2024 Paris Olympics thread
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what a surge at the end. He looked to be 4th place at best coming off the turn. Wow
Gold: Nina Kennedy - Australia
Silver: Katie Moon - USA
Bronze: Alysha Newman - Canada
a shocker. Nobody had him (Rooks) as a medal threat.
just a fyi -- Iran is one of the powers in international wrestling
Just a shout out to @Tom McAndrew for all the great coverage as always. Tgar has watched a lot of the Olympics but scrolling through this thread is shear joy. Thank you Tom.
Since no Americans made the Men’s Discus finals, I abandoned my brothers in brawn for Katie Moon’s run in the pole vault.
That being said, here are the discus results.
Gold: Roje Stona, Jamaica, 70.0m (new Olympic record)
Silver: Mykolas Alenka, Lithuania, 69.97m (Alenka’s throw briefly set the new Olympic record until Stona passed it. Alenka is also the current world record holder at 74.35m)
Bronze: Matthew Denny, Australia, 69.31m
Jamaica had three in the final twelve and this was Jamaica’s first gold medal of the games and their first Olympic medal of any kind in the discus.
That being said, here are the discus results.
Gold: Roje Stona, Jamaica, 70.0m (new Olympic record)
Silver: Mykolas Alenka, Lithuania, 69.97m (Alenka’s throw briefly set the new Olympic record until Stona passed it. Alenka is also the current world record holder at 74.35m)
Bronze: Matthew Denny, Australia, 69.31m
Jamaica had three in the final twelve and this was Jamaica’s first gold medal of the games and their first Olympic medal of any kind in the discus.
Pray that Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma, current world record holder in the steeplechase, is ok and recovers quickly from the nasty fall in that same Rooks clip...
Yeah, pre-race analysis was that Girma was one of the co-favorites for the gold. That was a nasty fall, and left him parallel with the hurdle, just in the landing zone.
I just saw a clip on NBC stating that he is recovering well at a hospital.
Hope this is allowed - salty language but an insane Tony Soprano impression Re Italian boxer at Olympics…
Thank you, Tom. Gabby ran a great race for the gold.
NBC was pushing Richardson as the big US women’s track star for these Olympics, but Gabby took the crown and ran away with it.
Kinda like Man City, eh? Or the tall guy Leon, for Poland’s volleyball team. His last name doesn’t end in “ski” or consonants!
Bob that is setting up way too easily for a joke. You must not have had enough Starbucks today.
