Paris Olympics 2024 (non-cycling) thread

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looks like a double bogey to come for Lydia Ko, so things get a bit closer again.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Well I guess that one can’t be shared here. Weird.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrdFJwcgcA&pp=ygUVcGFyaXMgMjAwMyBmaW5hbCA1MDAw

I used to LOVE Hicham. How did he get outkicked by Kipchoge? Hicham had such an insane kick usually. Valverde-esque!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Men's 4x400m final coming up a bit later... I know Quincy Wilson is a 16yr. old phenom, but not sure I'd want him to run in the final because it was bad enough fingers were pointing at him because he was a bit slow in the heat and the rest of the team really had to make up for it... maybe he had a bad day, but ultimately I think he's just too young and inexperienced to be partaking in the pressure of the relay finale. If he does start and one of the other team members drops or messes up the baton though at least all the heat will be off of Quincy Wilson.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Men's 4x400m final coming up a bit later... I know Quincy Wilson is a 16yr. old phenom, but not sure I'd want him to run in the final because it was bad enough fingers were pointing at him because he was a bit slow in the heat and the rest of the team really had to make up for it... maybe he had a bad day, but ultimately I think he's just too young and inexperienced to be partaking in the pressure of the relay finale. If he does start and one of the other team members drops or messes up the baton though at least all the heat will be off of Quincy Wilson.

Whoever thought he should be the first runner should be fired, that was idiotic.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Barshim and Tamberi lining up for the high jump final, hopefully Tamberi is feeling well enough after suffering kidney stones a few days back.

 

[rallybanana]

It feels weird not having women's high jump on the final evening of the track and field competition.

 

[BullsFan22]

Impressive stuff by Australia, the Netherlands and New Zealand with their medal haul. Australia is currently 3rd, with 3rd most golds, and by the looks of it, that won’t change. The Dutch doing well again, racking up medals in a whole host of sports and the Kiwis with less than 6 million people are 11th, with 17 medals (8 gold). Good stuff.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Men's 800m final now, on a running forum it's customary to say you run the 800 on pure hate. Cracks me up!

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Quite a run that, not far off Rudisha's time

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It was close, but Wanyonyi gets the gold! He's only 20, so I'm sure we'll be seeing more of him in the future.

On a side note it was cool seeing El Guerrouj! He still looks good for his age.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Tamberi not looking good in his first two jumps, at least he's giving it a go though even though he may not be at his best right now.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

It feels weird not having women's high jump on the final evening of the track and field competition.

We've got the women throwing those pointy objects though.

(I tried throwing the jav a few times, it didn't work out so well.)

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Women's 100m H final now

 

[ManicJack]

We've got the women throwing those pointy objects though.

(I tried throwing the jav a few times, it didn't work out so well.)

Did you stab yourself in the toe?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Photo finish - and Russell gets it!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Did you stab yourself in the toe?

There were a few times I thought I was close to impaling myself because the jav just didn't go where I wanted it to go. (It went straight up and then straight down instead of going forward.)

There's definitely a well-rehearsed technique to throwing the jav, the pros just make it look easy.

 

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Tamberi not looking good in his first two jumps, at least he's giving it a go though even though he may not be at his best right now.

but he has probably already done more jumps than ever before in a competition, the commentator on my feed said

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Ingebrigtsen on the track now, so many stars and so much action on the track right now I can barely keep up!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Tamberi had to drop out, kinda sad, but given his condition it's understandable.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Ingebrigtsen not playing the rabbit today

 

[Salvarani]

Jakob was too far down.

But does it anyway!

 

[KZD]

Ingebrigtsen redeems himself after missing the medals in the 1500m.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Redemption for Ingebrigtsen, no bone-headed pacesetter strategy today.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fisher once again timing his sprint exactly right.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Ooooh, women's 1500m final now!

Hope Laura Muir does well, I'm pulling for her. (She loves animals and is educated as a vet, so when she's done with running she has a career working with animals to look forward to. )