***Official 2024 Olympics Thread***

[dontcloseyoureyes]

This was brought in ages ago iirc because the easiest way to win by miles was to simply spend like two thirds of the race underwater and not have to do any actual backstroke until the very last bit of the lap.

He also really only won the heat because he spent 5m longer underwater than his competitors

 

[Molehill]

Love the camaraderie at the end between them all. Are Wilde and Yee training mates, they seemed particularly good buddies even before the start.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Wow. Stunned by the triathlon. Where did Yee find that kick? Amazing. Well done to him, but gutted for Wilde who looked to have done a perfect run for 98% of it.

So close to a 2nd gold today after the women's 7s this morning.

 

[social]

Love the camaraderie at the end between them all. Are Wilde and Yee training mates, they seemed particularly good buddies even before the start.

Lot of those guys train together

There’s training hubs around the world and few spend much time at home

 

[Molehill]

Blimey, can GB not win straightforward golds? The rowing was crazy too.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Wow. What a race the women's quad sculls was. GB pulled it from nowhere to beat Dutch in a photo.

Check the medal table Burgey

 

[Ali TT]

Blimey, can GB not win straightforward golds? The rowing was crazy too.

Haha, that was a late charge. Perfectly timed I guess but you'd be devastated if in the Dutch crew.

I like the idea of the Brisbane triathlon swim being in the sea with the sharks and crocs.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Blimey, can GB not win straightforward golds? The rowing was crazy too.

That *** Olympics thing. We have to be coming from behind

 

[ripper868]

Wow. What a race the women's quad sculls was. GB pulled it from nowhere to beat Dutch in a photo.

Check the medal table Burgey

USA still first.

 

[social]

Haha, that was a late charge. Perfectly timed I guess but you'd be devastated if in the Dutch crew.

I like the idea of the Brisbane triathlon swim being in the sea with the sharks and crocs.

Crocs are up north but we have plenty of other biting things to keep it interesting

 

[Ali TT]

This is really pathetic. But what would you expect from Bleacher Report.

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That's a monstrosity but fair dues to Bleacher report for actually recognising other countries exist.

 

[Molehill]

USA still first.

Can't remember GB ever being ahead of the US in the Medal table, but 2 golds ahead now.....although probably won't last once the women's gymnastics team sweep the board for all the individual apparatus.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

USA still first.

I thought China and Japan

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Crocs are up north but we have plenty of other biting things to keep it interesting

Box jellyfish?

I guess they'd use the Brissie river for the tri though

 

[ripper868]

I thought China and Japan

not in Freedom Units:

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The only true medal tables to ever follow are the per capita adjusted ones

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Can't remember GB ever being ahead of the US in the Medal table, but 2 golds ahead now.....although probably won't last once the women's gymnastics team sweep the board for all the individual apparatus.

They reckon we have 3 or 4 more gold prospects in rowing. Happy days after getting none in Tokyo

 

[flibbertyjibber]

The only true medal tables to ever follow are the per capita adjusted ones

Ireland might have a chance in that if one half of the Proclaimers wins the 1500m in the pool.

 

[weeman27bob]

Love to see it, what the Olympics is all about

 

[social]

Box jellyfish?

Up north as well

They’re worse than sharks as they just drift around on the current & are basically invisible

You can’t go in the water for a few months during their season