August 6, 20169 yr Omg I just saw the video of that man breaking hsi leg Should NOT have watched it. Nope nope nope
August 6, 20169 yr Eek :x Anyway, Hungary win the gold in Women's Eplee Fencing. I was surprised how entertaining that was to watch as I've never properly watched a game of fencing and it is quite intense (and super cool of course what with it looking like Daft Punk sword fighting). Edited August 6, 20169 yr by Chez Wombat
August 6, 20169 yr Omg I just saw the video of that man breaking hsi leg Should NOT have watched it. Nope nope nope This is so sad. He practised and prepared himself 4 years long for the Olympics and breaks his leg in the qualifications :( On another news, Hungary win the first gold medal in Rio already on the first day :wub: :cheer:
August 6, 20169 yr let's have a look at this leg break thing then... NONONOONOONNO WHAT THE f*** THAT'S THE MOST HORRID THING I'VE SEEN ALL YEAR
August 6, 20169 yr Is it even worse than the Demba Ba leg break? If so I'll pass... A loud crack was heard in the arena/ on my TV :o I had to look away, as it did sent shivers down my spine. Cancel that its been taken off
August 6, 20169 yr Finding weightlifting quite compelling watching. One athlete from Japan failed her first two attempts and only just managed it on the third and that sort of stuff is amazing to watch for the tension.
August 6, 20169 yr Sopita Tanasan of Thailand is my new 48kg hero. Just took 3 increasing weights above all the others so far like it was nothing and seems to be really enjoying herself, definitely cheering her on for the gold. Rio's now making me a weightlifting fan then, I think I mainly skipped it last time. also I'm not looking up that leg break video, your descriptions of it all have me quite satisfied.
August 7, 20169 yr MEDAL TABLE [TOP 10] 1. Australia (2/0/1) 2. Hungary (2/0/0) 3. USA (1/4/0) 4. South Korea (1/1/0) 5. Japan (1/0/4) 6. Argentina (1/0/0) 6. Belgium (1/0/0) 6. Russia (1/0/0) 6. Thailand (1/0/0) 6. Vietnam (1/0/0) xx. Team GB (0/0/0)
August 7, 20169 yr Author And the rest: China 0 2 3 Italy 0 1 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 1 Brazil 0 1 0 Denmark 0 1 0 Indonesia 0 1 0 Canada 0 0 1 Poland 0 0 1 Spain 0 0 1 Uzbekistan 0 0 1 Awful to see what happened to the French vaulter.
August 7, 20169 yr Love how the media ignores all sport except football, as do most people,till the Olympics and now suddenly all these sports are hugely exciting, with people screaming at their tvs for swimmers they normally wouldn't pay a second look!!! Incredible. Mad world.
August 7, 20169 yr And the rest: China 0 2 3 Italy 0 1 1 Kazakhstan 0 1 1 Brazil 0 1 0 Denmark 0 1 0 Indonesia 0 1 0 Canada 0 0 1 Poland 0 0 1 Spain 0 0 1 Uzbekistan 0 0 1 Awful to see what happened to the French vaulter. Yep I'm only gonna post the top 10 and significant others with formatting because it does take a bit of time to do it with resized flags.
August 7, 20169 yr Author Love how the media ignores all sport except football, as do most people,till the Olympics and now suddenly all these sports are hugely exciting, with people screaming at their tvs for swimmers they normally wouldn't pay a second look!!! Incredible. Mad world. I see your point especially with sports that shown every four years on the BBC such as beach volleyball, volleyball, handball, shooting and fencing even water polo. And then there is no coverage of those sports at all on the BBC after the Olympics is over.
August 7, 20169 yr For those sports though, they matter when it's the Olympics, there's a big meaning behind them and it's the pinnacle of their career, that's partly why it is so enjoyable to watch because it's tense. I'd probably like these sports to be shown more but other competitions wouldn't hold as much interest. While popular sports like football and tennis have big competitions separate from the Olympics that mean things to the audience.
August 7, 20169 yr Yep. It's all about fanbases and if sports don't have a fanbase outside the Olympics then there's no point showing it/
August 7, 20169 yr Author Although I do enjoy those sports at the Olympics and should stay there. Thrilling to watch for anyone who hasn't these sports before.
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