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

[willipp]

Who really gives a fuck about rowing 1460 days out of 1461(Apart from when we win a gold, especially with a thrilling comeback)?

Always been a massive fan ;)

 

[m32blue]

Well done Alex Yee,absolutely storming finish..He lapped me in the National Cross Country champs in Hampstead a few years back :)

 

[BringBackSwales]

Wow. 4th in the medal table now. One gold off top, a shame Peaty had covid.

Doesn’t the Irish gold medalist swimmer come from NI but chose to compete for Ireland?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Princess Anne in her Oakley phase.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

4th in the medal table

 

[BringBackSwales]

Is it my shit FOC memory but in Olympics gone by did the medal ceremonies used to take place the day after? Much better to do it straight after the event

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Matthew Pinsent has put on some timber

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Doesn’t the Irish gold medalist swimmer come from NI but chose to compete for Ireland?

I’m not sure we should try to claim that one tbh.

 

[GornikDaze]

Great interview with Alex Yee - forgot the obvious question though…. Did you swallow a turd during the swim?

 

[BringBackSwales]

I’m not sure we should try to claim that one tbh.

Agreed (was just saying that it was close)

 

[jimharri]

I'm sure it's already been mentioned in the 127 pages, but anyway. Those medals are bloody ugly.

 

[MCFC1993]

Could be some day.

We have the favourite in the pissing around on a BMX in an hour too.

 

[supercity88]

Could be some day.

We have the favourite in the pissing around on a BMX in an hour too.

He was absolutely superb yesterday, not sure how they do some of those tricks. I had just been on a short rant about pointless "sports" in the Olympics when I watched that and loved it! I even enjoyed the shooting because we had interest in it. I guess that's why the frog coverage is just showing French athletes all the time, even when better things are happening elsewhere.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I do hope there is a headline writer using "Yee of no little faith"

 

[shemnel]

I'm sure it's already been mentioned in the 127 pages, but anyway. Those medals are bloody ugly.

When it boils down to it though, i've decided, all things in balance, that i'd love to be in the position to get my hands on one :)

(take your point though, they look like bird scarers from a fence)

 

[jimharri]

Could be some day.

We have the favourite in the pissing around on a BMX in an hour too.

Will he dressed in a hoodie, back to front baseball cap and tracksuit bottoms (tucked into his socks, obviously)?

 

[GornikDaze]

Could be some day.

We have the favourite in the pissing around on a BMX in an hour too.

Not a fan then?

 

[Gray]

I'm sure it's already been mentioned in the 127 pages, but anyway. Those medals are bloody ugly.

I like them.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

I'm sure it's already been mentioned in the 127 pages, but anyway. Those medals are bloody ugly.

did you know that they have a piece of the Eiffel Tower in them?

I think someone mentioned it.

 

[jimharri]

When it boils down to it though, i've decided, all things in balance, that i'd love to be in the position to get my hands on one :)

(take your point though, they look like bird scarers from a fence)

Agreed, 100%. The achievement that the medal is a symbol of is absolutely outstanding. I can't begin to imagine what the feeling must be like to stand on that podium (any step). Just watching those girls that won the bronze in the synchro diving being interviewed, and one of the interviewers is the dad of one of the girls. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to find that emotional.