Comments on: What was my experience of the Rio Olympics?

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:24:37 +0000

Am so glad to see that you got to watch lots of the Olympics – it sounds like you saw the best bits. I’m really missing it today, but it was such a good championship and I can’t believe how well we did. My favourite bits were also the gymnastics, track cycling and diving plus the road cycling, the fabulous triathlons and I loved it when the GB girl won the silver medal in the trampolining, she was such a happy winner. I agree that the athletics was spoilt by already knowing the results the next morning, but it was just one of those things, we guessed that would happen. The Paralympics next month so at least that is something to look forward to.

By: Emma Fowler

Emma Fowler — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:52:39 +0000

I adore the gymnastics, but thanks to not having a TV licence (we just don’t watch enough to justify the fee) we were stuck with catch up. As you said, the results were ruined, but also on iplayer you didn’t get the BBC coverage (I have no idea why, but it sucked). I missed Matt Baker – we got international coverage and the footage often didn’t show our athletes. I gave up, and will look forward to the blu-ray release instead. We have the London Olympics and Paralympics, and they’re amazing. I agree – Nicola Adams’ smile is beautiful. She made my day in 2012 when she was interviewed after her win. They asked what she would do to celebrate “I just wanna go down Nandos”. 🙂

By: Maureen Parr

Maureen Parr — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:25:52 +0000

I love Nichola Adam’s smile! She always makes me feel happy. And it was very special to see Mo Farrah win a double gold especially as he fell in the first race. I loved the cycling and rowing and diving but it was all special and it’s great to be able to watch minority sports which are hardly ever televised. Looking forward to the Paralympics now.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:23:33 +0000

Jo and I watched quite a bit of the Olympics. She loves the equestrian events and knows far more about it than me. I just like seeing disciplines that are completely ignored by the normal sporting schedules in favour of sports that I find tiring to watch. The Olympics is fun and it was lovely to see team GB do so well. We’re really looking forward to the paras too!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:57:11 +0000

Oh yes! I forgot about the Brownlee brothers, Eddie. I watched that too. Brilliant.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:43:03 +0000

Unlike you, I love track cycling. I’ll watch people ride round and round in circles for hours. I’m also a huge Mark Cavendish fan, so seeing him get his silver was my biggest highlight. Other than that, seeing the Brownlees be super stars again was great and I loved the Fijian rugby sevens side – even if they did beat us.