Tokyo Olympic Games

[The Subhuman]

Eurosport has all the events live too and at about a fiver for a month that's not too bad.. Japan obviously needing to sell to the highest bidder with gate receipts being a virtual non factor.

Think we can put this down to covid too..

[1964white]

Eurosport has all the events live too and at about a fiver for a month that's not too bad.. Japan obviously needing to sell to the highest bidder with gate receipts being a virtual non factor.

Think we can put this down to covid too..

Watching on Eurosport, Bein Sports & what BBC have to offer.

[TatleyK]

Eurosport has all the events live too and at about a fiver for a month that's not too bad.. Japan obviously needing to sell to the highest bidder with gate receipts being a virtual non factor.

Think we can put this down to covid too..

Apparently nothing to do with COVID. (according to what I heard on 5 live) Eurosport bought the rights back in 2015 and sold part of them to the beeb on the proviso that they can only show 2 live events at a time. Undoubtedly the highest bidder though.

[The Subhuman]

Ahh ok, makes less sense now then.

[SG90]

Eurosport have been showing the Olympics for years. I'm pretty sure I saw Sydney 2000 on there.

[whiteswan]

Discovery in 2015 took full control of Eurosport and then shelled out $1.3 billion for rights to broadcast summer/winter Olympic games across most European countries from 2018-2024 and for 2022 and 2024 in the UK and France.

There is a legislative requirement on the company to make at least a portion of the TV rights free to air. This is thanks to the presence of the Summer Olympics on the Government's 'Major Events' list

Just looked it up

[HarryofOz]

Three great swimming finals so far today - women's 100m butterfly, men's 100m breaststroke and women's 400m freestyle. Absolute champions in action.

[1964white]

Adam Peaty wins GB's first gold in 100m breaststroke and defends Olympic title

[1964white]

Nice to get a gold medal on the leaderboard.

[whiteroseboy]

A 2nd now in the diving

[HarryofOz]

What superb diving (especially the last) by Daley and Lee to take gold in the synchronised diving

[1964white]

What superb diving (especially the last) by Daley and Lee to take gold in the synchronised diving

Excellent

[HarryofOz]

And another gold for your lot - Pidcock in the mountain biking

[SG90]

Two golds for Leeds too

[1964white]

Leeds tops the British table

[Gandalf]

Leeds tops the British table

Don 't start trying to put Yorkshire on the medals table. IIRC Yorkshire beat Australia at the last Olympics (Sorry Harry )

Silver for Alex Yee in the Triathlon - he was miles behind after the swimming, too. (Well, maybe not miles, but 20 seconds is a long way in a triathlon.) Jonny Brownlee just misses out on a medal, finishing 5th.

[HarryofOz]

Don 't start trying to put Yorkshire on the medals table. IIRC Yorkshire beat Australia at the last Olympics (Sorry Harry )

Silver for Alex Yee in the Triathlon - he was miles behind after the swimming, too. (Well, maybe not miles, but 20 seconds is a long way in a triathlon.) Jonny Brownlee just misses out on a medal, finishing 5th.

- Yorkshire is my virtual homeland

[HarryofOz]

Watching the men's 200m butterfly heats. 200m of butterfly - bloody hell, I can just about make two strokes.

[Gandalf]

- Yorkshire is my virtual homeland

I get confused, not sure whether you are English, Aussie or Saffer.

[HarryofOz]

I get confused, not sure whether you are English, Aussie or Saffer.

It depends who is winning