Paris Olympics 2024 (non-cycling) thread

[rallybanana]

Back at the athletics!
Question:
In wheelchair racing, can we talk about a "peloton"?

The commentator in the men's 5000m race actually used the word peloton at one point. There was also a crash in the final sprint for good measure. Someone going for a nonexistent gap at the barriers. Thankfully it didn't affect the medal positions.

So, she set a world record, injuring herself in the process, and then got DQed?
Yikes!

Disqualified because her head cushion was the wrong size. Seems a bit harsh.

Okay, I would really like to have seen the closeup of De Jong's first "take-off"...

I saw women's long jump yesterday morning but missed the men's. Kind of curious that Netherlands won 2 long jump golds in one day with Jong and De Jong.

 

[RedheadDane]

The commentator in the men's 5000m race actually used the word peloton at one point. There was also a crash in the final sprint for good measure. Someone going for a nonexistent gap at the barriers. Thankfully it didn't affect the medal positions.

Otoh, significantly worse to crash in a race when you're a wheelchair user.
You're basically just stuck until someone comes over an helps you...

 

[rallybanana]

Malaysian athlete Eddy Bernard won a bronze medal in Men's 100m T44. Would be a great name for a cyclist.

 

[RedheadDane]

Sabrina showing great Fortune in the F20 shot put.

 

[rallybanana]

Focusing on the American bronze medalist as the Chinese anthem starts to play is a minor faux pas,

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Roderick Townsend, who seems to have all of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's different hair colours, wins gold in the high jump and gets to retain his belt.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Not exactly non-cycling but as blind tandem pilot, Robert Förstemann has only won bronze in team sprint despite his still massive legs.

 

[RedheadDane]

Not exactly non-cycling but as blind tandem pilot, Robert Förstemann has only won bronze in team sprint despite his still massive legs.

Not sure "blind tandem pilot" is the correct term. That makes it sound like a tandem pilot who's also blind, and I'm not sure that's a good idea...

 

[rallybanana]

Chris puts the Hammer down and wins the PTS5 triathlon

 

[RedheadDane]

Chris puts the Hammer down and wins the PTS5 triathlon

There are generally not hammers involved in triathlon...

 

[rallybanana]

There are generally not hammers involved in triathlon...

Except when Chris Hammer is involved

 

[rallybanana]

India has a lot of good javelin throwers these days

 

[Samu Cuenca]

There are generally not hammers involved in triathlon...

There's hammers involved in cycling (which is a part of the triathlon). I hope you're not accusing Cille of lying.

 

[RedheadDane]

The Danish expert-commentator wants to be absolutely sure we understand that the reason the participants in the sitting throw disciplines get all their tries at once is because it takes too long to set up the chair. I think he's mentioned it every evening so far.

Fun fact: The school where I had my - very short - career as a shot putter also have students who are in wheelchairs. However, I don't think they have a throwing chair.

There's hammers involved in cycling (which is a part of the triathlon). I hope you're not accusing Cille of lying.

Maybe she keeps suggesting they put the hammer down because it's really weird to carry a hammer around in cycling.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fun fact: The school where I had my - very short - career as a shot putter also have students who are in wheelchairs. However, I don't think they have a throwing chair.

I sure hope they weren't throwing any chairs.

Maybe she keeps suggesting they put the hammer down because it's really weird to carry a hammer around in cycling.

I don't think I've heard her say it in a while, so perhaps people have finally started listening.

 

[RedheadDane]

I sure hope they weren't throwing any chairs.

I'm talking about the chair the athlete is sitting in while throwing...
Maybe they had one at my old school, but the only wheelchair user who attended while I went there didn't take atletics as a subject.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I was hoping to get a Partin Party, but having two human legs was only an advantage in the first 50 metres.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pretty crazy long jump final with three guys all having jumped 6.76m, a Paralympic record, ahead of the last round, but the non-Russian guy then reached 6.83 and took the gold.

 

[RedheadDane]

Everyone involved better hope none of the blind shot putters get confused and turn too little/much...

 

[RedheadDane]

Wagner put on his "podium leg".

 

[rallybanana]

Roderick Townsend, who seems to have all of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce's different hair colours, wins gold in the high jump and gets to retain his belt.

Townsend now trying to win the belt in long jump

 

[rallybanana]

Yeltsin wins the 1500m blindfold race for Brazil and breaks the world record.

 

[RedheadDane]

Impressive sprint by Onder, but Schuliar just about holds on, crashing over the line.

 

[rallybanana]

Ukraine starting to string a few gold medals together today to go with all their silvers and bronzes.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That sprint from the Mauritian guy is one of the craziest I've ever seen. It was like he suddenly turned on an engine.