2024 Summer Olympics

[Irishman]

 

 

[Irishman]

Incredible race. I thought Lyles won watching live and the review was for 2nd and 3rd. Not sure though. I am also curious to know how many of them ran their personal best. 

 

 

[Bash Riprock]

4 hours ago, Irishman said:

Incredible race. I thought Lyles won watching live and the review was for 2nd and 3rd. Not sure though. I am also curious to know how many of them ran their personal best. 

 

 

Incredible stat. Lewis would have been dead last or perhaps not even qualified with his 1988 gold medal winning time. 
 

[Irishman]

2 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

Incredible stat. Lewis would have been dead last or perhaps not even qualified with his 1988 gold medal winning time. 
 

That is incredible. Thought i saw something too that the 8th place time would have been a bronze in Tokyo. 

[Irishman]

11 minutes ago, Irishman said:

That is incredible. Thought i saw something too that the 8th place time would have been a bronze in Tokyo. 

Correction.....the 7th place finisher today would have been Bronze in Tokyo. The 8th place finisher today was just .02 seconds slower than the Bronze medalist from Tokyo. 

[Bash Riprock]

12 minutes ago, Irishman said:

That is incredible. Thought i saw something too that the 8th place time would have been a bronze in Tokyo. 

 

[Irishman]

1 minute ago, Bash Riprock said:

 

Interesting too, as someone commented that the first 2 places were the last 2 off the blocks. 

[Irishman]

Have not had time the last couple days to post anything. 

 

[Irishman]

Cathedral grad in a huge upset for the Gold

 

 

 

[Irishman]

 

 

[Irishman]

 

[Irishman]

Penn HS enters the Gold Medal count

[Irishman]

Incredible finish 

 

[Bash Riprock]

On 8/6/2024 at 4:57 PM, Irishman said:

Cathedral grad in a huge upset for the Gold

 

 

 

Our youngest daughter and Cole are the same age.  I used to watch Cole run HS track meets for some invites that include both the boys and girls teams.  He was so very good in high school.  But, never thought I'd watch that young man win a gold medal in the Olympics and set a OR.  That was simply beyond cool!!  

A number of Hoosiers really representing in these games!!!!  Making us all proud!

[Muda69]

If Team Indiana were a separate nation, it would rank 12th in Olympic medal standings: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/08/08/indiana-athletes-having-a-golden-summer-at-paris-olympics-cole-hocker-sarah-hildebrandt-chloe-dygert/74718687007/

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Featuring rare gold medals by runner Cole Hocker, cyclist Chloe Dygert and wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt, athletes from Indiana are poised to exceed large medal hauls from the previous two Olympic Games.

Through Wednesday, and with four days of competition left, Indiana-connected Olympians have totaled 15 medals and six golds in Paris.

 That follows 19 medals at Rio de Janeiro 2016 and 20 at Tokyo 2021.

If Team Indiana were a separate nation, it would rank 12^th in the standings, behind Canada’s 19 medals. Canada’s population of 39 million is about six times that of Indiana.

With six golds, Indiana would be tied with Canada for 11^th.

Notre Dame accounts for seven medals, four in fencing. Carmel accounts for four, three in swimming.

The state nearly picked up another medal Thursday afternoon from Indiana University diver Carson Tyler, who finished fourth on 3-meter springboard. 

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Still in the mix for individual medals are former Purdue hurdler Devynne Charlton in track and field, Mary Theisen-Lappen in weightlifting, and Mason Parris and Kayla Miracle in wrestling.

Poised for medals in team sports are Notre Dame midfielder Korbin Albert in soccer; Matt Anderson and Annie Drews in men’s and  women’s volleyball; the Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton, Princeton's Jackie Young and Notre Dame’s Jewell Loyd in basketball.

 

[temptation]

Noah Lyles, SMH.

[gonzoron]

18 hours ago, temptation said:

Noah Lyles, SMH.

Why do you hate America Eddie?

Edited August 9, 2024 by gonzoron

[temptation]

4 minutes ago, gonzoron said:

Why do you hate America Eddie?

US men’s 4x1, smh.

[Irishman]

25 minutes ago, temptation said:

US men’s 4x1, smh.

If the handoffs were clean they win a medal. But blame the guy who did not run the race or any of the heats for that matter? 

The 4 on the track for the final were the same 4 that ran every heat. 

[temptation]

19 minutes ago, Irishman said:

If the handoffs were clean they win a medal. But blame the guy who did not run the race or any of the heats for that matter? 

The 4 on the track for the final were the same 4 that ran every heat. 

Two separate blame games.  Lyles didn’t matter in the 4x100.  
 

No reason that a country that boasts 6 of the fastest 20 men on the planet can’t get the stick around the track.

Haven’t medaled in the men’s 4x100 since 2004.

And I don’t hate America, Ronnie.  I just have high expectations for US track and field.

Distance men showed up.  Throwers showed up.  Vaulters showed up.

Sprinters and jumpers didn’t.

[Irishman]

21 minutes ago, temptation said:

Two separate blame games.  Lyles didn’t matter in the 4x100.  

So why blame him? You did say "Noah Lyles, SMH" When asked about that comment, you referred to the men's 4x100

[temptation]

2 minutes ago, Irishman said:

So why blame him? You did say "Noah Lyles, SMH" When asked about that comment, you referred to the men's 4x100

No.  Two separate complaints.

When you have 6 of the fastest 20 men on the planet and your closest competitor went out in the previous round, anything less that gold is a major disappointment.

With or without Lyles, this is embarrassing.

Edited August 9, 2024 by temptation

[Irishman]

To put this in perspective… in 2016, Helen Maroulis was the first woman from the US to win an Olympic medal in wrestling… today, Helen perhaps wrestled her last match, securing a bronze medal for her third straight Olympics with a medal - putting her with the second most Olympic medals for ANY US Wrestler.

And to add to just how far it has come, it is now a sanctioned sport in the IHSAA, and the NCAA is adding it at the D1 level soon. A handful of schools are even offering scholarships in anticipation of it becoming a real thing. 

[Irishman]

Ok, first breaking should have never been a “sport” in the Olympics.

I thought breaking was no longer a thing

I always knew some people should never do it; myself included

Seeing this qualified to GET to Paris, just how bad was the competition in the Australian trials? 
 

All that said, I dare anyone to not 😆 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-eJFaEtlYh/?igsh=c3Fqdnd4NHpuZGh 

[Irishman]

lol