Beach Volleyball at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[phelps 8,282]

3 hours ago, Benolympique said:

what a punisher for    

[Josh 11,526]

3 hours ago, Benolympique said:

In Pool A and D, top 3 should go through. Pool B, it’s a tossup for 2nd, Kloth/Nuss should have no problem advancing. Pool C and D, it’s likely between Chamereau/Viera and Hermanova/Stochlova, and Paulikiene/Raupelyte and Akiko/Ishii for 3rd. 
 

The most even pool by far is Pool F, any of those teams can win the group. I’d be surprised if Huberli/Brunner don’t advance though. 

[CCB 607]

 

10 minutes ago, Josh said:

In Pool A and D, top 3 should go through. Pool B, it’s a tossup for 2nd, Kloth/Nuss should have no problem advancing. Pool C and D, it’s likely between Chamereau/Viera and Hermanova/Stochlova, and Paulikiene/Raupelyte and Akiko/Ishii for 3rd. 
 

The most even pool by far is Pool F, any of those teams can win the group. I’d be surprised if Huberli/Brunner don’t advance though. 

Very balanced draw for the women's tournament. In group F Hüberli and Brünner are the clear favorite for me. 

 

Really looking forward to this tournament!!

[phelps 8,282]

really looking forward for Valentina Gottardi, above all  

[Josh 11,526]

11 minutes ago, CCB said:

 

Very balanced draw for the women's tournament. In group F Hüberli and Brünner are the clear favorite for me. 

 

Really looking forward to this tournament!!

How? Ludwig/Lippmann and Alvarez/Moreno have both made it very far in Elite16’s this year (quarterfinals in Doha for the Germans, and semifinals in Espinho for the Spaniards), and Placette/Richard aren’t half bad either. They’ll also be very motivated to perform well in front of their home audience. 

 

Also it’s Brunner, not Brünner 

[bestmen 2,903]

Story of Raping again .Steven van de Velde 

 

Sent to jail for raping a child, Dutch beach volleyball player qualifies for Paris Olympics representing the Netherlands 

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/sport/steven-van-de-velde-olympics-intl-spt/index.html&ved=2ahUKEwiC-IOEm_-GAxUg0QIHHXbYBUUQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw31xpOFZfFpPxa8kvmjFPpt

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 minute ago, bestmen said:

Story of Raping again .Steven van de Velde 

 

Sent to jail for raping a child, Dutch beach volleyball player qualifies for Paris Olympics representing the Netherlands 

 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/sport/steven-van-de-velde-olympics-intl-spt/index.html&ved=2ahUKEwiC-IOEm_-GAxUg0QIHHXbYBUUQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw31xpOFZfFpPxa8kvmjFPpt

CNN loves these stories, they can play nicely on the angry feelings of Americans. As evidenced by the nonsense Reddit comments on this subject as well.

[Faramir 445]

8 hours ago, heywoodu said:

CNN loves these stories, they can play nicely on the angry feelings of Americans. As evidenced by the nonsense Reddit comments on this subject as well.

While the truth is...?

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 hour ago, Faramir said:

While the truth is...?

That he was rightfully punished for what he did, obviously, nobody here is disagreeing on that.

 

However, that one lady in the CNN article makes it sound like he is an actual danger in the Olympic village because of the presence of minors there, for which there just is no indication. And the Reddit comments are even worse (but yeah, Reddit), with nonsense like "it is disgusting to see how the Dutch volleyball community and everyone around him just accepted him back as if nothing happened". Which, no, they didn't, not at all. Nobody just accepted him back as if nothing happened, that was definitely a process of years, presumably even for his closest friends and family.

[phelps 8,282]

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

That he was rightfully punished for what he did, obviously, nobody here is disagreeing on that.

 

However, that one lady in the CNN article makes it sound like he is an actual danger in the Olympic village because of the presence of minors there, for which there just is no indication. And the Reddit comments are even worse (but yeah, Reddit), with nonsense like "it is disgusting to see how the Dutch volleyball community and everyone around him just accepted him back as if nothing happened". Which, no, they didn't, not at all. Nobody just accepted him back as if nothing happened, that was definitely a process of years, presumably even for his closest friends and family.

not enough, if he's still here to play beach volleyball at the Olympics in his prime age