Peter has been saddled with the graveyard afternoon shift on Olympics coverage for as long as I can remember, or early morning if there was an issue with timezones. He really should be given more respect by RTE.
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He did the morning shift for Tokyo starting at 9:30. That was the prime shift. Jacqui Hurley and David Gillick stuck in a broom cupboard with a few TV screens in Tokyo in our night time was the graveyard shift. It was QVC-esque.
Why is athletics not more popular outside of Olympics? Itâs a great sport really and has great scope for storylines and rivalries etc. Would benefit from a F1 style Netflix series
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Because it isnât on free to air TV much.
Back in the day it was. Youâd have Zurich, Brussels, Oslo, Crystal Palace etc. and maybe a couple of others like Rome or Monaco featured quite heavily each summer. As well as the championships.
When was the last time RTE covered the World Championships? 1995?
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There is a Netflix series called sprint. They all come across as cunts on it which doesnât help.
Michael Johnson is launching a track competition next year to try and drum up more interest and more opportunities for the best in the world to face off.
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Another great night of Track and Field finals ahead.
Menâs 110 hurdles
Womenâs 400 hurdles
Menâs 200
Menâs Javelin
Womenâs Long Jump
Womenâs Heptathlon
Darragh Maloney said âall eyes tonight on the 200 metres and Noah Lylesâ. Womenâs 400 metres hurdles is a much more box office race.
I dunno
The 100/200 double is MASSIVE
But the 400 hurdles will be box office
Iâm in team Bol
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Laura Muir has the doughtiness of a young Cathal Malone
You just have to admire Muir, Iâd follow her as if sheâs Irish, she should be Irish
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I donât think sheâll medal this time.
A British medal winner speaking better Irish than 97% of Ireland here now on radio1 
Sheâll have her work cut out. Kipyegon for gold and the two Ethiopians for silver and bronze would be my prediction. Donât think Ciara Mageean would have been in the medal shake up either.
Something very admirable about her. A pure dour Scot who leaves it all out there
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Iâve felt that when the real chips were down Muir would have beaten Ciara here anyway, what do you think?
Who would have been the most popular and most unpopular Team GB athletes in Ireland over the years?
I was always a Mick Hill man in the javelin.
I liked Kriss Akabusi, John Regis and the lovely Denise Lewis. I wasnât such a fan of Kelly Holmes or Christime Ohurogu.
I like to see the Scotch do well. The Scotch had a fine crop of runners in the late 80s and early 90s. Liz McColgan, Yvonne Murray, Tom McKean etc., and they have again now. I was disappointed for Jemma Reekie in the 800.
Sebastian Coe was a cunt.
The unspoken sweetness of John Treacy winning silver in the marathon in '84 was that he beat Charlie Spedding. I have nothing against Charlie Spedding, I know nothing about Charlie Spedding, but Charlie Spedding represented 800 years of oppression in that moment.
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Steve Backley, Colin Jackson and Jessica Ennis were always likeable and inoffensive athletes who you could somewhat root for
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Itâs hard to know. Muir has just run a personal best of 3.53.79. Thatâs about two seconds faster than Mageean has run. I donât think thereâs much between them though. Itâs just such a shame that Ciara Mageean didnât get her chance.
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Crying shame Mageean didnt get to take her chance. Alas weâll die wondering.
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I wasnât mad about Colin Jackson nor Linford Christie. Or Roger Black. Or Mo Farah. I think I would have hated Steve Ovett but he seemed slightly less annoying than Coe.
I was a big fan of the relay lads that won the worlds in 1991 bar Roger Black.
Jonathan Edwards was a bit of a dose especially in his God bothering days.
Iâd like to see Katarina Johnson-Thompson do well here as I did Jess Ennis.
Muir is the spiritual heiress to Liz McColgan.
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