Paris Olympics 2024 Thread

[FearlessF]

dern, I'll be on the golf course

[ELA]

Drat,  US v Poland result in vball. 

Men gagged hard.

Destroyed them in the 3rd set, were up 4 points in the 4th.

[ELA]

Men's water polo was fairly crazy as well.  Just like volleyball, the #1 seed had already been knocked out, but the US got essentially docked 4 goals on a technicality.

They can review a "brutality" foul, but not other fouls.  So Australia committed a common foul, which would have stopped play (holding a head underwater), and in response the US player punched the guy.  So the play should have been whistled dead, wasn't then they reviewed, and called the brutality foul which (a) negated the goal the US scored on the possession; (b) gave Australia a penalty shot they scored on; and (c) gave Australia a 4 minute power play, during which they scored 2 goals.  For comparison a normal power play is 20 seconds.

So that call turned a 2-1 US lead into a 4-1 deficit.  Although the US then held Australia scoreless for 19 game minutes, which is also insane, retook the lead by 1, only to give up goals on back to back possessions.  The US then scored on their final possession to send it to shootouts, where they won 4-3

The Olympics are perfect for stuff like this

[MaximumSam]

We need to get Gus Johnson on some of this stuff. He would have killed on that French-Germany handball game

[ELA]

Killed as in ended interest in the sport globally?  Agreed

[MaximumSam]

Killed as in ended interest in the sport globally?  Agreed

He couldn't possibly convey less information about the sport than the current announcers do

[Brutus Buckeye]

I really don’t follow the Olympics much, but when is the basketball championship?  I went back and looked and was surprised that the US didn’t win every game post-dream team. Did the rest catchup with us, or were those teams not homogenous? 

The world catching up combined with some really craptastic dream teams in the post-Jordan/pre-LeBron era that were centered around Allen Iverson. 

[MaximumSam]

Anyone ever been to the Olympics? 2028 is in LA and I might be persuaded to go. I know a lady who went to Paris this year but haven't talked to her yet.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Anyone ever been to the Olympics? 2028 is in LA and I might be persuaded to go. I know a lady who went to Paris this year but haven't talked to her yet.

Never have, and I don't think I'm going to go in 2028 even though it's just up the road 

[ELA]

He couldn't possibly convey less information about the sport than the current announcers do

He could.  And do it with an annoying amount of fake enthusiasm where he makes himself the show.  It's like saying Ted Hightower couldn't possibly be worse, simply because he's famous

[ELA]

Anyone ever been to the Olympics? 2028 is in LA and I might be persuaded to go. I know a lady who went to Paris this year but haven't talked to her yet.

A friend growing up went to Atlanta 1996.  He enjoyed it, but aside from one night where they got T&F tickets, they stuck to offbeat sports.  He actually said kayak was awesome.

I was listening to a podcast where one of the hosts went to a ton of the Atlanta games, but he lived there at the time.  He said it wasn't the tickets that were tough to come by, it was the lodging.  They lived in Atlanta, so they went down there almost every day and just picked events to go to.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Helluva basketball game vs Serbia.  Lebron, Curry, and Durant on the same team isn't fair.  AND Embiid.  AND Booker.  And and and.

[MarqHusker]

My parents went to Salt Lake City games, my Dad ran security at some of the venues.   They loved it, I actually still have some swag from those games.  Those Roots hats and gear were all the rage. 

[MaximumSam]

Never have, and I don't think I'm going to go in 2028 even though it's just up the road

A friend growing up went to Atlanta 1996.  He enjoyed it, but aside from one night where they got T&F tickets, they stuck to offbeat sports.  He actually said kayak was awesome.

I was listening to a podcast where one of the hosts went to a ton of the Atlanta games, but he lived there at the time.  He said it wasn't the tickets that were tough to come by, it was the lodging.  They lived in Atlanta, so they went down there almost every day and just picked events to go to.

Well BRAD, better get your house in gear by 2028, you may have houseguests