OT: 2024 Olympics (non basketball)

[AzHusky]

If things play out as they should the US will get the gold in the men's and women's basketball games. Counting those 2, it leaves 34 gold medals left to be won.

 

[storrsroars]

For sheer entertainment value, Lebrun playing ping pong > LeBron playing hoops.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

My buddy thinks real estate on the Gary, Indiana beach is going to be gold in a few years.

Are the Indiana Dunes a real thing?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

For sheer entertainment value, Lebrun playing ping pong > LeBron playing hoops.

Funny, I’m waiting for my wife to get home and I’m standing in front on the tv living and dying with each point.

 

[Kolumbo]

Men's 4x100. That was a brutal interview they just showed. He asked the lead-off runner Coleman 3 times about the handoff, and each time Coleman said they didn't get it done. One question, he specifically asked, did Bednarek leave too early? Give credit to Coleman for not answering. I can't believe he would ask a question like that immediately after the race.

I stand corrected on my breakdancing comment

 

[auror]

Makes you want to vacation at one of those many luxurious Canadian beach resorts, don't it?

Do we need more proof about global warming than Canada being in a beach volleyball final?

I was at several Canadian beaches this week lol.

 

[Kolumbo]

Anna Hall Pass won the final event of the Heptathlon, the 800 meters, to hold her 5th position. I'm not sure if it would have changed things but I saw she would have had her best javelin throw ever, but after she released the javelin she hopped forward just watching the throw and stepped onto the line for a fault. Wasn't even part of the throw, big mistake. She's from Colorado and went to Georgia and Florida.

 

[uconnfan68]

The biggest chokers in sports, the US men's 4×100 relay team. It will be 24 years now without a medal for them and 28 years without gold. These guys can't ever hand off the baton, it's really pathetic.

What’s pathetic is the lack of coaching on how to do it correctly. They all (most, I saw 1 good pass in their 2 runs) acted like they didn’t know which hand to use, or when to start.

 

[gsmooth]

Men's 4x100. That was a brutal interview they just showed. He asked the lead-off runner Coleman 3 times about the handoff, and each time Coleman said they didn't get it done. One question, he specifically asked, did Bednarek leave too early? Give credit to Coleman for not answering. I can't believe he would ask a question like that immediately after the race.

I stand corrected on my breakdancing comment

I saw, too. I watched the 4x100 live earlier at 2:30 PM EST or whatever was and then I saw the replay as I was just flipping through the channels. Then when Mike Tirico said here is Lewis with interview and I thought in my head "they are interviewing the Canadians who won gold. I know they are not going to interview the USA team". And then when I saw the 4 Americans in front of Lewis I thought "this is going to be awkward, what the hell is he going ask them?".

I cringed even more during that interview and it's like Lewis was baiting Coleman to point a finger and create a viral moment. WTF?!
Maybe, Lewis was simply repeating the question that someone told him through his earpiece to ask, I know that happens sometimes during the interview.

I give credit to Coleman, just like you did, for not taking the bait, and even all 4 Americans for doing that interview. I would have told Lewis to f--- off.

 

[uconnfan68]

I saw, too. I watched the 4x100 live earlier at 2:30 PM EST or whatever was and then I saw the replay as I was just flipping through the channels. Then when Mike Tirico said here is Lewis with interview and I thought in my head "they are interviewing the Canadians who won gold. I know they are not going to interview the USA team". And then when I saw the 4 Americans in front of Lewis I thought "this is going to be awkward, what the hell is he going ask them?".

I cringed even more during that interview and it's like Lewis was baiting Coleman to point a finger and create a viral moment. WTF?!
Maybe, Lewis was simply repeating the question that someone told him through his earpiece to ask, I know that happens sometimes during the interview.

I give credit to Coleman, just like you did, for not taking the bait, and even all 4 Americans for doing that interview. I would have told Lewis to f--- off.

Agree. Totally classless interview.

 

[superjohn]

Are the Indiana Dunes a real thing?

Ha, no they're terrible. There's legitimate natural beauty out here, you just have to drive for it. It's not like LA or New England

 

[ec33]

Anna Hall Pass won the final event of the Heptathlon, the 800 meters, to hold her 5th position. I'm not sure if it would have changed things but I saw she would have had her best javelin throw ever, but after she released the javelin she hopped forward just watching the throw and stepped onto the line for a fault. Wasn't even part of the throw, big mistake. She's from Colorado and went to Georgia and Florida.

The knee injury ended her chances for success. She will be back and much better in the future.

 

[superjohn]

FloJo's records in the 100 & 200 have stood for nearly 40 years. So it may have already happened with the women.

Yeah but those are like the Marita Koch East German type records. We know nobody will touch them but we also know they're not real. It's like Bonds 73 homers. The Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps stuff is awesome because overwhelmingly the public thinks it's real.

Not drugged up to the gills I think there's a ceiling to all this stuff. We've seen it in strength sports and bodybuilding, only so much the human body is capable of. We've pretty much seen it all naturally, it's up to the chemists at this point.

 

[ec33]

Flojo was as dirty as the East Germans and Russians. Women’s records in the 1,2,4 (and probably 800) are all dirty. Jamaicans should have the 1 and 2.

Only two women have multiple world championships in the 100m. Marion Jones with 2 (and was later stripped of medals after a positive test and an admission of guilt) and Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce who has won 5 (not twice as much as any non-cheater, 5 times as much).

I bet you think half of China accidently ingested multiple different performance-enhancing drugs eating contaminated food before heading to the pool to cool off, too.

 

[HCCForever]

Men's 4x100. That was a brutal interview they just showed. He asked the lead-off runner Coleman 3 times about the handoff, and each time Coleman said they didn't get it done. One question, he specifically asked, did Bednarek leave too early? Give credit to Coleman for not answering. I can't believe he would ask a question like that immediately after the race.

I stand corrected on my breakdancing comment

Is that for real? It reminds me of the SNL spoof of synchronized swimming many years ago. I tried watching breaking but quickly lost interest

 

[storrsroars]

Is that for real? It reminds me of the SNL spoof of synchronized swimming many years ago. I tried watching breaking but quickly lost interest

I don't know if it belongs in the Olympics, but I just watched the final. Another of those competitions where judges are everything. I thought the Lithuanian kid won on degree of difficulty, but judges went with Japan. I haven't watched breaking since maybe the 90s, but gotta say, both were very impressive performances.

 

[Scottzer]

Only two women have multiple world championships in the 100m. Marion Jones with 2 (and was later stripped of medals after a positive test and an admission of guilt) and Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce who has won 5 (not twice as much as any non-cheater, 5 times as much).

I bet you think half of China accidently ingested multiple different performance-enhancing drugs eating contaminated food before heading to the pool to cool off, too.

Fraser Pryce, Thompson Herah, and Jackson didn’t suddenly transform their physiques and develop a husky voice. Modern testing is not like in the 80s.

Also - the tracks and the shoes today are faster. I suspect that Carl Lewis and Bob Hayes would have been running somewhere in the 9.68-9.75 range if competing today

 

[uconnfan68]

Fraser Pryce, Thompson Herah, and Jackson didn’t suddenly transform their physiques and develop a husky voice. Modern testing is not like in the 80s.

Also - the tracks and the shoes today are faster. I suspect that Carl Lewis and Bob Hayes would have been running somewhere in the 9.68-9.75 range if competing today

This… the tracks are a million times faster than cinder. Same thing with pool designs, and why Paris was slow.

 

[ec33]

Fraser Pryce, Thompson Herah, and Jackson didn’t suddenly transform their physiques and develop a husky voice. Modern testing is not like in the 80s.

Also - the tracks and the shoes today are faster. I suspect that Carl Lewis and Bob Hayes would have been running somewhere in the 9.68-9.75 range if competing today

Fraser Pryce has some kind of shoe advantage over her competitors? That is how she alone can repeat as world champion and then win again and again and again? And win at ages in which the "juiced athletes of the 80s" had long sense retired because they were unable to compete any longer?

In a world of horses and zebras, she is a unicorn. You are more than welcome to believe she is a natural-born unicorn.

 

[superjohn]

Fraser Pryce has some kind of shoe advantage over her competitors? That is how she alone can repeat as world champion and then win again and again and again? And win at ages in which the "juiced athletes of the 80s" had long sense retired because they were unable to compete any longer?

In a world of horses and zebras, she is a unicorn. You are more than welcome to believe she is a natural-born unicorn.

I would like to see how consistent you are with this. Clearly Lebron and Michael Phelps have been on the juice forever, right?

 

[bballgrda]

I would like to see how consistent you are with this. Clearly Lebron and Michael Phelps have been on the juice forever, right?

Little question in my mind LeBron has some top tier supplements. Who cares though

 

[alexd]

breakdancing is hilarious, you got Lithuanian girls wearing durags, I wonder if she has any idea what those are worn for

She got a silver. Meanwhile their hoops team was watching on TV. Even their 3x3 hoops got bronze.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Grant Fisher is the man!

 

[HCCForever]

Triple Espresso looked good for USWNT today and through the Olympics. I don't know much about the coach Emma Hayes but was struck by her emotion and love for coaching the US team.

Special props to the Italian high-jumper who competed even though he was in the hospital today with reports of kidney stone issues. I have had issues with kidney stones twice and I can't how hard it would be to compete. I could barely sit or lay down.

 

[Scottzer]

Fraser Pryce has some kind of shoe advantage over her competitors? That is how she alone can repeat as world champion and then win again and again and again? And win at ages in which the "juiced athletes of the 80s" had long sense retired because they were unable to compete any longer?

In a world of horses and zebras, she is a unicorn. You are more than welcome to believe she is a natural-born unicorn.

No, I’m saying the times run now by the best are helped by shoes and faster and faster tracks.
I think she’s clean due to the regularity of testing - and this testing is very sensitive. There are cases in which the beef someone eats gets tested to see if they were guilty of doping or guilty of eating a piece of meat that had been given hormones.

There are occasional unicorns in athletics. If Bolt wanted to continue, he would have had an insane number of titles.

Keep an eye on Tebogo - I will say now that he could win 3 straight 200m Olympics titles.