Series Thread: 2024 Olympics thread

[jstewismybastardson]

Watching women's water polo and you need to be in incredible shape to excel at this sport.

/Also, I like when they flip to the underwater camera to show how dirty the competitors can be

low key undercover dirty sport

competitors let their toe nails grow so they can claw each other ... also let their foot fungus fester (as per Jason Brough)

 

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Open secret, it seems

The last sentence of the above tweet "it can be the difference between winning and losing and all top 10 teams do it.”

Yeah, Canada was just so dumb in how they went about it - Let's fly a drone when the flying of drones is restricted due to security concerns. Hopefully, heads roll and they clean house.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

The last sentence of the above tweet "it can be the difference between winning and losing and all top 10 teams do it.”

Yeah, Canada was just so dumb in how they went about it - Let's fly a drone when the flying of drones is restricted due to security concerns. Hopefully, heads roll and they clean house.

"all top 10 teams do it.”





/i think Canadas failing here was using the cheapest noisiest drone available for purchase from Costco ... sure it was only $79 but it sounded like a herd of vuvuzela (vuvuzeli ?) and no one likes those!

 

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Canada beats China 12-7 in women's water polo - Needed that win to keep their hopes of advancement alive.

 

[forty_three]

low key undercover dirty sport

competitors let their toe nails grow so they can claw each other ... also let their foot fungus fester (as per Jason Brough)

Not even all that low key. Underwater shots show them essentially trying to either disrobe or kill each other. Maybe both.

 

[BGDave]

Watching women's water polo and you need to be in incredible shape to excel at this sport.

/Also, I like when they flip to the underwater camera to show how dirty the competitors can be

My niece played at the US Collegiate level, this is 100% accurate.

 

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Felix just took out Danill Medvedev 6-3 7-6 in men's tennis. Huge upset!!

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I watched a bit of the womens triathlon late last night... missed the Seine swim ... hopefully no illnesses come out of that but the bike leg was an adventure. Almost every time the riders came to a bend in the road course, there was a slip and slide fall.

Paris Olympics triathlon turns into crash-filled disaster

There was chaos in the cycling leg of the women’s triathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, as several nasty crashes littered France’s cobblestone streets.

nypost.com

 

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If I'm reading the draw correctly, Felix will play the winner of the Casper Ruud - Francisco Cerundolo match. Both of those guys are excellent clay players thus it won't be easy, but I didn't expect Felix to win today. He's playing with house money at this point.

 

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Meddy leaves behind a souvenir for a lucky fan...

 

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It appears that Canada has a pretty strong ladies 3-on-3 bball team...

 

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I watched a bit of the womens triathlon late last night... missed the Seine swim ... hopefully no illnesses come out of that but the bike leg was an adventure. Almost every time the riders came to a bend in the road course, there was a slip and slide fall.

Paris Olympics triathlon turns into crash-filled disaster

There was chaos in the cycling leg of the women’s triathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Wednesday, as several nasty crashes littered France’s cobblestone streets.

nypost.com

 

[jstewismybastardson]

^ poop pending

 

[jstewismybastardson]

It appears that Canada has a pretty strong ladies 3-on-3 bball team...

i saw a bit of the highlights of this yesterday and I am still a Why? on this ... where are the competitors from? I saw Jimmer Fredette is on the USA 3v3 team ... shouldnt this sport be in the Dleague/minor league version of the Olympics? Why dont they use 3 NBA allstars ???

 

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Too good and I love cheese

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Too good and I love cheese

Jannik Sinner and her can make some baby bells

 

[jstewismybastardson]

^ poop pending

btw ... / my son taught me the lifeguard hand signals for vomit and poop in the pool ... learning these alone was worth taking that course

 

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Jannik Sinner and her can make some baby bells

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I think Jannik Sinner is currently dating WTA pro Anna Kalinskaya and I'll just leave this here...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

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I knew he had a future in broadcasting when he was interviewed by Scott Oake at a Ducks hockey game...