2024 Olympics

[T.G.]

I thought I'd start this thread...

I think it's cool that they've been able to do swimming events in a stadium. 

Looking forward to the Olympics... nice distraction from a hard-to-watch Angels baseball season.

[Tank]

i love watching the olympics, even the trials. 

TG, i agree about holding swimming in the Colts domed stadium. i don't imagine you could do that to sofi stadium in LA because of how much water would be required to fill it along with the practice pool.

[gotbeer]

WTF?  We don't have a venue that can host softball?

Oklahoma City to host Olympic events in 2028

[Tank]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

WTF?  We don't have a venue that can host softball?

Oklahoma City to host Olympic events in 2028

this is weird.

long beach hosted canoeing and kayak events in '84 (iirc) and i wonder why they can't again.

what's wrong with using ucla for softball? 

[Blarg]

They could use Anaheim stadium, it's not like baseball is played there anymore. 

[gotbeer]

12 hours ago, Tank said:

this is weird.

long beach hosted canoeing and kayak events in '84 (iirc) and i wonder why they can't again.

what's wrong with using ucla for softball? 

And it's not like the Oklahoma stadium is huge.  It only seats 4,000.  Vs 2500 for USC and 1328 for UCLA.  Then you have Angels Stadium.  And a bunch of minor league parks.  It can't cost that much to transform a minor league baseball field into a softball field.  Probably cheaper to transform that field, than to fly all softball players to and from Oklahoma.  San Manuel Stadium in San Bernardino, 8,000.  Lake Elsinore Diamond, 7866.  Loanmart Field, Rancho Cucamonga, 6200.  And really, if you wanted to go big, you could have gone to San Diego and Petco Park.  That would probably be a pretty kick ass place to watch a softball game.  As it's already a kick ass place to watch a baseball game.  

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Loved going to the games in 84.  Liked working locally for TV during the 96, 00, and 04 games.  Haven’t watched since.  Zero interest.  
 

Enjoy. 

[T.G.]

It all starts tomorrow!

[Tank]

men's and women's soccer are already underway. u.s. men were pounded yesterday.

7-man rugby is also underway. yesterday, the u.s. and france tied, and then the u.s. got clobbered by fiji, the defending world/olympic champions. fiji looked formidable.

women's handball started today. 

my daughter's a bit irritated that i've watched soccer.

[Slegnaac]

6 hours ago, T.G. said:

It all starts tomorrow!

Opening Ceremony is live on NBC Friday starting at 10:30 AM Pacific, with a repeat later in the evening. 

Edited July 25 by Slegnaac

[Tank]

opening ceremonies are going to include the traditional parade of nations sailing down the seine river. that could be fun.

just heard this afternoon that beach volleyball is going to be under the eiffel tower. 

[Tank]

teams are sailing down the seine on boats, and it looks pretty good. 

they just took time out for a song by lady gaga (is she french?) which looked like some kind of tribute to the old paris cabaret show, complete with a fan dance.

[Tank]

mens 4x100 relay in the pool - gold for the US men.

katie ledecky won bronze in the 400 freestyle.

[Tank]

us mens gymnastics team wins a bronze medal in the team competition.

the nerdy dude with the glasses (paul juda?) nailed it on the pommel horse to secure a spot on the podium. he was the last team member to go, it was their final apparatus in the rotation today, and the horse is his specialty. talk about your good timing.

[PattyD22]

I am completely fascinated watching the US Women’s Rugby team.  They are awesome and it’s an amazing sport to watch.

There are a few women on that team I’d never talk smack to.  Ever.

[arch stanton]

1 hour ago, PattyD22 said:

I am completely fascinated watching the US Women’s Rugby team.  They are awesome and it’s an amazing sport to watch.

There are a few women on that team I’d never talk smack to.  Ever.

That was a fun tournament to watch. They took bronze on a last second score 

[T.G.]

On 7/29/2024 at 8:31 PM, Tank said:

us mens gymnastics team wins a bronze medal in the team competition.

the nerdy dude with the glasses (paul juda?) nailed it on the pommel horse to secure a spot on the podium. he was the last team member to go, it was their final apparatus in the rotation today, and the horse is his specialty. talk about your good timing.

That was fun to watch.

 

[T.G.]

36 minutes ago, T.G. said:

That was fun to watch.

 

Best line of the night...

"He stuck the landing like a toothpick in a club sandwich. "

[T.G.]

USA Women's gymnastics take team gold. Another fun night.

[Jay]

22 hours ago, arch stanton said:

That was a fun tournament to watch. They took bronze on a last second score 

I had to go watch that after reading this. It was like, Miracle on Grass.

[arch stanton]

1 minute ago, Jay said:

I had to go watch that after reading this. It was like, Miracle on Grass.

Might be one of the coolest sports moments of the year

[Jay]

14 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

Might be one of the coolest sports moments of the year

They won't let me embed the video so I'll post a link to it here for anyone who missed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtXhHzH40SQ&ab_channel=NBCSports

 

[Tank]

big upset in everyone's favorite sport, 3x3 basketball.

azerbaijan women beat the US 19-17. 

[Tank]

katie ledecky wins gold in the women's 1500m swim. 

i believe this is her 13th medal, making her the woman with the most swimming medals in US history. she was tied at 12 with natalie coughlin and jenny thompson.

[Tank]

US men just lost to poland in 3x3 basketball.

US men's (regular) basketball team beat south sudan pretty handily after a pretty poor performance against them right before the games started.