Beezerk
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I'm reading the American female gymnast who won bronze after her coach challenged the score is having to give the medal back lol.
Olympics - Paris 2024
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larmen
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The Romanian now has a medal the whole world knows she got due to wrong scoring and 4 seconds delay?
Voyager EMH
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We won 14 golds.
8 of them involve sitting on something.
1 shooting a gun from a standing position.
1 triathlon
1 running
1 swimming
1 trampoline
1 climbing
Australia's 18 golds included only 7 sitting ones. So we beat them at those games.
8 of them involve sitting on something.
1 shooting a gun from a standing position.
1 triathlon
1 running
1 swimming
1 trampoline
1 climbing
Australia's 18 golds included only 7 sitting ones. So we beat them at those games.
AmandaJR
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From what I've read the appeal on the score given was upheld (so one assumes justified) but was launched 4 seconds outside of the 1 minute time limit.
If that's all true then I think the USA athlete has been pretty hard done by. Not least the abuse she's received on social media.
AmandaJR
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I'm already missing it and it's not even finished. Flick, flick, flick. Nothing I want to watch. So it's the women's basketball gold medal match. Not a sport I enjoy watching but it's close so quite enjoyable.
I've been pretty impressed by the French support for the games. The Parisians can be a bit "meh" about supporting but they've been great - the marathon support was amazing. Letting themselves down a bit here though - lots of booing at the freethrow line. So I'm rooting for the yanks!
I've been pretty impressed by the French support for the games. The Parisians can be a bit "meh" about supporting but they've been great - the marathon support was amazing. Letting themselves down a bit here though - lots of booing at the freethrow line. So I'm rooting for the yanks!
Fade and Die
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Tbh that was pretty exciting!
AmandaJR
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Ouch. That's gotta hurt!
So the Closing Ceremony. If it's anything like the Opening one I'll turn over this time!
Until we meet again in LA...
So the Closing Ceremony. If it's anything like the Opening one I'll turn over this time!
Until we meet again in LA...
Pin-seeker
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Shout out to Amanda for given us commentary through out the games 
AmandaJR
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BBC's closing montage 
clubchamp98
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There has been some shocking reffing in the games.
Slime
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AmandaJR
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Don't worry, the Paralympics is coming up soon.
Yep. Early Sept I think. Bring it on!
I didn't get lucky in any tickets for the main games in 2012 but did get Paralympic tickets. Most humbling experience of my life.
Looks like the French took full advantage of home advantage - pretty much doubled their medal tally and most for 100 years...
AmandaJR
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Ooh Eurovision
Slime
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It starts in 17 days time!
I was lucky to get the four tickets I'd applied for and my wife was given a surprise freebie for some horse dancing, which she loves.
While I was there I saw the only para-athlete competing, one Oscar Pistorius ......................... he lost his heat!
I'd love to have gone to the paralympics, though.
Slime
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SwingsitlikeHogan
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Watching…just because it’s The Olympics…
AmandaJR
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Yup...
AmandaJR
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Pretty fitting that the final, and best, gold medal ceremony goes to Hassan. Mind blowing endurance.
Arthur Wedge
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D-S
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Firstly well done Paris, after all the issues with the Tokyo games they have firmly put the Olympics back at the pinnacle of world sporting events.
Secondly, and sadly more cynically, are drugs no longer a thing in sports? Is everyone now clean or are sports now outwitting the testers? Bar the spat between China and the US re swimmers, not a positive test or even rumblings. In fact the only positive drug test I’ve heard about recently is in LIV golf. Let’s hope the lack of news is the correct/optimistic use of the word positive
Secondly, and sadly more cynically, are drugs no longer a thing in sports? Is everyone now clean or are sports now outwitting the testers? Bar the spat between China and the US re swimmers, not a positive test or even rumblings. In fact the only positive drug test I’ve heard about recently is in LIV golf. Let’s hope the lack of news is the correct/optimistic use of the word positive
