[Other Sport] Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics ***Official Match Thread***

nwgull

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Not sure it’s been mentioned and is from a couple of days ago, but I really enjoyed seeing that Irish guy win in the pool the other night and with such a tight finish for a long-distance event.

The most endearing thing was that once he’d covered up his Greek-God like body with his tracky and put on his thick glasses for the medal ceremony, he looked more like he’d just won first prize in a computer coding competition.

 

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Women's Double Sculls - Bronze!

2 more chances for rowing medals coming up...

10:50 Women's Four
11:10 Men's Four

 

Publius Ovidius

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nwgull said:

Not sure it’s been mentioned and is from a couple of days ago, but I really enjoyed seeing that Irish guy win in the pool the other night and with such a tight finish for a long-distance event.

The most endearing thing was that once he’d covered up his Greek-God like body with his tracky and put on his thick glasses for the medal ceremony, he looked more like he’d just won first prize in a computer coding competition.

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Another one representing the sound although coming from the north. Like Rory

 

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Another rowing nailbiter.

 

dazzer6666

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So close……..

 

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Women's Four SILVER by a few inches.

 

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Women's Four - Silver!

So close to Gold, but after yesterday of course it was going to be the Dutch that pipped them on the line.

 

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Gutted.

 

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Wowsers. That was some race.

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Murray and Evans up today at circa 4pm. Chances been given a bit of a boost shirley now they no longer have Nadal and Alcaraz waiting further down the line

 

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

Murray and Evans up today at circa 4pm. Chances been given a bit of a boost shirley now they no longer have Nadal and Alcaraz waiting further down the line

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Are there any other Scottish Olympians around or is Murray the only?

 

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Han Solo said:

Are there any other Scottish Olympians around or is Murray the only?

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Beth Potter - the winner of the bronze medal in the women's triathlon - is Scottish.

 

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Tom Hark Preston Park said:

Murray and Evans up today at circa 4pm. Chances been given a bit of a boost shirley now they no longer have Nadal and Alcaraz waiting further down the line

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Very tough QF in prospect against 3rd seeds Fritz and Paul, but if they could progress through, the non-seeded Aussie pair will be the SF opponents.

Thankfully Rajeev Ram, former No 1 doubles player with 6 Grand Slam titles, is on the other side of the draw!

 

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Han Solo said:

Are there any other Scottish Olympians around or is Murray the only?

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34 in total, tho have to admit to not keeping abreast of how some of them have been doing

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Men's Four - Bronze!

3 finals with GB rowers today, 3 medals.

 

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Han Solo said:

Are there any other Scottish Olympians around or is Murray the only?

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Duncan Scott, the swimmer, is Scottish I believe.

 

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Frutos said:

Duncan Scott, the swimmer, is Scottish I believe.

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You'd be disappointed if he wasn't with a name like that.

More seriously, he is. I heard him being interviewed the other day.

 

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Han Solo said:

Are there any other Scottish Olympians around or is Murray the only?

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There’s a Scottish shooter who’ll be competing in the 50m, who’s likely to go for gold.

 

Withdean11

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Imane Khelif, a biological male, being allowed to compete in the women's boxing.

Italian Angela Carini just withdrew herself from the bout in tears. Shame on the Olympic Committee for allowing this to happen.

 

crodonilson

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Rowing not quite going to plan again, thought we were favs for both the mens and womens 4's??

At this stage think we are a fair bit down on our medal projections and struggling to match our totals from the last 3 games.

FWIW this was an independent projection by Gracenote but we are down on swimming and rowing to date....

Virtual Medal Table 1-10​

NOC	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States		39	32	41	112
China		34	27	25	86
Great Britain		17	20	26	63
France		27	21	12	60
Australia		15	23	16	54
Japan		13	13	21	47
Italy		11	19	16	46
Germany		11	12	12	35
Netherlands		16	10	8	34
Republic of Korea		9	4	13	26

 

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