Track Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[NearPup 3,044]

Bad fall in the keirin

[Epic Failure 355]

2 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Bad fall in the keirin

Horrible to see.

[kungshamra71 890]

22 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

Such an historic gold for Portugal!!!

 

first gold ever that is not in athletics.

 

and iuri is the first one EVER from Portugal to win two medals in the same Olympics!!!

 

so proud!!!! 

Also it’s only the SIXTH gold medal EVER for Portugal, so you have to understand how huge this is!!!

 

I hope this guys get the f*cking president receiving him at the airport with all the honors they deserve!

[OlympicsFan 858]

On 8/9/2024 at 3:16 PM, Grassmarket said:

Don’t know about canoeing, but bob, luge & skeleton all use different material.

Not sure what you want to say? I criticized that different nations use different material, so richer nations like Germany have a clear advantage, which kind of acts against everything that sport is supposed to be about.

[OlympicsFan 858]

Most likely Germany will have a worse medal tally than Portugal. Absolutely pathetic performance once again. If Portugal would have the German budget, they would easily win 10+ medals.

[Grassmarket 3,395]

23 minutes ago, OlympicsFan said:

Not sure what you want to say? I criticized that different nations use different material, so richer nations like Germany have a clear advantage, which kind of acts against everything that sport is supposed to be about.

Sorry, but there is an international grammatical misunderstanding here. When you say

 

Track cycling, like bob/luge/skeleton/canoeing, should force all athletes to use the same material. 

 

That in English, means that bob/luge etc already force uniform materials.

 

So you should say

 

Track cycling and bob/luge…should force a uniform material.  

[OlympicsFan 858]

7 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Sorry, but there is an international grammatical misunderstanding here. When you say

 

Track cycling, like bob/luge/skeleton/canoeing, should force all athletes to use the same material. 

 

That in English, means that bob/luge etc already force uniform materials.

 

So you should say

 

Track cycling and bob/luge…should force a uniform material.  

Ok, good to know. Still concerning that you weren’t able to get my point. 

[Olympicsnell 300]

Interesting that all the dutch screaming for carlins head have been very quiet about their madison team since what looks like a clear targeted hit on oliver wood 

[Jon 43]

Dutch disqualified from the madison (not that it effects any of the standings) and fined €900 for improper conduct.

Perhaps van Schip may also face a lengthy professional ban for such dangerous and blatant behaviour. 
 

van Schip’s aggression, Telgenkamp’s disrespect and van de Velde… aren’t the Dutch embarrassed?
 

Edited August 10 by Jon

[AsensioWillemsen 158]

8 hours ago, Olympicsnell said:

Interesting that all the dutch screaming for carlins head have been very quiet about their madison team since what looks like a clear targeted hit on oliver wood 

They got the DQ and rightly so, so that's a bit of a moot point here, right? Was another bit of dangerous driving indeed.

 

8 hours ago, Jon said:

Dutch disqualified from the madison (not that it effects any of the standings) and fined €900 for improper conduct.

Perhaps van Schip may also face a lengthy professional ban for such dangerous and blatant behaviour. 
 

van Schip’s aggression, Telgenkamp’s disrespect and van de Velde… aren’t the Dutch embarrassed?
 

Why would I be? I like to focus on the good moments, not on the bad ones.