Paris Olympics 2024

[Donny osmond]

Mens Madison has been even more crackers than usual. UK are out of it, but I do no know how Holland aren't going to be penalised for that crash, it looked like he headbutted the UK rider!

[paddy no 11]

Mens Madison has been even more crackers than usual. UK are out of it, but I do no know how Holland aren't going to be penalised for that crash, it looked like he headbutted the UK rider!

That was my first instinct, he nutted him!

[Donny osmond]

Thanks agonising for Laura Muir but a great run from Georgia H to get bronze

[Galfon]

Gutsy run by Bell, a Bronze well won in 1500 m.
Muir gave herself too much to do but stuck in there for 5th.
( behind Fra in G & S count again..still a few finals lined up tho'.. )

[Galfon]

2 more Bonzo-Bronzo efforts in the 400m relays - Nat. records in both and medal tally up to 61, with 10 in T&F.
Nice work.

[Donny osmond]

Silver in… artistic swimming!? Missed a bronze in women’s take kwon do. Guaranteed a silver or gold in men’s, just about to start.

[Galfon]

Silver in… artistic swimming!? Missed a bronze in women’s take kwon do. Guaranteed a silver or gold in men’s, just about to start.

Cuuningham out-kicked on the night, and plenty of twins in artistic swimming duets.(real light-bulb moment that must have been for
'sync. swimming' , as was.)
China appears to have mopped up in the non-racing water events.

[Banquo]

Mens Madison has been even more crackers than usual. UK are out of it, but I do no know how Holland aren't going to be penalised for that crash, it looked like he headbutted the UK rider!

unbelievable

[Banquo]

hopefully get another gold tomorrow, good medal haul across 21sports. Raining bronzes...sadly looks like les frogs will pip us

[Banquo]

Kate French defending her Modern Pentathlon title has had to withdraw, which is a shame - ‘sickness’. I do wonder if there is some covid in the camp which wouldn’t have helped.

[Banquo]

Cyclists have really fallen off a cliff last couple of days, odd.

[Which Tyler]

hopefully get another gold tomorrow, good medal haul across 21sports. Raining bronzes...sadly looks like les frogs will pip us

I'm not too bothered about losing out to the French.
A] I'm a Francophile
B] They're the hosts, and it's always good for games when the hosts do well (unless they'd already expect to dominate - USA / China)

Any other Olympics, and I'd agree about wanting to beat France.

It's losing out to the Aussies that hurts!

[Galfon]

Shouldn't feel too bronzed off with 65 medals all in - 3rd highest here and 1 more than last time, but darn those midges and their d!cks !..
( G, S, B by sport:
Track cycling 1, 3, 4
Athletics 1, 4, 5
Swimming 1 ,4, 0

Rowing 3, 2, 3. )

The lottery funding model is pretty brutal, so some teams and individuals may be making new plans for the next 4 years..

[Banquo]

hopefully get another gold tomorrow, good medal haul across 21sports. Raining bronzes...sadly looks like les frogs will pip us

I'm not too bothered about losing out to the French.
A] I'm a Francophile
B] They're the hosts, and it's always good for games when the hosts do well (unless they'd already expect to dominate - USA / China)

Any other Olympics, and I'd agree about wanting to beat France.

It's losing out to the Aussies that hurts!

Both for me and now Netherlands:(

[Banquo]

Shouldn't feel too bronzed off with 65 medals all in - 3rd highest here and 1 more than last time, but darn those midges and their d!cks !..
( G, S, B by sport:
Track cycling 1, 3, 4
Athletics 1, 4, 5
Swimming 1 ,4, 0

Rowing 3, 2, 3. )

The lottery funding model is pretty brutal, so some teams and individuals may be making new plans for the next 4 years..

Think the men's cyclists, female swimmers will be most under microscope. Good medal haul- do we spread ourselves too thin ....but what is the overall purpose, I guess...

[Mikey Brown]

Closing ceremony is absolute fucking torture.

[fivepointer]

65 medals is quite an achievement, yet.....

14 golds is quite a disappointing return.

This is a very good overview from the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/ar ... ygvj8gj1yo

[Banquo]

Closing ceremony is absolute fucking torture.

Enjoyed the LA bit despite cheese

[Banquo]

This is a very good overview from the BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/ar ... ygvj8gj1yo

yep, clearly highlights the work ons and where good prospects just didnt perform to their best (canoeing, taekwando, boxing (tho terrible judging. Modern Pentathlon as examples). The cycling team gold medal potl was a bit overhyped- esp looking at the dutch men sprinters...BUT there was a real execution problem after the first day...not sure we have the best coaches any more, and that may also be true in swimming.

That said...this is good I guess .....Of the 327-strong British team, 127 athletes will return with a medal of some description; the highest ever. Team GB also won medals in more sports (18) than ever before and, for the first time, secured at least one medal every day.

[Donny osmond]

Across many events the commentators mentioned the increase in the number of nations challenging for medals. It used to be (in my day...) if you wanted a (e.g.) swimming medal you had to get past Aus and US and you were pretty much there. These days, you have to swim past those two plus China, South Africa, plus all the other euro countries, plus the swimmers from wherever that are living and training at college in the US. I guess we just need to re-evaluate medal chances.

(I know I've over simplified where great swimmers come/came from, don't start, it's an analogy)

[Galfon]

The NZ Award 2024 ( *) for
'Most Olympic Champions per Capita Population' goes to err..New Zealand ..
with Ned. topping European nations and Aus a creditable third.
(* 9 or more golds won as eligibility threshold)

Nat - G - Pop.(M.) - G./100 M - - Rnk.
US.40 333 12 - - - - 11
Chi 40 1412 3 - - - - 12
Jap 20 125 16- - - - 9
Aus 18 26 69- - - - 3
Fra 16 68 24- - - - 5
Ned 15 18 83- - - - 2
GB 14 67 21 - - - - 7
S Kor 13 52 25- - - - 4
Ita 12 59 20 - - - - 8
Ger 12 84 14 - - - - 10
NZ 10 5 200 - - - - 1
Can 9 39 23- - - - 6

[Which Tyler]

Now add St Lucia or Dominica to the table.

St Lucia:
1 gold
0.18M population

556 golds per 100M of population


Dominica:
1 gold
0.0727M population

1,376 golds per 100M of population

[Galfon]

They have to be treated as outliers - if China were as prolific as Dominica they would need to bag 19433 golds, which won't be possible just yet.

As an aside, thought the retro Gavroche/Peakie volunteer caps had a certain.. je ne sais quoi, and deserve another run-out.

[Banquo]

interesting twist

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/ar ... 5nr7e5qd5o

[Which Tyler]

Do we get to count his medals in our tally?