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

[Gray]

We could move Strictly Come Dancing from a Saturday evening entertainment to an Olympic Sport!
It’s apparently got over competitive anyway these days, so should fit in well. :-) ;-)

Get rid of all the subjective sports please.

Lets have more of the climbing.

Boxing, Gymnastics, Dressage, Artistic Swimming etc should all be removed as the judging is un-reliable and open to bias.

 

[Gray]

Why do the USA always cock up their baton changes? How many times have they had the best runners and fucked it up?

Going too fast?

Mind you our girls made a hash of the last change or they would probably have won.

 

[Keeper!]

There’s no way they’ll have this event again. It’s being ridiculed everywhere.

Struth mate

 

[gaz76]

Marathon has just started, going to be brutal this one, the course is mental

 

[gaz76]

Kipchoges done for already, hill ate him alive, not even halfway,

 

[simmo]

The pace of the runners is amazing. To run at around 13 mile an hour for the duration of the event.

It’s like cycling - king of the mountains the course with the crowds !

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

I actually think that's one of the sports that deserves to be there.

It's a functional sport that in some parts of the world may be necessary.

Much like running, swimming, jumping, kayaking etc...

It's golf, tennis, football etc.. that I struggle with being there.

It's about time domestic violence was recognised as a sport for the same reasons. That way we could have blokes getting in the ring and kicking fuck out of women without all the controversy we've seen in the boxing.

 

[jimharri]

Great crowds out for the marathon.

 

[MCFC1993]

Brilliant performance by Emile Cairess, 4th in the Olympic Marathon.

Unfair that you don't get a medal for that, not all 4ths are the same.

 

[Gray]

Great crowds out for the marathon.

GB runner 4th, excellent by him.