The Commonwealth Games 2018 thread

Merlin5 · 4 Apr 2018 at 19:23

Just watching the opening ceremony highlights. Day 1 live coverage of events begins 12.15am BBC 1. I'll watch a couple of hours of it probably.

We came top in the medal list in 2014 with 58 gold 59 silver 57 bronze, totalling 174. Australia came second with 137 medals. Do we still have enough star sportsmen and women to do anything like as well? We shall see.

marc2003 · 5 Apr 2018 at 00:31

Bit of triathlon up first. Nice. :cool:

Merlin5 · 5 Apr 2018 at 00:52

marc2003 said:
Bit of triathlon up first. Nice.

Yep and right from the outset it looks like we're on for our first gold or silver with Jessica Learmonth, with another brit currently in bronze medal position.

marc2003 · 5 Apr 2018 at 01:07

Looks like it's going to be a right old dust up for that 3rd place.

Merlin5 · 5 Apr 2018 at 01:15

Indeed! Looks like Learmonth has fallen behind by a fair margin which is a shame, doesn't look like gold anymore for her. Amazing amount of work these triathletes have to put in to get a medal, and then you get the 100m sprinters who only need to put in a few seconds of effort.

marc2003 · 5 Apr 2018 at 01:29

flippin eck, almost lost that silver.

Merlin5 · 5 Apr 2018 at 01:30

Lol yeah, and we went from possible gold and bronze to silver and 4th. Still, well done those girls.

Murney · 5 Apr 2018 at 13:01

No coverage for today's boxing from the BBC!!!!!!

semi-pro waster · 7 Apr 2018 at 13:44

Murney said:
No coverage for today's boxing from the BBC!!!!!!

You probably already know but just in case you can usually get different streams using the BBC sports app/website - I've used it a few times already when I've been less interested in the sport that's on TV than in another on at the same time.

Hard not to feel a bit sorry for Ethan Hayter in the scratch race where having led for such a long time he finished outside the medals. Some good results for all the home nations so far which potentially bodes well for Team GB at the Worlds or the Olympics.

marc2003 · 8 Apr 2018 at 10:47

Now that's impressive. Scottish bloke Duncan Scott beats Aussie Olympic champion in his own backyard to win 100m freestyle gold. :eek:

Murney · 8 Apr 2018 at 18:30

semi-pro waster said:
You probably already know but just in case you can usually get different streams using the BBC sports app/website - I've used it a few times already when I've been less interested in the sport that's on TV than in another on at the same time.

Hard not to feel a bit sorry for Ethan Hayter in the scratch race where having led for such a long time he finished outside the medals. Some good results for all the home nations so far which potentially bodes well for Team GB at the Worlds or the Olympics.

Yep, It looks like there only covering fight's in the 1/4 finals.

Paid premium for https://www.7commgames.com.au/live/19 and used a VPN. Happy days.

sprite1275 · 15 Apr 2018 at 10:52

Anyone watch the woman's netball final? It was awesome winning it in the last seconds. Didn't realise how much stamina you need for that game. Well done to the girls. :cool:

trigg_27 · 15 Apr 2018 at 11:36

This closing ceremony...

Where's Kylie, Jason, AC/DC or Weddings, Parties Anything? This is all pretty dull so far