***2024 Olympics Thread***

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Was I wrong?

You ever wonder if those athletes don't consider some things as 'the real stuff' as you do?

Whether you are wrong is subjective but that kind of take definitely shows some 'real' insecurity.
 
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Didn't see it posted in here, but looks like Jordan Chiles is getting her bronze medal on floor stripped.
 
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Didn't see it posted in here, but looks like Jordan Chiles is getting her bronze medal on floor stripped.
It’s a shame. Apparently the USA team just missed the one-minute window they’re allowed to protest her score.

Which makes it weird that in the moment they granted the protest, re-scored her routine, gave her third, and handed her the bronze … only to reverse all that days later.

Its kind of the worst type of decision - technically correct (the protest wasn’t filed in time) yet the actual re-score that put her third was more accurate than her original fifth-place score. So the error by the scorers goes uncorrected because the US coaches weren’t fast enough.
 

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Was I wrong?
I don’t think you were. Seems like they work swimming, gymnastics and a bunch of stuff I have never heard off or small time things. I think everyone still understands it’s all very hard and they put in work but you can’t argue that doing sock puppets versus winning soccer or basketball is much different. The USA has our fair share of small time golds also
 
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China gets so many medals in the sideshow sports like ping pong and rhythmic gymnastics. US dominates the real stuff

Disclaimer: I'm not even slightly upset, nobody needs to tell me to "settle down" or "enjoy it" but just out of pure curiosity here is gold only by sport with a couple days left. In blue are the sports my own random opinion thinks are niche, not very global, or of questionable athletic achievement where their communist program can focus a medal harvesting strategy. I used to work with a Chinese expat who would talk about this every Olympic year how they purposely put emphasis on niche sports for medal count opportunity.

China:
Diving - 8
Shooting - 5
Table Tennis - 5

Weightlifting - 4
Swimming - 2
Gymnastics - 2
Boxing - 3
Badminton - 2
Track & Field - 1
Artistic Swimming - 2
Canoeing - 2
Tennis - 1
Cycling - 1
Rhythmic Gymnastic - 1
(15 of these)


USA:
Track & Field - 14
Swimming - 8
Gymnastics - 3
Wrestling - 2
Cycling - 2

Shooting - 1
Fencing - 2
Rowing - 1

Weightlifting - 1
Basketball - 1
Golf - 1
Soccer - 1

Surfing - 1
(5 of these and I think I'm being incredibly generous saying Surfing and Rowing are as niche as any of those others)
 

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It’s a shame. Apparently the USA team just missed the one-minute window they’re allowed to protest her score.

Which makes it weird that in the moment they granted the protest, re-scored her routine, gave her third, and handed her the bronze … only to reverse all that days later.

Its kind of the worst type of decision - technically correct (the protest wasn’t filed in time) yet the actual re-score that put her third was more accurate than her original fifth-place score. So the error by the scorers goes uncorrected because the US coaches weren’t fast enough.
Everyone else had 4 minutes to appeal and her coaches had 1.
1 minute is quick to see a score posted, go through the routine, notice a mistake in scoring, and make your way to the scorers table
 

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Reminds me of the technical writing class I had to take, 3 of us and 1 dude was like hold my beer, we used his paper from an ag engineering class and just helped revise. Or senior design when 4 of us had to rat out 1 dude to our advisor for not doing s***
 
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Disclaimer: I'm not even slightly upset, nobody needs to tell me to "settle down" or "enjoy it" but just out of pure curiosity here is gold only by sport with a couple days left. In blue are the sports my own random opinion thinks are niche, not very global, or of questionable athletic achievement where their communist program can focus a medal harvesting strategy. I used to work with a Chinese expat who would talk about this every Olympic year how they purposely put emphasis on niche sports for medal count opportunity.

China:
Diving - 8
Shooting - 5
Table Tennis - 5

Weightlifting - 4
Swimming - 2
Gymnastics - 2
Boxing - 3
Badminton - 2
Track & Field - 1
Artistic Swimming - 2
Canoeing - 2
Tennis - 1
Cycling - 1
Rhythmic Gymnastic - 1
(15 of these)


USA:
Track & Field - 14
Swimming - 8
Gymnastics - 3
Wrestling - 2
Cycling - 2

Shooting - 1
Fencing - 2
Rowing - 1

Weightlifting - 1
Basketball - 1
Golf - 1
Soccer - 1

Surfing - 1
(5 of these and I think I'm being incredibly generous saying Surfing and Rowing are as niche as any of those others)
I would flip two of those....make rowing non-niche and canoeing niche. Rowing is a sanctioned NCAA sport. Canoe is not.
 

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It’s a shame. Apparently the USA team just missed the one-minute window they’re allowed to protest her score.

Which makes it weird that in the moment they granted the protest, re-scored her routine, gave her third, and handed her the bronze … only to reverse all that days later.

Its kind of the worst type of decision - technically correct (the protest wasn’t filed in time) yet the actual re-score that put her third was more accurate than her original fifth-place score. So the error by the scorers goes uncorrected because the US coaches weren’t fast enough.

I hope Nadia Comaneci still stands by her “we need to protect athletes mental health” comment now that it effects an American gymnast
 

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Seems like they won in spite of Kerr. Please let Spoelstra coach the 28 olympics.
 
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