Paris Olympic Games 2024

[FoyleFox]

The USA gymnast, Jordan Chiles who's team appealed her score in the floor event, which was upheld and she received the bronze medal. A further inquiry has taken place and it seems the team filed it too late,  by 4 seconds. 

I thought our 14 second cock up was bad!

Unsurprisingly, the US are counter appealing.

What a shambles. 

[Jattdogg]

16 hours ago, Nalis said:

Jeez taekwondo is boring to watch. Lots of standing around trying not to get hit.

Sounds like our strikers when the ball is near their feet.

[Raj]

Hassan is a bloody awesome athlete.

[Super_horns]

8 minutes ago, Raj said:

Hassan is a bloody awesome athlete.

Hassen also got medals in the 5k/10k!

Shame about Katie French having to pull out the modern pentathlon.

[Nalis]

Love how Laura Trott is proper Essex, didn't realise until now.

Edited 11 August by Nalis

[Super_horns]

Another day of silver and bronzes ?

[st albans fox]

Do you think any of these weightlifting girls could play no 9 as a plan B ??

[Nalis]

9 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Do you think any of these weightlifting girls could play no 9 as a plan B ??

Sign 11 of them and stick them on the goalline to guarantee 38 points, better chance than the current squad.

Edited 11 August by Nalis

[st albans fox]

Did we win the first cycling gold on offer and then nada ???

[leicsmac]

11 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Did we win the first cycling gold on offer and then nada ???

Pretty much.

 

Team GB made me look like a right chump on this one tbh - been so dominant in the velodrome in recent times and I thought they would be again, this time though the rest of the world has caught up or they've simply been poor.

[foxy boxing]

Great Britain's Emma Finucane wins Bronze in the cycling women's sprint. 

[Super_horns]

9 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

Great Britain's Emma Finucane wins Bronze in the cycling women's sprint. 

 

First female to get 3 medals for GB in the same Olympic since 1964.

[EastAnglianFox]

16 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Pretty much.

 

Team GB made me look like a right chump on this one tbh - been so dominant in the velodrome in recent times and I thought they would be again, this time though the rest of the world has caught up or they've simply been poor.

 

Have won 1 more medal here than we did in Tokyo albeit with 2 less Gold.

 

Would have fancied us for at least another Gold but given we've not had Katie Archibald and Laura and Jason Kenny I don't think its been a bad effort

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Down into 7th now

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

 

Have won 1 more medal here than we did in Tokyo albeit with 2 less Gold.

 

Would have fancied us for at least another Gold but given we've not had Katie Archibald and Laura and Jason Kenny I don't think its been a bad effort

Our total medal count is superb, more than meeting expectations. There's just not enough top step among them.

[foxy boxing]

Emily Campbell wins Bronze in the women's weightlifting 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Almost half our medals are bronze medals (29/65), by far the highest proportion amongst the top nations. I just don't think we have the winning mentality that other nations do.

 

Edited 11 August by SouthStandUpperTier

[Foxdiamond]

53 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Almost half our medals are bronze medals (29/65), by far the highest proportion amongst the top nations. I just don't think we have the winning mentality that other nations do.

 

That is a bit unfair I think. 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

31 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

That is a bit unfair I think. 

I'll have forgotten all of our silver and bronze medallists by next week. The only British performance from this Olympics that will last long in the memory for me will be Keely Hodgkinson's (and maybe Yee and Pidcock too). You make think that harsh, but it's true.

 

Edited 11 August by SouthStandUpperTier

[Lako42]

Cheery bunch aren't you 

[leicsmac]

I don't think it's definitely a mentality issue, but something is responsible for the medals/goldmedals ration for Team GB being slanted entirely in the wrong direction and it would be good to find out what it is.

[fazzyfox]

The Water Polo, always reminds me of my college Leisure & Rec days. Our usual swim / lifeguard training session at St Margaret’s main pool had been cancelled due to an event, instead we lined up at the side of the smaller training pool. “Today we’ll be playing Water Polo” said the Lecturer. I took one look at the ladders down to the water and asked “How do we get the f***ing horses in” in a trigger-esque tone! 
 

 

[Jattdogg]

Just enjoy any medal, many countries get fook all or none. If Russia was in the games everyone would have less.

 

Proud of any Canadian whether they medal or not.  Hard to win when  the world's best are against one another.

[Nalis]

9 minutes ago, Jattdogg said:

Just enjoy any medal, many countries get fook all or none. If Russia was in the games everyone would have less.

 

Proud of any Canadian whether they medal or not.  Hard to win when  the world's best are against one another.

Well said, Team GB only got 1 gold at Atlanta. 

[Foxdiamond]

36 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

I'll have forgotten all of our silver and bronze medallists by next week. The only British performance from this Olympics that will last long in the memory for me will be Keely Hodgkinson's (and maybe Yee and Pidcock too). You make think that harsh, but it's true.

 

Possibly says more about you than what counts as sporting success