OT: Paris 2024 Summer Olympics: Games of the XXXIII Olympiad

[Cody Webster]

f***ing Scottie, man

 

[Cody Webster]

Scottie gets the gold and Tommy the silver. What a collapse by Rahm. Man, wish we could see these guys got at it every weekend

 

[Beef Invictus]

DUDE

 

[Beef Invictus]

She passed the lead group and vanished before they looked at each other like 'uh do we chase her"

 

[Jack Straw]

Fantastic win in the women's road race for Kristen Faulkner. Don't come across too many top cyclists from Alaska.

 

[DancingPanther]

She passed the lead group and vanished before they looked at each other like 'uh do we chase her"

She was out and around the curve a half km up and those 3 were just darting looks back and forth. That was nuts

 

[Jack Straw]

 

[Rebels57]

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That was f***ing spectacular by Kristen Faulkner! Literally got me out of my seat when she made that move and left them in the dust.

Bobby Finke wins Gold in the 1500 M swimming again!

 

[Flybynite]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1820141144958722255

The Belgium team has withdrawn from the mixed triathlon because their female athlete is in the hospital being treated for e-coli after swimming in the women's triathlon in that cesspool that is the Seine river.

Great job France.

 

[Flybynite]

US women win the last swimming event of the 2024 Olympics with a WR in the 4x100 medley.

US swimming finishes with 8G/13S/7B for 28 total medals. Most total medals and just edged out Australia (7 gold medals) for most gold.

 

[DancingPanther]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1820141144958722255

The Belgium team has withdrawn from the mixed triathlon because their female athlete is in the hospital being treated for e-coli after swimming in the women's triathlon in that cesspool that is the Seine river.

Great job France.

Can you provide a source showing she's sick with an E. coli infection other than a newspaper tweet? Belgium's official statement on the issue didn't specify the illness, and neither did articles from CNN or ABC.

I'll gladly laugh at the French, but I just want to be sure I'm laughing at them for the right things

 

[Taijuan Fedotov]

Men's 100m semis coming up momentarily.

 

[Flybynite]

Can you provide a source showing she's sick with an E. coli infection other than a newspaper tweet? Belgium's official statement on the issue didn't specify the illness, and neither did articles from CNN or ABC.

I'll gladly laugh at the French, but I just want to be sure I'm laughing at them for the right things

I've seen it posted other places, but it's probably all originated from a European newspaper story. I also think there are more strict medical information rules regarding revealing specific conditions 'officially' for European countries. Not saying that's a case here and it would be speculation. Reading between the lines of the Belgium official statement they were mostly critical of the time delays.

 

[Flybynite]

Team USA's 3x3 basketball team just lost to the Netherlands 21-6... wow lol

 

[Jack Straw]

Can you provide a source showing she's sick with an E. coli infection other than a newspaper tweet? Belgium's official statement on the issue didn't specify the illness, and neither did articles from CNN or ABC.

I'll gladly laugh at the French, but I just want to be sure I'm laughing at them for the right things

Le Figaro is a very respected newspaper in France. I would think their reporting would be accurate.

Also, the article cites the Belgian press:

The Belgian press reports that Claire Michel, infected with E.Coli bacteria, has been hospitalized for four days. The national team withdraws from the mixed relay.

Edit: You're right, the Belgian statement doesn't identify the illness.

 

[DancingPanther]

Le Figaro is a very respected newspaper in France. I would think their reporting would be accurate.

Also, the article cites the Belgian press:

The Belgian press reports that Claire Michel, infected with E.Coli bacteria, has been hospitalized for four days. The national team withdraws from the mixed relay.

Edit: You're right, the Belgian statement doesn't identify the illness.

"Press" could mean the Belgian Fox News for all I know. The French govt and Olympic committee has been testing those waters constantly and already postponed events. I'm not saying it's impossible (obviously it's very possible) but they've been watching the water quality like a hawk in their defense. Would be a hilarious shame if someone got sick swimming in it though.

Especially considering how pissed the average Frenchman is about this whole situation

 

[Appleyard]

This semi's were rapid.

9.93 being the worst time for the final... wow.

2020: 10.00 was good enough for final.
2016: 10.01 was good enough for final.
2012: 10.02 was good enough for final
2008: 10.03 was good enough for final.

 

[Curufinwe]

The 100m final qualifiers ran between 9.80 and 9.93

 

[ellja3]

So, Latvian 3x3 basketball team is in semis. The only two things I fear:

1) In the semi we might face France and in LV-FRA group game there were... interesting levels of referee favouritism for hosts
2) All the clutch/luck moments went our way in the group stage. All of them. Crazy buzzer beaters, opponents stepping marginally on line to make a 1pter instead of 2pter etc... Hopefully there's still some of that left.

 

[trostol]

Baked Cheetos are actually better than regular Cheetos

Herr's Honey Cheese Curls are crack

 

[ellja3]

Herr's Honey Cheese Curls are crack

American food has never ceased to baffle me

 

[Appleyard]

Crazy how inconsistent Ferdinand Omanyala is though.

Guy runs a sub 9.85 basically every year and when big events come up? Cant break 10 seconds.


Lyles, Coleman, Thompson, Seville and Omanyala are for sure the fastest guys in the world... have been for ~3 years now. Yet every major championship Omanyala chokes.

 

[Appleyard]

The 100m final qualifiers ran between 9.80 and 9.93

Africa's emergence on the 100m scene in the last few years really has pushed level.

"only" 2 Africans in the final... but ELEVEN in the semi's and 8 of the fastest 30 men in the world this year are African.

basically in the last 3-4 years the whole continent has started producing 10 second runners, when historically basically only Nigeria and Ivory Coast had good 100m programmes, with South Africa providing the odd guy.

Ghana, Cameroon, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Liberia, South Africa, Gambia, Uganda and Zimbabwe all have ~10 second guys.

 

[Flybynite]

Africa's emergence on the 100m scene in the last few years really has pushed level.

"only" 2 Africans in the final... but ELEVEN in the semi's and 8 of the fastest 30 men in the world this year are African.

basically in the last 3-4 years the whole continent has started producing 10 second runners, when historically basically only Nigeria and Ivory Coast had good 100m programmes, with South Africa providing the odd guy.

Ghana, Cameroon, Botswana, Kenya, Nigeria, Liberia, South Africa, Gambia, Uganda and Zimbabwe all have ~10 second guys.

Forgetting the name without looking him up, but I think there was a runner in the 90s from Africa who medaled in the 92 and 96 Olympics and he was like only the 2nd *EVER* to do it in the 100m from Africa with the first having been all the way back in like the 2nd or 3rd 'modern' Olympics.

 

[Appleyard]

Forgetting the name without looking him up, but I think there was a runner in the 90s from Africa who medaled in the 92 and 96 Olympics and he was like only the 2nd *EVER* to do it in the 100m from Africa with the first having been all the way back in like the 2nd or 3rd 'modern' Olympics.

Frankie Fredericks. What a monster.

Now that man was consistent aha. Basically top 3 at every event he ever entered. He just ran sub-10 on command.

And did it for so long... like 1991 to 2004.