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2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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Tainted Burgers is a cool band name.
Team GB have the Olympic champion in the BMX, who should get a medal.
Which is what I was typing, and she has just gone out in the heats.
Which is what I was typing, and she has just gone out in the heats.
Rain and thunder forecast for Paris tonight. No way the triathlon is going ahead tomorrow, and even Friday looks extremely unlikely.
I put it on in the background just to have seen something of the olympics, and well... this one girl for some reason jumps twice as high as the others, for reasons i guess we shouldn't ruin this thread with
Watching the tables tennis and there is a pin drop whenever North Korea win a point. Quite a big Chinese fan base.
I put it on in the background just to have seen something of the olympics, and well... this one girl for some reason jumps twice as high as the others, for reasons i guess we shouldn't ruin this thread with
What is the reason?
Women's street skating final was a great watch. The vibes between the contestants were great. Some good stories and some amazing talent with some of the youngest medalists. Tony Hawk in the stands as well.
3x3 Basketball starts today.
Chaz just didn't seem to get going, all the others were doing flips (which I presume is the highest scoring trick??) And she didn't, she seemed quite cautious
Watching the men now, the difference in height and pace is ridiculous
Watching the men now, the difference in height and pace is ridiculous
The difference in men is always height and pace and strength. Some sports are different, like watching gymnastics or skating, where there's also style and finesse that matters.
In terms of venues, not sure I've seen a better Olympics. How do others think it compares? The venues for equestrian, judo and beach volleyball look amazing and then you have already iconic stadiums in the Stade De France and Roland Garros (where the boxing will also be).
Gold or Silver guaranteed in the shooting.
Canada beating Australia in the 7s semi final.
Hales gets the Gold!!!!!
Some of the tricks these guys can pull in the BMX park is insane.
I was watching this and he was incredible. I have no idea about this sport and what's a good score and what is not, but 48/50 with the second guy being only 44/50 seems insane.
Are we witnessing USA's decline or they will still come back and win it? They won the gold medal count for all the Olympics since 1992, apart from Beijing 2008, but now seem to be a bit behind the rest of the pack.
They always make a bit of a comeback in week 2 with the athletics. They'll be 1st or second by the end of proceedings.
Gauff kicking off at the referee ….horrible
Referee should give her a warning
Referee should give her a warning
Just tuned into the tennis and Coco is bawling at an official, why?
Now gone to the canoeing
Now gone to the canoeing
There’s a separate thread on transgender athletes, perhaps you could take your cute chat there?
Yeah truly phenomenal performance and our first shooting gold for 12 years, seems to be a pattern
Richard Faulds 2000
Peter Wilson 2012
Nathan Eales 2024
I love Olympics for the fact I have no clue about shooting pistols trap and whatever the feck, but it’s so exciting to watch it once in four years. The cyborgs with all the visual aid in pistol competition are so funny
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Women’s gymnastics all-around is about to be lit
Still have gymnastics (today), basketball, golf, track & field, & wrestling (off the top of my head) that we’ve got people/teams favored for gold in.
I’ll miss it as I’ll be on a plane, feck, thought it’s tomorrow. US big favorites I guess? Biles seems to be back to the GOAT form
They're not dominating swimming because Australia and a couple otherwordly european athletes, otherwise the events that gave out medals so far aren't good for them. The fact they've been picking up medals in fencing and gymnastics(men) means they're pretty much where they're supposed to be at this point. Now there's a gold medal in women's team gymnastics which starts now.
It's likely they won't be as dominant overall though, the rest of the world is catching up
Surely we don't have a hope in this gymnastics event? Surely medals will be between USA, Japan and China?
I’m nervous as hell
It’s quite incredible to me how shit Iberia is at the Olympics - in the all time table (summer only) Spain is well below the likes of Cuba, Denmark, Finland or Switzerland. Portugal is worse than Ireland, Slovakia, Estonia and North Korea. I wonder who’s the biggest underperformer from the historically sports oriented nations
What a beauty
Yeah those three are in a different league, also doesn't help we are missing 3 of that team who won Bronze
Who taught that Italian gymnast on vault how to run?
Imagine being an NFL player and being by far the 2nd best athlete in your relationship.
Imagine what Antony has to feel being the 2nd best athlete in the relationship, and his missus is not even an athlete
Oh dear, a few mistakes for the Japanese gymnast. It must be so tough to continue after an error
