Soldato
Its not appropriate to have the games at all given the current climate...but here we are. $$$
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Tokyo Olympics 2020
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Such unfortunate timing that of all the counties who could have hosted, it had to be Tokyo. London was fortunate to have it when there was no covid but even if we were hosting it today, the stadiums would still be allowed to be mostly full.
I caught a radio interview with the UK syncrhronized swimming duo -
I did a double take that body shaming is a thing for female athletes, articles are not clear on whether this was from males or females,
but having caught excerpts of love Island on last weeks goggle box with the surgically modified, unfit males/females asthetics , there are some warped stereotypes at play.
I did a double take that body shaming is a thing for female athletes, articles are not clear on whether this was from males or females,
but having caught excerpts of love Island on last weeks goggle box with the surgically modified, unfit males/females asthetics , there are some warped stereotypes at play.
Commissario
Please let's try and keep this thread about the games themselves, there's no need to go into detailed discussions about covid rates etc in here. Thanks.
Fair comment!
By the way, heads up that the first events start on BBC 1 at 12.10am through the small hours with cycling and rowing. Looking forward to that.
By the way, heads up that the first events start on BBC 1 at 12.10am through the small hours with cycling and rowing. Looking forward to that.
Soldato
Overall most of the opening was a bit of a 'meh' for me.
I enjoyed:
. As a casual climber I'm kind of disappointed they chose to put speed climbing in the Olympics rather than bouldering for example, which would have been much more interesting to watch and more of a real sport that actually exists at a grassroots level. Still guess I might watch that to see how Shauna Coxsey does as she's got some local connections and familiar with her from occasionally watching bouldering competitions.
I enjoyed:
- The drone show
- The projection of a germinating seed behind that dancer at the start
- Design of the Olympic cauldron
- The oiled up Tongan flag bearer
- Complete lack of Mario karts racing round the stadium, anime waifu cosplayers, and an epic battle between a mechatronic gozilla and a bunch of samurai.
- The GB team's outfit - what were those jackets supposed to look like!? Next time can they just go back to chinos and blazers with proper shoes please?
. As a casual climber I'm kind of disappointed they chose to put speed climbing in the Olympics rather than bouldering for example, which would have been much more interesting to watch and more of a real sport that actually exists at a grassroots level. Still guess I might watch that to see how Shauna Coxsey does as she's got some local connections and familiar with her from occasionally watching bouldering competitions.Seems like the TV coverage is really half-assed. One channel + red button + iplayer. I don't have the bandwidth to stream what I want all day so will miss a lot of stuff. Previous games had something like 6-7 red button channels on freeview. :/
This along with the covid situation and no crowds mean I've watched in total about 5mins so far which is very unusual for me with the Olympics. I normally have something on pretty much all the time during the Olympics. I just have no interest in this one.
Oh also the fact that they now allow men to compete in women's sports.
Soldato
anyone know how i can view any event of the olympics thats on?
i can only select for example this one event from bbc https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/50973971
i can only select for example this one event from bbc https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/olympics/50973971
Soldato
Where are you watching it?
its on eurosport 2
Eurosport
Soldato
Wait, on the last two Olympic’s, you could press the red button and watch any of the events?!?!?
Why cant i do this now?
Even the official olympics website use to directly stream every game
I watched some of the men's cycling road race which started at 3am and finished after 9am. I didn't stay up for all of that. Crazy how they can keep going for over 230 km. I missed the part where they would have passed mount fuji, I bet that looked great.
Seen some gymnastics qualifying, Matt Whitlock is on form. Seen some rowing, mixed archery with Korea v Netherlands, some boxing, table tennis, and currently women's football is on. Looking forward to seeing some weightlifting.
Seen some gymnastics qualifying, Matt Whitlock is on form. Seen some rowing, mixed archery with Korea v Netherlands, some boxing, table tennis, and currently women's football is on. Looking forward to seeing some weightlifting.
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