News 2024 Summer Olympic Games Discussion

[pinball1970]

That was East Germany.

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.

 

[Vanadium 50]

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?

 

[PeroK]

The clubbing with her boyfriend on the way was just a side trip on the way?

The Brazilians like to party.

 

[Vanadium 50]

My understanding is that she is done swimming and he is not, so they sent her home. I can see the rationale.

 

[PeroK]

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"!

 

[Vanadium 50]

She may have also compounded the error by finishing 12th.

 

[pinball1970]

She may have also compounded the error by finishing 12th.

Yeah. Being a prima Donna and rubbish not a good combo in sport.

 

[BillTre]

 

[Orodruin]

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.

 

[dwarde]

Swimming in the Seine has been questionable with the off and on failed bacteria testing. Today they swam. https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olym...st-minute-testing-shows-river-safe-rcna164401

 

[berkeman]

This is very cool, IMO. Bring part of your culture to your gold medal celebration!

https://www.kcra.com/article/new-ze...1Ed4K_2Ozw1JvPOkoA_aem_CBjIVmkugcEaFhDGVskwUg

 

[BillTre]

I always liked the Haka.

 

[DennisN]

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 :

Truls Moregard beating Wang Chuqin at Paris Olympics 2024 - Final Points

 

[berkeman]

 

[pinball1970]

Swimming in the Seine has been questionable with the off and on failed bacteria testing. Today they swam. https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olym...st-minute-testing-shows-river-safe-rcna164401

Yeah I thought that, why on earth would you want to swim there?

 

[pinball1970]

Every finalist in men's 100m semis beat Jim Hines 1968 record time.
EDIT. A close one, even for the 100m.

 

[Borg]

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.

 

[Orodruin]

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.

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 …

 

[Borg]

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".

 

[Vanadium 50]

Isn't a "2 CAN" the national bird of Brazil?

 

[pinball1970]

Isn't a "2 CAN" the national bird of Brazil?

The Toucan is Belize. Brazil is the rufous-bellied thrush. (T.I.L)

 

[pinball1970]

Triathlon final, rooting for GB, Alex Ye. However it's the commentary that caught my ear. The lady commentator loses her cool at 3.55 as Ye makes a comeback starts clapping and sobbing in the background.
These guys all know each other most likely, all trained and watched different talents come through so they are invested.
Great stuff.

 

[Orodruin]

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.

I was watching the men’s beach volleyball final yesterday for the very simple reason Sweden was in it. It was a massacre. “Don’t mention the war” is now replaced by “don’t mention the 2024 Olympic beach volleyball finals”

 

[dwarde]

I think NBC neglected a lot of events most of us seldom get to see. There were a lot of events going on considering the amount of time they spent broadcasting water polo, for instance.

 

[Orodruin]

I think NBC neglected a lot of events most of us seldom get to see. There were a lot of events going on considering the amount of time they spent broadcasting water polo, for instance.

Max showed everything if I understood correctly.

 

[Vanadium 50]

So who is it who decides which countries beat which countries? Did Australia, with 18 gold and 53 total beat France, with 16 Gold and 64 total? Or the reverse?

This seems not to have been a "thing" in the past.

If we're going to rank countries, shouldn't New Zealand have come out on top? A country of 5 million people took home 20 medals, 10 of them gold. India, 280x larger, got 6, none gold. (They also got the most lopsided medal count 0-1-5).

 

[BillTre]

If you're going to rank countries by other than just medal count, I would suggest population size but also size of their economy.
Olympic sports are a luxury item for an economy in the modern age.
Large scale training takes a lot of bucks.

See the Hayward Field track stadium (a mostly Nike subsidized thing) in Eugene (track town) with cost at least half a billion bucks as a flamboyant example of cost. (The Nike guy, Phil Knight also has built several science buildings here. Caltech has Beckton.)

 

[pinball1970]

So who is it who decides which countries beat which countries? Did Australia, with 18 gold and 53 total beat France, with 16 Gold and 64 total? Or the reverse?

This seems not to have been a "thing" in the past.

If we're going to rank countries, shouldn't New Zealand have come out on top? A country of 5 million people took home 20 medals, 10 of them gold. India, 280x larger, got 6, none gold. (They also got the most lopsided medal count 0-1-5).

Pretty certain there was a medals table historically as the lead was between USSR V USA from memory.

I assumed it was a 3 2 1, Gold Silver Bronze points system.

 

[pinball1970]

https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/munich-1972/medals

You can plug in any year. You cannot sort by points as it looks like they do not have any, only colour and total.

 

[Vanadium 50]

If you're going to rank countries by other than just medal count, I would suggest population size but also size of their economy.

India is still 15x bigger than New Zealand.

See the Hayward Field track

I have seen it. Frankly, I think the gigantic behemoth looks out of place in tiny Eugene.