Olympic Games Paris 2024 - AH Thread [Thread banned posters listed in first post.]

Axelsen was the defending champion from Tokyo, and before that won bronze in Rio. He's pretty much the best there is.

RTE are really desperately trying to pay the bills now....the level of ad breaking is borderline American...worse than ITV...

Really intrusive and infuriating....

Faith Kipyegon has won her appeal and been reinstated as the 5000m silver medallist

I know he might not have played for them yet, but Olise moved to Bayern Munich, shame as that Palace team were looking promising.

They were too quick to DQ Kipyegon

Noahs coach is reasonably tainted from drugs scandals.

He arrived, post Bolt, and talked up a great race WR this and that, so his own hype train has been rolling around. Answering with Olympic Gold will have helped him. He's going out with a Jamaican sprinter and Noah has alluded to some issues in the Jamaican camp. He's certainly very outspoken and more so than most sprinters and that's saying a lot

Asher Smith came across really badly in that exchange. Tried to blank Thomas and seemed like a sore loser. When you've reached the conclusion that a high percentage of athletes are on something, it's easier to just enjoy it then and not take it too seriously. It's entertainment and that's why Lyles is great.

Very sad for Ciara. Making the final would have been tough even but this was likely her last Olympics. Hopefully she sticks around for a few more years and ends on a high.

I missed Duplantis getting the world record live because Eurosport cut off to do their daily round up show, can't understand why they could have delayed it by 15 minutes to show Duplantis attempt.

And the nonsense train comes to an end

D.A Smith said good Job.

Its a part and parcel of sprints to go along and thank everyone if you come first in heat or semi. Its an athletics thing. 1st place will make their way around and say well done, good job or thank them. No harm is ever meant. Its good track etiquette.

Just watched Mondo on Discovery plus play back. What a pleasure it was to watch it fully uninterrupted & for just €6.99!

Amazing to have a world & Olympic record of that quality. Such friendship between the pole vaulters. It’s lovely to see.

I do think there’s a lot of needle between Gabby Thomas & Dina Asher. But Gabby is nailed on for the win.

Looks like France are taking the gold in the men's surfing. Kauli Faast is a local Tahitian who knows these waves like the back of his hand and he's put up huge scores.

The women's is next with Brazilian Tatiana Weston Webb, her father is English, and USA's Caroline Marks. Both were brilliant in the semi-finals.

I never watched surfing before the other night but it's great. A tube, which is riding under the wave is a huge scoring move, riding up and down the wave with sharp turns is the other big move. You need at least one of those to win this event. I love the tube.

I’d say if she watched the replay for the DQ infringement she would have known herself it would be turned over and not got too carried away.

https://x.com/thefuffa/status/1820554821558247812?s=19

Sergey Bubka started that. He broke the world record 35 times.