Tokyo Olympics 2021

Great clips!

Feeling a bit tearful about Kye Whyte this morning. I used to go and watch my nephews ride at Peckham and Kye was always there putting in a shift. He must have been about 13 then. Such a nice kid. What a journey!

Adios Djokovic, you anti-vaxxing, one-man COVID epidemic cunt.

Yeah but what do you really think of him?

Stupid non-BMXer question, but do they have to run some standard gearing or something? Do they all have standardised bikes like Keirin/NJS or something? I just can't figure out how a cadence that high can be efficient, but I am sure I am missing something...

Acceleration off the line I think, less so about efficiency.

surely more about popping the front and getting in crank rotations right up until you air and having feet in the right position leaving a jump?

Whyte and Shriever performances the highlight of the games so far for me, proper totes emosh.

Kye trying to pick Beth up off the floor both looking like a couple of piss heads outside a Spoons a close second.

you can take the riders out of GB, but you can't take GB out of the riders

Thankfully no floor pizza though...

In the ned and miller podcast just out david talks about the ioc overloads and the money they sit on plus their own personal requirements !

Never strays far thursday this week podcast.

Is mixed relay triathlon really a thing outside of the olympics? Cause I've never heard of it and it seems bs to me to make a relay out of the most soloists of sports.

It seems to be only at major championships…
It can only be a good thing to encourage national governing bodies to encourage equal participation if another gong is up for grabs.

It's pretty entertaining so far

Most satisfactory…

Nice to see them Triathlonists get another gold for GB & for it to mean Jonny gets one at last.

Compared to Kye & Beth they scored 1/10 for wild celebrations though.

Please if only for my entertainment can you elaborate on its solo-ness

It’s not all glory. Connor Fields in hospital with a bleed on the brain after crashing out of the BMX semi-final yesterday.
Link to article

Fijian rugby = britbane.

Dunno I’ve done relay triathlon (although each leg is a different discipline unlike this Olympic version).
Mixed sprint relay seems pretty cool. More fun if there’s a way to track live times.

Is mixed relay triathlon really a thing outside of the olympics?

The club relays are an annual event in Nottingham, includes mixed teams. Format sightly different as it goes S x4 B x4 Rx4 iirc.

I've done Nottingham a few times in mixed teams, it's quite fun. Not sure anyone takes it that seriously though.

So it is a thing. Nevermind, carry on.

Daniel Stahl winning the disc throw was great. Seems like a fun guy to have a beer with.

Seems like a fun guy to have a beer with.

Too loud