Did RTE not bother showing an interview with Kellie there
Is she likely to go pro now?
Iâd imagine so. She wonât have too long at it but she should have the profile to earn some decent money for a couple of years.
Box office finish to the Games in the water polo final here on Eurosport. Serbia leading Greece 11-10 with six minutes left.
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Serbia swimming for home. 13-10. Turnovers killing Greece.
Dusan Mandic outstanding. Greece cannot take advantage of Dejan Savic being temporarily sin binned.
I thought it was shite having Huw cahill on his own without a boxing co commentator you couldnât trust if he was calling it right. He also made a bollox of the drama at the end jumping in with âshes done itâ rather than letting the announcer finish.
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The doughty Serbs give two fingers to the water polo pundits who said they were finished. They take the final gold of the Games 13-10. They showed Ratko Mladic levels of defiance in that last quarter.
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I thought that was a fair enough interruption. He was right that a unanimous win meant it had to be for Harrington given the round 2 scoring. But without a co commentator he couldnât carry it on his own so he had to go silent then.
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This map remains intact.
Since 2000, Every Single Menâs Water Polo Olympic Gold Medallist Has Been Born Within This Circle
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Mr and Mrs Jason Kenny have some haul of medals between them.
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That was some show of dominance by Kenny in the keirin. He blitzed the rest of them.
I stumbled across a very sad segment on BBC last night about a German track cyclist, Kristina Vogel, who won the womenâs sprint in 2016 was paralysed in an on track collision in 2018. Sheâs back at the Games as a commentator. Some of these track events, especially the Madison, are absolutely crazy.
Declan and PJ have done a nice job on commentary on the cycling for RTE.
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Kristina Vogel was a dinger. Small and stocky. I think someone crashed into her while training on a track. Tragic.
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Kellie was interviewed a while back, said when all through lockdown that it was her partner that trained with her doing pads etc.
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George has a great knowledge of flags tbf
Heâs from the North, he would.
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What did Marty do now?
Does he know the difference between the irish flag and ivory Coast?
He was given the gig to report from Portland Row and get post fight interviews with Kellie Harringtonâs family.
One of her brothers is called Joel but he pronounced it incorrectly and somebody interrupted him to correct it. Itâs a soft Joel, as in rhymes with role rather than Martyâs Jo-El.
Then he asked her mother about the fight details and she quipped that she didnât know as she didnât watch it. Marty was incredulous, even though itâs well known she doesnât watch the fights. Joel said something under his breath likeâŚâwhere have you been the last 3 weeks?â
Nothing too awful but he was just a bit of a gobshite and obviously hadnât done a token little bit of research.
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He completely ignored Harringtonâs partner in the group also
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