Probably shouldn't complain about 7+, North Korea has just started their broadcast of the Games on a three week delay: https://amp.news.com.au/sport/olympics/north-korea-has-begun-watching-the-tokyo-olympics-three-weeks-late/news-story/86f5b4f9cafb4ba033d5bbf6ccc6f405

Patty Mills makes the official 5 man all-star team of the Olympics: https://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/men/2020/news/five-different-nations-represented-in-the-all-star-five-of-the-men-s-olympic-tournament

yes Thanks for starting up the thread MCG.
Archery, olympic inspired be careful lol.....

bb2, yes the time diff really helped us thats sure and bonus.
IF it was in EU or USA I would have watched more replays compared to seeing so much "live" that makes for great viewing.

Forgetting the Ch7 hurdles jumping one station to another how it goes But I do hear you missing seeing other sports that would have been great to see.
Broadcasters set up programming what suits the Nation as expected.

On the balance of things I also enjoyed the Olympics. I think things being 1 hour behind helped immensely as there was no waiting up til ridiculous hours to watch anything. And Also despite my previous criticisms, having the app was awesome as you could watch what you wanted instead of a forced select few sports we are used to seeing in the days of FTA. I dont think we have been this spoiled for choice during an Olympics

The only disappointment is, as mentioned, the lack of full replays. Channel 7 really should have dedicated a few resources to spitting them out as the events occurred. Now the Olympics are over and they seem to only have a back-catalog of about 10%

Take the Volleyball for instance. If you wanted to watch a game it meant 2 1/2 hours of missing something else. Now would be a perfect time to go through a back catalog of dozens of games especially since they are leaving their Olympics replays there for 4 months. Instead there are only 5 or 6 games for mens and womens

There was so much I missed due to overlapping events and there is no way to watch them unless Australia participated or there was a medal. A real lost opportunity and a downer on what otherwise was a thoroughly enjoyable experience

Well said. Thanks everyone been fun following this thread over the 3 weeks now excuse me I’m off to play archery 

yes the flag off the tower looked weird/funny BUT this is covid times - seen alot of weird shit nowadays haven't we.

Got to say, maybe its been due to lockdown ? well yes no for I've always enjpoyed following the olympics but I guess in these global challenging times maybe it meant more.
Got to hand it to the Japs even though a % of the locals weren't impressed and I get it BUT really you can see its been a kind of therapy for many around the world.
Kudos to all the athletes - training not like they expected pre covid.
We all look at our medal tally and those above But I looked right through to the bottom with a bronze only.
All of those countries making up the bottom half must be rapted just for 1medal let alone those in double digits.

USA would have been happy toppling China, just.
How was the arrogance shown once again by their BB winning team, sad people.

Did I recall watching a marathon looking easier as I did yesterday ? unbelieveable, it wasn't just the humidity knocking off contenders it was his pace blowing them off.
He looked so composed from start to finish, unreal what a Champion.
Giggles on the 2nd Somalian stirring on his fellow contryman to 3rd.
That was epic to watch and the ecstacy of the 3 of them at the finish is what its all about.

The CGI for that flag though... apparently the weather conditions didn't allow them to fly it for real but really they could have done a better job than that :laugh:

Up to the handover segment to France and Thomas Pesquet is playing La Marseillaise on the saxophone with Japan in the window from the fucking International Space Station and the bogan 7 commentators still talk over it.

A beautiful choir singing the Japanese national anthem at the start of the closing ceremony, and 7's bogan commentator (I think it was Griggs) talks all over it, ffs.

Bouldering is like a puzzle, you have to figure out how to get to the two zones, lead climbing is basically who can get furthest to the top. Don’t ask me about the scoring, because there’s only 1 medal they’ve had to combine all the scores which is messy. Next Olympics they’re giving Speed Climbing its own medal, and bouldering and lead climbing will be combined. 

My mate who's into sports climbing is livid with the coverage, he reckons they had a rugby commentator who had no idea how the sport worked. I told him he now knows how I feel as a football fan in Australia.

yep we sure have got owned by the USA in the team sports we've contested against them :(
Sucks !

Pretty much same POV re the Climbing.
Looks interesting but yer don't get it all.

Yeah I've been watching the climbing at night but because they don't explain what's going on I can't follow why or what they're trying to do.

Speed climbing yes. Fastest wins. The other stuff, haven't a clue.

Just watched a replay where the girl missed the world record by 0.01 seconds so presumably they're racing the same course everywhere they go?

Farking losing to America everywhere.

2024 will be interesting, USA will host 2028 so you’d expect them to top the medals there

anyone been watching the Sports Climbing? It’s pretty interesting 

Getting caned in the women's beach volleyball. Will be 2 sets down shortly.

Leading us on and blowing it late in both the Olympics and the last world championship. The team is almost as disappointing as the generation.

There's a joke in there about a bunch of guys who have much more money than the rest of us and don't do any good, but I can't find it.

That trans weightlifter also failed in the snatch. Which is a shame, because she worked her bollocks off to get there.

Rotten day for team sports. Gold in skateboarding and the decathlon is looking good. 

Ffs Boomers. Leading by 15 and just getting fancy and letting America play their game. So disappointing. Had they been behind the whole time I'd understand but a 15 point lead?! 

It's semi final,  of course they did,  they could be playing Zambia and they'd still blow it. 

yer bugga !
Thats our Everest in BB, each time vsing them we start well or contest but they come back when it counts.
Well Bronze game to look forward to.

Boomers have blown it.

We've definitely exceeded my expectations for these games.

As I said before, it's time to get used to seeing China at the top of the tally, although USA will have better games.

I think USA gonna struggle being Gold top dog.....

YAY the womens Beach Volley ball through to Gold medal finale......

Canoe Gold
2 of our women in High Jump final
Decatholan possible medal
Gold in Skateboard

Boomers in play vs USA

I think were breaking into record Gold haul since Greece 04.

Boomers more than ten points clear of USA heading towards HT.

Jamaica win gold on the 110m hurdles, American athletics team is misfiring big time

Usa failed to qualify for the relay finals 😂

Opals got owned unfortunately.
Always been our bogey same for the mens.

Re Bol the slow pace from the beginning imo ruined his run for it forced him to lead pick up the pace, that used up that bit of kicker needed on the straight to finish line.
Shame but 4th is very credible for him and us good on him.

Todays interests......
There is a lot of excitement ahead on Thursday, with highlights including Australia’s women’s beach volleyball semi-final against Latvia at 11:00am, the Boomers up against the US in their basketball semi-final at 2:00pm, the Matildas v USA bronze medal match at 6:00pm, the men’s hockey gold medal match featuring the Kookaburras and Belgium at 8:00pm and the conclusion to the men’s decathlon in which Aussie Ash Moloney is currently placed second. All times AEST.

Womens indoor volleyball is great. Longer rallies than the men.

Peter Bol should be on in about 3 hours