Summer Olympics 2024

[Sithara007]

Anyone following hockey at the Olympics? Germany and Great Britain are on top in Group A with 9 and 8 points respectively, while in Group B it is the turn of Belgium and Australia. Top 4 teams from each group are going to qualify for the knockout phase. India and Argentina have 7 points each in Group B, and if there are no surprises then they should qualify. Ireland and New Zealand are already eliminated from this group. In the women's competition, Belgium and Netherlands are topping Group A, while Australia and Argentina are in the same position in Group B.

[rdluffy]

I don't think Paris is giving me any luck  
I've lost almost every bet so far

I'm not going to bet on Brazil's women's soccer anymore, I believed Brazil could win in women's soccer against Spain, they lost, but still managed to qualify for the quarterfinals
I think this is Brazil's worst team in recent times and I don't think they'll be able to beat France at home
Maybe my bet will have to be against Brazil hehehe

Brazil hasn't won a gold medal so far
I think the best chances now will be in surfing, beach volleyball and canoeing

[LTU_btc]

We have contraversial moment in boxing. Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned fight with transgender Imane Khelif after 46 seconds:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/01/angela-carini-abandons-fight-after-46-seconds-against-imane-khelif
https://twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1818976558557630575
I can't understand how transgener can fight with women, it's disgraceful.

Being Croatian, I lost a few years of my life watching that match, especially during the tie break. At the beginning of the 3rd set, I was sure Donna was going to lose it (I even put some money on it), but luckily, she somehow managed to win. I just hope she has enough time to recover for the tonight's match vs Schmiedlova.

I can imagine that, I watched it as neutral spectator and even for me it was such nervous match. Vekic had such poor 1st serve and several double faults at desisive moments, it didn't looked that she will win.
We have huge upset in semifinal where Swiatek loss to Zheng, it was difficult to see it coming.

If I can recall correctly, they were celebrating together during 2016 Olympic Games as well so its safe to assume nothing is gonna happen to them. Unless some of those from North decide to defect to South Korea.  

I also don't believe that something bad will happen to them. After all, they won medal, I expect that they will be welcomed as heroes at home.

[Sithara007]

China is topping the medal table as of now, with 11 golds and 7 silvers. The United States is in the 5th position with 6 golds. This maybe a big surprise for a lot of people, but I was expecting this. The same happened during the Tokyo Olympics as well. During initial stages, US was far behind and China was leading. But in the last 3-4 days, the Americans closed the gap and finished at the top. Of the 11 golds that China has won till now, 4 has come from shooting and 3 came from diving (which is once again, expected).

[Rikafip]

Pretty funny to see France getting so many medals only in first 8 days of Olympic games, when they got almost same amount during whole Olympic Games in 2020.

Its kinda expected for hosts to win more medals than they usually do.

United States are performing bad this year. Only 6 gold medals, when on previous games they have got 39, and it is only athletics left, when they are super strong at. It is either they get more gold next days when swimming is still on, or they wont win this Olympics.

They are usually kicking ass in swimming and unless I am not mistaken, they haven't won a single gold medal there at this Olympics and that is part of reason for fewer gold medals won.  Last Olympics Chinese almost beat them when it comes to gold and this time it may actually happen.

We have contraversial moment in boxing. Italian boxer Angela Carini abandoned fight with transgender Imane Khelif after 46 seconds:
I can't understand how transgener can fight with women, it's disgraceful.

Yep, fucking disgrace. The only way this is going to stop is if women refuse to fight the men but unfortunately I don't see it happening on the scale enough to actually matters. I hope that i am wrong though.

[virasog]

China is topping the medal table as of now, with 11 golds and 7 silvers. The United States is in the 5th position with 6 golds. This maybe a big surprise for a lot of people, but I was expecting this. The same happened during the Tokyo Olympics as well. During initial stages, US was far behind and China was leading. But in the last 3-4 days, the Americans closed the gap and finished at the top. Of the 11 golds that China has won till now, 4 has come from shooting and 3 came from diving (which is once again, expected).

For me too, seeing United States of America not in the top 3 is a big surprise but again this is very early in the Olympics. The results will change considerable once we reach near the end of the Olympics. If USA did not top the table, they will surely be at number 2 spot.
By the way, are you betting on who will win most medals in this olympics?
It will be interesting to know what odds bookmakers give for China and United states.

[Sithara007]

For me too, seeing United States of America not in the top 3 is a big surprise but again this is very early in the Olympics. The results will change considerable once we reach near the end of the Olympics. If USA did not top the table, they will surely be at number 2 spot.
By the way, are you betting on who will win most medals in this olympics?
It will be interesting to know what odds bookmakers give for China and United states.

It will be really difficult for the Chinese to beat the Americans. Athletics is scheduled for the last few days and US is much ahead of China in this discipline. During Tokyo 2020, despite playing in familiar weather conditions the Chinese couldn't get past the Americans. Back then US finished at the top with 39 golds, and Chinese trailed them with 38. This time I expect the gap to be wider. Anyway, China is a rapidly ageing country (their population is naturally declining for the last few years) and it will be reflected in the Olympic medal tally.

[hosseinimr93]

They are usually kicking ass in swimming and unless I am not mistaken, they haven't won a single gold medal there at this Olympics and that is part of reason for fewer gold medals won.

United States have won half of their six gold medals in swimming.
They won gold medals in men's 4×100m freestyle relay, women's 100m butterfly and women's 1500m freestyle.

It will be interesting to know what odds bookmakers give for China and United states.

Currently, the odds are 1.3 for United States and 3.5 for China.

[criptoevangelista]

Petty Officer Senior Sergeant Yusuf Dikeç
No special glasses, no headphones, hands in his pockets and he won the silver medal. He left his mark on the Olympics with this style and stance and will be remembered for a long time.
Congratulations...

It is also worth noting that he is 51 years old. As for special equipment, it may not sound very serious, like anti-glare glasses and headphones (and a device to block the view of the second eye), but from the outside it looks extremely unnatural. For me, it would be logical if there were two separate categories - shooting with special technical means and without.

This was truly incredible, it shows pure talent, he certainly showed the world that no equipment is needed to help him do what he really knows how to do. Along with Gabriel Medina's photo, this photo is without a doubt one of the great moments of this Olympics.

[virasog]

For me too, seeing United States of America not in the top 3 is a big surprise but again this is very early in the Olympics. The results will change considerable once we reach near the end of the Olympics. If USA did not top the table, they will surely be at number 2 spot.
By the way, are you betting on who will win most medals in this olympics?
It will be interesting to know what odds bookmakers give for China and United states.

It will be really difficult for the Chinese to beat the Americans. Athletics is scheduled for the last few days and US is much ahead of China in this discipline. During Tokyo 2020, despite playing in familiar weather conditions the Chinese couldn't get past the Americans. Back then US finished at the top with 39 golds, and Chinese trailed them with 38. This time I expect the gap to be wider. Anyway, China is a rapidly ageing country (their population is naturally declining for the last few years) and it will be reflected in the Olympic medal tally.

In the covid delayed Tokyo Olympics the difference was of Gold Medal was just one between the two nations. Also if we see the overall medal race, the USA got 113 as compared to China 89.



I don't think it would be a surprise if America is on the top and most of the predictions too suggest the same.
Also the countries that host the Olympics usually get more medals and this time i think that France may double or triple the gold medals they gain in Tokyo Olympics.  

[xLays]

There’s an ongoing issue with the Paris Olympics involving a biological male (transgender athlete) competing in women’s boxing. Why did the Olympic Committee allow this? I think this is totally unfair for real female athletes. I think it’s time to create an Olympics for transgender athletes. Lol
The match between Angela Carini from Italy and Imane Khelif from Algeria in the women's welterweight Round of 16 at Paris 2024 Olympics lasted only 46 seconds on Thursday, August 1. This was after Carini abandoned the fight against the "biological male" Khelif. After being hit by powerful punches and having her headgear removed, Carini consulted with her corner and decided to forfeit the fight. She mentioned feeling intense pain in her nose. https://facebook.com/share/p/9wvVWd9TiLoFUCsC/?mibextid=oFDknk

[stompix]

By the way, are you betting on who will win most medals in this olympics?
It will be interesting to know what odds bookmakers give for China and United states.

The US has very few favorites in the games that award medals earlier, in the last 3 days in ht previous games China got 4 medals while the US got 10, for the first two it was a 6:3 China advantage.

There’s an ongoing issue with the Paris Olympics involving a biological male (transgender athlete) competing in women’s boxing. Why did the Olympic Committee allow this? I think this is totally unfair for real female athletes. I think it’s time to create an Olympics for transgender athletes.

And split that into two categories, female>male and male>female.
It's fairly obvious that if there is nobody complaining about females competing in male sports and only the other way around it's a genetic thing leading to an advantage.

[Haunebu]

Carlos freaking Alcaraz! Wow! He defeated Tommy Paul in straight sets in the quarter-final to enter the semi-final and is poised to win a medal for sure. Credit should be given to Tommy though for fighting hard in the 2nd set.

Am really excited to witness an Alcaraz-Djokovic faceoff most probably soon. Hyped!

[OgNasty]

There’s an ongoing issue with the Paris Olympics involving a biological male (transgender athlete) competing in women’s boxing. Why did the Olympic Committee allow this? I think this is totally unfair for real female athletes. I think it’s time to create an Olympics for transgender athletes.

And split that into two categories, female>male and male>female.
It's fairly obvious that if there is nobody complaining about females competing in male sports and only the other way around it's a genetic thing leading to an advantage.

The truth is that the reason there isn’t a transgender category is because nobody wants to actually watch mentally ill people compete against each other. I think political correctness has gone way too far. Watching a man beat a woman in the ring and be rewarded for it is disgusting to me. Everyone needs to stand up against this bullshit.

[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

To be honest, this year Olympics in Paris didn't really impress me, especially the opening ceremony which looked very standard compared to previous Olympics, Previously I had hoped that paris would give a lot of impression at this year Olympics but in fact there weren't many surprises happening, currently it looks like Indonesia We haven't been able to do much at the Olympics, so far we haven't even won a single medal in various sporting events, badminton and weightlifting haven't given us medals at the moment although previously we always used badminton and weightlifting as a mainstay to win gold or silver medals, but for now, I think many countries are also starting to develop rapidly in the sport of badminton, making it difficult for Indonesia to win medals,  so far Indonesia only has two representatives left in badminton Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (women singles) in the round of 16, and also Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto (men doubles) in the quarterfinals.
I personally hope that at least the men's doubles will bring home 1 medal even though it's a little difficult if you look at the opponents they faced in the quarterfinals.

Opening ceremony look controversial for some people especially for the athlete from South Korean because the announcer mispronounces country name which at that time they called Democratic People's Republic of Korea or North Korea which this is wrong but recently the committee have apologized for this mistakes

But about Badminton most likely Indonesia will not gets gold medal from this sport because recently men doubles from Indonesia Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto has been eliminate by China couple Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang and during the match Indonesian couple is really hard struggling to in form they even playing under pressure and lost 2 set

Indonesia actually has 1 more representative for Badminton because today women singles Gregoria Mariska Tunjung has successfully to eliminate Kim Ga-eun and advances to the quarterfinal and Gregoria will fight against Ratchanok Intanon on that stage but this is hard match for Gregoria considering she always be lost from Ratchanok Intanon in the last 7 meeting and if Gregoria lost from this match then Indonesia certainly will not gets the medal from Badminton

[ChiBitCTy]

Petty Officer Senior Sergeant Yusuf Dikeç
No special glasses, no headphones, hands in his pockets and he won the silver medal. He left his mark on the Olympics with this style and stance and will be remembered for a long time.
Congratulations...

It is also worth noting that he is 51 years old. As for special equipment, it may not sound very serious, like anti-glare glasses and headphones (and a device to block the view of the second eye), but from the outside it looks extremely unnatural. For me, it would be logical if there were two separate categories - shooting with special technical means and without.

I've been seeing/reading a lot about this guy of late.  I love seeing how he's just a "natural" shooter and didn't /doesn't require all that fancy stuff that other shooters use.  Now to be fair he did take home silver, not gold, so you have to wonder if any of that special eye-wear would make enough of a difference for him that would have placed him in gold.  I honestly have no idea, just something I was kind of wondering to myself.

[Docnaster]

For me too, seeing United States of America not in the top 3 is a big surprise but again this is very early in the Olympics. The results will change considerable once we reach near the end of the Olympics. If USA did not top the table, they will surely be at number 2 spot.
By the way, are you betting on who will win most medals in this olympics?
It will be interesting to know what odds bookmakers give for China and United states.

To be honest, I was also surprised to learn that United States of America wasn't in the top 3 initially however, I knew they were going to climb to the top three before tomorrow. Currently USA is 2nd in the Olympics medal table with 9 gold medals which is two behind China's 11 gold medals. Finishing at the top of the medal table is a normal feat for the USA and I have no doubt that they will finish this year's edition of the Olympics games at the top.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Petty Officer Senior Sergeant Yusuf Dikeç
No special glasses, no headphones, hands in his pockets and he won the silver medal. He left his mark on the Olympics with this style and stance and will be remembered for a long time.
Congratulations...

This guy is so cool, I love his laid back attitude. He’s clearly very talented too, such a chill guy.

I’ve seen loads of memes about him already, he’s more famous than the guys who won gold in that category

[SatoPrincess]

Petty Officer Senior Sergeant Yusuf Dikeç
No special glasses, no headphones, hands in his pockets and he won the silver medal. He left his mark on the Olympics with this style and stance and will be remembered for a long time.
Congratulations...

There are so many memes of Yusuf Dikeç flooding the internet. He’s gone viral because I have been seeing posts about him on my Instagram all day. One comment I read was particularly funny because it said Yusuf Dikeç deliberately took second place so people won’t suspect him of being a hitman lol. It’s almost as if we had a live John Wick at the Olympics. Yusuf Dikeç has stolen the spotlight and I think this is also good for the Paris Summer Olympics because there have been so much controversy surrounding the competition. It’s nice that we can talk about something else that’s fun and not offensive to anyone.

BTW hands in the pockets is super cool.

[LTU_btc]

We saw farewell of anothertennis legend. Andy Murray lost match in doubles and it means that his career is over. End of era...
https://twitter.com/eurosport/status/1819097022512689424
We know another semifinalist in women tennis, Dona Vekic in just a bit more than hour beat Schmiedlova, delivering bagel in 2nd set by winning it 2:0
Simone Biles is phenomenal, she becomes first women in history to perform the Yurchenko double pike vault and won gold easily:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_I71v3laAE

United States have won half of their six gold medals in swimming.
They won gold medals in men's 4×100m freestyle relay, women's 100m butterfly and women's 1500m freestyle.

Wouldn't say that USA being not first is something strange. Athletics begins next week, this is where they take most gold medals, China there don't stand a chance there. In first week there wasn't that many events were USA is dominant, mainly swimming, Simone Billes in gymnastics.