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***Official 2024 Paris Olympics Thread***
Watching the Olympics? Post about it here.
A quick intro.... 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: Start time, TV channel, date, live stream, key athletes and events The 2024 Olympic Games begin July 26 and will be televised on NBC through Aug. 11 It's the time once again. It's time for the best athletes in the world to come together and crown champions in their various sports. The 2024 Olympic Games are set to begin this week in Paris as the world descends upon France. While there will be some qualifying events taking place earlier in the week, things officially kick off on Friday with the Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Friday and feature several firsts, including being the first ceremony to be held outside of a stadium, as well as a parade of athletes held on the Seine River with boats for each national delegation. The boats will travel along a 3.7-mile stretch, passing by many iconic Parisian landmarks along the way. The ceremony will conclude with remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron. Expect another gold-filled summer for the Americans as Team USA will be represented in just about every event over the course of the Games. Some of the biggest stars are back, including gymnast Simone Biles, decorated swimmers Katie Ledecky and Caleb Dressel, as well as track athletes Noah Lyles and Sha'carri Richardson. Plus, the men's and women's basketball teams look to extend their dominant runs at the games with more gold. There will be two flag bearers for the United States when the team takes the boat down the Seine River -- LeBron James and tennis star Coco Gauff. The 2023 US Open champion was stunned by the news when it was revealed to her on Wednesday. "I never thought in a million years I would have the honour of carrying the American flag for Team USA in the opening ceremony," Gauff said in a statement. "I could not be more proud to lead my teammates with LeBron as we showcase our dedication and passion on the biggest stage there is." Here's how to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony and highlights from the first week of competition. Quote:
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Men's 400m
The look of determination on Quincy Hall's(USA) face as he comes from behind to win the race is beautiful.
The KC Kid wins gold!! What a race by Hall!!
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Gabby Thomas is that character in a movie that makes you call bullshit on the writers.
A Women who looks like a model, has degree in Neurobiology from Harvard, and a Masters in Public Health from UT, with the specific medical knowledge to help create a cure, and specific knowledge of how to roll out the cure, to save the world. Oh, and also an Olympic Gold Medal winning athlete. Like, what? If she was a character in a movie, you would absolutely say it just isn't believable. |
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I like the way uniforms for female sprinters are trending. Not much longer until g-strings.
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08-07-2024, 01:52 PM | #530 |
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Holy cow the steeplechase final was chaos.
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08-07-2024, 01:56 PM | #531 |
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That was nuckin' futz!! Silver for Rooks(USA)!! Rooks tried to force the issue, but didn't have enough left for El-Bakkali. I hope the guy who hit the barrier is okay, that was quite the impact with the track.
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Men’s 4x400 is going to be fun. Possible a 16 year old will run the prelim heats, maybe final. Quincy Wilson is 16 and runs 44.2
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I'm ****ing evil and I'm glad he's okay, but I was near crying laughing when that dude fell, especially when he was prostrate on the track as everyone jumped over his lifeless body.
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I am looking forward to this race Thursday. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone won the gold four years ago in Tokyo and is trying to be the 1st woman ever to win this Olympic event twice. Femke Bol best time ever is 50.95, while Sydney is the world record holder at 50.65. Femke Bol got the silver in 2020.
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For a really inexperienced dude, he ran a good race. At the 400 meter mark to push pace and try to get out of the pack to prevent weird shit from happening is really friggin smart. Obviously the one dude had a touch more, but it was a really smart gameplan, and he did a nice job of executing the plan. The dude that ate shit stayed down on the track and had to get medical attention on the track. They strapped him to a stretcher and hauled his ass to the hospital. His Olympic Committee has said he was "making a strong recovery" but in the picture they posted he looked like hammered ass. That was a bad one. |
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What happened to him
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