Olympic Games Paris 2024 - AH Thread [Thread banned posters listed in first post.]

you really think he thought just show up and go through the motions?

Yet saying yesterday a WR likely needed. How is that at all sense?

So in other words he was saying to beat the opposition he likely needs a WR. Does that sound like someone going through the motions and not rating the opposition?

or maybe, like you he was looking g at the bookies stupid odds and thought “sure I can’t lose.”

another post of yours making eff all sense..

Im having a field of dreams moment myself...its been a fantastic games so far and not just because of Irish involvement and success....some of the stuff has been immense imo...femke bol in the relay, that 100m mens final, the 10,000m final, both mountain bike races the bmx to name a few personal highlights...all thoroughly enjoyable and just excellent spectacles and entertainment....**** top class stuff so far for a couch potato sports fan like me

I’ve got discovery plus too. No adverts or totally biased commentary. Worth the €6.99 for that alone. I was watching the tennis final live today because the rest didn’t show it.

Equestrian medal wouldn’t be out of the question. Here’s hoping. Adeleke & Kellie medals too & I’m happy.

Noah Lyles proved a lot of people wrong including me who doubted him. He came across ok on Sprint. He puts on an act. I really don’t mind him.

Adeleke is not at all blindingly obvious for a gold medal. Adeleke might get on the podium, but it’s not at all close to a given. A top 5 would still be a very good result.

Edit: you mean a gold candidate? Yes..

Surely we are in with a chance for a Breakdancing medal if the kids of any of the lads who used to throw the mats down in Grafton St in the 80s inherited the genes.

Hey you the Rock Steady Crew let’s be havin ya

It is all about penis these Olympics 😆

https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/03/pole-vaulters-olympic-dream-shattered-penis-21355235/

That performance from Novak Djokovic in the final is for the ages. Eurosport are showing it again. Both players were phenomenal. Alcaraz has won 4 Grand Slams from all 4 of his finals, beating Novak in successive Wimbledon finals and has won 2 Grand Slams this year. He had won 8 out of his last 9 finals, going back to last year, and it was Djokovic who beat him.

To come back after surgery so quickly on his knee, Djokovic has had his setbacks, he looked good to win another French Open until that injury. To come back here to Roland Garros, had the tougher draw, beat the crowd, beat the favourite, at his age, against someone who is in the prime when he's nearing the exit door, both players so well and win. You have to respect that.

I respect him, and his beliefs, which he's never compromised on. Even though it's undoubtedly cost him another couple of Grand Slams at least. This victory, for me, and for anyone objectively looking at it, makes him the undisputed greatest mens player of all time.

Novak has done it all. He's ahead on the Majors. I wonder would he have in his head been willing to sacrifice all Grand Slams going forward for this victory. This was his last chance saloon to complete the Golden Grand Slam. Only Agassi and Nadal have completed it in the men's game. He's got it now and it was clear it meant so much to him.

Some of the biggest certs going for gold later. Faith, Keely & Valerie Allman all but home and hosed.

Valerie Allman is one of my favourite athletes. Ex dancer, she has an unbelievable physique and a great smile. She’ll smash the field later

The women’s pole vault is the most competitive gold on offer later. Molly for Britain has a genuine chance for gold, although every time I see her perform she never wins. I have already tipped Angelica Moser for a medal although I think the most likely winner is Nina Kennedy for Aus.

something that the world outside Northern Ireland is missing.
Here is the current gold medal table per capita. ROI is also impressive and just misses out on top 10. GB languishing in 22 and the USA in 30th 😀

The true table

can ni be caught. 5 times as many golds per capita as any other country in the world 🥇

And I think the individual golds table may be even more impressive.

Not to mention Saint Lucia population 180k and gold medal in 100m

He's getting paid 500K a day by NBC to be there apparently.

Makes sense now

It was won in the fastest time ever swam. This can't be ignored.

Wiffen’s bronze was some achievement. The exertion and skill required to reach that level is some achievement. One thing that perplexes me though is the following :-

Wiffen was swimming by next to the Italian - as he was in the 800 mt final . So he should have had no problem in tracking the Italian. Yet one of the RTE panel members gave the reason for Wiffen’s ‘below par’ performance is the fact that Wiffen could not see how the American was progressing because the Italian ‘blocked ‘ his view.
so if that was the case ,then why did Wiffen NOT TRACK the Italian and win the silver medal at least and in the hope that the American was someplace else but not ahead of them.
It’s of interest that Wiffen mentioned the same issue. It still beggars belief why he did not track the Italian who was right beside him for the WHOLE race and slightly in front of him for most of it - which was an ideal position for Wiffen