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I'm enjoying the diving right now. I was atrocious at this during swimming lessons when little- always bellyflopped flailing into the water like a sack of spuds being emptied. Nice to see it being done properly. _________________ Known as the catch of the camp.
I'm enjoying the diving right now. I was atrocious at this during swimming lessons when little- always bellyflopped flailing into the water like a sack of spuds being emptied. Nice to see it being done properly.
I've been enjoying the diving too, I'm getting very good scoring
The boxing judging and refereeing in this tournament has been truly awful at times.
Yes, I do find it quite hard to see how they are scoring. All right, they will have a better view from ringside than I do on my telly, but it does look as though they are not scoring a lot of scoring punches. The little tally at the top of the screen is useful in terms of who the judges think are winning, but not really in terms of whether the judging is competent or not. The commentators quite often say that they think a punch should have been scored when it wasn't.
Don't know enough about refereeing to say - the fights I have seen (about 8 so far) have been refereed, as far as I as a non-expert can tell, pretty competently and fairly. I haven't seen any gross errors, but that doesn't mean there haven't been any!
Can interviewers please stop asking people how they feel when they have just won/lost?
Interviewer: "How do you feel?"
Sportsperson: "Tired"
If all the interviewees said that, the interviewers would soon stop asking banal and stupid questions!
Clearly, at the end of a competition, the participants are not going to be feeling anything much other than tired/relieved/disappointed. It's the same as interviewing jockeys while they are coming in from a good win:
"Ryan that was great, how did it feel?"
"Yeah. OK"
Much better to do a proper interview when the competitor is at least able to speak coherently (assuming that they are in the first place!)
Anybody see any of the open water swimming? Absolutely mental- there should be more of this after they chuck tennis and football. Would like to see how Phelps coped with that carnage....
The modern pentathlon is good stuff too- fencing, shooting, swimming, riding and running- apparently based on skills a 19th century soldier would need. Brilliant. The showjumping section is on now- the horse they ride is drawn by lots! Poles clattering all over the shop. _________________ Known as the catch of the camp.
Just watched some poor Spaniard stuck on a horse that no-one wanted in the Modern Pentathlon. The beast wasn't for jumping so the poor guy gets 1200 penalty points for not completing the course. He had no chance
It's crazy, but kinda interesting- I mean it is a real test of skill to compete on a horse you know nothing about. _________________ Known as the catch of the camp.
The Modern Pentathlon is actually a story. I think it was invented by Baron de Coubertin himself. The soldier starts out riding to carry an urgent despatch to his commander (show jumping - although if the story is stuck to it shoudl be cross-country). His horse is shot from under him so he starts running (run). He encounters enemies who he shoots (shooting) and then beats off by sword fighting (fencing). He then has to swim across a lake (swimming) to fulfil his orders and get the despatch through.
I'm not sure if I've got the events exactly in order, and clearly (since I saw the swimming earlier) they no longer start with the riding and work through the disciplines - I suppose it's to do with the modern requirements for staging the various events.
That ground makes the Knavesmore look Good to Firm _________________ Cocktails may not be the answer.... but they help you forget the question Vodka... Cheaper than B otox and paralyses more muscles!
Is it being held in Hong Kong, where the horse facilities are? Because it looks like the arena down there, not a field just outside Beijing!
It is fairly usual for the show-jumping phase to be a shambles - riders who probably don't get enough practice because they have to practice five things in total and horsey stuff is the most complicated and expensive, on horses they've never seen before, let alone ridden, drawn by lot and take your chance!
I would be interested to know who supplied the horses - it's normally the organiser....
We did very well in one Olympics because the team was led by an ex show-jumper (I think) who was pretty fit and took up the other more technical sports (shooting and fencing) in order to be able to compete at the Olympics. But most competitors will expect to get loads of penalties in the show-jumping.
Great stuff Jenny. I hope we get the order right in 2012- I think if the backstory was explained the event would be really popular. _________________ Known as the catch of the camp.
What a dreadful way to lose your medal chance, I feel really sorry for these competitors who've done so well in other events. It's maybe not a glamour sport like the track events but these people work hard!
I wonder if our young offenders could do well if the 'modern' pentathalon was made a bit more modern. Joy riding, running, guns, blades etc.
Lordy mama, you'd think they'd put a bit more gee gee practice in before the Olympics!
Must be tempting for the organisers to line up a selection of the stroppiest headcase nags they can find, just for the entertainment value... _________________ Known as the catch of the camp.
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