Sports, including the 2024 Paris Olympics

[KoolBak]

He looks a little like Gordon Lightfoot!

Awesome ...

[mookiemcgee]

He looks a little like Gordon Lightfoot!

Awesome ...

I'm getting a different Canadian singer... Burton Cummings.

[jusplay4fun]

Back to the actual Olympics:

Surfing

Women's Shortboard
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Gold Medal Match
United StatesC. Marksvs
BrazilT. Weston-Webb
United States
C. Marks won 10.50-10.33

Simone Biles secures silver medal in dazzling floor routine, Jordan Chiles takes bronze: Olympics 2024 live updates

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in gold-medal performance at Olympics

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — The pole vaulter they call “Mondo” really can put on a show

Duplantis, the Louisiana-born 24-year-old who competes for his mother’s native Sweden, cleared 6.25 meters (20 feet, 6 inches) to break the world record for the ninth time — but the first time on his sport’s grandest stage.

His next move was a sprint to the stands to hug his girlfriend and celebrate his record and second Olympic gold with all those friends and family wearing yellow and blue.

https://apnews.com/article/olympics-202 ... e4e2117865

Spain beats Morocco 2-1 to reach its second straight Olympics final in men’s soccer and 5th overall

[Dukasaur]

He looks a little like Gordon Lightfoot!

Awesome ...

I'm getting a different Canadian singer... Burton Cummings.

Some people have said David Crosby, some have said Neil Peart.

Either way, a rock-star level of cool!

[bigtoughralf]

The UK is so close to being able to beat France at their own Olympics. Here's hoping some more running medals over the next few days.

[jusplay4fun]

Rank, Country, Gold/Silver/Bronze, then TOTAL medals, as of now, 8/7/24, Midnite EDT

1United States
24 31 31 86
2China
22 21 16 59
3Australia
14 12 9 35
4France
13 16 19 48
5Great Britain
12 15 19 46

6South Korea
11 8 7 26
7Japan
11 6 12 29
8Italy
9 10 7 26
9Netherlands
8 5 6 19
10Germany
8 5 4 17
11Canada
6 4 8 18
12Ireland
4 0 3 7
13New Zealand
3 5 1 9
14Hungary
3 3 2 8
14Sweden
3 3 2 8

[KoolBak]

thats kind of meaningless without, say, a total number of athletes competing?

Like if USA had 100 peeps and got 50 medals (.5 per) vs Beerfartistan has 5 peeps and 5 medals (1 per)....

So a per capita medal winning stat?

You should do that!

[jusplay4fun]

thats kind of meaningless without, say, a total number of athletes competing?

Like if USA had 100 peeps and got 50 medals (.5 per) vs Beerfartistan has 5 peeps and 5 medals (1 per)....

So a per capita medal winning stat?

You should do that!

I won't; you can.

Then someone will want a ranking based on GDP or average spending or some such. Some will THEN LIKELY say we NEED some such because of "FAIRNESS" or "Justice" or some other similar rationale.

To be fair, yes, the USA has one of the biggest teams there, and we have money to spend on many sports and facilities and training. Look at how many athletes come to US Colleges for an education and for training.

BTW: The USA has dominated the Olympic Medal Count well before 2012.

BTW2: I did SEE this in a quick search:

Hong Kong offers some of the biggest gold medal rewards: around $750,000 each. Here in the U.S., athletes get nearly $38,000 per gold medal, though less for silver or bronze.

and MORE:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incentive ... by_country

footnote:

Unlike other countries, the United States does not provide any funding for its elite sports nor for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.[31][32]

[KoolBak]

I suggested you do it first.

No take-backsies.

[jusplay4fun]

I suggested you do it first.

No take-backsies.

NO. ‘Nuff said.

[KoolBak]

Whimp.

Because I love numbers and spreadsheets, I did one for the list of medals laid out earlier.

Very interesting results....anyone that would like to see the info (except for Mr. Lazy-Pants) can pm me NUFFSAID

There's over 10,000 athletes at the games from 180 plus countries....amazing.

[jusplay4fun]

Whimp.

Because I love numbers and spreadsheets, I did one for the list of medals laid out earlier.

Very interesting results....anyone that would like to see the info (except for Mr. Lazy-Pants) can pm me NUFFSAID

There's over 10,000 athletes at the games from 180 plus countries....amazing.

You challenge me to do it, and when I refuse, you do it yourself, THEN somehow claim VICTORY? How is that a victory. I claim the Tom Sawyer here.

[KoolBak]

Whatever floats your boat

[jusplay4fun]

Yeah, that is an admission that you LOST that debate.

You can go back to your drawing board and spreadsheets. Have FUN.

[Pack Rat]

Don't feel bad Kool, EVERYONE loses to jusplay4MAGA. If jusplay4MAGA loses...well it was rigged!

[KoolBak]

Yeah, that is an admission that you LOST that debate.

You can go back to your drawing board and spreadsheets. Have FUN.

Fucking child What in the f*ck did I lose? 3 minutes of my life dealing with an NPC?

OK ...you got me there . SMH.

Incre ignore.

[jusplay4fun]

US Men's Basketball beat Serbia and now plays for the Gold Medal.

USA Basketball score: Americans mount frantic comeback vs. Serbia in Paris Olympics as Steph Curry stars

The Americans erased a 17-point deficit against Nikola Jokic and Serbia to reach the gold medal game

(...)
Team USA men's basketball is heading back to the gold medal game after a frantic 95-91 win against Serbia in the semifinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Thursday. The Americans, who entered as 15.5-point favorites, trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half. Team USA trailed by 13 entering the fourth quarter. But they outscored Serbia by 17 points in the final 10 minutes as Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Kevin Durant led the late push.

https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news ... tars/live/

btw:

Curry dropped an Olympic career-high 36 points in the win while hitting nine 3-pointers, which is the most any player has hit in a single game throughout the entire Olympics.

[jusplay4fun]

Medal Update; the only Drama is (for me):

1) who wins the most Gold Medals? USA or China?

2) What other upset(s) will happen?

3) What other nation wins something notable (e.g., first medal, first gold, etc.)

The USA has the Total Medal count (nearly) DONE; USA now leads China in Gold by one.

Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
1United States
30 38 35 103
2China
29 25 19 73
3Australia
18 14 13 45
4France
14 19 21 54
5Great Britain
13 17 21 51

6South Korea
13 8 7 28
7Japan
13 7 13 33
8Netherlands
11 6 8 25
9Italy
10 11 9 30
10Germany
9 9 5 23
11Canada
6 5 10 21
12New Zealand
5 6 2 13
13Hungary
4 3 4 11
14Ireland
4 0 3 7
15Romania
3 4 1 8
16Ukraine
3 3 4 10
17Sweden
3 3 3 9
18Uzbekistan
3 0 2 5

[mookiemcgee]

thats kind of meaningless without, say, a total number of athletes competing?

Like if USA had 100 peeps and got 50 medals (.5 per) vs Beerfartistan has 5 peeps and 5 medals (1 per)....

So a per capita medal winning stat?

You should do that!

found it!!!

[jusplay4fun]

You DID IT? or merely found it online somewhere? And how long did you have to find it?

And what does it PROVE? Not much. BUT, w/e floats ur boat. It does not float mine.

[jusplay4fun]

I find it ODD (and a bit interesting) that Breaking (or Break Dancing), a fad that was in the USA in the 1980s or so, is now an Olympic Sport. We had a young man in a strong competition for a medal, but did not follow what he did.

As I see it, Break Dance basically FADED out as a FAD shortly after it "broke" big in the USA and is now a mostly small "niche" activity.

[Dukasaur]

And what does it PROVE? Not much. BUT, w/e floats ur boat. It does not float mine.

You do have to piss on everyone's parade, don't you?

[mookiemcgee]

thats kind of meaningless without, say, a total number of athletes competing?

Like if USA had 100 peeps and got 50 medals (.5 per) vs Beerfartistan has 5 peeps and 5 medals (1 per)....

So a per capita medal winning stat?

You should do that!

found it!!!

You DID IT? or merely found it online somewhere?

found it!!!

Work smarter not harder

[HitRed]

Some Americans are on other world teams. Wonder what the overall number Americans won.

[jusplay4fun]

Whimp.

Because I love numbers and spreadsheets, I did one for the list of medals laid out earlier.

Very interesting results....anyone that would like to see the info (except for Mr. Lazy-Pants) can pm me NUFFSAID

There's over 10,000 athletes at the games from 180 plus countries....amazing.

So your CLAIM that you, KB, did it is FALSE, you did NOT DO IT; Mookie FOUND it. You did nothing, KB, except make FALSE CLAIMS. I apologize to Mookie, thinking KB posted the actual per capita Standings.

AND THAT, Duk, is what this dispute is about, what DID KB actually do? Did you only read the last post or did you read this entire PAGE?