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OT: 2024 Olympics (non basketball)

Hurdlers disagree. Long jumpers disagree. Pole vaulters disagree.

And stride has to be adjusted for anyone to try and get their torso past the line first.
Hurdlers are going at far lesser speeds and the hurdle is part of the challenge of the event. For a sprinter to match their finishing stride precisely with the finish line, they’d have to slow down, which they wouldn’t do because it would lose more time than it was worth, which works us all the way back to this being 100% luck.

Longer jump isn’t a running competition so that’s not really relevant.
 

All runners in a tight race adjust their stride to get past the line first. Long jumpers adjust their stride to make sure they don't pass the line. Same for pole vaulters needing to be exact in hitting the box.

Saying the first torso to pass the line is arbitrary.
 
I just hope you can find your way home.

How would anyone know when I'm home? My security system triggers when any body part crosses the plane of any sensor. Make perfect sense.

mic drop.
 
Damn that 3x3 Basketball Gold Medal game between the Netherlands and France was fire. The atmosphere was better considering France was the host country and the crowd was loud. Netherlands wins 18-17 in sudden death OT on a game winning 2 pointer (behind arc).
Sudden death is the first to 2 points.
Netherlands smothered the USA in pool play 21-6.
 
How would anyone know when I'm home? My security system triggers when any body part crosses the plane of any sensor. Make perfect sense.

mic drop.
Everybody knows the rule, fairness is achieved by agreement of that convention.

It is certainly possible to change the rule, but then equally possible that reaching out with hands, diving, sliding or whatever would occur if its first body part. Heck long fingernails would make a difference in the women's 100. Meanwhile, the photo finish tech did make it pretty easy to see which torso crossed the line first, so this is a viable working system without a pressing problem and the possible resultant new problems may out-weigh the benefit.

I thought it was kind of cool, yet random where everyone's feet were at the end and was glad they weren't focused on that. Also given the foot seems to cross before the torso another new problem would be historical records. Yet it'd be interesting if they tried this out at different meets to see how it goes.
 
The men's Pole Vault was a ton of fun to watch. That kid is amazing.
Unreal, he's putting up records that only he can break. It reminds me of Javier Sotomayor in the high jump and Mike Powell in the long jump. These are records that may never be broken.

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Japan just pulled off one of the greatest chokes we've ever seen in men's volleyball. 3 match points in the 3rd set looking to win 3-0 and they go on to lose 3-2. Had another match point in the 5th and their pinch server hits the bottom half of the net. Just not remotely ready for the moment
Congrats on being ready for the moment yourself. I mean, I presume you were in there hitting clutch serves for the Italian team.
 
I have been following the Olympics for many years and I love it. I enjoy track and field, swimming and gymnastics the most.

Some highlights for me were the pommel horse bronze medals performances by Stephen Nedoroscik. 10,000-meter win for Grant Fisher. Trinity Rodman's goal against Japan. The US Men's victory against Brazil in volleyball.
Looking forward to the 200M finals today.

I also liked the gold medal winning performance by Scottie Scheffler. I am not big on having golfers or tennis players in the Olympics, but Scottie reduced by cynicism. That victory meant a lot to him and there is nothing I appreciate more than passion.
 
Whoa... If ya didn't see it, find a replay of the men's 1500 meter run....
Just coming to say how exciting that 1500m race was. Definitely worth a watch.

Reminded me of the Wottle 800m race in the 1972 Olympics.
 
All runners in a tight race adjust their stride to get past the line first. Long jumpers adjust their stride to make sure they don't pass the line. Same for pole vaulters needing to be exact in hitting the box.

Saying the first torso to pass the line is arbitrary.

The best runners adjust their torso to match their stride and make sure their torso crosses first. Track events are different than field events.

Choosing which body part crosses first is somewhat arbitrary. Judging races based on that standard is objective.
 
Whoa... If ya didn't see it, find a replay of the men's 1500 meter run....
the Norwegian Ingebrigtsen was too busy trying to box out Kerr and didn't have anything left for the stretch run and boxed himself out of a medal altogether
 
Guy is also so full of himself. Not mad he got 4th.
Exactly, the Norwegian is an easy guy to dislike. Tirico mentioned, during the broadcast, that many people were standing and cheering and yelling at their TVs, while watching the race. That is exactly what I was doing and yelling my fool head off. Great race for Cole.

USWNT was fun to watch as well.
 
With a time that would've been a new Olympic record if not for... y'know.

Honestly might be the greatest race I've ever seen.



I'm kind of shocked he let up a few feet before winning to raise his hands.

The announcer cracks me up. "All the talking is over! The world champion is in front! ... but Cole Hocker isn't done yet! Cole Hocker wins the gold!"

He transitioned perfectly from all the taking is over, to continue talking - Cole Hocker wins the gold.
 
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