In 1964 Eve Muirhead's Dad beat me in the P3 50m in my school sports.Slick wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:35 amThat’s the fun of it though. One of the best experiences I’ve ever had was being in a pub when the GB women’s curling team won a gold at the Winter Olympics a few years back, absolute mayhem
Upon beating Yasmani Acosta of Chile in the 2024 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg final, López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event.
And he suplexed his coach in celebration!Tichtheid wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:35 am For the first time ever, well since I was around four, I didn’t watch anything, mainly due to time and also due to restricted coverage.
I enjoyed the story of Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez, an absolute bear of a man
Upon beating Yasmani Acosta of Chile in the 2024 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg final, López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event.
Yeah I saw thatsturginho wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:56 amAnd he suplexed his coach in celebration!Tichtheid wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:35 am For the first time ever, well since I was around four, I didn’t watch anything, mainly due to time and also due to restricted coverage.
I enjoyed the story of Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez, an absolute bear of a man
Upon beating Yasmani Acosta of Chile in the 2024 Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling 130 kg final, López became the first and only athlete in modern Olympics history to win five consecutive gold medals in the same individual event.
I've often thought a fairer system of evaluating medal performance would be to have a weighted table, with Golds worth 3 points, Silvers 2 and Bronzes 1. This would still make golds the most important medal, but wouldn't completely disregard the other medals as the current system does. Such a system would avoid anomalies such as Dominica and Pakistan (1 gold medal each in total) appearing above Turkey in the medal table, despite Turkey having achieved 8 medals in total; 3 silvers and 5 bronzes.sturginho wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:56 amThat's one of the stupidest things I've ever read on the internet.... and I post on NPR....silvers and bronzes are merely tie-breakers. Champions are all that count.
I've always thought exactly this, and having applied the points the other day in the same way you have, was pleased to see that it looked completely fair as a ranking, while both the other normal methods had some anomalies.Lobby wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:21 amI've often thought a fairer system of evaluating medal performance would be to have a weighted table, with Golds worth 3 points, Silvers 2 and Bronzes 1. This would still make golds the most important medal, but wouldn't completely disregard the other medals as the current system does. Such a system would avoid anomalies such as Dominica and Pakistan (1 gold medal each in total) appearing above Turkey in the medal table, despite Turkey having achieved 8 medals in total; 3 silvers and 5 bronzes.sturginho wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:56 amThat's one of the stupidest things I've ever read on the internet.... and I post on NPR....silvers and bronzes are merely tie-breakers. Champions are all that count.
A weighted medals table for 2024 would have given a top 10 of
USA (250 points)
China (198)
France (122)
GB (115)
Aus (108)
Japan (97)
Italy (77)
Netherlands (71)
Germany (70)
Korea (67)
Yes. That would be a better, more accurate indicator of performance.Lobby wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 9:21 amI've often thought a fairer system of evaluating medal performance would be to have a weighted table, with Golds worth 3 points, Silvers 2 and Bronzes 1. This would still make golds the most important medal, but wouldn't completely disregard the other medals as the current system does. Such a system would avoid anomalies such as Dominica and Pakistan (1 gold medal each in total) appearing above Turkey in the medal table, despite Turkey having achieved 8 medals in total; 3 silvers and 5 bronzes.sturginho wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:56 amThat's one of the stupidest things I've ever read on the internet.... and I post on NPR....silvers and bronzes are merely tie-breakers. Champions are all that count.
A weighted medals table for 2024 would have given a top 10 of
USA (250 points)
China (198)
France (122)
GB (115)
Aus (108)
Japan (97)
Italy (77)
Netherlands (71)
Germany (70)
Korea (67)
Blue man was not in drag :paverage joe wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 11:17 am My Olympics experience this year amounted to the occasional YouTube short. I've learned the following.
Blue drag queens are pretty shit viewing as far as drag queens go.
Ugly woman hits harder than pretty ones.
There is such a thing as too big a "pole" in pole vaulting.
I can go to the Olympics as a breakdancer. Probably won't win anything but can certainly do a better impression of a worm.
Your loss ...average joe wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 12:44 pm @laurent No, I'm not clicking on any of that, and you can't make me.
That's fantastic!Hugo wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:37 pm https://x.com/LarryMadowo/status/1823376057581371537
Tebogo with a heroes welcome in the Botswana national stadium.
Shows the sheer drive these Olympians have compared to us mere mortals.S/Lt_Phillips wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:53 pm Fancy running a marathon with a stress fracture in your femur?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c990yd94j7eo
I honestly think there is a large portion of the public who don't understand the gulf between elite sportspeople and the public. It's been amplified by social media.Sandstorm wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:34 pmShows the sheer drive these Olympians have compared to us mere mortals.S/Lt_Phillips wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:53 pm Fancy running a marathon with a stress fracture in your femur?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c990yd94j7eo
Anyone who's tried to run a 400m race against other competitors at any level, would know all about it! Horrible event.Big D wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:35 am One trumpet said MHS "shouldn't have slowed down". GTF he ran the 5th fastest time ever, that is very very hard to do.
I worked there for nigh on a decade and they never had anything this exciting.Teams of computer programmers have taken part in a Robot Dog Olympics to develop innovative tech solutions for the British Army.
Around 40 coders from across the country assembled at Ministry of Defence (MoD) Abbey Wood in Bristol.
They were challenged to programme the robotic dogs to perform tasks including a 50-metre sprint and gymnastics.
There's knowledge, skills and talent.Sandstorm wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:41 amAnyone who's tried to run a 400m race against other competitors at any level, would know all about it! Horrible event.Big D wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:35 am One trumpet said MHS "shouldn't have slowed down". GTF he ran the 5th fastest time ever, that is very very hard to do.
Agreed.Big D wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:35 amI honestly think there is a large portion of the public who don't understand the gulf between elite sportspeople and the public. It's been amplified by social media.Sandstorm wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:34 pmShows the sheer drive these Olympians have compared to us mere mortals.S/Lt_Phillips wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:53 pm Fancy running a marathon with a stress fracture in your femur?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c990yd94j7eo
Will this be in the special Olympics too? Wonder if they will disallow those with cerebral palsy for having too much of an advantage. (yes i am aware i am heading to hell for that one)Jethro wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:54 pm Frack off U.K's Eddie the Eagle, Oz has gone one better
Seriously a PhD that's just taking the piss, defund the Universities immediately, we could probably better use the money on a live Bluey stage show or something.
Years ago I was swimming laps in my parents pool. Sharon Laws asked if she could join me. I was a decent swimmer and pretty fit but she blew me out the water, an absolute machine. That level of fitness is almost superhuman. Fuck cancerBig D wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:35 amI honestly think there is a large portion of the public who don't understand the gulf between elite sportspeople and the public. It's been amplified by social media.Sandstorm wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:34 pmShows the sheer drive these Olympians have compared to us mere mortals.S/Lt_Phillips wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:53 pm Fancy running a marathon with a stress fracture in your femur?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c990yd94j7eo
There was a poll where 10% of the public thought they could win a cycling road race medal (yougov poll had it at 6%) with 4 years training. Remko averaged 30mph for 6 hours over 2800m of climbing.
They are the elite of the elite sportspeople. That is partly why I'll defend Matt Hudson-Smith and Jake Kerr for "failing". One trumpet said MHS "shouldn't have slowed down". GTF he ran the 5th fastest time ever, that is very very hard to do.
Damn you I had to checkASMO wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:34 pmWill this be in the special Olympics too? Wonder if they will disallow those with cerebral palsy for having too much of an advantage. (yes i am aware i am heading to hell for that one)Jethro wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:54 pm Frack off U.K's Eddie the Eagle, Oz has gone one better
Seriously a PhD that's just taking the piss, defund the Universities immediately, we could probably better use the money on a live Bluey stage show or something.
Hugo wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:34 pmAgreed.Big D wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:35 amI honestly think there is a large portion of the public who don't understand the gulf between elite sportspeople and the public. It's been amplified by social media.Sandstorm wrote: Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:34 pmShows the sheer drive these Olympians have compared to us mere mortals.
IMO you can always tell people that have never played sport at any level by those who fail to appreciate the incredible skills of the also ran professionals of any discipline.
To your point, finishing a Grand Tour is an exceptional achievement regardless of where you place. Just making an Olympic final in athletics is something to be proud of.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/other/o ... 28%20gamesMore than a quarter of people in Britain think they could qualify for the next Olympic games if they were to start training today, a new survey has revealed.
The survey, which was produced by YouGov, invited members of the public to indicate if they believed they could become an Olympic-level athlete within the next four years across 25 different sports.
As the 2024 Olympics draw to a close, 27% of those surveyed believe that they could make it to the LA 2028 games in at least one of those sports.
The most common discipline people favoured their chance at was in the 10m Air Rifle Shooting, with 15% believing they could either ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ qualify.
The next most popular responses were archery (13%), badminton (10%) and table tennis (9%). However, confidence was low among those surveyed when it came to more physically demanding sports such as rhythmic and artistic gymnastics, diving, rugby sevens and skateboarding – only 3% believe they could qualify for these disciplines.
Overall, younger respondents were more confident than their older counterparts, with 17% believing they could qualify for archery, table tennis and the 100m sprint events.
Those aged 18-24 were by far more confident in their chances at the 100m sprint – for those aged 25 and above, only 2-7% believe they could qualify for the blue-riband event of athletics.
Male respondents were also noted to be more confident than females, with more men than women believing they could compete in all but four of the 25 events.
Of those four events, the largest difference was noted in the 100m breaststroke, with 9% of women believing they could compete in this event by 2028 compared with just 4% of men.
It would depend on whose breasts I'd have to stroke, but I reckon I could give that last one a go.weegie01 wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 5:05 pmHugo wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 2:34 pmAgreed.Big D wrote: Wed Aug 14, 2024 9:35 am
I honestly think there is a large portion of the public who don't understand the gulf between elite sportspeople and the public. It's been amplified by social media.
IMO you can always tell people that have never played sport at any level by those who fail to appreciate the incredible skills of the also ran professionals of any discipline.
To your point, finishing a Grand Tour is an exceptional achievement regardless of where you place. Just making an Olympic final in athletics is something to be proud of.https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/other/o ... 28%20gamesMore than a quarter of people in Britain think they could qualify for the next Olympic games if they were to start training today, a new survey has revealed.
The survey, which was produced by YouGov, invited members of the public to indicate if they believed they could become an Olympic-level athlete within the next four years across 25 different sports.
As the 2024 Olympics draw to a close, 27% of those surveyed believe that they could make it to the LA 2028 games in at least one of those sports.
The most common discipline people favoured their chance at was in the 10m Air Rifle Shooting, with 15% believing they could either ‘definitely’ or ‘probably’ qualify.
The next most popular responses were archery (13%), badminton (10%) and table tennis (9%). However, confidence was low among those surveyed when it came to more physically demanding sports such as rhythmic and artistic gymnastics, diving, rugby sevens and skateboarding – only 3% believe they could qualify for these disciplines.
Overall, younger respondents were more confident than their older counterparts, with 17% believing they could qualify for archery, table tennis and the 100m sprint events.
Those aged 18-24 were by far more confident in their chances at the 100m sprint – for those aged 25 and above, only 2-7% believe they could qualify for the blue-riband event of athletics.
Male respondents were also noted to be more confident than females, with more men than women believing they could compete in all but four of the 25 events.
Of those four events, the largest difference was noted in the 100m breaststroke, with 9% of women believing they could compete in this event by 2028 compared with just 4% of men.
Most of it comes from National Lottery funding I think, not general taxation.Enzedder wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 5:53 pm Jaysus Weegee - that's our whole GDP just on Sports funding. There must be some bloody well off coaches and Administrators over there.
Boxing, Taekwondo, Hockey, Sailing should all be shuffling nervously I reckon.weegie01 wrote: Thu Aug 15, 2024 5:15 pm Edit.
Where did the formatting i have in my post go when I submitted?
Because I am actually this sad, I made up an analysis table of the cost per medal for UK medals. I only took into account Govt funding.
Although funding is now looked at over longer cycles than a single games, there are a few sports you'd think are getting twitchy about funding.
Sport Grants Medals Cost per medal
Breaking £135,000 0 #DIV/0!
Wrestling £276,000 0 #DIV/0!
Volleyball £286,000 0 #DIV/0!
Water Polo £375,000 0 #DIV/0!
Handball £375,000 0 #DIV/0!
Table Tennis £1,350,000 0 #DIV/0!
Basketball £1,350,000 0 #DIV/0!
Surfing £1,404,457 0 #DIV/0!
Fencing £1,542,015 0 #DIV/0!
Archery £2,632,674 0 #DIV/0!
Badminton £3,379,544 0 #DIV/0!
Modern Pentathalon £5,681,906 0 #DIV/0!
Judo £6,439,612 0 #DIV/0!
Hockey £13,689,907 0 #DIV/0!
Boxing £12,075,886 1 £12,075,886.00
Sailing £22,800,520 2 £11,400,260.00
Taekwondo £8,259,987 1 £8,259,987.00
Gymnastics £13,445,737 3 £4,481,912.33
Swimming £18,928,318 5 £3,785,663.60
Canoeing £13,943,804 4 £3,485,951.00
Shooting £6,246,092 2 £3,123,046.00
Rowing £23,794,482 8 £2,974,310.25
Cycling £29,314,683 11 £2,664,971.18
Equestrian £12,353,367 5 £2,470,673.40
Triathlon £7,246,639 3 £2,415,546.33
Weightlifting £2,293,000 1 £2,293,000.00
Athletics £22,766,243 10 £2,276,624.30
Diving £8,911,163 5 £1,782,232.60
Sport climbing £1,629,345 1 £1,629,345.00
Skateboarding £1,839,045 2 £919,522.50
Artistic Swimming £467,250 1 £467,250.00
I know, you get 28 stone Samoans running in the 100m and folk like Eric the Fish and they become hero's, but this poor woman is eviscerated
