To All of our Olympliads

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mrs bouquet

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To All of our Olympliads
« on: August 09, 2021, 16:53 »
So many congratulations to them all.   To come 4th overall in the medal table is just so brilliant.
I have enjoyed watching most of it.  I think it is all wonderful, but I have especially enjoyed the new sports, like the skateboarding and the off-road cycling.  It is so good to have the sports included now for the youngster to be involved in.  Hopefully many more will now get caught with the bug and we will have many more in the future.    I couldn't do an alley oops even for a medal !!
But the thing that will stick in my mind of the whole games, apart from the friendship, was Matty Lee and Tom Daley doing their dive from the 10 metre platform, and dear Tom doing his knitting.
At least it is only 3 years not 4 until the next one in Paris      Does anything stick in your mind about the games. ?   Mrs Bouquet
Birds in cages do not sing  -  They are crying.

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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2021, 17:26 »
They didn't show enough of the equestrian sports.    ;)

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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2021, 18:41 »
I think the whole games were wonderful.  Such a challenge for everyone, but in the end the ability of the athletes shone through everything else.

Massive kudos to Matty Lee, not to buckle under the pressure at his first Olympics and knowing the pressure on his diving partner Tom Daley.  But there were so many achievements, not always those who were expected to come top, and it's a pity to single out anyone.

If Yorkshire was a country, apparently it would have come 22nd in the medal table, just after Jamaica and before Spain and then Sweden: 4 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze  :D

It was a pity that the deal that the Olympics organisers did with Eurosport/Discovery+ meant that the BBC could only show 2 live streams at any one time.  We were so spoilt in 2012 and 2016.

I got out of bed particularly to watch the diving each morning at 7am  :D

I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

 

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