Olympics 2020 Spoilers and chat.

[roley poley]

I like the variety of sports you don't normally see..that and the lack of advert saturation that accompany sports to distraction

 

[Mike_P]

Apparently the misbehaving horse had been punched repetitively by a German coach😟

 

[vickster]

Apparently the misbehaving horse had been punched repetitively by a German coach😟

well that rather misfired for the German rider if it was an attempt to pacify it!!

 

[Mike_P]

Correction seems have been one punch not that it makes it any less unacceptable https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/s...-disqualified-after-punching-horse-2021-08-07

 

[MichaelW2]

Correction seems have been one punch not that it makes it any less unacceptable https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/s...-disqualified-after-punching-horse-2021-08-07

Mongo like

View: https://youtu.be/O8cDfnQD0ws

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I've no horse knowledge at all but they look very sweaty. Is it too hot for the horses?

 

[Dogtrousers]

I woke to a most unimpressive bit of sports broadcasting this morning: Diving on the radio.

*Boing* ... *Splosh*
"Oh, that was a very good dive."

 

[AuroraSaab]

Quite right that the German horse punching coach has had his validation removed and been binned off

I woke to a most unimpressive bit of sports broadcasting this morning: Diving on the radio.

*Boing* ... *Splosh*
"Oh, that was a very good dive."

My OH says that gymnastics commentators and judges are the most embittered perfectionists around. Some kid will do 4, 6ft high, back flips on a 2" wide piece of wood ... then lean slightly forward on the dismount.

The commentators are like.. "Hmmmm.... disappointing finish from the Latvian..." and the judges sit there tutting with a look of disgust.

 

[Dogtrousers]

How times change.
Horse punching was an official sport in 1924

 

[vickster]

Quite right that the German horse punching coach has had his validation removed and been binned off

Her…

Tokyo Olympics: German pentathlon coach thrown out for punching horse https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58127366

 

[AuroraSaab]

Awful really that a decade of training and dedication towards an Olympic medal could come down to how a horse feels in that 20 minutes. You think they'd give them a second go with a different horse if it was clear it was because Champion wasn't feeling up to it.

 

[Mike_P]

Worrying that the coach was shouting to the athlete to punch it, it looked on the point of rearing on a couple of occasions and doing so could have triggered such.

 

[Chromatic]

Worrying that the coach was shouting to the athlete to punch it, it looked on the point of rearing on a couple of occasions and doing so could have triggered such.

For this post post please set sense of humour mode to on!



Perhaps she self-identifies as a violent bloke.

 

[Arrowfoot]

Awful really that a decade of training and dedication towards an Olympic medal could come down to how a horse feels in that 20 minutes. You think they'd give them a second go with a different horse if it was clear it was because Champion wasn't feeling up to it.

It is a ridiculous practice. It is no longer a skill and talent competition. It is game of chance. She was leading and this horse had a bad day. All the years of training down the drain. No issues if its her horse and she had trained with it for sometime.

And she was not the only one. 2 other podium contenders crashed due to the horses.

Horses by nature are finicky and a stranger riding it not going to help.

 

[Mike_P]

Maybe the rules need changing and all competitors do the 🐎 part twice on two different horses with the best result taken