agent69
Member of DD Central
Posts: 6,030 
Likes: 4,431
|
Post by agent69 on Aug 11, 2024 12:10:23 GMT
Not been keeping up to speed on the Olympics, but did we win a gold medal for climbing a wall?
|
|
|
|
Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Aug 11, 2024 12:29:12 GMT
Not been keeping up to speed on the Olympics, but did we win a gold medal for climbing a wall? In fairness it was quite a big wall with odd shapes. When they interviewed the young man (boy really, looked about 16) he said he had been working towards this most of his life. I have tee shirts older than him (possibly underpants as well), made me wish I was that age again.....
|
|
agent69
Member of DD Central
Posts: 6,030
Likes: 4,431
|
Post by agent69 on Aug 11, 2024 12:34:20 GMT
Not been keeping up to speed on the Olympics, but did we win a gold medal for climbing a wall? In fairness it was quite a big wall with odd shapes. When they interviewed the young man (boy really, looked about 16) he said he had been working towards this most of his life. I have tee shirts older than him ( possibly underpants as well), made me wish I was that age again..... Washed at suitable intervals I assume?
I was watching a doubles pool competition on TNT sport a couple of weeks ago. There was a father and son combination playing, and the comentator said the boy was 15 (he looked about 10). The boy didn't miss a pot all night (3 x 30 minute matches) and spent most of the time telling his dad what shot to play.
|
|
|
|
Post by bernythedolt on Aug 11, 2024 12:50:23 GMT
On the pole vaulting we were wondering how they put the bar back up when someone knocks it down. Is it some clever device or two men with long poles and some sort of rest on the top? They never seem to show them putting it back. Reminds me of an Olympic joke. A sports journo is interviewing competitors at an athletics meeting. The conversation went something like this:
- excuse me sir, but are you a pole vaulter
- no I'm German, and how did you know my name was Walter
Reminds me of deja vu...  p2pindependentforum.com/post/497804
|
|
Greenwood2
Member of DD Central
Posts: 4,376
Likes: 2,780
|
Post by Greenwood2 on Aug 11, 2024 12:56:16 GMT
Not been keeping up to speed on the Olympics, but did we win a gold medal for climbing a wall? In fairness it was quite a big wall with odd shapes. When they interviewed the young man (boy really, looked about 16) he said he had been working towards this most of his life. I have tee shirts older than him (possibly underpants as well), made me wish I was that age again..... There was also a big overhang and hand holes only big enough for two fingers, it would have been very suitable for an orangutan. Required a lot of strength and dexterity, hanging off the finger holds while trying to find a foot hold somewhere by your ear, while also hooking on your safety rope.
|
|
adrianc
Member of DD Central
Posts: 9,978
Likes: 5,131
|
Post by adrianc on Aug 11, 2024 13:05:12 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by bracknellboy on Aug 11, 2024 14:31:11 GMT
In fairness it was quite a big wall with odd shapes. When they interviewed the young man (boy really, looked about 16) he said he had been working towards this most of his life. I have tee shirts older than him (possibly underpants as well), made me wish I was that age again..... There was also a big overhang and hand holes only big enough for two fingers, it would have been very suitable for an orangutan. Required a lot of strength and dexterity, hanging off the finger holds while trying to find a foot hold somewhere by your ear, while also hooking on your safety rope. The lead wall climbing is one of the best events ! I love it. And sooooooooo difficult. Can't stand the speed climbing though, that is stupid: I hope they drop it.
|
|
agent69
Member of DD Central
Posts: 6,030
Likes: 4,431
|
Post by agent69 on Aug 11, 2024 18:12:18 GMT
Reminds me of an Olympic joke. A sports journo is interviewing competitors at an athletics meeting. The conversation went something like this:
- excuse me sir, but are you a pole vaulter
- no I'm German, and how did you know my name was Walter
Reminds me of deja vu... p2pindependentforum.com/post/497804Think I may have posted the same joke several years ago.
Still, you know what they say. You can never tell a good joke too many times.
|
|
|
|
Post by captainconfident on Aug 11, 2024 18:51:39 GMT
There was also a big overhang and hand holes only big enough for two fingers, it would have been very suitable for an orangutan. Required a lot of strength and dexterity, hanging off the finger holds while trying to find a foot hold somewhere by your ear, while also hooking on your safety rope. The lead wall climbing is one of the best events ! I love it. And sooooooooo difficult. Can't stand the speed climbing though, that is stupid: I hope they drop it. I agree but I also liked the speed climbing, although it looked like they were somewhat assisted by the tension on the safety straps. The biggest duffer of the Olympics was the breakdancing which in broad daylight and stripped of its natural audience just looked out of place. What is completely uninteresting is Olympic golf. Golf is a game not a sport, why not Olympic darts? Olympic tennis is uninteresting and so is Olympic football. Was Great Britain or (in my case) Belgium in the Olympic football? Without looking it up, who knows?
|
|
benaj
Member of DD Central
N/A
Posts: 5,591
Likes: 1,735
|
Post by benaj on Aug 12, 2024 6:38:30 GMT
“Olympics-Neutral athletes from Russia, Belarus can take part in closing ceremony, says IOC” I wonder how would many Olympics-Neutral athletes from these two countries would have grabbed medals if they were allowed to participate. Those athletes, it’s not likely that they can choose nationality nor stop the war 32 from Russia and Belarus have competed under a neutral flag winning a total of 2 medals to date. No idea why the official source has to hide AIN medalists. So, 1 Gold, 4 Silvers and 1 Bronze for AIN athletes olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals/medallists/ain
|
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Aug 12, 2024 6:53:00 GMT
32 from Russia and Belarus have competed under a neutral flag winning a total of 2 medals to date. So, 1 Gold, 4 Silvers and 1 Bronze for AIN athletes olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals/medallists/ainThe medal tables are listed by Country. AIN is not a country. AIN athletes don't represent a country (they are independent neutral athletes with multiple nationalities).
|
|
benaj
Member of DD Central
N/A
Posts: 5,591
Likes: 1,735
|
Post by benaj on Aug 12, 2024 7:24:14 GMT
What about the EOR team being shown in the official table like other countries?
Refugee Olympic Team.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Aug 12, 2024 7:34:01 GMT
What about the EOR team being shown in the official table like other countries? Refugee Olympic Team. Fair point. I don't know the answer.
|
|
firedog
Member of DD Central
Posts: 367
Likes: 461
|
Post by firedog on Aug 12, 2024 8:14:58 GMT
|
|
keitha
Member of DD Central
2024, hopefully the year I get out of P2P
Posts: 4,582
Likes: 2,615
|
Post by keitha on Aug 12, 2024 22:10:45 GMT
Break Dancing out for 2028
Baseball, softball, Cricket, flag football ( Thats US football not Soccer ), squash and lacrosse 6s in
It's possible boxing will be dropped
|
|
