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.
Wish I could find a line on Lopez in Greco Roman final. Goung for record 5th gold in same event against a friend and former Cuban.
He wasn't losing anyways, but the setup is perfect.
I would have taken -4000 but wtv. Fair odds were probably-10000, maybe lower.
Can't think of a more sure thing this olympics.
Both he and Kerr did.
You don't want to be boxed in, but if Hocker knew that Jakob drifts to the outside, then he deserved this.
I missed whatever trash Kerr talked. All I heard was Jakob's "I could beat him blindfolded", lol. Guess he should have invested in a blindfold for this race.
It looked like Hocker almost got him to the inside a little bit earlier
3.28 missing the podium is nuts. Jakob ran a very very good race but just wasn’t good enough. Kerr the same - perfect but beaten by someone better. I really didn’t see Hawker being good enough - very very well run
Super crazy high quality race
vg women’s steeplechase too
I just joined the thread yesterday. What was the deal with the pole vault record? Are they only allowed to move the bar once when the last competitor falls out? I thought he'd be able to keep going until he missed a height 3 times. He was clearing it by sooo much. He's got a lot higher record in him.
I missed whatever trash Kerr talked. All I heard was Jakob's "I could beat him blindfolded", lol. Guess he should have invested in a blindfold for this race.
It looked like Hocker almost got him to the inside a little bit earlier
I actually think Hocker wanted to go outside, but couldn't get there. He then saw the inside was open. Either way, great race.
I just joined the thread yesterday. What was the deal with the pole vault record? Are they only allowed to move the bar once when the last competitor falls out? I thought he'd be able to keep going until he missed a height 3 times. He was clearing it by sooo much. He's got a lot higher record in him.
He vaulted 6.25, a new WR.
I missed whatever trash Kerr talked. All I heard was Jakob's "I could beat him blindfolded", lol. Guess he should have invested in a blindfold for this race.
It is what it is, but it is tough to lead that pace the whole race. I don't really follow either of them, but Jakob pushing the pace was impressive.
I know. My question was, why wasn't he allowed to go for the next height once he cleared that. Because everyone else had missed?
It’s his choice. Once he wins he’s only doing additional heights to please the crowd
Historically some athletes have bonuses for world records. So breaking it by 1cm at a time is good business sense. If you look at the WR progression, it’s generally 1cm at a time for this reason
Plus you get tired from all those tries, he had been on the track for basically 3 hours at that point.
Not sure about the "he was clearing it by soooo much", i think you're referring to his attempts at the beginning because this is a WR and is definitely close
Ok didn't even know 3x3 basketball was a thing until "we" won gold at it
Would a team of random NBA players wipe the floor with that Dutch team or are the sports really that different
Ok didn't even know 3x3 basketball was a thing until "we" won gold at it
Would a team of random NBA players wipe the floor with that Dutch team or are the sports really that different
They would if they took the time to develop a bit of chemistry together. but the dutch were awesome, that shot of De Jong crushing the French made my night
Plus you get tired from all those tries, he had been on the track for basically 3 hours at that point.
Not sure about the "he was clearing it by soooo much", i think you're referring to his attempts at the beginning because this is a WR and is definitely close
Unless he gets injured he'll break it within the year.
Historically some athletes have bonuses for world records. So breaking it by 1cm at a time is good business sense. If you look at the WR progression, it’s generally 1cm at a time for this reason
He gets a bonus from his sponsor every time he breaks the world record at a meet. He’ll go for 6.26 next meet. Same thing Bubka used to do in the 80s
That makes sense. I didn't know if he could continue on if he wanted to or not.
posting for the lulz
a top 5 worst hot take in the history of SE
There are at least ten sides that are clearly better than the US.
USWNT has all the same problema as the men. A bunch of athletes isn't a football team. No one can control a ball on reception and they live one on one play. It's like watching 1950s football. The euro and teams and others full of players who play in europe are much more technical and have more advanced tactics. Now that they have some athletes the US is just another team.
43.79 in a 400m semi final is rapid. the Brit looked very strong easing up too.
women's 400m hurdles betting.
McLaughlin $1.26
Bol $3.05
next runner $23
Talking of hypothetical running events, I continued this conversation the pub this evening, where we all know the best ideas are formed.
We have come up with the ultimate track event.
Based on the velodrome cycling pursuit, track pursuit.
2 competitors start on opposite sides of the track, whoever catches the other wins.
We decided that on a 400 track, picking marathon runners was optimal but it could take hours. However, run it on an indoor 200 track, and 200m runners would catch most long distances.
You’d have to do a secret nomination so the opponent country wouldn’t know what athlete you’d picked until they turn up at the start line.
32 teams. Possibly start with a team of 200, 400, 800 and 1500 and 5000m runners. Each athlete can only run once in the competition.
What order do you run your athletes?
GTO athletics
I’m drunk
Imane Khelif through to the gold medal boxing match. There is no winner in the final going up against a boxer from China.
holy ****
just saw Hocker won the 1,500
can't believe he got pinched in the final corner, had to slow down, and still had the energy/desire to regroup and fire down the stretch. so rare
what an upset. so happy for him. epic stuff
awful strategy by Ingebrigsten. what was he thinking?
