Official Paris Olympics 2024 thread

[Enzedder]

Hamish Kerr wins our 9th gold medal. This for the high jump

Edit - no he doesn't. Commentators have buggered it up and it's a jump off.

Still a poach brilliant though.

Nah, the South Island, despite their requests, is still part of NZ

[Big D]

Brilliant leg by Hudson-Smith.

A European record for a bronze for GB.

[Big D]

Another national record for GB.

The athletics team can be proud of their performance in the Olympics.

The US will take that world record at some point.

[PCPhil]

Fantastic from Kerr

[Biffer]

The 'collision' in the men's madison looks more like a deliberate take out to me.

[S/Lt_Phillips]

The 'collision' in the men's madison looks more like a deliberate take out to me.

Retaliation for Jack Carlin leaning all over Hoogland in the Sprint?

[Enzedder]

Thank God for the Olympics. There is precious little in the media about the rugby

[Dinsdale Piranha]

The 'collision' in the men's madison looks more like a deliberate take out to me.

Retaliation for Jack Carlin leaning all over Hoogland in the Sprint?

Probably. Dutch team get disqualified because of it though.

[Flockwitt]

Woot! Stoked for Hamish.

[Blackmac]

You would have thought that the French would have got out and sorted the weeds growing out of the pavements and road verges along the marathon route.

[Blackmac]

The 'collision' in the men's madison looks more like a deliberate take out to me.

Retaliation for Jack Carlin leaning all over Hoogland in the Sprint?

Probably. Dutch team get disqualified because of it though.

And I would hope a significant ban as well. Incredibly reckless and dangerous.

[Lobby]

Retaliation for Jack Carlin leaning all over Hoogland in the Sprint?

Probably. Dutch team get disqualified because of it though.

And I would hope a significant ban as well. Incredibly reckless and dangerous.

I don't think he's been banned, but the Dutch rider, Willem van Schip, has also been fined 1,000 swiss frances (about £900) for his headbutt on Ollie Wood or 'improper conduct and behavior that endangers another rider (blow with the helmet)', as IOC call it. He's not due to ride again in the Olympics as there's only the Keirin finals left for the men.

[Sandstorm]

Women in the weightlifting are freaking strong!! Wouldn’t want to wrestle any of them either.

[Big D]

Is this the 1st Olympics in a while where Britain haven't had at least one person win multiple golds?

[Lobby]

Is this the 1st Olympics in a while where Britain haven't had at least one person win multiple golds?

Yes, last time we didn't have a multiple gold medallist was 2000.

Although golds were hard to come by this time, we still won 65 medals overall, which is the same as in London in 2012 and one more than in Tokyo. People in the USA will be told by their papers that we came 3rd in the medal table.

[Blackmac]

The ladies basketball final is possibly the worst standard of basketball I have ever seen screened on a television. Absolutely rubbish and just highlights the ridiculousness of Caitlin Clark not being involved

[Slick]

The ladies basketball final is possibly the worst standard of basketball I have ever seen screened on a television. Absolutely rubbish and just highlights the ridiculousness of Caitlin Clark not being involved

Got quite exciting in the end. France could have won that with cooler heads

[Blackmac]

The ladies basketball final is possibly the worst standard of basketball I have ever seen screened on a television. Absolutely rubbish and just highlights the ridiculousness of Caitlin Clark not being involved

Got quite exciting in the end. France could have won that with cooler heads

The excitement masked the sheer lack of quality. The three point shooting was appalling, the handling is poor and they only seem to attack the basket to draw fouls. It's telling that 28 of the US's 67 points came from the free throw line and France weren't much different. It was ironic that the France player stepped over the 3 point line for the last throw, when she knew she had to shoot a 3 pointer.

The ladies volleyball was a completely different matter. Superb to watch.

[yermum]

Whatever about the opening ceremony.

They have knocked the closing ceremony out of the park. Michell gondry x moebius about as French as it gets.

[Biffer]

The yanks really pulled the big names out there

[Blackmac]

Cracking closing ceremony.

[Guy Smiley]

Medals expectations by countries
New Zealand (14-4)

So both 7s titles. What are the other 12?

!0 gold including two double medallists, 7 silver and 3 bronze.

Smashed it.

[Biffer]

GB with 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze, provoking a slight ‘hmmm’ from some people. But ask them to compare that to Atlanta 92 (1-8-6). A large number of young medalists in there as well who’ll be back in LA.

[Big D]

GB with 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze, provoking a slight ‘hmmm’ from some people. But ask them to compare that to Atlanta 92 (1-8-6). A large number of young medalists in there as well who’ll be back in LA.

One of only three countries to take 60+ in four consecutive Olympics.

[Deepsouth]

GB with 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze, provoking a slight ‘hmmm’ from some people. But ask them to compare that to Atlanta 92 (1-8-6). A large number of young medalists in there as well who’ll be back in LA.

One of only three countries to take 60+ in four consecutive Olympics.

And yet you couldn't even beat Team Australia which has half your population and consists of three less nations.

Mediocre at best......

[Gumboot]

!0 gold including two double medallists, 7 silver and 3 bronze.

Smashed it.

Crikey, does that mean we've massively over-achieved yet again in the all important Medals Per Capita metric?

Fuck, we're good.

[Guy Smiley]

GB with 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze, provoking a slight ‘hmmm’ from some people. But ask them to compare that to Atlanta 92 (1-8-6). A large number of young medalists in there as well who’ll be back in LA.

One of only three countries to take 60+ in four consecutive Olympics.

And yet you couldn't even beat Team Australia which has half your population and consists of three less nations.

Mediocre at best......

Bust a new move, Raygun

[Gumboot]

Bust a new move, Raygun

I don't know which was the more embarrasing Olympic performance, that or the Aussie runner who somehow thought the marathon finished after only 1km.

[Deepsouth]

Bust a new move, Raygun

I don't know which was the more embarrasing Olympic performance, that or the Aussie runner who somehow thought the marathon finished after only 1km.

Yes, it reminded me a bit of your Air Force.

Embarrassingly just not there

[Gumboot]

Bust a new move, Raygun

I don't know which was the more embarrasing Olympic performance, that or the Aussie runner who somehow thought the marathon finished after only 1km.

Yes, it reminded me a bit of your Air Force.

Embarrassingly just not there

Agreed Barry, that would be incredibly embarrassing if the Olympics included Air Force events, but...

[Guy Smiley]

B girl Raygun’s just popping the zingers out here

[Deepsouth]

I don't know which was the more embarrasing Olympic performance, that or the Aussie runner who somehow thought the marathon finished after only 1km.

Yes, it reminded me a bit of your Air Force.

Embarrassingly just not there

Agreed Barry, that would be incredibly embarrassing if the Olympics included Air Force events, but...

Time to tool up old man.

You can't be the Ireland of the South Pacific forever

[Gumboot]

Time to tool up old man.

You can't be the Ireland of the South Pacific forever

Why not, BMac? About the only thing worth invading little ol' NZ for is our annual crop of Te Puke Thunder.

Anyhoo, it's been fun, but I'll leave you to throw some more brutal shade on your dastardly UK nemeses...

[Hugo]

Personally I think overall number of medalists is a great metric for Olympic success, obviously only counting team sports winners once.

The more people going home with a shiny thing around their neck, the merrier. I would prioritise that over who won the most events.

[laurent]

Personally I think overall number of medalists is a great metric for Olympic success, obviously only counting team sports winners once.

The more people going home with a shiny thing around their neck, the merrier. I would prioritise that over who won the most events.

Yeah France team sport general focus is not paying up.

[TedMaul]

Well we also learned that Snoop Dog is shit at swimming
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/vi ... ynv97qg5ro

[Sandstorm]

GB with 14 gold, 22 silver, 29 bronze, provoking a slight ‘hmmm’ from some people. But ask them to compare that to Atlanta 92 (1-8-6). A large number of young medalists in there as well who’ll be back in LA.

One of only three countries to take 60+ in four consecutive Olympics.

Budget cuts across UK might affect Team GB next time.

[Slick]

Found it hard to get into these Olympics with the curtailed coverage that the BBC had. One of the best bits about it is getting into sports you only see every 4 years but there was very limited chances and the scheduling was pretty haphazard.

Not necessarily blaming the BBC who dealt with what they got but disappointing all the same

[Biffer]

Found it hard to get into these Olympics with the curtailed coverage that the BBC had. One of the best bits about it is getting into sports you only see every 4 years but there was very limited chances and the scheduling was pretty haphazard.

Not necessarily blaming the BBC who dealt with what they got but disappointing all the same

Yeah, Olympics organisation sold it all to Eurosport so BBC is now restricted to two live streams.

[Guy Smiley]

Found it hard to get into these Olympics with the curtailed coverage that the BBC had. One of the best bits about it is getting into sports you only see every 4 years but there was very limited chances and the scheduling was pretty haphazard.

Not necessarily blaming the BBC who dealt with what they got but disappointing all the same

Yeah, Olympics organisation sold it all to Eurosport so BBC is now restricted to two live streams.

I feel for you.

Deeply.

Try living in the opposite timezone.