Paris Summer Olympics 2024

And I love them, so I guess I'm with you, mookieproof

Triple jump has never quite sat right with me.

Racewalking would like a word.

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Seth Rider, one of 55 triathletes entered in the men's race, has been taking unconventional measures to prepare for exposure to bacteria.
"We know that there's going to be some E. coli exposure, so I just try to increase my E. coli threshold by exposing myself to a bit of E. coli in your day-to-day life," the U.S. athlete said in a press conference on Saturday.
"Just little things throughout your day, like, not washing your hands after you go to the bathroom and stuff like this."

from: https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/triathlon-mens-race-postponed-wednesday-due-seine-pollution-levels-2024-07-30/

the american broadcasts of some of the more niche events only have one announcer, and most of them are bad at it. no partner to laugh at their quips, no crowds to cheer when they get excited. . . it’s so awkward

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was imagining cycling-onset dysentery this morning, good to know we won't be seeing a trail of poo from at least one competitor

Triple jump has never quite sat right with me.

no congratulatory handshakes either

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Holy CRAP, the US women's rugby sevens team winning bronze at the VERY last moment, a hell of a thing to see. Watch that replay when you can!

horse long jump was a weird one

the american broadcasts of some of the more niche events only have one announcer, and most of them are bad at it. no partner to laugh at their quips, no crowds to cheer when they get excited. . . it’s so awkward

Most of the world feed stuff I've seen has had two, and usually one if not both know what they're talking about. I've been reflecting on how the Olympics experience in my lifetime has changed from a one-channel-and-you-get-only-what-we-choose-to-show experience laden with eight million 'up close and personal' bits and the like to the crazy multiplicity of now where I think I've seen about five seconds of the main NBC broadcast studio setup, and that only by accident.

was watching the NBC recap of archery per the recommendation itt and the announcer was soooo bad

alcarez/nadal need a third set vs Ned

oh nm it’s a(nother) tiebreak

I wonder if NBC and other broadcasters have AI systems putting together highlight packages... "use round 2, use all 8 heats, 15 seconds max per highlight, go. Enhance 224 to 176. Enhance. Stop." etc

Best new reaction shots -- Polish women's epee team winning the bronze. The one who sealed it seemed like she was going to just turn into an ecstatic teardrop.

eight million 'up close and personal' bits

Howard Cosell foisted that abomination upon us. May his soul rot in a shoebox for that crime.

the nytimes has solved this problem with the craziest “choose your weighted average” visualization ever printed in a newspaper https://t.co/CsV9G40xfa pic.twitter.com/eRWAi4hA5N

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i think silver medals are more attractive than golds

but then i also think that anyone who bites their medal on the podium should have it taken away

Otm

(i like it)

simone biles….. my god

and sunisa lee on the beam as well

Yup!

There was a Canadian gymnast with a beautiful floor routine that briefly made medals seem irrelevant.

honestly can't tell which fencer has scored a point without one of them gesturing in celebration

enjoy the poirot-looking guys who endlessly shout either 'en garde' or 'allez!' tho -- that is good olympiques

Triathlon finally went ahead.

Like woof have discovery here and looking forward to table tennis finals

Maybe this makes me pedantic, but for some reason the "I have won an Olympic medal and now I will bite it while photographed" thing is wearing on me this summer. Perhaps there are simply more of these photos coming at me through my phone this time around.

the mens bmx is insane right now

First gold medal wver at a games for Guatemala in the shooting.

Bliss @ watching the table tennis

Canadian male gymnast just had a terrifying fall from the horizontal bar when his hand guard broke. fortunately he’s fine, landed on his back on the mat but he was spinning at high speed when it happened and it could have gone so badly.

he got a chance to redo it and fell again :( just having the worst day, poor guy

time to win a silver medal for gymnastics and become the ambassador of parmesan

https://gabrieleseghizzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/GS_210328_Giorgia_Villa_6791.jpg

How to live.

Got the Nadal/Alcaraz double against Krajicek/Ram running at present, but likely will check out other things after a bit.

In fact I just realized having that match in one window and the main multiview in another is kinda ideal right now (US women's soccer and water polo there, plus men's gymnastics).

xxp "Didn't win gold? Hard cheese."

Stunning 100m freestyle final. Sjoestroem just could not believe it, and I was not looking at that aside of the pool.

Another silver for the US too!

Marchand!

Nadalcaraz match heatin' up, hoping for a third set

Milak lost it on the last turn I think. Stunning how he looked at his left with 25m to go. Lost it then

The men's saber team final is the final of extreme poses. I love it.

It is a truism is say Ledecky is owning everyone in the 1500 and yet...it is true.

Great job by the French swimmer to get silver though, the crowd loved it!

Ledecky is so incredible...took that to get the US another gold

Immortality for Ledecky..

it is so wild seeing lebron, steph, anthony davis, tatum, and kd all playing on the same team at the same time..

Ha, not following the sport much, to me it's all "Oh right, the famous guys."