Paris Olympics 2024 Thread

[MaximumSam]

I don't understand fencing, but then, neither does do the people covering it for Peacock

[Cincydawg]

[longhorn320]

I told that damn brick layer to stay off the wine while putting in my fence

just cant get good help anymore

[LittlePig]

I think it would be cool if the Olympics had a Kentucky Derby style horse race where the horse is given the gold medal.

[Cincydawg]

I read one suggestion to have a "normal person" in each event to show how tough it is.  Maybe not for the marathon etc.

[MarqHusker]

Probably not in archery either.   70m.  Fans on each side. 

[MarqHusker]

Speaking of archery, South Korea women  just a machine.   I watched NED push them and they just wilted in last set then tiebreaker. 

China gets a shot now in gold match.  South Korea has won every gold since inception in 88.

[ELA]

Speaking of archery, South Korea women  just a machine.  I watched NED push them and they just wilted in last set then tiebreaker.

China gets a shot now in gold match.  South Korea has won every gold since inception in 88.

Id be curious as to how the accuracy of archery compares to shooting even a generation ago

[ELA]

I read one suggestion to have a "normal person" in each event to show how tough it is.  Maybe not for the marathon etc.

We were discussing which sport would you embarrass yourself the least in.  I think it might be shooting.  Everyone is inside the inner circle, which I obviously would not be.  But there are 7 and 8 point circles, which I assume are there for a reason.  At some level, people must be hitting those.  So even if I got destroyed, Id presumably at least be hitting the target somewhere.  And obviously some would realize how bad it was, but I think it would be less obvious to a casual observer than in most sports. 

[MarqHusker]

Air pistol is at 10m.   Basically any shot below a 10 is viewed as meh.  At 7-8 I assume that's like batting .075 in baseball.

Archery, that's 70m.  Recurve w a fair amount of aid,  sights l, weights and finger tabs.  I bet most folks would miss the target entirely.  I thought the men's event was once just the recurve bow w arrow, no aid or equipment. 

Watching surf and kayak look like total failures for normal folks. 

[MaximumSam]

I'm enjoying the fencing despite not having any idea what is going on. They do have announcers for it now, which helps.

[Cincydawg]

When I was 20, I'd say basketball, for me.  I could run the 400 pretty well, but obviously I'd be nearly 100 m behind these folks.  At 1600 m, I once broke 5 minutes, about killed me, unofficial time, but that puts me over a minute behind, an entire lap.  Things like shooting would not look as terrible of course even if the score was a joke.  I'd look OK.  Swimming?  I probably wouldn't drown, again, I'd be laps behind in most events, if I could swim that far at all.

Anything diving or gymnasticly, fuggit aboud it.

[OrangeAfroMan]

I read one suggestion to have a "normal person" in each event to show how tough it is.  Maybe not for the marathon etc.

Don't forget, the person the marathon is named after dropped dead immediately after.

[longhorn320]

so Im watching these 6 year old kids competing for a metal in the skateboard event

they fall so much the only thing missing is having them say "hold my beer and watch this"