***Official 2024 Olympics Thread***

[Spark]

Chinese divers look nervous here...

 

[Spark]

****ing hell that's close

The Chinese pair look almost sick with anxiety even though they've won

 

[weeman27bob]

Oooft, great finish to the diving, and a lot of pressure on the Chinese for once.

A nice bronze for Team GB too

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Comms on the international feed here were very quick to point that out too, pointing out a stroke which seems to have created too much of a splash and I guess lost momentum but I don't actually know if that made the difference in the end, it seemed like they were getting caught anyway.

Croatia were closing fast, I think they'd have got there anyway.

 

[weeman27bob]

I reckon they might have held on to beat Croatia if they hadn't had that fault, but not if it was another 30 metres more.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

****ing hell that's close

The Chinese pair look almost sick with anxiety even though they've won

None of the Chinese have celebrated a gold all week. Seems like they are under so much pressure they can't enjoy it.

Probably get told off for nearly losing.

 

[Spark]

None of the Chinese have celebrated a gold all week. Seems like they are under so much pressure they can't enjoy it.

Probably get told off for nearly losing.

I guess you can't complain about the results but yeah even after the Mexican score came up, the guy on camera looked like he was about to throw up

 

[Furball]

What proportion of Olympic athletes have some sort of Olympic rings tattoo? Must be getting towards 10%

Missing 0?

 

[Furball]

That was a superb competition in the diving. Wanted Mexico to win gold.

 

[Brook's side]

The marks for Mexico and GBNI were 8s and 8.5s.
What do you have to do to get a 9.5 or 10??

 

[weeman27bob]

Heats of the mixed 4 x 100m medley swimming just starting. One of the most fun events in the Olympics

 

[Spark]

Heats of the mixed 4 x 100m medley swimming just starting. One of the most fun events in the Olympics

Can't even imagine how you strategise for a race like this, seems like total chaos

 

[Spark]

Can't even imagine how you strategise for a race like this, seems like total chaos

Well clearly the Australian team got their strategy right because they were like half a lap behind at the halfway point and ended up coming first by like two body lengths, wtf

 

[weeman27bob]

Can't even imagine how you strategise for a race like this, seems like total chaos

Yeah, I guess you just have to put in what you think is your best combination of swimmers.

Australia 5 seconds down coming in to the last 100m, but end up winning by 2 seconds.

 

[Spark]

Yeah, I guess you just have to put in what you think is your best combination of swimmers.

Australia 5 seconds down coming in to the last 100m, but end up winning by 2 seconds.

Commentators mentioned computer models which actually makes sense tbh, this is definitely something you could figure out pretty easily with a script

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I'm no exercise scientist or data analyst but I can't see any reason for not having a man finish with the freestyle. I guess if you don't have any good men's 100 swimmers.

 

[weeman27bob]

I think you've just got to look at what your differentials are - who are your world class swimmers and what's your weakness

 

[Spark]

Love the WR "split" lol, 6 seconds ahead after the first 100m!

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Whatever the science of it - that was fun as hell.

 

[weeman27bob]

So of the top 4 in both heats:

4 x MMFF
1 x FMFM
2 x FMMF
1 x MFFM