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***Official 2024 Paris Olympics Thread***
Watching the Olympics? Post about it here.
A quick intro.... 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: Start time, TV channel, date, live stream, key athletes and events The 2024 Olympic Games begin July 26 and will be televised on NBC through Aug. 11 It's the time once again. It's time for the best athletes in the world to come together and crown champions in their various sports. The 2024 Olympic Games are set to begin this week in Paris as the world descends upon France. While there will be some qualifying events taking place earlier in the week, things officially kick off on Friday with the Opening Ceremony. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Friday and feature several firsts, including being the first ceremony to be held outside of a stadium, as well as a parade of athletes held on the Seine River with boats for each national delegation. The boats will travel along a 3.7-mile stretch, passing by many iconic Parisian landmarks along the way. The ceremony will conclude with remarks from French President Emmanuel Macron. Expect another gold-filled summer for the Americans as Team USA will be represented in just about every event over the course of the Games. Some of the biggest stars are back, including gymnast Simone Biles, decorated swimmers Katie Ledecky and Caleb Dressel, as well as track athletes Noah Lyles and Sha'carri Richardson. Plus, the men's and women's basketball teams look to extend their dominant runs at the games with more gold. There will be two flag bearers for the United States when the team takes the boat down the Seine River -- LeBron James and tennis star Coco Gauff. The 2023 US Open champion was stunned by the news when it was revealed to her on Wednesday. "I never thought in a million years I would have the honour of carrying the American flag for Team USA in the opening ceremony," Gauff said in a statement. "I could not be more proud to lead my teammates with LeBron as we showcase our dedication and passion on the biggest stage there is." Here's how to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony and highlights from the first week of competition. Quote:
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"At the Berlin 2009 World Championships, Bolt set a world record time of 9.58 seconds for the 100m race, notching a top speed of 27.8 miles per hour (44.72 kilometers per hour) between meters 60 and 80, with an average speed of 23.5 mph." WTH |
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I was watching the 3000 steeplechase heats. Time doesn't matter, just top 5 to the finals. There was a group of probably 10 at the front. One of the favorites from Kenya caught an elbow at the water pit and had to go around. So he had to run back, jump over the hurdle with no momentum and obviously got in knee deep water. He was WAAAAY back and had to really roll hard. At this point, I thought the dude had no chance whatsoever. So he rolls hard and is absolutely blazing. Dude got himself back up there and pushed everybody but the first finisher to finish harder than they wanted and ended up 6th by like 6". ****ing brutal. I was just sitting there in awe. It was about 600m that he really put together one hell of a race. It was incredible. Apparently his committee appealed because the dude got jacked out of bounds and he's in the finals. Damn it was a hell of a performance. |
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Between the Trials and the Olympics several athletes spoke out about how they get tested whenever whereever the regulators choose, regardless of what's going on in their lives. And why should they have to do that if nobody cares that China Cheats? I don't have a good answer for that. |
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I’ve also read that Bolt’s top end speed isn’t necessarily what’s special about him, but that his ability to maintain his peak speed is what sets him apart from others. Seems the claim is that when we see him pulling away around 60m, it’s not necessarily him getting faster, it’s just that he’s decelerating more slowly than the other racers. I haven’t done any research into it but just word from the bird. If true, I wonder if the same holds true for Lyles because he also makes his hay from 60m-100m. |
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Women’s USA discus has a mad body. Love her name too Val Allman.
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