Paris Olympics 2024 (non-cycling) thread

[Salvarani]

Super-Sara does it again!

2/2

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Very fast 1500m freestyle final going on right now. Sun Yang's WR is under serious attack.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Finke with gold and a world record!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Finke does it, but what looked like a big sprint in the final 25m was still slower than Sun's crazy finish 12 years ago.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Sun Yang swam those last laps so fast, he had to be well ahead to only just beat the WR there, thought he wasn't going to make it. Only the 2nd WR in the pool this games.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pan's hitting the right notes once more. His WR wasn't a flute.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Yanks absolutely flying in this 4x100 in the slow pool too!

 

[Barnacle Bill]

So the world records in the pool this games:

(Men)100m freestyle: From 46.80 (2024) to 46.40
(Men) 1500m freestyle: From 14:31.02 (2012) to 14:30.67
(Women) 400m medley relay: From 3:50:40 (2019) to 3:49:63

 

[Unchained]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/04/sport/belgium-withdraws-mixed-relay-triathlon-seine-spt/index.html

 

[Brullnux]

Lyles looks really anxious/tense

 

[Valv.Piti]

Lets get him Oblique!!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Rapid stuff from Oblique Seville!!

 

[Brullnux]

Great time from Seville, Lyles looking better but getting beaten twice is not probably great for his nerves

 

[Valv.Piti]

Heat 2, some big names will be eliminated. Group of death. My pick to win: LetSILE TEBOGOOO

 

[Valv.Piti]

Bednarak 4th at 9.93 in a semi. Historic level this sprint field has

 

[Brullnux]

When all the times are going crazy why are the mens 100m so slow

what?

 

[Valv.Piti]

I lied, the level of group 3 is prolly stronger. At least the top-end level. Bednarak and Jacobs prolly dont make it at 9.92 and 9.93

 

[Brullnux]

I lied, the level of group 3 is prolly stronger. At least the top-end level

Yeah Jacobs righttttt on the limit

 

[Salvarani]

When all the times are going crazy why are the mens 100m so slow

Give it a rest.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Yeah Jacobs righttttt on the limit

I say they both are out. Kishane, Omanyala, Kerley and and Zharnel

 

[Brullnux]

I say they both are out. Kishane, Omanyala, Kerley and and Zharnel

Zharnel and Omanyala nowhere near in the end, actually. Not that surprised about Zharnel, he hasn't really been on it this season

 

[Valv.Piti]

Surprisingly bad level outside of the two fast men. Omanyala really, really disappointing. Jacobs and Kong-Fu Kenny made it.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Interesting to hear that Thompson is training a lot in Italy with his training group, he's in Lignano for months.
Usually the Jamaicans prefer to stay at home to prepare for the big events.

 

[Brullnux]

9.80s - 9.93s, fastest qualification times ever? Very tight field; three/four of them look above the rest but tension of a final and only a tenth or so in it means a surprise medal definitely on the cards.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Okay, Im all for Jacobs fluking a win again.

Realistically though, I think Thompson wins ahead of Oscar Sevilla and Noah "no disrespect, and dont get me wrong, I love the States, but its not the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" Lyles