Paris Olympics 2024 Discussion Thread

[deepdynamo]

Brazil with 3 Gold is in Top 20 in the medal table. Thats what we should target.

 

Maybe less medals but more golds. Need champion mindset for that.

[Kron]

12 hours ago, The Hound said:

 

 

 

Woww. Nice. 

[Kron]

12 hours ago, The Hound said:

 

 

 

That's some A level genes right there. Patrick Patterson, Ambrose, 

Croft, Marshall, Winston, Sylvester Clarke

Etc all would have passed on top tier genes to their kids. Elite A level athletes

 

 

[Kron]

34 minutes ago, deepdynamo said:

Brazil with 3 Gold is in Top 20 in the medal table. Thats what we should target.

 

Maybe less medals but more golds. Need champion mindset for that.

Need to target wrestling. Send multiple contenders. Badminton, squash, tennis, maybe invest in olympic lifting etc. 

[Number]

2 hours ago, randomGuy said:

After your post, just had a quick look at men's javelin medalists gold/silver/bronze from 2004 couldn't find anyone 30 yo or more....age range is 22-29 at the time of winning medal... neeraj, Nadeem both will be 30+ in LA, Nadeem even more as likely hid his actual age 

I read that you have better strength and grip in 30s but the recovery from injuries start taking more times so less times for practice and you miss more competitive tournaments.

[Lone Wolf]

9 hours ago, Sgattick10 said:

Twitter people are simping for Neeraj and Manu bhaker, want them to hook up 

 

Some people suggesting Neeraj to go after a Taller woman to produce athletes lol

[randomGuy]

11 minutes ago, Number said:

I read that you have better strength and grip in 30s but the recovery from injuries start taking more times so less times for practice and you miss more competitive tournaments.

Wrestling has many medal winners in 30s. Javelin throw has running component as well combined with throwing. Although, iirc,  Gatlin won 100 m gold at 35-36 age. 

[Sandz]

Jamaica also had poor Olympics by their standards.

 

No bolt no gold.

[Sandz]

9 hours ago, deathmonger said:

You have to wait for a country to become first world to max out their genetic potential.

 

Chinese are now winning swimming and setting records. They still have around 20 years of growth left. We have around 40-50.

 

By the mid 2060s we should be at $20k+ USD and 0.85+ HDI.

Most ICFers would be grandparents, great grandparents or dead by then.

[Number]

1 hour ago, randomGuy said:

Wrestling has many medal winners in 30s. Javelin throw has running component as well combined with throwing. Although, iirc,  Gatlin won 100 m gold at 35-36 age. 

I would assume the running component is similar to what it is in fast bowling. Speeds of fast bowlers peak in 27-31 age bracket. 

[zen]

Summary: 

 

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals

[zen]

As for Ind, I would expect at least 5% of USA + China gold medals. The two have 80 golds, so India should at least have 5 irrespective of tons of excuses for not winning them (Now only if medals were awarded for excuses)!

Edited August 12, 2024 by zen

[Kron]

30 minutes ago, zen said:

As for Ind, I would expect at least 5% of USA + China gold medals. The two have 80 golds, so India should at least have 5 irrespective of tons of excuses for not winning them (Now only if medals were awarded for excuses)!

Sadly government don't care about reputation of the nation. Don't provide funding either. Not enough. 

[Lone Wolf]

1 hour ago, Kron said:

Sadly government don't care about reputation of the nation. Don't provide funding either. Not enough. 

India is honestly one of the most protein deficient places on planet... I get the point of blaming government but our staple diet is absolutely sh** to say the least.  

This is the common Vishwaguru land diet which is equivalent to a dog food in western countries 108% carbs lol

Idk what the even f** is in that bowl (some Tamil curry dish ig)

 

 

Edited August 12, 2024 by Lone Wolf

[Kron]

12 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

India is honestly one of the most protein deficient places on planet... I get the point of blaming government but our staple diet is absolutely sh** to say the least.  

This is the common Vishwaguru land diet which is equivalent to a dog food in western countries 108% carbs lol

Idk what the even f** is in that bowl (some Tamil curry dish ig)

 

 

Potatoes looks good though? Add some meat and that would be sweet. Got to say though Indian food by far without doubt is the tastiest. 100% I have tried all kinds of cuisines. Taste wise no one comes close. Hence then reason why nobody really wants to give it up haha. 

 

But yes diet needs to change organically for everyone. Athletes need to be strict with diets. 

[stuge]

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[deathmonger]

7 hours ago, randomGuy said:

After your post, just had a quick look at men's javelin medalists gold/silver/bronze from 2004 couldn't find anyone 30 yo or more....age range is 22-29 at the time of winning medal... neeraj, Nadeem both will be 30+ in LA, Nadeem even more as likely hid his actual age 

 

Vítězslav Veselý was 38 in Tokyo

Sergey Makarov was 31 in Athens

 

The great Jan Železný was 30 and 34 in 1996 and 2000 respectively

[deathmonger]

3 hours ago, Sandz said:

Most ICFers would be grandparents, great grandparents or dead by then.

Good way to spend last years

[deathmonger]

6 hours ago, deepdynamo said:

Brazil with 3 Gold is in Top 20 in the medal table. Thats what we should target.

 

Maybe less medals but more golds. Need champion mindset for that.

not champion mindset.

 

infra which follows with money.

 

brazil were also pretty bad until 1996.