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The 2024 Summer Olympic Games have sparked excitement, particularly for events like the marathon and shot put, with athletes like Ryan Crouser anticipated to break records. A significant incident occurred just before the Opening Ceremonies, where a coordinated attack on France's high-speed train network raised security concerns. The Canadian women's football team is embroiled in a scandal for using drones to spy on opponents, resulting in FIFA penalties that jeopardize their tournament chances. Amidst the competitions, notable performances include Sarah Sjöström winning gold in the 100m freestyle and Swedish table tennis player Truls Möregård defeating the world number one. The Games continue to captivate audiences despite controversies and logistical challenges.
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Olímpic Games just started
I have not the habit of switching on the TV. But I won't miss the marathon. You?
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I'll be trying to watch the Shot Put competition, in anticipation of Ryan Crouser throwing another world record to win it. It was one of my sports in high school, and I watched Brian Oldfield break the world record here locally in the Bay Area back in the 1970s (amazing!). I love the way Ryan consistently throws near the far edge of the shot put landing pits in his competitions -- I hope they have an extra-long pit for this Olympic competition! :smile:

 
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I love how do these athletes get a while to prepare themselves before throwing the ball. And the throw itself constrained in such a small circle. They scream whenever they perform.
 
And in one of the weirdest coincidences of the games so far...

In the hours before the Opening Ceremonies, there was a coordinated terrorist attack on the high-speed train network in France. It consisted of arson attacks to disable the train network, and luckily did not cause any injuries:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...ail-network-olympics-get-underway-2024-07-26/

The strange coincidence is that in the TV Opening Ceremonies, they tracked the last few km of the Olymipc Torch as it made its way into Paris through many hands and eventually to light the overall torch for the games. One of the legs was a man in a suit carrying the torch on the Paris subway...

Olympic Flame on Subway Opening Ceremonies 2024.jpg
 
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berkeman said:
One of the legs was a man in a suit carrying the torch on the Paris subway...
I was amused to see that he got a paper ticket from the station attendant. Doesn't everybody over there use tap-to-pay from their smartphones now? :oldconfused:
 
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When I was traveling in Taiwan recently on business, you could use either. Since my colleague and I did not read Chinese to work the ticket vending machines, we opted for the credit card tap option instead. :smile:
 
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to disable the train network
How could they tell?

(I cannot recall a trip to Paris where the transportation system didn't have one critical leg down. Once I was working in Orsay, and decided to stay in Paris proper. After all, it's just half an hour on the RER. Big mistake. Big big mistake)
 
Did someone say “Armand Duplantis”? 😂

Apart from the men’s pole vault, I’ll try to watch some other events where Swedish people actually stand a chance: Women’s 50/100 m freestyle swimming, men’s beach volleyball … kids might not leave much time to spare though …
 
Hi, PF

I do like marathon race the best because I read somewhere that runners, or better said, human endurance no longer supports the effort, i.e. there is a point at which it is only human will that keeps the body towards the winnig post. I've been googling it but found no trace. Could you help me to find back up for this memory? Thanks!

Best wishes!
 
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I never heard anything like that, but human endurance is absolutely excellent in comparison to other animals. Over long distances, humans will outrun basically anything, including horses and cheetah.

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berkeman said:
One of the legs was a man in a suit carrying the torch on the Paris subway...
A man? No a football legend! Sorry a soccer legend!
 
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PSRB191921 said:
A man? No a football legend! Sorry a soccer legend!
… and a violent assaulter? 🤔
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(Yes, there is much more to him than that moment and he was verbally abused by Materazzi in the build-up, but it became very iconic as it was also the very end of his carreer and resulted in being sent off in the world cup final)
 
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let's remember this
 
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PSRB191921 said:
let's remember this

Language has its own irony sometimes, but meaning goal in French and (head)butt being what he did to Materazzi. 😉
 
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Hitting the wall, that's the point..It happens moreless at the 20th to 30th km, in a marathon
 
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I haven't seen the opening ceremony. However, the reviews well....lets just say it did not review well.
 
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I thought a large portion of the opening ceremony looked like a Super Bowl Half time show.
 
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I just watched Ireland and England rugby sevens ladies. Holy hell. Those guys are fit.
 
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Surprisingly, the biggest Olympic scandal so far is not a case of doping. It is the use of drones by the Canadian women’s football team to spy on their opponents’ closed practices. It has already seen FIFA deduct 6 points from the team (making it extremely difficult to qualify for the knockout stage) with additional fines. Not to mention that the unauthorized drone flying itself may have been illegal in France.

In addition, it seems like something the coaching staff has been practicing for quite some time - including the previous Olympic games, which Canada won. Possibly calling into question whether or not the gold should be revoked depending on what investigations result in.

https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/a...one-scandal-tokyo-football-gold-bev-priestman

https://nationalpost.com/sports/oly...-soccer-team-lose-its-2020-olympic-gold-medal
 
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Orodruin said:
Surprisingly, the biggest Olympic scandal so far is not a case of doping. It is the use of drones by the Canadian women’s football team to spy on their opponents’ closed practices. It has already seen FIFA deduct 6 points from the team (making it extremely difficult to qualify for the knockout stage) with additional fines. Not to mention that the unauthorized drone flying itself may have been illegal in France.

In addition, it seems like something the coaching staff has been practicing for quite some time - including the previous Olympic games, which Canada won. Possibly calling into question whether or not the gold should be revoked depending on what investigations result in.

https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/a...one-scandal-tokyo-football-gold-bev-priestman
Cheating in football! Whatever next?
 
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Canada's women' s soccer penalized for unsport manlike conduct? Unsportsmanlike conduct? Canada? What is the world coming to?
 
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I do like that going into an olympic year, each country thinks that their guy will do well.
Olga Corbett 1972. Just amazing, artistic and athletic. That was my intro the Olympics and other countries. Just doing their stuff. Absolutely great for kids.
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
Canada's women' s soccer penalized for unsport manlike conduct? Unsportsmanlike conduct? Canada? What is the world coming to?
There were probably a few men in the Canadian women's team, so either term would do.
 
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PeroK said:
There were probably a few men in the Canadian women's team, so either term would do.
That was East Germany. :smile:

Yung uns not only don't remember the famous East German teams and East German judges, but they weren't even alive when East Germany was a country.
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
That was East Germany. :smile:

Yung uns not only don't remember the famous East German teams and East German judges, but they weren't even alive when East Germany was a country.
Overheard in the Olympic village in Seoul (1988):

- Drat! I forgot my razor at home. Now I won’t be able to shave for two weeks!
- Why don’t you check if the DDR women’s shot putters have a spare?
 
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I just read that the Olympic Village is in Saint-Denis. Yipes! Saint-Denis has an enormous crime rate - I don't think there is anything like it in the USA. It's ~2.5x the crime rate in Detroit. You do not wander at night, where the streets are illuminated by cars burning.

What were they thinking?
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
Yipes! Saint-Denis has an enormous crime rate
LOL. I'm guessing that crime rate has dropped in the past couple of weeks, and will continue to be low for another couple of weeks. :smile:

Not that it helps the residents all that much, except for the temporary lull...
 
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I was thinking in the other direction - staying in St. Denis gives people more sprinting practice.
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
That was East Germany. :smile:

Yung uns not only don't remember the famous East German teams and East German judges, but they weren't even alive when East Germany was a country.
I remember Marlies Göhr. Very pretty.
 
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Orodruin said:
A Brazilian swimmer has been sent home and another warned for visiting the Eiffel tower:
The clubbing with her boyfriend on the way was just a side trip on the way?
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
The clubbing with her boyfriend on the way was just a side trip on the way?
The Brazilians like to party.
 
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My understanding is that she is done swimming and he is not, so they sent her home. I can see the rationale.
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
My understanding is that she is done swimming and he is not, so they sent her home. I can see the rationale.
As far as I can see, she compounded the error by arguing. Another woman who wouldn't "wheesht"!
 
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She may have also compounded the error by finishing 12th.
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
She may have also compounded the error by finishing 12th.
Yeah. Being a prima Donna and rubbish not a good combo in sport.
 
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Today was a good day for the Swedes. First gold medal of the games thanks to Sarah Sjöström in the 100m freestyle swimming - an event she took the final decision to attempt just days before (her main focus being 50m freestyle).

https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.c...e-to-claim-golden-touch-thriller-in-100-free/

In addition, Swedish table tennis youngster Truls Möregård (ranked 26 in the world) overcame a really rough luck in the seeding by beating undisputed world #1 Chuqin Wang 4-2 in the second round and then followed up by also winning his 1/8-final later during the day.
 
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I always liked the Haka.
 
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Orodruin said:
In addition, Swedish table tennis youngster Truls Möregård (ranked 26 in the world) overcame a really rough luck in the seeding by beating undisputed world #1 Chuqin Wang 4-2 in the second round and then followed up by also winning his 1/8-final later during the day.
The two final points in the game against Chuqin Wang :smile: :

Truls Moregard beating Wang Chuqin at Paris Olympics 2024 - Final Points
 
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Every finalist in men's 100m semis beat Jim Hines 1968 record time.
EDIT. A close one, even for the 100m.
 
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I was watching women's beach volleyball yesterday and saw the Canadian team lose to Brazil. During the match, I mistook a 1 for an I on the back of a Canadian jersey and read it as "I CAN". I thought that was a nice slogan for Canada until I saw the 2 on the other player's jersey. :oldeyes:
 
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Borg said:
I was watching women's beach volleyball yesterday and saw the Canadian team lose to Brazil. During the match, I mistook a 1 for an I on the back of a Canadian jersey and read it as "I CAN". I thought that was a nice slogan for Canada until I saw the 2 on the other player's jersey. :oldeyes:
They should make it ”I CAN” and ”CAN 2” 😉

Also reminds me that when Sweden plays Denmark, the scoreboard reads ”SWE-DEN” and the letters missing spell den-mark …
 
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Orodruin said:
They should make it ”I CAN” and ”CAN 2” 😉

Also reminds me that when Sweden plays Denmark, the scoreboard reads ”SWE-DEN” and the letters missing spell den-mark …
CAN 2 is nice. I didn't see much of a connection to Canada with "2 CAN". :oldtongue:
 
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Isn't a "2 CAN" the national bird of Brazil?
 
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