***2024 Olympics Thread***

[madguy30]

I just watched the Women's 100M. I'm not sure if Richardson wins it anyway.

That was dominant.

Cool to see that be St. Lucia's first medal ever.

 

[SCNCY]

I just watched the Women's 100M. I'm not sure if Richardson wins it anyway.

That was dominant.

Cool to see that be St. Lucia's first medal ever.

Richardson had a slow start, otherwise, I think she could have kept pace.

 

[AlaCyclone]

MBB bracket has been drawn:

Tuesday, 8/6
4 a.m. (CT) - #2 Germany (Weiler-Babb) vs #8 Greece
11 a.m. - #3 Canada (Ejim) vs #5 France
7:30 a.m. - #4 Serbia vs #6 Australia
2:30 p.m. - #1 USA (Haliburton) vs #7 Brazil

Thursday, 8/8
TBA - GER/GRE vs CAN/FRA
TBA - SRB/AUS vs USA/BRA

Saturday, 8/10
4 a.m. - Bronze Medal
2:30 p.m. - Gold Medal

So, we could end up with a Cyclone winning a Gold (Haliburton), a Silver (Ejim or Weilar-Babb) and a Bronze medal (Ejim or Weilar-Babb) in MBB. That would be supersweet!

 

[NWICY]

Those male shot putters are big men.

 

[cytor]

Those male shot putters are big men.

#brickshithouses

 

[CHim]

Those male shot putters are big men.

They aren’t toads though. Dudes are athletic which seems different than years ago. Same with women’s field events, these folks sure seem like they could be multi sport athletes.

 

[simply1]

Apparently Sweet Caroline is a thing at the Olympics.

 

[dafarmer]

47.93 split i think. Absolutely insane

She is like 6’?”. Each step looked like it covered 1&1/2 times the stride of the U.S. runner.

 

[RealisticCy]

They aren’t toads though. Dudes are athletic which seems different than years ago. Same with women’s field events, these folks sure seem like they could be multi sport athletes.

US has a womens discus thrower that looks like she runs the 400m......used to be a competitive dancer.

 

[Cyclones8824]

Looks like Jon Rahm is running away with gold in golf

 

[NWICY]

US has a womens discus thrower that looks like she runs the 400m......used to be a competitive dancer.

I'm intrigued.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Are they OK? It's not that complicated.

It was mostly my mom who didn't get it. This is how the conversation went:

"Why doesn't Giannis play for the USA?"

"Because he's Greek."

"But he plays for the Bucks"

"Yeah, but he's a Greek citizen"

"So, LeBron plays for the USA."

"Yeah, because he's American."

 

[madguy30]

It was mostly my mom who didn't get it. This is how the conversation went:

"Why doesn't Giannis play for the USA?"

"Because he's Greek."

"But he plays for the Bucks"

"Yeah, but he's a Greek citizen"

"So, LeBron plays for the USA."

"Yeah, because he's American."

I've had quasi-similar convos with someone when they make some remark about some athletes don't 'look' like Americans and I'll leave it at that.

 

[CyNews]

Can’t stand that guy.

Read about that guy. Doesn’t take long. I hate that guy. You think you’re cool? Horse****

 

[BigJCy]

I'm intrigued.

Valarie Allman

 

[NWICY]

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Damn would not have guessed she was a discus thrower.

 

[BigJCy]

Looks like Jon Rahm is running away with gold in golf

 

[FerShizzle]

scheffler might be the man to beat. fleetwood and rahm are struggling.

 

[FerShizzle]

Looks like Jon Rahm is running away with gold in golf

double bogey on the easiest hole on the course and may not even be on the podium for a medal now.

 

[theshadow]

Rough tournament for Canada/Carleton. Lost 79-70 to Nigeria, finished 0-3.

Canada was outscored 23-5 in the 3rd quarter, reminiscent of the 23-2 quarter against France.