The real Olympics commences tomorrow

love the athletics

imo our best chances for gold are miss hodgkinson in the 800 and kerr in the 1500

Hudson smith shorter price than kerr.  Hth

thanks - often an little-kow american pops up to win the 400

i think kerr is a good price - he's beaten ingebritsen the last couple of times they've races

Yep, i fancy kerr to do it too. 

Hudson smith is a world leader this year, but i take your point on that event

kerr very impressive in his 1500 heat

Yep, despite the radio having a panic

He's gonna pick off ingebritsen.  Maybe if it's a huge pace the scandi can win, but these finals are often cagey

hope so - the norwegian is a massive a$$hole - if he loses he'll probably say he was sick (again)

Andrew Cotter is a busy boy. Rugby, golf, tennis, athletics, he must be coining it in. Does he do any others?

great 10000m last night

3 british girls in the 100m semis this evening - maybe only daryll will get to the final

Kerr was clearly testing his final lap pace and saying to scandi that he'll have to take it out fast to have any chance

darryl thru to the final but don't think she'll get a medal

Evs each of Richardson and Alfred,latter impressive in semi but Richardson held back a bit and not a great start, tough call but a great race to come (8.20)

pouring with rain - richardson to win by a slither

Thought she was a cert before semi, i think Alfred now.

alfred by a wide margin - darryl 4th

Great run from Neita. Best GB performance in 64 years

Will be overshadowed by the french swimmer, but for evenepoel to win both tt and road race is an amazing achievement

yes great rides from remco -  pogacar will be watching with envy

Great to see these multi winners

Chuck in big Teddy from the Judo too.

Then they give beautiful interviews afterwards
to multiple foreign broadcasters.

zhanell hughes in the 100 for gb tonight - won't win but chance of a medal

Looked pretty poor in first heat

Fleetwood fcked his chance

like seville for the final

If he gets same start I doubt he gets caught, he looked
to have a couple of yards in hand.

Pressure on now though...

Big time athlete rises to top...

Niles been there done that when all around were losing their form...

lyles does it when it matters. woeful from my pick ran his final in the semi

Keeping them waiting minutes at start blew a few chances.

Blanket between first and last

All nice and snooth for our big hopes.  Keely 1.2  kerr 2.0  hudson 2.5 (my odds)

Smooth

Keely looked good.

Yeah, gonna win unless she falls over basically

keeley should win. ingebrigtsen will run close to the wr and that'll be too fast for kerr. 400m looks hot - i like michael norman

Belgium have pulled out of the Olympic mixed relay triathlon at Paris 2024 after one of their athletes fell ill.

Claire Michel competed in the women's triathlon on Wednesday, finishing 38th.

De Standaard, one of Belgium's biggest newspapers, is reporting that the 35-year-old has contracted E coli but BBC Sport has not been able to verify this claim.

Men's 100m in pictures

https://x.com/ALMUAAYYAD/status/1820209923877220607?s=19

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Will the bloody gymnastics ever end? Seems to be about a dozen medals a day on offer.
BBC calling for a day of mourning as Simone Biles falls off the beam ☹️

Swimming and gym can feck arf now, had enough

women's 5000 the field dawdling - handing the race to kipyegon

well done keely!! thought she'd blown it with that tentative first lap but she showed she could win it however she liked

De plantis 6.25m

True superstar.

kipyegon disqualified - ridiculous decision

Yeah keely made it harder than necessary, she didn't quite have the confidence to destroy them early, but it didn't matter

Agreed on kipyegon, looked 6 and two 3s

kipyegon reinstated


ingebrigtsen vs kerr tonight. feeling less confident on kerr  - the norwegian to win in 3.27

kerr wins silver - but gold for hocker didn't see that coming

Neither did ingebrigtsen and Kerr....

Useless norse **** screwed the race for both of them!

Ovett v coe 1978 euros all over again.

Edy knows who won... Olaf Beyer.

Some laughable freak shows there. 4 of them under the 1500m WR set by Noureddine Morceli as of 1992. (I know HEG has bettered it since during an era of almost absolute drug usage)

But its only the Chinese/Russians that cheat not the UK or Americans certainly not the American who has only a silver at the world indoors to his name at 23.

Humans do not progress at this rate of improvement.

There is 1 UK athlete tonight who absolutely stinks the room out its so obvious they are doping......

i just assume all elite sports competitors are doping