Olympic Medal Tally

[caskur]

Team
Gold Silver Bronze    Total   

1 China
16   12   9   37
   
2 United States
14   24   23   61
   
3 France
12   14   15   41
   
4 Australia
12   8   7   27
   
5 Great Britain
10   10   13   33
 
6 South Korea
9   7   5   21
   
7 Japan
8   5   9   22
   
8 Italy
6   8   5   19
   
9 Netherlands
6   4   4   14
   
10 Canada
4   4   7   15   

11 Germany
4   4   2   10
   
12 Romania
3   3   1   7



I am absolutely freezing to death this morning. It's icy cold Perth WA. ICY COLD.

[caskur]

We are fourth... and to think our population is around 26,000,000 so what are we doing right where other nations aren't?

[JOE]

One of our girls had covid. I just saw her interviewed on the news and she caught covid in Tokyo as well.... talk about tough luck hey?

Congratulations to Summer MacIntosh... 

Tick is to stay healthy eh?

Maybe thT explAins why an American male swimmer finished 6th tho he was ranked 1st

Maybe he was sick

[Reggie Essent]

We are fourth... and to think our population is around 26,000,000 so what are we doing right where other nations aren't?

Well, I'm sure it has nothing to do with that good Anglo-Saxon stock, Cas, that would be racist. 

Though, I am wondering why you Aussies don't have any Abos competing in the running races?  Abos must not be as fast as African stock folks.

Of course, that's racist as fuck to say too, so to put that to bed, genetics has less to do with how fast someone can run that does heart as shown in the video below.  Biggie Smiles might like this one.  Watch it til the end, bigs.  Watch this slip of a girl come out of nowhere to win a race.  This is why I watch the Olympic.

[Reggie Essent]

Cunting Youtube jagoffs!

Watch the vid.

[JOE]

Well, I'm sure it has nothing to do with that good Anglo-Saxon stock, Cas, that would be racist. 

Summer McIntosh....that's Scottish eh Reggie Essent Reggie?

Shes all of 17 & has already won 3 Gold Medals for Canada...in just 1 Olympics!

Heck shes even better than Canada's other former best swimmer who is part Scottish...Penny Oleksiak

McIntosh started in the Olympics when she was only 14. So if shes only 17, she could be good for 2 or even 3 more Olympics given that some of those other women are almost 30 years old.

[caskur]

Though, I am wondering why you Aussies don't have any Abos competing in the running races?  Abos must not be as fast as African stock folks.

Well unless you dangle a carton of beer in front of them they don't do much running. I think there was an aborigine in the men's basket ball team.

It takes dedication to be an Olympian and I am afraid abos are too spoiled to do anything that takes dedication. We used to have abos take up boxing.. have you heard Lional Rose? He became a singer as well as a champion boxer..

[caskur]

I was so happy Ukraine won the high jumps and we got Silver and Bronze..   it was good. I also think Ukraine got a Bronze too, so the podium was shared.

Anyway I think the games are a bit boring. BUT finally the USA HAS hit 1st Place. 


Team   

Gold   Silver   Bronze   Total   

1 United States
19   26   26   71   

2 China
19   15   11   45   

3 France
12   14   18   44   

4 Australia
12   11   8   31   

5 Great Britain
10   12   15   37



I hate watching sport you can see every weekend like basketball and football and tennis.

Australia needs 7 gold medals to catch the USA. I would love to knock China out of second place....lol

[JOE]

Canada wins Gold in the Men's Hammer Throw:

[Reggie Essent]

Looks like the American beach volleyball girls are about to eliminate the Italian girls.

There goes the best asses in that tournament.

[Shen Li]

Vancouve's 2010 Olympiad was pretty mediocre actually.

But at least the women who competed really were women in that one. There were no transgender athletes at that one.

But whatta difference 10-15 years makes. In just a 1/2 generation that world has become that caw caw.

Eggs ackly

[Oliver the Second]

[caskur]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/olympics/olympic-gold-medallist-thomas-ceccon-spotted-sleepinb7fea1c14f504586ee0ff970dd9c5e18g-in-park-after-ripping-olympic-village-conditions/news-story/e277992f9259100d203c271e9c5ff866

Olympic gold medallist Thomas Ceccon spotted sleeping in park after ripping Olympic Village conditions

Olympic gold medallist Thomas Ceccon has been spotted sleeping in a park after complaining about the conditions in the Olympic Village.

Ethan Sears – New York Post

August 5, 2024 - 10:36AM

Sleeping on the ground isn't ideal, but it's better than a cardboard bed.

That, at least, appeared to be the logic of Olympic gold medallist Thomas Ceccon, who was spotted sleeping in a park inside the Olympic Village, the New York Post reports.

Saudi rower Husein Alireza posted a photo of Ceccon fast asleep on a white towel under a tree on Saturday, tagging the location as inside the Olympic Village.

The Italian swimmer, who won gold in the 100m backstroke, had already complained publicly about the accommodations in the Olympic Village, which have been panned throughout the Paris Games, after failing to reach the 200-meter backstroke final on Wednesday.

"There is no airconditioning in the village, it's hot, the food is bad," Ceccon said, per The Sun.

"Many athletes move for this reason: it's not an alibi or an excuse, it's the reality of what perhaps not everybody knows.

"I'm disappointed that I didn't make the final, but I was too tired. It's hard to sleep both at night and in the afternoon. Here, I really struggle between the heat and the noise."

The Italian team declined additional comment to The Sun.

Olympic Games organisers have come under criticism over the large quantity of vegan food being served at the athletes' village in Paris. News Corp Columnist Angela Mollard joined Sky News host Gabriella Power to discuss the fury over the Olympic Village conditions. "About 60 per cent of the menu at the athlete's village is apparently vegan. Now that's fine if you're having a convention of astrologers and palm readers, but this is the Olympics," Ms Mollard said. "They need a hunk of steak."

Saudi rower Husein Alireza posted a photo of Ceccon fast asleep on a white towel under a tree on Saturday, tagging the location as inside the Olympic Village.

The Italian swimmer, who won gold in the 100m backstroke, had already complained publicly about the accommodations in the Olympic Village, which have been panned throughout the Paris Games, after failing to reach the 200-meter backstroke final on Wednesday.

"There is no airconditioning in the village, it's hot, the food is bad," Ceccon said, per The Sun.

"Many athletes move for this reason: it's not an alibi or an excuse, it's the reality of what perhaps not everybody knows.

"I'm disappointed that I didn't make the final, but I was too tired. It's hard to sleep both at night and in the afternoon. Here, I really struggle between the heat and the noise."

The Italian team declined additional comment to The Sun.

The IOC has come under fire for a lack of airconditioning and cardboard "anti-sex" beds in the Olympic village — measures intended to help the environment — along with poor food.

"There are not enough of certain foods: eggs, chicken, certain carbohydrates," Andy Anson, the chief of the British Olympic Association, told The Times of London. "And then there is the quality of the food, with raw meat being served to athletes."

A number of athletes, including the entire U.S. women's tennis team (with the exception of Coco Gauff) left the village for alternate lodging as a result.

The recyclable beds have become a punchline since their introduction in 2020 because they are only meant to support one person, leading to jokes that they are sex-proof.

Matilda Kearns, of the Australian water polo team, posted that she "already had a massage to undo the damage" from the cardboard mattress.

Perhaps she should try sleeping on the ground for a more restful eight hours.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

[caskur]

Oz has hit 3rd Place....lol... no doubt not for long...


Paris 2024
26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024

Gold   Silver   Bronze   Total   

1 China
21   17   14   52   

2 United States
19   29   27   75   

3 Australia
13   11   8   32   

4 France
12   15   18   45   

5 South Korea
11   8   7   26

6 Great Britain
10   13   17   40   

7 Japan
10   5   11   26   

8 Italy
9   10   6   25   

9 Netherlands
6   5   4   15   

10 Germany
6   5   3   14   

11 Canada
5   4   8   17   

12 New Zealand
3   4   1   8

[caskur]

Summer McIntosh....that's Scottish eh Reggie Essent Reggie?

Shes all of 17 & has already won 3 Gold Medals for Canada...in just 1 Olympics!

Heck shes even better than Canada's other former best swimmer who is part Scottish...Penny Oleksiak

McIntosh started in the Olympics when she was only 14. So if shes only 17, she could be good for 2 or even 3 more Olympics given that some of those other women are almost 30 years old.

Our Shane Gould won 5 medals in swimming when she was 15..

3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze... I think she is the world's best ever female swimmer... the American guy from around that era was the best male olympian... he won 5 or more medals too.