The Olympics

There’s a great camaraderie between Peter Collins, Sonia and RTR on RTE

Gabby Thomas is unreal

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Jamacians looks fairly non-plussed after winning an Olympic gold.

ahh they weren’t sure they won. Fair enough, I’m sure they’ll break out the Lilt now and go bananas.

A few of them don’t get on as well

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Fascinating dynamic among the Jamaican team at the end of that relay. Like a family who hate each other gathered at a birthday party. Shelly Anne Fraser-Price playing the role of the conciliatory mammy who is happy to play along with the joy of the youngster Briana Williams, while big sisters Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah sulk. Jackson is not happy she didn’t get to bring them home in a world record.

Another Italian gold!

Wow, the Italians badly mugged off the Brits there

Insert Chiellini memes

An unbelievable performance.

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Not for the first time this summer the Italians beat the Brits at the death.

Pan y agua

@EstebanSexface

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Italia.

Allyson Felix is pure class. A lovely interview by the all time legend with Dave Gillick there. She’s just happy to still be running, still be competitive and still be winning medals, even if they’re not gold, at 35 years of age. If she was a GAA player she’d be the type of great player that would happy to accept a substitute’s role as her career neared its end, happy to contribute to the team in whatever way she could, and still be a great dressing room influence, enjoying being part of it all, rather than storming off in a huff when she was no longer the undisputed star.

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John Kenny has been great value on Twitter during these Olympics. He’d be a savage man to have pints with, far better than Roy Curtis would be.

Thanks for that. Her boys didn’t lick it off a plate so.

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Rumor is one of the Jamaican ladies trains with a known doping coach, which pisses off the others (nod to seashell)
Great great run by Muir.

ETH I presume?

Even in a relay she is so visibly so much faster than everybody else on the track, including her team mates. She’s the first female sprinter since Flo-Jo to have that roadrunner legs effect going on, where the legs disappear in a circular blur and she appears jet propelled. Unbelievable as it is, it’s a very impressive sight, and has the wow factor you sort of demand at an Olympics.

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Dearbhal O’Rourke is a great operator. Rob the R is a but of an eijit, just doesn’t quite have it.

What is this forum’s beef with Rob Heffernan, other than being from Cork?