No interest whatsoever in watching these minority sports. Where do people watch a synchronised tiddlywinks tournament in the next 4 years? When did you last see a rifle shooting tournament advertised? False interest in sports that are 'minority' for a good reason. Be glad when it is all over and Football returns.
USA in 6th place on the medal tally so far. But never fear, the Yank media have changed their ranking / reporting system to count total medals rather than counting golds first.
I was tempted to take up Discovery offer of £3.99 to watch the games, because BBC has lost the rights to most of it. But the only times I'll get to watch it is over the weekend, so I'll probably won't. Good seeing Andy Murry and Evans doing well in the doubles.
Olympics well under way and Sky lead with a story about an injured Manure player. Oh, what a catastrophe, never mind the Brits winning medals in Paris. We MUST get more Manure headlines.
They currently like the medal table and and want to stop the games now! A few have been talking about watching it, but I haven't heard that much about it to be honest. Maybe it's just me being so busy with the family! I see there seems to be a bit of a kerfuffle about the Algerian boxer who failed a female sex test previously i.e. though the passport said female, biologically they are male, but were reinstated as eligible for women's sports by the IOC.Their Italian opponent pulled out after 46 seconds. Perhaps it would be better if there were those who were intersex or trans had a separate category. The biological differences that testosterone produces for reaction times, muscle mass and bone density are such that those who exhibit male like quantities have an unfair advantage over biological females.
And so it goes on. Main headline, how is ten hag going to replace injured player, and oh, three headlines later the athletics starting is mentioned. Unfortunately because of my location I have to follow sky news as pretty well nothing else is available. But it doesn't mean I have to like it.
Great for them. Last Olympics Philippines did the same, well, first ever Olympic gold, ladies weightlifting. Yesterday they got another, men's gymnastics. They have had boxing medals previously.
Alfie Hewitt wins Gold in the Paralympics Men's Pairs with Gordon Read. Singles still to come What a fantastic ambassador for disabled sport and Norfolk
Alfie picks up a Silver, beaten in the final 7-5 in final set. Looked at one stage he would get gold, having had match point, but not to be.
It was a cracking game though - he wasn't at the races for the first set and then pulled it back to matchpoint. A great demonstration of resilience.
