Summer Olympics 2024

[bitgolden]

Feels like USA vs China in the Olympics could be one of the most fun thing I have seen, and the fact that it is also such a politically charged thing makes it so much more fun as well. Thank God I am not citizens of both places, but at the same time we are talking about something that is taking a long place right now and when this is over it is going to be something winner side will talk about until the next Olympics as well.

It's fun to see this working so well, because in the end it's all about "capitalism vs communism" type of thing as well lol. And yes of course just Olympic gold medals do not decide that, and to be fair to USA they have so much more medals too, not just gold medals, they may lack one gold medal in the end, but they are way way way more ahead when it comes to other medals. So it's quite good and important, but at the same time there are other stuff in the world that is making this a real thing as well, we should be considering this as important things.

[Mr.suevie]

It was a very open and entertaining finals, end to end football, with both teams showing intent to win. France the host country did well to get back equal with Spain in the second half, and Spain totally deserve to win because they did not allow themselves to sink under the pressure that France put on them and were able to comport themselves to score more goals in the extra time to get the advantage to win the game before the game got to penalties. Fermín López was a key player for Spain, they almost lost the game substituting him out, Hansi Flick will be happy he has such a talent for next season.

It was great final to watch. Francestarted game in terrible way, these 2 goals that they conceded, there was no defense simply. And I think that referees helped for hosts - thatwas very cheap penalty that led game to extra time. But in extra time Spain proved that they're best. Their goalkeeper made amazing assist - very long throw and perfect Spain transition that ended  with a goal.
Now we will have women football final between Brazil and USA, should be great game.

The final match was really exciting. France was completely caught off guard in the first half. They thought that the 1 goal they got first, could give them the upper hand, but it turned out that Spain actually made a surprise by responding with 3 goals in a row. France was able to improve their performance in the second half and equalized the score at 3-3. Actually, if France could play a little more calmly in the second half, they could have scored another goal. Maybe because they were behind by a goal from Spain, that's what made them quite depressed.

Indeed a really interesting finals and this just confirms that the Spanish national team is set to be on another golden era of football because in both competition that they have played they all performed to the very picture of excellence. Talking about the final game is just something else because this is exactly how a final should be played as in full of excellence because this Spanish team didn't actually hold back even when they equalized the 3 goals they fell 2 goals advantage they took from France.

[Kavelj22]

Sports matches must be kept away from ideological differences and international conflicts between countries because sports are essentially a recreational activity that is not subject to any differences between players, whatever their type.

Valid point! I do admit that I made a mistake by getting carried away and mixing politics with sports in this case. I despise Putin and their trash government for sure, but I don't pity their extremely talented atheletes from not being able to participate because of their leader's mess.

It was a surprise to me personally that the Russian and Belarusian players were invited in their personal capacity as independents, although I encourage this, but the rest of the participants in the tournament represent their countries. In my opinion, this is a kind of racism.

This is not the first time that an attempt has been made to impose ideological procedures related to geopolitical conflicts and international sports tournaments. One of the most famous of these was North Korea's candidacy for the World Cup in England in 1966, and the North Korean team was treated racistly by the organizing committee due to the impact of the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis within the Cold War between the two poles of the world at that time.
The irony is that North Korea succeeded in qualifying for the second round after defeating Italy (surprising everyone) and achieved the championship of being the first Asian country to qualify for the quarter-finals since the establishment of the World Cup. The player who scored the goal against Italy said a famous sentence in an interview years after that match: "When I scored that goal, we won the hearts of the people of Middlesbrough (the city that hosted them throughout the tournament). I learned that playing football can improve diplomatic relations and promote peace."

[Haunebu]

Another controversy in this Olympics edition and this time it's about the Australian breaker Raygun. I was entertained by her performance to be honest, but it was messed up seeing her get a 0 and trolled like crazy.

She tried something creative and got screwed sadly. Change is tough to appreciate in the modern world and this example proves that.

[Palakka]

It'll probably be Brazil's last chance of a gold medal at these Olympics, so I'll be rooting hard for Brazil to beat the United States in the Women's football final
My only bet will be both teams to score, with 1.94 odds

I don't have the courage to bet on Brazil, after all I've lost practically every bet I've placed on the women's team so far and I'm not going to risk it again, even if I'm rooting for them  

The women soccer match has ended and the American women soccer team has shown their prowess by beating the Brazilian team in the final with a score of 1-0, America has now succeeded in increasing the amount of gold they have and making them still able to compete closely with China as a country that won the most gold medals in the Paris Olympics, the final match between America and Brazil was very tight because both teams were very aggressive in attacking from the start of the match, Brazil and America who played more openly in the match, actually had many opportunities to score goals, but it was the bad finishing meant that both teams had to end the match with a score of 1-0 for America win.

The American women national team has shown consistency and extraordinary performance since the Olympics started, they were even able to reach the final by beating other favorite teams, today victory in the final has become a new record for the American women team who were able to become the most successful women soccer team so far in the Olympics with get 5 gold medals since women football was included as a sport at the Olympics in 1996.

[Coyster]

The olympics basketball gold medal game is ongoing right now between the hosts France and the United States. The USA are the favorites to win the game, but France are showing good character and are playing very well. The USA have won the first quarter 20:15, so we'll see how the second quarter goes, it is a pretty interesting game to watch, go see it if you can.

[GxSTxV]

It was a surprise to me personally that the Russian and Belarusian players were invited in their personal capacity as independents, although I encourage this, but the rest of the participants in the tournament represent their countries. In my opinion, this is a kind of racism.

Unfortunately, they are mixing everything together with political ideologies even with sports where it should be used only for peace and fair gameplay, and representing your country in any sport event is way different than creating more racism or conflicts. The people behind wars and violence are bunch of people called politicians, and they are not even fighting or risking their life, while they easily use their troops and slaughter thousands of people with cold hearts.
In this olympics, our country faced many criticism from other athletes of different areas, just because of the different ideologies we share. However, everyone got what he deserved and each athlete or team won medals resulted from their own hardworking and preparation.

[Ryu_Ar1]

Most of Indonesia Badminton athlete was playing under perform and they have been eliminate on early stages this is dissapointing indeed because Indonesia targetting gold medal from this sport but luckily Indonesia at least still gets bronze medal from Gregoria Mariska Tunjung which is where the medal tradition from badminton is still can be achieved

This is a very difficult situation for our country even though when it comes to the Olympics, Indonesia has always relied on badminton as one of the contributors to the gold medal but this season it seems like we failed to contribute to gaining gold because we can only get one bronze medal at the Olympics this time in badminton.

The lack of regeneration from PBSI as an organization that regulates badminton in Indonesia including managing its athletes makes the situation complicated because the athletes who are brought are just that when they should be able to compensate or be able to find coatings for senior athletes who already exist today. Senior athletes in Indonesia are old enough but their coatings are still below in terms of level which makes this Olympics we have to give up the gold medal which is actually always a superior for Indonesia.

[OgNasty]

Team USA is almost gold in basketball. They’re up by 8 at halftime in the gold medal game. Looking like they’re going to be taking first place in the Olympic tournament and bringing home the gold once again. France is putting up a fight, but it appears that America is still the home of the greatest basketball players in the world.

[notblox1]

Crazy final match and deserved with for Spain against France.
It is not often we see eight goals in final but goalscorers were motivated on both sides.
I can see Sergio Camello changing his club for much bigger contract soon, Rayo Vallecano wont be able to hold him for much longer.

[coinlocket$]

What a game for team USA on Basketball game.
Curry has been superb in the last 2 quarters and USA won again after Tokyo 2021.
Fun fact the final of 2021 was also France vs USA.
This is the 17th time, 5th in a row for the golden medal for the US.

The best scorer of 3 points in the history struck again.

[AmoreJaz]

What a game for team USA on Basketball game.
Curry has been superb in the last 2 quarters and USA won again after Tokyo 2021.
Fun fact the final of 2021 was also France vs USA.
This is the 17th time, 5th in a row for the golden medal for the US.

The best scorer of 3 points in the history struck again.

Just a trivia though, it is officially branded as Tokyo 2020 not Tokyo 2021. Though the events happened from July-Aug 2021.

Anyway, we all know the hard core in basketball is Team USA. But of course, good competitors are always on the line. The early odds are also favouring Team USA on this sports. They are just living their reputation.

However, there are good stories to tell like for example, the South Sudan team who put up a good fight when they had a match with USA. That South Sudan is a good underdog story, they showed a very strong point that they can also compete in the world stage given their players' background and of course how they come from one of the poorest countries in the world.

[LTU_btc]

Last day in athletics stadium. A bit strange men high jumping final. USA and New Zealand athletes were fighting for gold and after failing at 2.38, then they went back to jumping 2.36 and then 2.34 until New Zealand's Hamish Kerr won gold. 2020 winner Mutaz Essa Barshim ended, another legend Gianmarco Tamberi ended at just 2.22, he couldn't do better because of kidney problem.
What a dominace of USA in women 400m relay, they were just 0.1 away from World Record. Femke Bol takes silver for Netherlands in last moments.
Women Gold medal football game wasn't most exciting, it was typical final without many moments. It was game where 1 goal decided winner and USA team is back on the top again.
A bit disappointing beach volleyball final. Sweden faced no competition from Germany and won final in very confident way.
Same thing can be said about volleyball final, France took gold against Poland in straight 3 sets and only 3rd set was more or less close.

Nope. Tbh, I don't even know how the hell that ended up at olympics while we are still missing sports like bowling, karate, rugby, cricket etc.

Even though my country got silver medal in breaking, I'm not big fan of such sports. I prefer sports where winner is decided by scored points/goals, distance or time. Not where everything decided by referees who may be biased like breaking, gymnastics and so on.
There won't be breaking in 2028 Olympics, while there is cricket included and we have Rugby-7 in Olympics for some time already.

[Docnaster]

Crazy final match and deserved with for Spain against France.
It is not often we see eight goals in final but goalscorers were motivated on both sides.
I can see Sergio Camello changing his club for much bigger contract soon, Rayo Vallecano wont be able to hold him for much longer.

I totally agree with your opinion about Sergio Camello and how he's likely to move to a bigger club after his stellar performance in the Olympics games. The 23 years of Madrid-born attacker was electrifying through our his time on the pitch against France in that final. For the result of the game, I was very disappointed with France for conceding two extra time goals despite coming from 3:1 to equalize in normal time. Spain national team recently won the UEFA Euros Championship and now their football that represented the country have also won gold in the Olympics. Spanish football seems to be dominating in world football at the moment. If they can continue like this, Spain will surely be a serious contender in the next edition of the FIFA World Cup which is just two years away from now.

[MK-74]

USA became Olympic champions, this was expected, they definitely had to be champions with this squad and they did.

Curry was the star of the night, he played with 24 points tonight.

Kevin Durant became the first male basketball player to win 4 gold medals in Olympic history. He achieved a great success.

France came in second in the Olympics.

Serbia came in third in the Olympics by defeating Germany.

[EFS]

USA was much better as expected. This time they didn't fall behind in the game. France stayed close until the end but couldn't push them any further. This team is already very difficult to beat. If they wanted and needed, they could've won differently. USA team was too strong. The GOAT LeBron James won Olympic gold medal once again for the last time.

[snipie]

Team USA is almost gold in basketball. They’re up by 8 at halftime in the gold medal game. Looking like they’re going to be taking first place in the Olympic tournament and bringing home the gold once again. France is putting up a fight, but it appears that America is still the home of the greatest basketball players in the world.

When you say basketball, we say United States
Since the first period, USA were dominating the game with a comfortable lead. Only the third period was for the French side, otherwise finishing behind with 11 points difference isn't something to be proud of for France in the final game..
USA are right now 1 gold away from taking the first position from China.

[Rikafip]

Only the third period was for the French side, otherwise finishing behind with 11 points difference isn't something to be proud of for France in the final game..

I beg to differ. France reaching the final and losing by only 11 points to a strong favorite like the USA is actually something to be proud of, and I am pretty certain that they are

The GOAT LeBron James

[abhiseshakana]

It'll probably be Brazil's last chance of a gold medal at these Olympics, so I'll be rooting hard for Brazil to beat the United States in the Women's football final
My only bet will be both teams to score, with 1.94 odds

I don't have the courage to bet on Brazil, after all I've lost practically every bet I've placed on the women's team so far and I'm not going to risk it again, even if I'm rooting for them  

The women soccer match has ended and the American women soccer team has shown their prowess by beating the Brazilian team in the final with a score of 1-0, America has now succeeded in increasing the amount of gold they have and making them still able to compete closely with China as a country that won the most gold medals in the Paris Olympics, the final match between America and Brazil was very tight because both teams were very aggressive in attacking from the start of the match, Brazil and America who played more openly in the match, actually had many opportunities to score goals, but it was the bad finishing meant that both teams had to end the match with a score of 1-0 for America win.

It's a shame that I lost this match because I chose the odds for Brazil winning but I don't regret anything because Brazil played well and they fought as hard as they could. In my view, Brazil didn't play any worse than the US and that's not what made them lose this final match but, more because of one person who really played brilliantly, and she managed to thwart all the good opportunities that Brazil had.

The US is truly lucky to have Alyssa Naeher, and I think Alyssa Naeher was more worthy of being the star in the final, rather than Mallory Swanson who scored the winning goal for US.

[Haunebu]

Faith Kipyegon has done it once again by winning the 1500m gold for the third time in a row sealing the deal as one of the best long distance runners of all time. She is easily one of the best Olympians of all time.

The GOAT LeBron James won Olympic gold medal once again for the last time.

Curry is my favourite GOAT though. The dude kept pumping out 3 pointers out of nowhere as usual. Love his fake outs.