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

[hans kraay fan club]

Which other ones are you thinking about, this is the shittiest one I have seen so far. f***ing dull and very little skill required imo other than having the ability to climb like a monkey

Surely there is way more SKILL involved in climbing a vertical wall, at speed, than there is in (for example) running in a straight line for ten seconds?

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

No idea how this is even considered an Olympic sport

A few years ago, when BMX, Skateboarding, surfing (and now climbing) were introduced into the Olympics, I must admit to being sceptical.

I was wrong - they have bought IMO, a much needed boost for The Olympics and youngsters can get engaged with sports that actually do themselves.

 

[Flounce]

Surely there is way more SKILL involved in climbing a vertical wall, at speed, than there is in (for example) running in a straight line for ten seconds?

Good point, well made. I think I’ll enjoy watching a straight line sprint over climbing a wall until the day I die though

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Good point, well made. I think I’ll enjoy watching a straight line sprint over climbing a wall until the day I die though

I agree completely - as a lover of athletics. I was merely questioning your specific reason for writing off the climbing. I don't think levels of skill alone, are what determines a sport as worthy of inclusion anyway.

There are sports at the games with very little skill or nuance involved, that are not questioned - say weightlifting, for example.

 

[Flounce]

I agree completely - as a lover of athletics. I was merely questioning your specific reason for writing off the climbing. I don't think levels of skill alone, are what determines a sport as worthy of inclusion anyway.

There are sports at the games with very little skill or nuance involved, that are not questioned - say weightlifting, for example.

Fair comments, I’d rather weed the garden than watch people climbing walls, hence my opinion that it’s a shit watch, accept it seems to be just me who thinks like this though. Luckily it’s over for now so no need to weed the garden

 

[crodonilson]

Olympics diving: Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix misses medal in Paris 2024 women's 10m platform

Teenager Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix finishes sixth in the 10m platform final after attempting to become first British woman to win two Olympic diving medals.

www.bbc.co.uk

Listening to this interview genuinely had me welling up this morning.
Shes done brilliantly at these games, finished off with an amazing dive yesterday, and will be a force in the sport for a few years to come I reckon.

She's lovely. Her dad grates on me and I think it's a shame how she keeps being referred to as Fred Sirioux's daughter even through the Olympics they've tried to shoehorn him in at every opportunity, she's a star in her own right. There was a lovely vid on the BBC of her meeting her hero GK Barry prior to the Olympics which is well worth a watch.

 

[Han Solo]

Fair comments, I’d rather weed

Same.

But only a few hours left until the handball!

 

[halbpro]

Had 5 Live on in the car this morning and they said that today's GB rep in the male skateboarding is a 51 year old. I assumed that this was either a typo or had been mis-read and that they meant 15 year old, so I checked and it's true: Andy MacDonald really is the coolest 51-year-old in the world.

Macdonald had 8 gold medals at the X Games 6 years before his team mates were born, incredible story. He did have to barely scrape qualification for the Olympics, but he out qualified several younger British hopefuls by a fair bit so clearly he's still got something left.

 

[medwayseagull reborn]

I have never understood why they have resisted squash being included. Successful in the commonwealth games but I suppose it may not be considered "sexy" enough.

 

[Swegulls]

I’d like to see trailrunning, a 100 or 200-miler, with Jim Walmsley, Kilian, Tom Evans, Courtney Dauwalter competefor a coople of days.

 

[crodonilson]

Host countries allowed to nominate their own sports, thought baseball would be in for LA, also the US wanted spelling bee to be in there but some conjecture about fairness and which language would be useful.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I have never understood why they have resisted squash being included. Successful in the commonwealth games but I suppose it may not be considered "sexy" enough.

If sexiness is the criteria, I'd hate to see the person who decided to include the walking races' search history.

 

[Is it PotG?]

What time is the Curling?

 

[LU7 RED]

I’d like to see trailrunning, a 100 or 200-miler, with Jim Walmsley, Kilian, Tom Evans, Courtney Dauwalter competefor a coople of days.

Race walking should be more of an endurance event. Competitors get sent off with the same amount of food & drink in a rucksack.

Get sent on a pre ordained route and the last 3 walking win the medals

H&S might have a moan though.....

 

[Han Solo]

I have never understood why they have resisted squash being included. Successful in the commonwealth games but I suppose it may not be considered "sexy" enough.

Squash will be in the 2028 games.

 

[Flounce]

I have never understood why they have resisted squash being included. Successful in the commonwealth games but I suppose it may not be considered "sexy" enough.

It’s much sexier than a race up a wall to pull a cord

 

[Questions]

This sailing is shit isn’t it ?

 

[Wozza]

This sailing is shit isn’t it ?

Incredible how they've painted the sea though!

 

[Flounce]

This sailing is shit isn’t it ?

Mickey Becket was in that race

 

[KZNSeagull]

Our man in the sailing was going to win silver when the race was called off. Race restarts and he finishes 6th. Bloody French diddling us out of more medals