[Macie Lightfoot]

Yulia Efimova is the latest panto villain, we're getting a whole segment about Lilly King mocking her and publicly calling her out for being a drug cheat

[EspeonBB]

Becky's going to have a meltdown if Efimova wins

[Shaun]

Sharron is fuming too <3

[Novo]

Come on Efi, make them erupt

[Ross.]

I'm ready for the fumes from Becky if Efimova wins

[Novo]

" efidoper " ffs

[Ross.]

Originally Posted by NovoBaratheon

" efidoper " ffs

[Shaun]

(is Alia just supported bc of the novelty of a Jamaican in the finals?)

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Shaun

(is Alia just supported bc of the novelty of a Jamaican in the finals?)

Yes but she won a silver and bronze at the World's last year too

[Jack_]

Come on Ruta <3

[Shaun]

Lilly/Efi/Ruta 1-2-3 imo

[Novo]

Efidoper about to silence this crowd

[Macie Lightfoot]

did the crowd boo Efimova? because the US broadcast was randomly out of sync so the boos lined up with the WR holder

[Novo]

**** sake

[Shaun]

Becky and Sharron screaming "HAHAHAHA YOU BITCH" from the stands <3

[Ross.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Becky and Sharron screaming "HAHAHAHA YOU BITCH" from the stands <3

[Jack_]

Could've sworn Efimova slowed up

[Novo]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Could've sworn Efimova slowed up

Not surprised, the poor girl was scared for her life because Becky and Sharon would have twatted her

[EspeonBB]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Could've sworn Efimova slowed up

I thought this too tbh

[Ross.]

Lily getting me those points in the prediction game

[GiRTh]

Really biased coverage of some of the swimmers. Should the presenters be allowed to voice such strong opinions?

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by NovoBaratheon

Not surprised, the poor girl was scared for her life because Becky and Sharon would have twatted her

Originally Posted by EspeonBB

I thought this too tbh

I'll watch it back later but it definitely looked like she deliberately gave up just before the wall

Originally Posted by GiRTh

Really biased coverage of some of the swimmers. Should the presenters be allowed to voice such strong opinions?

I don't see why not tbh, they're pundits which are there to air their views. It's like when people complain about Emma or Rylan giving their opinions, I don't see the problem - in fact I enjoy hearing what they think

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I don't see why not tbh, they're pundits which are there to air their views. It's like when people complain about Emma or Rylan giving their opinions, I don't see the problem - in fact I enjoy hearing what they think

I don't like the way they do this in Athletics tho like we never see any field action and the only time we do is if a GB athletes does a big throw/jump but like you already know they're gonna clear it because they wouldn't be showing it otherwise. And we spend like 1000x minutes interviewing GB athletes who crashed out in the heats rather than showing field action etc.

I'm actually dreading Friday when the Athletics starts because I know the coverage is gonna be awful as usual, and there's no Eurosport to switch over to this time

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Hayden

I don't like the way they do this in Athletics tho like we never see any field action and the only time we do is if a GB athletes does a big throw/jump but like you already know they're gonna clear it because they wouldn't be showing it otherwise. And we spend like 1000x minutes interviewing GB athletes who crashed out in the heats rather than showing field action etc.

I'm actually dreading Friday when the Athletics starts because I know the coverage is gonna be awful as usual, and there's no Eurosport to switch over to this time

They definitely provided a stadium feed on the red button for London if you wanted to watch it uninterrupted and I expect and hope they'd be doing the same here. The swimming is on one of the red button streams right now for example despite also being covered with pundits on BBC1

I understand how it could be annoying but the option's there and I enjoy the studio time tbh, the reason they do it also is to give casual viewers more insight into sports they may not watch regularly/know inside out

I did however mean I don't mind pundits or commentators or indeed presenters being biased, not how much they're shown

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Jack_

They definitely provided a stadium feed on the red button for London if you wanted to watch it uninterrupted and I expect and hope they'd be doing the same here. The swimming is on one of the red button streams right now for example despite also being covered with pundits on BBC1

I understand how it could be annoying but the option's there and I enjoy the studio time tbh, the reason they do it also is to give casual viewers more insight into sports they may not watch regularly/know inside out

I did however mean I don't mind pundits or commentators or indeed presenters being biased, not how much they're shown

Just to add to this, the BBC Sport website is covering every single sport live anyway so even if it's not on one of the red button streams (which I can almost guarantee it will be), you could always watch the sessions here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016/schedule