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And The Winner Is…
Frances – DOB 25/02/1982
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Previous Answers
1. Archery
2. Football
3. Tennis
4. Golf
5. Weightlifting
6. Hockey
7. Athletics
8. Badminton
9. Baseball (Softball)
10. Shooting
11. Karate
12. Canoe (Slalom)
13. Rugby (Sevens)
14. Lacrosse
15. Diving
16. Table Tennis
17. Surfing
18. Cycling (Mountain Bike)
19. Equestrian
20. Squash
21. Boxing
22. Breaking (Break Dancing)
23. Triathlon
24. Skateboarding
25. Basketball
26. Swimming
27. Fencing
28. Beach Volleyball
29. Gymanstics
30. Sailing
31. Rowing
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Well done Frances !
Well done Frances hope you claim your winnings in time. Good to all for September’s Game. 👍
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I sense another controversial answer today 😁😂🤣😒
I was correct. Not rowing in a million years. Paddles in picture not oars used in rowing and the people holding them have their hands far too close to the ends.
Good Luck everyone for tomorrow 🤞🤞
Good luck to you too
There are a lot of things that started off years ago as a bit of fun being turned in to a sport, now these things are taken seriously and the competitors must need to do a lot of training to compete like they do. They are also sponcered now, in skateboarding, breakdancing, and beach volleyball just like mountain bike riding. Darts has always been classed as a sport like snooker, they have been a sport for as long as I can remember.
I didn’t realise Beach soccer was an olympic sport 😁😉
Yep it sure is
it’s not, beach volleyball is
James Bond today 🤣😂😁
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Triathlon? There were only two pictures, so I put – which is an Olympic sport – Biathlon.
Anyone else?
There were 3 pics, the cycling on the background then the 2.smaller pictures of someone running and someone just out of a swim
I didn’t see the cycling. Last week when the background showed lanes swimming, the answer was Diving. It’s difficult to know what is relevant in this month’s pictures. Roll on September.
I saw 3 pictures for this sport
Break dancing could never be classed as a sport. Even things that are shown on sports channels shouldn’t be classed as a sport. I would never class darts as a sport either. Whoever said break dancing should be in the Olympics needs their head testing.
For me it’s along the same line as the skateboarding
If London ever gets the games again. I’d like to see cheese rolling, bog snorkelling, welly wanging and conkers introduced.
Thursday’s ‘sport’ should never even have been in the olympics. I don’t think it’s a sport at all. what’s next? Rope jumping?
I put parkour lol. I’m assuming that’s not an olympic sports either but I’d never have guessed that it was break dancing!
I actually watched some of it, must be a new thing but it’s definitely a thing now!
Break Dancing has been around a long time, never expected it to be in Olympics
Stamp Collecting
I agree, Hilde. Who on earth could class that as a ‘sport’?
Already been dropped as an Olympic “sport”.
Good!
Climbing today 🤣😂😉
That’s definitely a wall in the background 😉
PMSL. My husbands comment was “people making a fool of themselves”, but when I told him what I thought is was, he said “is what their calling an olympic sport now”.
Squash has never been in the Olympics this year, or any year,. although I put badminton after Google lensing it
Squash wasn’t in the Olympics, racquetball was, so why is the answer squash?
I had the same thought so I asked around – seems it never has been as you say BUT it will be in 2028 so counted enough to be included it seems.
racquetball wasn’t
I’ve never heard of racketball in my life (as a foreigner). I put squash since I saw the wooden floor.
Squash was not in the Olympics this year, get your act together Daniel 🙂
I put racquetball for yesterday’s answer will it be counted as right or wrong I wonder.
What looks like what I think it is today, isn’t an Olympic sport yet
So put down tennis and then see we’ve already had that lol, Be glad when this one finishes
It is not tennis as they don’t play on a wooden floor.
Squash was not in the olympics this year
My question today is why does the man have different colour shoes on?
Its because the answer is going to be 10 pin bowling 🤣😉
I went to a 3 day National Meeting where we met the Client who we were trying to impress in a posh hotel wearing odd boots!
Rather than wait for anyone to notice and start whispering, I waited until we were all in the room, stood up and said if you expect me to get up at 5am and travel half way around the country, just be grateful I am not still in my fluffy slippers.
If you can’t beat them, join them!
I didn’t notice that lol, so went back to look again.
my husband said, “is so he can tell which is his right foot and which is the left”
So I put dressage for yesterday as I believe that is the activity covered. Equestrian isn’t an actual event is it?
Actually just googled, equestrian actually covers 3 disciplines so I think any of the three answers should be correct
Dressage here as well. Can’t see any fences in the picture beyond the perimeter fence that would make me think equestrian.
I put horseriding/showjumping and Dressage.
I put horseback riding as all the google images said horseback riding
American’s say horseback riding, it is to remind them which part of the horse they are supposed to sit on.
HAHAHAHA
this month is the most controversial ever!!! lol
today’s wasn’t even in the Paris 2024 games!!
Mountain biking is what I put because ‘cycling’ would be more like Tour De France I think.
I put mountain bike riding
No idea what to put today based on previous correct answers 🤣😂😁
I think I’ll put……..
I’ll let you know if i get it right tomorrow
This month it seems that the answers could be anything!! 😆
Guess it’s not Dressage then…. 😒☹️ 🤣
That’s what I put too
I wrote ping pong LOL
Should be ok, just another name for it, also whiff-whaff.
Never heard of whiff-whaff LOL
It’s an old name that boris johnson uses.
I don’t agree with yesterday’s answer, it was swimming, not only was a person going into the water from the side, not a diving board, the area around the picture showed lanes, for lane swimming.
I know this is just a game and I never win anything anyway, but let’s do it right.
I think ‘aquatics’ would have been a better answer, seeing as they both happen in the aquatics centre, but we could have said moonwalking and still got an entry, so it doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things.
I put swimming too because of the lanes in the picture
I looked at it and thought both swimming and diving from the standing position and swimmer who dived into pool.. and with the lanes there, so i put swimming. It could have been diving and swimming with what the picture shows. And i’am related to a Professional swimmer. Just saying.
I seemed to have missed yesterdays or I don’t remember writing swimming lol probably wrote swimming and forgot about it
I do that, I think I have entered and then find out I missed a day somehow, but then not sure if I entered or not.
I put swimming too
Unfortunately, the quality and integrity on here is slipping.
Ironically, I put diving as my answer, then read Alison’s comment on the day about there being a ‘clue’ in the picture and was kicking myself for missing the lane dividers!
I really thought it was a clue, so you no longer need to kick yourself, you can kick me instead 🙂
I put Diving/Swimming, as the person is standing on what looks like a diving board. The lanes are a bit weird as they go across where the diver is standing and not in the same direction he is going, but it is not until he is in the water and they are the same way.
could be 2 things today – more ambiguity
Look closer, I thought it was between two, but there is a clue to show it is just the one.
I don’t even recognise the tools he is holding today,14th. He looks as though he going out to do some sort of weird gardening.🤣🤣
I have never seen this in my life, and google said Lacrosse and I don’t know this word, and I read ‘Lacrosse hockey’ so I wrote hockey 🙁
This months competition is being very divisive 😊😁
They do sprint canoe as well… Canoeing would be the correct term I would think based on the rules
I put kayaking
Me too
Me as well
Same…
Me too, as that is what is said when i used Google Lens to search for image (as I wasnt sure which exact watersport is was haha)
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Well I put taekwondo for yesterday
I put Martial Arts as it covers them all, but we get 1 point at least
they wear head guards and vests for that
Karate isn’t an Olympic sport. Judo is 🤷♀️🤷♂️
was going to say the same!
I put judo too.
I was stuck between two today, anyone else?
At first I was as well but I remembered category of which the two belong.
I put martial arts. Covers all. Karate, judo etc
Karate isn’t an Olympic sport
I wanted to put that, but I thought that would be cheating. To me, it looked Japanese, so I put Judo, arggh! It’s the first one I have got wrong
Wish I’d put martial arts now, lol.
Martial Arts is still wrong apparently????? The answer given is Karate which was specific for 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, it has never been an Olympic sport other than this event.
Shoot! I also put martial arts as I thought it was supposed to be the category not the sport. If it were the sport I would’ve put Karate too.. oh well.
I put Martial Arts too for yesterday
Only Judo is an Olympic Sport
Same as I thought it was supposed to be CATEGORY not the actual sport..
nvm , stupid post lol
I put running too for yesterday 🤭
I don’t think today’s is an Olympic sport
It’s not part of this year’s games.
I also put running yesterday
My first thought was running but remembered it’s category not sports
I put Track! 🤞
Probably just get 1 point as more of a American term.lol 🤗
I put Sprinting/Running for yesterday oh well at least I get a point lol
snap 🙂
I put running too. 🤦♀️
I put Running/Women’s Sprint. I am surprised all of the 20 odd events that make up Athletics have been used up in one day! Will there be enough left for the rest of the month!
Me too, i put running 🤣
Today’s one could be anything really. I’ve put what I think it is, but it’s probably wrong. I’m not up on sports 😉
i had second thoughts and just put the generic term
I put sprinting 😀
Official title for yesterday’s Olympic event was field hockey
As stated by Daniel in a reply further down, it doesnt have to be precise, just the categories. Remember its a bit of fun dont take it too serious 😆
Daniel, upon trying to answer today’s olympics question I got a message saying my access was blocked. It asked for my email address and what action I was trying to do?
Any idea what is going on?
Hi Mandy. We are testing some new spam filtering software at the moment. It is doing its job well but will inevitably blocked some genuine requests. It may have been related to this. If it happens again please send a screenshot through by e-mail so that I can check. All the best, Daniel.
Thank you for replying. I tried about 5 or 6 times yesterday including going out of the site and back in again but I just kept getting the same message. I left it until later in the evening and it worked fine. Today’s has worked fine too. Maybe just a glitch yesterday.
Hi Susan. Any attempts I notice that are blocked but were genuine I unblock, so it maybe one of the ones I had done and that is why you were then able to access OK. All the best, Daniel.
I had the same message whilst using my other WiFi as soon as I went into my mobile data it let me answer. I did send two requests to unblock that Wifi as it is genuine. No problems using my home broadband or mobile data just my mobile wifi which i used whilst on holiday or if my home broadband go down. I thought i had done something wrong to be blocked. . I got the same message as Susan did.
Thank you so much for the £10 I won in the daily competition last month. It arrived in my bank account super fast.
Congratulations Jen! x
Glad you claimed. Enjoy.
Congratulations Jen
Congratulations Jen 🎉
Congratulations Jen
I don’t understand the competition. It says sports category not the actual sports but I don’t know what that means 🙁 What are sports categories? Like if it were swimming what would that be for category or is that the actual category? I’m confused and I don’t understand. Can someone explain to me what is required here please? (explain it to me as if I’m 6 y.o. please)
Hi Hilde. Thanks for your question. In the example of swimming. Swimming would be the category as that is split between many different sports – For example, freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, etc. I’m not expecting the specific event list – eg, Freestyle, but looking for the overall category eg. Swimming. This should make it much easier for everyone. As always if there is more than one possible answer these will be accepted. Hope this makes sense. Good Luck, Daniel
I knew that the sport was archery but I put target as I didn’t understand what category meant either. I couldn’t think of anything else other than the obvious answer.
Thanks Daniel for clarifying.
I think it would be really difficult to distinguish between the different strokes for the swimming 😂🤣
Thanks Daniel 🙂 Got it right with Archery.
I also found the explanation more confusing than not having one at all, lol.
So I wondered if Archery was the sub category and the category was maybe… Shooting (?) but opted to put Archery and was relieved when I saw the answer.
Good luck everyone for august’s game. Remember it’s just a bit of fun, don’t take it so seriously. 👌
Congratulations Jen and many happy returns for your upcoming birthday.
Congratulations on your win Jen👏👏
Congratulations Jen on your win, I hope you claim. Good luck to all for this month’s comp.
Congratulations Jen
Good luck to everyone for this months.
Congratulations Jen on your win and good luck to everyone for this month’s competition
Congrats on your July win Jen 👍 Good luck everyone for August’s comp 🤫