Summer Olympics 2024

[LTU_btc]

End of era of another great athlete - it's last Olympics for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, but she withdraws from 100m semifinal and it's still unclear why.
What a great final in 400m mixed relay - Netherlands were just 4th before lastround, but phenomenal Femke Bol was such fast that she managed to take gold for her country. Now we are waiting for women 100m final.
Qinwen Zheng won gold in tennis, leaving no chance for Donna Vekic. Very well deserved. Mean final will be played on Sunday.
Men cycling road race had interesting ending. After almost 270km race leader Remco Evenepoel from Belgium got puncture with just 2km remaining. Hewasted about 20 seconds to get new bike, but his lead was such big that hestill won race with solid margin.

In 2020 men's 3×3 tournament, Russia won the gold medal, Latvia won the silver medal and Serbia won the bronze medal.
In 2020 women's 3×3 tournament, United States won the gold medal, Russia won the silver medal and China won the bronze medal.

Just small correction - Latvia won gold in men competition, Russia got silver

[Kemarit]

End of era of another great athlete - it's last Olympics for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, but she withdraws from 100m semifinal and it's still unclear why.
What a great final in 400m mixed relay - Netherlands were just 4th before lastround, but phenomenal Femke Bol was such fast that she managed to take gold for her country. Now we are waiting for women 100m final.
Qinwen Zheng won gold in tennis, leaving no chance for Donna Vekic. Very well deserved. Mean final will be played on Sunday.
Men cycling road race had interesting ending. After almost 270km race leader Remco Evenepoel from Belgium got puncture with just 2km remaining. Hewasted about 20 seconds to get new bike, but his lead was such big that hestill won race with solid margin.

It's too bad Shelly-Ann withdraw in the race, Jamaica though also misses Elaine Thompson-Herah, who broke Flo Jo's record it out due to a achilles tear. I thought that Sha'Carri Richardson was the clear favorite to win. So I guess this is a sort of upset as Julien Alfred won the gold medal.

And so another record has been completed, for all the Filipinos here, Carlos Yulo won the gold in gymnastics,

arlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men's floor exercise final at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning Philippines their first-ever Olympic medal in gymnastics.
Yulo's gold medal is also only the second-ever top prize won by the Philippines across both the Summer and Winter Games, and the first in the men's category. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz struck gold in Tokyo three years ago.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/gymnastics-yulo-wins-historic-gold-philippines-with-floor-exercise-title-2024-08-03/

[jaberwock]

The situation is so fun to watch right wingers. They kept saying that it was the birth that decides your gender, if you are born a male then you are a male and just because you feel like a woman doesn't make you a woman. That's literally what all right wingers been saying for a whole decade now, and they have been pretty insisting of it as well. And now there is a woman boxer who was born a woman, and they are trying to say "just because she was born a woman doesn't make her a woman, she has high counts on some stuff!!", well then if she turns to a male, would they consider her a male? That makes sense to them? Lol.

It's simple right wing moronic move and nothing more, she was born a woman, she lost plenty of fights, haven't won gold ever before, and woman do beat her time to time, lets stop acting like Algeria, an Islamic nation, brought in mike Tyson with a wig lol.

[rdluffy]

Even without much hope, I'm watching the women's soccer championship, rooting for Brazil
With 1 win and 2 losses in the qualifying phase, I haven't even risked another bet on Brazil, I'm just watching
And to my surprise, the team is winning 1x0 against France 

I'm having a hard time predicting the results of these Olympics hehehe
Maybe I'll end up with a loss

[GxSTxV]

We are very happy for the first guaranteed medal from our champion girl in boxing Imen Khelif. Even though she is in a very bad campaign against her, accusing her to be a male competing in female boxing competition. I'm from the same country as Imene and we followed her records and journey in boxing.
All those accusations are just to destroy her, not accepting a great performance from this country. She is very strong and that's why most people are jealous and accusing her without confirming their information.

To participate in any competition there are many processes and analyzes to ensure that she is a female. As you can read this also:

The Algerian boxer was born female, was registered female, lived her life as a female, boxed as a female, has a female passport," IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said on Friday.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/articles/c2j3jg51rg4o

[famososMuertos]

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+1
There is a lot of ignorance regarding the subject, and generally it is misinformed people who only give their opinion based on the big headlines, they don't even read, the issue here is about taking the testosterone tests, they did them in the world championship and she didn't pass them, that's it, she doesn't fight, she goes to the Olympics and the rules are different, nothing to do, she fights, but as they say above, that doesn't guarantee her a medal.

This is not new, I already mentioned it in another thread but I leave the reference of another case, and this one is really spectacular, because she a runner at 800 m managed to win two Olympic medals and three world championships.

Caster Semenya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_Semenya

[Docnaster]

Even without much hope, I'm watching the women's soccer championship, rooting for Brazil
With 1 win and 2 losses in the qualifying phase, I haven't even risked another bet on Brazil, I'm just watching
And to my surprise, the team is winning 1x0 against France 

I'm having a hard time predicting the results of these Olympics hehehe
Maybe I'll end up with a loss

Though I didn't stake on the Olympics quarter finals game between the France women vs the Brazil women team but if I had to do that, I would've easily gone for Brazil win or at least a draw. The Brazil national team though haven't been consistent and convincing in the ongoing Olympics games but there's no doubt that they have a squad that promises a better result than that of the French team.
The game is in the 15th minute of additional time and Brazil is still protecting their 1:0 and if you ask me, I think they'll protect it till the final whistle

[acroman08]

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+1
There is a lot of ignorance regarding the subject, and generally it is misinformed people who only give their opinion based on the big headlines, they don't even read, the issue here is about taking the testosterone tests, they did them in the world championship and she didn't pass them, that's it, she doesn't fight, she goes to the Olympics and the rules are different, nothing to do, she fights, but as they say above, that doesn't guarantee her a medal.

This is not new, I already mentioned it in another thread but I leave the reference of another case, and this one is really spectacular, because she a runner at 800 m managed to win two Olympic medals and three world championships.

Caster Semenya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caster_Semenya

I am glad that I am not the only one who feels like this on this forum. it's nasty what the media and people with a lot of influence are doing to Imena Khelif. That woman trained hard to get to where she is and people are dismissing it because of her medical condition which she has no control of. anyway, I'm glad she won again in her most recent fight.

And so another record has been completed, for all the Filipinos here, Carlos Yulo won the gold in gymnastics,

arlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men's floor exercise final at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning Philippines their first-ever Olympic medal in gymnastics.
Yulo's gold medal is also only the second-ever top prize won by the Philippines across both the Summer and Winter Games, and the first in the men's category. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz struck gold in Tokyo three years ago.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/gymnastics-yulo-wins-historic-gold-philippines-with-floor-exercise-title-2024-08-03/

I hope we can also get gold in boxing, Aira Villegas(a Filipino boxer) is guaranteed to get a bronze medal. I hope she can fight her way to the gold medal which will be another record for the Philippines.

EJ Obiena, another Filipino athlete has advanced to the finals in his sport(pole vaulting). he is the world's number 2 in pole vaulting so he is a strong contender, I hope he can come out on top.

[wheelz1200]

I didn't get to watch the USWNT today against Japan but it looked like a hard fought win.  Saw some highlights and the younger girls are bringing in a new era for the team.  With Smith amd Rodman shining on this stage I can't wait to see the next world cup come through.  Long way to go for them but looking forward to the next game. Think I'm gonna throw some shackles on them to advance.

[virasog]

Alcaraz and Djokovic in the final yet again. It's just amazing seeing an injured Djokovic make it to the finals of the Wimbledon and Olympics recently which speaks volumes about his insane athletic ability.

I feel that Alcaraz will win yet again, but Djokovic would still get silver. Both are winners either way and am really excited for the final. Go Carlos! Vamos!

I'm sure we will watch a good finale. Djokovic has always been one of my favorite players, I will support him in the final. To be honest, I don't think he can win, but I want him to win more. Alcaraz's performance is better now. Being an Olympic champion would suit him very well. Everyone likes his playing style in recent years

I hope to see a close final but as we have seen previously Alcaraz with his impressive athletics skills and young age can again out class  Djokovic in the Gold medal match too.
By close match, the bronze medal match was a perfect example where Lorenzo Musetti from Italy beat Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime by 6-4, 1-6, 6-3. Both players played well but Italy won the bronze medal in Men's Single Tennis.

[Haunebu]

Simone Biles is seriously something else. She keeps winning gold after gold at this Olympics despite her issues in the Tokyo Olympics and has solidified her status as one of the GOATS of artistic gymnastics.

On the other hand, we have Katie Ledecky who keeps dominating 800m freestyle and has solidified her status as the best US female Olympian so far. Titmus tried hard, but the gap between them was pretty evident. Legends!

[ajanwalker]

Italy defeated Turkey 3-0 in the formal match in women's volleyball at the Olympic Games, in which both teams had previously been guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals.
The match may be a formality, but in the match where the Turkish National Team could not show any presence, they lost the first set 25-14, the second set 25-16 and the last set 25-21. Although they showed some resistance only in the last set, they lost the match 3-0. The Turkish team did not show any hope for the upper rounds, but maybe there was a lack of concentration. I will follow what they will do in the next round.

[Silence Scream]

Italy defeated Turkey 3-0 in the formal match in women's volleyball at the Olympic Games, in which both teams had previously been guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals.
The match may be a formality, but in the match where the Turkish National Team could not show any presence, they lost the first set 25-14, the second set 25-16 and the last set 25-21. Although they showed some resistance only in the last set, they lost the match 3-0. The Turkish team did not show any hope for the upper rounds, but maybe there was a lack of concentration. I will follow what they will do in the next round.

Turkey has been playing very badly in recent tournaments. Italy may be very good but Turkey was in first place in the rankings. They lost their rankings with their recent defeats and they could not show any presence against Italy in this tournament. This made me very sad because I wanted to watch my country win a medal. It looks like we will not win a medal. Still, we should congratulate the players. Let's see how far we can go.

[coinlocket$]

have you see the final for shot put done yesterday evening?
What a mess it was?
I never seen such a bad organization for an event.

They were throwing normally in the even then started to rain.
instead of stopping or clearing the platform, they left 100+ kg men spinning at high speed and some of them slept risking big injuries.

Was pathetic.

[abhiseshakana]

Italy defeated Turkey 3-0 in the formal match in women's volleyball at the Olympic Games, in which both teams had previously been guaranteed a place in the quarter-finals.
The match may be a formality, but in the match where the Turkish National Team could not show any presence, they lost the first set 25-14, the second set 25-16 and the last set 25-21. Although they showed some resistance only in the last set, they lost the match 3-0. The Turkish team did not show any hope for the upper rounds, but maybe there was a lack of concentration. I will follow what they will do in the next round.

Turkey has been playing very badly in recent tournaments. Italy may be very good but Turkey was in first place in the rankings. They lost their rankings with their recent defeats and they could not show any presence against Italy in this tournament. This made me very sad because I wanted to watch my country win a medal. It looks like we will not win a medal. Still, we should congratulate the players. Let's see how far we can go.

I think Italy deserved to win this match because they performed consistently throughout the tournament. If you look at how they have played so far, it looks like they have a pretty big chance of making it to the final. Meanwhile, Turkey that previously played quite well against the Dominican Republic but they seemed to lose their composure against Italy. There were so many mistakes that resulted in points for Italy, and what I see is that Turkey has quite a big dependence on Vargas, so when Vargas doesn't play impressively, that makes Turkey lose their power.

[xzone]

Korea showed a great performance in archery. All of their players played very well and we can say that they won all the medals.

The match they played with America just now was especially great. Brady Ellison made the best shots I have seen in recent years. His Korean opponent Kim Woo-jin was better than him in the last shot. Both played very well but the champion was Kim Woo-jin.

Mete Gazoz did not play well today, he was not on his day. The champion of the previous tournaments lost. Mete Gazoz lost to the champion player

[abhiseshakana]

Even without much hope, I'm watching the women's soccer championship, rooting for Brazil
With 1 win and 2 losses in the qualifying phase, I haven't even risked another bet on Brazil, I'm just watching
And to my surprise, the team is winning 1x0 against France 

I'm having a hard time predicting the results of these Olympics hehehe
Maybe I'll end up with a loss

I was lucky enough to choose Brazil over France but what I chose was the Asian handicap with +0.75 odd for Brazil. I think if France wins this match with a difference of only 1 goal then I will only lose half. I'm actually quite pessimistic that Brazil can win that match, especially when France got a penalty in the 16th minute. Luckily Lorena managed to thwart the penalty, and I think Lorena played quite impressively in that match, maybe if she hadn't been there, Brazil wouldn't have gotten that win.

[buwaytress]

In the midst of enjoying Djokovic's master class but only started from second set 10 minutes in (wish I'd seen the tie break). Felt Alcaraz was on the ascendancy after getting the third game from a rather lazy Djoker return, and then trying to trick Alcaraz into running down on the slide on last second minutes after. But then he goes and gives away some cheap points and then a miss for 3-3.

Damn. Don't care who's winning this now, but we have a treat on our hands.

[blockman]

And so another record has been completed, for all the Filipinos here, Carlos Yulo won the gold in gymnastics,

arlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men's floor exercise final at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning Philippines their first-ever Olympic medal in gymnastics.
Yulo's gold medal is also only the second-ever top prize won by the Philippines across both the Summer and Winter Games, and the first in the men's category. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz struck gold in Tokyo three years ago.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/gymnastics-yulo-wins-historic-gold-philippines-with-floor-exercise-title-2024-08-03/

I am very happy to see this news when I woke up. Carlos Yulo giving our country's pride with the 2nd gold medal ever in the history of our participation in the Olympics. A male gymnasts as the 2nd winner of gold medal for our country while the first one is Hidilyn Diaz for the weighlifting. It seems that there's a shift and our country should give more focus on these kind of sports instead of focusing where our national team always fail to qualify to the Olympics, I'm sorry to say that.

[boltz]

Simone Biles is seriously something else. She keeps winning gold after gold at this Olympics despite her issues in the Tokyo Olympics and has solidified her status as one of the GOATS of artistic gymnastics.

On the other hand, we have Katie Ledecky who keeps dominating 800m freestyle and has solidified her status as the best US female Olympian so far. Titmus tried hard, but the gap between them was pretty evident. Legends!

She is something unique for sure. She has 3 golden medals so far and like you said above , she is truly one of the GOATS of artistic gymnastic and she is also a 9th time Olympic champion who really said a lot about how great she really is.

She still has chances to win 1 more right ? I don't remember to hear about gymnastic teams contest so if USA can get gold again , then she still have 4 and 10th in total which is once again super impressive in all aspects of her performances .