General 2024 Paris Olympic Games Thread

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

might be google tv? it works fine on firestick.

Originally Posted by Mazrim

I had the same problem with CBC Gem on a Nvidia Shield (basically Google TV). Pretty much useless. I ended up hooking up a computer to the TV and went through a web browser instead.

So I actually emailed/reported it through the CBC Gem website and impressively they already responded. Not so impressive is the answer that it just doesn't work on a bunch of device types:

Unfortunately, the ability to rewind or fast-forward Olympic Replays is not available at this time on all Android TV devices (Google TV, Android TV Boxes, Nvidia Shield, etc.), Fire TV 6+ devices, and when casting to a supported Chromecast device.

Please know the ability to rewind and fast-forward Olympic Replays is still available on other Gem-supported devices and platforms:

But iPhone hasn't worked well either...the basketball game today crashed like a dozen times, or would reload the ads but not get to the game, etc.

How is this stuff getting worse at this point?

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by ajr4013

CBC panel getting facts and names wrong left and right. Completely butchered Rory McIlroy's name.

I was in/out on watching, but the vibe was like a ####ty alternate watch along stream. No, I do not need to hear Kevin Hart's thoughts on that last play.

Andi Petrillo was definitely refreshing compared to the haughtiness in years past from Grandpa Mansbridge, though.

[Dion]

Olympic Swimmers Fess Up to Dirty Secret: We All Pee in the Pool

A Wall Street Journal investigation has uncovered what it calls “one of the dirtiest secrets of the Olympic Games: Everyone pees in the pool.”

That’s right. The world’s best swimmers, the elite of their sport, all pee in the pool. And they don’t mind admitting it.

“I’ve probably peed in every single pool I’ve swam in,” three-time U.S. Olympian and former gold medalist Lilly King, told the newspaper. “That’s just how it goes.”

Swimmers insist that it’s not just a “lack of decorum” that makes them pee in the pool. “At important competitions, swimmers hydrate until the last possible moment while also wearing ultra-tight suits meant to compress their bodies into the most hydrodynamic shape possible. It makes for a dangerous combination,” the Journal explained.

And even though everybody’s at it, they try to follow one simple rule if they need a to pee in the pool: not to do it when someone’s right behind them. “You never want to swim through a warm patch,” said freestyler and four-time Olympic medalist Cullen Jones.

https://ca.yahoo.com/sports/news/oly...110545697.html

[Locke]

Ahh...the Glory of the Olympics!

It warms the cockles doesn't it?

[activeStick]

Really cool story and quite the achievement for Chile's Zeng Zhi Ying at the age of 58! So, for all of you who feel like your teenage dreams of competing in the Olympics are over, you never know!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1817921103156711633

[DoubleK]

I'm liking skateboarding in the Olympics way more than I liked the X games. The X games are a US centric circle jerk. This is way more balanced.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Really cool story and quite the achievement for Chile's Zeng Zhi Ying at the age of 58! So, for all of you who feel like your teenage dreams of competing in the Olympics are over, you never know!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1817921103156711633

That’s a cool story but a 58yr old doesn’t really align with Faster - Higher - Stronger


Who is the dude from Canada that rode a horse to to all those Olympics, wait it was Ian Miller.


Dude went to 10 Olympics, that nuts

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Really cool story and quite the achievement for Chile's Zeng Zhi Ying at the age of 58! So, for all of you who feel like your teenage dreams of competing in the Olympics are over, you never know!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1817921103156711633

You can’t use a two-sided paddle/bat in the Olympics? That rules me out.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by zarrell

I don't know why it bothers me so much, but Great Britian competing as one team is weird. It's not one country! Any other competition they compete as their own countries.

And why does Puerto Rico compete as a separate country?

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

You can’t use a two-sided paddle/bat in the Olympics? That rules me out.

You can and always could. Back in the day however, both sides of the paddle could be the same colour (black) and then they changed the rule mandating that one side had to be black, while the other side had to be red. The other wrinkle here is that each side of the paddle will produce a different spin/exit off the paddle. So you can imagine, when both sides were the same colour, you could confuse your opponent as they would never be certain what to expect in your return, but once they made the rule change, you always know what kind of spin/exit is coming.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

That’s a cool story but a 58yr old doesn’t really align with Faster - Higher - Stronger


Who is the dude from Canada that rode a horse to to all those Olympics, wait it was Ian Miller.


Dude went to 10 Olympics, that nuts

I dunno, I think this is a terrific story beyond the Olympic 'faster, higher, stronger' mantra. If Chile decides that she's Olympic-worthy, why not? If she's good, who cares what her age is?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Dion

Olympic Swimmers Fess Up to Dirty Secret: We All Pee in the Pool





https://ca.yahoo.com/sports/news/oly...110545697.html

Extra propulsion!

[activeStick]

I love how sports brings people together. North and South Koreans taking a selfie together in Paris.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1818457579934097741

NPR also with a story on it.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/31/nx-s1...a-table-tennis

[activeStick]

https://twitter.com/user/status/1819010107189121301

[chedder]

US with bronze in men's 10k run. Canadian had a chance but ran out of gas in the home stretch. Uganda, Ethiopia 1-2.

[activeStick]

Saint Lucia, population of about 179,000!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1819824663289037174

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Saint Lucia, population of about 179,000!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1819824663289037174

Amazing!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Saint Lucia, population of about 179,000!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1819824663289037174

The best of the Lucias.

[powderjunkie]

The decathlon was so much fun to watch that I think we really need more multi-sport events.

The modern pentathlon is ####ing stupid. Fencing, equestrian*, and laser pistol? Very accessible for the peasants! (though apparently after a #### show with the horses in Tokyo they are replacing the show jumping with Obstacle Course (Ninja Warrior style!) for 2028, much to the dismay of the aristocrats within the sport.


The Natural Sextathlon:

1. Mountain Biking (modestly priced standard-spec bikes)
2. Canoeing (probably the still water version as its more accessible)
3. Rock Climbing (both a speed climbing and bouldering round)
4. A strength round (moving a bunch of mass over a fairly shot distance that maybe contains some obstacles or something)
5&6. Trail running race with an accuracy component (I'm thinking throwing/tossing - a skill barely used anywhere in the Olympics)


The one thing pentathlon gets right is the final race format, where the preceding events determine the start order/timing, so everyone is chasing down the leader (and there is the laser shooting component which adds more opportunity to catch up).

I'd watch the #### out of that.

[activeStick]

Love seeing this kind of sportsmanship displayed by He Bingjiao to bring a Spanish flag badge with her to the podium after her opponent had to withdraw due to injury, automatically moving her onward.

"My opponent was injured during the semifinals, and i felt heartbroken for her. Marin is an outstanding athlete, and i had hoped to be able to play better in the finals with her fighting spirit. i hope she sees this, and i wish her a speedy recovery." - He Bingjiao.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1820450205608898615