Good for the young ladies.
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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That's a lot of Gold Medals for the US women's football team.
Except for the witch watching from the stands
Do you have a problem with the old ladies?
And there’s only 12 events, how on earth could that be considered too many? There’s like a million swimming races for each stroke. There used to be only 3 track events for women - they eventuallly increased it to 5 but only at the expense of dropping 2 of the men’s events, which was mental. The IOC expects the host city to spend millions building a velodrome but it stands empty for pretty much half the games. Madness.
So at least one more medal guaranteed for Team GB tonight.
Currently on 58 overall, with 14 golds, currently in sixth in the medal table. Down from 64 in Tokyo with 22 golds.
Choong is 14th in modern pentathlon and unlikely to medal (he is defending champion).
Possibilities tomorrow in the women's modern pentathlon, the women's sprint cycling. So we could end up with 60 overall.
UK Sport's target:
"For the Paris 2024 Olympic Games we are hoping for sports to cumulatively win between 50 and 70 medals, while for the Paralympic Games the range is between 100 and 140 medals. Our ambition remains for Team GB and ParalympicsGB to secure a top-five position in the medal table at both Games, harnessing the power and platform that this success provides to drive positive impact in society."
That should not mean funding cuts to sports ahead of LA 2028.
Currently on 58 overall, with 14 golds, currently in sixth in the medal table. Down from 64 in Tokyo with 22 golds.
Choong is 14th in modern pentathlon and unlikely to medal (he is defending champion).
Possibilities tomorrow in the women's modern pentathlon, the women's sprint cycling. So we could end up with 60 overall.
UK Sport's target:
"For the Paris 2024 Olympic Games we are hoping for sports to cumulatively win between 50 and 70 medals, while for the Paralympic Games the range is between 100 and 140 medals. Our ambition remains for Team GB and ParalympicsGB to secure a top-five position in the medal table at both Games, harnessing the power and platform that this success provides to drive positive impact in society."
That should not mean funding cuts to sports ahead of LA 2028.
How that’s not 2 in freestyle is beyond me. 2 all day in folkstyle
Let’s go Kennedy Blades!!!
Do away with the velodrome and do more outdoorsy bikes.
Great match! Congrats!
Huge win for her. She’s got a sister that can be just as good, too.
Track cycling is far more interesting to watch than road cycling
Paris unbeatable for locations though
Pentathlon final being held at Versailles
Pentathlon final being held at Versailles
Nope, will root for them in the next WWC.
Hmmm, that is true. Can we not liven up the road cycling somehow?
Yes, put it indoors in a velodrome
Kenyaaaa 
What a race by Emmanuel.
Sedjati left it way too late.
Sedjati left it way too late.
Wow - that’s some run!
How bout an outdoor circuit. Much cheaper to build, so we don't have to slog through endless days of going round and round to justify it. Adds the potential for rain to increase the drama.
Like a criterium?
They should just give them all the long distance medals and call it a day.Kenyaaaa
A little one, with temp stands.
How about adding artistic cycling? Or break cycling(breakling)?
Choong finishes 9th. Had to make up a 50 second deficit in a 10 minute race.
Capewell has just lost in the sprint.
Capewell has just lost in the sprint.
Ha. He just turned 20 too!
Kenya just keep churning out outstanding athletes.
Isn't that freestyle bmx?
No.
Watched the men's maddison on catch up due to the football, it was absolute carnage people crashing all over the place
Huge crash for the Spanish guy he got absolutely launched hopefully he's ok
Huge crash for the Spanish guy he got absolutely launched hopefully he's ok
Synchronized ballet acro gymnastics?
Yup.
Should end closer to 65 than 60
I should have got into javelin throwing as a kid
Really hard to call this 100m hurdles final.
What the hell is going on in this bronze medal match right now
France win??
USA Win. Russell
Damn. That was insanely close. wow
Damn. That was insanely close. wow
Dake woke up.
Wow what a finish!