Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

[Double R]

Wow, how close.

 

[MCFC1993]

We've got to be looking at winning the men's 4 x 200m freestyle relay tomorrow.

 

[Double R]

So how does a finger tip finish, out trump a full palm? Im clutching at straws I know.

 

[Gaz76]

Wow, how close.

He touched the wall first, but not hard enough, FFS thats harsh

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Heard a couple of the pundits/commentators talk about this being a slow pool. Genuine question but, how is that possible?

 

[bluesmith]

Heard a couple of the pundits/commentators talk about this being a slow pool. Genuine question but, how is that possible?

Depth of the water, can make a difference, the deeper the pool the less waves you get rippling up and across the pool, also can give a bigger advantage to those in the middle lanes.

 

[Longballutd]

Depth of the water, can make a difference, the deeper the pool the less waves you get rippling up and across the pool, also can give a bigger advantage to those in the middle lanes.

Good gutters will help with wave turbulence as well

 

[simmo]

Superb performance by Pidcock. To have an issue with the bike and have to make up more than 30 seconds.

How he reeled in the 3 in front was top quality bike racing.

 

[Blue Maverick]

The have just been whinging about the price of tickets, well fuck me welcome to the world of a football fan.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Superb performance by Pidcock. To have an issue with the bike and have to make up more than 30 seconds.

How he reeled in the 3 in front was top quality bike racing.

Best part of the games so far was the mountain bike final, by far.

 

[Blue Maverick]

I wonder if China would be banned next Olympics if they invade Taiwan, just like Russia.

 

[daveoswald]

Really enjoying the swimming, Clare Balding presenting and proper pundits, Mark Foster and Rebecca Adlington, no hackneyed clichés, no bias, great insight, what a contrast with the shite we have to suffer from the red top loving football clowns.

 

[jazzy]

I wonder if China would be banned next Olympics if they invade Taiwan, just like Russia.

If they invade Taiwan I think we will have bigger issues to deal with than will they be banned from the Olympics

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Olympic boxing is a farce, British lad robbed there.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Never watched skateboarding in my life but the final blew me away earlier.

Really fucking enjoyed it.

 

[MCFC1993]

GB Schedule
30th July

Couple of things to look forward to for me. Triathlon in the morning, fancy Alex Yee to do well. The men should be looking to win the 4x200m freestyle.

07:00 – Triathlon – Men’s Individual – FINAL - Samuel Dickenson (GBR), Alex Yee (GBR) – May not go ahead due to water quality.
08:00 – Shooting – Trap – Women’s Qualification Day 1 – Lucy Hall (GBR)
08:30 – Shooting – Trap – Men’s Qualification Day 2 – Nathan Hales (GBR), Matthew Coward-Holley (GBR)
09:00 – 10:00 estimate (6th on mat) – Judo – Women’s 63kg – Round of 32 – Katharina Haecker (AUS) v Lucy Renshall (GBR)
09:50 – Rowing – Women’s Double Sculls – Semifinals – Great Britain
10:00 – Equestrian – Grand Prix – Qualifier Day 1 – Carl Hester (GBR), Becky Moody (GBR), Charlotte Fry (GBR)
10:15 – Swimming – Men’s 100m Freestyle – Heats – Jacob Whittle (GBR), Matthew Richards (GBR)
11:00 (estimate, 15th to 18th on mat) – Judo – Women’s 63kg – Round of 16 – If Lucy Renshall qualifies
11:00 – Tennis – Info wasn't available when I wrote this but Jack Draper is in the 2nd round and so are Murray/Evans.
11:13 – Sailing – Women’s Windsurfing – Race 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 – Emma Wilson (GBR)
11:39 – Swimming – Women’s 100m Freestyle – Heats – Anna Hopkin (GBR)
11:45 – Hockey – Men’s – Groups – Great Britain v Netherlands
12:08 – Swimming – Men’s – 4 x 200m Freestyle – Heats – Great Britain
12:25 – Cycling BMX Freestyle – Women’s Qualification – Charlotte Worthington (GBR)
13:17 – Sailing – Men’s Windsurfing - Race 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 – Sam Silla (GBR)
14:10 – Canoe Slalom – Women’s Canoe Single – Heats 1st Run – Mallory Franklin (GBR)
14:11 – Cycling BMX Freestyle – Men’s Qualification – Kieran Reilly (GBR)
14:30 – Shooting - Trap Men’s – FINAL – If Nathan Hales (GBR) and/or Matthew Coward-Holley (GBR) qualify.
14:45 - Sailing – Women’s Skiff – Race 7, 8 & 9 – Freya Black & Saskia Tidey (GBR)
15:00 – Canoe Slalom – Men’s Kayak Single – Heats 1st Run – Joseph Clarke (GBR)
15:30 (estimate, 7th or 8th on mat) – Judo – Women’s 63kg – Semifinal – If Lucy Renshall qualifies.
15:35 – Sailing – Men’s Skiff – Race 7, 8 & 9 – James Peters & Fynn Sterritt (GBR)
16:00 – Canoe Slalom – Women’s Canoe Single – Heats 2nd Run – Mallory Franklin (GBR)
16:30 (estimate, 14th on mat) – Judo – Women’s 63kg – FINAL – If Lucy Renshall qualifies.
17:10 – Canoe Slalom – Men’s Kayak Single – Heats 2nd Run – Joseph Clarke (GBR)
17:15 – Artistic Gymnastics – Women’s Team – FINAL – Great Britain
18:30 – Badminton – Women’s Singles – Groups – Bing He (CHN) v Kirsty Gilmour (GBR)
19:30 – Swimming – Men’s 100m Freestyle – Semifinals – If Jacob Whittle (GBR) and/or Matthew Richards (GBR) qualify.
20:25 – Swimming – Women’s 100m Freestyle – Heats – If Anna Hopkin (GBR) qualifies.
21:01 – Swimming – Men’s – 4 x 200m Freestyle – FINAL – If Great Britain qualifies.

 

[daveoswald]

What a load of shite river pollution in the Seine, when i was a lad in the hot summer of 76, we swam for weeks in the Leeds/Liverpool canal along with the dead dogs, rats, cut my feet open on the broken glass, character building. Don't let the Nancy boys stop one of my favourite events the Triathlon.

 

[threespires]

Really enjoying the swimming, Clare Balding presenting and proper pundits, Mark Foster and Rebecca Adlington, no hackneyed clichés, no bias, great insight, what a contrast with the shite we have to suffer from the red top loving football clowns.

Balding's been a bit excitable at times I think, but Foster and Adlington complement each other really well and as you say its a stark reminder of how most football punditry is just a stream of cliché riddled verbal diarrhea. Nedum's about the only one you could imagine holding his own with the types of more measured pundits you get in many other sports.

 

[TinFoilHat]

I wonder if China would be banned next Olympics if they invade Taiwan, just like Russia.

Israel competing answers that question.

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

I wonder if China would be banned next Olympics if they invade Taiwan, just like Russia.

100% we will get a ban, USA is the boss.