Not sure the astronauts want to come back on Starliner - would you, in their position? If they have what I’ll euphemistically call an adverse event on re-entry, that will sure as hell affect politics… (View Post)

Amazing that the long jumpers are again nowhere close to the world record, which has now stood for the same 33 years as the one that preceeded it. Mike Powell 8.95 1991, Bob Beamon 8.90 1968. Today’s… (View Post)

Yep, we discussed last night that Keely’s 800m was at 14.6s/100m, Hocker’s 1,500m tonight was 13.8s/100m. Hell, Kipchoge’s marathon pace is 17s/100m, but for two hours straight! (View Post)

Ooohhhhh, silver for Josh Kerr, but not the expected winner. (View Post)

He went too quickly, and had nothing left at the end. Olympic record for Hocker, PB and British record for Kerr though, can’t ask for more than that. (View Post)