
Apparently she did tweet some days ago about feeling the pressure.
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Post by beverley61 on Jul 27, 2021 15:45:13 GMT
I watched the 64kg weightlifting, what a gutter but utter gamble to wait that long to come into the competition when the others have had time to psych themselves up.
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Post by Miranda on Jul 27, 2021 15:51:11 GMT
TBH, I thought right from the start that Biles shouldn't have been there. And yes, I know I may being a little unfair but still. She has more than enough medals and glory and the competition for places in the US team is really tight. So she should have let someone else take her place. Preferably someone young who would be at their first games.
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Post by marion on Jul 27, 2021 16:04:39 GMT
Oh the dressage! How many times did the guy say the judges have really marked down Charlotte? I was shouting out “bastards!!” . Perhaps the lack of sleep is catching up with me. Excellent choice of music for the final German horse though, really suited him. And they are getting loads of tens!!! 😡
Simone Biles has said she needs to concentrate on her mental health and that after her performance she just didn’t want to go on. So I wonder if she will pull out of all the individual ones now then, cos she won’t recover in two days surely if she has mental health issues.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2021 16:14:17 GMT
Two incredible matches in the sevens Rugby!
USA were 21-0 up against GBR, but GBR came back to win 26-21! Then South Africa were 7-0 up against Argentina and Argentina had a man sent off in the first half, but Argentina went on to win 19-14!
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Post by Miranda on Jul 27, 2021 16:33:19 GMT
I hope Biles does drop out. One, for her own sake. She didn't look right in the quals and there's no need for her to go through any more pressure. She has nothing left to prove. Two, it gives another gymnast a chance to take her place in the apparatus finals which is good for the future of the team.
And on a selfish note, it means I can watch the All Around! 😀
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Post by bidiein on Jul 27, 2021 16:54:18 GMT
Simone has had some family troubles - her brother was cleared of murder (!) last week and, in recent memory she was one of the young women who gave evidence against the US gymnastic coach who had been routinely sexually abusing his students.
The 'understudy' was excellent and will be thrilled to have got her chance.
Simone may well reappear for the individual events.
Re dressage. The music for Charlotte and 'Pumpkin' was uninspiring, but maybe they are saving something more exciting for the individual events?
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Post by Miranda on Jul 27, 2021 18:25:46 GMT
I watched the 64kg weightlifting, what a gutter but utter gamble to wait that long to come into the competition when the others have had time to psych themselves up. I have to say, the Women's 64kg is my favourite category. I'm half way through the snatch and just saw the Ecuadorian woman telling the bar exactly what she thinks of it!  |
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Anymore to come?
