Paris Olympiad 2024

(29-07-2024 20:24 )Doddle Wrote:  Glad GB are on the board with Golds, the last thing they need is armchair pundits nagging them about it.

Hey, Ireland won a medal too!

we always have a bad start dont think we have won gold on the first day in forever i think in 2012 it was like 5 days before the first gold and then the floodgates opened just wait until the Rowing, Sailing and Track Cycling really get into it then will see the count rise

Charlotte Worthington is out of the BMX freestyle after not qualifying for the final.
The champion from Tokyo struggled in qualification and will not defend her title.

Jack Draper is out of the mens singles tennis after defeat to American Taylor Fritz.

Nathan Hales has qualified for the final of the mens Trap shooting which gets underway soon.

Nathan Hales guaranteed a medal in the men's trap shooting.
But what colour?

We've always done well in shooting in recent games but I would say for the most part, without the Russians there, it's more lkely it's the Americans who we have to probably beat.

Yanks are shit at shooting

GOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDD for Nathan Hales. Fantastic.

(29-07-2024 16:14 )Snooks Wrote:  

(29-07-2024 15:52 )Kingsmind Wrote:  Nadal going out is sad , the greatest clay court player of all time is the only one to have the right to win a gold medal at the French Open but now that honour will go to someone else.

Not sure anyone has a 'right' to win anything.
Olympic medals are not a matter of entitlement.

I understand your point but if it was in Germany for example then that would be totally different.

Got a question for you Snooks , since you know a lot about the Olympics.

How comes some sports begin before the opening ceremony , i thought the opening ceremony was supposed to be before all the events begin.

^Simple answer. Timescales.

They can't fit all the preliminary rounds in within the 2 week period the games take place.

I doubt we will ever see in our lifetime a more bite sized olympics. Though I have to sayI did encounter oposts on my time line on FB about why should football not be part of the Games. I don't think football became part of the Olympica until either after the war or in the 60's.

I do think there are also thoughts on what sports shouldn't be in the Olympics, but I think there are sports that have been 'demostrated' in the programme and are never used again, I think it gives spectactors the chance to watch something different and IOC too.I'd love to see MMA put in the Olympics but I know it won'rt happen simply because of what fighters can earn.I often wonder if a team medal is worth more than an individual one and if Olympc medals are or have ever been sold at auction. I've never heard of any ever being auctioned.