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Had 5 Live on in the car this morning and they said that today's GB rep in the male skateboarding is a 51 year old. I assumed that this was either a typo or had been mis-read and that they meant 15 year old, so I checked and it's true: Andy MacDonald really is the coolest 51-year-old in the world.

Spot on. The way the last 150 panned out the American got all the advantages of the slip stream and inside line but without the disadvantage of having to run wide to get a clear sprint in the home straight. Must’ve felt like all his Christmases had come at once when Ingebrigtsen stepped to the...

Good stuff. However, this doesn’t translate to a electoral college win, does it? What sort of national lead do the dems traditionally need to win the key swing states? Still encouraging trend though. Harris has done far better than I expected in such a short time. The limelight seems to suit her.

Unfortunately this is true. If you're a medical expert, there's far more money to be made helping an elite athlete cheat his/her way to an Olympic gold and remain undetected than there is in catching them, so WADA are always going to be a step behind. And I think it's fair to say that some...

Timing of these women’s 1500m heats are a bit crap, aren’t they? 5K and 800m finals about 14 hours ago and there are usually plenty that would want to double up.

I’ve been really fortunate this time that I have had the chance to watch loads of it since day 1. My life is going to feel a bit empty on Monday. If I feel like this as a TV viewer, I can only imagine how the post-Olympic blues feels like to the athletes that have been building towards this...

Both our paddlers have made it though to their finals. The GB bloke, Joe Clarke, looked particularly tasty.

Eurosport 1. Worth watching just for the start gate process, but we’ve got GB interest in both bird’s and bloke’s events.

Are we claiming that refugee boxer from Cameroon who’s ’been living in Bolton for several years and is Team GB trained? She’s probably better off competing under the refugee team banner though. If she was Team GB, the judges would have awarded her QF fight today to her French opponent she...

Don’t have to comit a crime to get a stadium ban. The admin of the We Are Brighton Twitter got a lengthy ban for calling out the source of Man City’s funding.

I just hope Jacobs gets nowhere near the podium. There’s no way he’s not juicing.

Want this 100m semi to be a slow one. Hinchliffe to repeat the feat of Harold Abrahams in the final and beat the highly-fancied American.

I saw that. I assumed/hoped it was either a Sheff Wednesday or Hudds shirt. What would an Albion fan be doing all the way up in Rotherham?

Nah, his comment didn’t surprise or dissapoint me. He’s been a far-right apologist across this board for several years. Just been subtle about it but outed himself somewhat with that comment.

Bullshit. Your mate Farage and far-right Reform people like you are responsible for this. You disgust me.

Yep, fishier than the contents of Baldrick’s apple crumble, and not dissimilar to Kostas Kenderis and his mysterious motorcycle accident on the eve of the Greek games 4 years later.

That was the last one I could think of. Didn’t she pull out of the Sydney ganes under some odd circumstances 4 years later?

Good crowds for all sessions at the athletics, which is a nice contrast from Rio (and Japan obvs). Fair play to the French fans. I don’t think they have any star names in the track and field, do they?? In fact I can’t think of the last time a French track/field athlete won an Olympic gold...

The host nation often like to get events introduced that they excel in. They current have 10m, 25m and 50m shooting categories. Expect to see drive-by added to that in LA 2028.

Great run by Hinchcliffe. I’ll let him off that hair style for going sub 10s in the first round and beating Lyles.