Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Sandz]

12 minutes ago, coffee_rules said:

That mindset will come to the athletes when we have won 20-40 medals.  Until then,  they ought to be happy with whatever . In one of the interviews, Manu said she was sad she missed out winning silver, but happy with bronze for now. She looks forward to win more next time. Who knows.

They are massively weighed down by history of not winning much and expectations of being the first ones to do so. Once they start winning regularly the performances will come and medals will improve, I have no doubts about that. It won’t happen in 2028 but it will.

[Gollum]

Chinese girl Zheng beat Iga Swiatek in SF, on clay, in PC. Omg this is huge.

[putrevus]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Chinese girl Zheng beat Iga Swiatek in SF, on clay, in PC. Omg this is huge.

Wow , this is huge upset. 

[randomGuy]

10 minutes ago, Gollum said:

If true, mad respect to him.

Some things will never come out. You will have to draw your own conclusions.

[deathmonger]

27 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Lakshya to play world champion ship bronze medallist and former world number 2 Chou Tien-chen in Quarter Final. 

lakshya himself is world championship bronze medalist

[Sgattick10]

Depressing day for India except Kusale 

[Kron]

20 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

Prannoy didn't try his best on purpose to not tire Lakshya. Prannoy took one for team india.

Is this true?

[LordPrabhzy]

1 hour ago, New guy said:

But she shot much better in those competitions too. She is unable to do here. Nothing to do with opponents.

She shot better because the pressure wasn't there knowing worlds best arent competing with her so easier for her to win. here she knows that the worlds best are there and she has no chance so choked.

[Sgattick10]

9 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Chinese girl Zheng beat Iga Swiatek in SF, on clay, in PC. Omg this is huge.

Ye chini log kya kha rahein hain bhai? 

[rollingstoned]

Sat-chi have won some big tournaments these past 2 years tbh including Asian games gold which is as hard as this one IMO, just couldn't bring it together here. 

[randomGuy]

5 minutes ago, Kron said:

Is this true?

I believe so. Although such things are never revealed to public.

[Sgattick10]

 

[New guy]

28 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

Prannoy didn't try his best on purpose to not tire Lakshya. Prannoy took one for team india.

He has also not completely recovered from his chikunguniya bout he had recently.

[rkt.india]

29 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

Prannoy didn't try his best on purpose to not tire Lakshya. Prannoy took one for team india.

isnt he Thomas cup champion which is equivalent to cricket world cup win according to him?

[bharathh]

Just now, rkt.india said:

isnt he Thomas cup champion which is equivalent to cricket world cup win according to him?

It's the biggest prize in Badminton at a team level. World championship and Olympics are the most prestigious in singles.

[Number]

5 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Sat-chi have won some big tournaments these past 2 years tbh including Asian games gold which is as hard as this one IMO, just couldn't bring it together here. 

Really sucks man. This was their peak, golden chance missed.

We may have some singles players coming through but will be difficult to have a doubles pair of that quality in future.

[rkt.india]

1 minute ago, Number said:

Really sucks man. This was their peak, golden chance missed.

We may have some singles players coming through but will be difficult to have a doubles pair of that quality in future.

satvik is only 23

[Number]

1 minute ago, rkt.india said:

satvik is only 23

They can have one more shot definitely but not sure if the form will remain the same. They were smashing it in the last 2 years. 

[coffee_rules]

On 7/31/2024 at 9:47 AM, New guy said:

To some people all hate doesnt count unless its openly against Indians and not just Indians but just Hindus. Some people have no empathy for others, the Social media generation is giving rise to a bunch of proud sociopaths who are proud because they are "anti-woke", which is code word for being hateful bigots who are racist, sexist, bigoted against LGBT and anyone who is different in anyway

Do you have sympathy for this male boxer beating the crap out of a female boxer so much that she forfeited the match yesterday in Paris Olympics event

 

 

 

Edited August 1, 2024 by coffee_rules

[Lone Wolf]

11 minutes ago, Number said:

Really sucks man. This was their peak, golden chance missed.

We may have some singles players coming through but will be difficult to have a doubles pair of that quality in future.

Terrible loss for them.  They won the Asian Games gold which is as hard as Olympic one.  This will stung for a while