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

[ESP Blue]

Bit like Eurovision song, they don't like us

 

[supercity88]

Track cycling starts today - do we have any reasonable expectations for gold medal?

Katie Archibald's injury is a big loss but Emma Finucane is tipped for big things.

Jason Kenny is a coach now and has gone bold with suggesting we can win 8 gold medals.

We've got a very good group of female sprinters which has been a weakness over the years, so hopefully we can do well.

I reckon we'll get 4 golds. Would love Jack Carlin to pick up the individual sprint and keirin but Harrie Levreysen a Dutch powerhouse is going to take some beating.

Kenny completely caught the field out in the keirin in Tokyo with this sensational ride:

 

[supercity88]

Hoping Josh Kerr does it.

Ingebritsen will set a fast pace, that's his best chance as Kerr probably has the fastest finish in the field.

Was interesting to see him try and push things in the semi final. Clearly wanted to try and take on Kerr and take something out of him.

 

[Double R]

Was expecting a downgrade to bronze to be honest, but if they can review this, then why not the shooting yesterday?
Some of these olympians only have a once in a lifetime opertunity for gold, so do it properly olympics!

 

[BringBackSwales]

We have 2 girls in the athletics pole vault. So the bbc coverts china v Korea badminton on one channel and china v Korea shooting on the other. Brilliant

 

[jazzy]

Watching the climbing for the first time , kinhell how tough is this

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Watching badminton
Something I learnt
The best shuttlecocks in badminton have their 16 feathers taken only from the left wings of geese

 

[MCFC1993]

Just watched the mixed triathlon without knowing the result, so unlucky, Potter just had nothing in the legs. Great finish on the line from the 3 women.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Beyond Hodgkinson and Kerr have we got any other realistic gold medal prospects in the athletics?

 

[Eccles Blue]

Sorry not been watching so why were we downgraded from silver to bronze in that mixed thingymabob? What did we do wrong? :-)