***2024 Olympics Thread***

enisthemenace

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So my friend that lives in France has told me the swimming (not sure all of them are) for this is going to be a disaster. They decided to try to clean the river to do the events in it like the 1924? Olympics.

Well the temporary Dam has broken twice and it's not as clean as they had anticipated.

This will be a glorious **** show almost literally
Seems to be a common concern for the non-pool swimming events at the Olympics every cycle.
 
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enisthemenace

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Looks like you're right Athens did that but I guess it's considered an outlier(?) (not a canoe slalom expert by any means)
Yeah, me neither. Was just thinking it would be quite the downer for the athletes in those events to not be really part of the Olympic experience for something that “seems” doable.

Then again, we’re talking about LA.
 

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They couldn't find someplace in the state of California that worked? Oklahoma is the closest they could find?
They aren’t building them in Oklahoma City, they already exist right? Isn‘t this part of the plan to use existing facilities and not waste billions of dollars to build new temporary use venues?
 

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Joseph lowers her school record, finishing 3rd in the heat (50.74).

She finishes 10th overall, one spot out of advancing to the finals.
 
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Wish Joseph could have snuck into the final. It's always great seeing the Iowa State logo in these events but her setting PBs and school records every round is still cool to see. She would have needed to beat 50.48 to make the final.
 

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Hell of a season for Joseph.

52.21 in season opener, mid-March (Tampa)
51.63 in mid-April (Arkansas) -- school record
51.60 at Big 12 -- school record
51.38 at NCAA Regional -- school record
51.56 at NCAA Championships
50.92 at Olympic Trials prelims -- school record; Olympic standard
50.74 at Olympic Trials semis -- school record; Olympic standard
 
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