Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[AuxiliA]

6 minutes ago, neel roy said:

Who does  Lakshya play. Dont tell me Axelsen pls

 

Yup. Either Axelsen or a 12th ranked Singaporean player.

[randomGuy]

Rajendra from Jamaica throws well in shot put 

[neel roy]

1 minute ago, AuxiliA said:

 

Yup. Either Axelsen or a 12th ranked Singaporean player.

Ef you see kay

[neel roy]

26 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

Haha...in abt 15 mins (I know that you know why I am still here posting )

Toor has been ok but my guess is 6th

[Number]

9 minutes ago, AKane said:

Well he did play the group matches which he won very easily - that ended Wed. He did not play yesterday in R16. So I don't think it was rust.

 

Badminton is tricky - for people dumping on our doubles team which lost at least they played better than this world no 1 in singles today. Shetty/Reddy just did not have an answer for the poking game and short rallies that the Malaysians played. For rallies which lasted over 5 shots they won but the Malays kept it to rallies of 4 and under with their relentless poking shots and preventing the high game.

Yeah Satvik Chirag were never outright favorites. Even Chinese no. 1 TT player got knocked out in QF. You always have to count bad days.

Our problem is we have just 10-12 medal hopefuls. 

[randomGuy]

1st athlete to qualify , from Czech republic 

[vvvslaxman]

Damn. Team India lost to Team uSA in archery in the bronze medal. 

[randomGuy]

Ryan crouser qualifies 21.49m throw 

 

Toor's 1st throw coming soon 

[coffee_rules]

On 7/30/2024 at 9:10 PM, randomGuy said:

Yaar kyon mujhse  mehnat karwate ho?

Toor's best of 21.77 m is good enough for a medal almost always. In 2020 he would have been 4th position with his best throw... check the throws in previous finals as well...

 

Just randomly checked 2000 Olympics - gold medal throw is 21.29m.

 

2004 gold medal throw 21.16 m

 

2008 gold medal 21.51 m

 

2012 gold medal 21.89 m

 

2016 silver 21.78 m

 

Even after this I am saying 1/8 chances of a medal... what is unreasonable here I am not understanding. 

 

Likewise 8.3 to 8.5 m long jump gives you gold in last 6 Olympics. Aldrins best jump of 8.42 m is a gold in probably 4/6 previous Olympics. He isn't even a 1/8 chance? 

 

 

 

 

21.61 is the #1 position now

[AKane]

3 minutes ago, Vicks57 said:

There is a good chance Djokovic's knees give out of match goes to 3rd set 

Its Musetti he is playing man - please....

 

I want to see Djokovic play Alcaraz. 

[randomGuy]

Bad one by toor.

[New guy]

This is the guy you guys were hyping so much? @randomGuy

[Gollum]

Goal awarded to GBR but he kicked it instead of using stick, cheater saala. After review, goal cancelled. 'Foot of God' ho jaata warna.

[randomGuy]

1 minute ago, New guy said:

This is the guy you guys were hyping so much? @randomGuy

Bhai 2 attempt ke bad bolna 

[New guy]

Just now, randomGuy said:

Bhai 2 attempt ke bad bolna 

Ok

[Gollum]

4 minutes ago, AKane said:

Its Musetti he is playing man - please....

 

I want to see Djokovic play Alcaraz. 

You wanna see Nole cry or what?

[New guy]

Feed randomly switched to women's heats

[Gollum]

Thanks to @randomGuy, many icfers awake at midnight IST.

[Gollum]

0-0 first quarter.

[deepdynamo]

Toor first throw of 18.05 is the lowest of all throwers. ( excluding fouled one)