Really happy for Wout van Aert.
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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Remco ought to compete on track
Think he's doing enough already, haha
Ah.
Watching the highlights of the bronze medal match. What a game
3.99 for discovery plus well worth it, despite my annoyance that BBC cheated out.
The Fijian sevens team is a joy to watch.
Something BBC is actually showing.
France score a try now. 5-7.
They've been great throughout the 7s, but the bronze and final (so far) have been on another level to watch
So much more exciting to watch.
France lead.
How is this the gold medal match already?
Rugby 7s in general is so much more fun than normal rugby.
Fiji are going to get beaten. 
Dupont is a superstar
France got Dupont to show up for this. It'd be like i dunno, if football 7 was an olympic sport and France got Zidane to playFiji are going to get beaten.
Fiji are going to get beaten.
It doesn't actually make sense.
France win gold.
Well that's disappointing.
I just said that in the Rugby thread. France looked shaky all tournament and Fiji looked supreme.
That's not even that. Fiji have been and are a mastodon in Sevens.
This venue being used for fencing is pretty incredible to be fair. Watching it, not that I understand anything about it. Fun though.
I think rugby sevens has been a great addition to the Olympics, and if it were up to me, there would be five or seven-a-side football instead of the 11-a-side game. And NBA Jam instead of five-a-side basketball
There is 3 a side basketball I think?
I’d prefer NBA Jam. Set the ball on fire if someone scores three in a row. I’d definitely watch that
Sevens was superb, and now to the swimming which is such a great Olympic sport, creates a fantastic atmosphere.
Where is the let’s all laugh at Fiji thread?
Bye bye fencing. Hello swimming.
Seen a few reports that due to the terms of the BBC's deal they are actually limited in the total hours of live sports they are allowed to show, so it has to be heavily padded with studio chats and pre-recorded content. Does anyone know if this is accurate?
Yeah, they have a max 250+ hours they can show across the whole games I read.
Means they’re potentially waiting for the popular events.
The scenes at the SDF were great. Congratulations to France for the first gold.
Now, Katie Ledecky….
Now, Katie Ledecky….
They get to go home to Fiji. Not much to laugh at
Disgraceful, Olympics should be free to air worldwide
If that’s true then it’s even worse than I thought. It even calls into question whether Olympic sports should continue to get millions in Lottery funding when most people won’t even be able to see the results of that investment. If the new UK government can do anything about this they should. Because this situation stinks.
The Olympic always reminds me that most sports are boring as hell unless you’re really into them.
Big one coming up in the pool.
Starting an Handball competition with France vs Denmark is so strange.
Here we go. Ledecky v Titmus v World record. Round 1.
Titmus wins it from the start. McIntosh of Canada is 2nd and Ledecky third.