2024 Summer Olympics

[WuDrWu]

People will think I'm trying to be funny....but I'm not. The women's badminton doubles match between Thailand and Denmark was tremendous. Denmark saved several match points (down 1 set, best of 3) then trailed maybe 16-20 (to 21 by 2) in the 3rd, saved at least 7 match points and won the set and match 25-23 I think. Remarkable rallies back and forth between the 4 ladies.

[WuDrWu]

Turkey wins Bronze.

By the way, since they never show you how far they shoot in archery.....at the Olympic level:


It's 70 meters (77 yards from one endzone to almost the 20 yard line on the opposite end of the field) and hit a circle about the size of a typical coffee cup saucer for the inner 10 ring.

Frankly, it's laughable to me.



Korea vs France for the Gold. Korea, obviously, is the huge favorite.

[WuDrWu]

Men's archery team Bronze match, China v Turkey is on.

[Shockm]

I haven't seen it. I've seen a couple of photos from it which lead me to not want to watch.

But by all accounts it didn't mock Christianity, even though some got upset about it.

Paying tribute to the original Greeks isn't necessarily a bad thing for an Olympic ceremony. Would the ancient Greeks have approved of it? That I have no idea.

I didn't watch either, but I saw stories about it.

But if you think that portraying Jesus and his apostles as "heavy drag queens", (and included children in it's depiction) during his Last Supper prior to his crucifixion, is factual, and historical to the Olympic movement, you're unaware.

The Greek games actually began in 776 BC between the city states of Greece. I won't get into the rest of the Greco-Roman influence of the day that led to Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter.

[ABC]

I haven't seen it. I've seen a couple of photos from it which lead me to not want to watch.

But by all accounts it didn't mock Christianity, even though some got upset about it.

Paying tribute to the original Greeks isn't necessarily a bad thing for an Olympic ceremony. Would the ancient Greeks have approved of it? That I have no idea.

That is a b.s. revision. In the original description, it was, in fact a "recreation" of the Da Vinci's painting. Erick Erickson on X: "The memory holing of the Last Supper thing is remarkable. Before the event, it was accepted. Sortiraparis documented it. Afterwards, they have scrubbed their site and everyone denies it was at all connected to The Last Supper. You can find the references, not in English, in https://t.co/HK8B5FRvPO" / X

"Others, including a statement from Paris 2024 producers obtained by TheWrap Sunday, said that it was in fact inspired by Da Vinci’s famous painting — a skewing of the religious imagery that has been slammed by the Christian right as a mockery of Jesus Christ.

“For the ‘Festivities’ segment, Thomas Jolly took inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting to create the setting,” producers said in the statement. “Clearly, there was never an intention to show disrespect towards any religious group or belief … [Jolly] is not the first artist to make a reference to what is a world-famous work of art. From Andy Warhol to ‘The Simpsons,’ many have done it before him.”"

Paris Olympics Say The Last Supper Inspired Opening Ceremony (thewrap.com)

[ABC]

Ouch!

"They are having a rough go of it." LOL

[SubGod22]

Here's something to keep an eye on in some running events.

Lightest-Ever Running Shoes Are Made by a Spray - to Win Marathons and Shake up Olympics

When Kenyan runner Hellen Obiri takes to the track in Paris this summer to equal or better her previous silver medal, she will be sporting a pair of “spray-on” running shoes.

With the support needed to aid in the acceleration and speed of Obiri’s dashing, the shoes are the lightest running shoes ever, perhaps shaving those few milliseconds off a running time that would turn a silver into a gold.

Zurich-based firm, On, which invented the Cloudboom Strike LS running shoe, says its most important gauge of success or failure is whether the athletes wearing their shoes win.

Inventor Johannes Voelchert came up with the idea during Halloween, when he watched a child spray spider webs all over a bush with a hot glue gun-like toy.

Composed of a carbon fiber sole without a heel cap or toe spring, the Cloudboom’s upper is made of a thermoplastic that sets and binds in just 3 minutes.

The material, which it dubs LightSpray, has “the potential… to move us towards a more sustainable, circular future,” said Marc Maurer, On’s co-CEO, in a press release.

[SubGod22]

I haven't seen it. I've seen a couple of photos from it which lead me to not want to watch.

But by all accounts it didn't mock Christianity, even though some got upset about it.

Paying tribute to the original Greeks isn't necessarily a bad thing for an Olympic ceremony. Would the ancient Greeks have approved of it? That I have no idea.

[Shockm]

Did the organizers really mean to apologize to the people of the world who hold more traditional values? Or are they trying to change to world (and children that are watching) to their world POV. Make the Olympics into a form of the former Greek Pagan Festival by worshipping Pagan Gods.

Paris Olympic organizers apologized Sunday to people offended during a tableau of the opening ceremony that depicted the Greek god Dionysus and an ancient festival meant to honor him. Critics said it mocked “The Last Supper.”

During Friday's ceremony, there was a moment on the Debilly Bridge over the Seine when the camera cut to French DJ and producer Barbara Butch, who describes herself as a "love activist." Butch wore a blue dress with a silver headdress and as the camera panned out, she was flanked by drag queens on both sides. Later appeared a nearly naked man painted in blue − a portrayal of Dionysus, the god of wine-making, vegetation, fertility and ecstasy − on a dinner plate surrounded by food. He then sang as the people around him danced, and it turned into a runway scene where models walked across.

The scene has been met with backlash as people say it mocked "The Last Supper," the famous painting from Leonardo da Vinci that shows Jesus Christ with his 12 apostles at his last supper, where he announced that one of the apostles would betray him.

Thomas Jolly, the opening ceremony’s artistic director, said at the International Olympic Committee's daily briefing at the Olympic Games on Saturday that the moment was not meant to "be subversive or shock people or mock people."




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[WstateU]

Ouch!

[WstateU]

[Kung Wu]

An Italian gymnast on the balance beam just non-chalantly leans forward and lifts her leg behind her and just keeps going forward until the bottom of her foot touched her head.

What in the hay-ell kind of voodoo is that???

[Kung Wu]

Wow I need to check that out.

[WuDrWu]

I always go for the US team/individual first. Then if there is no USA competitor but there is someone on the verge of breaking a record, I find myself cheering for them. But in the absence of those two things, I find myself rooting for the underdog. Not sure why.

The international basketball rules are very different from the NBA. The NBA has modified a ton of rulings to allow for protecting stars. That bump was ok in international games.


The women's archery team final was outstanding.

9 time defending champ Korea took the first 2 games. China came back for the next 2. Game 5 is 1 arrow each. Initially scored 9-9-9 to 8-10-9 (tied again) goes to center shot which China had locked up. But after rechecking 2 of the Korea arrows, with a magnifying glass, they deemed one touched the line and scored it a 10 instead of a 9. Point, game, match, gold medal, Korea.

Good stuff.

[Kung Wu]

Unless the underdog is China.