Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Gollum]

5 minutes ago, Number said:

Amos Serem top medal contender out due to his stupidity.

Avinash now in medal contention.

10 runners have bested Sable's NR (PB) this year Be happy if he improves on his PB and finishes a creditable 6th or 7th in the final.

[AKane]

12 minutes ago, nitinbwj said:

Sable has qualified ..top 5 qualify from the heat. He finished 5th.

He qualified comfortably in 5th place - 1.5 seconds before the 6th place finisher.

 

The sixth place in Sable's heat would have been first place in the first heat.

 

No point burning yourself out in the heats - the second heat was very very fast. Avinash conserved himself.

[Gollum]

6 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

Yar in heat 1 everyone is slower than Sable (heat 2) , why so?

Top 5 qualify, so they were maybe matching pace of opponents in that heat. Why exert yourself more than required in a heat?

 

6th best in this race is like the rate determining step in chemistry, since top 5 make finals, 6th best in heat 2 must have been better today. 

Edited August 5, 2024 by Gollum

[Sgattick10]

Apart from Neeraj and hockey team how many left from Indian contingent? 

[Gollum]

Finally some good news. 

 

India breaks new ground, an Indian making it to final in this event will inspire so many. As such making finals in any track event is challenging for our bodies, and this race is highly specialized for North African bodies, Kenyans etc. 

[Gollum]

Just now, Sgattick10 said:

Apart from Neeraj and hockey team how many left from Indian contingent? 

Among medal contenders, maybe one in wrestling. Mirabai in weightlifting. 

[Number]

8 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

Yar in heat 1 everyone is slower than Sable (heat 2) , why so?

I guess since all top 5 qualify and timing doesn't matter, it just depends how the leaders group controls the race.

Edited August 5, 2024 by Number

[randomGuy]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Top 5 qualify, so they were maybe matching pace of opponents in that heat. Why exert yourself more than required in a heat?

 

6th best in this race is like the rate determining step in chemistry, since top 5 make finals, 6th best in heat 2 must have been better today. 

Yaar time to dekho , it is something like 

 

heat 2 toppers = 1-5 fastest finalists 

 

heat 1 toppers = 6-10 fastest finalists

 

heat 3 toppers = 11-15 fastest finalists

[randomGuy]

1 minute ago, Number said:

I guess since all top 5 qualify and timing doesn't matter, it just depends how the leaders group controls the race.

Still can't get my head around it

[Gollum]

Just now, randomGuy said:

Yaar time to dekho , it is something like 

 

heat 2 toppers = 1-5 fastest finalists 

 

heat 1 toppers = 6-10 fastest finalists

 

heat 3 toppers = 11-15 fastest finalists

Ok like swimming heats then.

 

I didn't really follow the other heats of this event, so just guessed. 

[Gollum]

11 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Pretty damning revelations on the archery team if true. They're a bunch of divas. 

 

""The seniors choose the coaches, who are not actually coaches but just people who carry water and kit for them" says one archery insider. "The seniors don't want to change, they feel they have achieved World Cups through their own efforts and there is a lot of resistance in the camps."

 

When foreign coaches are brought in, says another, "the seniors gang up against coaches who will push them and demand more." Should the coach try and make technical corrections working with the juniors, the seniors then complain that their technique is being spoiled and their scores going down. "They make it difficult", the source said, "for either new technical coaches to come in or for new coaches to be developed." The juniors then follow the same culture, which permeates down through the camps."

 

 

 

Ok so seniors probably had a bigger role in keeping that South Korean legend out.

 

They need to be made an example of. 

[randomGuy]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Ok like swimming heats then.

 

I didn't really follow the other heats of this event, so just guessed. 

In heat 2, 9 people run faster than heat 3 topper. @Number

 

 

 

[neel roy]

Weirdest rule. You can finish fifth and qualify with a bad timing than someone who has finished 6th in other heat with much better timing

[Gollum]

Abhi se mere expectations bare minimum hai. Too many heartbreaks already. 

 

Want a good hockey match tomorrow, don't get blown away.

 

Neeraj should qualify to final and not lose to that Pook.

 

Mirabai should complete at least one lift in both categories, so that it is recorded. 

[AKane]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

3 minutes ago, randomGuy said:

Yaar time to dekho , it is something like 

 

heat 2 toppers = 1-5 fastest finalists 

 

heat 1 toppers = 6-10 fastest finalists

 

heat 3 toppers = 11-15 fastest finalists

Ok like swimming heats then.

 

I didn't really follow the other heats of this event, so just guessed. 

Just FYI - the semi finals 100m second fastest time was Jamaican Seville.

 

He ended up last in the finals - as he had nothing in the tank after the SF.

[Gollum]

Who jinxed our archers in London?

 

Want to know why our archers looked spooked at the London Games? If national coach Limba Ram is to be believed, other teams were doing black magic and witchcraft on our archers. Nilankur Das reports.

 

[Gollum]

There were reports of diva like behavior of archers in 2012, 2016, 2021, and now. Any action taken, nope?

 

Instead they will be given padma awards for clearing R64 against Maldives, big plots of land, houses, group A jobs, 10 trips per year to USA and Europe. 

 

If they win medal by mistake some day they will expect PM and President to bow and kiss their feet. 

[Gollum]

4 minutes ago, AKane said:

Just FYI - the semi finals 100m second fastest time was Jamaican Seville.

 

He ended up last in the finals - as he had nothing in the tank after the SF.

Or maybe others showed their true selves in the final.

[putrevus]

22 minutes ago, rollingstoned said:

Pretty damning revelations on the archery team if true. They're a bunch of divas. 

 

""The seniors choose the coaches, who are not actually coaches but just people who carry water and kit for them" says one archery insider. "The seniors don't want to change, they feel they have achieved World Cups through their own efforts and there is a lot of resistance in the camps."

 

When foreign coaches are brought in, says another, "the seniors gang up against coaches who will push them and demand more." Should the coach try and make technical corrections working with the juniors, the seniors then complain that their technique is being spoiled and their scores going down. "They make it difficult", the source said, "for either new technical coaches to come in or for new coaches to be developed." The juniors then follow the same culture, which permeates down through the camps."

 

 

 

That is why we have 40 year old guy in his 4th olympics doing nothing.

Edited August 5, 2024 by putrevus

[AKane]

The best time in Heat 2 is 8.10

 

Sable's personal best is 8.09 something - I think he has to clock around 8.05 (doable) in final to medal.