2024 Summer Olympics from Paris

2024 Summer Olympics from Paris

Amazed we don't have a thread yet. I will do up a fancier OP tomorrow but this will do for now as a placeholder.

Women's softball opens the games in roughly 5hrs with soccer/football, archery and some other sports starting before the opening ceremony Friday night Japan time.

PREDICTIONS: Rona causes a stupid amount of issues, I still waste approx 100hrs of coverage anyway.

20 July 2021 at 07:16 PM
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by PeteBlow k

That was the tough one for Lyles.
The double is a lock

Hold on... he might trip over his ego.


by Cinarocket k

9.79 & 9.80 winning 2024 & 2020 olympics respectively is kinda weak. are the PEDs less performant these days?

Would've beat Bolt in 2016. Ignoring all of Bolt's times, only 2012 is where it wouldn't have been a winning time.


by GusJohnsonGOAT k

Would've beat Bolt in 2016. Ignoring all of Bolt's times, only 2012 is where it wouldn't have been a winning time.

Bolt closed and then shut it down in 2016. That didn't happen here.


by Willd k

It took 11 years after Johnson for 9.79 to be reached officially and 11 people have ever run under that time (including Bolt). The best time run this year is 9.77.

Thx. I was wondering what the o/u would be for the final this Olympics and I went with 9.79.

Other than Bolt that has to be close to Olympic best.


kerley only losing out by 0.02 suggests he shouldnt have been 20/1


the poo river has officially claimed its first victim. belgium will not compete in the mixed triathlon relay (there's a triathlon relay?) due to someone getting e coli


Gee that bell ringing is contrived and stupid

Well done to Lyles. It looked like a bigger gap than that to the naked eye.

Surprised Jacobs ran so fast tbh.


by BOIDS k

kerley only losing out by 0.02 suggests he shouldnt have been 20/1

He's a good runner and this was probably his best chance. I feel bad for him, but he ran well.


bell is dumb obv, but i must admit i get a kick out of it. especially lyles giving it full beans


France beating Serbia in 3x3 basketball in front of that crowd was electric.


Lol running. So overrated.


by All-inMcLovin k

Lol running. So overrated.

Yes, we need more half court basketball from the YMCA.


by Randall Stevens k

Yes, we need more half court basketball from the YMCA.

How about a good ol Free Throw Shooting contest?

Or HORSE but no trick shots!


by All-inMcLovin k

How about a good ol Free Throw Shooting contest?

Or HORSE but no trick shots!

Kickball?


by Randall Stevens k

Kickball?

Capture the flag
Red rover
Steal the bacon
Paintball


by natediggity k

I don't mind it when the races are close. But I just turned on men's 1500 about halfway thru and it was a foregone conclusion.

Good for Bobby Finke though.

This was actually a cool race. Finke went out insanely fast and basically just dared everyone to keep up. No one had enough left in the tank at the end to catch him. It was tactical in the same way that distance running events are tactical.


by All-inMcLovin k

How about a good ol Free Throw Shooting contest?

On second thought, I like this. GREEAR makes the team, right?


by Rococo k

This was actually a cool race. Finke went out insanely fast and basically just dared everyone to keep up. No one had enough left in the tank at the end to catch him. It was tactical in the same way that distance running events are tactical.

Interesting. Like I said, I only caught part of it.

I guess it was opposite of the repechages I watched yesterday when both races had a guy go out fast and finish dead last.


by filthyvermin k

I watched that clip over and over and over and over wow 😮

That wasn't the first time that Bol has bossed the anchor leg of a relay. She did exactly the same thing in the woman's 4x400 at last year's World Championships.


4x400 mixed, never knew that was an event until this Olympics. Very cool.


by PokerHero77 k

4x400 mixed, never knew that was an event until this Olympics. Very cool.

I think it's a cool event.


Femke Bol!


If I'm not mistaken everyone went MWMW, was that somehow an imposed standard or just by design/luck? I used to love it when the order wasn't the same per country and you'd see a male run next to a female

Also, just got to find out about this repêchage concept. the american bloke jogged the 110m hurdles on purple to qualify via repechâge instead of the regular way. strange stuff


by All-inMcLovin k

Lol running. So overrated.

Do you want to know how painful this is?


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