Rio 2016

[Alan]

What a performance by Fiji. A deserved gold.

First Olympic medal in Fiji's history, too. What a way to do it.

 

[Parkins left foot]

Errors from GB & would have wanted a closer match, but you have to admire the power & skill of the Fijian's.

Deserved Gold for them.

 

[Bit on the shaggies]

Fair play to Fiji, they were very good, but Britain won't be happy with that performance. Bottled the first half badly.

Still a silver that not many would have expected us to win though.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I love watching Fiji play sevens. They are just bonkers at it. Shame their 15-a-side team can't get the same results occasionally because they play that like a bunch of absolute mentalists as well.

They were ok in the World Cup, indisciplined but gave both England and Wales a good game.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Nice to get a silver and happy for Fiji, awesome players, playing the game with real energy and combination of skill and power. Really wish they'd take league a bit more serious, they should concentrate on that instead of Union.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

They were ok in the World Cup, indisciplined but gave both England and Wales a good game.

They don't like all the rubbish bits, much prefer running, passing and tackling to binding on and remembering 246 rules at the line out.

Although they gave Wales a tough game they didn't really do that well.

 

[Langers]

Helen Stanning and Helen Glover going for gold in the rowing now.

 

[Langers]

Way ahead at the halfway stage......

 

[Langers]

Boom!!

 

[Langers]

We're now up to 4th in the medals table. Top stuff.

Now it's the men's fours - we're good at this one.

 

[Langers]

Oarsome hour for Team GB.

 

[Sniffer]

No. We'll be down in events such as the track cycling and the rowing when compared to London.

The bar stewards are trying to prove me wrong!

 

[Langers]

In the womens 10k, the leader is HALF A MINUTE inside the world record time. That's just silly.

 

[Parkins left foot]

In the womens 10k, the leader is HALF A MINUTE inside the world record time. That's just silly.

Her second 5000 was faster than any 5000m runner has done this year (or possibly even more than that as was coming back into the room when they were talking about it) - unreal

 

[FrankMunro-371]

An unbelievable run.

 

[darlowolf64]

Her second 5000 was faster than any 5000m runner has done this year (or possibly even more than that as was coming back into the room when they were talking about it) - unreal

Is she Russian and does she look a little "spaced out"?

 

[Tredman]

From BBC Sport:

TheEstadio Olimpico still in shock after that 10,000m final. 18 personal bests in that field. Leaders through 5k in 14.46, and then knocking out a negative split of 14.31 in the second half. A world record from a questionable era smashed by 14 seconds, by a woman racing over the distance for only the second time in her life. Remarkable.

She's not the only one to have smashed her PB - hopefully they are not all 'Russians'

 

[Langers]

It's so sad that one of the first reactions is 'did she cheat?'

So much damage has been done recently.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

It's so sad that one of the first reactions is 'did she cheat?'

So much damage has been done recently.

Sadly that was my first thought.

 

[Langers]

Sadly that was my first thought.

I should add that I don't blame anyone for having that reaction!