2024 Paris Olympics Day 5 - It’s a Seine

[skatingguy]

Shooting
Women's Trap

Adriana Ruano Oliva
Silvana Maria Stanco
Penny Smith

 

[allezfred]

Ireland has another guaranteed medal after Olympic champion Kellie Harrington advanced to the boxing semis.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime FINALLY beats Danil Medvedev for the first time in I believe 8 tries to make it to the QFs in Men's Singles Tennis!!!

 

[skatingguy]

Rowing
Men's Quadruple Sculls





Women's Quadruple Sculls

 

[skatingguy]

Judo
Women -70 kg

Barbara Matic
Miriam Butkereit
Michaela Polleres
Gabriella Willems

Men -90 kg

Lasha Bekauri
Murao Sanshiro
Maxime-Gael Ngayap Hambou
Theodoros Tselidis

 

[skatingguy]

Canoe Slalom
Women's Canoe Single

Jessica Fox
Elena Lilik
Evy Leibfarth

 

[skatingguy]

Artistic Gymnastics
Men's All-Around

Oka Shinnosuke
Zhang Boheng
Xiao Ruoteng

 

[Theatregirl1122]

So they actually did do the Triathalon in the Seine, right? Not the biathalon?

 

[skatingguy]

Swimming
Women's 100m Freestyle

Sarah Sjoestroem
Torri Huske
Haughey Siobhan Bernadette

 

[Rukia]

So they actually did do the Triathalon in the Seine, right? Not the biathalon?

Yeah. I watched a lot of the women's, and it was a very scenic race but idk how i'd feel about being in the Seine lol

 

[skatingguy]

Swimming
Men's 200 m Butterfly

Leon Marchand
Kristof Milak
Ilya Kharun

 

[peibeck]

So they actually did do the Triathalon in the Seine, right? Not the biathalon?

Yep. I don't care what medal I could have won, just... no. Or rather, non. Non, non, non, non non.

That brilliant young French swimmer, Marchand, kills me. After both gold medals he looks so complacent after winning, like the most bored pussycat...

 

[Tesla]

The end of an era: Nadal and Alcaraz are out.

 

[made_in_canada]

So they actually did do the Triathalon in the Seine, right? Not the biathalon?

This took me a moment to understand. Biathlon is winter!

 

[skatingguy]

Fencing
Men's Sabre Team

 

[skatingguy]

Swimming
Women's 1500 m Freestyle

Katie Ledecky
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova
Isabel Gose

 

[peibeck]

The end of an era: Nadal and Alcaraz are out.

Sad, but the American pair they lost to have won 5 Grand Slams, so not exactly nobodies in doubles.

 

[skatingguy]

Swimming
Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Leon Marchand
Zac Stubblety-Cook
Caspar Corbeau

 

[skatingguy]

Swimming
Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Pan Zhanle
Kyle Chalmers
David Popovici

 

[allezfred]

France were on top of the medal table until China won that gold.

 

[A.H.Black]

Watching the replay of the women's 10M synchro diving, and while I that China deserved the gold, I wish their scores reflected what they actually do and not their reputation. Their last dive should not have received a 9.0. I thought 8.5 was a generous. And now having just watched North Korea's last dive, I think their last dive should've beaten China's last dive, and China still would've won with their huge lead.

I felt the same way about women's 3m synchro as well.

 

[A.H.Black]

I feel awful for the female divers having to wear these barely there swimsuits. They look uncomfortable and are almost thong cuts for some. So unnecessary and I can imagine a diver speaking up would be made to feel awkward by their fed / equipment supplier / diving partner.

We make fun of skating wedgies but those suits are designed that way. Even the beach volleyball players don’t have to wear bikinis anymore. It’s ridiculous.

I noticed the other day that the divers that have suits that cover the most - are the Chinese. Their suits don't cover much more but still - it's sort of a sign that you don't have to show everything in order to win. It would be really nice if a couple of divers just started showing up in regular suits. I don't think there is a rule that you have to wear those awful ones. I'm sure someone will tell me if there is a rule about it.

 

[Parsley Sage]

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime FINALLY beats Danil Medvedev for the first time in I believe 8 tries to make it to the QFs in Men's Singles Tennis!!!

Felix and Gabby Dabrowski won their QF match in mixed doubles too.

 

[Rukia]

maybe you should just let the divers wear whatever suits they want like sorry you can't stand to see a little bit of body but i'm built different

 

[A.H.Black]

I noticed a couple of events, Judo and BMX today, where all the medals went to different countries. I think that's great.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

This took me a moment to understand. Biathlon is winter!

It is until you cancel swimming for the triathalon! Then what else would you call it???

 

[misskarne]

Canoe Slalom
Women's Canoe Single

Jessica Fox
Elena Lilik
Evy Leibfarth

Jess Fox is beyond legend status. Absolutely untouchable brilliance over a sustained period.

 

[made_in_canada]

It is until you cancel swimming for the triathalon! Then what else would you call it???

Duathlon Biathlon is completely logical, my brain just got hung up on a winter sport in the summer Olympics and it took a bit for me to figure it out. It probably didn’t help I was reading about the figure skating team event medals so I was primed for winter sports.

 

[Garden Kitty]

Andy Murray wins the internet today with his post on twitter.

Never even liked tennis anyway.

 

[Tesla]

Andy Murray wins the internet today with his post on twitter.

I read that as Elsa from Frozen.