2024 Paris Paralympics

[The Buscher]

Incredible 

[JasonM]

That must've been the closest finish I have ever seen in a 100m. Fantastic stuff.

[gunnar hendershow]

For perspective on how close (and crazy) that race was.

[Your Mom]

The Olympians I watched when I was younger are analysts now. Ah the passage of time. I remember when she was just Misty May!  

[gunnar hendershow]

3 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

The Olympians I watched when I was younger are analysts now. Ah the passage of time. I remember when she was just Misty May!  

The announcers of our youth are retiring too. This had the last diving event with Cynthia Potter announcing.

[Pooker]

100m race was insane. I jumped off my couch when they said Lyles won it. Absolutely insane to come back the way he did.

And how about that Canadian that won the hammer throw? Half the size of the rest of the throwers!

[The Buscher]

Cheng and Hughes hang on!  Very tough challenge from the Italian team.

[Szumi]

3 minutes ago, The Buscher said:

Cheng and Hughes hang on!  Very tough challenge from the Italian team.

That match was amazing. Some absolutely ridiculous digs and saves from both teams in that. Sarah Hughes was just next level in that match, and it made the difference. Incredible match.

[Benjamin]

12 hours ago, The Buscher said:

Intense badminton doubles final.  The crowd was going crazy for Taiwan.

Was on the edge of my seat. My heart had already gone through several cardiac arrests for the Bronze medal match when Malaysia almost fumbled the bag there.

One more medal to win for us in the badminton singles, hope Lee Zii Jia pulls it off. 

[Adam]

I'm knackered just watching these triathletes. And not just because it's Monday morning!

Great effort by Beth Potter to nab silver in a photo finish there.

[Chris2K]

Molly Caudery, a big GB medal hope for her performances this year, and a strong candidate for endorsement deals if she'd won (think the non-hockey equivalent of Sam Quek), has crashed out of the pole vault at the first stage. She failed to clear 4.55m three times, despite clearing 4.92m earlier this year.

[Baddar]

@Colly

 

[Adam]

3 hours ago, Chris2K said:

Molly Caudery, a big GB medal hope for her performances this year, and a strong candidate for endorsement deals if she'd won (think the non-hockey equivalent of Sam Quek), has crashed out of the pole vault at the first stage. She failed to clear 4.55m three times, despite clearing 4.92m earlier this year.

She went for a higher starting height than was probably needed too, really a massive shame. She was one of the only British medal hopes I was aware of in the Athletics going into the Olympics, so to not even make the final is gutting.

[Bobfoc]

It's been a bit of a disappointing start for Britain in the athletics, with Hughes, Hinchliffe and Asher-Smith underperforming in the 100m. Hopefully, Keely Hodgkinson can get it done in the 800m tonight. Matthew Hudson-Smith in the 400m is a definite medal hope too.

[gunnar hendershow]

Sports are good

[Bobfoc]

I'm glad the track cycling has started. It's always good fun.

[Bobfoc]

Brilliant stuff in the Women's Team Sprint. The world record was broken five times in the space of about an hour, with Britain getting three of them and the gold medal.

[Lineker]

1 hour ago, Bobfoc said:

I'm glad the track cycling has started. It's always good fun.

GB gold and a new world record in the women's team sprint!

[Bobfoc]

Gold for Keely Hodgkinson. I was getting nervous there. She can, and has, run faster, but she got the victory anyway.

[Chris2K]

No need for a photo finish in tonight's main event, great run from Keely Hodgkinson.