Olympic games Paris 2024

[Gutter Boy]

I've never heard that about Phelps, but then I've no interest in swimming. Interesting.
There's different levels, what separates you and me for instance from a guy playing non league, from a guy in the championship all the way up to the elites in sport who obviously have that certain mental drive to make the best of themselves and and physical advantage they have.
And being fortunate enough to have a chance to participate and enjoy a sport that you are physically built for.
There's a reason only a very small percentage of people go on to be the elite, and for me a gold medal in the Olympics qualifies as elite, it's not easy.
There's so many components that go in to make it a success it's not just one single issue.

In truth there's only 1 component - genetics. Training and mentality are things you can work on in the final 1%, but sports performance is 99% genetics.

 

[Daisuk]

Duplantis is like he's doing a completely different sport to the other guys. 5,85 in the pole vault and it looks like he clears the bar with almost a meter ffs! What a weird weird sport, but fascinating none the less.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Duplantis is like he's doing a completely different sport to the other guys. 5,85 in the pole vault and it looks like he clears the bar with almost a meter ffs! What a weird weird sport, but fascinating none the less.

Lucky he doesn’t have a big man lump like the French lad

 

[DubSpur]

Great run by Hodgkinson

 

[Jurgen the German]

I was slightly worried about how confident everyone was about Keeley Hodgkinson but I needn’t had worried. Didn’t even run her fastest time and still bossed it.

 

[Denmark Spur]

Armand Duplantis

Wow

 

[Glenda's Legs]

I was slightly worried about how confident everyone was about Keeley Hodgkinson but I needn’t had worried. Didn’t even run her fastest time and still bossed it.

Had she not won, I was expecting the BBC team to be wearing black armbands, such was their pre-race hyperbole.
But I guess they were right.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

Had she not won, I was expecting the BBC team to be wearing black armbands, such was their pre-race hyperbole.
But I guess they were right.

She is brilliant
So steady and knows her pacing so well
When you see her training you can see why

 

[SteveAWOL]

I was slightly worried about how confident everyone was about Keeley Hodgkinson but I needn’t had worried. Didn’t even run her fastest time and still bossed it.

Puts into perspective how much faster than any amateur runner she is.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1820174342119882856

 

[markysimmo]

Puts into perspective how much faster than any amateur runner she is.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1820174342119882856

That's Insane

 

[markysimmo]

This was awesome too

Paris 2024 Olympics track cycling video: Team GB win women's team sprint gold in world record time

Team GB win gold in the women's team sprint as they beat New Zealand in the final and break the world record for the third time in a day at Paris 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bedfordspurs]

This was awesome too

Paris 2024 Olympics track cycling video: Team GB win women's team sprint gold in world record time

Team GB win gold in the women's team sprint as they beat New Zealand in the final and break the world record for the third time in a day at Paris 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

They were brilliant

 

[Daisuk]

Haha, Ingebrigtsen didn't even get a medal on the 1500. After all that talk, that's quite funny. And Kerr didn't win either! Haha. Loved it.

 

[richie_spur]

Haha, Ingebrigtsen didn't even get a medal on the 1500. After all that talk, that's quite funny. And Kerr didn't win either! Haha. Loved it.

It is what happens if you only focus on beating one guy...

 

[Kandi1977]

Haha, Ingebrigtsen didn't even get a medal on the 1500. After all that talk, that's quite funny. And Kerr didn't win either! Haha. Loved it.

Josh Kerr can just fudge off. He's got no chance of winning a race if he has to do the race by himself. Couldn't even win when getting a tow for 1450 meters.

 

[Daisuk]

Josh Kerr can just fudge off. He's got no chance of winning a race if he has to do the race by himself. Couldn't even win when getting a tow for 1450 meters.

He was pretty close, to be honest! But loved that he didn't.

 

[Dicko]

Ingebrigtsen moved over to make Kerr go around and left the gap on the inside didn't he!

 

[Bedfordspurs]

That was fun
The egos didn’t win
And the American Gareth Bale look alike did

 

[DubSpur]

Ingebrigtsen moved over to make Kerr go around and left the gap on the inside didn't he!

Yeah, concentrated on Kerr, didn't give Hocker a second thought, delighted that they were both beaten.

 

[Daisuk]

Mike Powell's world record from 1991 in long jump still stands. Crazy. 8.95 - that is just silly. I'm well impressed looking at these dudes jumping now.