Harsh on table tennis, it's a great sport, loads of skill required
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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And reactions and athleticism. Weird to name that, yeah
Big fan of the Canadian beach volleyball duo.
I only learnt during this Olympics that the bat they use has two different kinds of surfaces and they twirl it around in their wrists according to the shots they want to play, in the milliseconds they get between each shot. Highly technical sport.
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Climbing back on. Women’s lead and boulder. AKA “The Janja Show”
I remember noticing this when playing as a teenager and feeling like a pro for choosing one side to serve and the other for general play
Womens climbing final already with shit bouldering setting ffs. Deliberately designed to screw over Ai Mori.
Erin McNiece from team GB leading the bouldering after two flashes. Great start. Boulders look a bit too easy today?
When she’s struggling she looks like one of the other climbers kids having a play around on the boulder.
Far too easy for tall climbers to break the beta on the slab. Both the first two boulders are way too lank friendly.
Emile Cairess did amazing to finish fourth in the marathon. Only the third time he’s run the distance apparently. GB are really racking up these fourth place finishes though
This white bouldering wall looks impossible.
This third one seems ridiculous
Especially with the first two being so doable.
That is insane from Mori, if she didn’t do this she would have been out of the medals chance
Ai with a top on the hardest boulder! Delighted for her.
You call the table tennis racket a... bat?
I reckon B3 will be much harder for tall climbers. Janja might struggle.
The start of the third one is the tricky part, once you get to 10 it’s easier
That is brutal for Mcneice, she was so close
You were saying …
Can’t believe I doubted her!
She’s looking a bit rattled now.
She's looking tired?
This competition is very open now, 6-7 can medal. Mcneice had two real close attempts at 25 in the last one, would have been such a game changer
I don’t think there’s a clearer demonstration of how muscle memory works than bouldering. They’ll take multiple attempts on a tricky move, but then once they’ve done it successfully, they’ll be able to do it quickly without even thinking from that point on.
The only thing I can think of that’s similar is when you’re playing a video game and you keep getting stuck on the same bit, until you manage to do it once, then it’s easy.
The only thing I can think of that’s similar is when you’re playing a video game and you keep getting stuck on the same bit, until you manage to do it once, then it’s easy.
That suplex from Blades was impressive but also dangerous. 
Meso bombing out in the 102s
Mud wrestling after beach volleyball match?
It’s a very cool feeling. Something goes from impossible to easy, instantly. And stays that way. Never experienced it in any other sports, where making hard stuff seem easy takes years of training.
What happened to Janja in boulder?
Got flustered. Also seemed to injure a finger. Which is potentially disastrous.
Superb effort from Mcneice but she just had a lot of struggle in the early climbs and can’t see her getting a medal now
I think she has a shout. The next few contestants burned a lot more gas than she did on the boulders.
UK in gold medal place in the woman's climbing, but plenty left still to climb.
Yeah seems like it’s been her & Pilz for a bronze unless Mori does something crazy
Sensational effort by Ai.
Well there goes GB chance of a medal. Insane effort