2024 Summer Olympics

[Boston Red]

Wild that there's breaking but no baseball or softball this year.

I guess Jordan Chiles has to send back her bronze. That situation was weird when it happened, and it's weird now when being reversed on appeal.

[M2]

Steph. LeBron too, but Steph - damn.

[15fan]

Yeah. Closing minutes of championship game, and Steph went ruthless, cold-blooded assassin.

And I have to imagine that watching Secretariat in 1973 probably looked a lot like watching the US women 4x400 relay finals.

[Ky Fried Redleg]

Lia Thomas just won gold in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. I've done a quick search and I can't find any evidence that anyone's done that before. It's incredibly hard to do. Cannot stress enough how different the skill set is between the two races. I can't remember anyone doing it. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Maybe someone did it at different Olympics. Maybe it happened pre-WWII.

But if anyone's got any information on it, I'd be mighty appreciative. Thomas might have made some serious history.

I'm having soup for supper. Thanks...

[texasdave]

Lia Thomas just won gold in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. I've done a quick search and I can't find any evidence that anyone's done that before. It's incredibly hard to do. Cannot stress enough how different the skill set is between the two races. I can't remember anyone doing it. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Maybe someone did it at different Olympics. Maybe it happened pre-WWII.

But if anyone's got any information on it, I'd be mighty appreciative. Thomas might have made some serious history.

Lia Thomas is the transgender swimmer. Gabby Thomas is the runner.

[M2]

Lia Thomas is the transgender swimmer. Gabby Thomas is the runner.

D'oh! Gabby Thomas. Though my question still stands. Is she the first to gold in both relays?

[M2]

D'oh! Gabby Thomas. Though my question still stands. Is she the first to gold in both relays?

Got my answer. I fogged on Allyson Felix doing it (twice!) in 2012 and 2016.

[BlackPete Ibold]

Man, very happy that WBB pulled that gold medal game out...

But that was some IOC level corrupt horrible refereeing... France was able to foul and basically play a different game than the US. We better get used to it bc every other nation will now try the same

[dabvu2498]

Man, very happy that WBB pulled that gold medal game out...

But that was some IOC level corrupt horrible refereeing... France was able to foul and basically play a different game than the US. We better get used to it bc every other nation will now try the same

US shot 34 free throws and it probably could’ve been 60. Thankfully they made just enough. Bench made the difference.

[Roy Tucker]

Steph. LeBron too, but Steph - damn.

I’ve watched a lot of basketball and I’ve never seen anyone else shoot the ball the way Steph does. Ever ever ever. Crazy.

And yeah, Lebron played the Draymond Greene role to perfection.

[dabvu2498]

Agreed, feels like this one belongs alongside a 'yo mama' joke competition.

Y’all got your wish. It won’t be back in 2028.

Also, Sifan Hassan winning bronze in the 5k and 10k and then going out and winning the Olympic marathon against a pretty solid field is probably one of the greatest athletic feats ever. She ran over 38 competitive miles this week.

[klw]

Wild that there's breaking but no baseball or softball this year.

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The Australian woman who went viral could have been a Tina Fey skit. The winners struck me as doing the same stuff being done in the 80's and it was done better by Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance. One of the women in the finals was wearing an outfit that looked like a Mattress Warehouse uniform.

[Sea Ray]

Y’all got your wish. It won’t be back in 2028.

Also, Sifan Hassan winning bronze in the 5k and 10k and then going out and winning the Olympic marathon against a pretty solid field is probably one of the greatest athletic feats ever. She ran over 38 competitive miles this week.

No break dancing but it looks like they're adding flag football. Is flag football a summer sport?

https://www.azcentral.com/story/spor...s/74724909007/

[M2]

Y’all got your wish. It won’t be back in 2028.

The Australian woman who went viral could have been a Tina Fey skit. The winners struck me as doing the same stuff being done in the 80's and it was done better by Julia Stiles in Save the Last Dance. One of the women in the finals was wearing an outfit that looked like a Mattress Warehouse uniform.

It was really terrible in the context of a sporting competition. Honestly, it was hard to tell at times whether they were being serious or trying to mock break dancing. I saw a video of a break crew in downtown Boston that put up a sign that said, "MUCH better than the Olympics!" I get the feeling there was a lot of pushback from inside Hip Hop culture that what they were doing was pretty shameful.

[RedsBaron]

Wild that there's breaking but no baseball or softball this year.

I guess Jordan Chiles has to send back her bronze. That situation was weird when it happened, and it's weird now when being reversed on appeal.

Someone suggested that Jordan Chiles state that she gone for a swim in the Seine while wearing her medal and, darn it, the medal slipped off into the river and she can't find it.