Paris Summer Olympics 2024

also <3 femme bol, she’s been on fire and the upcoming hurdles will be quite a battle with Sydney

*Femke

gonna watch 1500m freestyle swim.

cuz i am all about grueling.

love to gruel

Pure gruel

One time I watched the entire women’s 10k open water swim.. and it was honestly one of the top 5 most thrilling olympic events I’ve ever seen

Awesome WC by Finke

wow, yeah, finke!

he is a very good swimmer.

that world record was...10 years old? that's a hard one to beat.

4x100 relay is gonna be good i can feel it.

jesus...

rowdy gaines sometimes...i don't know.

now they're dissing china...

china's done it again in table tennis, can breathe easy

― 龜, Sunday, August 4, 2024 9:31 AM (four hours ago)

btw, table tennis gold medalist fan zhendong got himself into a little controversy for being a swiftie earlier this year

The 27-year-old, who was once ranked number 1 the world, lost to his compatriot Lin Shidong, 18, at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Grand Smash earlier this month. The competition took place here, at the Singapore Sports Hub.

He was unable to proceed to the top 16 of the competition, and saw his position taken over by a fellow Chinese player, Wang Chuqin.

Not long after his defeat, a clip of Zhendong enjoying himself at Taylor Swift’s Singapore gig went viral on Chinese social media.

He was seen wearing colourful friendship bracelets, carrying Taylor Swift merch, and singing excitedly to her songs at the concert — just like any other Swiftie.

Unfortunately, Zhendong’s behaviour landed on the wrong side of the internet, seizing the attention of an angry hoard of netizens.

He was harshly criticised, with many saying he should have focused on training and not have taken time off to have fun.

Zhendong has since taken to Weibo to reflect on his loss, and defend himself against the naysayers.

“I bought a ticket from a reseller, and took three hours off my busy schedule two days before the competition to attend the event that all Swifties dreamt of going for. Music has no boundaries, and outstanding musicians such as Taylor Swift can bring others a sense of healing and confidence. I hope that more people can open their hearts to this feeling,” he wrote.

Zhendong continued: “In games, I am an athlete who has been nurtured by my country, and I’ve never slacked off in the 10 plus years when it comes to fighting for my country’s glory. In the limited personal time I have, I am but a normal young adult, with my own hobbies and relationships, and I will remain disciplined while staying true to myself."

congratulations to #1 swiftie fan zhendong!

wow that women's relay. sheesh. another world record. hey i like to root against the u.s. too - who doesn't!? - but sheesh they are just so good and also fun to watch in the pool.

Loved China and US trading golds across the medleys. Great swim meet.

See Taiwan beat China at the Badminton. Will have to see highlights of that.

And maybe table tennis.

I just had to try and explain the Yusuf Dicek memes to my partner. It was non-trivial

In every track event ever...

Commentator: Watch out for the Jamaican athlete.

... regardless of whether they are any good or not apparently.

congratulations to #1 swiftie fan zhendong!

― 龜, Sunday, August 4, 2024 1:40 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

get em

its so sick when someone comes from behind at the last minute in any running race

YES

The one or two laps to go power move

just start striding kicking like crazy youre like oh man here they come

the long distance events are great, really loving these. the men’s 10,000m final was dramatic as hell yesterday. the women’s 800m semis just now were awesome. having a sport where 99% of the competition is kinda playing possum in anticipation of the final 1% being total chaos is a great idea

Philippines winning their second-ever (and third-ever) gold medal is a huge thing. The first was for weightlifting. My ex is with his family this weekend, and he told me that the entire room spontaneously rose and sang the anthem and his dad started crying when Yulo won. He told me that the government has pledged a free house to any medal winner. It's a big deal!

killing me that the premiere event of the olympics features an american who is one of the lamest athletes ever

i hate him

great race tho

true

Goddamn, is all I can say

What a race

thompson blew it he tensed up

nobody flew out of the blocks, maybe cos of the fucking around waiting to go, feel like that might've impacted the last ten yards

Yeah that extra piano bit was garbage

thompson blew it he tensed up

― lag∞n, Sunday, 4 August 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Five thousanths of a sec lol. Come on.

Anyway, give it up for Fred Kerley too, that bronze was NOT easy to win.

he was way ahead xp

Brazil - Poland at the women's volleyball and the 2nd set was 38-36. Surely some kind of record.

xp that's hardly a choke.

Lyles final 40m was off his chain

its nice that you can teach a horse to dance who wouldve thought

great look from the hammer champ

Still thinking about Michael Johnson saying “He was unafraid to be bodacious”.

love the hammer dude

From Bolton.

This is Cindy Ngamba.

As of just now, the first Refugee Team Olympic medal winner in History. Congratulations! 🥇🥈🥉

Black, proud and triumphant.

Proud to have written the original soundtrack to a moment like this with @manondave. #ForThe100Million 🫶🏾 | #Olympics pic.twitter.com/DBxvPh5D8d

— CHE LINGO (@Che_Lingo) August 4, 2024

judges giving the chinese synchronised diving team an easy ride imo

the fully overhead shot of the 100m that they showed on BBC is the best video i’ve seen, lyles actually overtakes thompson with like 10m to go and is able to hold him off. you can see his head cross first pretty clearly. insane how slow lyles is out of the blocks, he was clearly in last after the first 10m. i guess you can see why he’s really a 200m runner

BBC. pic.twitter.com/PXxpvazkus

— Shane Thomas (@tokenbg) August 4, 2024

i see michael johnson shares my opinion that thompson tensed up

mexico robbed imo

robbed!