Sport The Essendon Board’s Paris 2024 Olympics Thread

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Time to start our Paris 2024 Olympics thread.

What are we all excited about?
Think I will get up early tomorrow to see night 1 of the swimming.

boncer34 can you keep track of teams winning their first ever medal?

What I saw of the opening ceremony was bonkers but good.

 

[boncer34]

Time to start our Paris 2024 Olympics thread.

What are we all excited about?
Think I will get up early tomorrow to see night 1 of the swimming.

boncer34 can you keep track of teams winning their first ever medal?

What I saw of the opening ceremony was bonkers but good.

Why me?

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Why me?

You were awesome at keeping us up to date during the Tokyo Olympics

 

[boncer34]

You were awesome at keeping us up to date during the Tokyo Olympics

Was I?

I don't remember that at all

 

[eth-dog]

We had a Tokyo thread?

 

[boncer34]

We had a Tokyo thread?

We did. I found it.

 

[eth-dog]

We did. I found it.

Fair enough

 

[eth-dog]

Gracie is probably the third favourite on form for the ITT. Course does suit her. I'd be happy with any medal here.

 

[boncer34]

Ariarne

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Ariarne

What an awesome swim!!
So mentally tough!
Had Ledecki beaten at the 200, McIntosh put up a great fight.

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Gracie is probably the third favourite on form for the ITT. Course does suit her. I'd be happy with any medal here.

Great call…smashed them! Only just read her backstory about being a runner before switching to the bike.

 

[boncer34]

Emma McKeon with more gold than any other Aussie

 

[eth-dog]

Great call…smashed them! Only just read her backstory about being a runner before switching to the bike.

Yeah she rode extremely well. Stayed upright the entire time which was very important.

 

[eth-dog]

Jess finally did it!

 

[boncer34]

Great stuff Foxy.

Non-Aussie but watch the 400m IM Final if you can, Marchand was unbelievable.

 

[eth-dog]

Great stuff Foxy.

Non-Aussie but watch the 400m IM Final if you can, Marchand was unbelievable.

Yeah, watched the replay. Insane.

 

[boncer34]

Opals had a shocker to this point

 

[boncer34]

If they win its all me.

 

[boncer34]

FT shooting been poor.

 

[boncer34]

I can jump on a skateboard and crash.

 

[eth-dog]

Cory's brother is skating

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Mollie O’Callaghan’s last lap was something special. She was so nervous on the blocks (legs shaking uncontrollably)that I didn’t think she would be able to do it.
Great swim by Siobhan Haughey, I think the way she took it out and held her pace was a great tactic to the 150m mark but O’Callaghans turn put her in the box seat.

 

[Vander18]

Will be at the Boomers game today. So pumped!

 

[Sporno 4 Pyros]

Will be at the Boomers game today. So pumped!

Oh wow!!
Have you been/going to any other events??

 

[Vander18]

Oh wow!!
Have you been/going to any other events??

Yep - went to soccer the other night and was at the table tennis and volleyball yesterday.

A full day of hoops today - also seeing Spain v Greece and France v Japan.

Beach volleyball tomorrow.

Boomers game is the big one though.