Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024

[Jimmy Floyd]

I refuse to believe that there is a Jamaican sprinter called 'Oblique Seville'.

EDIT: bit sharp, too.

[Spikey M]

Anyone but Lyles please. Arrogant prick.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Anyone but Lyles please. Arrogant prick.

He looks a little shaky.

Kishane Thompson is winning it I think.

[randomlegend]

I refuse to believe that there is a Jamaican sprinter called 'Oblique Seville'.

EDIT: bit sharp, too.

I mean the fastest man ever is called Usain Bolt ffs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bednarek MUDDED lol.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Olympic Champ Lamont Jacobs on the ropes too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He looks a little shaky.

Kishane Thompson is winning it I think.
Yeah he looked smooth in his semi.

[Waffdon]

Reekie has had a stinker

[Spikey M]

Yeah he looked smooth in his semi.

Are you hearing voices?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Reekie has had a stinker
Keely though :cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Always good to see the religious fanatic Aussie miss out on gold in the high jump. Shame she got a silver though.

[Lewis]

Absolutely no excitement to the sprinting anymore now that its records are never going to be bothered.

[Pepe]

Always good to see the religious fanatic Aussie miss out on gold in the high jump. Shame she got a silver though.

She seemed nice. What's your problem with her?

[Pepe]

Absolutely no excitement to the sprinting anymore now that its records are never going to be bothered.

Never?

[Pepe]

Did the triathlon happen btw? Did anyone die in the filthy water?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

She seemed nice. What's your problem with her?
Religious nut.

She writes her favourite verses in a journal after each jump, as well as ranking them.

Quotes the bible in interviews a lot too.

[Lewis]

Never?

No chance of it tonight. I can't say I give it any thought for the rest of the time.

[Pepe]

Religious nut.

She writes her favourite verses in a journal after each jump, as well as ranking them.

Quotes the bible in interviews a lot too.

What is the issue with that?


No chance of it tonight. I can't say I give it any thought for the rest of the time.

Current lot does seem uninspiring.

[Waffdon]

Yeah he looked smooth in his semi.

Reckon he’ll go 9.63

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

1. Thompson
2. Seville
3. Lyles.

[Jimmy Floyd]

That Lyles looks like tedium personified.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lyles is too much, I'm not even sure he's getting bronze.

[Waffdon]

Lyles looking like a massive bellend for someone who hasn’t even won any of the races so far

[Pepe]

Lyles and that Shakira woman as the figures or American sprinting are all show and very little go.

[Spikey M]

No medal for Lyles please.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Presumably waiting for NBC to come back from a 10 minute ad break.

[Yevrah]

Presumably waiting for NBC to come back from a 10 minute ad break.

:D It can only be that, can't it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was so close.

Fuck Lyles.

[Spikey M]

Fuck sake

[Yevrah]

Yeah, that was rubbish.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was some finish from him.

[Waffdon]

Well that was a lot slower than I thought.

Made us eat our words anyway :lol:

[igor_balis]

That Seville guy looks a bit Freddy Adu

[Jimmy Floyd]

What is my man doing running 9.80 in the semi and 9.91 in the final? I'm boycotting those oranges and the / on my keyboard.

[Pepe]

That shit was close.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

5 thousandths of a second is nuts.

[Yevrah]

What is my man doing running 9.80 in the semi and 9.91 in the final? I'm boycotting those oranges and the / on my keyboard.

Obviously channelling his inner Ato Boldon.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Maybe he just ran like a twat in the earlier rounds to generate more doubters and haters. The modern sportsman can't cope without a healthy supply.

[Pepe]

Who got third? These cunts taking hours to post results.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fred Kerley, USA.

[Pepe]

Fred Kerley, USA.

No one even bothered mentioning him over here. :D

[Yevrah]

Maybe he just ran like a twat in the earlier rounds to generate more doubters and haters. The modern sportsman can't cope without a healthy supply.

:D There is definitely a trend of this developing, isn't there.

[Pepe]

Blame the internet for that too.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did the triathlon happen btw? Did anyone die in the filthy water?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cgerrl2w19ko

Belgium have pulled out of the Olympic mixed relay triathlon at Paris 2024 after one of their athletes fell ill.

Claire Michel competed in the women's triathlon on Wednesday, finishing 38th.

De Standaard, one of Belgium's biggest newspapers, is reporting that the 35-year-old has contracted E coli but BBC Sport has not been able to verify this claim.

And it begins.

[Pepe]

Just one? Doesn't seem a big deal. Could have been a bad macaron.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I did see some pictures of someone vomiting in the streets after getting out of the water.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It is so very French to make Olympic athletes race through a sewer. Surprised they aren't running the track events on wet cobblestones.

[Yevrah]

Why are the French waterways as diseased as ours? Has Thames Water gone multi-national?

[Magic]

Swimming finished. :(

[Pepe]

Only 112 medals awarded. :(

[niko_cee]

Did the triathlon happen btw? Did anyone die in the filthy water?

Not yet (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cgerrl2w19ko)

Edit, new page, old news.

[niko_cee]

That American winning the women's pedalbiking is quite the surprise.

The way she did it was double brilliant as well. Not only just launching and having the rest of them looking at each other as she blazed off, but also seemingly having no idea where the finish line was and looking like she was going to just keep TT'ing it into the crowd at the end.

[Waffdon]

I just realised Lyles was the guy who wound up the entire NBA last year. I take back my displeasure of you winning, GOAT.

[Pepe]

but also seemingly having no idea where the finish line was and looking like she was going to just keep TT'ing it into the crowd at the end.

Not sure if she was very confused, very shocked, or what, but she did not celebrate for like five minutes.

[John Arne]

Why all the Noah Lyles hate? Genuine question as I haven't seen any athletics coverage - has he been a bit an a numpty?

He's a bit of a hero of mine for simply causing the entire NBA community to cry hysterically for correctly calling out the "World Champs" shite.

[Waffdon]

Why all the Noah Lyles hate? Genuine question as I haven't seen any athletics coverage - has he been a bit an a numpty?

He's a bit of a hero of mine for simply causing the entire NBA community to cry hysterically for correctly calling out the "World Champs" shite.

Acts like a fanny pre race

These UK athletes haven’t half bottled a lot of gold medals

[Kikó]

Aren't sprinters supposed to be cocky? Don't see the issue with him at all.

[Yevrah]

Yeah, I thought it was fine and most importantly he backed it up with a win.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How much faster do you run in the knowledge that you're going to look like a massive fanny if you don't win? It might be a genius tactic.

[Shindig]

That 100m field looked incredibly competitive.

[phonics]

It's kind of nuts that no-ones breaking the world record set by a man who was having a laugh for the final 20 metres.

[Yevrah]

He was having a laugh for the Olympic record, not the World one, but yeah, agree completely. It was all just absurd.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I don't see how 9.58 is beaten in our lifetimes. Already stood for 15 years.

[phonics]

I don't see how 9.58 is beaten in our lifetimes. Already stood for 15 years.

Mike Parry thinks otherwise

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[Jimmy Floyd]

In lane 1, from the United States, Noah Lyles.
In lane 2, from Zimbabwe, a cheetah.
In lane 3, from Great Britain, Mike Parry.

On your marks...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I like the "probably".

There's a chance we see it lads.

[Spikey M]

Mike Parry is a deeply unlikable person, but I hate him to an extent that is probably unreasonable, the absolute fucking mong.

[niko_cee]

I thought that triathlon photo finish looked a bit suss at the time, line/angle looked wonky/diagonal.

The ability to draft on the bike is such a shit feature. Completely ruins that part of the event.

[phonics]

So I joked about them spending the NBC budget on Snoop Dogg. However, I've just read that he got paid 500k a day for his work. Not bad.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I thought the whole point of a triathlon was that you have to actually do all the sports required for the distance required, rather than getting sucked along.

I suppose in the Olympics they're trying to engineer close finishes for TV.

[John Arne]

He is the bloke who claimed that you could "grow concrete"?

[SvN]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_metres

Can anyone figure out what the yellow/green colour coding means in the records section?

[randomlegend]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_metres

Can anyone figure out what the yellow/green colour coding means in the records section?

I think the yellow is that individuals fastest time. Not sure about the green.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yellow means they've got other times in the 25 with green meaning that's their only time.

Yellow could also mean their fastest.

[SvN]

Yep, that's it. Yellow is their fastest time, white is their other times that are still within the top X, green are their only entries.

Cheers.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's starting to become ridiculous how much mention is being made (on the Beeb, but possibly everywhere) of athletes' dead parents. Give it up will you.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Something was very off in that women's beam final. Everyone including Biles fell off the beam, the judges took about five times as long to produce Biles's score as anyone else's, and then when the Brazilian went clear at the end the commentators expected her to win gold yet she was given no medal at all.

Judged sports are the pits really.

[Shindig]

So I joked about them spending the NBC budget on Snoop Dogg. However, I've just read that he got paid 500k a day for his work. Not bad.

I really respect that man’s hustle.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kayak Cross :cool:

The first Women's Quarter-Final was nuts.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Looks like a sport where you could quite easily drown, which gets my vote.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The French lad in the semi :harold:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Twat French lass fucked us up in the Kayak Cross final.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

World Record already at the Velodrome :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's a cheat velodrome, records shouldn't count.

[wullie]

I really enjoyed the kayak, the drop from the gate at the start and the mandatory underwater roll both as terrifying as they are impressive.

[Lewis]

Something was very off in that women's beam final. Everyone including Biles fell off the beam, the judges took about five times as long to produce Biles's score as anyone else's, and then when the Brazilian went clear at the end the commentators expected her to win gold yet she was given no medal at all.

Judged sports are the pits really.

How was that shooting woman allowed to be robbed in plain sight by the judges? It's their only function.

[Pepe]

There is absolutely no reason why that decision shouldn't have been reversed.

[Pepe]

As for gymnastics, it is one of the top dog sports, so it is hard to argue against its inclusion, but the scoring is some bollocks. At least in diving the scores from each judge are published and there is a method to get rid of the biased ones. In gymnastics you just get one number and that's it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Laura whatserface going on the beeb and confidently declaring that GB are going to win 8 velodrome golds is fucking mental/idiocy.

[niko_cee]

1/1 so far.

How many events are there?

[thommo]

3 world records from their 3 rides. :cool:

What a start.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I wouldn't get excited about world records, they've made the velodrome 1m higher than at any other event so the sprinters have an extra metre to plunge into, there will be tens of world records.

Golds though, lovely.

[niko_cee]

Did I hear rightly that Duplantis uses a longer pole than anyone else in the pole vault? Is that a legit thing?

[Jimmy Floyd]

She'd better fucking win this for all the crowning they've done.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Keely!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a kick in the final 200.

[Lewis]

All the Leythers will be seething at Wigan claiming her.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's 18 of the top 25 Pole Vaults for Duplantis I believe.

He's bonkers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Did I hear rightly that Duplantis uses a longer pole than anyone else in the pole vault? Is that a legit thing?

More than likely yes.

You don't use just one pole when vaulting. They'll swap in and out the length to suit their style/how high the bar is etc etc.

As he vaults higher than anyone, I'd imagine he uses the BIG poles for the final few jumps.

He also uses a STIFFER pole I believe than anyone else as it suits his technique.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

New World Record for him :cool:

[niko_cee]

I wouldn't get excited about world records, they've made the velodrome 1m higher than at any other event so the sprinters have an extra metre to plunge into, there will be tens of world records.

Golds though, lovely.

How does this work for things like the sprint relay, or anything other than the stoppy-stary individual sprinting though? No one goes to the top of the track in any sort of race against the clock.

[Pepe]

How does one get into Olympic 3v3 basketball? Are these pros that were barely not good enough for the real team so they do this instead or is it an entirely different crowd? Judging by how many whites I see, I am guessing it is like ultimate frisbee or disc golf and real ballers would never be seen playing that shit.

[niko_cee]

3v3 basketball is so wank. If they want this shit in the Olympics then they should have to sack off the main basketball.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

How does one get into Olympic 3v3 basketball? Are these pros that were barely not good enough for the real team so they do this instead or is it an entirely different crowd? Judging by how many whites I see, I am guessing it is like ultimate frisbee or disc golf and real ballers would never be seen playing that shit.

Pick up games in the park?

[John Arne]

3x3 is great. Arguably much more of a spectacle than 5x5. Although I must say they are generally better to watch live, in person, then on TV. Get some BBQ going, decent music, it's a bit more of an entertainment event, than purely a sport. And the games shorter with less fucking breaks.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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He jogged here to get to the Repechage which he won at a canter knowing they'd only be bums in the race, lol.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There's something about watching 14 year old girls fall off skateboards and start crying that is... yeah, not for me guv.

[Kikó]

He explained in the interview afterwards he was still recovering from a hamstring injury.

[Yevrah]

Hyped for the 1,500m final tonight.

[Waffdon]

Two cocky arseholes. I’ll favour the guy who has been there and done it at the Olympics though

Would be quite funny if they got into a race and someone swept them by

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That Dutch team is far too good.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Two cocky arseholes. I’ll favour the guy who has been there and done it at the Olympics though

Would be quite funny if they got into a race and someone swept them by

:harold:

[Waffdon]

:lol:

Weapons

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Imagine losing to a fucking American there.

[thommo]

Kerr's ran a NR there, can't complain about that. Cracking race from him but the US lad had a wonderful final 100m, perfect run to the line.

Ingebrigtsen though :lol:

[Kikó]

Really good race. The Norwegian was a great pacemaker.

[Waffdon]

Never really understand the point of the hurdles in the Steeplechase

[Waffdon]

KKK running the blacks out of town in this race so far

[Spikey M]

I've never understood what the point in the little dickhead puddles is? What's the point of them?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Because it's fun when this happens:

https://www.tiktok.com/@jumpersworld/video/7222297416047824155

[Waffdon]

200m woman’s record being from the 80s is surprising

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Flo Jo has been accused of taking steroids

She made HUGE improvement in 1988.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Really thought Dina Asher-Smith was going to grab bronze.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

American who took bronze has a never ending forehead.

[Waffdon]

Judges in boxing not a fan of British folk are they

[thommo]

I make that 4 totally awful decisions by the judges that have gone against GB. Boxing in the Olympics is an absolute farce.

[Spikey M]

Oi, James, climbing tomorrow, why am I still clueless on the potential scenes? We need an updated version of your autistic report from the last Olympics.

[randomlegend]

Flo Jo has been accused of taking steroids

She made HUGE improvement in 1988.

I think "accused" is understating it. She was juiced to the eyeballs.

[-james-]

Oi, James, climbing tomorrow, why am I still clueless on the potential scenes? We need an updated version of your autistic report from the last Olympics.

https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?3178-Jeux-olympiques-d-%E9t%E9-de-2024&p=655533&viewfull=1#post655533

Here guv.

Wednesday:
09:00 - Combined: Men's lead semi
11:35 - Speed: Women's finals

Thursday:
09:00 - Combined: Women's lead semi
11:35 - Speed: Men's finals

Friday:
09:45 - Combined: Men's boulder final
11:35 - Combined: Men's lead final

Saturday:
09:45 - Combined: Women's boulder final
11:35 - Combined: Women's lead final

Eurosport/Discovery+ (free with sky) have it live and (unlike the bbc) commentators with a clue.

Top 8 from the combined semis qualify for the finals (where scores are wiped and new routes are set), boulder element has already taken place.

GB's Toby Roberts looked good, and Hamish McArthur has a half chance of being a surprise finalist. Erin McNiece will be right on the bubble for a spot in the final. Molly Thomspon-Smith is an excellent lead climber but has a broken toe or something and had a rubbish round this morning.

[Spikey M]

https://www.thethirdhalf.co.uk/showthread.php?3178-Jeux-olympiques-d-%E9t%E9-de-2024&p=655533&viewfull=1#post655533

Here guv.

Wednesday:
09:00 - Combined: Men's lead semi
11:35 - Speed: Women's finals

Thursday:
09:00 - Combined: Women's lead semi
11:35 - Speed: Men's finals

Friday:
09:45 - Combined: Men's boulder final
11:35 - Combined: Men's lead final

Saturday:
09:45 - Combined: Women's boulder final
11:35 - Combined: Women's lead final

Eurosport/Discovery+ (free with sky) have it live and (unlike the bbc) commentators with a clue.

Top 8 from the combined semis qualify for the finals (where scores are wiped and new routes are set), boulder element has already taken place.

GB's Toby Roberts looked good, and Hamish McArthur has a half chance of being a surprise finalist. Erin McNiece will be right on the bubble for a spot in the final. Molly Thomspon-Smith is an excellent lead climber but has a broken toe or something and had a rubbish round this morning.

Thanks and I'm sorry for doubting you.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I watched some earlier and the Slovenian woman was a total freak.

[niko_cee]

Someone needs to take a stand against the absolute absurdity of Olympic walking. Have they got some sort of relay on the go here?

The commentary is straight out of Big Train

[randomlegend]

Someone needs to take a stand against the absolute absurdity of Olympic walking. Have they got some sort of relay on the go here?

The commentary is straight out of Big Train

It's amazing that the rules are that they have to "look like" they always have one foot on the floor.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watching Taekwondo and there was a Mexican (who is World Champ) against a Tunisian.

The Tunisian was winning but the Mexican mounted a comeback and was leading with a second to spare. She then walked backwards out of the ring as she thought she was on 3 penalty points not 4. She was on 4 though and backing out picked up her 5th and she got DQ'd.

[-james-]

Toby Roberts you BEAST

[Waffdon]

The cameraman nearly wiping out a half the 5000m field :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

First weightlifting session delayed due to technical maintenance...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There's something quite awesome/very tragic about a 51 year old in the skateboarding.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The American, Hampton Morris, has some seriously crazy eyes.

Future murderer.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Murder eyes wins America's first Men's medal for the US in the Olympics since 1984.

[Waffdon]

Weird seeing a British male clear fav for a sprinting event

[Waffdon]

Glorious failure again from a British fav

Not sure how he’s managed to lose that. The American boy looked absolutely fucked 100m out

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jamaica losing out to China, France and Canada in the 4x100m relay heat :harold:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Omnium is so fun.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Carlin v Ota was good fun.

Ota was fiesty and physical.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Tebogo \0/

Botswana :cool:

[Waffdon]

:cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Celebrating before he gets over the line too.

Really good time as well.

HERO.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

4th fastest 200m time at the Olympics (Bolt beat that twice and Blake once) as well as the joint 9th fastest ever.

[Yevrah]

Now Lyles looks like a twat. Into the stadium bouncing everywhere and out of it in a wheelchair having got his arse handed to him.

[Waffdon]

Pissed it.

Lyles wasn’t getting close to him even without whatever he’s feining here

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

COVID for Lyles.

[Kikó]

Pakistan. 😎 Another gold for Britain.

[Ben]

Javelin is really good.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Already 4 over the mark that won the gold at Tokyo in the Javelin.

They've really come to play.

[wullie]

Javelin is proper Olympics, the Pakistan guy getting a record after a run-up that looked like he couldn't be arsed. I like how having Steve Backley on comms and Jan Zelezny in the crowd covers every javelin thrower I've ever heard of too

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Javelin is proper Olympics, the Pakistan guy getting a record after a run-up that looked like he couldn't be arsed. I like how having Steve Backley on comms and Jan Zelezny in the crowd covers every javelin thrower I've ever heard of too

No love for Fatima Whitbread?

[wullie]

Oh yeah, Tessa Sanderson as well come to think of it. That's the lot though I reckon

[-james-]

Mute button at the ready for when Femke Bol approaches a microphone later on.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sydney McLaughlin is nuts.

Femke Bol just wilts completely when they go against each other.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Javelin winners should always be required to Javelin throw the flag of their country.

[Shindig]

That would be legitimately awesome. Extend that logic out to hammer throws and the discus.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Would be such a boss celebration.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Taxi for the Indian bloke managing to lose his title to Pakistan.

USA in a bit of trouble in the bouncyball.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If they lose that would be incredible seeing as loads of people were pointing to Olympics results when Lyles said the whole "World Champions of what?"

[Jimmy Floyd]

I was watching the speed climbing yesterday. For as much as the boulder and lead was good, this was absolutely shit. Needs to be at least three times as high to be a spectator sport.

[Shindig]

Wolf and Scorpio need to be chasing them, really.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was watching the speed climbing yesterday. For as much as the boulder and lead was good, this was absolutely shit. Needs to be at least three times as high to be a spectator sport.

I'm the opposite.

I can't stand the boulder, 90% of the field could barely get to the first scoring bit when I watched so they were just looking at the boulder aimlessly for 5 minutes.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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Well now.

She has an OF too.

[-james-]

I'm the opposite.

I can't stand the boulder, 90% of the field could barely get to the first scoring bit when I watched so they were just looking at the boulder aimlessly for 5 minutes.

I actually agree that it is a bit shit when they make the boulders too hard, which they did in the semi. Lead is generally the best spectacle imo because the scoring is intuitive and it's the one where the difficulty of what they're doing is clearest.

Final starts in 10. :)

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I haven't given lead a go so why not.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yeah but people looking at a boulder aimlessly for 5 minutes is just what I want from my sport. Have to remember I'm a golf fan.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've just read that at the LA Olympics, the athletics will be in the first week and swimming second week.

No thanks.

[-james-]

I actually agree that it is a bit shit when they make the boulders too hard, which they did in the semi. Lead is generally the best spectacle imo because the scoring is intuitive and it's the one where the difficulty of what they're doing is clearest.

Final starts in 10. :)


https://i.imgur.com/hfZrZHA.jpeg



All to play for in the lead round which starts in half an hour. Pre-event favourite Sorato Anraku won the boulder round but I think he would have wanted a bit more separation between himself and the field. I think Toby Roberts has the slight upper hand now and Colin Duffy has a good chance of gold as well. Could even see someone like Adam Ondra or Jakob Schubert claw themselves onto the podium despite poor boulder rounds, if there's a big filter that a lot of people fall at sub-50, and they get a top.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Are these lads all tiny or just incredibly wiry? It looked to be an advantage in the bouldering to have a bit of extra height.

[hfswjyr]

The beauty about climbing is there are advantages and disadvantages for height. Extra reach can be super helpful in some instances, but some moves need compression and a low centre of gravity.
The setters of the boulder problems play a huge role in how the climbs and results play out.

As a (shit) boulderer, I enjoyed the bouldering sections the most. Really interesting to see how even the worlds best can struggle to figure out the beta (solution).

[Pepe]

The points race is my favorite Olympic sport. French lad donned it.

[-james-]

tobyyy!!!!

[niko_cee]

He looks about 12, how old is he?

[Jimmy Floyd]

His climb was mental, he seemed to take a completely different and way more complex approach to that 'twist' bit around 60 (my specialist climbing knowledge and having watched it on mute in the office very evident in this sentence).

Minor celebrity status awaits him.

[-james-]

His climb was mental, he seemed to take a completely different and way more complex approach to that 'twist' bit around 60 (my specialist climbing knowledge and having watched it on mute in the office very evident in this sentence).

Minor celebrity status awaits him.

It's partly a style thing, he climbs very slowly. He has monster muscular endurance so he can afford to hang about in positions that would be inefficient for others and it makes him very secure. He always looks like he's completely gassed and then manages to do another 10 moves.

This is perfect for lead climbing though it makes certain climbs like the gymnastics style last one of the boulder round much harder.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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:lol:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I just turned the "Breaking" on.

Fucking hell, shut it down.

[Jimmy Floyd]

If they need the YOUTH, I'd genuinely rather they had battle rapping than this shite.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

If they need the YOUTH, I'd genuinely rather they had battle rapping than this shite.

First person I saw was a 32 year old...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Them having nicknames just makes it worse.

LOGISTX? Fuck off.

[Ben]

First person I saw was a 32 year old...

We are all older than that. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

But we're not trying to draw in the YOUTH.

We're actively trying to keep everyone away.

[Manc]

Spain running riot.

[Ben]

Baz tried with his business cards.

[Manc]

We are all older than that. :D

Speak for yourself.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Baz tried with his business cards.

Which are MASSIVE with the youth of today.

[Jimmy Floyd]

14-19-21 in the medals as opposed to 14-19-22 for the froggy fucks, I'm into this now.

Useless cyclist deciding to ride into a Dutchman fucking a chance to draw level.

[Waffdon]

The lass in the Heptathlon should be a guaranteed silver. Think she needs to run 8 seconds quicker than the Belgian in front so no chance for a gold. Her 200m and long jump both let her down (bottle job)

[Jimmy Floyd]

Indeed but Thierry Henry's boys will cancel that one out shortly. I have no idea what events are to come tbh, if there are twelve medals in baguette juggling tomorrow we've probably had it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Seems mad that we're tied with the French EXACTLY.

Can't have had too many ties with this amount of medals before in an Olympics table.

[Giggles]

Seems mad that we're tied with the French EXACTLY.

Can't have had too many ties with this amount of medals before in an Olympics table.

Don’t start Jimmy off again.

[Baz]

Hello Rhasidat Adeleke.

[Shindig]

The live crowd and music for the climbing makes it feel even more like a game show.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

She really gave it her all in that 800m.

[Waffdon]

She’d have pissed it if she didn’t do poorly by her standards in long jump and 200m

[Jimmy Floyd]

When did the triple jump become a contest between about 15 Cuban defectors to different European countries?

[Spikey M]

This isn't legit, right?

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[Pepe]

'Breaking' is obviously atrocious. Competitive dancing has been a thing for a while and they could have gone with that if they wanted.

[Shindig]

It needs to be two people headspinning towards each other in combat.

[hfswjyr]

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/524730/breaking-competitor-raygun-bows-out-of-paris-olympics-without-a-point

Sounds like just a Paris thing. No breaking in LA 2028.

[Pepe]

A university lecturer with a PhD in cultural studies, the 36-year-old...

:harold:

[Spikey M]

I have a new nemesis. Nothing but pure hatred for her.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's a great example of middle-aged TV executives (or whoever makes these decisions at the IOC) being lazy, overpaid idiots. You want to attract young viewers to the Olympics, you don't need to put stupid non-sports in that about 1% of that demographic actually like. You need to spend money (sorry, lads) on making a brilliant TV broadcast of the countless actually good sports that you already have. Then if an actually popular sport (like climbing) appears then go for it.

Look at how English football turned it around between 1989 and 2000 for all you need to know.

[Lofty]

They could have done ballroom which is actually hard and requires fitness, like a human dressage. Plus unlike just doing random meme shit everyone has to go with a set pattern rule set dependent on the dance they are performing. You could argue THE YOUTH wouldn't have it but Strictly and it's imitators are huge on TV so I'm sure it would have an audience.

[Lewis]

Is 'breaking' substantially different from breakdancing that in the whole of Australia there wasn't an actual athletic breakdancer who could have gone and represented them?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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It's even better now.

[Spikey M]

That has legitimately improved it. Atleast she's in time now.

Climbing should definitely be a bigger sport than it is.

[Pepe]

Is 'breaking' substantially different from breakdancing that in the whole of Australia there wasn't an actual athletic breakdancer who could have gone and represented them?

She has a PhD in the topic mate. How much more of an expert can you be?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Fucking Dutch taking us out in the Madison.

Wankers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Italian who jointly won the gold in the High Jump in Tokyo was hospitalised this morning (and earlier this week too) after vomiting blood due to kidney stones.

[Waffdon]

That 1500m for the woman made me tired watching it

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kipyegon's voice, fucking hell.

[Spikey M]

Never mind her, this bitches voice is like nails down a blackboard.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was a class relay.

Tebogo was so close to catching Benjamin.

[Spikey M]

Lol at the yank refusing to share the gold and bottling it

[Pepe]

Sharing the gold should never be an option. Make them keep jumping until 3am.

[niko_cee]

Yeah, that needs to be nipped in the bud, unless they make it some sort of to share or to shaft situation.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Lass on the final leg for the US could have walked round.

[Pepe]

With that advantage even I could have closed that. Incredible relay.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sydney McLaughlin running the fastest split despite being a hurdler.

[Pepe]

McLaughing and Thomas :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Thomas is stunning.

[Pepe]

Family-cam for American breaker (?) Victor and everyone is wearing Mexico football shirts. Give us that medal.

[Pepe]

Also, they will give this shit to France no matter what happens, right? No one has one clue what is going on.

[Pepe]

Nevermind lol.

[niko_cee]

Taekwondo scoring is properly lol. The British girl here has had to VAR two blindingly obvious head kicks. I guess at least they have the review but she's going to get fucked in the end.

[Pepe]

Did I ever tell you lads that I was a black belt in Taekwondo at age ~13?

[niko_cee]

Yeah, she's fucked now. No review left so no chance of getting any points.

Another obvious head shot ignored.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Taekwondo scoring is properly lol. The British girl here has had to VAR two blindingly obvious head kicks. I guess at least they have the review but she's going to get fucked in the end.

tbf the second wasn't a head kick.

Turkish lass blocked it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The third, which was at the end of the second round was a legal kick for me though.

But no review for it.

[niko_cee]

tbf the second wasn't a head kick.

Turkish lass blocked it.

Yeah, so she lost the review. There were three other head kicks that were missed. Two saved on review, and one not, which was the difference. Scoring seemed pretty one way. And another dreadful sport that needs to be got to fuck.

I mean, with the second one she reviewed she nearly took her fucking head off. No points.

[Pepe]

Having commercials during the Madison is criminal. As was that move by the Dutch rider.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Feeling confident about a gold here.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Iranian lad is using his range really well.

[Lewis]

She has a PhD in the topic mate. How much more of an expert can you be?

I saw a great post earlier (can't find it now) about how she deliberately wore all of the Australia-branded clobber and did cringe moves so that she could wring half a dozen articles and a book out of the trolling.

[Spikey M]

Is there anything worth watching left?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There's some track cycling tomorrow plus the HEAVY lasses in the weightlifting (I've just realised I've missed the fat lads doing it tonight because I forgot there were 3 sessions, fuck).

Other than that you've got Water Polo (meh), Modern Pentathlon (wank), Handball (not bad), loads of Rasslin' (meh), Volleyball (meh), basketball (fuck that) and then the closing ceremony.

[Pepe]

Women's marathon.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Women's marathon.

Oh yeah, lol at that shit.

[Spikey M]

Slim pickings. Might watch the Tick Tingz lift but otherwise I'll see you in boys in LA for the worst Olympics of all time (including the Nazi one).

[Pepe]

Curry is a monster.

[Pepe]

I saw a great post earlier (can't find it now) about how she deliberately wore all of the Australia-branded clobber and did cringe moves so that she could wring half a dozen articles and a book out of the trolling.

One of the DEI top dogs in my previous job was in 'fat studies' and her entire scholarship was about how the rock climbing world is mean to her, a fat, queer woman. I am assuming that this Aussie lady is on a similar scam.

[Pepe]

In this article, I analyse how bodily potential is culturally regulated in Sydney’s breakdancing
(breaking) scene through drawing both on my breakdancing practice and interviews conducted
with prominent figures in this scene. I critically examine my lived experiences as one of only a
few female breakdancers (“b-girls”) in Sydney through analytic autoethnography, and use the
theoretical tools of Deleuze and Guattari to unpack and challenge normative gendered narratives. With breakdancing culturally inscribed as masculine (“b-boying”) and its conventions
interlocking with broader patriarchal restrictions that inhibit female participation and bodily
expression, I argue that the Sydney breaking scene is both a site of transgression and regression for the female body. This paradox confronting the b-girl sees her participation as “othered”,
while also challenging normative assumptions of gender. Through situating specific practices of
breaking within broader Australian culture and gender norms, I examine how the performances
of b-girls and b-boys in Australia disrupt the stability of binary logic on which the organization
of bodies is so heavily reliant and, in doing so, allow for the experience of breaking as a site of
“pure” difference.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rachael-Gunn-2/publication/305519064_Don't_Worry_it's_Just_a_Girl_Negotiating _and_Challenging_Gendered_Assumptions_in_Sydney's_ Breakdancing_Scene/links/5e1ea5cca6fdcc904f7055bc/Dont-Worry-its-Just-a-Girl-Negotiating-and-Challenging-Gendered-Assumptions-in-Sydneys-Breakdancing-Scene.pdf

Shocker.

[Lewis]

Fair play she got a free holiday out of it.

[Baz]

https://i.imgur.com/XEiTsPj.png


:D