Olympics 2024 - discussion thread

[azn_cyniq]

India has a couple of medals in shooting, are they good?

They have some fantastic shooters, but I doubt they would've won a single medal if Russia was allowed to participate.

 

[Chish]

India has a couple of medals in shooting, are they good?

As of today, India has 3 bronzes, all from shooting. Shootings are their best chances.

 

[sndef888]

China women's hockey defeated Australia to proceed to semi final

Feels like something has changed and Chinese sports is becoming more all rounded instead of the focus on dominating a few sports

Australians on reddit are incredibly salty lmao

 

[sndef888]

The "possible gold" events today:

~1 in shooting (Won)
~1 in badminton (Lost)
~1 in gymnastics men's parallel bar (Won)

Now time for the remaining 2 gymnastics (men's high bar, women's balance beam)

 

[henrik]

China women's hockey defeated Australia to proceed to semi final

Feels like something has changed and Chinese sports is becoming more all rounded instead of the focus on dominating a few sports

Australians on reddit are incredibly salty lmao

India is quite strong in field hockey right?

If China could expand into soccer, that would be much better for the audiences. Also, they need more medals in judo, fencing, and rowing.

 

[Randomuser]

The "possible gold" events today:

~1 in shooting (Won)
~1 in badminton (Lost)

Now time for the 3 gymnastics (men's parallel bar, high bar, women's balance beam)

Hopefully nothing catastrophic happens

In my view, women's single was pretty much impossible. I dunno why they picked He Bingjiao but I guess they didn't have confidence Chen Yufei could beat her so He was the sacrificial lamb to save face. The biggest loser of this Marin who probably has her career ended now.

 

[pbd456]

In my view, women's single was pretty much impossible. I dunno why they picked He Bingjiao but I guess they didn't have confidence Chen Yufei could beat her so He was the sacrificial lamb to save face. The biggest loser of this Marin who probably has her career ended now.

Stop saying it is picked.

You literally say China is cheating in Olympic by rigged one player over the other

 

[Jiang ZeminFanboy]

In my view, women's single was pretty much impossible. I dunno why they picked He Bingjiao but I guess they didn't have confidence Chen Yufei could beat her so He was the sacrificial lamb to save face. The biggest loser of this Marin who probably has her career ended now.

That's defeatist mindset, maybe probably just He had better day and she won against Chen that day and that's it.

 

[pbd456]

That's defeatist mindset, maybe probably just He had better day and she won against Chen that day and that's it.

They were playing in semi final in Tokyo. And Chen won, I think there were accusations that China was match fixing in that match.

 

[Randomuser]

They were playing in semi final in Tokyo. And Chen won, I think there were accusations that China was match fixing in that match.

Given that Chen won gold, that was the right choice.

He can never perform under pressure when it needs to count.