Olympics - Paris 2024

[D-S]

Surprised to see the German athletes with ‘Germany’ written across their strip.
I can’t imagine the outcry if we had ‘Gross Brittanien’ or ‘Grand Bretagne’ across ours.
At least Turkey has Tűrkiye written on theirs.

 

[AmandaJR]

Get in. Great start to the track cycling.

Gold. Made me feel much better

 

[Slime]

A stunning world record ............................ and no VAR!

 

[AmandaJR]

Darryl looking great. Dina looking a diva. Thought she was better than that...

 

[Arthur Wedge]

What a brilliant race from her and well deserved

 

[Slime]

She's awesome.

 

[RichA]

What a delight she is. Find myself getting misty eyed imagining how proud these incredible young women's parents must feel.

 

[Singlefiguregokfer]

Darryl looking great. Dina looking a diva. Thought she was better than that...

Why, what’s she supposed to have done?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Wow !!! How good was that to get a world record - Deplantis

 

[PaulMdj]

Great viewing tonight, what a way to finish the evening.

On a lighter note, did any notice the poor camerman chasing Deplantis around the track on his lap of honour?
Poor bloke was hanging out his backside

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Great viewing tonight, what a way to finish the evening.

On a lighter note, did any notice the poor camerman chasing Deplantis around the track on his lap of honour?
Poor bloke was hanging out his backside

it was great to see even the judges cheering - the women waving the white flag loved it

 

[larmen]

Great viewing tonight, what a way to finish the evening.

On a lighter note, did any notice the poor camerman chasing Deplantis around the track on his lap of honour?
Poor bloke was hanging out his backside

My favourite was the usher/marshal trying to get him somewhere (bell, I guess) for a while and then he just gave up.

 

[Singlefiguregokfer]

She is a really bad loser.

Just look at her face when she loses and her reaction, always someone else or something else to blame

She didn’t look that way on the podium

 

[srixon 1]

Surfing is not a spectator sport.

 

[Slime]

Surfing is not a spectator sport.

Also, it's almost 10,000 miles from Paris, that's a huge commute to and from the Olympic village!

 

[AmandaJR]

Surfing is not a spectator sport.

Agreed. Also just figured why the location "the local Tahitian surfer" (who's representing France)

 

[AmandaJR]

As for Keely. Seems that sometimes good things do happen to good people who work hard

 

[D-S]

How young are the ‘women’ skateboarders?

 

[Swango1980]

How young are the ‘women’ skateboarders?

Wasn't that Sky about 13 when she won her first Olympic gold? I'd say they are young.

But, in fairness, skateboarding is for kids

And, by the time they get in their 20's, they are probably struggling to walk after multiple broken bones.

 

[D-S]

It sounds a bit odd when they refer to the current world champion as ‘the woman’ who did this and ‘the woman’ who has gone for that…..and she is 14 and is older than many of the other competitors.

In the heat with the most experience the oldest was 18.