Paris Olympics 2024

[AlRums]

apparently it was an admin thing

Apparently there is a rule you have to arrive on the team bus to be allowed into warm up area, she didn't.

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Lucky 13. What a run lads.

 

[Which Tyler]

Apparently there is a rule you have to arrive on the team bus to be allowed into warm up area, she didn't.

Seems a touch petty

 

[AlRums]

Seems a touch petty

I've subsequently read the rule was changed yesterday, so yes, seems extremely petty

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

well we blew the 4x400

 

[ncurd]

I've subsequently read the rule was changed yesterday, so yes, seems extremely petty

Should say I've seen nothing officially reported.

 

[Which Tyler]

well we blew the 4x400

Not really, Femke Bol is an absolute freak of nature.
Love her

 

[AlRums]

Stunning last leg by the Dutch girl, walked past the leading 3

 

[Which Tyler]

DP

 

[AlRums]

Should say I've seen nothing officially reported.

Best I've got, it's on a couple of news sites

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce out of Olympics 100m final after late rule change

The 37-year-old was due to race in her semi final on Saturday evening.

metro.co.uk

 

[AlRums]

They seemed to be adding "events to increase medal counts", mens and womens relays and now as in the last Olympics mixed relays (to be fair we got gold last time in the mixed triathlon)

 

[ncurd]

Best I've got, it's on a couple of news sites

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce out of Olympics 100m final after late rule change

The 37-year-old was due to race in her semi final on Saturday evening.

metro.co.uk

Yeah but the BBC showed footage of her in the warm area but not suiting up. Johnson said the issue was sorted hours beforehand.

 

[ncurd]

They seemed to be adding "events to increase medal counts", mens and womens relays and now as in the last Olympics mixed relays (to be fair we got gold last time in the mixed triathlon)

They decreased the medal counts to add the mixed relays. Personally I think they are great.

 

[ncurd]

2 DSQs in the final at swimming 200m Medlay. Don't think I've seen a DSQ is swimming before this year.

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

They decreased the medal counts to add the mixed relays. Personally I think they are great.

allows them to decrease the amount of athletes at the games while only diminishing the amount of events somewhat. I think they are a bit of false advertising but there is nothing wrong with them by themselves.

 

[ncurd]

allows them to decrease the amount of athletes at the games while only diminishing the amount of events somewhat. I think they are a bit of false advertising but there is nothing wrong with them by themselves.

I dunno about false advertising. It's a bit of fun.

Although the swimming mixed medley is an insane tactical battle. 4 strokes but the women have to any 2. That's cool in my book and my kinda jam in sport.

 

[AlRums]

They decreased the medal counts to add the mixed relays. Personally I think they are great.

If you add events I fail to understand how that reduces medal count, unless other events have excluded

 

[AlRums]

Are they saying there is a dry line in this 100m?

 

[pagliaccio_euforico]

If you add events I fail to understand how that reduces medal count, unless other events have excluded

got rid of all the good track cycling events . . . weightlifting has been cut in half.

 

[AlRums]

Neita 4th in 100, been a while since we have been that far up

Congrats to the St Lucian