***2024 Olympics Thread***

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U23 soccer is stupid. Give me a second World Cup!

In a sense it is, but players literally just got done with FIFA-endorsed regional events (Euro, Copa America, etc) which teams from FIFA-endorsed leagues were obligated to let their players play in. What's FIFA going to do - force the teams to let their players play in yet another FIFA-sponsored event? These teams pay their players a ****-ton of money and every time their players play in one of these events they risk them getting injured. I'm sure the teams are willing to risk that for something they won't benefit from.
 

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Silver in women's 4 x 100. Came back to just beat China. Australia, China and the US were in a class of their own
 
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Also, why is this soccer game going 11 minutes of extra time? The clock rules are so arbitrary.
 

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Canada’s basketball roster is pretty easily the best non USA team I’ve ever seen in terms of net talent. On par with a good NBA playoff team pretty easily.
 
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Canada’s basketball roster is pretty easily the best non USA team I’ve ever seen in terms of net talent. On par with a good NBA playoff team pretty easily.
Loaded roster.
 

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Canada’s basketball roster is pretty easily the best non USA team I’ve ever seen in terms of net talent. On par with a good NBA playoff team pretty easily.
Feels like they should be a legit gold medal threat
 
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Might be unpopular, but banning Russia cheapens the whole thing for me.

I welcome judgement.
F around and find out, also this isn't the winter games where Russia has a greater impact.

And the athletes can still compete just not under the Russian flag. Not the first time this has happened
 
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