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Olympics discussion thread
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[GIF description - animated sketch of the olympic rings]
The greatest show on earth is finally here, and if any of you have read my staff profile, you'll know I am a sports fanatic, so this is one of my favourite times! So many different sports going on that you can suddenly become an armchair expert in over a short few hours of watching.
Thought it would be a good to get a thread going to discuss all things Tokyo 2020(1), have you been watching any of it yet? Any favourite moments? Sports you would love to have a go at? Discuss it all below!
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When he won today, Tom Daley said: "I am a gay man and also an Olympic champion. And I feel very empowered by that because when I was younger I felt I was never going to achieve anything because of who I was."
[Image description: Tom Daley standing on the podium with a tear running down each cheek]
He'd moved to private school with some wild claims before the Olympics so he wasn't very well liked because of it. It was in the news lol
I love watching the judo and the weightlifting.. the noises they make have me laughing
I really enjoy the swimming though , I loved swimming as a kid
You have to tell us now what your events were! I agree about the difference it shows, but also that finding your level and enjoying competing or practicing still has a lot of fun and value in doing so
Ha, I feel like you should try and create a mash up of all the funny sounds from the olympics!
Talking of the swimming, very exciting race with the British men winning gold and silver. Beautiful video of their friends and family watching them win:
First time in 113 years we’ve got 1-2 @Ed_ !
Yeah it's amazing to see so many young people competing for different countries, the Japanese skateboarder winning gold aged 13, unreal!
Oh wow! Even I am not old enough to remember what that feels like!
The BBC highlight show is fairly good at catching up with things and depending on what time you work, there are a few live events that start late evening UK time...For example, last couple of nights I have got hooked on the triathlon!
The italian athlete had a career threatening injury a few years ago, and it was the Qatarian who spoke with him to encourage him to not give up and to show himself kindness and patience to recover. They both had identical results in the High Jump final and asked to share the gold medal rather than do a jump off. Look how happy they are
[Alt Text - Picture of tweet showing Tom Daley knitting from the stands at the olympics . Is knitting something white with the Olympic Rings on, The British flag and text “Team GB”]
@Millie2787 I saw this too! The letters and Olympic rings have been knitted so perfectly.
Over the weekend I ended up watching a catch up video of the BMX event which was amazing to watch. They are so talented!
https://youtu.be/6wc6TChRwUM
I did! She did a amazing! She's best friends with the girl who won first too! And to think a couple years ago sky had a bad accident and was in hospital for a while