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Wouldn’t compare Hull to a Bull … I certainly wouldn’t run away as fast as possible if Hull would chase me …

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.

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.

The Chinese can’t produce a single sub 4:00 runner to save their life, but the Brits just pull a random grandma out of their ass who improves her PB by 20 seconds in one year …

Guillemot‘s (1999) progression: 2019: 4:45.45 2020: - 2021: - 2022: 4:12.43 2023: 4:03.26 2024: 3:56.69 Bell‘s (1993) progression: 2014: 4:18.75 2015: 4:16.96 2016: 4:18.89 2017: 4:25.58 2018: - 2019: - 2020: - 2021: 4:48.18 2022: 4:42.93 2023: 4:12.16 2024: 3:52.61 Grandma comes out of nowhere and improves her PB by 20 seconds over 1500 m in one year, becoming the 11th fastest athlete ever. Even Johann Mühlegg’s performances were infinitely more believable. I absolutely have no words for how disgusting her performance was. If she doesn’t get banned within the next 7 days, they should absolutely get rid of doping tests altogether.

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.

Track cycling, like bob/luge/skeleton/canoeing, should force all athletes to use the same material. In the end the results don’t really tell us much about who is the best in a certain event, which kind of is the exact opposite of what sport should be.

No, that would absolutely be a bad idea. They should try to only have events where the riders directly compete against each other, so no team sprint/pursuit. Most federations are run by complete retards that don’t even try to make their sport as watchable/easy to follow as possible. Almost makes you wish that those sports get thrown out of the Olympics.

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.

What a pathetic comment. You clearly don’t follow this event. 18 year old Annett Kaufmann dragged this team to the semifinal. The two „Chinese“ players certainly aren’t helping. Germany would have reached the final if Annett Kaufmann would have been allowed to play 3 individual matches. Annett Kaufmann obliterated Harimoto, who is number 8 in the world ranking. Absolutely embarrassing comment, try to be better!

German track cycling keeps getting more pathetic every Olympics. On the men’s side they are completely gone and now they can’t even win on the women’s side anymore. German junior men win tons of medals, but still they rather use grandpas like Bötticher that aren’t remotely competitive.

Omnium is really the most retarded events of all at the Olympics, even ahead of race running. The first 3 disciplines don’t matter at all. They should get rid of this clown event and maybe replace it with the elimination race.

Gold: Magdburg Silver: Magdeburg Bronze: Italy The U.S. isn’t the only country that helps foreign athletes to „steal“ medals from their own athletes. The current was very challenging and led to huge gaps. I wonder if pool swimmers will have a disadvantage in the men’s race tomorrow. Guys like Raszovsky or Olivier might be favored.

Varfolomeev might have to fight to secure gold. Raffaelo has a chance if Varfolomeev messes up again.

Disappointing result in women’s K4. Can’t believe that grandma Carrington is enough to pull a bunch of nobodies to a gold medal. Luckily she will soon be gone.

At least her excuse is more believable than that of Jade Jones.

Too bad that Germany threw away the game against France, the German men could have made 4 team finals (volleyball, handball, hockey, basketball). The women on the other hand are super weak in team sports.

LOL @ grandma Finot suddenly running a european record. SHE DIDN‘T RUN SUB 9:45 BEFORE TURNING 30. I would bet my life that she glows in the dark.

I think there should be a quota that college teams can only have a certain number of foreign athletes. In the past England had the same problem in football (too many foreign talents instead of producing their own) and Germany had the same problem in handball and basketball. It is great for your talents to regularly compete against the best foreign talents in training, but you need at least some protection for your own athletes.

Germany looking great in kayak and horrible in canoe.

First gold in this discipline for Germany since 1996. Germany won all individual golds in Paris. Too bad that both the eventing and jumping team flopped. Hopefully Richard Vogel will be ready in 2028, he seems to be the biggest German talent in a long time.

I think only jumping and cross-country are entertaining. Dressage and eventing as a whole are boring in my opinion. Also barely any „exotic“ nations competing for medals. In my opinion only rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming are as boring as dressage. Open water swimming is also pretty boring to watch. In general I prefer sports where athletes compete against each other instead of against the clock.

a) Why would they phase out normal basketball, when all the stars attend? If anything they would do this to football. b) Beach soccer and futsal are as much urban/youth as 3x3 basketball. c) It is certainly a different sport and for me way less interesting.

Why not? They are probably more objective than most of the other judges, since none of their athletes compete.

That is the problem with sports like gymnastics/figure skating/diving. In other sports like track cycling or bob the material decides. Even in sports like basketball the referee has a lot of power.