OT: 2024 Olympics (non basketball)

[Kolumbo]

We finished tied for China on 40 golds each. If only that high jumper had been willing to share gold with the Kiwi...

China and Diving. China swept 8 golds.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

China and Diving. China swept 8 golds.

And ping pong - 5 golds

 

[auror]

We finished tied for China on 40 golds each. If only that high jumper had been willing to share gold with the Kiwi...

Official tiebreaker is silvers so we still win, suck it China.

 

[AzHusky]

In my opinion I believe we won the gold medals that mattered the most between the US and China.

 

[Kolumbo]

And ping pong - 5 golds

Juicing! Seriously though, table tennis is nuts. Can't wait for pickleball. Check out this place opening soon.

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[uconnfan68]

Juicing! Seriously though, table tennis is nuts. Can't wait for pickleball. Check out this place opening soon.

Our Facility - Camp Pickleball Connecticut

www.camppickleballct.com

China’s demographics are aging fast… they’ll be all in on pickleball!

 

[HitDog]

I will miss waking up at 4 am and not have the Olympics on tomorrow morning

 

[storrsroars]

Well, that was certainly a different kind of Olympics handoff. Say what you will about Tom Cruise's belief system, but that was pretty freaking awesome.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Crazy to see Netherlands with more medals total and more golds than Germany.

 

[gsmooth]

I will miss waking up at 4 am and not have the Olympics on tomorrow morning

Damn you are committed, that's cool. I can't get myself up that early to watch, but I feel the same way as you do about these last 16 days of the Olympics. I can't help but feel a little melancholy when watching the closing ceremony if not that, at least I miss the Olympics, too. I had a lot of fun watching all the different events. Truth be told, most of the events such as volleyball, beach volleyball, swimming, gymnastics, 3x3 basketball, track and field and more are sports I enjoyed watching during the Olympics, but are sports I don't see myself watching again within the next 208 weeks (4 years).

 

[superjohn]

Well, that was certainly a different kind of Olympics handoff. Say what you will about Tom Cruise's belief system, but that was pretty freaking awesome.

Whenever I see him...

 

[Dove]

Well, that was certainly a different kind of Olympics handoff. Say what you will about Tom Cruise's belief system, but that was pretty freaking awesome.

My wife can't look at him without being detested.

I think he's likeable.

 

[Waquoit]

This Olympics seemed like a smashing success to me. Congrats to France.

 

[ctbro1999]

This Olympics seemed like a smashing success to me. Congrats to France.

Everything except the literally crappy Seine.

 

[HCCForever]

I enjoyed the last hour or so of the closing ceremony as well. Cruise doesn't bother me as he does some. I don't give a darn about his religion. Cool stunts. Nice to see Michael Johnson in his gold shoes as well. I remember them so well from '96 Olympics in Atlanta.

This Olympics reawakened my interest in volleyball. I will try to make the AVP event in Palm Beach. Here is the schedule for all events in case anyone is interested.
AVP Schedule


Special thanks to the singing of our National Anthem. As Jimmy Fallon said "that's how it's done"

 

[Kolumbo]

LA Coliseum - 2028
Apparently they are building a new floor 11' above the current field to allow for the size of the track. Maybe they'll make some sections spring-loaded to allow for some additional bounce for height.

"Renovations in the early 1990s added 14 rows of seats at the bottom of the bowl, moving the stands closer for football, shrinking the size of the field. The LA28 organizing committee needed a temporary fix.
"The solution will require thousands of columns and metal plates to build a new floor about 11 feet above the current one. Because the bowl slopes away in all directions, this elevated surface will have room to stretch out, covering all those added seats."

LA28 plans ambitious Coliseum makeover, building a track on top of the existing field

LA28 is planning to build a false floor 11 feet above the Coliseum field — covering the first 14 rows of seats — to create an official Olympic track.

www.latimes.com

 

[Chin Diesel]

Everything except the literally crappy Seine.

Or the crappy, food , crappy housing and lack of fans.

It was the crap show France always wanted to keep visitors from coming back.

 

[Waquoit]

Or the crappy, food , crappy housing and lack of fans.

I didn't watch a ton but I was impressed with crowds I saw, especially for the lower profile sports.

 

[gsmooth]

Or the crappy, food , crappy housing and lack of fans.

It was the crap show France always wanted to keep visitors from coming back.

Anecdotally, I thought there were a lot of fans at these events from what I saw on TV. I know the 14-day total average was 34m this year versus and was up 79% versus Tokyo.

I am curious what made you say there were a lack of fans?

 

[AzHusky]

From what I heard during one of the broadcasts, was that a lot of the French people left town just before the start. When they saw that the crowds were nowhere near as bad as they had been told, they returned home and went to the games.

 

[Matrim55]

Everyone I've talked with who went, and everything I've read in the press says it was packed, and it was vibrant:



Quinn, as usual, is a particularly good read.

 

[Dogdeacon]

My wife can't look at him without being detested.

I think he's likeable.

I find Cruise comic at this point. He's mostly in on the joke (the running last night) and somehow has managed a career of his ego being a vital and interesting part of most of his movies.

This is pretty funny for those that didn't watch, tell me at what # you stop believing:

Late last night ride home I described the Cruise portion of the ceremony after picking up my 16yr old son who missed it...
1. Cruise is show on top of the stadium, then he jumps off the roof via support cables and lowers himself onto the field
2. Cruise wades thru the crowd high-fiving star-truck athletes.
3. Cruise takes the Olympic flag from the mayor of LA
4. Cruise plants the flag onto a motorcycle and drives out of the arena
5. In obvious pre-tape footage Cruise motorcycles thru Paris past Eiffel Tower etc to airport, drives onto a cargo plane
6. Cruise jumps out of the plane, free falls for awhile doing stunts, lands in CA (my son says I'm making this up)
7. Cruise runs
8. Cruise is doing some elaborate rigging of banner/sign, re-makes HOLLYWOOD sign to incorporate Olympic logo
9. Cruise hands flag off to a mountain biker, bikes thru LA, gives flag to skateboarder & runner (not sure of order), eventually the flag carrier leads a following crowd to the beach.
10. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are at the beach and start an impromptu concert, they followed by Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg who was joined by Dr Dre (at this point my son is sure this entire story is bullshit)

 

[Kolumbo]

I find Cruise comic at this point. He's mostly in on the joke (the running last night) and somehow has managed a career of his ego being a vital and interesting part of most of his movies.

This is pretty funny for those that didn't watch, tell me at what # you stop believing:

Late last night ride home I described the Cruise portion of the ceremony after picking up my 16yr old son who missed it...
1. Cruise is show on top of the stadium, then he jumps off the roof via support cables and lowers himself onto the field
2. Cruise wades thru the crowd high-fiving star-truck athletes.
3. Cruise takes the Olympic flag from the mayor of LA
4. Cruise plants the flag onto a motorcycle and drives out of the arena
5. In obvious pre-tape footage Cruise motorcycles thru Paris past Eiffel Tower etc to airport, drives onto a cargo plane
6. Cruise jumps out of the plane, free falls for awhile doing stunts, lands in CA (my son says I'm making this up)
7. Cruise runs
8. Cruise is doing some elaborate rigging of banner/sign, re-makes HOLLYWOOD sign to incorporate Olympic logo
9. Cruise hands flag off to a mountain biker, bikes thru LA, gives flag to skateboarder & runner (not sure of order), eventually the flag carrier leads a following crowd to the beach.
10. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are at the beach and start an impromptu concert, they followed by Billie Eilish and Snoop Dogg who was joined by Dr Dre (at this point my son is sure this entire story is Stop)

all i saw was the roof drop to riding the motorcycle. Way over the top but gotta give Cruise credit. He has somehow made himself far more center than any actor should be. They could have gone with a local legend Jean Gerard

as for crowds, it's Paris. Everyone wants to go to Paris. Otherwise it seems like a lotta snafus

 

[B1GEast]

International Olympic Committee has said the sport must find a new governing body by early 2025, to be restored to the Games.

It would be a shame to all the boxers training for this event not to be included.

 

[TheHorde]

At least they’re keeping synchronized swimming, right?