BBC Breakfast's Olympics 2024 coverage sparks fury as fans all spot same issue

Team GB's performance at the Paris Olympics featured heavily on Monday's edition of BBC Breakfast.

By Fran Winston, Showbiz Reporter

Breakfast: Panel discuss Adam Peaty winning silver in Paris

BBC Breakfast viewers have taken to X to express their frustration with the amount of coverage being given to the events at the Paris Olympics over the weekend. Presenters Ben Thompson and Sally Nugent reflected on Adam Peaty's silver medal win and discussed it at length on Monday's (July 29) show.
@SonsiesDad queried: "How many @BBC staff are at the Olympics? #BBCBreakfast." @welsh021077 observed: "@BBCBreakfast suddenly BBC Breakfast have sent there reporters to swimming pools around the country…. Swimming is for life not just when Olympics is on #bbcbreakfast #bbc #Olympic2024 #fyp."
@IanRobe36920594 fumed: "#BBCBreakfast Main news in Britain?? really going over the top about a swimmer that didn’t win, even spending 10mins every hour looking at a pool in England watching talk about a non story that’s backfired."
@Waynebe66 also felt the coverage was excessive writing: "Both #BBCBreakfast & #gmb leading with #Peaty winning a silver #OlympicGames medalNeither lead with the #GazaGenocides school bombings last week by the #IsraelTerroristState
However, @hillsofarran was enjoying the reports commenting: "@BBCSport @BBCBreakfast Adam Peaty what a swim. So very proud!!!! Legend. Enjoy it, you did right well."
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Ben Thompson and Sally Nugent reported on the Olympics on Monday's BBC Breakfast (Image: BBC)

Peaty narrowly missed out on a gold medal in the Men's 100m breaststroke on Sunday.

He had been aiming for a third consecutive gold medal in his specialist event after fighting his way back to the pinnacle of the sport, but he fell 0.02 sconds short as Italy clinched top spot.

The emotional swimmer cried 'happy tears' following his defeat. His time of 59.05 seconds was more than two seconds shy of his personal best but still enough to take joint-second with American Nic Fink.

Germany's Melvin Imoudu took the bronze, with Peaty's big rival, Qin Haiyang, finishing down in seventh.

"It's been a very long way back," Peaty, who has overcome mental health struggles, injuries and a split from the mother of his child, told the BBC following the event.

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Adam Peaty won a silver medal in the Men's 100m breaststroke at the Paris Olympics (Image: Getty)

"I gave my absolute all there. It's not about the end goal, it's all about the process. It doesn't matter what it says on the (timings) board - in my heart, I've already won."

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"I'm not crying because I've come second. I'm crying because it's taken so much to get here. It's just incredibly hard to win it once and win it again and win it again. I've tried to find new ways to do it.

"Everything I've done to this point has happened for a reason, and I'm so happy I can race against the best in the world. It's not crying because I lost, in my heart I've won. These are happy tears. I said to myself I'd give my absolute best every day. I have and you can't be upset about that.

BBC Breakfast is on BBC One weekdays at 6am.

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