Paris Olympics 2024 (non-cycling) thread

[Dazed and Confused]

400m, mens hurdles coming up

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Dominant win by Benjamin

 

[Nick2413]

very soft pacing if they were 2 min off WR pace. Hassan might be in good shape for the marathon still

 

[Salvarani]

Yes, Benjamin!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Ooof, a couple of runners fell on the hurdles, but congrats to Benjamin.

 

[KZD]

Americans continue to dominate the sprint events.

Battocletti's silver in the 10000 meters is a pretty wild result.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Gotta say, I like the bell ringing. Nice touch by the French.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Also why are the 10000m track just 100ms with extra steps

and extra bends, otherwise it would be quite a challenge to stadium architects.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

As if you needed to be able to actually drive to get a driver‘s license in the US.

...and our water in places tastes funny, and our national parks have pesky squirrels, and our dish soap doesn't bubble sufficiently or too much or not quite a bubbly as ______________'s, and....jebus, the "I'm critical of anything US" stuff, sometimes is absurd.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

very soft pacing if they were 2 min off WR pace. Hassan might be in good shape for the marathon still

Her running form isn't the prettiest (kinda like Paula Radcliffe), I'm not sure whether she is about to collapse or if she's about to win a race. We'll see on Sunday.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Serbia again had to play against the US and refs, but this time prevailed.

The finals will be against their two biggest rivals in that sport, Croatia/Hungary.

Would you like cheese with your whine?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

...and our water in places tastes funny, and our national parks have pesky squirrels, and our dish soap doesn't bubble sufficiently or too much or not quite a bubbly as ______________'s, and....jebus, the "I'm critical of anything US" stuff, sometimes is absurd.

At least you're great at taking jokes.

 

[Brullnux]

Americans continue to dominate the sprint events.

Battocletti's silver in the 10000 meters is a pretty wild result.

Battocletti is european champion tbf and showed in the 5000 she's in good form, but very unexpected nonetheless. I think the slow pace suited her, she's fast over 200m and it meant that she could follow the leaders while still running around her PB pace.

Athletics tactics always confuse me, fair enough if you're Battocletti/Hassan/Chebet and you know a 400m sprint suits you, but Tsegay, four days after she was comfortably outsprinted into like 6th?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

At least you're great at taking jokes.

Are you implicating me or the entire US? When the "joke" isn't funny, it's hard to tell it from stupid criticism.

 

[Cookster15]

Cycling road race - men
Tennis singles - both genders
Artistic gymnastics all-round - women
100m - men
400m hurdles - women
Golf - men
Badminton singles - men

Year-to-year variation applies for some events.

Interesting. I don't think many would agree on these:

Cycling road race - men
Tennis singles - both genders
Golf - men
Badminton singles - men

Within cycling I do think Olympic champion is very prestigious, But I don't think it is viewed as one of the more prestigious Olympic events by the general public around the world. And for the Olympics its a a global event so we should always look from the global rather than national [edit: or cycling] perspective.

In Tennis and Golf the most prestigious events are their grand slams and majors. Olympics is a recent fetish.

Badminton was only admitted to the Olympics in 1992. I think its a natural Olympic sport but not sure if its viewed as the most prestigious outside of China and maybe Denmark?

 

[Cookster15]

I struggle to single out a particular swimming discipline that holds much more prestige than others.

100 metres freestyle. Always has been. Within swimming (people who do it), 400 meter freestyle is very prestigious.

 

[BullsFan22]

Would you like cheese with your whine?

It’s not whining if it’s true. Justice was served today.

 

[Salvarani]

Danes in handball = luck merchants

 

[RedheadDane]

Danes in handball = luck merchants

Still hating everyone named 'Hansen'?

 

[Brullnux]

Danes in handball = luck merchants

Tour de France rematch

 

[Salvarani]

Still hating everyone named 'Hansen'?

I will not waver, I will not tire.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Breaking: Inigo San Millan has been revealed to be secretly called Inigo Hansen!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Breaking: Inigo San Millan has been revealed to be secretly called Inigo Hansen!

It's probably easier for him to use that name whenever he calls to make appointments at Bjarne Riis' hairdresser.

 

[Tim Cahill]

I didn't even know there were any beaches in Canada tbh

Snow volleyball they'd absolutely destroy everyone at

 

[RedheadDane]

I didn't even know there were any beaches in Canada tbh

Snow volleyball they'd absolutely destroy everyone at

The green part is Canada. As you can see, it has quite a bit of shoreline.