A thread for the Olympics. 🏃‍♂️

I agree Grandmabatty

I watched the kayaking while I had my grandsons so couldn't pay full attention. It didn't strike me as an awfully olympic sport, but I certainly couldn't do it!

Did anyone watch the Cross Kayaking yesterday? It was hilarious - like a mix of It's a Knockout and Gladiators. Brilliant.

And the Women's Gymnastics - astonishing!

The pub quiz we were at was halted to watch Keely 👏👏👏

Well done,
Primrose's relative. I saw that event and he was excellent .

Does anyone else get irritated when there's loud cheering and we are having to watch a rerun of the race we've just seen?
There sometimes seems to be far too much chat and I feel that we're missing out other events. It seems worse in the athletics.Tonight for example there were two equally important events , the pole vault and the women's discus, but we only saw snippets.I was please Keeley Hodgkinson won, but there was too much build up.

The good thing is, I'm improving my geography of Paris as we watch. I always thought Paris was quite a small area, but we seem to be covering a lot of ground, literally.

I am enormously proud of our athletes- medal winners or not (but especially that we did it!)

Yes, such camaraderie too!

Stunning scenes in the men's Pole Vault!

The build-up on the BBC was so OTT that I began to hope Keely Hodgkinson wouldn't win gold, just to spite the presenters and commentators. But wow! She really is that good!

Amazing how someone so young handles so much pressure!

🥇Keely Hodgkinson!
Brilliant win for GB
Well done that girl!🥇

The gymnasts are amazing. All of them but watching tiny Simone Biles launch herself without a springboard to do triple twists and seemingly float the air whilst rotating is incredible.

Their bravery is unbelievable.

Not sure if anyone is interested but here's some film from the 1908 Olympics

x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1820069712434168176?t=E8MwjI5RFE-8GvQbTlNtCQ&s=19

Isn’t it? And I love the idea of the winners’ bell, that’s going to be placed in Notre Dame after the games.

Watching the athletics tonight, I have to say the Stade de France is an amazing venue, so very French with all the colour coridination.

RosiesMaw2

Just seen this!

Pike!
Stupid Boy 😁

Love Jake Jarman! Did anyone see the footage of him as a young child when his mum took him to a gym and the instructor couldn’t believe what he could already do!

RosiesMaw2

Just seen this!

Brilliant! 😂😂😂

proud to say a member of my Irish clan won Gold for Ireland on the Pommel horse yesterday. rhys McClenaghan. What a star! 👏☘️👏☘️

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Enjoy!

Thank you so much😀

BBC Red Button (channel 601), just started.
HTH

Help please, where can I watch men’s tennis final, can’t find it anywhere?