Epic Failure

McIntosh having what can only be described as a disaster in the standing. She's going to miss the final by 1 place.

Archers appear to be like London buses...

Her pace wasn't really the problem. It was her inability to get through the gates that was the issue.

[hide] Event & Date Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Men's 20km Race Walk Day 1 August 1st 2024 Any Australian Athlete Caio Bonfim Evan Dunfee Li Yandong Wang Zhaozhao Zhang Jun Brian Pintado Christopher Linke Massimo Stano x Ryo Hamanishi Koki Ikeda x Yuta Koga Diego Garcia Carrera Alvaro Martin x Paul McGrath Perseus Karlstroem Any Other Athlete Women's 20km Race Walk Day 1 August 1st 2024 Jemima Montag Viviane Lyra Liu Hong Ma Zhenxia Yang Jiayu Lorena Arenas Glenda Morejon Antonella Palmisano x Nanako Fujii Alegna Gonzalez Kimberly Garcia Leon x Evelyn Inga Laura Garcia-Caro Maria Perez x Any Other Athlete Men's 10,000m Day 2 August 2nd 2024 Mohammed Ahmed Any Eriterian Athlete Berihu Aregawi Selemon Barega x Yomif Kejelcha Benard Kibet Nicholas Kipkorir Daniel Mateiko Adriaan Wildschutt Joshua Cheptegei x Jacob Kiplimo x Grant Fischer Any Other American Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's Shot Put Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Darlan Romani Filip Mihaljevic Tomas Stanek Leonardo Fabbri x Zane Weir Rajindra Campbell Bob Bertemes Jacko Gill Tom Walsh Chukwuebuka Enekwechi Ryan Crouser x Joe Kovacs x Payton Otterdahl Any Other Athlete Women's Triple Jump Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Leyanis Perez Hernandez x Lidagmis Povea Thea Lafond x Dariya Derkach Shanieka Ricketts Kimberly Williams Ana Peleteiro-Compaore x Tugba Danismaz Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk Tori Franklin Jasmine Moore Keturah Orji Any Other Athlete Mixed 4x400m Relay Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Bahamas Belgium Dominican Republic France Germany Great Britain Ireland x Jamaica Netherlands x Nigeria Poland Switzerland United States x* Any Other Nations Women's 100m Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith Dina Asher-Smith Any Other British Athlete Tiana Clayton Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce x Shericka Jackson Rosemary Chukwuma Ewa Swoboda Julien Alfred x Melissa Jefferson Sha'Carri Richardson x Twanisha Terry Any Other Athlete Men's Decathlon Day 3 August 3rd 2024 Damian Warner x Johannes Erm x Karel Tilga Makenson Gletty Niklas Kaul Leo Neugebauer x Lindon Victor Any Norwegian Athlete Ayden Owens-Delerme Heath Baldwin Harrison Williams Zachery Ziemek Any Other Athlete Women's High Jump Day 4 August 4th 2024 Nicola Olyslagers x Eleanor Patterson Any German Athlete Morgan Lake Lamara Distin Maria Zodzik Angela Topic x Lia Apostolovski Iryna Gerashchenko Yuliia Levchenko Yaroslava Mahuchikh x Vashti Cunningham Rachel Glenn Any Other Athlete Men's Hammer Throw Day 4 August 4th 2024 Ethan Katzberg x* Any Chilean Athlete Yann Chaussinand Merlin Hummel Any Greek Athlete Bence Halasz Eivind Henriksen Pawel Fajdek Wojciech Nowicki x Mykhaylo Kokhan x Daniel Haugh Rudy Winkler Any Other Athlete Men's 100m Day 4 August 4th 2024 Letsile Tebogo Any Canadian Athlete Zharnel Hughes Lamont Marcell Jacobs Ackeem Blake Oblique Seville x Kishane Thompson Ferdinand Omanyala Emmanuel Matadi Favour Ashe Akani Simbine x Kenneth Bednarek Fred Kerley Noah Lyles x Any Other Athlete Men's Pole Vault Day 5 August 5th 2024 Kurtis Marschall Thibaut Collet Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Emmanouil Karalis Claudio Michel Stecchi Menno Vloon Any Norwegian Athlete Ernest John Obiena x Piotr Lisek Armand Duplantis x* Ersu Sasma Sam Kendricks x Christopher Nilsen Jacob Wooten Any Other Athlete Women's Discus Throw Day 5 August 5th 2024 Feng Bin x Sandra Elkasevic x Yaime Perez Any Other Cuban Athlete Shanice Craft Kristin Pudenz Marike Steinacker Daisy Osakue Jorinde Van Klinken Liliana Ca Irina Rodrigues Valarie Allman x Any Other Athlete Women's 5000m Day 5 August 5th 2024 Jessica Hull Medina Eisa Ejgayehu Taye Gudaf Tsegay x Nadia Battocletti Nozomi Tanaka Beatrice Chebet x Faith Kipyegon x Laura Galvan Sifan Hassan Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal Any American Athlete Joselyn Brea Any Other Athlete Women's 800m Day 5 August 5th 2024 Catriona Bisset Habitam Alemu Tsige Duguma Worknesh Mesele Renelle Lamote Phoebe Gill Keely Hodgkinson x Jemma Reekie x Natoya Goule-Toppin Mary Moraa x Prudence Sekgodiso Audrey Werro Halimah Nakaayi Nia Akins Any Other American Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's Hammer Throw Day 6 August 6th 2024 Hanna Skydan Camryn Rogers x Wang Zheng Zhao Jie x Katrine Koch Jacobsen Silja Kosonen Krista Tervo Sara Fantini Zalina Marghieva Anita Wlodarczyk Bianca Florentina Ghelber Annette Echikunwoke DeAnna Price x Any Other Athlete Men's Long Jump Day 6 August 6th 2024 Christopher Mitrevski Wang Jianan Filip Pravdica Radek Juska Miltiadis Tentoglou x Mattia Furlani Tajay Gayle Carey McLeod Wayne Pinnock x Yuki Hashioka Simon Ehammer x Lin Yu-Tang Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 1500m Day 6 August 6th 2024 Any Australian Athlete Azeddine Habz Josh Kerr x Any Other British Athlete Andrew Coscoran Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot Timothy Cheruiyot Samuel Tanner Jakob Ingebrigtsen x Narve Gilje Nordas Isaac Nader Mario Garcia Cole Hocker x Yared Nuguse Any Other Athlete Women's 3000m Steeplechase Day 6 August 6th 2024 Winfred Mutile Yavi x Sembo Almayew Lomi Muleta Alice Finot Any British Athlete Daisy Jepkemei Beatrice Chepkoech x Jackline Chepkoech Faith Cherotich x Marwa Bouzayani Peruth Chemutai Valerie Constein Any Other American Athlete Any Other Athlete Women's 200m Day 6 August 6th 2024 Audrey Leduc Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith Dina Asher-Smith x Daryll Neita Shericka Jackson Any Other Jamaican Athlete Thelma Davies Favour Ofili Julien Alfred x Brittany Brown Mckenzie Long Gabrielle Thomas x Any Other Athlete Mixed 35km Race Walk Team Day 7 August 7 2024 Australia Brazil China Colombia France Germany Italy x Japan x Mexico Spain x Ukraine Any Other Nation Women's Pole Vault Day 7 August 7th 2024 Nina Kennedy x Alysha Newman Amalie Svabikova Wilma Murto Molly Caudery x Aikaterini Stefanidi Roberta Bruni Eliza McCartney Tina Sutej Angelica Moser x Brynn King Katie Moon Bridget Williams Robeilys Peinado Any Other Athlete Men's Discus Throw Day 7 August 7th 2024 Matthew Denny x Lukas Weisshaidinger Any German Athlete Ralford Mullings Traves Smikle Roje Stona Mykolas Alekna x Andrius Gudzius Connor Bell Alex Rose Kristjan Ceh x Daniel Stahl Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete Men's 400m Day 7 August 7th 2024 Steven Gardiner Alexander Doom x Bayapo Ndori Christopher Morales-Williams Charles Dobson Matthew Hudson-Smith x Kirani James Any Jamaican Athlete Havard Bentdal Ingvaldsen Christopher Bailey Quincy Hall x Michael Norman Any Other Athlete Men's 3000m Steeplechase Day 7 August 7th 2024 Samuel Firewu Lamecha Girma x Getnet Wale Any French Athlete Avinash Mukund Sable Ryuji Miura Abraham Kibiwot Simon Kiprop Koech Amos Serem x Soufiane El Bakkali x Geordie Beamish Daniel Arce Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui Any Other Athlete Women's Long Jump Day 8 August 8th 2024 Plamena Mitkova Marthe Koala Mikaelle Assani Malaika Mihambo x Larissa Iapichino x Sumire Hata Ese Brume Agate De Sousa Alina Rotaru-Kottmann Milica Gardasevic Ivana Spanovic Fatima Diame Tara Davis-Woodhall x Jasmine Moore Any Other Athlete Men's Javelin Throw Day 8 August 8th 2024 Jakub Vadlejch x Oliver Helander Teura'itera'i Tupaia Julian Weber x Anderson Peters Neeraj Chopra x Kishore Jena Edis Matusevicius Andrian Mardare Arshad Nadeem Alexandru Mihaita Novac Keshorn Walcott Curtis Thompson Any Other Athlete Men's 200m Day 8 August 8th 2024 Letsile Tebogo x Aaron Brown Aaron De Grasse Alexander Ogando Joshua Hartmann Zharnel Hughes Andrew Hudson Bryan Levell Joseph Fahnbulleh Any South African Athlete Tarsis Orogot Kenneth Bednarek x Erriyon Knighton Noah Lyles x Any Other Athlete Women's 400m Hurdles Day 8 August 8th 2024 Kemi Adekoya Hanne Claes Savannah Sutherland Any French Athlete Jessie Knight Ayomide Folorunso Rushell Clayton Janieve Russell Shiann Salmon Femke Bol x* Any Ukranian Athlete Anna Cockrell x Jasmine Jones Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone x* Any Other Athlete Men's 110m Hurdles Day 8 August 8th 2024 Wilhem Belocian Sasha Zhoya Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli x Orlando Bennett Rasheed Broadbell Hansle Parchment Shunsuke Izumiya Rachid Muratake Louis Francois Mendy Enrique Llopis Jason Joseph Freddie Crittenden Grant Holloway x* Daniel Roberts x Any Other Athlete Women's 4x100m Relay Day 9 August 9th 2024 Australia Canada Cote D'Ivoire France Germany Great Britain x Italy Jamaica x Netherlands Poland United States x Any Other Nation Women's Shot Put Day 9 August 9th 2024 Sarah Mitton x Gong Lijiao Song Jiayuan Yemisi Ogunleye Danniel Thomas-Dodd Jorinde van Klinken Jessica Schilder x Maddison-Lee Wesche Jessica Inchude Fanny Roos Chase Jackson x Jaida Ross Raven Saunders Any Other Athlete Men's 4x100m Relay Day 9 August 9th 2024 Australia Canada China France Germany Great Britain Italy x Jamaica x Japan Nigeria South Africa United States x Any Other Nation Women's 400m Day 9 August 9th 2024 Salwa Eid Naser Sada Williams Cynthia Bolingo Marileidy Paulino x Amber Anning Rhasidat Adekele Nickisha Pryce x Stacey Ann Williams Lieke Klaver Natalia Kaczmarek x Aaliyah Butler Kendall Ellis Alexia Holmes Any Other Athlete Men's Triple Jump Day 9 August 9th 2024 Yasser Mohammed Triki Hugues Fabrice Zango Almir Do Santos Fang Yaoqing Zhu Yaming Lazaro Martinez Christian Napoles Thomas Gogois Emmanuel Ihejeme Andy Diaz Hernandez Jaydon Hibbert x Jordan Alejandro Diaz Fortun x Any American Athlete Any Other Athlete x Women's Heptathlon Day 9 August 9th 2024 Nafissatou Thiam x Noor Vidts Saga Vanninen Auriana Lazraq-Khlass Katarina Johnson-Thompson x Xenia Krizsan Sofie Dokter Emma Oosterwegel Anouk Vetter Adriana Sulek-Schubert Annika Kalin Taliyah Brooks Anna Hall x Chari Hawkins Any Other Athlete Women's 10,000m Day 9 August 9th 2024 Lauren Ryan Francine Niyomukunzi Rahel Daniel Tsigie Gebreselama Fotyen Tesfay Gudaf Tsegay Any British Athlete Beatrice Chebet x Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi x Lilian Kasait Rengeruk Sifan Hassan Sarah Chelangat x Joy Cheptoyek Weini Kelati Frezghi Any Other Athlete Men's 400m Hurdles Day 9 August 9th 2024 Alison Dos Santos x Kyron McMaster Rasmus Magi Wilfried Happio Alessandro Sibilio Roshawn Clarke Malik James-King Karsten Warholm x Abderrahman Samba Carl Bengstroem CJ Allen Trevor Bassitt Rai Benjamin x Any Other Athlete Men's Marathon Day 10 August 10th 2024 Bashir Abdi Kenenisa Bekele Deresa Geleta x Sisay Lemma Morhad Amdouni Amanal Petros Gashau Ayale Eluid Kipchoge x Benson Kipruto x Alexander Mutiso Abdi Nageeye Gabriel Gerald Geay Kaan Kigen Ozbilen Any Other Athlete Men's High Jump Day 10 August 10th 2024 Any Australian Athlete Donald Thomas Thomas Carmoy Luis Enrique Zayas Tobias Poyte Gianmarco Tamberi x Ryoichi Akamatsu Hamish Kerr Norbert Kobielski Mutaz Essa Barshim x Woo Sanghyeok x Oleh Doroshchuk Andrii Protsenko Shelby McEwen Any Other Athlete Men's 800m Day 10 August 10th 2024 Slimane Moula Djamel Sedjati x Any Athlete from Botswana Marco Arop Any French Athlete x Max Burgin Ben Pattison Koitatoi Kidali Wyclife Kinyamal Emmanuel Wanyonyi x Adrian Ben Bryce Hoppel Hobbs Kessler Brandon Miller Any Other Nation Women's Javelin Throw Day 10 August 10th 2024 Mackenzie Little x Kathryn Mitchell Victoria Hudson x Flor Denis Ruiz Hurtado Nikola Ogrodnikova Haruka Kitaguchi x Lina Muze-Serma Anete Sietina Tori Peeters Adriana Vilagos Jo-Amne Van Dyk Maggie Malone Any Other Nation Women's 100m Hurdles Day 10 August 10th 2024 Devynne Charlton Cyrena Samba-Mayela x Ackera Nugent Any Other Jamaican Athlete Nadine Visser Tobi Amusan Pia Skrzyszowska Jasmine Camacho-Quinn x Ditaji Kambundji Alaysha Johnson Masai Russell x Grace Stark Any Other Athlete Men's 5000m Day 10 August 10th 2024 Stewart McSweyn Mohammed Ahmed Hagos Gebrhiwet Yomif Kejelcha Addisu Yihune Jimmy Gressier Luis Grijalva x Any British Athlete Jacob Krop x Thierry Ndikumwenayo Jacob Kiplimo Any Other Ugandian Athlete Grant Fisher Any Other Athlete x* Women's 1500m Day 10 August 10th 2024 Linden Hall Jessica Hull x Birke Haylom Gudaf Tsegay x Diribe Welteji Laura Muir Ciara Mageean Nelly Chepchirchir Susan Lokayo Ejore Faith Kipyegon x* Sifan Hassan Nikki Hiltz Emily Mackay Elle St. Pierre Any Other Athlete Men's 4x400m Relay Day 10 August 10th 2024 Belgium Botswana x Brazil France Germany Great Britain x Italy Japan Nigeria South Africa Spain Trinidad & Tobago United States x* Any Other Nation Women's 4x400m Relay Day 10 August 10th 2024 Belgium Canada France Great Britain Ireland Italy Jamaica x Netherlands x Norway Poland Spain United States x* Any Other Nation Women's Marathon Day 11 August 11th 2024 Eunice Chebichii Chumba Dolshi Tesfu Megertu Alemu Tigist Assefa x Amane Beriso Hitomi Niiya Hitomi Niiya Peres Jepchirchir x Sharon Lokedi Hellen Obiri x Sifan Hassan Magdalena Shauri Helen Bekele Stella Chesang Betsy Saina Any Other Athlete [/hide]

My apologies to the entire Horse Disco community.

Time for all Guatemalans to take up Trap at an early age. Let's set up a legacy for generations to come!

It's not that complicated, but it goes against what most people who aren't Americans think about sport, which is the concept of a draw. Essentially I just think the way the scoring system is presented causes more problems than it solves.

I hope not. If we had to give medals to place of birth, I think might lose a bunch of medals over the years.

Jeanjean threw in some big tricks, but seemed to lose momentum late on and didn't look as clean as Reilly. At least, that's what it looked like from my eyes. I'm no expert though, just a long term viewer. In horse dancing, Fry goes into the individual final in 4th, with Hester in 7th, as well as the team being in 3rd.

What I'm saying is that if they can't split it on points it should only matter who they favour if that needs to be a tie breaker. I get that they are picking a winner technically. I just think that there needs to be a better system, especially to explain it to more casual viewers. Even if that system was giving their winner an extra point, simply because they are the winner.

Cracking competition. Thought that Kieran might grab it with that second run but fair play to Torres Gil.

We win on average, right? A fine silver.

My biggest problem with the system is that the 'draw' judges are taking priority over the positive judges. It feels like the other way around is more logical. If all five judges were to score it a draw (or 3 and the other two were split), then the current system makes more sense. At that point, they have to choose a winner somehow. Boxing just gets sillier and sillier.

Jeanjean and Martin are both dangers.

Although we already know that we're losing the BMX gold and we didn't qualify to defend one of our boxing golds.

Pretty high, probably the 2nd or 3rd best gold medal shot. Wasn't a shock that they won, although the manner was obviously heart stopping!

Oh ye all of little faith. He Pidcocked him.

Lucy Hall finishes in about 12th, 4 shots back. Never recovered from that second round yesterday but shot steadily today.

Sadly fairly clear, he went past the 15m underwater. Shame because he had put in a decent time.

Question of the Day Archery: How many MEN make at least the 1/16 final? None Artistic Gymnastics: Does JARMAN win a medal? Yes Boxing: How many Brits win today? None Canoe Slalom? Does Franklin get top 5? No Cycling BMX Freestyle: Does Reilly win gold? No Equestrian: Does Fry get top 2 in her group? Yes Hockey: Do we win? Best bloody had do...I mean, yes Judo: Does Yeats-Brown fight in the afternoon session? No Rowing: Do the MEN win a medal? No Sailing: Does Wilson finish the day on top? Yes Shooting: Does Bargeron make the final? No Swimming: Out of Stephens, Macinnes, Greenbank, and Morgan, how many make finals? One Table Tennis: How many games does Pitchford win against Jorgic? Three Tennis: Do our team win at least one set? No Triathlon: Do we get at least one gold medal today? Yes

Both Canada and the US have long histories in rugby culture. In fact the most recent Rugby World Cup was the first world cup not to feature either team. Canada had been at every WC since the inception in 1987 and the US had been at all but one (1995). On the women's side, both teams have a strong 15s team. The US were in fact the first ever women's World Cup winners and Canada have been runners up. In fact Canada are currently the 3rd ranked side in women's rugby, behind only England and New Zealand. Domestically, the US has been playing rugby since the late 1800s, primarily in universities, which is where the majority of North American rugby players find the sport, on both the men's and women's side. In the last 20 years it has received a surge in popularity and is regularly cited as one of the fastest growing sports in the US. In fact the 2031 Men's World Cup is going to be held in the States, with the women's WC in 2033 also hosted there. Women's rugby has historically received little investment and support, even in the countries where it is popular. That fact is similar to women's football until relatively recently. World Rugby has started showing support for the women's side more seriously in recent years and, sure enough, the game is growing at pace. The addition of 7s to the Olympics for both men and women is part of that. Incidentally, the 7s this week set a record for a stand alone women's rugby tournament, with an attendance of 66000 people. So it's not 'just there for gender equity reasons". It's there because people enjoy it.

Nice to see the swimming squads being right next to the podium so the teams could celebrate with them. Dunks making a point of clapping for Jack and Kieran in the announcement.

Fair play to the relay; they pushed us much closer than I expected them to.

And breathe. Fair play to the US relay. They pushed us harder than I expected. In a normal pool that would probably have been a WR as well. But the Gold is the main thing. Having that on one screen and the tennis on the other was nerve wracking. Murray and Evans don't like doing it the easy way, do they?

In fairness, he put in a 26.4. It's just that Wiffen put in a 26.9 to go with the second buffer he had built up. That tactic of Finke only works once as a surprise. Now everyone knows he is going to do it, so they try and break him earlier.