Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Gollum]

Two observations:

 

1. Top 8 ranked teams made the QF.

 

2. These were the exact same 4 matchups in Tokyo as well but placed on different sides of draw

 

It went like this:

 

         QF                         SF                                        medal matches

 

Aus vs Neth

                          Aus vs Ger

Ger vs Arg

 

                                                       Aus vs Bel for gold, Ger vs Ind for bronze

 

 

Ind vs GBR

                          Ind vs Bel

Bel vs Esp

[Gollum]

1 minute ago, neel roy said:

I m proud to be honest

 
I m proud to be honest. If you close your eyes and see the fixture and you dont know what it is,you can easily think its the fixture for football.. belgium spain germany argentina netherlands england.. all football super nations. Same kind of game skills and energy required.. And in midst to see india is a thing to be proud of..

Yeah, even Aus is a sporting powerhouse. Nice company for India. Now win the damn thing. 

[Gollum]

Lakshya Sen vs Axelsen (Tokyo gold medalist) SF confirmed. 

 

 

[Gollum]

Lakshya is 1.8m tall, still looks like a baby next to Axelsen who is 1.94.

[Gollum]

Btw Ireland beat NZ 2-1 to finish 5th in the group. 'Nice guys' last with 0 points, 5/5 games lost. @Kron jashn manao. 

 

RSA beat France 5-2.

 

I expected more from the hosts tbh, big letdown. Japan, Malaysia, South Korea in their place would have made it more exciting. France qualified as hosts, this stupid provision must be changed. Otherwise imagine USA in 2028 LA, will lose all games 15-0. 

[deathmonger]

12 minutes ago, neel roy said:

I m proud to be honest

 
I m proud to be honest. If you close your eyes and see the fixture and you dont know what it is,you can easily think its the fixture for football.. belgium spain germany argentina netherlands england.. all football super nations. Same kind of game skills and energy required.. And in midst to see india is a thing to be proud of..

no Pakistani Bangladeshs. chef's kiss.

 

also why i love badminton, shooting etc - all the asian giants - japan, korea, china

[deathmonger]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Btw Ireland beat NZ 2-1 to finish 5th in the group. 'Nice guys' last with 0 points, 5/5 games lost. @Kron jashn manao. 

 

RSA beat France 5-2.

 

I expected more from the hosts tbh, big letdown. Japan, Malaysia, South Korea in their place would have made it more exciting. France qualified as hosts, this stupid provision must be changed. Otherwise imagine USA in 2028 LA, will lose all games 15-0. 

nz beat pook hahahaha

 

thing about pak is they have become so bad we cant even spam wins and improve h2h lol

[Gollum]

Just now, deathmonger said:

no Pakistani Bangladeshs. chef's kiss.

 

also why i love badminton, shooting etc - all the asian giants - japan, korea, china

Pak, BD, SL, Afg, joke sporting nations. 

 

Tough to take cricket seriously with these kind of countries in top 10. 

 

Look at top 15 of hockey in comparison. 

[deathmonger]

Just now, Gollum said:

Pak, BD, SL, Afg, joke sporting nations. 

 

Tough to take cricket seriously with these kind of countries in top 10. 

 

Look at top 15 of hockey in comparison. 

yup.

 

those other teams are weak in cricket too tbh. in modern era, infra matters. 

 

don't see anyone overtaking big 3 and eventually india will be the big 1.

 

hope american desis make usa a good team lol.

 

and maybe cricket being an olympic sport motivates others. pak cricket should go the way of hockey.

[AKane]

On May 29 Axelson beat Lakshya Sen in 3 games 21-13 16-21 21-13.

 

So it was not straight games.

 

Lakshya is playing much better now than on May 29.

 

Troubling part is where he is friendly with Axelson and practices with him.

 

Padukone also used to beat Morten Frost Hansen. Then he became friendly and maybe practiced with him.... and never came close to beating him ever again.

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

nz beat pook hahahaha

 

thing about pak is they have become so bad we cant even spam wins and improve h2h lol

Pak last beat us (twice by 1-0 margin) in 2016 South Asian Games when we sent kids to play. At that time we were playing Champions Trophy where we lost in shootouts to Aus in the final. Finished ahead of Belgium, Germany, GBR etc.

 

We again made the CT final in 2018, another shootout loss to Aussies. We totally dominated the final this edition but still lost. Finished ahead of Netherlands, Belgium, Argentina. Pak also participated there and finished last, lost to us 0-4.

 

Gap has only widened since then, more than 10 years since they beat us (not counting the joke South Asian Games of '16), something like 16-0 in last 10 years. Unless they expand number of teams, don't see Pak ever qualifying to another Olympics. Though they didn't qualify to previous WC, they have a better chance there since 16 teams participate. 

[Gollum]

2 minutes ago, AKane said:

On May 29 Axelson beat Lakshya Sen in 3 games 21-13 16-21 21-13.

 

So it was not straight games.

 

Lakshya is playing much better now than on May 29.

 

Troubling part is where he is friendly with Axelson and practices with him.

 

Padukone also used to beat Morten Frost Hansen. Then he became friendly and maybe practiced with him.... and never came close to beating him ever again.

My father told me this many times. 

[Gollum]

Lakshya-Axelsen H2H is 1-6 against our guy

 

Last time they faced each other in Singapore Open in May this year, 3 sets loss for Sen. Mostly Axelsen has won in straights, but Sen too was young and not matured 2-3 years back. This time, should be a different Sen. 

[maniac]

47 minutes ago, Gollum said:

India has screwed over Aus so badly here. 

 

They would have obliterated GBR. But now QF against Dutch, if they win that, Belgium will be waiting. No way they win those 2 back to back. From gold medal contenders to this predicament. 

I don’t know their hockey culture so I am assuming this based off of their cricket style or whatever little i have seen them play hockey but isn’t this is the kind of scenario where Aussies peak. Don’t they?

Edited August 2, 2024 by maniac

[New guy]

8 minutes ago, AKane said:

 

 

Troubling part is where he is friendly with Axelson and practices with him.

 

Padukone also used to beat Morten Frost Hansen. Then he became friendly and maybe practiced with him.... and never came close to beating him ever again.

No reason why it cannot happen the other way around too.

[AKane]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

4 minutes ago, AKane said:

On May 29 Axelson beat Lakshya Sen in 3 games 21-13 16-21 21-13.

 

So it was not straight games.

 

Lakshya is playing much better now than on May 29.

 

Troubling part is where he is friendly with Axelson and practices with him.

 

Padukone also used to beat Morten Frost Hansen. Then he became friendly and maybe practiced with him.... and never came close to beating him ever again.

My father told me this many times. 

Man it also happened with Nadal/Djokovic.

 

Nadal was like 16-6 h2h with Djokovic at end of 2010.  Then he decided to play doubles with him and a bunch of exhibitions in South Americal.  Nadal had the "swagger" then. Fed was number 1 but Nadal had the swagger.

 

Djokovic basically studied him and what works against him.

 

After that came 2011 and 7 straight finals defeats to Djokovic. The Nadal swagger was gone and he was never the same player again after that - esp at Wimbledon. 2011 Wimby final whipping by Djokovic and Nadal never played a Wimbledon final again after 5 straight finals before that.

[AKane]

Just now, New guy said:

No reason why it cannot happen the other way around too.

That is true since Axelsen is the one winning.

[deathmonger]

11 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Pak last beat us (twice by 1-0 margin) in 2016 South Asian Games when we sent kids to play. At that time we were playing Champions Trophy where we lost in shootouts to Aus in the final. Finished ahead of Belgium, Germany, GBR etc.

 

We again made the CT final in 2018, another shootout loss to Aussies. We totally dominated the final this edition but still lost. Finished ahead of Netherlands, Belgium, Argentina. Pak also participated there and finished last, lost to us 0-4.

 

Gap has only widened since then, more than 10 years since they beat us (not counting the joke South Asian Games of '16), something like 16-0 in last 10 years. Unless they expand number of teams, don't see Pak ever qualifying to another Olympics. Though they didn't qualify to previous WC, they have a better chance there since 16 teams participate. 

3 olympics and 2 wcs missed i think

[deathmonger]

4 minutes ago, maniac said:

I don’t know their hockey culture so I am assuming this based off of their cricket style or whatever little i have seen them play hockey but isn’t this is the kind of scenario where Aussies peak. Don’t they?

lol aussie in cricket and aussie in hockey are different.

 

basing one sport off another is foolish.

Edited August 2, 2024 by deathmonger

[Ultimate_Game]

Just now, deathmonger said:

lol aussie in cricket and aussie on hockey are different.

 

basing one sport off another is foolish.

 

Their mentality is still the same.