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.

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.

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.

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.