***Official 2024 Olympics Thread***

[Furball]

0.06 from the record in a slow pool is ridiculous. What a swim.

 

[Ali TT]

Sounds like the British guy, Kye White, is badly injured in the BMX after a fall.

 

[weeman27bob]

Sounds like the British guy, Kye White, is badly injured in the BMX after a fall.

He crashed pretty hard in the second heat, hope he's ok

 

[weeman27bob]

Looks like it's going to be an all French podium in the men's BMX racing

 

[Bitmap]

Defending 100m Fly champ and WR holder Caeleb Dressel fails to make the finals. Not exactly the most surprising thing considering what he's been through the last couple of years but well he has been the most dominant 100m Flyer..

 

[Molehill]

GB v Aus in the women’s, GB maybe slight favourite but going to be so tight.

 

[weeman27bob]

Looks like it's going to be an all French podium in the men's BMX racing

French riders all looked a cut above in the men's race

 

[weeman27bob]

Gutting for Shriever, just got boxed in and had nowhere to go

 

[Ali TT]

Well that was disappointing

 

[Molehill]

Gutting for Shriever, just got boxed in and had nowhere to go

No idea why she chose that lane, everyone was winning from the inside.

 

[Tom Flint]

The Algerian boxer thing is uncomfortable to read. Most female ex and current olympians are calling for a ban including Nicola Adams and next opponent from Hungary. When is the fight to take place?

 

[weeman27bob]

Not sure she would have won, but feels a bit disappointing that it ended up being not much of a competition.

Fair play to the Australian though, she was just as dominant in all of her heats.

 

[social]

Burgey to wake up happy

 

[weeman27bob]

No idea why she chose that lane, everyone was winning from the inside.

Would you give up on your strategy that's won you every race so far though?

 

[Molehill]

Would you give up on your strategy that's won you every race so far though?

It shouldn’t have been the strategy. As soon as she met someone as quick she’d be handing over the advantage.

 

[Ali TT]

It shouldn’t have been the strategy. As soon as she met someone as quick she’d be handing over the advantage.

Yeah but the person who won was not one of those who boxed her in, most of whom she'd already blasted away from in the heats. She had a **** start, cost her.

 

[Ali TT]

Seeing Ian Thorpe as a middle aged man with a fuller figure a bit of a shock

 

[social]

Wtf am I watching in this women’s boxing?

Neither of them can fight at all (especially the Australian) and both are behaving like they’re Ali

 

[weeman27bob]

Yeah but the person who won was not one of those who boxed her in, most of whom she'd already blasted away from in the heats. She had a **** start, cost her.

Yeah agree with this - the extra little delay for the random start feels like it might have cost her.

But such is the jeopardy of the Olympics

 

[Burgey]

Burgey to wake up happy

Mate these days I’m happy just to wake up at all