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April 9

Wouldn't really call this news, but:

Olympic rings to adorn Eiffel Tower - NBC Sports

konig · April 7

4 hours ago, intoronto said:

USA with no men's epee representation. Wow

I just learned tonight of the big incidents from last year for the US men's epee team.

April 4

1 hour ago, Dkats said:

I wouldn’t be surprised if the opening ceremony ends up moving into a stadium. Bit of a prediction

Check this.

Sitting ducks, in a boat on the River. Plan B, please. Give peace a chance, really | 3 Wire Sports

phelps · April 3

6 hours ago, phelps said:

men's -61kg

Gold:  Li Fabin* (total: 312kg)

Silver:  Hampton Miller Morris** (total: 303kg)

Bronze:  Pak Myong Jin (total: 301kg)

* Snatch World Record @ 146kg

** C&J World Record @ 176kg

Full Results

https://iwf.sport/results/results-by-events/?event_id=599

Hampton Morris sets the first senior WR by an American male since 1969.

Dragon · April 2

3 hours ago, Dragon said:

Am I correct that North Korea can not qualify for the Olympics now?

Yes.

Why Can’t North Korea Compete in Weightlifting at the 2024 Olympic Games? | BarBend

March 26

US names Men’s 3x3 team.

Noteworthy, one member is Canyon Barry, the son of NBA Hall of Famer Rick Barry.

https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/jimmer-fredette-olympics-3x3-basketball-team-roster

March 22

Nevin Harrison wins US Olympic Trials today.

Nevin Harrison qualifies to defend Olympic canoe title - NBC Sports

maestro · March 22

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

Incredible win by Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps in the pairs event! Really didn't expect Canada to win a world title this year, at 40(!) I believe Stellato-Dudek is now the oldest ever world champion. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps both had very long career, it's incredible to see them achieve a world title after so much time.

Silver for Riku Miura Ryuchi and Kihara, bronze for Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin

Oldest female world champion, definitely. I think there were some older men, pre-WW2.

Josh · March 20

2 hours ago, Josh said:

I’m not going to be watching a single second of it as every time I try to watch an event (which is not very often mind you) I fall asleep (figure skating is probably my least favourite winter Olympic sport), but go

They did go:

Pasolini · March 16

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

Would be very funny if a bunch of American runners, swimmers and gymnasts fled to Canada and requested asylum after failing to make the US Olympic team.

Maybe starting next year.

copravolley · March 10

8 hours ago, copravolley said:

I remember that Seoul 1988 was also a huge scandal. Then Roy Jones Jr. lost to the host representative in the final after the scandalous verdict.

That one was a biggie. One judge from Morrocco was quoted in the US magazine Sports Illustrated saying that Jones won easily, but that he put down Park Si-hun as the winner because he thought a 5-0 decision would have embarrassed the host country.

March 3

On 2/25/2024 at 7:54 AM, Timezone said:

Sydney Mclaughlin

On 2/25/2024 at 9:01 AM, heywoodu said:

I highly doubt she is as much of a 'lock' (if locks really exist of course) as for example the Australian 4x100m women

It probably all depends on how we define a 'lock'...say, 95% chance at least? In that case I'd absolutely not put McLaughlin there

After what we saw today, I would say Bol is more of a lock.

Adding on here, I would love to see both of them attempt the double.

February 29

:USA and :VEN get 53 kg quotas

:ECU and :CAN get 57 kg quotas

konig · February 29

8 minutes ago, konig said:

Any livestream?

flowrestling.org but it's a pay service.

February 29

Biathlonfan · February 27

4 hours ago, avlar said:

And show must go on.

russians filed 3(!) appeals to CAS (from ROC, national skating federation and all the team mebers including Valieva).

Their demand: ROC team must be awarded with gold medals... including Kamila Valieva.

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

I wonder what they are smoking in Russia

What they are smoking is that they say ISU Rules only allow for a DQ of a team if you test positive at that competition, not testing positive from 7-8 weeks earlier.

February 25

5 hours ago, Dkats said:

I would say US Men’s basketball team assuming that they actually bring a full strength team

27 minutes ago, Timezone said:

Even at full strength USA not the juggernaut they once were

USA Women more likely to win than men are.

dullard · February 18

7 minutes ago, rybak said:

men's medley relay was disqualified in final race. It doesn't affect if we have quota or lost it?

No, as long as their prelim time or time from last year’s Worlds ranks among the 13 best times of all countries.

maestro · February 16

3 minutes ago, lapaj said:

Paperform! I know the authentic team would have won this! 99%

Congrats to the no1 women waterpolo team!

Thanks! I wish this team would get more recognition in the USA. They don't get nearly the same press in the USA as opposed to USA women basketball, football and volleyball.

Olympian1010 · February 14

5 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

British Virgin Islands didn’t have their own anthem until McMaster’s won his first Commonwealth Games gold medal. They have since changed anthems though.

Didn't realize that, thanks. I do know that when Bermuda won the women's triathlon in Tokyo, God Save the Queen was played.

February 14

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Then wouldn't it make sense for Hong Kong not to compete as a separate entity? Either compete as an entity with it's own anthem, or have the athletes be part of another entity with an anthem. Or, easier, don't win gold medals, but yeah

HK is a separate political entity, for now, until 2047. Really HK's status is like Puerto Rico and a lot of other territories competing separately. One difference is that when Puerto Rico wins a gold medal, they don't play The Star Spangled Banner, but Puerto Rico's anthem.

However, note that Bermuda and other British territories (and HK pre-1997) do use God Save the King as their anthem.

February 14

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

But how about Hong Kong? If one competes as a certain entity, said entity should have an anthem....

It was even literally announced as 'the anthem of the People's Republic of China!'.

Hong Kong is administered since 1997 by the PRC. But the agreement between the UK and PRC when Hong Kong was turned over to China stipulated that Hong Kong would be a separate political entity with its own government until 2047. But since China controls HK, The March of the Volunteers is the official national anthem, not God Save the King as it was pre-1997.

Taiwan, on the other hand, is, in PRC-parlance, is a breakaway area that is still part of China. But since China has no political control over the Taiwan government, they still use the ROC anthem. However, for the Olympics, China can dictate what song is used for Taiwan gold medalists.

February 14

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Chinese anthem for a Hong Kong gold

Is that a similar thing to Taiwan appearing as 'Chinese Taipei' in the world of sports, despite people knowing it's actually Taiwan?

Chinese Taipei has its own song for gold medalists, but its not the ROC national anthem. That was all part of the deal with the PRC to allow Chinese Taipei to compete - they could not use their official national anthem (or flag). I would assume this was also the anthem pre-1949.