2024 Paris Olympics General (non-Basketball/Track & Field) Discussion Thread

gavran · Post #561 » by **gavran** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 10:38 am

Man or woman, my Magyaress will beat the Y chromosome out of her today.

I know there are several pages of wall to wall discussion about this boxer but comments like this are just over the line. Please dial it back everyone. Further violations are subject to strike. -b

Post #562 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 11:24 am

gavran wrote:Man or woman, my Magyaress will beat the Y chromosome out of her today.

I hope she's safe, primarily, and wish her good luck.

MVP1992 · Post #563 » by **MVP1992** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 12:01 pm

Gold medal match, Men's tennis doubles in action.
USA v Aus

1 set all.
Aus up 7:2 in the tie break, race to 10.

*Edit:
Wooot!

Another gold to Australia

Post #564 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 12:49 pm

Lmao woops yeah we know it's not a transgender case:

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Post #565 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 12:49 pm

MVP1992 wrote:Gold medal match, Men's tennis doubles in action.
USA v Aus

1 set all.
Aus up 7:2 in the tie break, race to 10.

*Edit:
Wooot!

Another gold to Australia

Congratulations!

LordCovington33 · Post #566 » by **LordCovington33** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 1:23 pm

Australia is now in second behind China.

Post #567 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 2:28 pm

wooooow incredible!

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Bergmaniac · Post #568 » by **Bergmaniac** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 2:37 pm

The Women's Vault final in artistic gymnastics just began, it should be amazing with both Biles and Andrade in top form.

Slacktard · Post #569 » by **Slacktard** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 2:58 pm

Bergmaniac wrote:The Women's Vault final in artistic gymnastics just began, it should be amazing with both Biles and Andrade in top form.

Imagine getting tickets and showing up to watch the women's vault and you got FLAVOR FLAV sitting in front of ya lol. Crazy awesome :lol:

I love how him yelling "yeah, boiiiiiii" was audible even with the mic pretty far away.

sikma42 · Post #570 » by **sikma42** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 2:58 pm

gavran wrote:Man or woman, my Magyaress will beat the Y chromosome out of her today.

are you a Magyaress fan? otherwise, weird that you want to see this woman beat up.

Bergmaniac · Post #571 » by **Bergmaniac** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 3:03 pm

Biles is just incredible, her Double Pike Yurchenko vault is simply stunning.

Slacktard · Post #572 » by **Slacktard** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 3:07 pm

Bergmaniac wrote:Biles is just incredible, her Double Pike Yurchenko vault is simply stunning.

It feels like she gets scored by judges by a different standard just because of how much better she is than actually looking at the difficulty/execution of the elements overall.

Slacktard · Post #573 » by **Slacktard** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 3:21 pm

Simone Biles with a gold on the vault, teammate Jade Carey with the bronze. Third gold medal this Olympics for Biles after the team gold, the all-around gold. I believe she's still scheduled to compete in Floor Exercise and Balance Beam for individual medals and she was #1 in Floor/Vault/Balance in the all-around.

Post #574 » by **Nuntius** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 4:08 pm

MVP1992 wrote:
LordCovington33 wrote:
MVP1992 wrote:Just watched one competitor on the trampoline. No more!

I now have nausea/motion sickness

Just wait till GoPro type headsets are used by athletes for some events. Maybe not the next Olympics but eventually as the TV experience becomes more interactive.

Pass
*edit: using that footage from the headsets GoPro and people at home wearing VR goggles to get a sense of realism...
I'd definitely puke

Puking would definitely add another level to the realism, though, wouldn't it? :lol:

Post #575 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 4:25 pm

Watching Poland vs. Italy M volleyball. Italy taking it to the world #1. Up 2-0, but 23-23 in the 3rd...........

Post #576 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 4:29 pm

Poland wins 3rd set 26-24 on an ace. Screwball of a serve WOW...

Post #577 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 4:53 pm

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Post #578 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 4:58 pm

Italy wins in 4 sets. Seeding implications.

Post #579 » by **G R E Y** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 5:04 pm

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ORLMagicGirl15 · Post #580 » by **ORLMagicGirl15** » Sat Aug 3, 2024 5:35 pm

G R E Y wrote::o wooooow incredible!

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First time I see her do that pass without going out of bounds. She was determined.

Aside from basketball, which Olympic sports are you enjoying the most?