Olympics 2024 - General Discussion

[baldrick]

GB seem to be doing alright though, but a long way to go still

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

GB seem to be doing alright though, but a long way to go still

Somebody needs to start chasing down this Dutch move

 

[Leafster]

Somebody needs to start chasing down this Dutch move

I thought I was beginning to understand what was going on until the Dutch scored 20 pts. Is that because they've lapped the others?

 

[baldrick]

I thought I was beginning to understand what was going on until the Dutch scored 20 pts. Is that because they've lapped the others?

Yes, exactly

 

[planetgeli]

Out of interest...what mechanism is used to note which riders have ridden how many laps? I mean it's crazy with that number of bikes, many going at different paces. Do they have some sort of computerized tracker on the bikes?

 

[Numbers]

This madison is nuts. How DaFuq there isn’t any crashes (I’m sure there is) is crazy.

I would love to be good enough to do something like that.

 

[baldrick]

That was a great last few laps from GB. Silver!

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I thought I was beginning to understand what was going on until the Dutch scored 20 pts. Is that because they've lapped the others?

Yes. It gets a tad confusing at times because you can end up with a couple of groups so there’s a call to be made about which group constitutes getting the lap.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

This madison is nuts. How DaFuq there isn’t any crashes (I’m sure there is) is crazy.

I would love to be good enough to do something like that.

I can’t recommend having a session on a velodrome highly enough. It’s utterly terrifying at first, then once you realise that the physics works and you won’t slide down the banking it all becomes brilliant fun.

 

[Numbers]

I can’t recommend having a session on a velodrome highly enough. It’s utterly terrifying at first, then once you realise that the physics works and you won’t slide down the banking it all becomes brilliant fun.

I’ve been around the racing track in Stratford a few times so might look into having a spin in the velodrome.

 

[Petcha]

I like the rule in the hockey that each team gets one 'player review' per game rather than relying on the ref to spot something. If they lose it they lose it. But sometimes the player is better placed than the ref to spot a foul. Football could definitely use that. More often than not the players are right, in the hockey anyway.

 

[hash tag]

How did Carlin get to go again after that clash and win bronze to boot
If I were Hoogland I would be aggrieved at that.

 

[hash tag]

Ooo, it's not over yet.

 

[Maggot]

No one watching the Football gold medal game? It's a great match. Just gone to extra time after France equalised in the last minute. Mateta and Olise both playing well.

 

[belboid]

No one watching the Football gold medal game? It's a great match. Just gone to extra time after France equalised in the last minute. Mateta and Olise both playing well.

I thought the second half was quite boring after twenty mins, so I took the dog for a brief walk. Bugger.

 

[Boo Radley75]

Team GB up to 4th in medal table now, one bronze ahead of France.

 

[Lord Camomile]

No one watching the Football gold medal game? It's a great match. Just gone to extra time after France equalised in the last minute. Mateta and Olise both playing well.

Bkimey, sounded like Spain kinda had it in the bag!

Have flicked over for a bit

 

[bcuster]

 

[girasol]

Trying to watch Breaking is like chasing rainbows. Managed to find 5 mins in afternoon sesh. Final has happened an hour ago but I don't think it's been aired yet!?

 

[belboid]

Trying to watch Breaking is like chasing rainbows. Managed to find 5 mins in afternoon sesh. Final has happened an hour ago but I don't think it's been aired yet!?

havent seen any on the free to air and ive had it on most of the day

 

[belboid]

Anyway.....can Uzbekistan cement their hold on the mens boxing medals?

 

[starfish]

Anyway.....can Uzbekistan cement their hold on the mens boxing medals?

Come on Mullojonov

 

[belboid]

Come on Mullojonov

No stopping him! Kuch adolatdadir!

 

[girasol]

havent seen any on the free to air and ive had it on most of the day

Just caught final on mainstream on iPlayer. But would have been nice to watch qualifiers and the Australian one which has gone viral on account of being embarrassingly bad

 

[belboid]

Just caught final on mainstream on iPlayer. But would have been nice to watch qualifiers and the Australian one which has gone viral on account of being embarrassingly bad

ohhh, oh my. I just found that

 

[starfish]

No stopping him! Kuch adolatdadir!

Ms starfishs Grandad was from Uzbekistan. Will always cheer them on.

 

[Petcha]

This is the first time I've seen the Algerian fighter fight. Er, I can see what people may have been complaining about. I don't know what the organisers are supposed to do but there's something not right here. It's completely unfair. On either of the fighters.

 

[Petcha]

Credit to the Chinese girl, she didn't throw in the towel like others have, although she's in tears.

 

[belboid]

Ms starfishs Grandad was from Uzbekistan. Will always cheer them on.

aah, I went on holiday there last year.

 

[bcuster]

Are the French handing out low quality medals?

U.S. Skateboarder Nyjah Huston Reveals Poor Condition of His Olympic Bronze Medal: ‘Like It Went to War’

Team USA skateboarder Nyjah Huston revealed the poor condition of his Olympic bronze medal days after competing at the 2024 Paris Games and said it looks 'like it went to war and back.'

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