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Nuguse not looking good at all

Considering athletics only started yesterday....not much, yet?

Oh damn, Topic is actually in the competition after all.

Such a shame Agate de Sousa switched to Portugal

It is allowed if you're not in anyone's way (within limits, of course).

Dutch commentator now saying Topic is actually out? Got injured in that landing on the mat...

Morris getting injured

Nope, someone on a Dutch forum I'm also posting on

In case of injuries for semis and such, reserves will be called up for the first time. Finally. Now biathlon needs to start doing that too for pursuits.

Time for the best heats of the Olympics, so many people around the world sitting up for their moment of action

Lindon Victor is ready to go.

The reporter on Belgian TV got asked who he'd like to interview. He said he mostly wants to be able to interview Sarah McLaughlin, because according to him, that's going to be 'the fight of these Olympics' between her and Femke Bol. Uhm, will someone tell him?

Tan/Thinaah pulling out a 3rd game

Not mocking her at all, it's just unfortunate to see a picture being painted this way as if Khelif can impossibly be beaten by (other) female boxers.

Not a bad statement. Where were all these people yelling and screaming before the Olympics started? If Carini, like quite a few other boxers have done already, had managed to beat her, things would have been....quiet.

Annoyingly enough, yep. And annoyingly enough, in most sports that mostly involves 'current' or very recent athletes, because that's who people remember the most (logically). It's like calling Phelps the greatest Olympian ever 'because he has so many golds'. Yeah, ok, but does that really make him a great Olympian than someone who won way fewer golds but won all of them in 1 or 2 events since their sport doesn't have 10+ medal chances if you're great? Of course people are free to discuss what they want though, it just feels so....futile

Very much enjoying it since day 1 already, just missed the earlier versions of the poll Olympics

And the number of medals doesn't make someone 'the GOAT' (to use that awfully overused term). She is obviously one of the best ever, but it is quite literally impossible to seriously compare athletes in any sport through the ages in a somewhat realistic manner. Most sports don't have a....ugh, GOAT, in my opinion, just athletes that are among the best ever or are the best of their generation.

Men's LCQ coming up. Colombian (Carmona, not Yepes) pushed Brink out in race 2, so he's in here, all or nothing now.

It is a great meet in general as well, very entertaining Although it would be fantastic if we can keep results of other sports (especially same-day results which one can realistically expect some people still want to catch up on) out of this thread, it is the swimming thread after all....just like obviously one wouldn't mention swimming results in, say, the rowing thread.

Manaudou just makes it 4th straight Olympic final in the number one lottery event, that is beyond amazing. Imaging getting a 4th consecutive medal...

And with Kos of course we also have a new gold medal winning country in Paris, now we only need Japan, Canada and Brazil (and AIN/ROC, but yeah) to have the gold medal winning countries from Tokyo back.

Kos! @Vektor

Fastest time since that unreachable super suit time of Zige Liu