The 2024 Paris Olympics Thread

[Kenny]

Thought the USA were going to lap the others!

 

[Alan]

Anybody see what happened with the Jamaicans?

 

[Kenny]

Anybody see what happened with the Jamaicans?

Dropped the baton

 

[Alan]

Dropped the baton

Not even on the handoff then! That's absolutely brutal.

Been there (not at the Olympics obv). Not a fun convo with the coach after.

 

[Kenny]

Silver in the no idea what's going on but try to kick their head off event

 

[Doctor Doog]

Dropped the baton

Pulled up lame. Still, at least she's not a racehorse.

 

[Kenny]

Pulled up lame. Still, at least she's not a racehorse.

 

[Alan]

Technically a gold medal for Charlotte, that.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Comms here alluded to some kind of drama with her.

A Brit named Georgia! I've seen everything now.

Watch the women’s golf. Georgia Hall teeing it up for GB

 

[Dire Wolf]

That's pretty remarkable from Sifan Hassan: 5000m bronze, 10000m bronze, marathon gold all in the space of a week.

 

[Del Woppio]

I got out of breath cutting my toenails last night

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

I got out of breath cutting my toenails last night

You can still reach them? I wish

 

[Tredman]

Watching the Bhutanese woman come in last in the marathon being cheered through the roof was fantastic. She was absolutely broken but the support kept her going and was amazing.

 

[Tony Towner]

Track cycling has been disappointing. According to Laura Kenny at the outset we had 9 genuine gold medal chances, looks like we are going to come away with just the 1.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Mad that we were even in the running for a medal as never had anyone even reach an Olympic sprint final till this year.

(Mind you if Sharlene Maudsley was doing an egg & spoon race I would quite happily watch it all day)

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Watching the Bhutanese woman come in last in the marathon being cheered through the roof was fantastic. She was absolutely broken but the support kept her going and was amazing.

They just showed that here. Absolutely brilliant and for me exactly what the olympics are about.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

That's pretty remarkable from Sifan Hassan: 5000m bronze, 10000m bronze, marathon gold all in the space of a week.

Love her desire, that barge to keep her racing line was brilliant.

 

[Alan]

They just showed that here. Absolutely brilliant and for me exactly what the olympics are about.

She only started running as a serious endeavor four years ago! Incredible story and she comes off as so grounded.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Don’t watch basketball but catching a little bit of the women gold medal match. Seems better than the men to watch as they don’t score every single time.

 

[b3h]

Was hoping the cat would turn out to be Snoop Dogg