Official Paris Olympics Thread

[RoxMonster]

I’m excited to watch breaking later this week. And I always enjoy watching the field events like pole vault and hammer throw. I was watching men’s and women’s hammer earlier and I have no idea how they can spin around so fast like that. I feel like I’d end up hitting myself in the face with it.

Also the Paralympic Games starts Aug 29 and I’m excited to watch that also.

[rubytue]

Anyone know how long replays will be available on peacock?

[gretchenindisguise]

Aug 4, 2024 15:07:37 GMT -5 cville said:

Aug 4, 2024 15:01:04 GMT -5 pugz said:

yes! I mean essentially a tie!

NBC is TRASH for, literally, never putting up a visual with the actual times. Not once. Yeah yeah, thousandths. WHAT WAS THE TIME FFS.

Just display the relevant facts.

This was pissing me off so much yesterday. Whyyyyyyy aren't they just automatically displaying the times?!

[neverfstop]

OMG the women's road race was incredible! The US gold medalist didn't even try out for this event & it sounds like a teammate gave up her own spot to let her compete & she beat the others by more than a minute!

[frlcb]

Aug 4, 2024 8:39:41 GMT -5 cville said:

Aug 4, 2024 0:13:26 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

This was crazy. I feel SO bad for her.

I'm pissed. I don't know if I agree with the officials (lol). But even if I did, that gave her 0 advantage.

My 13 year old swimmer says she absolutely should have been DQed. It is a super hard flip turn and most swimmers don't do it (at non-Olympic/similar levels) because so many swimmers get DQed from doing it.

[RockNVoll]

Aug 4, 2024 16:29:04 GMT -5 konapoppy said:

If you are a volleyball fan, make sure to watch the women’s indoor Brazil vs Poland match. The second set was the most exciting volleyball set I have ever seen!!

I saw it and told all my vball friends to watch it, LOL. So much good volleyball happening!

[RockNVoll]

Aug 4, 2024 15:58:22 GMT -5 pugz said:

Aug 4, 2024 15:04:10 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Lots more track and field, plus individual diving. And breaking if you wanna watch that lol.

I’m looking forward to the rest of track and field (400 m hurdles for men and women are going to be INSANE), sport climbing, the marathons, and the tournament results for sports like soccer, volleyball, etc.

Trying to get my oldest psyched for volleyball tryouts by watching beach and court volleyball, not sure it's working, lol.

My youngest might like the sync swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. She keeps asking to watch golf and I keep saying "baby, that's boring." 

While I am obviously biased towards volleyball, I will just say that my understanding is that there's a lot of scholarship money out there for woman golfers!

[Velar Fricative]

Aug 4, 2024 18:17:54 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

OMG the women's road race was incredible! The US gold medalist didn't even try out for this event & it sounds like a teammate gave up her own spot to let her compete & she beat the others by more than a minute!

Apparently she only took up cycling as a hobby starting in 2017. There is hope for all of us to be Olympians too! Last year I figured out how to swim with my face in the water, see you guys in LA 2028 baby.

[kath16]

Aug 4, 2024 20:08:29 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Aug 4, 2024 15:58:22 GMT -5 pugz said:

Trying to get my oldest psyched for volleyball tryouts by watching beach and court volleyball, not sure it's working, lol.

My youngest might like the sync swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. She keeps asking to watch golf and I keep saying "baby, that's boring." 

While I am obviously biased towards volleyball, I will just say that my understanding is that there's a lot of scholarship money out there for woman golfers!

This is true!

Also, let ‘em watch everything they want. I am absolutely thrilled that my boys are loving men’s and women’s sports equally. I’m not a huge fan of BMX for example but why not let them figure out what they like and that is outside of their current bubble

[kath16]

Aug 4, 2024 20:52:44 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Aug 4, 2024 18:17:54 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

OMG the women's road race was incredible! The US gold medalist didn't even try out for this event & it sounds like a teammate gave up her own spot to let her compete & she beat the others by more than a minute!

Apparently she only took up cycling as a hobby starting in 2017. There is hope for all of us to be Olympians too! Last year I figured out how to swim with my face in the water, see you guys in LA 2028 baby.

Please make one of the trending “sad to announce that I wasn’t chosen for the Olympic team” with your subsequent fail video

[lilac05]

Aug 4, 2024 19:04:09 GMT -5 frlcb said:

Aug 4, 2024 8:39:41 GMT -5 cville said:

I'm pissed. I don't know if I agree with the officials (lol). But even if I did, that gave her 0 advantage.

My 13 year old swimmer says she absolutely should have been DQed. It is a super hard flip turn and most swimmers don't do it (at non-Olympic/similar levels) because so many swimmers get DQed from doing it.

Same. It’s heartbreaking to watch, especially as her little sister is leaving with several medals and this was her only event. But swimming rules are so, so specific. There’s very little wiggle room and it’s not like other sports where you can sometimes get away with it and sometimes you get caught. If the meet is properly staffed, you’re going to get caught.

Totally heartbreaking for her, though. That’s a risky move, and it didn’t pay off this time.

[basilosaurus]

Aug 4, 2024 17:37:22 GMT -5 gretchenindisguise said:

Aug 4, 2024 15:07:37 GMT -5 cville said:

NBC is TRASH for, literally, never putting up a visual with the actual times. Not once. Yeah yeah, thousandths. WHAT WAS THE TIME FFS.

Just display the relevant facts.

This was pissing me off so much yesterday. Whyyyyyyy aren't they just automatically displaying the times?!

I can’t speak to peacock as I’ve given up trying to buy a pass. There’s only so much invalid token errors I can take. But I do know that at least in gymnastics, the Australian commentary said everyone’s monitors in the stadium had gone black. They had no way of knowing what we were seeing. I’m assuming the decisions made in what to display or replay are not made by them, but because of that I’m open to the possibility they didn’t have the data to display.

It’s mind blowing to think of how much effort it takes to show so many events from so many angles in real time and then add in replays and things like slow no replay which also display stationary captures like in a spinny twisty move.

[neverfstop]

apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-100m-lyles-thompson-ccf37184afc2f3318271d4c495d2a16b

The Men's 100. More details.

The first four racers were separated by less than .03. The top seven all finished within .09 of each other.

These photos are incredible.
images.axios.com/rBf4jBKlbruI7bwnyfz5H0rD-sA=/2024/08/05/1722824761959.jpg Overhead
images.axios.com/BGa-pxZYNS9fi1aN2PgWkeaWdK8=/2024/08/05/1722849876904.jpg Official scoring view


When judges needed to determine who won yesterday's Olympic 100-meter race, they drew on fancy new technology — a camera from Omega that shoots 40,000 frames per second, Axios' Ina Fried reports.

Why it matters: Omega, the official Olympics timekeeper for decades, is constantly looking for new ways to help measure athletes' performance.
How it works: For the Paris games, Omega added new tech in a range of sports, including the faster photo finish camera used for track and other races. The new camera takes four times as many pictures per second.

It also adds higher resolution — perfect for tough calls such as the one that took place last night.
www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-92a02060-529f-11ef-9b84-5bf6d3993c75.html

[neverfstop]

This is fun too...

Olympic mixed doubles champions who broke up as a real-life couple just weeks ago share a kiss after clinching gold - as fans go wild with speculation that they may be getting back together
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-13704901/Olympics-couple-kiss-gold-tennis-doubles.html

[neverfstop]

The female high jumpers were fantastic too - one "naps" in a sleeping bag and one journals furiously between jumps

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/article-13708499/Yaroslava-Mahuchikh-Paris-Olympics-sleeping-gold-medal-women-high-jump.html

x.com/robynjournalist/status/1820178786047918532

[Deleted]

Watching the Women’s balance beam final
is making me sick to my stomach. Everyone is falling. It’s hard to see women who have hit routine after routine to fall like this. They’re so amazing and are doing such difficult tricks, and they look so heartbroken.

[deadwing]

Are the medals specific to each event? I always assumed there would be an inscription on the medal itself, or maybe on the ribbon, indicating what event it was earned in. Apparently there can be ties for medals, which has me doubting they would have a bunch of very specific spares on hand...

[neverfstop]

No spoilers, but I'm reading headlines & some crazy drama in the women's floor routines.

[bears]

Aug 5, 2024 5:30:29 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-100m-lyles-thompson-ccf37184afc2f3318271d4c495d2a16b

The Men's 100. More details.

The first four racers were separated by less than .03. The top seven all finished within .09 of each other.

These photos are incredible.
images.axios.com/rBf4jBKlbruI7bwnyfz5H0rD-sA=/2024/08/05/1722824761959.jpg Overhead
images.axios.com/BGa-pxZYNS9fi1aN2PgWkeaWdK8=/2024/08/05/1722849876904.jpg Official scoring view


When judges needed to determine who won yesterday's Olympic 100-meter race, they drew on fancy new technology — a camera from Omega that shoots 40,000 frames per second, Axios' Ina Fried reports.

Why it matters: Omega, the official Olympics timekeeper for decades, is constantly looking for new ways to help measure athletes' performance.
How it works: For the Paris games, Omega added new tech in a range of sports, including the faster photo finish camera used for track and other races. The new camera takes four times as many pictures per second.

It also adds higher resolution — perfect for tough calls such as the one that took place last night.
www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-92a02060-529f-11ef-9b84-5bf6d3993c75.html

I just feel like if you need that much resolution to separate places, it should be a tie. It really seems like it came down to outdated rules (chest crossing the finish line was the easiest way to discern differences before photo finish technology) + body differences (Jamaican running runner had more of a concave chest).

[womet]

Aug 5, 2024 8:45:01 GMT -5 deadwing said:

Are the medals specific to each event? I always assumed there would be an inscription on the medal itself, or maybe on the ribbon, indicating what event it was earned in. Apparently there can be ties for medals, which has me doubting they would have a bunch of very specific spares on hand...

I saw somewhere that the bottom of the medals are inscribed with the sport/event. 

[akayf]

Aug 5, 2024 9:22:27 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

No spoilers, but I'm reading headlines & some crazy drama in the women's floor routines.

I watched it live. It was intense.

All the gymnastics finals today were intense. I was on the edge of my seat!

[kath16]

Aug 5, 2024 9:22:27 GMT -5 neverfstop said:

No spoilers, but I'm reading headlines & some crazy drama in the women's floor routines.

I’m sick and watching and I think everyone will be pleased with the results and the amazing support shown between the medalists

[RoxMonster]

I'm excited that sport climbing has started. I'm watching a replay of the women's speed climb and it is wild how fast they can fly up that wall.

[HRH Queen Dick I]

Just dropping in to mention the French pole vaulter Ammirati who was disqualified because his enormous junk hit the bar. You're welcome.

[neverfstop]

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Related to simone & gymnastics


gymnastics

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http://instagram.com/p/C-S7XaKsM3a

[kath16]

Aug 5, 2024 18:40:21 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I said:

Just dropping in to mention the French pole vaulter Ammirati who was disqualified because his enormous junk hit the bar. You're welcome.

Losing at the Olympics but winning at life. What a legend.

[fernweh]

There was also a photo that went viral of a French swimmer in his Speedo with an enormous bulge.
French men are about to have a moment internationally.

[katiecj6]

The medal rounds in the surf competition are so disappointing. There are next to no waves, so different then the heats last week.

[pugz]

Can we chat floor now? So happy for Chiles but heartbroken for the Romanian.

[akayf]

Aug 5, 2024 21:35:25 GMT -5 pugz said:

Can we chat floor now? So happy for Chiles but heartbroken for the Romanian.

That was rough.

I’m aggravated they didn’t show the medal ceremony. When Simone and Jordan bowed to show their respect to Rebecca, the stunned look on Rebecca’s face, her joy when they placed the medal on her neck…it was just one of the the moments and they don’t show it in primetime? NBC dropped the ball.