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

[frothy]

Slimy Tory coe gets his face in

FFS

 

[supercity88]

Superb by Keely, buzzing for her. Great to get a couple of golds today, hopefully brings more tomorrow.

 

[SebastianBlue]

VAR intrigue in stoppage time of the France-Egypt semifinal…

 

[BringBackSwales]

Is there an English ref on var? Handball review taken 5 mins. 6 mins and no penalty - if those arms were in a natural position…,

 

[SebastianBlue]

VAR intrigue in stoppage time of the France-Egypt semifinal…

I think this is a legitimate penalty, you know.

 

[smevchenko]

Has the ref said the French played pushed the defender first? If so, that’s bullshit.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Buzzing for Keely, but Du Plantis doing 6.25 on his third attempt gave me absolute goosebumps. The great thing about the pole vault in every Olympics, I think, is that it's the last thing happening in the stadium that evening. So you have the whole stadium on your side. If anything, I think that was distracting Du Plantis a little bit too much.
Pity that Keely roots for the dark side. Would have been perfect if she'd been a lifelong blue. Ah well, she'll see the light, maybe.

 

[SebastianBlue]

I think this is a legitimate penalty, you know.

Not given because of a ghost push on the defender.

Quite a dubious decision that seemed more geared to avoid the appearance of favouritism to France than anything.

It goes to added time!

 

[johnny crossan]

Is there an English ref on var? Handball review taken 5 mins. 6 mins and no penalty - if those arms were in a natural position…,

I like this ref - standing up to VAR with the crowd baying - deserves a medal for sticking to his guns.

 

[JRockBlues]

Red card (via 2 yellows) for Egypt. 1st yellow was for confronting the ref when he was going to chack that VAR decision at the end of normal time.