Shows what I know I thought the girl in the black bandanna was better in the break dancing apparently not 
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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What was special about it? I think I missed watching it
Come on Warholm, time to cement your place as the GOAT hurdler.
Ami of Japan beats Nicka in the Break final. The commentator seems to understand why - I preferred Nicka's routines but I'll take the commentator's word for it making sense I guess
Netherlands win the women's hockey final on penalties
Goat hurdling isn't included until the LA games.
Sakurai with a comfortable win. The 4th gold medalist for Japan in Wrestling.
Anyone think they should double the number of hurdles in the 400m hurdles?
Cuban matter really - all three medalists were former Cubans. They must have had some triple jump programme in the 2010s!
Did everyone else watch the Brazilian guy propose in the arena?
I see the crown princess has arrived to watch Warholm
I’m no longer 20 to be impressed by trash talkers and big mouth lads, for me the Olympic spirit is very refreshing and also reminds you the sports way back in the day was in a large part about fair play and culture, it’s a rare thing to celebrate decency in the era of polarization and constant bullshiting. Don’t think it’s an amateur ethos though - Biles has won her fair share so obviously it was easier for her, but her grace in defeat to Brazilian, in one of the events was very moving and impressive.
It’s not pointless at all. She got 23.20 in the 200m in the UK Athletics Championships just 2 months ago. If she’d matched that it would have been an extra 24 points - that would have meant being just 12 points behind Thiam. It was a disappointing 200m time, there’s no getting away from that.
So it’s absurd to think she had no chance at all of beating Thiam. That’s an insult to her, frankly.
Damn @Samid 
Ben finally gets the gold.
It's a disgraceDamn @Samid
Not our olympics
No gold for the noggie, USA win!
Jakob and the women then
When are the winter games
Disgraceful
With that, USA are back above China
Really? Fecking hell, I really feel for Cuban sportsmen that have to change nationality in order to perform on the biggest stage, as they would be banned otherwise. This is no thread for politics, but these are some of the best and most kind hearted people I met, both in Cuba and in Europe, and immensely talented in sports. At least they still have the wrestling GOAT.
Next time
Could have been worse, could have been bronze
Two trash talking gowls were hot favourites but got so obsessed with stopping each other winning that they both screwed up and another lad took gold.
The US track team are so dominant.
I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s utterly toxic behaviour.
Warholm’s lost a second of pace over the last year or so.
And Koanda. Super Saturday with 3 golds loading.
Just to note that Kerr didn’t screw up. Nothing different he could really have done. Hardly his fault Jakob left a huge gap on the inside which wouldn’t have been there if Kerr had tried the undercut.
As a Brit, I have to say I like his attitude. Too often over the years our athletes have been meek and failed to deliver on the big stage. He says he thinks he’s the best and backs it up in the big events. A NR - faster than Coe, Ovett and Farah is nothing to be sniffed at.
I also think both he and Jakob gave really good interviews straight after. Jakob accepting that he’d messed up and Kerr being delighted with his silver, despite feeling he could have won the gold.
Hocker winning was a wonderful story but the Jakob/Kerr rivalry brought a massive amount to that race. These big battles between evenly matched competitors, particularly with a bit of an edge, are one part that makes athletics great.
Yes but if you look at it like this.... why not just go the same for Thiam? .... leads to the same outcome, because you know, she is the better heptathlete. Sure KJT could have won.... but Thiam could have also scored vastly better.
Agree with this. Kerr ran his race naturally really and PB'd.
We do we have to watch medal ceremonies for hours on end.
Show sport, you cnuts!
Show sport, you cnuts!
Of course she had a chance of beating Thiam. It was very close but both of them could easily say there were a few points that they could have picked up either way and, ultimately, Thiam’s big advantage in the throws does mean she will win more often than not H2H.
I am also not convinced that 23.2 as a one-off run is too much out of line with a 23.4 after already doing three events that day. Sure she can look back and say “what if” on a couple of events but she also would have been nowhere near but for a third time clearance in the high jump, a last gasp huge PB in the shot putt and a final clutch long jump to improve 30cm. I don’t think Thiam had any event where she required a Hail Mary at the end.
When did the Booker T spinaroonie become Olympic event/sport?
When will be our turn to be top of a podium looking down on the other relay teams. Richardson sneering at our athlete got up my nose
Feel really sad for KJT. Definitely could have snuck that gold.
Olympics are just refreshing to watch when you follow football, dreading the trip to Webley tomorrow as I know it all starts again for another 10 months.
As for the actual Olympians I have always thought they're underrated for what they do, they're actual winners and elite in what they do they but it seems like this country has tunnel vision for footballers who let's face have feck all since 66.
Break dancing, feck off.
This is embarrassing
This is embarrassing