Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[Frustrated]

2 minutes ago, Gollum said:

A match we should have been playing, in a fair world. 

In a way, Yes.   But let's not forget who won the HockeyWC 2023.

[Gollum]

1 minute ago, Frustrated said:

In a way, Yes.   But let's not forget who won the HockeyWC 2023.

Our resurgence started in ACT last Aug. 

 

Anyway ab bolke kya. 

[Gollum]

Generally Germans enjoy playing Dutch in big games. 

 

Rooting for the Dutch, let's make it double gold in hockey Oranje. 

[maniac]

Have a feeling this wrestling support staff are not good enough. Bring Shastriji to coach them. It’s not like he had clue about cricket either but he pulled it off with his bravado @The Realist
 

[The Hound]

Damn that girl pinned her Chinese opponent WWE style to win after being 7-0 down 

[maniac]

Just now, Gollum said:

Generally Germans enjoy playing Dutch in big games. 

 

Rooting for the Dutch, let's make it double gold in hockey Oranje. 

It hurts that we don’t have a team to crush these countries like Netherlands etc in hockey. Germany I can somewhat understand are a superpower.

[Gollum]

3 minutes ago, maniac said:

It hurts that we don’t have a team to crush these countries like Netherlands etc in hockey. Germany I can somewhat understand are a superpower.

We have a winning H2H against Germany in last 5-6 years. 

 

We are on the ascendancy. Finished above Germany and Dutch in Tokyo. Above Aussies and Belgians here. 

Edited August 8, 2024 by Gollum

[9zaesm]

Doesn’t look like javelin will be shown in  canada. When does it start ? 

[The Hound]

This Azerbaijan wrestler did a Dhoni pachad straight from desi akhadas playbook to win bronze in 67 kg lol 

[Cricketics]

2 minutes ago, 9zaesm said:

Doesn’t look like javelin will be shown in  canada. When does it start ? 

At 2:15 est, in about 1 hour 10 mins. 

[deathmonger]

maroulis was great back in the day.

 

stopped yoshida's 4-peat

[Gollum]

Leader of Opposition @Naveen_Odisha speaks to members of the triumphant Men's Hockey Team after the bronze medal win in #ParisOlympics2024

As Naveen Babu congratulated the victorious players, they also thanked him for the support as Odisha has been the sponsor of Hockey teams… pic.twitter.com/QOcbVFTCIG

— Soumyajit Pattnaik (@soumyajitt) August 8, 2024

[Gollum]

3 minutes ago, deathmonger said:

maroulis was great back in the day.

 

stopped yoshida's 4-peat

Probably the biggest upset in women's wrestling till Vinesh vs Susaki here. 

[Sgattick10]

Trivia 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-aFYUaoEC1/?igsh=MmRwamV6czE2dGVh

 

 

[Real McCoy]

27 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Sometimes they pause if track event is happening simultaneously. Then may take longer. They have to co-ordinate both track and field events, as javelin throwers take run up from the tracks from what I have seen. 

 

I saw that and thought who would Bedi call one as a javelin thrower?

 

[Gollum]

Just now, Real McCoy said:

 

I saw that and thought who would Bedi call one as a javelin thrower?

 

Bedi even called Harbhajan a javelin thrower, in an event where both were sharing stage, sharp-shooter 

[Gollum]

Watching the hockey final, they are playing at our level only.

 

Didn't have this feeling when I watched the final in Tokyo. 

 

Definite improvement in quality of our team since then. 

[Real McCoy]

1 minute ago, Gollum said:

Bedi even called Harbhajan a javelin thrower, in an event where both were sharing stage, sharp-shooter 

 

Bedi speaks his mind. He speaks with such honesty in situations most people are uncomfortable with.

[deathmonger]

8 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Probably the biggest upset in women's wrestling till Vinesh vs Susaki here. 

more as that was gold medal match and yoshida had 3 golds already and it was the final.

 

i remember her crying a lot next to icho when sakshi's medal ceremony was going on (both happened near each other)

[deathmonger]

good to see so many cricket twitter accounts etc tweeting about hockey/olympics.