ChaoticMusings

Date: Aug 5 2:24 AM, 2021

RE: The Olympic thread.

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

I just think, given the history of the way young female gymnasts have been treated in the past, it's real progress that they now, in the US at least, have the choice.

Date: Aug 5 3:32 PM, 2021

Syl wrote:

I just think, given the history of the way young female gymnasts have been treated in the past, it's real progress that they now, in the US at least, have the choice.

Unqualified people should never denigrate that choice either. This is a vulnerable young woman who has survived terrible sexual and emotional abuse. She showed tremendous courage to get back on the dreaded beam.

Digger · Admin

Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:

I just think, given the history of the way young female gymnasts have been treated in the past, it's real progress that they now, in the US at least, have the choice.
Unqualified people should never denigrate that choice either. This is a vulnerable young woman who has survived terrible sexual and emotional abuse. She showed tremendous courage to get back on the dreaded beam.

One false step and you're in snatch hell!

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Digger wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:

I just think, given the history of the way young female gymnasts have been treated in the past, it's real progress that they now, in the US at least, have the choice.
Unqualified people should never denigrate that choice either. This is a vulnerable young woman who has survived terrible sexual and emotional abuse. She showed tremendous courage to get back on the dreaded beam.
One false step and you're in snatch hell!

John Doe · Still Here!

Digger wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:

I just think, given the history of the way young female gymnasts have been treated in the past, it's real progress that they now, in the US at least, have the choice.
Unqualified people should never denigrate that choice either. This is a vulnerable young woman who has survived terrible sexual and emotional abuse. She showed tremendous courage to get back on the dreaded beam.
One false step and you're in snatch hell!

I like the weightlifting - especially the clean and jerk!

-- Edited by John Doe on Thursday 5th of August 2021 08:02:36 PM

Digger · Admin

Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:

I just think, given the history of the way young female gymnasts have been treated in the past, it's real progress that they now, in the US at least, have the choice.
Unqualified people should never denigrate that choice either. This is a vulnerable young woman who has survived terrible sexual and emotional abuse. She showed tremendous courage to get back on the dreaded beam.
One false step and you're in snatch hell!

I used to do gymnastics...trust me

John Doe · Still Here!

Digger wrote:
Syl wrote:
Digger wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:

I just think, given the history of the way young female gymnasts have been treated in the past, it's real progress that they now, in the US at least, have the choice.
Unqualified people should never denigrate that choice either. This is a vulnerable young woman who has survived terrible sexual and emotional abuse. She showed tremendous courage to get back on the dreaded beam.
One false step and you're in snatch hell!

I used to do gymnastics...trust me

That must have helped with the dancing.

On a rather shallow note Queen Victoria was on the Olympic highlights show today - bloody hell if she had not been a great cycling champion she could have been a supermodel!

John Doe · Still Here!

What a great day - medals galore for GB and only behind China, the US and Japan in the table!

The lovely Laura Muir has been alone in taking on the Africans all time greats for years so her silver was really pleasing and what a time she ran as well!

-- Edited by John Doe on Friday 6th of August 2021 08:43:36 PM

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

A brilliant day for medals.....these olympics have turned out to be great viewing.

John Doe · Still Here!

Syl wrote:
A brilliant day for medals.....these olympics have turned out to be great viewing.

The few disappointments we have had are the rowing and Dina and KJT being injured - a fully fit Kat would have won the Heptathlon I think.

The Kenny household must be running out of room for all the Olympic golds they have won - 11 between them so far in their magnificent careers!

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Tom Daley has made history by being the only Brit to win 4 Olympic medals for diving...he got the bronze this morning.

And you know more about the boxing than I do...but we won a Gold.

-- Edited by Syl on Saturday 7th of August 2021 12:10:39 PM

John Doe · Still Here!

Syl wrote:
Tom Daley has made history by being the only Brit to win 4 Olympic medals for diving...he got the bronze this morning.

And you know more about the boxing than I do...but we won a Gold.

-- Edited by Syl on Saturday 7th of August 2021 12:10:39 PM

Yes we did - medals galore again today.

Plus another Pentathlon Gold this time in the men's.

Fourth in the table still.

John Doe · Still Here!

Poor Laura was in a brutal crash through no fault of her own in the first round of the final, given what she did later the gold would have been hers which made husband Jason's record 7th afterwards even more jaw-dropping.

12 golds in that one household!

Lauren Price was also incredible - 55 caps as an international footballer, then a world kick-boxing champion and now Olympic gold in the boxing!

So we finished 4th with 65 medals across a wider range of sports than anyone else on the planet - a totally brilliant performance.

-- Edited by John Doe on Sunday 8th of August 2021 09:21:01 PM

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

Considering the circumstances, I think the Olympics have been a great success all round.
Hopefully 4 years from now the world will be back to normal.

John Doe · Still Here!

Syl wrote:
Considering the circumstances, I think the Olympics have been a great success all round.
Hopefully 4 years from now the world will be back to normal.

Paris is in three years Syl!

Syl · FIRM BUT FAIR.

John Doe wrote:
Syl wrote:
Considering the circumstances, I think the Olympics have been a great success all round.
Hopefully 4 years from now the world will be back to normal.
Paris is in three years Syl!

So they are....to get back on schedule.

John Doe · Still Here!

Syl wrote:
John Doe wrote:
Syl wrote:
Considering the circumstances, I think the Olympics have been a great success all round.
Hopefully 4 years from now the world will be back to normal.
Paris is in three years Syl!
So they are....to get back on schedule.

So handy for the Brits and as Paris shares our time zone they will make perfect viewing for everyone in the evening as well.

John Doe · Still Here!

Paralympics start on Tues night!

Good luck Johnny, The Werewolf, Sarah, Hannah, Ellie and all the rest.

An added bonus at Prefontaine was seeing the arrogant 'gangsta' trash talking Sha'Carri Richardson get blown away by the three Jamaicans and finish a vanishingly distant last place.

Her foul mouthed interview at the end was just icing on the cake.

The yanks have hyped her up to the stratosphere (as they always seem to do before a US sprinter has done anything) and she did just what I thought she would do - fail miserably.

Oh and congratulations to Elaine Thompson on her incredible 10.54 run - everyone knows that is the real world record (not only was Flo Drug juicing to an incredible degree but when her 'record' was set the wind gauge was broken and she had a gale force wind blowing behind her (+5m/sec - +7m/sec , the limit for official records is +2m/sec) which was then covered up (another thing the US track team were 'experts' at in the '80s).

-- Edited by John Doe on Sunday 22nd of August 2021 10:58:45 PM

John Doe · Still Here!

Dame Sarah Storey breaks the world record and then in the final catches brave Crystal Lane Wright only half way through the race - simply incredible.

15 Paralympic golds and counting.

Not too bad.