Harrie the great. Invincible
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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Definitely not his fault. Guy on the inside messed up.
Looks like 7th place finish in table
Two time Olympic medalist, fecking well done Em
Yeah, from the replay he got moved into
China win their 40th gold. US need to more to equal and go above on the table and they look good to get that and possibly more
65 medals it is for GB then. One more than last time. But Lavreyson’s gold means the Netherlands will finish ahead of GB in the medal table. All their top athletes delivered, to be fair
Not bad, the target was 50-70.
Germany outclassed at the moment
Really? Live I thought guy on inside had swerved out… replays just make it worse for me. A kamikaze move
Emily Campbell winning medals in back to back Olympics while being the only weightlifter from GB is so impressive
Overall I think GB did very well, the team lacked some real superstars but 65 medals is a great haul
Overall I think GB did very well, the team lacked some real superstars but 65 medals is a great haul
They need a small miracle in the volleyball against Italy for that to happen now. Not enough medals left in play.
USA will win the basketball for sure and the cycling looks safe as well. They will end up
Level on holds at least and the wrestling will push them over the line
Level on holds at least and the wrestling will push them over the line
Should win the basketball and the cycling omnium. Also a great chance in the women's wrestling.
We are crushing the americans. Absolutely no match so far
They did and you have to take into account that Netherlands and France had 3 gold medals each from one person in Lavreysen and Marchand
Marchand won 4
Laura Kenny just now: "Don't let me ever predict anything, ever again. You have to be optimistic for your friends - right."
You also beat them at rowing and track cycling
Honestly, if you take out the horse prancing GB isn't nearly as impressive in terms of gold medals. Germany even worse
I think it was obvious even at the time that this is what was happening. Fair enough on her first time round and still being so close to the camp. If she becomes a regular pundit I do hope she becomes a bit more objective though. Athletics coverage is the best for me, despite it not naturally being my favourite bit of the Olympics, partly because the BBC team there (especially Michael Johnson) have such cool heads and add such great analysis.
It was a weird games for Team GB. Overall very healthy on medals, yet emotionally felt quite frustrating/disappointing given how used we are now to being higher on golds. Some bad luck with eg the Katie Archibald injury which could have been another 2-3 golds on its own, but I think the overall model is still working well and hopefully we’ll be strong again in 2028! I’ll be buying lots of lottery tickets in the meantime.
At least we're solid in team sports!
And considering the absolute pittance weightlifting gets for funding.
Overall I cannot help but feel a little disappointed. The target was top 5, and we finished 7th. It is a young squad and 2012, 16 and 21 were very, very successful. In a Games of fine margins we could easily have had at least four more golds.
Japan has been good at wrestling for a very long time. They’re 3rd all time in the medal table.
Very close loss for Blades (US) in the final, Japan win another wrestling gold
USA have to win the women's basketball
ITALY WINS THE OLYMPICS!!!!
You've got to think the Yanks will plough even more dollar into the next games given they're hosting. Scary.
The clear favorites. This year, the pressure is even higher because Caitlin Clark was left off the roster.
Comfortable win for Italy in the volleyball as it turned out. Congrats to @giorno
Yep. A helluva year for the Japanese.
Solid year for our women’s team. Our men’s team needs to take a look at itself. 4 of the 6 men’s wrestlers train out of the same club at Penn State, which so many thought was great because PSU is dominating college wrestling… well, it didn’t pan out.
@Carolina Red @JPRouve
Was Blades a bit passive or the Japanese just too good? I only caught the last 2 mins.
Looks like it, Valente took gold in cycling
Must be rubbish being a Handball goalie. Seems like the only time they touch the ball is when they're picking it out of the back of the net.
That's not really the case, just when you're defending as poorly as Germany and the opponent gets free shot after free shot
Poland with surprising silver in omnium, stills it’s been our worst Olympics since 1956 I think, just one gold is disgrace and I hope there will be big movements after this disappointment
Serbia leading against Croatia 9-6 in the Water Polo finals so far. Going for their 3rd consecutive Gold
A good goalie will save over a third of shots faced.