Games of the 33rd Olympiad Thread ...

2 years ago

Originally Posted by discrat

Thought I would start this Paris Olympic Thread. A place where you can provide dialogue and commentary on all your favorite sports involved n the 33rd Olympics.

I'll start : just got through watching US's Katie Ledecky winning bronze for her 11th medal in the Olympics for the 400 meter swimming. I was hoping she would get Gold but can't be too down for what she did.

Shane's fellow Australian, Ariarne Titmus , took the Gold. Congrats !!!

The Australian had a G'day Sport

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Dan Riffle

2 years ago

The American men took home the gold in the 4x100 free relay. Take that, Shane!

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tagiscom

2 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

The Australian had a G'day Sport

Originally Posted by Dan Riffle

The American men took home the gold in the 4x100 free relay. Take that, Shane!

You yanks just wait we will wipe the floor with your team when they have the 100m Drop Bear Tossing Finals or even the Jumbak in the Coolarbag semi's!

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lanfear63

2 years ago

Having read the above I can only assume that no Brit has participated yet.

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Dan Riffle 2 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Having read the above I can only assume that no Brit has participated yet.

The crumpet eating and queueing competitions are later this week.
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- lanfear63 2 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  The crumpet eating and qeueuing competitions are later this week.
  
  Oh yes, that's directly after the Coney Island hot dog eating competition and the brisket and ribs cookoff.
  
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  Originally Posted by Dan Riffle
  
  The crumpet eating and qeueuing competitions are later this week.
  
  Is that before or after they release the seagulls?
  
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  Dan Riffle 2 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by tagiscom
  
  Is that before or after they release the seagulls?
  
  Pretty sure it's after.
  
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  discrat 2 years ago
  
  Spoiler Alert for Men''s Gymnastics:
  
  Final US Men medal with Bronze. First time they have medaled since 2008
  
  U-S-A . U-S-A. U-S-A
  
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  lanfear63 2 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by discrat
  
  Spoiler Alert for Men''s Gymnastics:
  
  Final US Men medal with Bronze. First time they have medaled since 2008
  
  U-S-A . U-S-A. U-S-A
  
  In the meat cookoff's the fans shout USDA. USDA
  
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Kay King

2 years ago

Having read the above I can only assume that no Brit has participated yet

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Too busy thinking up quips to read the news?

"Team GB make splash with first Paris Olympics medal amid diving drama"

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Kay King

2 years ago

Do we have to do everything for you? The Games are on NBC - not the food channel.

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max5ty

2 years ago

Not really sure how to describe this...

but on Google they have the bird that's doing some flips and the cat holds up a '10'

Thought that was hilarious.

Don't know how to share it...other than just going to google.com

Thought it was genius whoever did it.

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Kay King

2 years ago

I was just telling my DIL to look at that bird - I thought it was hilarious.

We just came up from the basement - more tornado warnings. My poor dog is so afraid of thunder and lighting she's been totally shaking for the last 45 minutes. Lightening has been spectacular tonight.

I did get to see the USA men's gymnastics team before the tornado alerts went off - they did a great job today!

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Jamell

2 years ago

How did America finish over all ? The basket ball team is, doing well.

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DWolfe 2 years ago

Originally Posted by Jamell

How did America finish over all ? The Olympics end on August 11. The basket ball team is, doing well.

So far the US has 25 Medals according to this site - https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals

4 Golds, 10 Silver, 11 Bronze. France is the second highest, China is in third place. Followed by Japan, and others. Great Britain has 11 and Australia has 10.

I have not watched more than 10 minutes so far. Only caught part of the women skateboarding early Sunday morning on CNBC. Plus two Women in the Gymnastics competition. I do plan on watching more later in the week.
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Kay King

2 years ago

As of Tuesday 10 a.m. ET, 38 teams have earned at least one medal, but the only teams to reach double-digits are Team USA with 20; France with 16; China with 13; Japan with 12; and South Korea and Britain with 10.

I think the US has a decent split of bronze, silver and gold

The female gymnastic qualifiers were a treat to watch for me. Look forward to the finals for gymnastics.

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discrat 2 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

The female gymnastic qualifiers were a treat to watch for me. Look forward to the finals for gymnastics.

Yes for me as well. So proud of our
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- discrat 2 years ago
  
  Spoiler Alert :
  
  US women win Gold in Team final for gymnastics
  
  P.S. Great Britain just missed getting the bronze. Came down to the last event of the night
  
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Kay King

2 years ago

Simone Biles is truly amazing - she took a lot of flak for withdrawing in 2020 due to spatial issues. At 27 she is back with a vengeance - what a performance.

I can't even imagine the work and discipline necessary to maintain that level of physical ability....and the mental stress must be off the charts.

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discrat 2 years ago

Not to sound corny but Simon Biles is truly an American treasure !!
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- DWolfe 2 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by discrat
  
  Not to sound corny but Simon Biles is truly an American treasure !!
  
  I agree with that statement. The whole team was a comeback story. Suni Lee with her return after suffering kindy disease. They were all impressive yesterday. I was glad to see them walk off with the gold. They all looked like they had a lot of fun.
  
  I liked the way NBC programmed the show with limited commercials. Two USA gymnastics competitors followed by a rival than Simone would perform her routine. Not once did she seem like her slight injury a few days ago bothered her at all.
  
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Dan Riffle

2 years ago

US Women's rugby wins bronze over Australia with a last second score.

Take that, Shane!

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Kay King

2 years ago

That one surprised me - I didn't know we Had a Women's Rugby team.

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Kay King

2 years ago

I admired the interaction of the American teams - in mens and womens gymnastics. They are so accepting and supportive of each other and I agree the programming this year has made it far easier to watch the US teams and SOME of the better competition without hours of sorting through to find them.

Simone Biles was almost 12 ft OFF the floor in one of her tumbling runs yesterday....and she's 4'8" tall. She like a human spring.

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discrat 2 years ago

With 8 gold medals and the level of dominance in her races...well iam not so sure Katie Ledecky is not the greatest Olympian ever !!!
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Kay King

2 years ago

I don't believe there is a 'greatest ever' but there are some real greats in the US teams. I do wish NBC wouldn't get quite so excited about celebs in the audience....sort of reminds me of 'SQUIRREL!!!!'.

I've read a couple articles claiming the pool in Paris is 'slow' - the technical stuff seems to be that it's 7ft 3/4 in deep where the last few Olympic pools have been 9.8 feet. Minimum depth for Olympics is 2 meters and this pool is 2.15....but the standard in the past and for world competition has been 3 meters. The depth is the reason being given for not breaking any world or other records this year.

I'm going to need to research more and think about it - I understand why 2.8 ft more depth would affect diving results but not why it would affect swim races. Dust off my physics? I'm sure it's some sort of 'drag' or 'resistance' calcs but way above my math skills.

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Dan Riffle

2 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I'm going to need to research more and think about it - I understand why 2.8 ft more depth would affect diving results but not why it would affect swim races. Dust off my physics? I'm sure it's some sort of 'drag' or 'resistance' calcs but way above my math skills.

When the pool is shallow, there's more surface wake because the displacement has less area to move. It makes the water choppy, and choppy water makes for slow swimming.

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Kay King

2 years ago

That makes sense - I used to boat on a lake just North of Atlanta - a long, narrow and not terribly deep lake. I've never seen water get so rough so fast in a storm as on that lake.

Guess the same principle would work in a pool...but don't tell Ledecky that...

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Dan Riffle 2 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Guess the same principle would work in a pool...but don't tell Ledecky that...

Katie could swim in wet concrete and still be fast.
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- discrat 2 years ago
  
  Watching quarter final of women's ping pong. These Olympic ping pong players are unreal, I just had no idea they could play a game like this. They just drill the ball.
  
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  discrat 2 years ago
  
  Big day today. Women's individual all around gymnastics. Can't wait!
  Go Simone !!!
  
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  She did it!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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  Originally Posted by discrat
  
  She did it!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  I sure hope that she is going to clean up afterwards!
  
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  discrat 2 years ago
  
  Just watched US women win Gold in team fencing. First Gold ever in this event for US
  
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  discrat 2 years ago
  
  Track and Field starts today. My fav , I'm
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DWolfe

2 years ago

Simone was perfect the other night she deserves those gold medals. Last night I watched the men's Diving and Swimming. Just my .02 the Chinese swimmers looked like they used steroids compared to the French Gold Winner.

Also, I caught the US win a medal in track. The guy moved up to the Mountains in Colorado to get use to not getting enough oxygen. Very interesting way to train.

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discrat 2 years ago

Ledecky does it ...AGAIN !!!
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  Damn,, the mixed US 4x400 meter relay in track just missed the gold. Congrats to the Netherlands on an incredible race to gold!!
  
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  I watched a fair amount of the Olympics yesterday. This morning around 9:30 am EDT they had the Gymnastics on live. I won't spoil how Suni Lee did today, in case they air a shorter version tonight during prime time. Who the he*l was the guy they called Flav? Never heard of him.
  
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  Ledecky does it ...AGAIN !!!
  
  Madden did great also!
  
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Kay King

2 years ago

Google has a new image - the bluebird again - really cute today on the 'rings'.

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leylaalexa

2 years ago

Great idea starting this thread! Just watched Katie Ledecky win bronze in the 400 meters--her 11th Olympic medal. I was hoping for gold too, but her achievement is still incredible. Looking forward to more updates and discussions on the Paris Olympics!

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Kay King

2 years ago

I was disappointed by van lith's comments about 'fairness'. Players who reach Olympic level competition should not have to be schooled in sportsmanship.

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DWolfe

2 years ago

I wish NBC would show some other sports in the Olympics without subscribing to Peacock. Or show some highlights on Primetime. I saw a video clip from the Men's Kayaking Down Rapids the other day. I prefer some of those events over, Basket Ball or some Track and Field events. USA Network had Badmitton on last night, and CNBC had Bike Racing over the weekend. A little different than the same old same old.

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discrat

2 years ago

Cole Hocker wins the gold in the men's 1,500 meter final on the track in incredibly dramatic fashion.

I was screaming my ass off watching this, jumping up and down uncontrollably in our living room .

My kids came out of their own rooms thinking I was dying or something lol

It was great !!

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2 years ago

Originally Posted by discrat

Cole Hocker wins the gold in the men's 1,500 meter final on the track in incredibly dramatic fashion.

I was screaming my ass off watching this, jumping up and down uncontrollably in our living room .

My kids came out of their own rooms thinking I was dying or something lol

It was great !!

Commentators in Australia are practically losing their voices when an Aussie is winning some swimming event.

I think it is nice but l am thinking while they are breaking an artery "calm down" sure they are getting a nice gold plated medal complete with rusty monument included but you know.

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Kay King

2 years ago

Don - same here - would like to see some of the equestrian events.

Did you SEE the guy on the climbing wall? The guy who won the speed climbing seemed to just run up that wall (4 seconds)! I didn't even know that was an official sport.

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DWolfe 2 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

Don - same here - would like to see some of the equestrian events.
Did you SEE the guy on the climbing wall? .

I would have watched both of them if I knew they were on during Prime Time. I didn't know Wall Climbing was even at the Olympics.

Yesterday they had Hand Ball on USA Network, it looks like a combination of Soccer, Rugby, and Basketball. That is more interesting than watching the NBA professionals play. If I wanted to watch Basketball, I would watch it during the regular season.

Quote - "Commentators in Australia are practically losing their voices when an Aussie is winning" I use Closed Caption ;>)
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Kay King

2 years ago

I agree - I turned the sound off during some of the track and field events I can SEE who is winning - don't need some idiot screaming about it.

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discrat

2 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

I agree - I turned the sound off during some of the track and field events I can SEE who is winning - don't need some idiot screaming about it.

See iam the opposite ,the louder the better. I love to see emotions of people getting 'in to it '

For me at least it what makes humans real and raw, obnoxious or not!! I say Go
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tagiscom

2 years ago

Originally Posted by DWolfe

I would have watched both of them if I knew they were on during Prime Time. I didn't know Wall Climbing was even at the Olympics.

Yesterday they had Hand Ball on USA Network, it looks like a combination of Soccer, Rugby, and Basketball. That is more interesting than watching the NBA professionals play. If I wanted to watch Basketball, I would watch it during the regular season.

Quote - "Commentators in Australia are practically losing their voices when an Aussie is winning" I use Closed Caption ;>)

Just go to YouTube Don and do a search, l am watching the weightlifting that way and save it so you can watch it later on.

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DWolfe 2 years ago

I watched women's Basketball in overtime yesterday. The French won, this is the first time in Olympic history that the gold medal rounds will be the same teams in men's and women's Basketball. The ending ceremony is being broadcast on Sunday night. Seems like the time flew bye!
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Kay King 2 years ago

The French won,

The US won gold - the French had silver for women's basketball (and for men's basketball). The US came very close to losing that game.
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- Dan Riffle 2 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  The US won gold - the French had silver for women's basketball (and for men's basketball). The US came very close to losing that game.
  
  He was talking about France's victory the previous day getting them to the gold medal game.
  
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Kay King 2 years ago

sorry - I was rooting for France to win the women's gold....I guess I'm a disgruntled winner if there is such a thing.
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- discrat 2 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  sorry - I was rooting for France to win the women's gold.....
  
  What ? Why ??
  
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  Originally Posted by discrat
  
  What ? Why ??
  
  I can not answer for Kay. However, I was rooting for the home team underdog for an upset in that game. Normally I go with the Americans. I dislike top professionals playing against Amatures, especially in men's Basketball or other team sports. Nothing was more exciting than watching the 1980 US Hockey Team (Amatures) upset the Russians.
  
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DWolfe

2 years ago

I watched the end of the men's Basketball and the beginning of the women's Basketball gold medal rounds. Women's results appeared on my computer right after the US won the gold.

The incident with Jordon Chiles is a complete disgrace. The US team submitted a video about the appeal showing the US filed before the deadline. Jordon has been chased off of Social Media with all the hate she has received. Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu said she hopes Jordon and her can both be on the podium together.

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Dan Riffle

2 years ago

Originally Posted by DWolfe

I watched the end of the men's Basketball and the beginning of the women's Basketball gold medal rounds. Women's results appeared on my computer right after the US won the gold.

The incident with Jordon Chiles is a complete disgrace. The US team submitted a video about the appeal showing the US filed before the deadline. Jordon has been chased off of Social Media with all the hate she has received. Romanian gymnast Ana Barbosu said she hopes Jordon and her can both be on the podium together.

Agreed. I have a serious issue with making the athlete correct a judge's error - and having only one minute to do so is silly.

Chiles earned the corrected score - which should have been the original official score. The judges made the error, yet it's the athlete who gets punished.

At worst, the two athletes should share bronze. At best, the corrected score should stand.

And now we're saying they submitted the request on time? Egregious!

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Kay King 2 years ago

Because the American team is so cocky - assuming they will win - bragging they will win...and I don't care for a few members of the team.

The best solution I've heard proposed for the gymnastic kerfluffle is to award a three way tie for 3rd... Romania proposed the idea and it would be the kindest option for all.
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- discrat 2 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Kay King
  
  Because the American team is so cocky - assuming they will win - bragging they will win....
  
  Some would say very "confident ". I don't have a problem with it whatsoever !!
  After all they have won Gold in the last 8 straight Olympics. IMO, they have straight upped earned
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lanfear63 2 years ago

UK came 7th overall. 14 golds, good job people.
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DWolfe

2 years ago

Robert, did you watch the men's Basketball between the US and Serbia? Serbia almost pulled the upset. On another note, I watched some Track and Field and caught a segment where they showed rock climbing. Also on the USA channel, they had Indoor Bike Racing. I watched most of the race. The winner from France was knocked off his bike with 25 laps to go. He had lapped more than half the field early on so the the crash did not affect the final results.

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discrat 2 years ago

Yeah Don almost a huge debacle for mens basketball. Too close for comfort
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dominickpeels

2 years ago

In the Paris Olympics, Pakistan won their first-ever Athletics Gold medal. can you imagine a country with a population of 225 million people winning their 1st gold medal?

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sami ishaq

1 year ago

Great idea starting this thread! Katie Ledecky's bronze in the 400 meters is still an incredible achievement--11 Olympic medals is nothing short of remarkable. It's fantastic to see her continue to perform at such a high level. Ariarne Titmus's gold is well-deserved, and it was an impressive race from her. Looking forward to more thrilling moments as the Games continue!

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DWolfe 1 year ago

Originally Posted by sami ishaq

Looking forward to more thrilling moments as the Games continue!

Just an FYI - the games ended last weekend. The next Olympics will be the Winter Events in February 2024 in Italy.
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alexxperry271

1 year ago

Yeah, everyone who has a successful Olympic, deserve appreciation.

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