It seems the heats are basically grouped by how fast a swimmer you normally are with Heat 1 being the slowest group and heat 6 the fastest.
Iād say all things being equal she should be in about fourth or fifth overall coming out of the pool. Then it seems to be a bit of a luck of the draw about which horse you get.
50km menās walk has just started. 5.30am start. Theyāve just done the first km in 5 mins. Commentators just mentioned this is the last time event this will be included in the Olympics. 2 Irish lads taking part.
Half the lads here would be hard pushed to run a km in 5 mins let alone walk it!
I see Upper Volta won their first ever Olympic medal ther last night.
Ireland go in the final of the Womenās Madison later today. Itās cycling Iām told. 120 laps of the track.
Itās been a while since Burkina Faso was called that. The late president Thomas Sankara changed the name back in 1984 before he was bumped off by his best buddy Blaise CompaorĆ©.
He might get arrested for indecent exposure
Brendan Boyce near the front of the main chasing pack. He went well in world championships or in Rio before I think.
Theyāre through 5km in 19:10. Iād say theres less than 5 forum members who would run that.
Were the 20km and 50km walks on the day after one another? Did Rob the racist not used to do both?
No, always spaced out as far as I remember. Usually the longer one first. Not sure if he did both
I saw āBoycieā, as myself and a few other Irish supporters gathered at the side of Buckingham Palace hilariously dubbed him, finish somewhere in the middle of the field at this event at London 2012. Wikipedia says 26th out of 63 starters. RTR got awarded a medal later on after the winner was fucked out for doping.
Iād say that must have been 4k.
Youāre right actually. Mea culpa.
Boycie was 6th in World Championships.
The French WR holder has already gone into the jacks and appears in all kinds of problems
Only fools and horses walk, as they say.
Con Murphy is on the world feed here on the free to air Seven Network.
Thereās a 51 year old Spanish walker here at his 8th Olympics. Thatās just plain ridiculous
Yer wan Honghchan has obliterated all comers in the diving.
Sheād put the Galway hurlers to shame
Heās nearly back with the main group now. Boycie seems to be just about hanging on.
He just stopped again at the drinks station.
