Olympics

(01-08-2021 07:13 )Snooks Wrote:  Its a goodness knows how many player playoff for bronze in the golf.
Paul Casey in there for GB, Rory McIlroy for Ireland.

7 man playoff, the most for a USPGA event is 6. Casey put his drive into the trees & failed to make par, as did home favourite Matsuyama. Mcllroy was elliminated on the 3rd extra hole, C T Pan secured the Bronze medal on the next as Morikawa missed out.

ISTR Rose won it in 2012, seemed like he was breezing it that day. It's not an event that people connect with the Olympics, but good to see such an impressive field in at the death.

2 gold medallists in the men's high jump, never known that before .

And 2 golds for Italy in athletics after Hughes was disqualified in Men's 100m final. I think for once the Women's 100m final was the better race. GB athletice might take anotehr day or two to get medals and migt havbe to do it without Asher's influence.

^Must admit TB, it probably was only possible if they were not able to be separated on countback.

Max Whitlock becomes GB's most decorated gymnast & Duncan Scott GB's most decorated swimmer.

Boxers doing pretty well with 3 gold medals possible. And I wonder if rowing funding will be looked at after £27m funding given and only one bronze to show for it. I've not known us to come away from Olympic rowing the last couple of games with a medal or two.

It appears that a Belarusian Krystsina Tsimanouskaya was being sent back home after she critised the coaches.
She was taken to the airport but did not catch the flight back to Turkey. She's supposedly been taken away by an activist group for her security and she's supposed to be asking for asylum in Germany or Austria on Monday.

^ It seems they’d entered her for an event she’d never trained for so she complained on social media. The Belorussian Olympic Committee is run by ….. yes that’s the son of the Belorussian President.

And gold for the eventing team.

First team eventing gold medal for 49 years for GB.

Guaranteed medal for Tom McEwen in the Eventing Individual discipline.
One rider left......

And its Silver.

Emily Campbell also guaranteed a medal in the 87kg weightlifting after a PB in the clean and jerk element.

Silver.

First ever British female to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting.
First weightlifting Olympic medal overall since 1984.
Superb achievement.