KenL
Tour Rookie
I could stay on a board for hours just going along but the tricks they are pulling off are very impressive.
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I could stay on a board for hours just going along but the tricks they are pulling off are very impressive.
larmen
Head Pro
I think my personal ‘record’ is 54.6s because I stalled 3 times.Yeah, imagine if you watched the 110m hurdles and every single runner tripped over at least one hurdle and hit the deck, had to get back up and drag themselves to the end and only two people finished.
In show jumping (one of those horse sports) it’s a DQ, in athletics it is just embarrassing.
The things you do to get your team a single point, even in a league you can’t get relegated from ;-)
KenL
Tour Rookie
It's more his arrogance and how he shouts over people not letting have their say that I don't like.
Agree with his stance on Markle but not the US gymnast. How does he know she is not on suicide watch?
BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
It's called X Games
No doubt but as a spectator I want to see them pull them off and stay on the board. Analogies are always tough but if we take gymnastics for example, you want the medalists to stay on the parallel bars, stay on the horse etc when doing ridiculously difficult stuff. That is what the best in the world should be about. Doing a trick and then falling off is only going to work for hard core boarders. The rest will switch over.
SteveW86
Head Pro
I know the X-Games, see post 231.
I'm guessing it is the same athletes who compete in the X-Games though, and I imagine they still fall off?
BiMGuy
LIV Bot, (But Not As Big As Mel) ?
Yep. They could all do tricks or routines where they don't fall off. But that's not the way scoring works.
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Deleted member 15344
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Really enjoyed the mixed 4x100 relay - looked like a really good fun event that the swimmers enjoyed
This could have been on random irritations but it's about the Olympics so I'll keep it here. Co commentators, former competitors, who shriek throughout an event ruining it for the watcher. I saw repeats of the bmx finals this morning, no spoilers, and the co commentator, sat in a studio in Salford, barely said a coherent word throughout and just shrieked over the commentator. It happens in other sports as well but today was the worst.
I'm sure it will be excused as 'passion' ? but it is just painful.
Anyway rant over ?
I'm sure it will be excused as 'passion' ? but it is just painful.
Anyway rant over ?
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
I actually thought it was really sweet as she was beside herself and just like us shouting at the TV "go go go pedalpedalpedalpedal" - ok that's not her job but she got swept up in the moment...
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Why do the canoeists leave their skirts on after they've finished?!
But there lies in the point. Her job is to give insight before, during and after the race as a former competitor. Be excited, particularly at the end, but if you lose it throughout then you are no use. Once would have been excusable but she did the same for both finals.
SatchFan
Q-School Graduate
Might be a decency thing. Their knickers probably ride up while they are paddling.
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Deleted member 15344
Guest
How great was it - brilliant to see how much it means to them and shows the level of passion both from the competitors and also the commentators- they know how much work comes down to one run.
larmen
Head Pro
I said it before. Just because someone is or was great at a particular sport doesn’t necessarily qualify them to present a sport.
Any sport, not just the Olympics. Match of the day, London Marathon, F1, Wimbledon, … They all use some people that just don’t come across well.
A qualified presenter with passion and knowledge of the sport would be my choice most of the time, like Vernon Kay in American Football.
Sadly it doesn't seem fashionable to use a professional journalist / presenter any more. The move towards the ex-pro seems unstoppable. Some work very well, cricket and golf have produced excellent ones for example, but so many are just not smooth enough and it jars. In the Olympics it makes it worse when you sit an ex athlete next to Claire Balding or Dan Walker for example, it just amplifies the difference.
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Deleted member 15344
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The ex sports stars being commentators during olympics sports has produced some brilliant reactions when the events happen - love seeing the passion , it’s what makes the games
This is superb from the Kiwi
This is superb from the Kiwi
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
She was awesome ?
Golfmmad
Tour Winner
Oh Lordy Lordy, don't be such a stick in the mud! ?.
We need some passion from commentators, it's no different from football commentators when they scream at a great goal, except that it only lasts for a few seconds, remember Agueeeerrrrrrooooo! It's exciting when they compete for a very close finish as in the BMX heats!
He didn't shout 'go Sergio, go Sergio, go Sergio, run, run, run' for 2 minutes ?. Lose it in the home straight not from 20 seconds on ?
