Suedehead
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Was I the only one that watched the men’s marathon then
It was electrifying!
It was electrifying!
Paris 2024 - Day 15 (Sat 10th August) (1 Viewer)
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Seem to be looking in contention for a medal in the girl climbing
ZenGiraffe
This is vulgar, but I love it
Madison
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Gold medal events:
Artistic swimming (duet free routine), athletics (men's marathon, men's high jump, men's 800m, women's javelin throw, women's 100m hurdles, men's 5000m, women's 1500m, men's 4x400m relay, women's 4x400m relay), basketball (men's), beach volleyball (men's), boxing (women's 57kg, women's 75kg, men's 57kg, men's +92kg), breaking (b-boys individual), canoe sprint (men's C1 1000m, men's K1 1000m, women's K1 500m), diving (10m platform), football (women's), golf (women's), handball (women's), modern pentathlon (men's), rhythmic gymnastics (group all-around), sport climbing (women's boulder/lead), table tennis (women's team), taekwondo (men's +80kg, women's +67kg), track cycling (men's madison), volleyball (men's), water polo (women's), weightlifting (men's 102kg, women's 81kg, men's +102kg), wrestling (men's freestyle 74kg, men's freestyle 125kg, women's freestyle 62kg).
Highlights
Yes, you read that right, there are nearly 40 different gold medals being won on Saturday – the busiest day of Olympics action, by gold medals available, since September 30, 2000. All this action means the highlight is the entire day. Order in plenty of snacks and let’s give you a taste of what to look forward to.
The women’s football final is at 16:00. There’s no Team GB, while Sweden, third-place finishers at last year’s World Cup, did not qualify either. The US, led by Emma Hayes, face Brazil in the final.
Laura Muir ran a British record in Tokyo to finish second behind Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya. Kipyegon should start the Paris final (19:15) as the favourite as she tries to win a third Olympic title in a row. Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji could also be a big factor, but Kipyegon has already broken her own world record once in Paris this summer – at the Diamond League in July.
The final round of women’s golf begins at 08:00. Switzerland's Morgane Metraux and New Zealand's Lydia Ko are top of the leaderboard with a two-shot lead after three rounds.
Brit watch
After a fierce selection contest, Rebecca McGowan got the nod over three-time world champion Bianca Cook (nee Walkden) to represent GB in taekwondo’s +67kg category. European champion McGowan has come through ankle surgery and an ACL tear to be at the Olympics. “If I can get through that then I can get through four fights in Paris,” she said earlier this summer. (She fights at 11:00, with the final at 20:37).
Track cycling’s men’s madison (16:59) is a tag-team points race: you and a partner do laps of the velodrome alongside a whole host of other teams. If you can gain a lap on everyone else, you get 20 points (a big deal). Every now and then, there is a sprint that will earn you bonus points. Most points wins. GB won silver on this event’s reintroduction to the Olympics three years ago, and the event is guaranteed televised chaos.
In the men’s 800m at the athletics track, defending champion Emmanuel Korir is out, meaning there’s a chance Kenya may not win this event for the first time since 2004. Only a chance, mind you. Korir’s replacement, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, was a world silver medallist last year ahead of GB’s Ben Pattison, who failed to make the start line for the Paris final (18:25), though Max Burgin is there. Sudan-born Marco Arop won that year’s world gold medal for Canada, while Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati has looked good this season.
The men’s 10m platform diving final (14:00) is a chance for GB's Noah Williams or Kyle Kothari to pick up a first individual Olympic medal. It is almost impossible to keep China off the top of the podium in this event but it can happen – Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau, a circus performer when he was younger, took the world title in 2023.
GB's Erin McNeice features in the women’s boulder and lead final from 09:15. Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret, who won the lone Olympic climbing title on offer to women three years ago, is again the one to beat. France will look to 19-year-old world silver medallist Oriane Bertone.
World watch
The men’s basketball final (20:30) features the US against hosts France. Going back to 1936, there have been only three finals that did not feature the US – and one of those was a Games they boycotted. Why are they so dominant? Take a look at this year’s roster: LeBron James, Kevin Durantand Steph Curry are just three of the all-star names. The US have not missed out on this gold medal since 2004.
Handball is a different story. The US have not qualified in men’s or women’s handball, other than as the host nation, since Barcelona 1992. France will be relishing the handball tournament in Paris: the hosts have the reigning Olympic women’s and men’s champions. With no Russian involvement this time, that might make more French medals even more likely. The women’s final starts at 14:00, with the hosts facing Norway.
In athletics, the 4x400m relays (from 20:00) extend the relay drama into four nail-biting laps of the Olympic track. The US look like hot favourites in the men’s event. In the women’s event, Jamaica are always big relay contenders and GB won two world bronze medals last year.
The men’s marathon starts at 07:00 as the Olympics uses one of its few remaining opportunities to milk every last drop of Paris scenery. Kenya’s two-time champion Eliud Kipchoge is one of the favourites in an event where many people will take time to remember the late Kelvin Kiptum, a compatriot of Kipchoge who broke the world record shortly before being killed in February when his car reportedly veered off the road and hit a tree.
Men’s breaking gets its chance to shine (gold medal at 20:29). American b-boy Victor was the 2023 world champion.
Expert knowledge
Water polo reaches its women’s final at 14:35. The US are in the bronze medal match, meaning they fail to become the first team in water polo to win gold at four consecutive Olympics. Instead, it's Australia versus Spain for the gold medal.
Artistic swimming (duet free routine), athletics (men's marathon, men's high jump, men's 800m, women's javelin throw, women's 100m hurdles, men's 5000m, women's 1500m, men's 4x400m relay, women's 4x400m relay), basketball (men's), beach volleyball (men's), boxing (women's 57kg, women's 75kg, men's 57kg, men's +92kg), breaking (b-boys individual), canoe sprint (men's C1 1000m, men's K1 1000m, women's K1 500m), diving (10m platform), football (women's), golf (women's), handball (women's), modern pentathlon (men's), rhythmic gymnastics (group all-around), sport climbing (women's boulder/lead), table tennis (women's team), taekwondo (men's +80kg, women's +67kg), track cycling (men's madison), volleyball (men's), water polo (women's), weightlifting (men's 102kg, women's 81kg, men's +102kg), wrestling (men's freestyle 74kg, men's freestyle 125kg, women's freestyle 62kg).
Highlights
Yes, you read that right, there are nearly 40 different gold medals being won on Saturday – the busiest day of Olympics action, by gold medals available, since September 30, 2000. All this action means the highlight is the entire day. Order in plenty of snacks and let’s give you a taste of what to look forward to.
The women’s football final is at 16:00. There’s no Team GB, while Sweden, third-place finishers at last year’s World Cup, did not qualify either. The US, led by Emma Hayes, face Brazil in the final.
Laura Muir ran a British record in Tokyo to finish second behind Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya. Kipyegon should start the Paris final (19:15) as the favourite as she tries to win a third Olympic title in a row. Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji could also be a big factor, but Kipyegon has already broken her own world record once in Paris this summer – at the Diamond League in July.
The final round of women’s golf begins at 08:00. Switzerland's Morgane Metraux and New Zealand's Lydia Ko are top of the leaderboard with a two-shot lead after three rounds.
Brit watch
After a fierce selection contest, Rebecca McGowan got the nod over three-time world champion Bianca Cook (nee Walkden) to represent GB in taekwondo’s +67kg category. European champion McGowan has come through ankle surgery and an ACL tear to be at the Olympics. “If I can get through that then I can get through four fights in Paris,” she said earlier this summer. (She fights at 11:00, with the final at 20:37).
Track cycling’s men’s madison (16:59) is a tag-team points race: you and a partner do laps of the velodrome alongside a whole host of other teams. If you can gain a lap on everyone else, you get 20 points (a big deal). Every now and then, there is a sprint that will earn you bonus points. Most points wins. GB won silver on this event’s reintroduction to the Olympics three years ago, and the event is guaranteed televised chaos.
In the men’s 800m at the athletics track, defending champion Emmanuel Korir is out, meaning there’s a chance Kenya may not win this event for the first time since 2004. Only a chance, mind you. Korir’s replacement, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, was a world silver medallist last year ahead of GB’s Ben Pattison, who failed to make the start line for the Paris final (18:25), though Max Burgin is there. Sudan-born Marco Arop won that year’s world gold medal for Canada, while Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati has looked good this season.
The men’s 10m platform diving final (14:00) is a chance for GB's Noah Williams or Kyle Kothari to pick up a first individual Olympic medal. It is almost impossible to keep China off the top of the podium in this event but it can happen – Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau, a circus performer when he was younger, took the world title in 2023.
GB's Erin McNeice features in the women’s boulder and lead final from 09:15. Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret, who won the lone Olympic climbing title on offer to women three years ago, is again the one to beat. France will look to 19-year-old world silver medallist Oriane Bertone.
World watch
The men’s basketball final (20:30) features the US against hosts France. Going back to 1936, there have been only three finals that did not feature the US – and one of those was a Games they boycotted. Why are they so dominant? Take a look at this year’s roster: LeBron James, Kevin Durantand Steph Curry are just three of the all-star names. The US have not missed out on this gold medal since 2004.
Handball is a different story. The US have not qualified in men’s or women’s handball, other than as the host nation, since Barcelona 1992. France will be relishing the handball tournament in Paris: the hosts have the reigning Olympic women’s and men’s champions. With no Russian involvement this time, that might make more French medals even more likely. The women’s final starts at 14:00, with the hosts facing Norway.
In athletics, the 4x400m relays (from 20:00) extend the relay drama into four nail-biting laps of the Olympic track. The US look like hot favourites in the men’s event. In the women’s event, Jamaica are always big relay contenders and GB won two world bronze medals last year.
The men’s marathon starts at 07:00 as the Olympics uses one of its few remaining opportunities to milk every last drop of Paris scenery. Kenya’s two-time champion Eliud Kipchoge is one of the favourites in an event where many people will take time to remember the late Kelvin Kiptum, a compatriot of Kipchoge who broke the world record shortly before being killed in February when his car reportedly veered off the road and hit a tree.
Men’s breaking gets its chance to shine (gold medal at 20:29). American b-boy Victor was the 2023 world champion.
Expert knowledge
Water polo reaches its women’s final at 14:35. The US are in the bronze medal match, meaning they fail to become the first team in water polo to win gold at four consecutive Olympics. Instead, it's Australia versus Spain for the gold medal.
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I watched the skateboarding and really enjoyed it. Am I a sports fan?!
PercyPig
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Presume the final is the exact same events for the MP?
How do you even get into MP? Presume they start with:
Can you ride a horse?
Can you wield a sword?
Can you aim a gun?
Can you swim without drowning?
Can you run without getting shin splints?
Welcome to Team GB
How do you even get into MP? Presume they start with:
Can you ride a horse?
Can you wield a sword?
Can you aim a gun?
Can you swim without drowning?
Can you run without getting shin splints?
Welcome to Team GB
Madison
Everything goes up by six
For modern pentathlon, it’s what school did you go to and how much does your daddy earn?
Indie
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The climbing is making me feel exhausted just watching it
Ill Advised
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Stresses me out!
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So much DANGLING
Indie
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Omg fall
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FALL FRENCHIE
Indie
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YES!
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Moopy has the power
