Official Paris Olympics 2024 thread

[Sandstorm]

That Khalif is a dirty bint, she got away with an awful lot in that last fight and moaned at the slightlest thing

All she had is a left jab. Shite fighter.

[Slick]

That Khalif is a dirty bint, she got away with an awful lot in that last fight and moaned at the slightlest thing

All she had is a left jab. Shite fighter.

Helps when her arm is twice as long as her opponent

[Uncle fester]

and that prick Ewan McKenna

There's something very wrong with that guy. Some day, we will find out why he's hiding in Brazil.

[petej]

Time lapse on the swimming pool in racing 92s ground for the Olympics.

[vball]

Goodness me ..... Femke Bol .... what a last 150m

[JM2K6]

she also smacks her opponent in the boob which seems a bit weird

https://x.com/nicholelizaq/status/1819035576559120743

Are we just going to repeat the most ridiculous accusations from blue tick wankers now

[JM2K6]

That Khalif is a dirty bint, she got away with an awful lot in that last fight and moaned at the slightlest thing

All she had is a left jab. Shite fighter.

Helps when her arm is twice as long as her opponent

In the interest of fairness I do agree that having an arm that's 3.5m long is suspicious and would represent an unfair advantage...

[Enzedder]

Uh oh - another French cock-up

Olympics rocked as sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdrawn from 100m semi-finals
A gold medal favourite for the women’s 100m sprint missed the start line after being ‘denied access to the stadium’.

A shockwave has been sent through Paris as Jamaican sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, one of the favourites for the women’s 100m Olympic gold medal, has been withdrawn from the event in controversial and puzzling circumstances.

There was a glaring hole in the women’s 100m semi-finals at State de France when the three-time Olympic gold medallist was absent from the start line on Sunday morning (AEST).

While it’s not completely clear what has gone wrong, the issue appears to be a late rule change that has denied Fraser-Pryce access to the stadium.

Vision emerged on social media of the 37-year-old waiting outside the gate of the warm-up area. She could then be seen pleading her case to an official.

“She (an official) said they changed the rule yesterday. Who can change the rule and then not say?” Fraser-Pryce says in the footage.

“So, you’re asking all the athletes who, for whatever reason, don’t stay in the village, then can’t come through the gate? We came through this gate yesterday and went through security and it was OK!

“That’s crazy!”

“There has been a rule change in the warm-up area and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has fallen on the wrong side of it. She has been denied entry,” he said.

“So, rather than withdrawing, she has (been) withdrawn, and it seems as though there is video evidence of her pleading her case to get in.

“This is a disaster for Paris if that turns out to be the case.

“If there is something that’s changed between yesterday and today ahead of the semi-finals and the greatest ever female sprinter has been denied access to the stadium to compete in a semi-final — that’s right up there with the Seine being unfit to swim in.”

Still unsure exactly how it happened, Whateley later said: “It’s sketchy for the moment.”

One theory suggests the issue was that Fraser-Pryce did not arrive on a team bus to use the warm-up facility, which is now a requirement.

The decision to tweak the rule, and do so with little or no notice, has been slammed by the athletics and Olympics world.

When the final eventually came around, with Fraser-Pryce nowhere to be seen, it was Julien Alfred from St Lucia who flew through the Paris rain for a dominant victory.

Alfred stopped the clock at 10.72 seconds at Saturday, becoming the first Olympic gold medallist from the tiny Caribbean nation.

“It means a lot to me. It means a lot to my coach. It means a lot to my country,” the 23-year-old said.

“I’m sure they’re celebrating right now.”

[Jethro]

Is it just me or does the U.S seem to be light on medals at the moment, don't really follow the Olympics besides how the Aussies and Kiwis are going, so could be par for the course.

[Biffer]

The joy that sport can bring

[Biffer]

Is it just me or does the U.S seem to be light on medals at the moment, don't really follow the Olympics besides how the Aussies and Kiwis are going, so could be par for the course.

One of the bizarre things you see in the USA is when they’re showing the Olympics, they order the medal table on the total number of medals, not number of golds.

[Biffer]

Men’s golf final round looks tasty. Top ten is Schauffele, Rahm, Fleetwood, Hojgaard, Matsuyama, Detry, Kim, Scheffler, McIlroy Åberg. Four shots cover the first nine.

[Lobby]

Uh oh - another French cock-up

Olympics rocked as sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce withdrawn from 100m semi-finals
A gold medal favourite for the women’s 100m sprint missed the start line after being ‘denied access to the stadium’.

A shockwave has been sent through Paris as Jamaican sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, one of the favourites for the women’s 100m Olympic gold medal, has been withdrawn from the event in controversial and puzzling circumstances.

There was a glaring hole in the women’s 100m semi-finals at State de France when the three-time Olympic gold medallist was absent from the start line on Sunday morning (AEST).

While it’s not completely clear what has gone wrong, the issue appears to be a late rule change that has denied Fraser-Pryce access to the stadium.

Vision emerged on social media of the 37-year-old waiting outside the gate of the warm-up area. She could then be seen pleading her case to an official.

“She (an official) said they changed the rule yesterday. Who can change the rule and then not say?” Fraser-Pryce says in the footage.

“So, you’re asking all the athletes who, for whatever reason, don’t stay in the village, then can’t come through the gate? We came through this gate yesterday and went through security and it was OK!

“That’s crazy!”

“There has been a rule change in the warm-up area and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has fallen on the wrong side of it. She has been denied entry,” he said.

“So, rather than withdrawing, she has (been) withdrawn, and it seems as though there is video evidence of her pleading her case to get in.

“This is a disaster for Paris if that turns out to be the case.

“If there is something that’s changed between yesterday and today ahead of the semi-finals and the greatest ever female sprinter has been denied access to the stadium to compete in a semi-final — that’s right up there with the Seine being unfit to swim in.”

Still unsure exactly how it happened, Whateley later said: “It’s sketchy for the moment.”

One theory suggests the issue was that Fraser-Pryce did not arrive on a team bus to use the warm-up facility, which is now a requirement.

The decision to tweak the rule, and do so with little or no notice, has been slammed by the athletics and Olympics world.

When the final eventually came around, with Fraser-Pryce nowhere to be seen, it was Julien Alfred from St Lucia who flew through the Paris rain for a dominant victory.

Alfred stopped the clock at 10.72 seconds at Saturday, becoming the first Olympic gold medallist from the tiny Caribbean nation.

“It means a lot to me. It means a lot to my coach. It means a lot to my country,” the 23-year-old said.

“I’m sure they’re celebrating right now.”

The Jamaican team have since released a statement to say that Fraser-Pryce did eventually gain entry to the Stadium and that her withdrawal from the race was due to injury and not the fracas at the entrance to the Stadium.

[Lobby]

Is it just me or does the U.S seem to be light on medals at the moment, don't really follow the Olympics besides how the Aussies and Kiwis are going, so could be par for the course.

One of the bizarre things you see in the USA is when they’re showing the Olympics, they order the medal table on the total number of medals, not number of golds.

Possibly because they usually top the medal table on total medals won. Changing to total medals currently puts them way out in front on 61 medals to France's 41 and China's 37.

Its not completely crazy either as most countries' medals targets will be expressed in total medals rather than just golds. GB's target is between 50 and 70 medals for this games.

[inactionman]

Is it just me or does the U.S seem to be light on medals at the moment, don't really follow the Olympics besides how the Aussies and Kiwis are going, so could be par for the course.

One of the bizarre things you see in the USA is when they’re showing the Olympics, they order the medal table on the total number of medals, not number of golds.

Possibly because they usually top the medal table on total medals won. Changing to total medals currently puts them way out in front on 61 medals to France's 41 and China's 37.

Its not completely crazy either as most countries' medals targets will be expressed in total medals rather than just golds. GB's target is between 50 and 70 medals for this games.

The US do seem to a law unto themselves on this.

I was waiting for a long-delayed flight in Detroit airport in 2008 and ended up in a bar watching the TV. They were all showing the end of the Beijing Olympics, which funnily enough revolved around clips of US track and field and little else (although I suppose we'd do similar). When the graphics flashed up the final medal count they had the US at the top, despite China romping the golds. Quite a few of us sat in the bar muttered an expression akin to 'WTF' and most non-US people looking a bit quizzically at each other, but all the bar staff - and a few US passengers - had a little USA moment. No-one was over-the-top, but it was just a bit weird.

I just presumed the US broadcasters showed it in a way that most US consumers would want, showing the US winning and not asking too many questions.

I'd be interested to see if they revert their approach if the US wins the golds count but doesn't get the most overall medals.


I think they end up with a fair few silvers and bronzes from track and field where their college system (which is an excellent training ground for athletes - I'm not necessarily knocking it) usually means they have multiple medal contenders in each event.

[Kiwias]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

[Uncle fester]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

Lots and lots of speed plus a decent jump.

[fishfoodie]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

Lots and lots of speed plus a decent jump.

And being able to hit the board without breaking stride, that's the hardest bit

[Kiwias]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

Lots and lots of speed plus a decent jump.

And being able to hit the board without breaking stride, that's the hardest bit

As an exercise, it is fun to mark it out and imagine you are right next to the landing pit as the athlete soars past you, It is a fucking long way to jump

[Lobby]

I don't want to believe that Carini did this on purpose. Charitably you could say that maybe she was a mess before the fight and quit because she knew she wasn't in any position to compete against a serious opponent. However, the circumstances of the fight itself, the weird behaviour afterwards, the claims of a broken nose despite looking picture perfect after the fight, and her coach saying people were telling her before the fight not to do it because Khelif is a man and it's dangerous... I can't help but be deeply suspicious of all of this. I hope I'm wrong.

That Carini is about to be $50k richer as a result of her giving up the fight at the earliest opportunity will only add to the suspicion that this was planned.

"The International Boxing Association (IBA) have said they plan to award Angela Carini $50,000 (£39,000) in prize money after she lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics."

You can't help but wonder if Carini's "loss" was agreed with the IBA beforehand. It certainly helps them to undermine the Olympic results.

[weegie01]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

I was a decent GB division 1 club level sprinter / jumper, i.e just below international level (though I did get one A international). It used to be a party trick to measure out on the floor how far I jumped. It never failed to astonish.

In all sports elite sports people are so far above the norm most people just do not realise how big the gap is until they see it laid out in a domestic setting like that.

[Slick]

Bit odd in the women’s clay pigeon shooting. GB girls hits the target in the shoot off but judges say she hasn’t. TV shows pretty much immediately that she did clip it but decision not changed so she gets the silver

Remarkable sportsmanship as her opponent looks a bit embarrassed and she reassures her that’s just the way it goes and well done

[weegie01]

Bit odd in the women’s clay pigeon shooting. GB girls hits the target in the shoot off but judges say she hasn’t. TV shows pretty much immediately that she did clip it but decision not changed so she gets the silver

Remarkable sportsmanship as her opponent looks a bit embarrassed and she reassures her that’s just the way it goes and well done.

There is no VAR and the judges can only go on what they see. It was poor from the judges, but the process does not allow anything else than the judges visual assessment. .

[Uncle fester]

I don't want to believe that Carini did this on purpose. Charitably you could say that maybe she was a mess before the fight and quit because she knew she wasn't in any position to compete against a serious opponent. However, the circumstances of the fight itself, the weird behaviour afterwards, the claims of a broken nose despite looking picture perfect after the fight, and her coach saying people were telling her before the fight not to do it because Khelif is a man and it's dangerous... I can't help but be deeply suspicious of all of this. I hope I'm wrong.

That Carini is about to be $50k richer as a result of her giving up the fight at the earliest opportunity will only add to the suspicion that this was planned.

"The International Boxing Association (IBA) have said they plan to award Angela Carini $50,000 (£39,000) in prize money after she lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics."

You can't help but wonder if Carini's "loss" was agreed with the IBA beforehand. It certainly helps them to undermine the Olympic results.

With that kind of money being thrown about and knowing who is behind the IBA, you'd wonder who is pressing the buttons on this issue to kick off a ruckus.

[Slick]

Bit odd in the women’s clay pigeon shooting. GB girls hits the target in the shoot off but judges say she hasn’t. TV shows pretty much immediately that she did clip it but decision not changed so she gets the silver

Remarkable sportsmanship as her opponent looks a bit embarrassed and she reassures her that’s just the way it goes and well done.

There is no VAR and the judges can only go on what they see. It was poor from the judges, but the process does not allow anything else than the judges visual assessment. .

Yeah, I assumed it was something like that

[Jock42]

Bit odd in the women’s clay pigeon shooting. GB girls hits the target in the shoot off but judges say she hasn’t. TV shows pretty much immediately that she did clip it but decision not changed so she gets the silver

Remarkable sportsmanship as her opponent looks a bit embarrassed and she reassures her that’s just the way it goes and well done.

There is no VAR and the judges can only go on what they see. It was poor from the judges, but the process does not allow anything else than the judges visual assessment. .

I thought there was computer involvement as well?

[fishfoodie]

I don't want to believe that Carini did this on purpose. Charitably you could say that maybe she was a mess before the fight and quit because she knew she wasn't in any position to compete against a serious opponent. However, the circumstances of the fight itself, the weird behaviour afterwards, the claims of a broken nose despite looking picture perfect after the fight, and her coach saying people were telling her before the fight not to do it because Khelif is a man and it's dangerous... I can't help but be deeply suspicious of all of this. I hope I'm wrong.

That Carini is about to be $50k richer as a result of her giving up the fight at the earliest opportunity will only add to the suspicion that this was planned.

"The International Boxing Association (IBA) have said they plan to award Angela Carini $50,000 (£39,000) in prize money after she lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics."

You can't help but wonder if Carini's "loss" was agreed with the IBA beforehand. It certainly helps them to undermine the Olympic results.

With that kind of money being thrown about and knowing who is behind the IBA, you'd wonder who is pressing the buttons on this issue to kick off a ruckus.

50k is buttons to the people buying boxing, I believe the current sportswasher is Qatar

[Slick]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

I was a decent GB division 1 club level sprinter / jumper, i.e just below international level (though I did get one A international). It used to be a party trick to measure out on the floor how far I jumped. It never failed to astonish.

In all sports elite sports people are so far above the norm most people just do not realise how big the gap is until they see it laid out in a domestic setting like that.

I mean to ask you, would you happen to know who quite an old lady who coaches at Meadowbank might be? I’m talking probably well into her 70’s. She coaches the kids and I’m sure I recognise her as being a well known Scottish coach

[weegie01]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

I was a decent GB division 1 club level sprinter / jumper, i.e just below international level (though I did get one A international). It used to be a party trick to measure out on the floor how far I jumped. It never failed to astonish.

In all sports elite sports people are so far above the norm most people just do not realise how big the gap is until they see it laid out in a domestic setting like that.

I mean to ask you, would you happen to know who quite an old lady who coaches at Meadowbank might be? I’m talking probably well into her 70’s. She coaches the kids and I’m sure I recognise her as being a well known Scottish coach.

Given she must have been around when I was competing I probably would, were it not for the fact I have been nowhere near domestic athletics in over 40 years.

Sorry.

[weegie01]

Bit odd in the women’s clay pigeon shooting. GB girls hits the target in the shoot off but judges say she hasn’t. TV shows pretty much immediately that she did clip it but decision not changed so she gets the silver

Remarkable sportsmanship as her opponent looks a bit embarrassed and she reassures her that’s just the way it goes and well done.

There is no VAR and the judges can only go on what they see. It was poor from the judges, but the process does not allow anything else than the judges visual assessment. .

I thought there was computer involvement as well?

There may be, but I don't know. I got dragged into the sport as both my sons shoot to some degree, so while I know a bit I'd not claim to be an expert.

[Hugo]

Re. Lyles win in the 100m. Great finish from him, he runs the last part of the race so well. It's too bad he is such a slow starter because he'd have a real shot of beating Bolts records in the 100 & the 200 if he mastered that part of the race. Truthfully I don't get it because he is so explosive.

Richardson is the exact same in the women's sprints but she gave herself too much to do yesterday and Alfred utterly dominated that race from start to finish.

[Kiwias]

Watching the men's long jump at the moment and I measured our lounge to get a real idea of how far 8m is. The lounge is 9m from one side to the far side and I can't even imagine how anyone could jump that distance.

I was a decent GB division 1 club level sprinter / jumper, i.e just below international level (though I did get one A international). It used to be a party trick to measure out on the floor how far I jumped. It never failed to astonish.

In all sports elite sports people are so far above the norm most people just do not realise how big the gap is until they see it laid out in a domestic setting like that.

Definitely this. Out of interest, what was your best long jump?

[TheNatalShark]

Isn't the whining about US medal table presentation silly? They've always done it this way, and pretty much always finish on top of golds anyway- can only think of 2008 and some USSR finishes where they didn't.

They obviously also tend to pull ahead once track and field progresses

[Hugo]

Women's 800m final today. Fingers crossed Hodgkinson can put together a great race and get that gold.

[Hugo]

Isn't the whining about US medal table presentation silly? They've always done it this way, and pretty much always finish on top of golds anyway- can only think of 2008 and some USSR finishes where they didn't.

They obviously also tend to pull ahead once track and field progresses

What's been the controversy over this? I must have missed it.

[Sandstorm]

Isn't the whining about US medal table presentation silly? They've always done it this way, and pretty much always finish on top of golds anyway- can only think of 2008 and some USSR finishes where they didn't.

They obviously also tend to pull ahead once track and field progresses

What's been the controversy over this? I must have missed it.

Scroll up. Jethro had a moan.

[Hugo]

Isn't the whining about US medal table presentation silly? They've always done it this way, and pretty much always finish on top of golds anyway- can only think of 2008 and some USSR finishes where they didn't.

They obviously also tend to pull ahead once track and field progresses

What's been the controversy over this? I must have missed it.

Scroll up. Jethro had a moan.

Got it.

Along the same lines, I saw some Americans rubbing the noses of Jamaicans in it over the 100m (including an ex NFL player, Shannon Sharpe.

I don't think people realise how much Jamaica overachieves in athletics. A developing country with a population half that of NYC or London and 4th in the all-time world athletics championships medal table. Clear of Germany, China, us. The Kenyans excel too but almost exclusively at distance running, Jamaica has two of its three medals so far in field events.

[Sandstorm]

Watching the climbing wall event this morning. I. Don't. Get . It.

[inactionman]

What's been the controversy over this? I must have missed it.

Scroll up. Jethro had a moan.

Got it.

Along the same lines, I saw some Americans rubbing the noses of Jamaicans in it over the 100m (including an ex NFL player, Shannon Sharpe.

I don't think people realise how much Jamaica overachieves in athletics. A developing country with a population half that of NYC or London and 4th in the all-time world athletics championships medal table. Clear of Germany, China, us. The Kenyans excel too but almost exclusively at distance running, Jamaica has two of its three medals so far in field events.

The Jamaican sprint programme has produced some utterly outstanding athletes, it's a real success story.

I saw the final live and was surprised the Jamaican didn't dip - just a slight tilt forward and he had it.

[sturginho]