The Olympic Games Rio-2016 Thread

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37038844

One of our girls into the 70 kg judo semi-finals (which guarantees a medal). She was losing and her French opponent had her pinned, then she turned her over and scored maximum points. Her opponent was the world champion and she had never beaten her before.

Need some medals...I think we turned 4/5th positions into medals in London, but look like we are doing the reverse here. We apparently lead the table for 4th positions. Need a couple of golds to climb the table. Lots to go though.
 
Today has been really good so far with the men's sevens and an excellent women's hockey match (GB vs Arg).

Gotta say I'm surprised hockey has never really taken off as a mainstream sport in UK to rival cricket and rugby.

Give each city a team and a little stadium and I'd go watch it for sure.

EDIT: obviously it needs glamming up a bit and put on TV etc
 
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Today has been really good so far with the men's sevens and an excellent women's hockey match (GB vs Arg).

Gotta say I'm surprised hockey has never really taken off as a mainstream sport in UK to rival cricket and rugby.

Give each city a team and a little stadium and I'd go watch it for sure.

EDIT: obviously it needs glamming up a bit and put on TV etc

It's so tactically and positionally like football too. My son plays.
 
Today has been really good so far with the men's sevens and an excellent women's hockey match (GB vs Arg).

Gotta say I'm surprised hockey has never really taken off as a mainstream sport in UK to rival cricket and rugby.

Give each city a team and a little stadium and I'd go watch it for sure.

EDIT: obviously it needs glamming up a bit and put on TV etc

Adding 7s was a rare good decision, was it me or did one of the refs not seem to know what was happening in the hockey though?