Sorry for that - it was really close
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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Today i learned that breaking is in the olympics...
We've never had a sprinter in a final you bastards. She ran her third best time. And yep, she's only 21. 4th is where she was going to finish all things being as they should be.
Breaking standard looks to have gone up since this afternoon although watching without sound as prioritising the athletics
Looks like there's a lot of faffing, surely you'd try and do as many moves as possible?
Looks like there's a lot of faffing, surely you'd try and do as many moves as possible?
To be fair she’s been through a lot of shit so there’s a lot of love for her, she’s the only scouser I would get behind and support.
Just missed out by finishing 4th, just 21 and her first olympics final she looks set for individual medal in the years ahead.
Aye. Fastest over 60 in Sligo, or at least top 5.
Thiam stumbles - but doesn't fall - she's teasing.
Reeves should have this gold medal wrapped up. I'd be surprised if Toma gets within 10kg of her on CJ. Forgot I had a crush on Palacios...
Thiam with a PB in the 800m. Great event.
LA28… there’s a few youngsters out there for GB as well are who are here a cycle too early, they have got a taste for it at least.
So close, Belgian nearly fell but distance between them wasn't enough
I read that with Attenborough in mind.
Think not much more KJT could have done, the long jump was the one she needed more in and just didn’t have it
Good effort.
Apparently the endurance needed to finish strong in a 400m takes years to build. Her natural speed will get her so far but she won’t have a strong finish for a while yet. But when she does…
Thiam with three in a row though, what an athlete.
Netherlands women still 0-1 behind, what the feck is happening @KirkDuyt
Six second gap or thereabouts. So close in the end. Made Thiam work for it.
KJT ran well in this one, but lost the gold in the morning.
KJT ran well in this one, but lost the gold in the morning.
No worries! They take wrestling seriously enough and they're good at it.
Thiam is something else. Fantastic athlete. Well done to KJT because that's a physically gruelling event to compete in. They're all tremendous, tbf.
For a few seconds there we were ahead of France in the medal table. Their football silver puts them level with us again.
Shot put final for women with some late drama!
How often do the heptathletes and decathletes even do these events in a year for all these "season best" markers to even be relevant?
What a throw by the German!
20m.
20m.
Did NZ take it back?
E: Nope. What a clutch throw from the Ogunleye
E: Nope. What a clutch throw from the Ogunleye
Spain win the football. In case anyone had doubts.
German woman puts out a big last shot put throw to go into good medal position. New Zealand woman seems to have followed suit!
No! German snatches it with the final throw
Wow the German girl won the gold in her last throw, that must have felt great
Talk about Clutch!
Spain score late in the match and win 5-3 after extra time.
KJT deserves that medal, really happy for her. Will she want to go for another in 4 years at her age?
I think that it's part of the Diamond League but I could be wrong.
It looks like Yazdani is injured.
Thiam is too good and the better all round athlete. Six seconds is a big gap, but a 9m throw difference is massive.
We have won one gold in the athletics and are third in the medal table.
Nice to hear both Ennis and Lewis shut down reflecting on "how many seconds or inches in XX event would those points difference be?" with both saying it doesn't matter, that it's an immense effort regardless.
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