The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby AUbicycles » Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:37 am
I think that van Vleuten is naturally disappointed and it was an error. Her team-mate knew there was a rider ahead and it was noted that the Motos showed time-gaps and other team cars came up (or riders dropped back) for information but the Dutch team didn't send any riders back. I wouldn't criticise the missing race radios and while it is different, other grades don't get race radios and it was well known that they were not in the race. It was an oversight by van Vleuten and the team and she is such a great rider, but it is also fantastic to see a different result.
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby warthog1 » Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:17 pm
same here!
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby DavidS » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:04 pm
Tough course.
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby rapunzel » Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:07 pm
This. This is pretty close to my desire, too.RobertL wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:35 pmI attended the Sydney Olympics as a (badminton) official. We stayed in one of the Uni accommodation colleges. In the main lounge room area they had a dozen or so big screens showing the live feed from each of the sports. Just the TV feed from the site, no commentary, no breaks, but with all the action replays etc.DavidS wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:46 pmMore like hours and hours of talking heads, puff pieces on the host country, replays of Aussie glory etc ad nauseum.
I just want them to show sport. They have half a dozen channels and you can barely find any sport even with 20 events happening at once.
I just don't understand why they do this, it is a sporting event, if I want to watch a talk show I'll watch a talk show.
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It was like I had died and gone to heaven.
I want to see people at the top of their game, doing their thing. When I first arrived in Aus and saw my first first Olympic coverage by local tv here.... little coverage of sports Aus not involved in, little reporting on overall performances of various levels or even reporting things like, shock horror, the silver and bronze placings in a sport.
So disappoint.
So expected now after living here for a while.
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby rapunzel » Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:43 pm
Imagine the loss of income if you choose not to. Imagine how women in sport are actually paid **cough** sponsored **cough**
Hopefully not...
Imagine.
I know many of these sports are not viewed in between Olympics games. So money from sponsors is even more important when the Games are on. Not sure how many are influenced by forced uniform indications as now, vs competition for sponsors, etc.
I wonder how many of the men’s sports have the guys waxing up to their anus. Swimming ?
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby warthog1 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:06 am
Hadn't considered any of that tbh.
I just enjoyed watching it and thought others might to.
That took the edge off it I guess.
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby familyguy » Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:25 am
Yep, this is Australian sports TV, almost nationilistic. There are multiple sports we are not taking part in that are well worth watching. But hey, let's show every swimming heat while the every other sport gets ignored. It was worse when we didn't have the ability to stream multiple feeds, when they would cut something for a swimming heat for a 200m event and all the lead-in and post-swim interviews, thereby missing a lot of good action.rapunzel wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:07 pmThis. This is pretty close to my desire, too.RobertL wrote: ↑Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:35 pmI attended the Sydney Olympics as a (badminton) official. We stayed in one of the Uni accommodation colleges. In the main lounge room area they had a dozen or so big screens showing the live feed from each of the sports. Just the TV feed from the site, no commentary, no breaks, but with all the action replays etc.DavidS wrote: ↑Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:46 pm
More like hours and hours of talking heads, puff pieces on the host country, replays of Aussie glory etc ad nauseum.
I just want them to show sport. They have half a dozen channels and you can barely find any sport even with 20 events happening at once.
I just don't understand why they do this, it is a sporting event, if I want to watch a talk show I'll watch a talk show.
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It was like I had died and gone to heaven.
I want to see people at the top of their game, doing their thing. When I first arrived in Aus and saw my first first Olympic coverage by local tv here.... little coverage of sports Aus not involved in, little reporting on overall performances of various levels or even reporting things like, shock horror, the silver and bronze placings in a sport.
So disappoint.
So expected now after living here for a while.
I reckon we could get a great handball team going with our talents in basketball, AFL and most codes of football who might switch over.
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby DavidS » Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:31 pm
Watched some of the team fencing today (sabre I think) which was Italy v France and very exciting. Wish I understood more but nice to see a sport we never see.
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby JPB » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:30 pm
I gave up watching the fencing and other small scale, fast action sports via the internet as the clarity and pixalation made it too hard to see what was really going on.DavidS wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:31 pm7Plus is helping, just a pity the NBN relies on 19th century technology from the node to my house (HFC). Sometimes it is ok, other times it freezes and the resolution is blurry.
Watched some of the team fencing today (sabre I think) which was Italy v France and very exciting. Wish I understood more but nice to see a sport we never see.
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But I am loving being able to use the 7plus app and getting a range of sports to watch, I love watching handball and hockey and the scale of the action is big enough that pixalation does not impact it too badly.
Plus the canoeing as that was the sport I was best at and I know the intricacies of what they are doing.
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby caneye » Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:49 pm
The only issue I've encountered was last week - table tennis channel - showing the stadium feed (bird's eye view) instead of the match feed.
I've been able to catch most of the kookaburras and olyroos games so I'm stoked. Don't get to watch much field hockey on free-to-air channels, not even the Champions Trophy tournament, so being able to pick and choose your match is a big bonus!
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby Derny Driver » Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:50 pm
Apparently that's fine and within the rules. Saya is out, doesnt get another chance, the US girl says sorry and everything is sweet.
What the actual ****
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby MichaelB » Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:03 pm
Can't say I'm a fan of many of the modern events like skateboarding, tennis, golf, surfing etc etc.
Meh.
Exit: Just caught the 2nd Half of the Matildas winning over GB. Bloody brilliant
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Re: The 2021 Tokyo Olympic Thread
Postby DavidS » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:08 am
But breakdancing? Really? That is not a sport and just should not be there.
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