2024 Paris Olympics

[Braff Zacklin 13,354]

Just now, UTexasFight said:

Three golds 

Leo got silver in the decathlon. Julien is now the fastest woman in the world, and Scottie is the Olympic champ. Whom am I forgetting?

[Underdog 28,371]

Shotputter?

[Braff Zacklin 13,354]

Just now, Underdog said:

Shotputter?

OMG, derp! Thank you!

[Nicole44 22,000]

No one  else has ever worn the Green Jacket and won Gold medal in the same year. Scottie. 🤘🏼

Edited August 4 by Nicole44

[G650 13,811]

Damn,Kopecky might tow Faulkner back to the front

[pops 6,964]

Faulkner is flying. 

[G650 13,811]

There she goes

[beer 3,197]

My fat ass on the couch getting leg cramps

[G650 13,811]

Holy shit she might do it

[WBT 20,342]

oh shit, none of them went with her

[kingkoopa6 8,289]

1 minute ago, pops said:

Faulkner is flying. 

No one is chasing no one is chasing!

[Brisketexan 104,215]

Can she hold on?

[pops 6,964]

They have nothing left to go get her. Unreal.  She's going to make up like a minute over the last 8km. That can't be common. 

[dcar00 13,990]

crazy.  they just gave up.

[G650 13,811]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

oh shit, none of them went with her

They are cooked

[Surly Bevo 24,667]

Homegirl just said

[G650 13,811]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

Can she hold on?

She's gonna extend. She looks cool as a cucumber.

[Brisketexan 104,215]

She's gonna extend. She looks cool as a cucumber.

Jesus. That was nuts to watch.

[WBT 20,342]

Great camera angle there for the finish for the medals guys

Edited August 4 by WBT

[kingkoopa6 8,289]

lol. Gotta suck to be that 4th. After all that haha 

[G650 13,811]

Fucking Rad.

[Armybrat 40,635]

[G650 13,811]

Wow. Tight for silver

[kingkoopa6 8,289]

Just now, Armybrat said:

Shirts vs skins 

[Wally Pryor 5,233]

In case you missed the ping pong gold match earlier there were some insane volleys.

https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/table-tennis-star-fan-zhendong-dominates-mens-singles-final

[Buzzrock 14,799]

Fucking awesome finish to the women’s cycling. The cycling events have been so spectacularly scenic. They should do a big bike race there. 

[G650 13,811]

2 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

They should do a big bike race there

Could you image 3 weeks of it? Wild

[Buzzrock 14,799]

1 minute ago, G650 said:

Could you image 3 weeks of it? Wild

You might be on to something 

[Aqua Buddha 14,462]

WSJ profiled Faulkner a few months ago:

https://www.wsj.com/sports/kristen-faulkner-cycling-la-vuelta-feminina-4741097f

[TexPx 2,309]

Fucking Rad.

Epic ride. Love that course. So cool to watch them racing through the streets of Paris.

[G650 13,811]

1 minute ago, TexPx said:

Epic ride. Love that course. So cool to watch them racing through the streets of Paris.

100%. The aesthetics were sublime.

[TonyTexas 10,458]

Kristen Faulkner is quite an impressive young woman. She’s from the boonies, went to Harvard, was a top notch rower there, got into investment banking, took up cycling as a hobby, won a gold medal. Wow. 

[G650 13,811]

4 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Kristen Faulkner is quite an impressive young woman. She’s from the boonies, went to Harvard, was a top notch rower there, got into investment banking, took up cycling as a hobby, won a gold medal. Wow. 

Can't hide talent. She's only been riding for like 10 years too

[kingkoopa6 8,289]

Wow. 1/100th of a sec

.01

How can they measure that. 

Tie goes to the runner ?

[Napoleon 8,587]

46 minutes ago, pops said:

Those cobblestones look like they could shake out a filling. 

They call that section…

”The Sybian Stretch”

[kingkoopa6 8,289]

1 minute ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Wow. 1/100th of a sec

.01

How can they measure that. 

Tie goes to the runner ?

Wrong thread. Should be in swimming. 
 

My bad 

[TexPx 2,309]

100%. The aesthetics were sublime.

Wonder if Connie and Rebecca were watching. Last I heard of Twigg she was homeless in Seattle.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,097]

48 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Julien is now the fastest woman in the world

She's the Olympic gold medal champion, but her PB is not the fastest time among active runners.  Richardson, Thompson-Herah and Fraser-Pryce have all run faster times.

[Fudge Nuggets 19,097]

5 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Wrong thread. Should be in swimming. 
 

My bad 

One of the heats in the women's steeplechase had spots 4,5,6 settled by 0.01 sec.  Top five spots qualified for the finals so one woman got squeezed out by the slimmest of margins over 3,000m.

[kingkoopa6 8,289]

2 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

She's the Olympic gold medal champion, but her PB is not the fastest time among active runners.  Richardson, Thompson-Herah and Fraser-Pryce have all run faster times.

Wind aided? 
 

Cuz if it’s a race Julien was not gonna lose. Fast pushes faster 💪🏻🤘🏼

[mdmost 42,617]

 

[Texzilla588 767]

Kristen Faulkner is quite an impressive young woman. She’s from the boonies, went to Harvard, was a top notch rower there, got into investment banking, took up cycling as a hobby, won a gold medal. Wow. 

What a fucking win. That last push with a few klicks left just crushed the leaders. They just slowed down to a leisurely ride. Faulkner looked like Secretariat she was so far ahead. Good for her. She was I. This race by accident. She’s there as a track cyclist which is her love as it’s more like rowing to her.

[Napoleon 8,587]

I was really pulling for la reina de badminton.

🏸 🇪🇸 v 🇨🇳 🏸

And just like that, she goes down and probably is out with a knee injury. 

Up 1 game and 10:5 in the second. 

Carolina Marin 😢

[G650 13,811]

9 minutes ago, TexPx said:

Wonder if Connie and Rebecca were watching. Last I heard of Twigg she was homeless in Seattle.

Yeah Twigg has had a rough time. Pretty sad to see. I'm sure Carpenter was watching though!

[Braff Zacklin 13,354]

8 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

She's the Olympic gold medal champion, but her PB is not the fastest time among active runners.  Richardson, Thompson-Herah and Fraser-Pryce have all run faster times.

That's not how it works. Whomever wins the World Championships or Olympics gets billed as the fastest man/woman in the world ... until the next World Championships or Olympics.

[G650 13,811]

Running results aside, I really just like Richardsons vibe

[Napoleon 8,587]

4 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

I was really pulling for la reina de badminton.

🏸 🇪🇸 v 🇨🇳 🏸

And just like that, she goes down and probably is out with a knee injury. 

Up 1 game and 10:5 in the second. 

Carolina Marin 😢

She gave it a go with a knee sleeve for a few points and is now wailing on the edge of the court and she is forced to retire. 

Gutted for her and hate to see China 🇨🇳 advance to the goals medal match.

[cactusflinthead 27,586]

WR for Finke 

[Napoleon 8,587]

Golf press conference on the Golf Channel.

Scottie answering a Kevin Sherrington (DMN) question.

[Braff Zacklin 13,354]

3 minutes ago, G650 said:

Running results aside, I really just like Richardsons vibe

She has matured immensely over the past three years. Very happy for her.

Now if she can only improve on that start ...