Official Commonwealth Games 2022 Thread

[J_B]

I'm surprised nobody is interested on here.. Wales win another Gold in the Bowls pairs and the athletics are on tonight if anyone is interested

It's a bit of a non event really, isn't it? Let's have a multi event sporting competition but only for ex colonies of Great Britain, FFS.
The rest of the world doesn't give a shyte.

I know from personal experience that it's not a non event for the Welsh team members who have worked their socks off for 4 years to get into the team.
The only multi sport event in which they can represent Wales. Don't belittle their achievements.

 

[dickythorpe]

What guts from McColgan there to emulate her mother.
Gold for her in the 10,000m

 

[BrynCartwright]

It's a bit of a non event really, isn't it? Let's have a multi event sporting competition but only for ex colonies of Great Britain, FFS.
The rest of the world doesn't give a shyte.

I know from personal experience that it's not a non event for the Welsh team members who have worked their socks off for 4 years to get into the team.
The only multi sport event in which they can represent Wales. Don't belittle their achievements.

It is indeed great seeing Welsh sportsmen and women competing in the red jerseys.....in that respect the CGs are unique, and a thing to be lauded.....it's just I wish I could give 2 shits about the whole thing...!

It's one massive irrelevant yawnfest, dominating the Beeb schedules, and boring my arse off.

I doubt it will last longer than another 40 years, along with the Commonwealth, shafted by apathy.

Hopefully , by then Wales will have cast off the yoke of Union. England will be enjoying it's 52nd year of Tory bastard government, and Wales can field its athletes within their own gloriously independent status.

 

[Sirjohnalot]

Love the Commonwealth Games, Elish McColgan, what an incredible 10,000m, brilliant support by the Brummie crowd

 

[Cooperman]

It's a bit of a non event really, isn't it? Let's have a multi event sporting competition but only for ex colonies of Great Britain, FFS.
The rest of the world doesn't give a shyte.

Not really and try telling that to those involved. I’ll give you two ends of the spectrum. First we have Geraint Thomas who has the comfort blanket of a nice seven figure annual contract and who is shot after three weeks in France. He’s well up for it. Then we have an ex pupil of my wife, I can tell you without any shadow of doubt how overjoyed her family are with two medals in these games. The fact that the Americans (insert any non Commonwealth powerhouse) are not involved doesn’t even come into their thought process.

https://twitter.com/geraintthomas86/status/1554865667114995712?s=21

https://twitter.com/stjohnlloyd/status/1553435480095596544?s=21