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29 Jul 16
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Although the Athletics is the Blue Ribbon event of the Olympics (and for many TV viewers, the only reason they will show up) I'll be tuning into the Rowing, specifically:
Mens Pair (Two rowers, one oar each)
There's been a thread on 'The greatest ever sporting performer' in here recently, but if this was ever widened to encompass a team then the New Zealand Mens Pair would be my choice.
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray go into the Olympic regatta on a winning streak of 68 races over the past 8 years. They have beaten the best combo's the rest of the world can throw at them, to the extent that all nations have taken their best oarsman away from this event so as not to 'waste' their top guys against the unstoppable Kiwi's.
Rio may well end up being a lap of honour then, but these guys are the best men's Rowing crew ever, so if you want to see sporting perfection, then tune in to this event.
Women's Double (Two rowers, two oars each)
Kath Grainger and Victoria Thornley go for Great Britain, against a backdrop of rowing politics and accusations of bullying against their coach. Nonetheless if the GB boat can medal here it will be a huge achievement for both women, and would have to be a fitting farewell to Kath Granger who has shouldered (and delivered) most of the expectation of British Women's rowing for an entire generation.
Mens Eight
GB has stacked this boat with our best oarsmen and it's coached by the greatest rowing coach ever, Jurgen Grobler, whose crews have won Olympic Golds right back to the 1980's. America, Germany and Canada will be in the mix and it's going to be brutal but compelling viewing!
Women's Eight
America are the hot favourites but GB have a real spirit in their boat as will as some decent athletes with plenty of experience. They won't fail for lack of guts that's for sure.
Women's Single
Features the incredible Ekaterina Karsten in her 7th Olympics at the age of 44. She has two Olympic golds, one silver and two bronze medals and whilst not the force of old, it'll be a brave man who says she won't be there or thereabouts for the Final here. Watch out for the Irish rower Sanita Puspure who comes from Dublin by way of, umm Latvia and, in the absence of a GB boat in this category(the only one in which GB does not have representation) then I'll be shouting for her.
Whatever you're watching out for, I hope we get to see some great and above all, clean action.
Can't wait!
Mens Pair (Two rowers, one oar each)
There's been a thread on 'The greatest ever sporting performer' in here recently, but if this was ever widened to encompass a team then the New Zealand Mens Pair would be my choice.
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray go into the Olympic regatta on a winning streak of 68 races over the past 8 years. They have beaten the best combo's the rest of the world can throw at them, to the extent that all nations have taken their best oarsman away from this event so as not to 'waste' their top guys against the unstoppable Kiwi's.
Rio may well end up being a lap of honour then, but these guys are the best men's Rowing crew ever, so if you want to see sporting perfection, then tune in to this event.
Women's Double (Two rowers, two oars each)
Kath Grainger and Victoria Thornley go for Great Britain, against a backdrop of rowing politics and accusations of bullying against their coach. Nonetheless if the GB boat can medal here it will be a huge achievement for both women, and would have to be a fitting farewell to Kath Granger who has shouldered (and delivered) most of the expectation of British Women's rowing for an entire generation.
Mens Eight
GB has stacked this boat with our best oarsmen and it's coached by the greatest rowing coach ever, Jurgen Grobler, whose crews have won Olympic Golds right back to the 1980's. America, Germany and Canada will be in the mix and it's going to be brutal but compelling viewing!
Women's Eight
America are the hot favourites but GB have a real spirit in their boat as will as some decent athletes with plenty of experience. They won't fail for lack of guts that's for sure.
Women's Single
Features the incredible Ekaterina Karsten in her 7th Olympics at the age of 44. She has two Olympic golds, one silver and two bronze medals and whilst not the force of old, it'll be a brave man who says she won't be there or thereabouts for the Final here. Watch out for the Irish rower Sanita Puspure who comes from Dublin by way of, umm Latvia and, in the absence of a GB boat in this category(the only one in which GB does not have representation) then I'll be shouting for her.
Whatever you're watching out for, I hope we get to see some great and above all, clean action.
Can't wait!
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Don't watch it myself, well very little of it.
Boring. |
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Thanks for that crags - really appreciated
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only ever bother with the boxing, is your daughter taking part this time again roger?
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Snooker should be part of it, would watch that.
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All the cycling events, indoor track, and the road races.
Not remotely interested in athletics, but will watch the rowing. |
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Don't watch it either. I wish Sky would buy it so we could have less disruption on the main channels. Come to think of it they should buy Wimbledon too.
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Anyone else got any insights into the sports that will be on - interesting stories, rivalries, potential tear-jerking moments etc?
I'm an Olympics junkie and will show up for pretty much any sport at the Games, but it'll be even more interesting if I know a thing or twenty about some of the more obscure sports that'll be on. |
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Disruption to BBC channels ? FFS. How will we manage without the one show and celebrity knitting for 2 weeks.
Anyway, to answer the OP question ....... As with every Olympics over nearly 50 years, the athletics sprints for me. Will Bolt do the triple triple ? (I hope so) Will wee willie Merritt do the 200/400 double (I hope not) A DQ in any event for Gatlin will be a bonus. |
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Agree, there's too much carp on the BBC already, we don't need more. Its usually the rubbish which survives though and decent programmes are sacrificed to free up time.
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Really looking forward Rio
 Will be following in particular - Nick Skelton and Big Star - Showjumping William Fox-pitt - Eventing Ashley McKenzie - Judo Andy Murray - Tennis. Will try to keep track of the above competitors but mainly I will be dipping in and out watching a bit of everything, except probably the Curling... it's too much like housework  Bring it on!  |
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The closing ceremony is normally very good.
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I'll watch virtually all the athletics and cherry pick the rest. I particularly like the table tennis... and the women's beach volleyball of course.
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No curling, Miss D, that's the winter olympics.
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Crags
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So it is, Pokermonster
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I'm very excited they have brought Tiddly-winks to the Olympics
I hear we are world leaders. |
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I'll be watching the weight lifting again. I saw some tremendous snatches at London 2012.
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Track and field, a bit of the tennis, and if history is anything to go by, the Women's Gymnastics competitions will hopefully be up to the usual fantastic standard.
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Crisp, don't be so naughty
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Athletics , Swimming , Triathlon , cycle road race.
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Isinbayeva, pole, grip, ramming, denied .....etc
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Plastic chair throwing should be introduced as an event, a definite medal in the bag for Team GB particularly after the english showing at Euro 2016.
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Enjoy the lot, like the fact the minority sports start about six days before the athletics, saw Handball & Voleyball in London both enjoyable & great atmosphere, not sure how well attended these sports will be in Rio, London was the first Olympics where almost every event spectator wise was sold out.
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Is there a spread on how many times the BBC will say that London 2012 was that little bit better. Or words to the same effect
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How many more children will be born with shrunken heads because of it?
Cancel it ! |
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Men's BMX. Given luck decent chance of a GB gold too.
Personally I like the freestyle wrestling even though there are no GB athletes. |
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Do you like to wrestle men covered in grease?
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wrestling women covered in grease is a bit more appealing
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womens ping pong. they really put on a great show.
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One for roger. Shot put favourite New Zealander Valerie Adams is going for her third gold medal in a row and has 17 brothers and sisters. Her mother died during the opening day of the Sydney Olympics. One of her brothers is 7ft and plays in the NFL.
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God's got a wicked sense of humour
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Another one for roger. Remember Aaron Cook from London 2012? He was the world number 1 in taekwondo and wasn't selected, (claimed he wasn't selected because he trained independently from the GB squad) and his place went to Lutalo Muhammad who ended up winning a bronze. Lutalo is competing again in 2016 and so is Aaron Cook ... for ..... Moldova! They could end up fighting each other.
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Will be watching everything time allowing; in fervour if there is a GB & NI athlete performing..
However the Olympics should be the pinnacle of every competing sport which isn't the case for Golf. Tennis. Football. If the Olympic one-legged arse-kicking contest was on I would rather watch that than the Olympic Golf. Long John Silver was a legend in that discipline and could have had the headline writers salivating when Silver won Gold. |
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it's a shame there's no darts. Athletes like Jockey Wilson would have excelled.
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Some more trivia. Last week at the Londeon DL was the first time a pre 1990 world record was beaten in an individual pre 1990 established women's track or field event (such was the predominant use of anabolic steroids by female athletes pre the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the Eastern Bloc, doping was a far bigger issue back then), when Kendra Harrison broke the 100m hurdles WR. The 3,000m SC 5,000m 10,000m 400m hurdles, pole vault, triple jump and hammer are all relatively new events in womens' athletics whereas the javelin was redesigned. The 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500, shot put and discus records all hark back to the even darker days of doping in sport. The thing is Kendra Harrison didn't qualify as she was off form during the US trials.
The first clean athelete on the all time world list at shot put is Valerie Adams mentioned below at number 23. 21 of those ahead of her are pre 1990 and the other one is now serving a lifetime ban. |
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closing ceremony - i hate sport.
like a bet though. but know nothing about Turkish weight lifting. |
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All the cycling events, road and track.
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