Olympic Sailing: BBC Olympics Coverage

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BBC Olympics Coverage

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Forum Name: Olympic Sailing
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Topic: BBC Olympics Coverage

Posted By: nutonthetiller
Subject: BBC Olympics Coverage
Date Posted: 02 Aug 24 at 2:24pm

The coverage of sailing is even worse than previous years. Just watched the women’s skiff medal race. The commentator was useless he can’t have even read the sailing instructions. What a shower of sh1t.

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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 03 Aug 24 at 8:49am

The whole thing has been a amateurish shambles, switching through BBCiplayer the commentary doesn't switch or you have both together.

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Robert

Posted By: BVS
Date Posted: 05 Aug 24 at 3:04pm

I record all the BBC coverage but have only managed to find IQ foil and a little bit if skiff coverage. I've come to accept that the commentary can be amateurish at times. No windsurfer refers to their board as a boat, or the nose as the bow.

Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 05 Aug 24 at 7:13pm

BBC have to go cap in hand to Eurosport/discovery for content.

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Robert

Posted By: iGRF
Date Posted: 07 Aug 24 at 2:02pm

Originally posted by BVS

I record all the BBC coverage but have only managed to find IQ foil and a little bit if skiff coverage. I've come to accept that the commentary can be amateurish at times. No windsurfer refers to their board as a boat, or the nose as the bow.

BBC coverage is as bad as the racing format which was a total charade.

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Posted By: Dakota
Date Posted: 07 Aug 24 at 9:29pm

The format for the foiling windsurfing was just pants. What’s the point of the having the whole qualifying series if your just going to decide the medals with a one off race.

If your going to do this you might as well just have one longer mass start race and not bother with other races at all .

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Duncan
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