Summer Olympics 2024

[Shinpako09]

Who won the MVP for basketball?
Must be Steph Curry without any doubt, right?

Any France have very good players, they will dominate Europe in the following years and most of them will dominate NBA from next year.
Very impressive team.

It was Lebron James that has been awarded as the MVP for men's basketball in the Olympics.

What? Curry was amazing, in the last 2 games, incredible anyway...

The tally probably is for all of the games that have been made and the scores that each player made. But I guess that Lebron got all of the most points, I haven't seen the record yet but that's probably what it is.

It wasn't a point thing but rather a leadership thing.  Yes steph had 36 points in the semi final game but lebron had a triple double.  Tough to do in a r0 minute game vs a 48 minute nba game.  Lebron had to clean the boards score when it was important and feed every US player to make sure they were getting involved.  For some weird reason lebron hmgets a lot of hate but one thing for certain he guided this team to gold.  For that I agree dude deserved the mvp here.

Yeah, why the hate? I also thought Curry would get it, but it's not like LeBron doesn't deserve it, he definitely does. His leadership is commendable, and it's not like he performed poorly. In fact, he performed well. Maybe they’re just LeBron haters, no matter what happens. We can't do anything about it and neither can Lebron.

[rdluffy]

There is a tough competition of Gold medals between the United States of America and China. As of now, both the United States and China won 40 Gold medals each, it is a tie between them 
However overall, United states won 126 medals as compare to the China's 91 medals. The USA is a clear winner here in the Paris Olympics. Japan is on the 3rd position while the host France is in the 4th position in terms of total medals.

I remember there was a bet on which country would win the most medals, and it really was like that, United States in first and China in second place
China narrowly missed out on first place, a single gold medal would have made all the difference
It's incredible how close the two countries are and how they've left the others behind
At the next Olympics in Los Angeles, United States cannot allow another country to win more medals, and I believe they will invest even more in Olympic sports to secure first place again

But it's incredible how the Olympics also serve as a parameter for the condition of each country, with China gaining a lot of ground and investing heavily in sports 

[LUCKMCFLY]

France will have very good support, this could be a decisive factor for them. France looks very good at the Olympics, and it is not surprising, they are playing at home and they simply had to do it. For Thierry Henry it is also a great achievement, his start as a coach was not very successful and now if France wins they can change everything. If Spain can win, then this summer will be incredibly successful for them, after the victory of the Spanish national team at the Euro. So far the match is mainly in the center of the field without any advantage of one of the teams, perhaps France is trying to move forward more, but so far it is all without much progress.

France tried to come back when they got that penalty to make it 3-3 but goals from Camello in the 100' and 120' decided to the whole event for them. For what it was worth, France did well in the Olympics and to get to the finals as hosts is something we should commend because they rarely do so.
 Thierry Henry would have made history if he had managed to win the gold in this Olympics because it would have been his first since becoming and if it were any other team, his dream of achieving this would have been a reality. Big ups to Spain though. They managed to exude confidence and calm despite the pressure and I must say they deserve to gold.

Well, but it was a great step forward that the tití made, for me he is a very good coach, not just anyone makes them Reach the final , not just anyone makes those kids great in the Olympics, Spain has a great formation, they come from an experience of the Euro , they have a lot of material, they also have a great league, one of the best in the world, now in Ligue 1 things must continue to improve, so if it is as you say, the tití would have made history, but I think he already did, they should be proud, the silver medal is not a dishonor, but basically what he has Achieved is historic.

[OgNasty]

Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre performing to close out the Olympics and bring it to Los Angeles was pretty awesome. I can only imagine the sort of performances that are going to be put on in 2028. It is going to be a traffic nightmare for the city I’m sure but for those of us watching at home I’m sure it will be fun seeing everything LA brings to the table.

[TravelMug]

There is a tough competition of Gold medals between the United States of America and China. As of now, both the United States and China won 40 Gold medals each, it is a tie between them 
However overall, United states won 126 medals as compare to the China's 91 medals. The USA is a clear winner here in the Paris Olympics. Japan is on the 3rd position while the host France is in the 4th position in terms of total medals.

But it's incredible how the Olympics also serve as a parameter for the condition of each country, with China gaining a lot of ground and investing heavily in sports 

I read that this is the biggest haul of medals from the Chinese, they even tied for US in terms of golds. And a lot of sports like in Swimming wherein they won medals and then they sweep the diving and table tennis games, a feat that we haven't seen in Olympics.

And even in women's tennis singles and mixed doubles, this games are usually dominated by West or European but the Chinese were able to win medals as well. So yeah, the investment they put up really paid off in Paris 2024.

[tsaroz]

There is a tough competition of Gold medals between the United States of America and China. As of now, both the United States and China won 40 Gold medals each, it is a tie between them 
However overall, United states won 126 medals as compare to the China's 91 medals. The USA is a clear winner here in the Paris Olympics. Japan is on the 3rd position while the host France is in the 4th position in terms of total medals.

But it's incredible how the Olympics also serve as a parameter for the condition of each country, with China gaining a lot of ground and investing heavily in sports 

I read that this is the biggest haul of medals from the Chinese, they even tied for US in terms of golds. And a lot of sports like in Swimming wherein they won medals and then they sweep the diving and table tennis games, a feat that we haven't seen in Olympics.

And even in women's tennis singles and mixed doubles, this games are usually dominated by West or European but the Chinese were able to win medals as well. So yeah, the investment they put up really paid off in Paris 2024.

It was nice to have an Olympics. Being able to held one is itself a large achievement but this Olympics too was plagued with controversies.

International boxing Association made sure they want to kill boxing as a sports. The boxing scandal in Paris is likely to prevent boxing being a Olympic sport in LA.

This has been the point where China is going to replace US as the sporting giant for Olympics. Though US made IOC test Chinese athletes for doping several times, they don't seem to have found any illegal substance. The next obvious path for US is to analyze the samples and find substances that are not banned and before the start of the LA Olympics, ban them immediately so that in the short time period, the athletes won't have time to remove the traces from their blood. Otherwise US could get a defeat on their own land.
US actually should blame Australia instead. The reason why Swimming has so many gold is because US were better at it. Now Australians are stealing US gold.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

There is a tough competition of Gold medals between the United States of America and China. As of now, both the United States and China won 40 Gold medals each, it is a tie between them 
However overall, United states won 126 medals as compare to the China's 91 medals. The USA is a clear winner here in the Paris Olympics. Japan is on the 3rd position while the host France is in the 4th position in terms of total medals.

But it's incredible how the Olympics also serve as a parameter for the condition of each country, with China gaining a lot of ground and investing heavily in sports 

I read that this is the biggest haul of medals from the Chinese, they even tied for US in terms of golds. And a lot of sports like in Swimming wherein they won medals and then they sweep the diving and table tennis games, a feat that we haven't seen in Olympics.

And even in women's tennis singles and mixed doubles, this games are usually dominated by West or European but the Chinese were able to win medals as well. So yeah, the investment they put up really paid off in Paris 2024.

It was nice to have an Olympics. Being able to held one is itself a large achievement but this Olympics too was plagued with controversies.

International boxing Association made sure they want to kill boxing as a sports. The boxing scandal in Paris is likely to prevent boxing being a Olympic sport in LA.

This has been the point where China is going to replace US as the sporting giant for Olympics. Though US made IOC test Chinese athletes for doping several times, they don't seem to have found any illegal substance. The next obvious path for US is to analyze the samples and find substances that are not banned and before the start of the LA Olympics, ban them immediately so that in the short time period, the athletes won't have time to remove the traces from their blood. Otherwise US could get a defeat on their own land.
US actually should blame Australia instead. The reason why Swimming has so many gold is because US were better at it. Now Australians are stealing US gold.

Overall they were a good Olympics they weren't bad however not many world records were broken which is strange there were a lot of champions and it was a pleasure to see many of them for the last time apart from the initial ceremony let's say they were good

[libert19]

Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre performing to close out the Olympics and bring it to Los Angeles was pretty awesome. I can only imagine the sort of performances that are going to be put on in 2028. It is going to be a traffic nightmare for the city I’m sure but for those of us watching at home I’m sure it will be fun seeing everything LA brings to the table.

I have been to cricket stadium once, and concluded from that experience that viewing experience on screen is better than going to the stadium, although it still feels good to watch your favorite sportsperson from close-up but that's only positive I can think of.

[LUCKMCFLY]

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.

Well, what they have shown is that they are very powerful nations, that they are very powerful in their sports and that obviously it can be seen as you say, for me the political part is very bad that it exists, however, as you say, with socialism vs capitalism, I consider that capitalism is a thousand times better, I know this from my own experience, but for me in terms of the sports part, the USA is much stronger in sports, where I see that it is very difficult for them to get results is in men's soccer, they can't, so sometimes not everything is power.

[ajanwalker]

France organized this very well. The closing events were also very nice. I've never heard of a memorable event at the Olympic Games. Security measures are also very good. If we live long enough, we will meet at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics...

[Marvelockg]

Snoop Dogg and Dr Dre performing to close out the Olympics and bring it to Los Angeles was pretty awesome. I can only imagine the sort of performances that are going to be put on in 2028. It is going to be a traffic nightmare for the city I’m sure but for those of us watching at home I’m sure it will be fun seeing everything LA brings to the table.

the 2028 Olympics at los Angeles will take a totally different turn as it's now going to be in the USA and knowing that they've always been at the top of thier games at the Olympics and would be hosting the coming Olympics, it will be a perfect opportunity to break their own record on the highest medal won back to back in consecutive Olympics. They've made a name for themselves as long as the Olympics is concerned. With an incredible 126 medals at this Paris Olympics, won 113 medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and still came out first at the 2016 Olympics held at Brazil with total medal that sums up to 121, at the home ground with everything that will now work to thier advantage will be a perfect opportunity climb up tall as the strongest force to be contender against as long the Olympics sport's is concerned.

This was an epic event and hopefully we pray to be financially stable enough in the coming years to have the capacity to be live at the Olympics event.

[Haunebu]

Felt great to see USA ending up on top of the table right over China thanks to their crazy high medals tally. Tom Cruise's crazy stunts were spectacular and they were the highlight of the closing ceremony for me.

Paris Olympics 2024 turned out to be average overall for me thanks to so many great events combined with many, many controversies.

[TopTort777]

France organized this very well. The closing events were also very nice. I've never heard of a memorable event at the Olympic Games. Security measures are also very good. If we live long enough, we will meet at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics...

I would not say that France really did a great job, if we remember Seina water controversies, robberies (but I think this happens all the time), and several events to be postponed, as well as opening ceremony received a lot of hate. Maybe I was distracted by all that, plus boxing controversies, and that influenced on my evaluation. Anyway, the US beat everyone again, China again on the second place and the same goes to Japan. South Korea is finally in top10.

[Baofeng]

France organized this very well. The closing events were also very nice. I've never heard of a memorable event at the Olympic Games. Security measures are also very good. If we live long enough, we will meet at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics...

I would not say that France really did a great job, if we remember Seina water controversies, robberies (but I think this happens all the time), and several events to be postponed, as well as opening ceremony received a lot of hate. Maybe I was distracted by all that, plus boxing controversies, and that influenced on my evaluation. Anyway, the US beat everyone again, China again on the second place and the same goes to Japan. South Korea is finally in top10.

And some players being sent home because of so called violations, and then 2 boxers that were banned by IBA but was allowed by the IOC to compete. So there are a lot of controversies in this Olympics and I do agree that it was not a great job by the host team.

Total medals went to the USA team, but for my country, we won 2 golds and 2 bronzes and that is enough to be in the top of Southeast Asian countries. Next will be in Los Angeles, not the first time that this city is going to hold it and so I'm expecting it to be great as the last time.

[slaman29]

I thoroughly enjoyed the Olympics. Obviously my main love is football and with it being summer I get bored so am always looking for something to do to pass the time until the football starts up again. I really enjoyed the Olympics, some of the athletics was epic, really enjoyable.

It started off awfully with that abomination of an opening ceremony but the athletes put on a great show. Keely Hodgkinson was my favourite athlete in the Womens 800m.

I have to say, so did I. Every summer one I do enjoy the badminton and table tennis, but this year I actually also even watched stuff like volleyball and swimming, which is weird but enjoyable. I really liked most of the spirit in athletes, except runners who seem a bit egotistic lol

It was a big change from football drama, like real sporting events and damn, the high jumps and pole vaults impressed me big time.

My personal favorite is Pakistan winning their only gold from some guy who only picked up javelin because he was a shit cricket player. Old school sports and new hero

[ajanwalker]

France organized this very well. The closing events were also very nice. I've never heard of a memorable event at the Olympic Games. Security measures are also very good. If we live long enough, we will meet at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics...

I would not say that France really did a great job, if we remember Seina water controversies, robberies (but I think this happens all the time), and several events to be postponed, as well as opening ceremony received a lot of hate. Maybe I was distracted by all that, plus boxing controversies, and that influenced on my evaluation. Anyway, the US beat everyone again, China again on the second place and the same goes to Japan. South Korea is finally in top10.

Man, it definitely has its flaws, but I still think it was beautiful.
By the way, I am not a French Citizen. I'm just a sports fan watching from the outside. I found it strange that two athletes, especially those in the women's boxing competitions, were competing in the women's category. Because there was disproportionate power.
I think the USA will be much more beautiful and organized. It is a fact that such organizations are done better by large and powerful countries. Countries that will aspire to the Olympic games should now form a committee and examine what these countries are doing and how they work. These things don't happen with airborne work.

[criptoevangelista]

Cuba's decline in the last decades of the Olympics is clear. A country that has always been a reference in Olympic sports, this edition of the Olympics is in 32nd place in the medal table. If it continues at this pace, it will lose all its relevance in Olympic sports. Since Sydney 2000, its performance has been getting worse and worse... sad.

[yenerbatmaz]

I really liked the break dance category, which was for the first time in these Olympics.
It would be nice if such fun and beautiful games were added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
I watched the 10 km swimming race in the Seine River. The athletes swam and I was out of breath.

[aoluain]

I really liked the break dance category, which was for the first time in these Olympics.
It would be nice if such fun and beautiful games were added to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
I watched the 10 km swimming race in the Seine River. The athletes swam and I was out of breath.

I dont think they are actually going to be added to LA28. I believe it was
only added for Paris to encourage a younger audience?

I think there are other "sports" that are played globally which could take its place.

I was actually looking forward to watching the Breaking but I didnt see any of it.
There was simply too much other sports going on which my country was involved in.

[acroman08]

I dont think they are actually going to be added to LA28. I believe it was
only added for Paris to encourage a younger audience?

I think there are other "sports" that are played globally which could take its place.

from what I know, breaking was only for this Olympics, and yeah it was to attract the younger audience. also, from what I heard recently there will be 5 different sports will be added to the 2028 Olympics.

edit: so I did a quick search and these are the sports that will be added to the 2028 Olympics "flag football, baseball/softball, cricket, lacrosse and squash".

I was actually looking forward to watching the Breaking but I didnt see any of it.
There was simply too much other sports going on which my country was involved in.

I wasn't able to watch the break dance women's category but I was able to watch the men's category and it was amazing, the gold medalist(Phil Wizard) definitely deserves the gold.