Athletes from other Countries that you will root against at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Griff88 2,021]

The whole team won't get my support for sure. Nothing made me happier than seeing the sheikh failed in their "investments"

[De_Gambassi 1,369]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

This is a joke, right? France for sure has so many awesome athletes who'd be great examples to carry the flag....

For the first time, athletes themselves will vote for the ones who will carry the flags. It's anybody guess who will get more votes.

 

Also N'gapeth is the only one of the contenders who took a stand regarding our current elections. Will it help him ? No idea.

[heywoodu 16,468]

32 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

The whole team won't get my support for sure. Nothing made me happier than seeing the sheikh failed in their "investments"

Kind of similar feelings here, although it's not against the athletes themselves (especially those in athletics). Also nothing against their shooters, as far as I remember they're usually Bahrain-born and raised instead of bought athletes  

[prso1000 741]

Tsitsipas, all bought/naturalized  athletes, Denmark handball men, Chinese swimmers, US track and field team (except Hall), US basketball men, 

Ingebritsen, Hakan Rebcer taekwondo, fake refugee athletes. 
 

and all Chinese table tennis athlete, I don’t dislike them, but would be nice if someone else wins. 

[intoronto 6,919]

Anyone "purchased" so mainly Qatari and Bahrani athletes.

 

Also any or which are all suspected of doping or having high doping #s 

 

 

[Federer91 3,389]

If this was 2012, i would have a very, very long list of people for this topic. But nowadays most of the athletes i grew up despising are either retired or irrelevant. Of course there are exceptions, like a particular rider in the Tour de France, who continues to put a stain...

 

But with the years, i'm not taking stuff so personally now. It's nice when favorites lose, but i'm not actively rooting against top names, like i would have a decade ago. 

 

So, not to be a cop-out reply 

 

 Simone Biles and the whole US women's Artistic Gymnastics team - it's really irritating the over emphasizing and obsession Americans and their media get with women's gymnastics when the Summer Olympics comes. It's been this way from 2008, but has amped up in the Biles era. If she / they don't win every event it's doom and gloom. This is why, what happened in Tokyo was very satisfying for me. 

 

 Naomi Osaka

 Adam Peaty

 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

 Mariya Stadnik

 

And pretty much don't want most "foreign" athletes getting medals for other countries.

[heywoodu 16,468]

4 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 Simone Biles and the whole US women's Artistic Gymnastics team - it's really irritating the over emphasizing and obsession Americans and their media get with women's gymnastics when the Summer Olympics comes. It's been this way from 2008, but has amped up in the Biles era. If she / they don't win every event it's doom and gloom. This is why, what happened in Tokyo was very satisfying for me. 

Kind of agree with this, yeah. Which I also find a shame, because Biles is obviously an amazing athlete to watch, so I won't be rooting against her personally or anything, it's just the insane hype around her that I can't stand...as if the Olympics as a whole would be non-existent without her participation.

Edited July 6, 2024 by heywoodu

[Jinzha 703]

11 hours ago, LDOG said:

Basically anyone from  &  (nothing personal with the athletes but seeing someone from these countries win always feels like some bureaucratic action with no emotion taking place).

I can't really think of a better answer than this, I don't dislike many individual athletes personally.

 

I do have some extra dislike however for  Sydney McLaughlin, because it's just unfair that she's an unbeatable machine in the specific 400m hurdles discipline of our most huggable, nice, humble and inspiring athlete

[heywoodu 16,468]

6 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

I do have some extra dislike however for  Sydney McLaughlin, because it's just unfair that she's an unbeatable machine in the specific 400m hurdles discipline of our most huggable, nice, humble and inspiring athlete

 

 

 

I do dislike her lack of visibility overall in the sport. As in, barely ever competing. It's entirely within her rights, obviously, but it's a shame that someone of that level is so invisible in between major championships.

[hckošice 16,636]

Eugenie Bouchard is not here so only Wout Van Dumb