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4 minutes ago, Josh said:

1:43.23 WL for  Sedjati in the men’s 800m 

 

Right now the slight favourite for Olympic gold. 

On 5/30/2024 at 10:41 AM, Josh said:

Can’t answer that question, but huh? Sedjati is amongst the medal contenders sure, but he isn’t the favourite for the men’s 800m Olympic title. Arop, Kemei, Wanyonyi, Kinyamal, and maybe even Hoppel are all favoured over him IMO. 

Guess you changed your mind then? 

7 hours ago, Epic Failure said:

And in helpful fashion, the competition is being streamed in the US only on a niche ppv channel that most people will never have in their tv package. Sigh.

I was thinking about watching some matches, but I don't really want to pay an extra fee for it, unfourtunately 

On 11/27/2017 at 1:48 PM, ahjfcshfghb said:

Also my Top 20 Picks for LA 2028:

(Most likely to get there. I’ll update it every year if I don’t forget )

1) Baseball/Softball (obviously interest will be huge)

2) Surfing (established and huge part of LA culture)

3) Skateboarding/Roller Sports (same as Surfing)

4) Lacrosse (fastest growing sport in US, popular among youth, growing globally, Olympic history)

5) Mixed Martial Arts (most popular spectator martial art in US, amateur competition growing)

6) American Football (over 100 federations, most popular US sport)

7) Sports Climbing (established, not as popular in the US though as other sports)

8) Bowling (very popular activity, accessible to anyone, used to be huge spectator sport but viewership is down)

9) Karate (established, may face competition with MMA, but still very popular)

10) Powerlifting (to replace Weightlifting if doping problems don’t go away, which isn’t unlikely)

11) Jai Alai (US name for Basque Pelota, played often, large Mexican population in LA as well, federation needs to grow though)

12) Wakeboarding (also popular in LA but will likely have to compete with Surfing)

13) Pool/Snooker (sport huge, not necessarily among youth though)

14) Wushu (not specifically US or youth, but may be added for a change if MMA doesn’t work)

15) Netball (US is growing in this sport, huge lobby in Commonwealth countries, women-only)

16) Floorball (global youthful sport but not much in US)

17) Bodybuilding (at Pan Am Games, though many consider it not a real spectator sport)

18) Racquetball (at Pan Ams, but too many racket sports already)

19) Dance sports (at YOG, somewhat unique)

20) Polo (it’s a fun, special sport, could find appeal in time)

This aged very well considering it was posted in 2017. I was reading through some of the old Paris 2024 threads, and came across it.

Cuba had two athletes go well under their PBs to get the Olympic standard in the men’s 100.

I come across stories about Ulama every so often, and I think it would be great to see it in the Pan American Games.

Obviously, work needs to be done to bring it in line with international sports norms, but it would be a cool and unique edition to the sports program in my opinion. I do think it’s sad that uniquely Pan American (and indigenous) sports like lacrosse and ulama have never really been featured at the continent’s biggest sporting event.

World Athletics is working on some new events.

1 minute ago, Josh said:

I hate durian. Ewww. 

Never had it, but on my list of things to try at some point.

11 minutes ago, rybak said:

Did FIG confirms quota winners from European Championships in rhythmic?

No, it doesn't appear so: https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/events/detail.php?id=17041#loaded (check the "files" tab)

 appear to have received universality quotas according to the FIG’s latest update. 

FIG also lists Praewa Misato Philaphandeth  as qualified via the universality place in rhythmic gymnastics.

7 minutes ago, Josh said:

As far as the upcoming Olympics goes, I’ll be rooting for 

Welcome to the club. It can be both frustrating and rewarding (CAC Games women's basketball gold was so awesome) 

Newgarden  wins the weather delayed Indy 500 with a phenomenal third turn overtake!

Great meet 

WLs falling left and right today 

1 hour ago, Josh said:

WR ALERT!!!!

 

28:54.14 for  Beatrice Chebet in the women’s 10000m at the Prefontaine Classic 

She told the media scrum she wants to do 5,000/10,000 double in Paris. I’d upload the video, but X embeds aren’t working right now.

Just came here to post that @Josh

Sean Baker's Anora wins the Palme d'Or. Grand Prix went to Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light. 

Cannes seemed like a bit of a mixed bag this year based on critical reactions, but still a handful of films I'd like to see when they get released. 

58 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Safe to say that the men's 50m freestyle will have no shortage of swimmers.

Generally, a popular event amongst universality swimmers too. 

I mostly just eat canned olives if I want olives. Kalamatta and Green olives stuffed with pimento are my favorite. Also, a big supporter of olives on pizza.

20 minutes ago, intoronto said:

You can only be in crisis if you have red and white on your flag. Since you have only white, almost there!

 didn't get that memo apparently 

1 hour ago, mpjmcevoy said:

The only problem I see with that is that the Olympic cross country is historically a pretty weak test because of the need for universality; if it is the same difficulty as a standard elite event, it will put more limited riders in danger - indeed, it's apparently been a bug bear for years that Olympic 3Day is far too soft on XC (and jumping), and therefore gives far too muuh importance to dressage element, which means Germans have overachieved,

Conversely, I feel like Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 both showed that you can create a compelling course that challenges most riders, while still remaining somewhat accessible for all riders/horses.

100 Days to Go 

7 hours ago, Josh said:

Odds are they are not. 

It was at this moment that Canadian chances of victory match greaty improved 

5 hours ago, Monzanator said:

 

It's almost a shame the US media focus on Richardson instead of McLaughlin who is much more likeable and could actually be the doing things Marion Jones was supposed to do 25 years ago. I do realize SML's somewhat indifferent persona is a nightmare for story-telling TV ratings.

Sydney gets a lot of media attention as well. She just wasn’t very active for a while due to her injury and her coaching camp likes to keep things on the down low.

Comenentia  79.09 NR in the men's hammer throw at the LA Grand Prix.