That was definitely the sporting highlight of the evening!
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The sheer emotion on their faces was amazing. I love sport for this reason, fantastic.
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Yeah, all of that - and the fact that they wear short skirts.
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Skelton wins Equestrian Gold, aged 58 ā thereās hope for me yet!
Note to self - ask Bletch to return my jodhpurs and riding crop.
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Bolt - the greatest up track and field athlete ever. The triple triple.
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Itās amazing to run in three relay teams where everyone passes doping.
Iād like to think his record and legacy will still be intact in ten years.
If you want to be mentally scarred for eternity and haunted every single day by a life-changing failure, try losing a taekwondo Olympic gold that was already yours, but ripped away from you with one second left on the clock. 
If he comes back from that to win the title in Tokyo it will be one of the greatest comebacks of all time.
I stayed up for that! My thoughts were that the loss will make or break Mohammad. He seems quite determined but quite cheerful. I expect in four years time, after going through a Rocky style re-invention, he will return a cold eyed, humourless winning machine. The bout was suspended on 1 seconds I think and the re-start was supposedly a formality, but the other guy managed to get the vital kick in in that one second.
I fear it may have broken him.
When he says that he nearly gave up because training for four years was so tough, it will take a very special character to pick himself up and go for another four years.
Anyway, someone from a non-competitive school needs to tell him that itās the taking part that countsā¦
Tell someone who blew a gold medal in the final second and can land a kick on your head at will, that it is the taking part that counts??? Hmmmā¦you are on your own with that one rallyboy
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Yes, on reflection my mentioning of non-competitive sport and the joy of just taking part sounds like it could even in some circles pass for sarcasm.
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Anyway, didnāt realise how many other Tae Kwondo chances weāve got. I have to say as a spectator sport at this level itās quite tedious, but I gather itās quite a lot of fun as a participant sport. In the Olympics, itās basically shin kicking.
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Originally posted by @anal1
Anyway, didnāt realise how many other Tae Kwondo chances weāve got. I have to say as a spectator sport at this level itās quite tedious, but I gather itās quite a lot of fun as a participant sport. In the Olympics, itās basically shin kicking.
Reminds me of that joke about the āgameā where you take it in turns to kickeach other in the bollocks as hard as possible until one person gicves upā¦ needless to say there is a huge advantage to going firstā¦
Was watching that Rhythmic Gymnastics earlier, just girls playing with ballsā¦
Nobody watching Brazl Germany? Have to admire Neymar, getting the shit kicked out of him. Smegbender hits the bar
Yep watching itā¦ but canāt stand Neymarā¦ little cuntā¦ and the Brasil love in when the Germans Playing betterā¦3 times hitting woodwork so far.
I hear Tom Daley had a semi today but it didnāt lead to anything.
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Germans should have had a pen reallyā¦ bit of a Brasil love inā¦why? All those tear following the 7-1ā¦ 
Iām considering trying to stay awake for the 5000m final, but might fall asleep 
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I will just be getting out of bed for it after a nights kip 