Olympics and Paralympics

[wary shell]

This is America there will always been a women’s edition because you can’t trust the boys to win anything

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

[last pulsar]

I saw, thank god!

[restive agate]

These shot putters are units

[limber lotus]

I’m gonna annoy husband so much switching channels between the various sports 😈

[wary shell]

Good

I would fall on my face in the sand with the triple jump

Counting would throw me off

[restive agate]

I can't wait for the paralympics to start

[wary shell]

Ouch from shot put. He fell.

Get out the mop.

I don’t think the standings will change there. There’s no way for anyone to get the torque with the wet ground.

Box for inters.

[lone dove]

it would be fun if there was a sport where they run off to the side at one point and a pit crew change their shoes in 1.9 seconds

[wary shell]

We have ground squeegees out at shot put.

Water on the ground unacceptable

Gold for Ukraine fencing team

[lone dove]

ah, Minnesota just off the podium for shotput

[wary shell]

They’re gonna send more curlers to Milan to make up for this

[lone dove]

we do excel more in winter sports

Lindsey Vonn, the "Miracle on Ice" team had like 12 Minnesotans on it, Jessie Diggins in cross-country skiing

[limber lotus]

I do not like how this Eurosport commentator is discussing the mixed 4x400 gender splits

[wary shell]

We all have our strengths. Except North Dakota they’re on notice for slacking.

[scarlet cedar]

the team gb athletics clothing(????) is very dark on tv, it’s throwing me off

[lone dove]

yeah it looks almost black on screen

[limber lotus]

We both just said the same

[scarlet cedar]

i would not want femke bol chasing me down

[limber lotus]

Nah this is a strong leg all round man

[scarlet cedar]

a bronze is such a good result for us

[lone dove]

GB fighting now

[scarlet cedar]

OMG AMERICA

[last pulsar]

I bloody love mixed relays

[scarlet cedar]

femke really did that

[lone dove]

wow

[limber lotus]

Omg

That was so good

[last pulsar]

WOW

[scarlet cedar]

the US have such a solid team but the netherlands have femke bol and thats the difference she makes, damn

[wary shell]

She’s a closer

[lone dove]

and now the CAN-GER qf is ALSO going into extra time! a tremendous day of women's football

[last pulsar]

Bronze is good for GB considering the competition

[scarlet cedar]

so good, especially when we’ve not been particularly strong in the 400m for a while

[wary shell]

lol how tall is she

[limber lotus]

Why is there boxing on the swimming stream

[wary shell]

They’re trying to convince us that boxing is real

[sharp skiff]

Krouser is such a cutie, and Shockley discovered he’s not midwestern despite how he looks lol

[wary shell]

Baffled. Confused. Bamboozled. Hoodwinked. Lead astray.

Another withdrawal for medical reasons.

For the 200m swim.

[sharp skiff]

Alright so he lives in Arkansas but born in the Pacific Northwest

[wary shell]

Neither equal Midwest.

He’s just 6’7”

[silk zephyr]

Oh shoot I forgot to turn on the swimming

[sharp skiff]

Mans looks like he should be a born and raised Minnesota

[wary shell]

Yeah he spawned in the wrong state.

[lone dove]

mcintosh just too fast

[sharp skiff]

Though the beard does give pacific northwestern lumberjack

[scarlet cedar]

she’s 17!!

INSANE

[silk zephyr]

Did I miss all of the mixed relay

[scarlet cedar]

running, yes, swimming, no

[silk zephyr]

Oh I’m getting confused

[sharp skiff]

I am begging Germany to score a goal, on my knees

[lone dove]

I was doing NOTHING at 17, I couldn't be bothered

[wary shell]

She made Tokyo because it was delayed right

Because she was 14

[scarlet cedar]

4 x 400m athletics happened but the 4 x 100m medley swimming is in about 40 minutes

[silk zephyr]

Oh good

Why have they put both on the same day

That’s stupid and confusing

[wary shell]

This is the only day

[silk zephyr]

Isn’t the Olympics two weeks long

DSQs!!

[scarlet cedar]

oh has someone been DSQ

the american??

oh no!

[silk zephyr]

Walsh

[wary shell]

Walsh yeah

[scarlet cedar]

just over, yes!

[limber lotus]

Illegal turn

[silk zephyr]

Also I dropped a piece of Lego under my sofa and I am mad

[limber lotus]

Yikes

[sharp skiff]

That’s the worst!!

[limber lotus]

Back to breaststroke turn was illegal 😦

[silk zephyr]

Yup

[scarlet cedar]

summer mcintosh’s sister is a figure skater so one lives with their mum and one lives with their dad completely separately

what they do for sport, hey

[limber lotus]

Right over to the 100m final

[silk zephyr]

“She’s making history at the age of 17”

Fuck mr

Me

[scarlet cedar]

oh the RAIN

interesting

[silk zephyr]

Wish it would rain here

[scarlet cedar]

that track is wet

[silk zephyr]

God that was a terrible turn from Walsh but we’ve all done it

[scarlet cedar]

oh yeah, happens to me all the time

[silk zephyr]

THE MASCOT IS DANCING TO TAYLOR SWIFT

Everyone just looks like they’re having so much fun at the swimming

They’re projecting videos on to the pool

That’s pretty freaking cool

[sharp skiff]

This women’s 100m is absolutely stacked

[limber lotus]

I’m on the 100m and then I will switch quickly to the swimming

[silk zephyr]

They’re just wanking off about Marchan or whatever you spell it currently

[scarlet cedar]

ANOTHER SHOCK

@last pulsar what’s the lottery numbers pls

[limber lotus]

Probably aggressively frenchly

[sharp skiff]

In what the women’s 100m run?

Or swimming

[scarlet cedar]

yes!

[lone dove]

huge congrats to St Lucia!!!

[limber lotus]

Is that their first medal?

[lone dove]

yes

[silk zephyr]

Swimming they’re still wanking

[scarlet cedar]

a p4 for daryl neita 👏🏻

[limber lotus]

Slay bestie

She had a very good start

[wary shell]

I think so

[last pulsar]

😂

[silk zephyr]

Now we’re getting a light show and music

It seems like somethings gone wrong because we weren’t meant to go straight into another race

[restive agate]

That's mega, what a run

[last pulsar]

First medal EVER 🎉

[limber lotus]

That’s what I thought!!!!!

[silk zephyr]

I’ve just put the athletics on hopefully they show a replay

[scarlet cedar]

oh now she’s sobbing 🥺🥺

[limber lotus]

Isn’t is the women’s 800m next?

[restive agate]

Stop it Julien I can't cry again 🥹

[wary shell]

I’m just remembering this day

She’s got second too

[scarlet cedar]

swimming, oui

[silk zephyr]

Yep the commentators had been saying “the queen of swimming” was coming in next and then it’s gone into all these weird videos and now music and light show

[scarlet cedar]

how bizarre

[wary shell]

Why is there someone on the ground in tennis

They just cut to it and he was on the ground

Ok he won the bronze lol

[last pulsar]

I’m guessing he was celebrating

[restive agate]

For their first ever medal to be gold is amazing

[lone dove]

and in one of THE marquee events

[wary shell]

What the hell

[lone dove]

fastest woman on earth, officially

[restive agate]

Oh yeah no they do that before the swimming, I've seen that before

[scarlet cedar]

building up to the katie ledecky show

[silk zephyr]

But we were meant to go straight into 800m there wasn’t supposed to be a break

Maybe someone peed in the pool

[restive agate]

Ah I'm not sure, I'm still on athletics. None of my broadcasts are ever live 😭

[lone dove]

Germany PLEASE that was so close, just put it in

[scarlet cedar]

bbc are doing a good job swapping between athletics and swimming

[silk zephyr]

I tried to get the bbc stream but it wouldn’t let me sign in 😂

Let’s go Ledecky

[limber lotus]

Oooo maybe I’ll switch

[lone dove]

Ledeckyyyyyyy

[limber lotus]

I keep doing it manually on discovery

[scarlet cedar]

well i say that as they aren’t changing to the swimming 😂

[limber lotus]

Hmph

[silk zephyr]

I’ve got discovery swimming on the Xbox and athletics on the laptop 😂

[limber lotus]

You lied to me

[silk zephyr]

Ailish banned for be a liar

[scarlet cedar]

no they were doing it when we had brits

no brits no bbc party

oh the swimming is now on iplayer 🫠

[silk zephyr]

Alfred really just fuckin rocketed out of the blocks

[limber lotus]

That’s one thing I do like about Eurosport - it’s not so Brit focused

[scarlet cedar]

yeah she has a far better start

[limber lotus]

I have athletics on tv and swimming on laptop we good

[silk zephyr]

A national record for her too

[scarlet cedar]

same 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽

[silk zephyr]

Currently below WR time in swimming

[scarlet cedar]

i’m so anti america (sorry guys) but there is a handful of athletes i make exceptions for

katie ledecky is one

[silk zephyr]

Ledecky and Titmus are battling

[scarlet cedar]

stick with her, ariarne

[silk zephyr]

Is this gonna be the first one where we see two people at the finish line in a Ledecky race

[scarlet cedar]

i feel like she could start pulling further and further away in the second 400m

[wary shell]

She usually has friends for the 800

1500 she doesn’t

[silk zephyr]

Titmus has dropped from 0.2 to 0.6

[lone dove]

Titmus will turn it on bonkers in the last stretch though

[wary shell]

Yeha

[scarlet cedar]

consistent 0.3s gap on the last few turns

[silk zephyr]

Now the Italian is in 3rd

[lone dove]

CAN-GER going to penalty kicks omg

still 0-0

[silk zephyr]

I’m watching the triple jump

With the swimming

[scarlet cedar]

oh titmus has dropped off slightly

.5s gap

[silk zephyr]

Titmus is falling back 😭

[scarlet cedar]

and she’s gone…

[silk zephyr]

There’s gonna be a Bartlett for silver

[limber lotus]

1.38 now

[silk zephyr]

Battle

[scarlet cedar]

where did that american come from 😂

[silk zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/madagascar-alex-surprise-lion-smiling-gif-22612181

[wary shell]

Alabama

[last pulsar]

https://vxtwitter.com/futurecanon/status/1819811659520921767?s=46&t=PRUFv4dPgwx746V4NwBt3Q 😭

[limber lotus]

Another gold 🫡🫡

[silk zephyr]

She’s kept silver

[lone dove]

GOAT

the most decorated US female Olympian of all time

[scarlet cedar]

it’s my favourite thing ever when people discover femke bol’s voice 😭😭😭😭

[lone dove]

officially now

[silk zephyr]

Awww Ledecky celebrating Madden

[wary shell]

https://tenor.com/view/running-crying-tears-gif-4318319

[scarlet cedar]

is she making LA

at 31

[wary shell]

I see her dropping 400 and keeping the 1500

800 will be in the air

[silk zephyr]

God, imagine if Biles, Maher and Ledecky all make it to LA

[scarlet cedar]

i might be super busy over 2028 olympic time

avoiding america

[silk zephyr]

Sucks for you

[wary shell]

She will be on the younger side of 31

[scarlet cedar]

31 for a swimmer is super getting on though

but she is the 🐐

[lone dove]

I do apologize in advance for how extra annoying all us yanks are going to be in 2028

[scarlet cedar]

so 🤞🏻

[silk zephyr]

Jamaican silver in triple jump

[wary shell]

Katie and Michael Jordan

Who has more gold medals Michael

[silk zephyr]

Dominica FIRST MEDAL EVER IN OLYMPICS AND ITS ALSO A GOLD

[scarlet cedar]

hell of a jump too

[silk zephyr]

she’s not taking her final jump

Why would you if it’s confirmed

[scarlet cedar]

go for the WR 👀😂

[last pulsar]

Try and get a better PB?

[silk zephyr]

She got the national record

[limber lotus]

Are you still getting this all on the beeb?!

[silk zephyr]

So I think she’s happy

[scarlet cedar]

oui

[silk zephyr]

I’m on discvoery

[limber lotus]

Oh wait I just got the jump

I’m clearly behind

[silk zephyr]

Oh she’s looks for her parents

[last pulsar]

I’m waiting for the end of the decathlon

[limber lotus]

Same

And then I wanna watch the mixed 4x100

In the swimming

[silk zephyr]

They’re trying to get all the medalists for the triple jump in 1 place but the gold medalist wandered off 😂

Decathlon blows my mind

You have to be pretty good at 10 sports

I’m not good at 1

[scarlet cedar]

if you could all go to the olympics, what’s the top 3 events you’d wanna see?

[silk zephyr]

I went to London 2012 and tbh you didn’t really get to pick which sports you got what you got in the ballot 😂😂😂😂

[scarlet cedar]

mine would be women’s all around gymnastics, men’s pole vault and triathlon

[wary shell]

Swimming, diving, can’t decide the third yet

[scarlet cedar]

diving is a good shout, 10m synchro would be so fun

[silk zephyr]

But if I could choose, a swimming evening session, team or all around women’s gymnastics, artistic swimming

[sharp skiff]

No doubt she makes it, swimmers go into their mid 30s usually right?

[wary shell]

The limit right now is like low 30s

[silk zephyr]

I find it funny that they don’t all fit on the track

[scarlet cedar]

very rarely!

phelps made 31

[silk zephyr]

And he could have been doping

[wary shell]

I think distance swims could go longer

It’s the shorter distances

[scarlet cedar]

yeah this is v true!

[lone dove]

🇩🇪 !!!

[scarlet cedar]

i presume you’d do everything you can do make a home olympics though

so i’m sure she will

[silk zephyr]

Oooo a lil jog for 1500m

[lone dove]

team D takes the match at last, bye bye Canada

[scarlet cedar]

puerto rico said let’s go

[sharp skiff]

THANK FUCKING GOD, fuck those Canadians

[wary shell]

I’m waving bye

[silk zephyr]

Stupid, he’s gonna run out of steam

[wary shell]

I’m getting some roof pigeons for them to be paranoid about

[sharp skiff]

That PR Runner is fine as hell

Get his ass on love island asap

[scarlet cedar]

i don’t think he’s in it anyway!

[scarlet cedar]

he is!!!

he’s slowed down now 😂

[silk zephyr]

Yep he’s dropping back 😂

Norway are being tactical

[wary shell]

There’s so many points

[scarlet cedar]

it’s norway v germany

[sharp skiff]

The only way I’d ever run is to catch up to his handsome face

[silk zephyr]

How reminiscent of WW2

Some of them are wearing very very tight shorts

[limber lotus]

I would do womens all around, 10m synchro and something in the athletics they maybe included the 4x100 relay

[scarlet cedar]

good choices

[silk zephyr]

I saw Usain Bolt at 2012 I just remembered!

[limber lotus]

Also maybe track cycling

[wary shell]

Why this photo

[sharp skiff]

That’s very cool

[limber lotus]

But they got rid of the best one

[limber lotus]

Keep her humble?

[scarlet cedar]

omg i wanna see the keirin, that’s always chaos

[sharp skiff]

I know I was just going to say they couldn’t use a better one?

[silk zephyr]

We did athletics and hockey I think? And I think my dad did something else too?

[wary shell]

I think I’ll go watch some lower level soccer match.

For 2028.

[scarlet cedar]

slay norway!

[restive agate]

The Hungarian swimming trunks design are certainly a choice

[scarlet cedar]

i went to the football for london 2012

[sharp skiff]

Literally they look see through lol

[wary shell]

Some of the soccer matches will be spread across the state.

[scarlet cedar]

everything else was too far

[silk zephyr]

Honestly any event at the Olympics is so fucking fun!!

[limber lotus]

Yes!!! Sad they got rid of omnium tho

[last pulsar]

Literally did a double take earlier

[restive agate]

Fully thought he hopped out in a thong

[lone dove]

the one I most want to see is speed skating at the Winter Olympics. I want to see how fast they're actually going with my own eyeballs

[limber lotus]

Yeah this was it for me

[wary shell]

They’re having matches in San Jose and Berkeley so I don’t have to go all the way to LA.

[silk zephyr]

Oh Andy Murray is at the swimming

[wary shell]

I’m gonna go to Utah on purpose for that.

[scarlet cedar]

in LA, they are having to shorten all the rowing to 1500m instead of 2000m cos they don’t have a course

[scarlet cedar]

he’s really got around today

[silk zephyr]

Hilarious

[wary shell]

They’re still moving around events for LA.

[last pulsar]

You would have thought that might have been a requirement to host no? 💀

[silk zephyr]

He’s like “I’m retired I just wanna do everything now”

[wary shell]

They just moved softball and canoe to Oklahoma.

[silk zephyr]

It was more of “if they don’t do it no one will”

[limber lotus]

He’s retired now

[wary shell]

They’re not building a single building.

[silk zephyr]

That’s…. Not even close to LA

[last pulsar]

The Norwegian is only 20!!

[scarlet cedar]

damn

[wary shell]

I laughed honestly. I’m like yeah Oklahoma City. Sure. But San Francisco is too far for soccer ok.

[silk zephyr]

I’m old and deserve to die

[scarlet cedar]

apparently the rowing governing body has to agree to shorten them or just not have any rowing 😂

[wary shell]

I guess surfing is in Tahiti this time so they’re like challenge accepted.

[lone dove]

Gratulerer Norge! 🇳🇴

[silk zephyr]

Oh he looks so Norwegian too

Oh the Estonian is sobbing

[last pulsar]

so blonde

[silk zephyr]

Both the Norwegians look incredibly Norwegian

[scarlet cedar]

good mix of teams doing 2 men 2 women and others alternating in the swimming mixed medley

[silk zephyr]

Interesting

[limber lotus]

Yeah I like that they can choose

The Eurosport guy was very sexist talking about it for the 4x400 relay earlier

[last pulsar]

Great Britain are no way gonna get a medal here 💀

[silk zephyr]

The Norwegian flag he’s got is so small, could they not have got him a bigger one

[limber lotus]

Said a woman running against a man was an embarrassment

[scarlet cedar]

nah they defo aren’t

[scarlet cedar]

ew

[limber lotus]

Mmhmm

[silk zephyr]

Oh they ring a bell that’s cute

Jesus I thought that was Ledecky going for USA

[wary shell]

Looking at rowing. They’re gonna use the rowing stadium built for the 32 games bc the lake was “too far from LA”. And they built a bridge in 1956 that shortened the original length of the rowing course lol

[silk zephyr]

Oh the Estonian came 4th that’s why he was sobbing

[limber lotus]

How are we the world record holders

And the current champions

Lollllll

[silk zephyr]

Because we’re good at this election

how did Elle get changed to election

[limber lotus]

No elections for me

I am a dictator, fair and square

according to the kids

[scarlet cedar]

it’s only ever been done once before i think

and we won 😂

[limber lotus]

Ah that makes more sense

[silk zephyr]

Shhh Ailish UK UK UK

[wary shell]

Record books don’t care about details

Line drive in box score

[silk zephyr]

GB&NI GB&NI let’s go bitches

We’re like last

[scarlet cedar]

no adam peaty has hurt us

[silk zephyr]

His fault for getting Covid

Hope he’s got paxlovid

[scarlet cedar]

“ear infection”

he did the heat earlier today

[limber lotus]

Hmmmm

[scarlet cedar]

we are down and out

[limber lotus]

Duncan is decent

[silk zephyr]

But he got confirmed to have Covid right?

[wary shell]

Yeah

Also current Covid variants show as ear infection

[silk zephyr]

That’s disgusting that he competed in the heats then

[wary shell]

Just a fun fact

[scarlet cedar]

boo america

[silk zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/america-patriotic-eagle-usa-patriotism-gif-9438241

[lone dove]

US World Record!!!

[scarlet cedar]

they needed that after being carried by katie 😂

[silk zephyr]

Tbh China nearly had them

[wary shell]

Yeah

[scarlet cedar]

it was so close

[limber lotus]

We sucked hard

[silk zephyr]

They’re off to the reeducation camps

[scarlet cedar]

we did

our women aren’t strong enough

[limber lotus]

Think maybe they put us in the wrong order

The first girl had a nightmare with the waves

[scarlet cedar]

i think they have to do that cos we don’t have a women breast stroker

[silk zephyr]

They couldn’t really change the order tho

[limber lotus]

Some of which is probably the illegal pool

[limber lotus]

I can help there 😉

[scarlet cedar]

heheheeh

[silk zephyr]

Wait is the pool illegal

[limber lotus]

Yeah not deep enough

[scarlet cedar]

debatable

[silk zephyr]

Ailish and Elle going for a ban in one night

[wary shell]

Its bare minimum depth of a pool

[scarlet cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/hit-punch-aliceinwonderland-twins-tweedledum-gif-8100930225828422494

[limber lotus]

Twin things 🤷🏻‍♀️

[silk zephyr]

Well we beat the Japanese

[sharp skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-usa-homer-simpson-usa-gif-19433846

[limber lotus]

And not being deep enough causes more waves

[silk zephyr]

To be honest it’s in a fucking rugby stadium they probably couldn’t have gone deeper

[limber lotus]

Then maybe they should have had the correct venue 🥰🥰

[silk zephyr]

I’m not denying that

[sharp skiff]

lol wait what, the swimming is actually in a rugby stadium?

[silk zephyr]

There was a swimming pool near where I lived but I don’t think it was Olympic sized

[wary shell]

Yeah it’s like what they used for the US swim trials.

It’s a pool structure on top of the field

[silk zephyr]

Yup! I’ve watched rugby there!

[wary shell]

They’ll do the same thing in LA. They’re gonna have swimming inside Sofi.

Like the Eras tour movie.

[limber lotus]

For a second I thought you meant in the UK and I was like… 🙄🙄

[silk zephyr]

Oh and the eras tour were there too

[scarlet cedar]

https://www.vxtwitter.com/declanleepr/status/1819819536968774093?s=46&t=NNRAZtpQ_uRRHzXWiH02wQ

[silk zephyr]

Well yes where I live in the UK there is multiple swimming pools but that’s not what I mean 😂

[scarlet cedar]

love thisssssss

[silk zephyr]

I sent a video of them building the pool before

But I can’t find it

Nvm found it

https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1818678921317023821?s=46&t=knwfHQnFKAGJQWQFBwUKnQ

Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) on X

Myrtha Pools has built some amazing temporary venues in the space for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

This is how the Paris Defense Arena was transformed by installing two temporary Olympic pools in just 36 days.

[📹 Myrtha Pools]

Twitter · Jul 31, 2024, 4:03 PM

@sharp skiff

So most of the stands are temporary because if they just used the normal stands you’d be a mile away from the pool lol

[wary shell]

LA has swimming in week 2 and track in week 1 so they can build the pool after opening ceremonies.

[silk zephyr]

Yeah the athletics and rugby were at the same stadium for Paris

[wary shell]

Track will be at the 1930 stadium.

[scarlet cedar]

oh that’s is interesting

i think i hate that

[silk zephyr]

As long as it doesn’t fall down

[cosmic jasper]

they’re having the opening ceremonies at sofi and then building the pool

[wary shell]

Yeah

[wary shell]

It’s going to outlive us all

It’s still used daily.

[cosmic jasper]

100%

[silk zephyr]

It’s the coliseum right

[wary shell]

It will be in one piece when California falls into the sea.

Yeah. Memorial coliseum.

[silk zephyr]

Look at me knowing random LA facts

[scarlet cedar]

mini kimi is in LA now, random LA fact

[cosmic jasper]

it will infact be the last thing left

[silk zephyr]

I’m great on a pub quiz team if anyone needs me

[wary shell]

Lmao he’s having fun at the Santa Monica pier and it’s actually sunny today

It’s because it’s August.

It’s gloomy in June.

[scarlet cedar]

i once lived in LA

for 2 weeks but still

it counts

[wary shell]

I lived in Tokyo for a month it counts

[silk zephyr]

I lived in Paris for 2.5 months that I always round up to 3

But I am looking at buying an apartment near Paris 👀

[scarlet cedar]

too much french

[restive agate]

She'll never have to buy a drink again

[silk zephyr]

By near Paris I mean near Disney

[wary shell]

What a full morning of events to watch now time to nap

[silk zephyr]

Ohhhh the swimmers who did the heats for the medley also get a medal!!!!

They don’t get it on the podium but they do get one

[wary shell]

Yeah I know Australia does their ceremony in the village

[silk zephyr]

The American anthem and swimming is like the Dutch anthem and F1

[scarlet cedar]

yes!! i had to google this when we won the 4 x 200m relay cos we switched out two

[silk zephyr]

They announced all the swimmers as they were giving the medals but they weren’t actually there which seems rude

[scarlet cedar]

https://x.com/samfr/status/1819829032042545559?s=46&t=NNRAZtpQ_uRRHzXWiH02wQ

Sam Freedman (@Samfr) on X

Here are the "end of day 8" (halfway through) medal comparisons for GB vs previous games:

London: 29 medals (14 gold)
Rio: 30 medals (10 gold)
Tokyo: 28 medals (8 gold)
Paris: 33 medals (10 gold)

Twitter · Aug 3, 2024, 8:13 PM

[silk zephyr]

I didn’t say this earlier but SO PROUD OF RHYS

He so deserved the pommel gold

[wary shell]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNVBnSmD/

[silk zephyr]

And in a few months my ex husband will be playing rugby there

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe7Go8r2/

[scarlet cedar]

https://x.com/malikouzia_/status/1819821079004950543?s=46&t=NNRAZtpQ_uRRHzXWiH02wQ

Malik Ouzia (@MalikOuzia_) on X

Neither Dominica, nor St Lucia had ever won an Olympic medal of any colour before tonight. They’ve each just won an athletics gold in the space of 15 minutes. Two Caribbean islands with a combined population of about 250,000. Global sport.

Twitter · Aug 3, 2024, 7:42 PM

[cosmic jasper]

you love to see it

[silk zephyr]

And two WOMEN

WHO RUN THE WORLD

[silk zephyr]

Someone was supposed to respond with “girls” but Okie dokie

[wary shell]

I had to take my dog outside

[lone dove]

I'm dense and thought they were part of the same sentence "and two women who run the world"

[scarlet cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/beyonce-who-run-the-world-girls-gif-12076970

[silk zephyr]

No I’m just completely uncool

The Disney related company I work for got pictures of some Olympians at Disneyland Paris

[wary shell]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNVACrk4/

@merry widget Chile has finally been located

The great international nightmare is over.

It’s on the bottom right of the spread 😜

[merry widget]

Omg amazing, thank youuu! 🇨🇱

[wary shell]

https://x.com/gymnaststeve/status/1819892654488035667?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw

Stephen Nedoroscik (@GymnastSteve) on X

Bronze team. Bronze horse. I am forever grateful to have had this opportunity. This Olympic experience has been everything and more. Thank you to everyone who has supported me. Bronze is a great achievement, but I got eyes for something shinier in my future #2028

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 12:26 AM

A home games is gonna keep several of them going.

Stephen included.

[wary shell]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNVm54Pg/

This is the fourth video I have seen of them roaming the village at 1am in their tech suits

[unique wing]

The Olympic athletes should be terrorizing(?) whatever world city they have briefly invaded

[wary shell]

I appreciate the commitment to the bit with the opening ceremony and closing ceremony jackets they both couldn’t wear because their completion starts to early for opening day and they’re kicked out to the village for closing.

[wary shell]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNVHPXmP/

[silk zephyr]

I’m watching the horsies

Someone is using the muppet show theme song

I am always concerned for the horsies tho do they really enjoy it

[scarlet cedar]

alfred looking insane in the 200m heats too

[silk zephyr]

If I wore the underwear style bottoms for running my thighs would chafe so much

[scarlet cedar]

gabby thomas is world champion and a harvard grad????

disgusting

[silk zephyr]

That should be banned

[last pulsar]

Oh if she does the double it would be fabulous

[silk zephyr]

This rider is using some weird version of the F1 theme song

https://x.com/oldenoughtosay/status/1819879048694170020?s=46&t=knwfHQnFKAGJQWQFBwUKnQ

madeline odent (@oldenoughtosay) on X

a Frenchman, alone at the bar, mumbling into his wine: “ahh, yes, I once almost was an Olympic champion, you know, but I lost! I lost, you understand, because my penis is too big. it is all because of my penis that my life is ruined”

Twitter · Aug 3, 2024, 11:32 PM

[oak geyser]

bastards at the Olympics drew both Fox sisters in the same heat

Boooo

[last pulsar]

Femke Bol looked like she was barely even trying in that heat

[silk zephyr]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe77Lcwh/

[silk zephyr]

Bronze for GB in the equestrian

[oak geyser]

https://fxtwitter.com/Lanndo_4/status/1820034505018675643

[silk zephyr]

They had to keep some of the horses separated coming to the medal ceremony because there were 2 mares and a stallion 😂😂😂😂😂

Oh the German gold medalist is so happy crying

[scarlet cedar]

lewis is in paris!!

[silk zephyr]

Oooo what do we think he’s going to watch

[errant basin]

Fencing?

Is his fencing buddy competing?

[silk zephyr]

It’s the foil team competition today idk if he’s in that

Oh he is

It looks like he’s not scheduled to play at all tho? USA is through to the semi finals but he doesn’t seem to be doing any of the match ups? Unless I’m dumb

I miss living there but also very glad I’m not there during the Olympics because it’s hell

[last pulsar]

Being a supporting bff https://x.com/LH44updates/status/1820054424120603072

Sir Lewis Updates (@LH44updates) on X

Lewis supporting Miles at the Olympics games in Paris today

#OlympicGames

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 11:09 AM

[silk zephyr]

From the match ups it doesn’t seem like he fought in the round and won’t fight in the semis

[scarlet cedar]

yeah i’ll be honest, im not sure he’s that good 😂😂

https://x.com/lh44updates/status/1820062127400387067?s=46&t=NNRAZtpQ_uRRHzXWiH02wQ

Sir Lewis Updates (@LH44updates) on X

Lewis with Shaun White, Nina Dobrev and Snoop Dogg watching Team USA men's foil match🤺

#OlympicGames

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 11:40 AM

[silk zephyr]

Pretty sure each team has a “reserve” and he’s the one for USA lol

[scarlet cedar]

yeah that would make sense

[scarlet cedar]

he’s apparently wearing a hoodie with miles’ surname on it 🥹🥹🥹🥹 in his wag era

[silk zephyr]

They cycled past notre dame earlier today and it looks like I will finish building it before they finish the real thing

Oh and if anyone is going to LA, watch the road cycling

It’s always freeeee

Altho I imagine the US could somehow manage to charge for it

[last pulsar]

I just saw photo! So cute!

[silk zephyr]

New job I could do - driver of a team car for the cycling

Is the gymnastics on the BBC does anyone know?

Rings is so cute they get the lil lift up

[oak geyser]

It’s funny how water polo is now beloved by Australia this Olympics

we’ve gone up against traditional powerhouses in both men’s and women’s and beaten them

[wary shell]

Just learned he was a fencer just now

Just catching up

To the world

[granite idol]

Miles just got subbed in for US fencing team. No idea how subs work in fencing but he’s in lol

[wary shell]

I vaguely remember the women’s event did use all of them eventually but it also confused me

This athlete page is so barren for someone who has gone multiple times.

Giving me nothing Miles.

[granite idol]

Annnnd he’s out again and didn’t seem to do all that great so 🤷🏻‍♀️

[wary shell]

Foil team is still better than Sabre or Epee

[lone dove]

omg I'm back... my internet was knocked out by a big storm last night

[cosmic jasper]

lewis is allowed to support his cringefail bf

[lone dove]

just in time to watch uneven bars final on a real screen instead of my phone!

France about to take the self-inflicted L again of not letting Kaylia Nemour onto their team

[granite idol]

Oh absolutely. I’m absolutely certain Lewis is doing an amazing job supporting even if his cringefail bf didn’t do a great job foiling

[silk zephyr]

Don’t understand how Becky Downie is doing this at 31 when I can barely walk at 28

[granite idol]

Laurie Hernandez commentating on gymnastics is my absolute favorite

[wary shell]

No one else does it like him.

[silk zephyr]

Oh honey!

[lone dove]

China continuing to have a shocking time in gymnastics, the men's rings final aside

[silk zephyr]

The cheers for her to keep going is lovely

https://x.com/poorlycatdraw/status/1820090845552693390?s=46&t=knwfHQnFKAGJQWQFBwUKnQ

poorly drawn cats (@poorlycatdraw) on X

the cat olympics part two #Olympics

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 1:34 PM

[unique wing]

This WOULD be the Dutch 😂😂😂

[wary shell]

https://x.com/smaddymadda/status/1819835912013983946?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw

One Any Lover Girl 🇯🇲🇬🇾 (@SmaddyMadda) on X

My child is currently having a tantrum because she didn't get to go to the London 2012 Olympics.

Gentle reader, she was born in 2017.

Twitter · Aug 3, 2024, 8:41 PM

[silk zephyr]

BECKY

[lone dove]

oh no

[unique wing]

Still a fair thing to be upset about tbh

[lone dove]

☹️

[silk zephyr]

😭

[wary shell]

😭

The slow mo of her hands is painful

There was no saving it

Suni didn’t start training again until six months ago

Hope that made the French federation cry

[lone dove]

oh hi Germany - haven't seen them in gymnastics really

[sharp skiff]

Has suni gone yet?

[lone dove]

Suni is last

[granite idol]

No she’s last

She goes after the German girl going now.

[sharp skiff]

Sweet, I love that these Olympics are in the morning for me in the week days, but the important events line up with my yoga classes on the weekends

[lone dove]

SUNI! you did it!

[silk zephyr]

She’s so happy about that

BUT FUCKING GO KAYLIA

[wary shell]

Being told you’d never compete again and starting training six months before for a bronze is amazing Suni

[silk zephyr]

We love a disabled medalist

[sharp skiff]

WOOOOOO SUNI KILLED THAT

[silk zephyr]

First gymnastics medal for Africa

Do you reckon it’s similar for the Ukrainians as the South Koreans where if they medal they don’t have to join the army

[lone dove]

idk, but there's been a big controversy in Ukrainian politics around the question of expanded conscription

[silk zephyr]

Yeah I’ve seen

[lone dove]

the company I work for has an office in Kiev, we have a lot of Ukrainian employees who are either there or still in Poland since the start of the war and they haven't been conscripted

[silk zephyr]

Here we go big vault time

[lone dove]

hm, no Americans - so let's go Ukraine cause they deserve the W and you know what, let's see some great vaults from GB too

[limber lotus]

I’ve been gradually showing different sports to the kids to see what they like - so far we’ve done gymnastics, swimming, bmx racing, mountain biking, athletics, archery and diving

The issue with the gymnastics is then they try do it on the sofa

Or rather, off the sofa, onto the floor 🥴🥴

My 5yo landed on his head yesterday, there was an awkward silent pause and then got up and went I JUST DID A BACKFLIP

[lone dove]

lol amazing

[limber lotus]

(He did a forward roll in the air)

[wary shell]

Chile gold medal

[silk zephyr]

Go on Harry

[silk zephyr]

In what

[scarlet cedar]

embarrassing for a sport when in this day and age, they don’t have some form of technology to determine definites over a persons eye

[scarlet cedar]

shooting

controversial though

[silk zephyr]

Oooo I love a bit of controversy what happened

[scarlet cedar]

a brit and the chilean went into a shoot off for gold, the ref called one of the brit’s a miss and she contested but they stuck with their decision - camera clearly shows she hit it

[silk zephyr]

😬

[scarlet cedar]

they apparently have VAR but didn’t bring it to the olympics

[silk zephyr]

Ah yes let’s not bring that to the most important contest of the year

[limber lotus]

Carlos Yolo

What a name

[silk zephyr]

It’s Yulo unfortunately 😭

[limber lotus]

Oh well that’s less fun

I also need to find my glasses clearly 😂😂

[silk zephyr]

😂😂

I think he’s won it

[limber lotus]

Was an insane set of vaults

[silk zephyr]

The heartbeats they play in the gymnastics arena are cruel 😂😂

[last pulsar]

Are the Philippines about to get as second gymnastics medal?

[silk zephyr]

Yep

Well

There’s 4 left to go

And he’s in 1st

So technically he could be pushed out

[last pulsar]

Points mean prizes! Literally for the Philippians

[silk zephyr]

And it’s the same guy from yesterday

[scarlet cedar]

highest qualifier still to come

oh just kidding

he went first

god the qualifying scores are so low

[silk zephyr]

Lmao Suni saying she’s relieved after bars

Oh this dude is from Mariupol

Look at my little gargoyles

[scarlet cedar]

ahh harry is guaranteed a medal 🥹🥹

[silk zephyr]

And Carlos!!

Could be a double podium for GB 👀👀

[limber lotus]

Novax wins

[scarlet cedar]

scum bag

[silk zephyr]

Does that mean he can fuck off and retire now

[limber lotus]

Cos ‘e’s a scum bag don’t cha know

[lone dove]

Yulo is about to win lifetime free buffet at a Filipino chain restaurant. Yeah there's also the money and house and stuff but 🤤

[limber lotus]

My dream win would be lifetime supply of Lego

[silk zephyr]

Didn’t he get that yesterday

[lone dove]

oh you're right, he would have already got that for gold

[sharp skiff]

Please, I hope so I’m so tired of him

[lone dove]

does this gold mean he gets free buffet for a +1 too? 😂

[lone dove]

this would be worth more than the house, Lego is so expensive

[last pulsar]

https://tenor.com/view/fingers-crossed-jenny-hagel-late-night-with-seth-meyers-hopeful-wishing-gif-14012435

[silk zephyr]

That’s gotta be a medal for Artem

[scarlet cedar]

i would think so

[oak geyser]

Noemie through, Jess out. No other country had two athletes in the same heat yes I’m damn salty about it

[scarlet cedar]

is it done randomly or through how they qualified in the first round yesterday?

[oak geyser]

I think it’s drawn

[silk zephyr]

I’m building the spire of notre dame should I melt it to make it realistic

[scarlet cedar]

silver for artur

[silk zephyr]

SILVER FOR ARTEM

[scarlet cedar]

bronze for harry 👏🏻

[silk zephyr]

Why does it keep correcting to Artem

I don’t know any Artem’s

[oak geyser]

artur…. Leclerc?

[silk zephyr]

Unless he’s suddenly moved to Armenia, no

[oak geyser]

I mean, it wouldn’t shock me

[silk zephyr]

I always forget what a bop the Chinese anthem is

I wish Zhou had won a race just for this

Ahhh Kaylia has an Algerian dad I was wondering how she was allowed to compete for them

I love the star clips that the Chinese girl has in her hair

https://x.com/berenicehealey/status/1819353934999261405?s=46&t=knwfHQnFKAGJQWQFBwUKnQ

Berry (@BereniceHealey) on X

OMG, Bryony Page, who just won Olympic Gold for trampolining, studied palaeontology and wrote her dissertation on acoustic signalling in dinosaurs 🤩🦖🦕

Twitter · Aug 2, 2024, 12:45 PM

Lmao Suni directing the medal ceremony coz she knows what she’s doing at this point

[wary shell]

It was golf that I was thinking wasn’t in the Olympics until recently not boxing. I think of them about the same so that’s probably why.

Totally the same sport. 🥸

Same level of emotional connection for me.

[scarlet cedar]

ah yeah, started in rio, i think

[sleek lion]

Can we please take a moment to appreciate Jagerbomb the horse and his passaging in the score tent 🥹

[sharp skiff]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNV4dy43/

[silk zephyr]

Ahhhhh the refugee team is guaranteed an Olympic medal

[sharp skiff]

I love Laurie so much, I hope they make her a permanent part of the Olympics gymnastics commentary team

Her TikTok’s from the booth have been so funny

[silk zephyr]

https://x.com/iocmedia/status/1820102637598937234?s=46&t=knwfHQnFKAGJQWQFBwUKnQ

IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) on X

With her win over Davina Michel (FRA), boxer @CindyNgamba (EOR) has just made history by guaranteeing a first-ever Olympic medal for the IOC @RefugeesOlympic Team!

#Paris2024 #OlympicGames

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 2:20 PM

[scarlet cedar]

one of the prettiest horses i’ve ever seen too 🥹

[scarlet cedar]

she lives near me!! so happy for her

[wary shell]

Watching the road cycling and looking up athletes. She is as a rower at Harvard and has a degree in computer science.

Show off.

Switched the cycling.

[scarlet cedar]

she’s lived in the UK since she was 11 but she’s not got a british passport so can’t compete for team GB 😠 she’s originally from cameroon so doesn’t want to ever go back there as she came out as gay a few years ago and it’s illegal there!

[wary shell]

I just read her Wikipedia

[lone dove]

and trilingual too? jeez

[silk zephyr]

https://x.com/jacktindale/status/1819800851948388469?s=46&t=knwfHQnFKAGJQWQFBwUKnQ

Jack Tindale (@JackTindale) on X

I say this a lot but I think Michael Johnson is the best commentator. No bullshit. No spin. Just totally honest feedback and he does it for the BBC because he thinks the American networks don't take Athletics seriously.

Twitter · Aug 3, 2024, 6:21 PM

[silk zephyr]

That’s so bullshit

[wary shell]

She’s just bolting for lead now

[scarlet cedar]

isn’t it 🫠

[wary shell]

Is she blocked from every getting it because of the initial paperwork being lost

[silk zephyr]

At least she’s not in the UK right now so she can’t be attacked

[wary shell]

https://x.com/poorlawyer/status/1820115034250604759?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw I’m sending a letter to the president to put this in the national portrait gallery

Poor Lawyer (@poorlawyer) on X

This is a photograph you can hang in any museum.

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 3:10 PM

[scarlet cedar]

i believe so, yes!

[wary shell]

Lewis also has a t shirt. In addition to the hoodie.

[last pulsar]

I love his voice

Could listen to him all day

[wary shell]

Big Latvia fan for the next 1:30

[silk zephyr]

Right it’s swimming on the TV and athletics on the laptop again methinks

[limber lotus]

Why is the swimming 2 hours earlier today

I am trying to parent watch

[silk zephyr]

I think it’s coz there was no morning session today

[limber lotus]

Rude

How dare they not work around me

[silk zephyr]

I’m offended for you

[sharp skiff]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-PuVFoITU0/?igsh=MXQwYTFyeDd2aHQxZg==

thearchbishopofbanterbury

When you can finally eat whatever you want 😅

Likes

114413

Instagram

Love this for him

[wary shell]

Golfer forehead tan lines 🧐

[wary shell]

I hope he got a chocolate muffin

[silk zephyr]

Apparently Peaty is back 🙄

[silk zephyr]

Iconic

[wary shell]

https://x.com/ryanduff99/status/1820089943986786452?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw been waiting for an actual photographer and not a tv shot for 24 hours I was beginning to lose hope

Ryan (@RyanDuff99) on X

Zac Williams (z_w_photography on Instagram) got 'the shot' we're saved!!

Was beginning to lose faith in photography as a concept

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 1:30 PM

[sleek lion]

A gorgeous baby 🥹

[sharp skiff]

Looks like we finally have an explanation as to why Shelly ann didn’t race

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNV4EHqj/

They were held up for an hour because security wouldn’t let them through

[wary shell]

Yup

[silk zephyr]

I need to know more about that because why didn’t they just immediately go round to the other entrance?

Like it’s bullshit and they should’ve been let through

But why didn’t they go to the other entrance

[wary shell]

It was apparently very far

[sharp skiff]

Maybe the other entrance was too far?

I doubt there’s like a plethora of entrance for security reasons

[silk zephyr]

Yeah but surely it would’ve taken less than an hour

Either way it’s dumb and the rule change to stop pedestrians through that entrance should’ve been communicated better

[last pulsar]

I had to stop watching the swimming because of the way they were talking about it

[silk zephyr]

And because it wasn’t they should’ve just let them through like who is it gonna hurt they’ve got credentials

[wary shell]

They changed the entrance from the day before as well

It was not communicated that was the problem.

Just you can’t enter.

[silk zephyr]

Yeah they changed it overnight because someone nearly got hit by a bus

Coz it was the entrance for the buses and the pedestrians into the warm up area and they changed it to bus only

[sharp skiff]

Yeah and like putting it on the athletes to find another way in feels wild lol. It’s their job to compete, everyone else’s job to handle the logistics

[silk zephyr]

100%

[wary shell]

They both were staying outside the village

[sharp skiff]

I love that Shelly said fuck y’all I don’t need this, I’m not racing

[silk zephyr]

Maybe that’s why they didn’t find out?

[wary shell]

Yeah

[wary shell]

https://ow.ly/VjoP50SQAJG

It was

[silk zephyr]

Yeah so anyone who came on the team buses went through that gate while pedestrians had to go through a different on e

[wary shell]

Enough for Shelly Ann to withdraw from the race because there was no warm up

[silk zephyr]

Which I mean on the one hand - I don’t want either of them run over by a bus - but on the other hand - just let them in like you clearly didn’t tell them

[limber lotus]

Yeah I mean it’s on the teams as well imo

They should take responsibility for telling their athletes

[silk zephyr]

100% Team USA and Team Jamaica should’ve told them

Or warned them

Or said “hey come to the village and we’ll take you in” to avoid it

[wary shell]

The 1500m swim makes me tired what do you mean a mile

I don’t even wanna walk a mile I’m tired

[silk zephyr]

Sha’carri just got her medal

[wary shell]

And Katie is in the stands with the cowbell

[wary shell]

They’ve been doing them so close I thought they did it yesterday

[silk zephyr]

Nah they just did yesterdays athletics medals today

[wary shell]

Ooh

[silk zephyr]

Shot put, triple jump and 100m women’s

Think some more to come?

[wary shell]

Yeah

[silk zephyr]

Bronze for Ireland!

They look like they’re about to vomit

[wary shell]

World record fun

Coach is crying

[silk zephyr]

That’s probably why he looks like he’s about to vomit

Oh and he’s able to lift himself out of the pool instead of using the stairs that’s a cunt move

[wary shell]

From lane 7 too.

[silk zephyr]

Oh the most Norwegian guy to ever Norwegian is getting his medal now

He genuinely looks lifted from some dodgy 1930s propaganda

[wary shell]

https://x.com/medicinexthings/status/1820133172245348606?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw

Katie (@medicinexthings) on X

They got the pic today but Kristen wasn’t celebrating 😂

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 4:22 PM

She was locked in.

[silk zephyr]

They said on the coverage it finished at sacré cour

Did it not

Oh my god are you watching the swimming THAT PANDA HEADBAND

[wary shell]

I missed it

I think they cut away

[wary shell]

Golfers can never not wear a hat please give them hats

[silk zephyr]

That’s fucking hilarious

[sharp skiff]

What is this coupe de baton thing they do?

They just did it at the track and field event and I’m confused

[silk zephyr]

It’s to open the event

It’s done in French theatre to silence people before it starts

Well historically it has been done

[wary shell]

Independent Russian tennis doubles

I’m amused

[silk zephyr]

The last event of the men’s swimming

[wary shell]

Sad

Fink and Finke are different people

[limber lotus]

Bloody heck this is close

[silk zephyr]

Go on France

Oh my god

[limber lotus]

Booo

[silk zephyr]

So close!

[limber lotus]

SO close!!!

[silk zephyr]

The French can’t believe it

[wary shell]

Dressel got his first none gold lol

Canada and Australia gonna be sent to jail

[silk zephyr]

The French hugging the Chinese 🥹

And GB in 4th

[sharp skiff]

Embarrassing loss for the US there

[limber lotus]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-OpII7PUsV/?igsh=YjY0cjhlMmJwbm1j

travis_chapman_artist

Pole fault

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Hehehee

[scarlet cedar]

the last chinese guy has just swam the fastest anchor leg of a relay ever

insane

[wary shell]

He was a second faster than everyone else

[silk zephyr]

Brilliant

[scarlet cedar]

can’t argue with that at all

[sharp skiff]

Think it may be time for dressel to hang it up

[wary shell]

He wasn’t the problem this race

[sharp skiff]

Or at least getting close to time

[scarlet cedar]

oh yeah only the 2 golds, washed

[wary shell]

The swim gods didn’t want him passing Katie

9 golds now.

Slacker.

14 to catch Michael.

His medal table is so funny.

[sharp skiff]

lol also why did I think dressel was like 31-32? He’s 27??

He looks a bit older lol

[wary shell]

Lmao yeah he’s not the old man of the team

It’s the sleeve tattoo maybe

[scarlet cedar]

he’s hanging onto LA, for sure

[limber lotus]

It’s embarrassing how well I know the American national anthem from the IndyCar haha

[sharp skiff]

He gives that energy lol

[wary shell]

He does

[sharp skiff]

Chiseled veteran vibes for sure

[wary shell]

Miles is on tv

[silk zephyr]

I’m singing along at this point

[sharp skiff]

Mayes it’s cause he has a child too lol. Floridians age differently then the rest of the us

[wary shell]

Utahans age fastest

[silk zephyr]

That’s coz they all have 20 kids by the time they’re 30

Oh god I forgot about the open water swimming

E-coli here we come

[wary shell]

That makes me nauseous

[silk zephyr]

Leon Marchand can get it

Also it drives me slightly nuts that they call it “marathon swimming” when it’s only 10km

And I know it’s wild to say “only” 10km

But a marathon is 42km

[wary shell]

There’s gotta be another name of it

[silk zephyr]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_swimming

Nope

[wary shell]

Ugh

No definitions

Get it together

[silk zephyr]

Last indoor pool swimming event for Paris 2025

2024

[sharp skiff]

USA USA USA USA

[wary shell]

I saw video footage of Ledecky going the butterfly and it felt illegal to watch

[sharp skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/america-patriotic-eagle-usa-patriotism-gif-9438241

FUCK YOUR RECORD AUSTRALIA

[wary shell]

Have a good retirement Lilly

[sharp skiff]

Huske absolutely light it up this Olympics

[wary shell]

Katie’s full time job is not swim now it’s cowbell

The NBC graphic against Australia is as personal and on purpose

They shouldn’t have started yapping

[sharp skiff]

No they shouldn’t have lol

Though I do really enjoy this one sided rivalry

[modern bloom]

they only call it marathon at the olympics, we call it open water literally the entire rest of the time (and american athletes only ever call it open water!)

[silk zephyr]

See that’s what I thought but Wikipedia said marathon swimming

[modern bloom]

yeah it's so weird??? i've literally never hear it called that and I've swam for 17 years lmao

[silk zephyr]

Right the swimming is done what should I watch now

[last pulsar]

Athletics is on!

Men’s 100m semis

[silk zephyr]

Got that on the laptop

Need a second sport on the TV

I havent got my glasses on so I can’t even see the tv rn

But not the point

[sharp skiff]

The Aussie us rivalry makes me think of this mad men meme

[limber lotus]

Hockey, water polo or volleyball?

[silk zephyr]

I have ptsd from school hockey 😂

[limber lotus]

SAME BESTIE

whenever the Americans talk hockey rationally I know it’s ice hockey

But my shins just start hurting

And my mouth tastes mouth guard

[silk zephyr]

Ok I put the athletics on the TV and they’re at different points between the TV and the laptop

[sharp skiff]

I was taught field hockey in middle school and then I think all the gym teachers realized it was to dangerous of a sport for us to be playing for gym class so that never happened again lol

[limber lotus]

HA

UK schooling system said fuck safety

[silk zephyr]

I smacked a girl in the face with a hockey stick and we kept playing

Ah the TV is behind

[limber lotus]

I broke my ankle and carried on

[sharp skiff]

Someone must have been injured too make it stop but we had one unit of field hockey in 7th grade and then never heard about the sport again

[silk zephyr]

OH THE TV IS ON THE HIGH JUMP AND THE LAPTOP IS JUST ON “ATHLETICS”

[scarlet cedar]

this men’s 100m final is gonna be so incredibly close

[last pulsar]

A girl once broke her nose during a PE hockey session in my school 💀

[limber lotus]

Not being funny

How is there more than two semi-finals

Like… that’s not the point

[scarlet cedar]

too many people

[limber lotus]

Semi is 1/2

Then do better at filtering the heats and the quarters!!

French people 🙄🙄🙄

[scarlet cedar]

they don’t do quarters

unfortunately it’s not a french thing, it’s an athletics thing 😂

but we can blame the french!!

[limber lotus]

Well they need to rebrand

It’s not the semis

[scarlet cedar]

they do need a new name

[limber lotus]

Call it the heats part two

Pre-final qualifying

[last pulsar]

It confuses me every time

[merry widget]

Chile finally got a gold medal raaaaah!

[scarlet cedar]

i presume it’s because 4 races would be too many to expect them to do in a short period of time?

[silk zephyr]

Controversially

[scarlet cedar]

the three version of semi would be trient

so trientfinals - think it’ll catch on?

[silk zephyr]

No

[limber lotus]

Oh for sure! 😉

[scarlet cedar]

i agree 😂

[merry widget]

I haven't had power since Thursday night so i didn't see it, why is it controversial

[silk zephyr]

I just introduced my parents to the French guy who hit his dick on the pole vault

[scarlet cedar]

@merry widget

[merry widget]

Damn it's complicated with refs and their choices

[silk zephyr]

My mum also commented about the sprints dicks being very loose this year when they’re running

[sharp skiff]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-QbgzCPYUV/?igsh=MWd5dXdzbTVzd3l1cg==

togethxr

An EPIC win for @arcticfaulks in women’s road cycling 🚴‍♀️

(via pflax1, sportsorla, reveverett, nbcscycling/ X)
#olympiccycling #usacycling #parisolympics

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That is very cool!

[silk zephyr]

The Cypriot high jumper is wearing a gorgeous lipstick

[merry widget]

It's our first gold medal this round so i will pretend i do not see

[scarlet cedar]

yeah! nothing the athlete did, a great win for chile but just poor refereeing puts a bit of a downer on things

[sharp skiff]

Wow canadas hammer thrower has a fantastic mustache

[silk zephyr]

No Brits in the 100m final

And the Ukrainian high jumper has gorgeous hair and lipstick

[sharp skiff]

Wow both of the Canadians have fantastic mustaches

[last pulsar]

Micheal Johnson’s jumper clashes incredibly with the colour of the mic

[limber lotus]

Clare Balding had a similar colour one the other day for the swimming

More lime green maybe

[sharp skiff]

Hammer throw makes me so nervous

[silk zephyr]

I thought the Cypriots name was interestingly Russian and she is actually Russian

[last pulsar]

Changed nationality so she can compete?

[silk zephyr]

Yep

[last pulsar]

Fair play

[silk zephyr]

She competed as a neutral athlete in 2018 and 2019

[limber lotus]

Love seeing other people with my name

https://tenor.com/view/waving-jennifer-lopez-world-of-dance-hi-hello-gif-2835518782359531603

[last pulsar]

Awww Pheobe Gill looks SO NERVOUS

[scarlet cedar]

it’s keely time!!

[scarlet cedar]

she’s so baby

[limber lotus]

one of my nieces is called phoebe so i can't help but look at her and be like 😑

r u 5

[scarlet cedar]

she basically is 5

[last pulsar]

So is! 🥺

[scarlet cedar]

aww might get a fastest loser

sorry a “non automatic qualifier”

[last pulsar]

Talked about watching Gilmore Girls to keep her calm before her first heat, so real.

[limber lotus]

pfft are there three trientfinals in this too

[wary shell]

I saw Alfonso Dominguez competing for Azerbaijan and did a double take. He was from Cuba.

[silk zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/fetch-regina-george-mean-girls-santa-hat-mean-gif-5497996

1.98 for the high jump now

[scarlet cedar]

oui

[silk zephyr]

The world champion Ukrainian in the high jump brought a blow up mattress

[limber lotus]

aww they have a lil hot seat room, how cute

[silk zephyr]

This is the one who brought a whole bed

[last pulsar]

Her lipstick is on point too

[silk zephyr]

Yep

And her hair

[last pulsar]

What a queen

[limber lotus]

slay queen

WR holder

[silk zephyr]

And you can’t see in that pick but she has blue and yellow eyeliner

[last pulsar]

Oh I love that!

[scarlet cedar]

she always does the eyeliner, i love it so much

[silk zephyr]

It’s so cute

[last pulsar]

I love when the athletes are all glam, especially when it’s color coordinated with their outfit/countries flag

The men are seriously deficient in that department

[limber lotus]

why not, dress up for work!

[last pulsar]

So far I’ve only seen one with painted nails

[silk zephyr]

I saw one of the sprinters with painted nails

[last pulsar]

Like STEP UP

[silk zephyr]

I don’t and now I feel like a failure!

[limber lotus]

nah mate, i wfh and i wear leggings and baggy tshirts

[last pulsar]

Wow this high jump is awesome

[wary shell]

https://x.com/pifitti/status/1820151176370983103?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw what would you even do Pietro

Pietro Fittipaldi (@PiFitti) on X

I really wish we had motorsports in the Olympics

Twitter · Aug 4, 2024, 5:33 PM

[limber lotus]

sometimes i look at my video in team meetings and i'm like 😬

[silk zephyr]

I work in an office and wear maxi dresses

Not very lawyery

[limber lotus]

Sorry pietro, i don't think you made my hypothetical karting team either

oh no, he did. just

[scarlet cedar]

we can kick him out

[limber lotus]

who was our back up?

[scarlet cedar]

there’s more fittipaldi’s

gabi?

[silk zephyr]

The Cypriot has eye crystals I think

[limber lotus]

i'd take pietro over drugo

[scarlet cedar]

yeah true

also di grassi is a no go after this week

[wary shell]

He’s got Fittipaldi money

[limber lotus]

okay we need to replace di grassi then

with not-drugo

maybe we allow massa back

[wary shell]

I’m sorry Brazil I’m replacing all of your athletes with Rebeca

[limber lotus]

or bruno senna!

[scarlet cedar]

enzo pietro and gabi

[limber lotus]

he's not a red flag?

[scarlet cedar]

wait did we have 4

[limber lotus]

yep

[last pulsar]

I saw yesterday that Rebecca waved the flag at the Brazil GP 2021

[limber lotus]

USA: Rossi, Newgarden, herta and Logan
Aus: Oscar, Will Power, Danny, Jack
Spain: Carlos, Nando, Palou and Pepe Marti
Brazil: Bortoleto, Pietro & Enzo and Antonio Felix DaCosta
Mexico: Checo, Pato, Sebastian montoya and Juan Pablo Montoya
France: Pierre, Estie, Clem and Theo
Germany: Seb, Nico, Nico and Mick
Finland: Valtteri, Kimi sr, Kovaleinen, Mika Hakkinen
Denmark: Kmag, Vesti, Jmag and Christian Lundgard
Netherlands: Max, Nyck and Verschoor
Italy: Kimi jr, Antonia Fuoco and Gio,
Britain: Lewis, George, Lando, Callum
Sweden: Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Ericsson, joel Ericsson, Linus lundqvist
Japan: Yuki, Miyata, Takuma Sato and kobayashi
NZ: Dixon, Scotty Mac, Marcus Armstrong, Nick Cassidy

there you go

[scarlet cedar]

i saw that too!!

[scarlet cedar]

antonio felix da costa is defo portuguese

[silk zephyr]

You really need a flat ass for the high jump

[scarlet cedar]

how have we ended up with him in italy hahahaha