Eccles Blue
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You beat me to it!! :-)
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Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)
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Chrisja1000
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Breaks my heart admitting this, but the Aussie medal haul is amazing. 22 million people, the medal to population ratio must be the best in the world.
jimharri
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7th.....Breaks my heart admitting this, but the Aussie medal haul is amazing. 22 million people, the medal to population ratio must be the best in the world.
Britain in 24th place.
America in 45th place; they've had a shit Olympics!
Eccles Blue
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Oh noooooo Dame Denise is leaving. It will not be the same without her. Her knowledge, her lovely smile, her elegance. Everything about her will be missed. Such a shame. :-( :-) :-)
jimharri
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BBC's loss, UK Athletics' gain.The BBC Athletics team is very good, great tribute to Denise who's off to be UK Athletics president.
Hopefully help convert some of these near misses.BBC's loss, UK Athletics' gain.
Eccles Blue
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Oh my goodness I’m in tears with the artistic swimming girls for their Silver medals.
Well done girls. How the heck do they stay breathing for so long underwater and still performing? :-)
Well done girls. How the heck do they stay breathing for so long underwater and still performing? :-)
SebastianBlue
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Just watched the men’s heavyweight Taekwondo gold medal match and the optimisation (minmaxing) has completely ruined it as a spectacle.
I don’t doubt either our martial artist or Iran’s are extremely skilled, but the tactics of the actual fight made it look barely like a fight, much less a top, top level one.
It’s the same for Judo. It has been professionalised and optimised to the point of boring.
I don’t doubt either our martial artist or Iran’s are extremely skilled, but the tactics of the actual fight made it look barely like a fight, much less a top, top level one.
It’s the same for Judo. It has been professionalised and optimised to the point of boring.
Chinese were outstanding.Oh my goodness I’m in tears with the artistic swimming girls for their Silver medals.
Well done girls. How the heck do they stay breathin :-) g for so long underwater and still performing?
Tuearts right boot
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Could have both done with a good meal though.Chinese were outstanding.
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jimharri
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To be fair, he's not wrong, is he?
Boxing will be dropped unless the IOC and IBA make up. Remains to be seen how important the Olympics is to boxing.@MCFC1993 You mentioned Boxing could be dropped for L.A. 2028 and presumably brake dancing will go too, will they get replaced by different sports or will more disciplines be added to existing sports?
This is the first Olympics for breaking, I personally think it's the wrong platform for it. It's not a sport, it's a different form of entertainment, like acting and singing. Breaking has been dropped for 2028.
New sports are introduced all of the time but I believe certain criteria have to be met. Skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing were added in Tokyo. Haven't watched surfing, skateboarding is a lot better than I imagined, sport climbing is brilliant.
Flag football and squash have been added for 2028.
Cricket, baseball/softball and lacrosse are returning for 2028.
A Chinese?Could have both done with a good meal though.
Some of the rowing events have been dropped and what is flag football?Boxing will be dropped unless the IOC and IBA make up. Remains to be seen how important the Olympics is to boxing.