That was easy.
2024 Summer Olympics (Paris)
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Isn't Saint Lucia just beaches and mountains? Where did she learn to run like that?!
Just left em standing
That was anticlimactic.
Richardson wasn’t even close. The Americans aren’t having a great night on the track.
Neita so unlucky to just miss out on bronze. Yet *another* 4th place for GB
Neita so unlucky to just miss out on bronze. Yet *another* 4th place for GB
Amazing to have a gold medalist from Saint Lucia.
Neita 0.04 of Richardson, these fine margins keep fecking over our athletes.
That’s a reasonably big gap at 100m. Alfred being half a track clear made the gaps for the places seem look a lot smaller!
Has anyone seen Femke Bol and the T-1000 in the same room?
I think a dry track and no rain and she probably gets much closer to the WR
"90kg" is trending in Japan. 
That 100m women’s record finally going will feel an astonishing day. Flo-Jo winning the 88 Olympics is probably my earliest athletics memory. Hard to imagine how many great 100m runners have come and gone since without her record falling.
Agreed. Would have been interesting to see.
Titmus giving Ledecky a good fight in the 800m.
Ledecky’s stroke is just so amazing to see. Much more relaxed kick yet is going at the same speed as Titmus who is still kicking normally. Should be a real interesting finish
They should stop providing them altogether. Imagine the world records falling all over the gaff in 20 years time.
Expect a 100 million bid from Ten Hag to continue the Dutch revolution
Ledecky and Biles have won a third of USA’s golds between them
What
I know this isnt a thirst thread, but Ewa Swoboda is just ....... <3
Too good! Pulled away with relative ease at the end.
Just a choice - Doom, who did the lead leg for Belgium, will be running the 400 as will Klaver from the Dutch for instance. Plenty do both and you don't have to run the same team in the semi and the final
I think with MHS and Dobson they probably think they have realistic medal chances so have sat them out and let the others do it. May seem silly if neither of them medal.
There was one report about an Olympian admitting to how much boinking is going on, he said, "her face was a 7, but her body was a 20" (on the scale of 1-10). Humanity demands these physically perfect specimens procreate across national borders!
Ah jaysus Alex Walsh disqualified for being on her front at the turn from back stroke and loses her medal. That's a sickener.
Yeah, I see the heats are tomorrow so it would be running Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Probably just think that’s a bit too much if chasing a gold medal in the individual.
The decathlon scoring looks super confusing, the lead guy is miles back but is apparently still going to get gold
Am I imagining it or are the US having a poor Olympics relative to their usual standards?
I'd say so.
Gold baby! Get the feck in Rooth
Norwegian Gary Busey wins decathlon
Not a spectator friendly sport, but damn impressive. The closest we get to the original ideal of being good at everything?
These decathlon runners look like slugs compared to the specialist runners but they are still traveling at like 20Kph after 2 days of everything while I am dying at 15KPH.
After 3 seconds.
After 3 seconds.
Looking at each individual event, he doesn't seem to have been top at any single one
It's the accumalation of points and consistency.
Gutting for the guy who came 4th, equal points to 3rd place
He really stepped up and made it count when it mattered. He got a new PB in 4 out of the 10 games!
How do they decide position when that happens?
PB's are what you have to aim for isn't it.
That's the Norwegian way. We're far behind the big countries on most things, but still winning!
I’m proud to that Katie Ledecky is from my home state. What an athlete.
Hustle with a legendary finish.
Hustle with a legendary finish.