Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

[plugboots]

Great game

[MarcusBrody]

I think the men's break dancing will be better, since they have the upper body strength to do all the acrobatic, pommel-horse type shit on the floor, can do the "freeze" moves better/longer, etc, but.. yeah. Pretty cringe. The names made it even worse. I made it through one match, "Syssy vs Logistx" or something, then I gave up.

In other news: Gold Medal Soccer! First I've heard that Mbappe isn't playing for France. That sucks, Your best player, and one of the best players in the world (and certainly one of the most fun to watch) can't play cause his pro team won't let him?? BOOOOO

Yeah, prolly need to make it pure U23

I think they should make it pure U-23 too. It seems weird to make it somewhat about who can recruit the best over-age players. But you're still going to have problems with clubs letting players free. Just in this match you have Spain without Nico Williams (22) and Yamal Lamine (17), probably their best attackers at the Euro, and France playing without Camavinga, Saliba, and Zaire-Emery, At the same time, I understand the clubs' perspective. These guys just spent almost the entire break prepping and playing for their country in an even bigger tournament (the Euro). To have them play a second consecutive tournament that runs right up to the start of the season would mean no rest at all.

[jono]

US 4x100's both subbing in fast legs into the experience slots. Could have put the people with less practice into 1st or last and they only have one handoff to focus on. Instead they're asked to slot in and handle two passes by running second/third.

I guess this fits with complete denial about the importance of handoffs.

[The AD]

Woof, the break dancing is cringeworthy. See how long you can last, I only made it for 30 seconds

It's not a sport. Calling it "breaking" rather than "break dancing" doesn't make it sport. We need fewer judged sports in the Olympics, not more. I figure the IOC likes these because there's more grifting opportunities.

[skaredshtles]

That should do it for the soccer match.

[jackstraw]

Ping pong was bad enough. They should definitely leave the luge to the experts.

So in summer luge do they run 70mm or 72mm longboard wheels? Or do they go really big with like a 650b or a 29er?

[jono]

So in summer luge do they run 70mm or 72mm longboard wheels? Or do they go really big with like a 650b or a 29er?

Did you just suggest there are FOUR wheel sizes??

[jackstraw]

Did you just suggest there are FOUR wheel sizes??

Ha! Mullet would be the way to go. 29er up front and 70mm rear. It'd roll over the obstacles easier and drift the high speed corners.

[dan_pdx]

Street luge or downhill skateboarding would be a way better addition than breakdancing or even skateboarding, which was pretty cool but requires judges.

[jono]

Street luge is the shortest path between athletics and opioid addiction. DH skateboard racing FTW.

[54-46]

Street luge or downhill skateboarding would be a way better addition than breakdancing or even skateboarding, which was pretty cool but requires judges.

Breaking isn’t happening in LA 2028. They’re just going to have Electric Boogaloo 1 & 2 on repeat.


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[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Just watched the men's 4x100. What a disaster. Every fucking Olympics.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Just watched the men's 4x100. What a disaster. Every fucking Olympics.

I thought it went well.

[jono]

Consistency is important?

[grinch]

I thought it went well.

Same here! Hi 5!

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[J. Barron DeJong]

Same here! Hi 5!

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video:
https://x.com/dfrntdrmmr/status/1821...sR_NcRK2VkCfkg

Probably not feeling so cocky now.

[Diamond Joe]

So much for not spoiling shit that people might be waiting till Prime Time to watch

[alpinevibes]

I feel ya Joe. I managed to blow w10,000m, m400h and m4x100m results for myself by scrolling the wrong feed. Oh welll…


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[ötzi]

Breakdancing is an Olympic sport. Huh.

[plugboots]

It’s not…but breaking is.

[Diamond Joe]

Man as aggravating as it was watching the US men blow ANOTHER baton pass (and horribly), it was fucking AWESOME watching total dime-piece Sha'Carri Richardson absolutely crush the final 100 meters of the womens 4x100 - looking over at her second place competitor as she blazed past her, like, WHAT bitch!!? - and then finishing with an absolutely fierce look on her face. That was fucking rad.

So was Rai Benjamin's 400m hurdles win. Finally! Overall a pretty good night for the US on the track I think.

[Lvovsky]

Sprinters shit talking and antics are annoying and useless. Kills team cohesion - no wonder they mess up in relays.

[mcski]

ShaCarri has gotta trademark the head turn because it’s gonna meme for sure. Ice Cold Killa

[Core Shot]

I agree with this take. Stuff that would be cool in another venue (eg, busking in some urban center) is incredibly cringe at the Olympics

Yep. Bunch of marketing folks trying to get the younger gen to watch Olympics.
Some new sports are cool. But they are sports.
Break dancing? It’s as bad as ribbon gymnastics. Which has been around for decades.
What’s next. Line dancing comps for the Texas crowd?
Disco Fever comeback night?

Surfing. Skate park. Bmx. Okay. Maybe. But dancing?

I hate to diss the double o g but damn I can’t stop scratching my head about why he is there. Other than the half million a day.
I do like his color commentary though. Or is that racist?

[Thaleia]

Maybe just change the channel?