Olympics 2024 - General Discussion

[Bingoman]

USA Basketball mens team losing currently to Serbia with about 7 mins left

 

[Lord Camomile]

USA Basketball mens team losing currently to Serbia with about 7 mins left

They've been down since basically the start of the game. Been missing a surprising number of shots.

Could be on for quite a shock tonight (though Serbia are far from 'minnows').

 

[Bingoman]

now only 2 points in it

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Boxing is bent.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Wow, USA manages to scrape through. Serbia led for almost the entire match, frequently by double-digits; they must feel empty.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Boxing is bent.

 

[skyscraper101]

Wow, USA manages to scrape through. Serbia led for almost the entire match, frequently by double-digits; they must feel empty.

Good match that. USA pulled it out of the bag at the end but Serbia looked shit hot. Shame for them having led for most of the game. It will be the ultimate final though, a repeat of Tokyo but with home advantage for France. USA certainly not unbeatable.

 

[souljacker]

All I can say about the basketball is that Steve Kerr is a twat and he should have given some game time to Jason Tatum. And he didn't even take Jaylen Brown

 

[Boo Radley75]

Be interesting to see if the BBC are still using Nicola Adams in the boxing tonight, with the Algerian girl going for gold. Nicola has said a lot of disgusting lies about her, lost a lot of her fans over it and still doubled down. Probably the worst one in the pile off, considering she's a butch, boxing lesbian and has probably had a lot of the same kind of abuse, herself.

 

[baldrick]

Can we just not, thanks. Not the thread for this.

 

[Boo Radley75]

Fair enough. Update on Girma after his fall in the steeplechase, at last. Have to say, he still doesn't look great. Hope he pulls through, ok.

Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma recovering after horror fall in 3,000m steeplechase – video

A post to social media on Thursday showed Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma in a hospital bed the day after he suffered a shocking fall in the men's 3,000m steeplechase

www.theguardian.com

 

[hash tag]

Currently watching the bouldering. Just how do they do that.
It's a human bagatelle.

 

[baldrick]

I missed the steeplechase and his fall, he must have hurt himself really badly.

Hopefully he is getting good care in hospital. If he's concussed that can take a long time to get over

 

[belboid]

Currently watching the bouldering. Just how do they do that.
It's a human bagatelle.

utterly barking! I used to go bouldering, no way I'd ever have considered even the 5 point move.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I'm at the hospital (regular monthly appointment for MS treatment) and the bouldering is on the telly with the signs down. I've no idea what's going on but it's quite mesmerising!

 

[Bingoman]

GB gold in Sport Climbing

 

[Boo Radley75]

Well, no one climbs over boulders as well as Great Britain!

 

[Santino]

There seems to be a rule in the Women's Double Kayak that the team need to have the same hairstyle.

 

[hash tag]

There seems to be a rule in the Women's Double Kayak that the team need to have the same hairstyle.

Aerodynamics

 

[Santino]

Aerodynamics

Each team has a different style, but within that team, they both have the same one.

 

[Petcha]

Amazing from the shy young English kid there in the rock climbing. He didn't even realise the Japanese guy had fucked it up, was chattin away with the Spanish guy on the side. Bless.

Now watching the weightlifting. Sorting the men from the boys here. Some of them are dropping it at 200kg. I mean... how hard can it be. I regularly lift 20kg and I'm not even pretending to be an Olympian. I'm sure I could step up to this level.

 

[hash tag]

Golf FFS. I mean golf. Seriously, who gives a shit about it or wants to watch it?

There seems to be a rule in the Women's Double Kayak that the team need to have the same hairstyle.

There is synchronised dancing stuff on now

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Watching the breakdancing. Literally no idea what’s going on, but it’s very entertaining

 

[Petcha]

Poor jerking there. Again, I could kick ass at that.

 

[hash tag]

Poor jerking there. Again, I could kick ass at that.

We are talking about break dancing still?

 

[Petcha]

I saw some breaking down on the southbank last weekend which was better than this. The dorky outfits dont help. Let them dress a lil bit cooler like the other crazy sports.

 

[Petcha]

They look like cricket umpires. The skaters were totally rocking it.

 

[baldrick]

Ah - the madison is on now in the velodrome

I love that a lot of track cycling is just pure madness

It's fucking chaos in there

 

[baldrick]

Was it Wiggins and Cavendish who used to kick ass at this? I can't remember on the women's side who was good historically.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The Mafison is the best track cycling event by a mile. Just bonkers.