Summer Olympics 2024

[aoluain]

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.

In a tennis players career the pinnacle of the sport are the Grand Slams, 4 per year - Australian Open,
Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open. Its a lucky few that get to win one let alone all 4.
Rarer still is to win the "Calendar Slam" all 4 slams in the one season.

Lets say a player is playing for 15 years, he/she has 60 chances to win 1 slam over the course of their carreer.

Move to an even rarer accolade - the Olympics. Over the course of their career a tennis player will have
approximately 4 chances to win a Gold medal, thats how rare they are.

If you want to something which is at the very top of a career in Tennis is completing a "Golden SLam"
all 4 slams and a Gold Olympic medal.

The most rarest is completing all these in one season, there is only a 1 person club in that one.

A Golden Slam is defined as having won each of the four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open,
French Open, Wimbledon, US Open) as well as an Olympic Gold medal. Only one player (Steffi Graf)
has managed to achieve this feat in a single year (1988), although the Bryan brothers also achieved
their wins consecutively. Serena Williams is the only player to have achieved a Golden Slam in both
singles and doubles.

https://www.olympedia.org/lists/1/manual

The olympics is massive in any atheletes career!

[Sithara007]

A lot of talk is going on about the “mysterious” box that is being given to the medal winners at Paris 2024 Olympics. No one has confirmed what is inside the rectangular box, that measures around 40cm in length. BTW, some media sources are comparing the financial rewards given to medal winners at the Games. On top we have Hong Kong, where gold medal winners are given $768,000 each. Then we have Singapore and Indonesia with $745,000 and $300,000 respectively. And at the bottom we have Australia, where gold medal winners are awarded just $13,000.  

[Wapfika]

A lot of talk is going on about the “mysterious” box that is being given to the medal winners at Paris 2024 Olympics. No one has confirmed what is inside the rectangular box, that measures around 40cm in length.

You should do research throughly before you post such information. That box was known since the reward for every Olympian winner is declared.

It contains an iconic game poster as commemoration to the Olympics. I manage to get this picture on reddit channel that discuss this same topic 4 days ago. See the picture below for the actual picture. The poster is already visible on the picture that you posted.

[stompix]

I'm curious what kind of cleanup is required if they spend that much money, does this mean other countries will need the same amount of capital to prepare for this sport?

The thing has been known for a century, it's how the city has been designed and every time it rains they must discharge water into the Seine to prevent backflow, you either discharge it or you have untreated water contamination, they've already built additional basins to store rainwater but if it rains as much (and as unusual) it won't be able to handle.

It's all good. The triathlon competition is already underway with Flora Duffy obliterating her competition at the moment.

At the moment...she was done after the first round.
Interestingly enough despite all the drama about the swimming in the Seine it was the cycling that was a disaster for most, I wonder how many trained on cobblestone streets (wet ones).

[dansus021]

Welcome to Olympic 2024 my great great grandfather had a tea cup from the '90s olympics and it looks awesome. But to be honest I just rarely know about current olympic there is a news that opening ceremony is not good enough or have some conspiracy theory behind it.

But I wish good luck to all people, especially my country Indonesia I just hope they bring more gold medals this time in badminton and martial art

[Pandu Geddon]

But to be honest I just rarely know about current olympic there is a news that opening ceremony is not good enough or have some conspiracy theory behind it.

There are indeed some incidents that may be part of a conspiracy from certain parties who want to take advantage of the Olympic momentum. Some argue that France is not the best place for the Olympics because of security or whatever. There are many reports on social media regarding disputes between supporters of several countries who may not like it for certain reasons. But we all have to remember that this is a big sports agenda for all athletes in the world from various sports. Everyone must put aside political interests and others. and uphold solidarity in fair play.

[WatChe]

But I wish good luck to all people, especially my country Indonesia I just hope they bring more gold medals this time in badminton and martial art

Indonesia is yet to open there account on Medal tally like many other countries. If I talk about my country i.e. Pakistan then we only have hope from one athlete (Arshad Nadeem in Javelin throw) to bring medal out of seven athletes. This time China is ahead on points table with 8 gold while USA surprisingly is way behind on point table so far with only 4 golds.   

[bering]

Welcome to Olympic 2024 my great great grandfather had a tea cup from the '90s olympics and it looks awesome. But to be honest I just rarely know about current olympic there is a news that opening ceremony is not good enough or have some conspiracy theory behind it.

But I wish good luck to all people, especially my country Indonesia I just hope they bring more gold medals this time in badminton and martial art

Indonesia still not gets any medal from the current Olympics but they had gold medal tradition from Badminton because almost every events they can able to gets gold medal from this sport and currently still group phase which for Men’s Singles Indonesia has Anthony Ginting and Jonatan Christie but their performance were dissapointing because few hours ago they had just lost from their opponents and this makes them were eleminate early and failed to advances to round of 16 because only gets 1 win from 2 games

For Women’s Singles Gregoria Tunjung has successfully to advances to the round of 16 after on the second game she can able to overcomes Czech Republic athlete Tereza Svabikova with 2 set in a row and this result makes her finish as the champion of group G and Gregoria opponent for round of 16 is Kim Ga-eun and i am confident Gregoria will be able to win this match because previously Gregoria has good results while met Kim Ga-eun because from 8 meeting total Gregoria always be win

[xLays]

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[Haunebu]

The men's artistic gymnastics just concluded and it was fire for the most part. China and Japan were duking it out till the end with Shinnosuke Oka barely taking gold for Japan and the Chinese taking silver and bronze.

Felt sad for the Ukraine dude who ended up in 4th position despite a great all-round performance. Japan keeps dominating in Olympic men's gymnastics.

[LUCKMCFLY]

If you do decide to visit Nigeria, you should definitely try the Nigerian Jollof. Reading your post, I just realized I’ve never imagined anyone on the forum to be athletic or active in sports. A small correction to your post; The men’s team is the Super Eagles and the women’s team is known as the Super Falcons not the Black Eagles.

Spain won the Super Falcons today 1-0. I was thinking Spain was going to brutalize us with so many goals but that was not the case. I’m only worried that Nigeria might not advance to the next stage.

Thank you very much, without a doubt I have to try it, it is a rice that looks very delicious, after I read your post I actively searched if they made it in my country or in Colombia, but nothing, it is a flavor that intrigues me and its name is flirtatious, lately I have seen many videos about Nigeria, and it intrigues me and I would like to learn their language, I have seen a Youtuber who learns languages ​​and visited Nigeria, really their culture and their foods look very delicious, and above all I like the reaction they have when they speak their language, especially when it is fluent, with respect to women's soccer I cheered on Nigeria, but they fell to Japan, however they still have a good chance in athletics, in swimming, they can make a difference and come out winners, they have a very good chance.

[LGD2Business]

The USA is playing a very comfortable match. There is a big difference between this team and the team in the friendly match. Sudan has been disappointing so far. I didn't think they would be able to challenge the USA anyway. The USA can win this match and make sure they go out of the group, win the last match and make it 3 out of 3 and reach the quarter finals.

[Agbe]

In this Olympics the only team Nigerians are relying on is the basketball team which is the D'Tigress because the football teams that suppose make the country proud has lose out. Cynthia the Boxer was disqualified because of drug detection found from her. The Olympics do not favour Nigeria this time. And since we have the Basketball Team, we are to support them and encourage them to do more.

[OgNasty]

I can’t get over that clip of Erin King making the most incredible rugby play I’ve ever seen. Her display of athleticism will surely inspire countless little girls to be badasses. If you haven’t seen it, go to Google right now and search for Erin King rugby clip. You definitely won’t be disappointed.

[LTU_btc]

Damn, what an epic match between Kostyuk and Vekic, almost hours of fight and winner decided in tie-break. Vekic goes to semifinal where she will face biggest surprise of tournament Schmiedlova. In other semifinal Zheng will play with Swiatek.
Olympics is over for Rafa Nadal where in doubles with Alcaraz they a bit unexpected lost to pair from USA. Was it last match forNadal in professional tennis/ Who knows.
Finally we have new World Record in swimming - Chinese swimmer Pan Zhanle beats record 100 m freestyle. It was first new world record in this Olympics, previously it was speculated that this pool is too shallow for good performances.

[MK-74]

The USA won very easily, South Sudan is a really good team, it's a great achievement for them to even get this far.
Stephen Curry was bad today, he stayed on the court for 21 minutes and could only score 3 points.
Nuni Omot was the star of the night in South Sudan.
I don't think there is a rival team for this USA squad, I think they will win this cup easily.

[SUPERSAIAN]

The USA won very easily, South Sudan is a really good team, it's a great achievement for them to even get this far.
Stephen Curry was bad today, he stayed on the court for 21 minutes and could only score 3 points.
Nuni Omot was the star of the night in South Sudan.
I don't think there is a rival team for this USA squad, I think they will win this cup easily.

The USA was supposed to play their toughest match against Serbia in the first match but the USA had no trouble against Serbia. South Sudan did a good job. Lebron James is the leader of the team as always, he always scores and encourages other players to score, so as you said the USA has no rival in basketball and I don't expect them to suffer any defeats during the tournament.

[xzone]

Turkey left its mark on the day in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team. Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikeç attracted everyone's attention with his shot in the final. He was perhaps the model for one of the most iconic and coolest photos of the 2024 Paris Olympics. In this category, where all athletes use a lot of equipment, he looked very good with his glasses that he uses in his daily life and his hand in his pocket. Yusuf Dikeç and Şevval İlayda Tarhan, who hit the target very well without any difficulty, won the silver medal

[karabiber]

The most viral photo of the Paris Olympics so far has been this spectacular shot taken in Tahiti. The image, taken by Jerome Brouillet for AFP, features Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina. The Brazilian surfer struck a spectacular pose in the third round of the Men's Shortboard to celebrate not only his victory but also his new Olympic record. Medina, who has 3 world titles and was immortalized second by second as he glided off the wave, rode through a huge wave in the fifth heat of the day that earned him a near perfect score of 9.90, an Olympic record. Medina struck a spectacular pose in mid-air to celebrate not only his victory but also his new Olympic record.

[Haunebu]

Looks like Great Britain and France ended up winning gold at men's and women's triathlon events which were successful events despite all the pollution concerns. France and USA have the most medals so far in the games, but France have more golds.

Medina struck a spectacular pose in mid-air to celebrate not only his victory but also his new Olympic record.

Yeah. I saw that pic recently and was amazed by it. The photographer deserves an Olympic medal for that photo.