Tokyo Olympics 2020
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Soldato
Wondering, how are you lot finding the best way to keep track of what's on when?
I've got Discovery+ but usually I'd just bob on BBC and let it run for the day.
I've got Discovery+ but usually I'd just bob on BBC and let it run for the day.
Soldato
damm i missed it. infact i have missed all the events that have happened during the day because of time difference!!!Daley and his syncro partner are smashing it in the diving!
Caporegime
I see what's coming up for the day on the Olympic site
Olympic Schedule & Results - 26 Jul | Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Then I just go to the replays on Eurosport and watch the sports I like on there. Problem with watching nothing live is you don't quite get the "Olympic feeling" but you get a bit of that watching Olympics Today on BBC One at 7.30pm.
Caporegime
That mountain biking looks like far too much hard work for me
Soldato
BBC has a reasonable schedule
Tokyo Olympics: Day-by-day guide to the key events
I thought they just had a limit on 2 live feeds, but, they don't seem to have replays of older events either - just looking for mountain biking competition,
r4today said they had had 5K hours of (live) coverage @rio , and just 350 this year, so what - there will only be 7% of replay material versus rio.
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alll in glorious HD/720p with replays
Tokyo Olympics: Day-by-day guide to the key events
I thought they just had a limit on 2 live feeds, but, they don't seem to have replays of older events either - just looking for mountain biking competition,
r4today said they had had 5K hours of (live) coverage @rio , and just 350 this year, so what - there will only be 7% of replay material versus rio.
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yes - seems you can get olympics @ £5 https://www.discoveryplus.co.uk/myaccount/products
alll in glorious HD/720p with replays
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It does, it's not an effective martial art and it's boring to watch.
Daley and partner have nailed final dive no way they gonna be caught its gonna be gold!!
I missed the diving. Did Daley get gold? That's awesome if so, he's always been so close so I'm pleased for him if he did it.
Caporegime
Taekwondo is to actual hand-to-hand combat what Fencing is to actual sword fighting. Nothing wrong with heavily abstracted sports; and there's something to be said for the Olympics being less focused on sports and formats with a heavily European origin.
You do realise Taekwondo kicks are the most powerful of most martial arts?
In a scientific test with National Geographic they compared the kicking power and speed of Muay Thai, Karate, Capoeira and Taekwondo. Taekwondo was found to have the fastest and most powerful kicking technique at 220km/hr and 1040kg force.
The padding is necessary to protect the combatents, as well as essential for scoring.
National Geographic Fight Science series on youtube.
My point is none of that comes across in the coverage / current format displayed at the Olympics.
Soldato
yea is aw the highlights and it did look brutal.
ive tried it a few times myself and its hard work! definetly more challenging than road cycling
Soldato
yes he did! do keep up!
i know ist super hard to just wake up at 3am to see this but check the highlights etc.
I guess sometimes it does look a little tame, but the kicks and punches are powerful, and do hurt, even through the padding.
Can't see rules ever changing to do away with padding, same as Olympic boxing will always have headguards, and how full MMA will never become an Olympic event.
They are not formats that the Olympic Movement will want to encompass.
No need for that attitude.
Yep :/
I entered regional MTB XC races in 2009 and 2010 and that was hard enough. Road riding is mostly consistent power but with MTB it's flat out for a few mins, then 'rest' for a few mins on the downhill sections. The terrain constantly bashes your body and there is little benefit from slip streaming other riders.
The British Champion at the time, Liam Killeen, lapped me
Lauren Williams currently in round 1 of the Taekwondo final with Jade Jones there watching.
Bah.
Bah.
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