Summer Olympics 2024

[SatoPrincess]

The only good part about the opening ceremony was the Parade Of Nations through the Seine river on boats. Apart from that the French authorities tried to push as much as political correctness and woke behavior down the throats of the audience as possible. Christians are offended after they distorted the last supper with a performance by LGBT people. I have watched Olympics opening ceremonies from several events in the past and this was the first time it got to such a gross and diabolique display.

Yes, it was terrible (by the way, that guy in the black suit and black shorts/underpants was flashing his genitals to the whole world! What kind of nonsense is that?), I wonder what percentage of French people (not by nationality, but by behavior model) were represented here? It seems to me not very large, since despite all the decline of culture, not everyone in France is a freak.
The question arises: can some new inhabitants (with a barbaric background) of France be blamed for not integrating into society, etc.? I would not want to integrate into such a society either.

This is by far the worst Olympics ever. It is as if the organizers wanted the Olympics to be a controversial one. Artistic or not, the ceremony was a perverted display. Don’t they know that children watch the Olympics. BTW I read YouTube removed the video as a lot of people found it offensive.

There are betters ways to represent the culture of a people without profanity. The London 2012 Olympics has one of the best opening ceremonies in its history. It was memorable for me and I loved it when they did the James Bond scene with the Queen. It was a clean and beautiful ceremony that set everyone up for a great Olympics. And that’s how the Olympics should be.

[xzone]

In archery, France reached the final. We lost our chance for the final because of Mete Gazoz's poor performance. We had a chance to medal as a team for the first time in our history, we still have a chance, but only for the bronze medal. Abdullah and Ulaş are shooting well but Mete is not on his game today. I hope we will complete the team archery by getting at least a bronze medal.

I don't think today was Mete Gazoz day. His normal performance is much higher, but today he seemed a little too excited. Maybe that's why we couldn't become champions. Actually, my expectations were very high, and we enjoyed watching it very much as it has become a very popular sport in recent years.
It would have been great if we could have won the gold medal

[LTU_btc]

For me today most epic moment was in MTB bike race, where Tom Pidcock won, despite that he had to change wheel during race. That change looked almost like in F1, it took just maybe 15 seconds. Though, he took 1st place in not very clean way as he colided with his French opponent. He got booed by local supporters after finish.

Djokovic absolutely decimated Nadal on this turf which was expected, but Nadal can still claim another Olympic gold with Alcaraz. Excited!

In first set it looked that result can be humiliating, but at least Rafa gave some good fight in 2nd set. Not really sure how far in doubles with Alcaraz, but it's very interesting to watch them playing together.

[wxa7115]

Two veterans met at the Olympic Games (they are now considered veterans in my eyes due to their age)
Novak defeated his rival Nadal 2-0 and continued on his way to the Olympic games.
Rafael could not show his presence in the first set and the first set ended 6-1. Although he showed a little more resistance in the second set, he lost this set 6-4 and bid farewell to the games.
Nadal may now have to quit tennis gradually. Because it seems very difficult for young people to resist.

If I am not mistaken Nadal has already stated that he will retire soon, as it is clear that even if the mindset of a winner is still there and he may still want to play, his body does not respond as it used to do so and it shows.

So in a way I am happy that it was Djokovic the one that eliminated him at the end, as it would have been sad to see Nadal being eliminated from the olympic games by a lesser player than him.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

Two veterans met at the Olympic Games (they are now considered veterans in my eyes due to their age)
Novak defeated his rival Nadal 2-0 and continued on his way to the Olympic games.
Rafael could not show his presence in the first set and the first set ended 6-1. Although he showed a little more resistance in the second set, he lost this set 6-4 and bid farewell to the games.
Nadal may now have to quit tennis gradually. Because it seems very difficult for young people to resist.

If I am not mistaken Nadal has already stated that he will retire soon, as it is clear that even if the mindset of a winner is still there and he may still want to play, his body does not respond as it used to do so and it shows.

So in a way I am happy that it was Djokovic the one that eliminated him at the end, as it would have been sad to see Nadal being eliminated from the olympic games by a lesser player than him.

tennis at the Olympics has always made us laugh and let's face it it doesn't count for anything it's just to say I won the Olympics, there are other tournaments that count and it's certainly not that, just look at the best ones not even taking part, having said that Nadal was already cooked before that the match began so yes I was also happy that he came out and that Novak meets a stronger player

[MK-74]

Turkish Archery team came in 3rd yesterday and won the bronze medal. They won our country's first Olympic medal. Congratulations to them.

Turkish Women's Volleyball team defeated the Netherlands 3-2 yesterday and won their first match in the group.
They came from 2-0 down to win the match 3-2, I thought they would win more easily.

[bakasabo]

Djokovic absolutely decimated Nadal on this turf which was expected, but Nadal can still claim another Olympic gold with Alcaraz. Excited!

I think that such athletes, that already have achieved almost everything in sports and already earned millions, dont give everything during the game and dont even kill themselves preparing for Olympic games. Even if they win the game or Olympic medal, they already have a box full of medals, cups. And Olympic event dont give them any record points or large money reward from government. They go to Olympics more to hang out, to be in the movement with others, than to show their maximum.

[joniboini]

Turkish Women's Volleyball team defeated the Netherlands 3-2 yesterday and won their first match in the group.
They came from 2-0 down to win the match 3-2, I thought they would win more easily.

What makes you think so? IIRC on the world ranking they differs by 2 place, though I'm not sure if the team playing on the Olympics are the same as their usual national line-up or not[1]. According to the stats USA lost position recently so they're quite close if you look at the position on the ranking, granted their points difference are bigger. I guess performance of the day matters for those initial sets, while mental strength carries you when things get rough.

[1] https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/world-ranking/women

[ajanwalker]

Two veterans met at the Olympic Games (they are now considered veterans in my eyes due to their age)
Novak defeated his rival Nadal 2-0 and continued on his way to the Olympic games.
Rafael could not show his presence in the first set and the first set ended 6-1. Although he showed a little more resistance in the second set, he lost this set 6-4 and bid farewell to the games.
Nadal may now have to quit tennis gradually. Because it seems very difficult for young people to resist.

If I am not mistaken Nadal has already stated that he will retire soon, as it is clear that even if the mindset of a winner is still there and he may still want to play, his body does not respond as it used to do so and it shows.

So in a way I am happy that it was Djokovic the one that eliminated him at the end, as it would have been sad to see Nadal being eliminated from the olympic games by a lesser player than him.

Injuries affected Nadal very much and when he came back after serious injuries, Hüyük achieved success.
Now his body has aged and he does not have the same performance as before.
Tennis is not an easy sport on an individual level. Sometimes the match lasts 4-5 hours and it is not easy at all as you get older.
He made his name written in golden letters in the tennis world and that too has come to an end.

[noormcs5]

tennis at the Olympics has always made us laugh and let's face it it doesn't count for anything it's just to say I won the Olympics, there are other tournaments that count and it's certainly not that, just look at the best ones not even taking part, having said that Nadal was already cooked before that the match began so yes I was also happy that he came out and that Novak meets a stronger player

How do you say that tennis is not considered important in the Olympics? I agree that you cannot compare this to Wimbledon and any other grand slams but this does not mean that it is not important for the tennis player. A gold medal in the tennis Olympics always matter.

The match between Nadal and Djokovic was easily won by Djokovic. (6-1 and 6-4). I think the era for Nadal is over and it is not that he has lost his form but it is the age factor which becomes a drawback when he is facing opponents.

[Jating]

Two veterans met at the Olympic Games (they are now considered veterans in my eyes due to their age)
Novak defeated his rival Nadal 2-0 and continued on his way to the Olympic games.
Rafael could not show his presence in the first set and the first set ended 6-1. Although he showed a little more resistance in the second set, he lost this set 6-4 and bid farewell to the games.
Nadal may now have to quit tennis gradually. Because it seems very difficult for young people to resist.

If I am not mistaken Nadal has already stated that he will retire soon, as it is clear that even if the mindset of a winner is still there and he may still want to play, his body does not respond as it used to do so and it shows.

So in a way I am happy that it was Djokovic the one that eliminated him at the end, as it would have been sad to see Nadal being eliminated from the olympic games by a lesser player than him.

Injuries affected Nadal very much and when he came back after serious injuries, Hüyük achieved success.
Now his body has aged and he does not have the same performance as before.
Tennis is not an easy sport on an individual level. Sometimes the match lasts 4-5 hours and it is not easy at all as you get older.
He made his name written in golden letters in the tennis world and that too has come to an end.

If I'm not mistaken he is retired already, and as you have said, it's the wear and tear that took effect on his body and for sure he isn't expecting any out of this Olympics, but still he can represent his beloved country of Spain for the last time and as he Alcaraz to pass the torch.

Japan winning gold in gymnastics, it was very close competition against the Chinese. And for all the hype of it, Japan's Yuto Horigome has won the men’s street skateboarding. So they lead with 6 gold now, host country France with 5 golds. USA at 6th position, but there are a lot of games in the next couple of days that they can snatch some gold medals to improved their standing.

[Kemarit]

tennis at the Olympics has always made us laugh and let's face it it doesn't count for anything it's just to say I won the Olympics, there are other tournaments that count and it's certainly not that, just look at the best ones not even taking part, having said that Nadal was already cooked before that the match began so yes I was also happy that he came out and that Novak meets a stronger player

How do you say that tennis is not considered important in the Olympics? I agree that you cannot compare this to Wimbledon and any other grand slams but this does not mean that it is not important for the tennis player. A gold medal in the tennis Olympics always matter.

The match between Nadal and Djokovic was easily won by Djokovic. (6-1 and 6-4). I think the era for Nadal is over and it is not that he has lost his form but it is the age factor which becomes a drawback when he is facing opponents.

Djokovic won 6-1 in the first set and 6-4

Era of Nadal and to some extend, Roger Federer and Andy Murray was over like 2-3 years ago. Murray try to make a comeback from his injuries but was out already. Federer try to continue but his body is telling him differently and so he retired as well. Nadal try to stretch in 2022-2023, but it was not meant to be. The good news is that he had a youngers in Alcaraz to continue the tennis for Spain.

Only Djokovic is the last remaining of the OG's and still maintaining his position although there are a lot of young players trying to get close to him. But I do agree why the posters say that tennis is not important.

Maybe he can go and visit the Tennis League All Thread.

[slaman29]

We have 99% of time girls flashing tits and booty at us, if 1% of the time some guy flashing his d*ck at the TV, I can care no less.
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You mean she got pregnant? During Olympics?

We couldn’t be more in lock step, I dig your vibe my friend.

And yes, it was me who did it w her too. Shhh, plz keep this quiet, no need for me to be apart of a national scandal, let alone a world wide one ffs.  Cheers

I love it, my man, 100% 100% I think in Sports we used to not give a shit a lot, everybody is playing and enjoying. Sometimes my sisters liked some cheerleading music, sometimes I prefer zero. But it's for everyone, I think people need to stop focusing on that and go back to the spirit of just enjoying sports.

Don't worry I tell nobody, but can you tell me how I can also have children, I would like to learn volleyball

[criptoevangelista]

The only good part about the opening ceremony was the Parade Of Nations through the Seine river on boats. Apart from that the French authorities tried to push as much as political correctness and woke behavior down the throats of the audience as possible. Christians are offended after they distorted the last supper with a performance by LGBT people. I have watched Olympics opening ceremonies from several events in the past and this was the first time it got to such a gross and diabolique display.

Yes, it was terrible (by the way, that guy in the black suit and black shorts/underpants was flashing his genitals to the whole world! What kind of nonsense is that?), I wonder what percentage of French people (not by nationality, but by behavior model) were represented here? It seems to me not very large, since despite all the decline of culture, not everyone in France is a freak.
The question arises: can some new inhabitants (with a barbaric background) of France be blamed for not integrating into society, etc.? I would not want to integrate into such a society either.

This is by far the worst Olympics ever. It is as if the organizers wanted the Olympics to be a controversial one. Artistic or not, the ceremony was a perverted display. Don’t they know that children watch the Olympics. BTW I read YouTube removed the video as a lot of people found it offensive.

There are betters ways to represent the culture of a people without profanity. The London 2012 Olympics has one of the best opening ceremonies in its history. It was memorable for me and I loved it when they did the James Bond scene with the Queen. It was a clean and beautiful ceremony that set everyone up for a great Olympics. And that’s how the Olympics should be.

When I saw this opening I thought: what the hell is this? It's amazing the effort that some people make to destroy things, to transform an event that had everything to be incredible into the most complete bizarre. The craziest thing to think is that this was all planned, rehearsed months in advance and the highest authority of the Olympics approved an opening like this... what the hell do these guys have in their heads? Because a brain it certainly isn't.

[ajanwalker]

tennis at the Olympics has always made us laugh and let's face it it doesn't count for anything it's just to say I won the Olympics, there are other tournaments that count and it's certainly not that, just look at the best ones not even taking part, having said that Nadal was already cooked before that the match began so yes I was also happy that he came out and that Novak meets a stronger player

How do you say that tennis is not considered important in the Olympics? I agree that you cannot compare this to Wimbledon and any other grand slams but this does not mean that it is not important for the tennis player. A gold medal in the tennis Olympics always matter.

The match between Nadal and Djokovic was easily won by Djokovic. (6-1 and 6-4). I think the era for Nadal is over and it is not that he has lost his form but it is the age factor which becomes a drawback when he is facing opponents.

It seems to me that some branches are just included in the Olympics.
When it comes to Olympics, branches such as swimming, marathon, archery, weightlifting and wrestling come to the fore.
For example, football is world-class, but it is far behind in the Olympic Games.
Our friend may have wanted to mention this situation.

[rdluffy]

I have been having similar experiences and it making me feel like betting on the Olympics is literally a difficult way of gambling as I have no been lucky enough, i have not been able to win on a single bet win the Olympics did kicked off and I bet on their games. I will keep trying maybe I will get lucky before the Olympics comes to an end.

Sooner or later we'll win some bets hehehe
Good luck!

The best thing is to stay away from team sports that have their own major championships when playing at the Olympics, it's just not the same and the ods are reflecting more the usual team form ignoring most don't care that much about it or are already at the end of a long season and tired or injured as hell.
Go for individual sports where you have already seen the qualifying, in most of them surprises are lower than others for the returns they carry.

My next bet is on surfing, I'm very hopeful that Brazil will win the gold medal with Gabriel Medina
But I'll try to find some good bets. If you find a good risk/reward one, share it with us

Hope you're not planning on betting on Brazil against Spain in women football? Spain are the best women side currently the best side in women football. Spain, France, England, Germany, USA are the top 5 teams in women football. Brazil used to be good but not anymore. I don't see them winning against Spain. I don't even think Brazil will put up as much fight as Nigeria did.

For the Olympics I think I'm going to focus on Basketball. Basketball is relatively easier to predict than football. Aside the upset of Nigeria pulled against Australia, I don't think there have been any major shock so far.

To be honest, I'm thinking of betting on Brazil against Spain. The Brazilians will have to give it their all to qualify and I believe they have the potential to do so, after all qualification will be at stake and the odds are good 

[Sithara007]

A lot of discussion is going on in social media here in India. We are the most populous nation in the world, with 1.4 billion people. Last time we won a total of 7 medals (out of that only one was gold). On the other side, Australia with a population of 2% of that of India managed to win a total of 46 medals during the last Olympics. That means that Australians are 350 times more likely than Indians to win medals at Olympics. Even Japan, considered as the most rapidly ageing nation in the world managed to win 58 medals last time.

[MK-74]

Turkish Women's Volleyball team defeated the Netherlands 3-2 yesterday and won their first match in the group.
They came from 2-0 down to win the match 3-2, I thought they would win more easily.

What makes you think so? IIRC on the world ranking they differs by 2 place, though I'm not sure if the team playing on the Olympics are the same as their usual national line-up or not[1]. According to the stats USA lost position recently so they're quite close if you look at the position on the ranking, granted their points difference are bigger. I guess performance of the day matters for those initial sets, while mental strength carries you when things get rough.

[1] https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/world-ranking/women

You may know that the Turkish Volleyball Team(Women) won the World Cup last year. In fact, we finished last year with 3 cups.

I am not happy with the game played yesterday, falling behind 2-0 against the Netherlands is a very bad situation.
There are 4 places between Turkey and the Netherlands in the world rankings.
This is what makes me think this way.

[Rikafip]

A lot of discussion is going on in social media here in India. We are the most populous nation in the world, with 1.4 billion people. Last time we won a total of 7 medals (out of that only one was gold).

So what's the consensus then (if there is any)? What's the main reason why you win so few Olympic medals? Is it because, as a nation, you don't care much about sports in general (I don't know if that's true, just speculating), or maybe you're too focused on a few sports like cricket? Or is there something else causing it?

On the other side, Australia with a population of 2% of that of India managed to win a total of 46 medals during the last Olympics. That means that Australians are 350 times more likely than Indians to win medals at Olympics. Even Japan, considered as the most rapidly ageing nation in the world managed to win 58 medals last time.

Those two are among the most developed and richest coutnries in the world and to be really successfull in sports, you need infrastructure which equals to money.

[Haunebu]

The skateboarding final was scintillating to say the least. Both the Japanese and Americans were on fire with Yuto Horigome nailing a 97 as his final trick and taking gold by the smallest of margins. Loved the event.

So what's the consensus then (if there is any)? What's the main reason why you win so few Olympic medals? Is it because, as a nation, you don't care much about sports in general (I don't know if that's true, just speculating), or maybe you're too focused on a few sports like cricket? Or is there something else causing it?

It's all about Cricket in India and there is very little focus on any other sport. Bad infrastructure, crazy corrupt politicians etc are few other reasons too.