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

[Pavilionaire]

Keely The Golden Girl!

 

[Clive Walker]

Cracking race. Great arse too

 

[Triggaaar]

Brilliant Keely, well done

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Isn't Keely such a love person. So genuine and authentic and such an athlete. A true champion.

 

[Weststander]

Aren’t we lucky having the great Michael Johnson with the BBC at each Olympics.

 

[hart's shirt]

Looking forward to another shiny Swedish gold medal today. Hopefully also a new world record, if Duplantis can be arsed.

Probably going to be least exciting olympic gold I've seen Sweden take but fascinating to watch an athlete who is so monstrously far above everyone else in his sport.

Hope you enjoyed that Swanny!

Another World Record for Mondo.

 

[Bry Nylon]

My favourite medal of the games and the one I’ve been waiting for since Tokyo.

Keely

Mission accomplished

 

[Seagull58]

Looking forward to another shiny Swedish gold medal today. Hopefully also a new world record, if Duplantis can be arsed.

Probably going to be least exciting olympic gold I've seen Sweden take but fascinating to watch an athlete who is so monstrously far above everyone else in his sport.

If only Sergei Bubka was 30 years younger. That would be a contest.

 

[papachris]

Aren’t we lucky having the great Michael Johnson with the BBC at each Olympics.

I agree. For me one of the greatest athletes of all time. And good to see him looking well on BBC after serious health issues

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Hope you enjoyed that Swanny!

Another World Record for Mondo.

Let's be honest, really.an American.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Incredible by Keeley.

And amazing pole vaulting considering that for six months a year the bloke’s pole would be iced up and the runway, bar and crashmat would need landing lights.

 

[Eeyore]

Cracking race. Great arse too

Those words could easily be moved around for the same effect.

 

[hart's shirt]

Let's be honest, really.an American.

Swedish-American.

But I'd rather Sweden got his gold medals than America.

"After winning the Jerringpriset as the most popular athlete in Sweden in 2020, Duplantis expressed relief that the Swedish public had accepted and embraced him. During said Olympics, Duplantis also stated that his older brother having great experiences representing Sweden at a youth level and his love for Sweden as a child made his choice very easy but that he also feels a strong bond to Lafayatte."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Duplantis

 

[Han Solo]

Hope you enjoyed that Swanny!

Another World Record for Mondo.

Yup.. the king

 

[AZ Gull]

Incredible by Keeley.

And amazing pole vaulting considering that for six months a year the bloke’s pole would be iced up and the runway, bar and crashmat would need landing lights.

I'm not sure he's ever spent one winter in Sweden in his life.

 

[Guinness Boy]

I'm not sure he's ever spent one winter in Sweden in his life.

Yes, that was my point

 

[Iggle Piggle]

I'm not sure he's ever spent one winter in Sweden in his life.

Munching an Apple Pie and trying not to sing
"Say, can you see" as we type

 

[hart's shirt]

I'm not sure he's ever spent one winter in Sweden in his life.

Not recently in all likelihood, but here's the reason given:

"Duplantis usually divides his year between winters in Louisiana and summers in Uppsala in Sweden, adapted for when the two climates offer the best possibilities for training."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Duplantis

 

[bhafc99]

India is always the one that amazes me! Literally the only sport they are any good at is cricket (unless I’ve forgotten something). With their population it’s madness!

I thought similar of Spain, but do you think all their eggs are firmly in football and tennis? Not much good at much else

I was on holiday in Malaysia last week, and my son asked what sports Malaysia was good at. Had to really think. Maybe table tennis. Badminton? Ummm. Not sure. And that’s a country with a population of around 34m people.

 

[Han Solo]

I'm not sure he's ever spent one winter in Sweden in his life.

No idea. He has lived here the last couple of years though. But probably avoiding the winters anyway... I would if I could.