Athletics at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[tirtha22 233]

Many  s not feeling good. 7 member contingent will topple a 117 member contingent in the Olympics with that single throw from Nadeem. Such was the power of the throw.

 

 brothers will at least hear their national anthem being played at Paris.

 

Sorrow is not ending for us. We will spend a sleepless night. Not able to properly celebrate Men's Javelin Throw 🥈 and Men's hockey 🥉.

[Roamingrover86 856]

Neeraj Chopra  becomes first Indian in Athletics to win 2 medals in consecutive Olympics. A gold in Tokyo followed by Silver in Paris.

 

His consistency across the season is rewarded with SB throw 89.45m & a silver medal 

 

However this silver medal ( which is our best result of this games so far) doesn’t really feel like a win..  it feels more like a loss & I personally don’t feel as elated as I did with the bronze in Hockey. 
 

Happy for Neeraj & this medal brings our total tally to 5 medals ( 1 🥈 4 🥉 6 4th ) 
 

Edited August 8 by Roamingrover86

[Dolby 735]

27 minutes ago, Josh said:

Congrats on the silver! 
 

Although I’m sure you and the rest of India were hoping for a gold, there’s no shame in losing to a 92.97m. 89.45m is definitely not struggling though, he was just barely off his PB today 

But he was struggling. He had 5 foul throws. Its just his class that the 1 valid throw was enough to get Silver. 

[Josh 10,489]

13 minutes ago, Dolby said:

But he was struggling. He had 5 foul throws. Its just his class that the 1 valid throw was enough to get Silver. 

Were those fouls (besides the first one) due to him losing his balance, or did he purposely foul his remaining attempts, knowing that the throws were clearly not above 89.45m, as to avoid the hassle of having the officials measure it? I didn’t watch the entire final (only the highlight throws shown on my TV), so… 

Edited August 8 by Josh

[Dolby 735]

Just now, Josh said:

Were those fouls (besides the first one) due to him losing his balance, or did he purposely foul his remaining attempts, knowing that the throws were clearly not above 89.45m, as to avoid the hassle of having the officials measure it? I didn’t watch the entire final (only the highlight throws shown on my TV), so… 

One of them might have been deliberate but most were genuine foul throws wherein he lost balance. 

[OlympicsFan 858]

Another athlete from a country without a functioning anti-doping system destroying his PB at the perfect moment. The global fight against doping is as pointless as the fight against climate change, when there is no tool to punish non-compliant countries.

Those who follow the rules are the ones who suffer. Until/Unless they find a way to punish non-compliant nations, they should just allow doping. 

Edited August 8 by OlympicsFan

[Josh 10,489]

2 minutes ago, Dolby said:

One of them might have been deliberate but most were genuine foul throws wherein he lost balance. 

Thanks. I was asking because Katzberg had almost a full series of “on purpose fouls” in the men’s hammer throw final after he blasted out to a 84.12m effort in the opening round. 

[OlympicsFan 858]

I don’t remember the last time a German athlete won a medal in track & field out of nowhere at the Olympics. The last athlete who did it was probably Nils Schumann and he was very fishy to say the least.

If you just look at the facts, then it is objectively the best decision for many athletes to dope:

a) How much will your standard of living/financial situation improve if you win a medal/gold at the Olympics?

b) How likely is it that you will be caught?

c) What will be the consequences if you get caught?

For someone from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, Jamaica or Ethiopia it would be stupid/irrational not to dope.

 

All over the world there are people who are willing to risk their life to trade illegal drugs. Meanwhile people seem to think that athletes can be scared off by a possible two year suspension (if they get caught doping), when they have the chance to dramatically improve their standard of living by winning a medal …

 

If you want to stop doping, you have to increase the likelihood of dopers getting caught and you have to make the punishment (financially) more severe. You also have to hold countries accountable. Countries that can’t stop their athletes from doping shouldn’t be allowed to compete at the Olympics. 

Edited August 8 by OlympicsFan

[Josh 10,489]

2 hours ago, OlympicIRL said:

Teboooooogo!!!!

 

  

FIRST EVER OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR BOTSWANA!! 
 

History in the making  

Edited August 8 by Josh

[Orangehair43 251]

50 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Another athlete from a country without a functioning anti-doping system destroying his PB at the perfect moment. The global fight against doping is as pointless as the fight against climate change, when there is no tool to punish non-compliant countries.

Those who follow the rules are the ones who suffer. Until/Unless they find a way to punish non-compliant nations, they should just allow doping. 

Even countries with a fully functional system have big dopers. One set a world record tonight. .