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

[smevchenko]

My bad I mixed up the Olympics with the World Championships in London when GB won.

Could be Athens?

Yeah, Athens.

GB beat USA by 0.01 seconds to take Gold, Lewis-Francis edging Maurice Greene on the line.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Always wonder how the BBC get him for every major championship. You would have thought a major US network would love to have him on board for the Olympics.

He’s been on NBC for some interviews and commentary, but he isn’t a studio guy because they don’t do the big panel over here.

Because of the time difference, most people here watch the Prime Time Highlights of the Day, while many live events occur across the secondary NBC networks.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Haha, fair enough.

Congratulations on the comeback win!

Really exciting game! The big superstars were in their element, with Steph Curry scoring 36 (1 less than the Olympic record) and King James getting a Triple Double. Joel Embiid also had a great game!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Lyles is not even man enough to congratulate the winner.

Isn’t he supposed to stay away from the other athletes because he is COVID positive?

I didn’t see any snub, because I didn’t see the afters.

 

[chesterbells]

The schedule tomorrow is a bit shit, the women's 4x400m heat's in the morning and the women's individual 400m final in the evening. Obviously nobody running the final is going to run in the relay heat's.

You’ve forgotten/not mentioned the heptathlon day 2.

 

[Vienna_70]

Isn’t he supposed to stay away from the other athletes because he is COVID positive?

I didn’t see any snub, because I didn’t see the afters.

I didn’t know that he texted positive for Covid.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I didn’t know that he texted positive for Covid.

Been in quarantine since the 100M and had to wear a mask, except to race.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I didn’t know that he texted positive for Covid.

I thought he’d emailed positive but if you say texted, then fair enough….

 

[ChicagoBlue]

I thought he’d emailed positive but if you say texted, then fair enough….

Some are saying he phoned it in at the 200M Final, but that type of commentary should fall on deaf ears.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Lyles is not even man enough to congratulate the winner.

He did exchange a hug with him almost immediately before anyone had wandered off the track.