Other Olympic stuff besides golf

johnnydoom · 2024-08-04T20:04:14+00:00

What a finish by Noah Lyles in the 100m dash! I wasn’t even focused on him as it looked like the winner was coming from lanes 3 or 2.

Stu1961

Lose breaking, but get to look forward to flag football in 2028. Then, maybe, ultimate frisbee in 2032, checkers in 2036, and knitting in 2040?

darpar

Stu1961
Don't forget "Roofball"!

garyt1957

Stu1961 Lose breaking, but get to look forward to flag football in 2028. Then, maybe, ultimate frisbee in 2032, checkers in 2036, and knitting in 2040?

Pickleball in 8 years I'd guess

Rickochet

Stu1961 Lose breaking, but get to look forward to flag football in 2028. Then, maybe, ultimate frisbee in 2032, checkers in 2036, and knitting in 2040?

Surely pickleball is going to be there.

Stu1961

darpar
Had to Google it. Now I kinda wish I hadn’t. Life was better prior to wasting that minute and devoting the six brain cells required for storing the memory.

darpar

Par4QC

Looks like she has to give her bronze medal back...WHAT A TOTAL MESS!!!
https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/olympics/jordan-chiles-return-bronze-medal-rcna166119

Stu1961

darpar

That’s the Olympic spirit. The judges screwed up, but because it was not pointed out to them until four seconds beyond an arbitrary established time period, the competitor loses. Another black eye for subjectively scored events.

Par4QC

darpar And Chiles is already back home. With the medal.

And lest we forget...it is a racist thing. So I've read from Chiles' family posts.
SMH

garyt1957

johnnydoom I just watched a replay of the women’s Breaking gold medal match won by Japan. Break dancing seems like a strange addition, but is every bit as athletic and artistic as long accepted Olympic competitions

I watched the men's bronze medal match and they were incredible! Better athletes than 75% of the other sports.

garyt1957

fatshot I think he was 4 for 4 from beyond the arc in the last 3-4 minutes.....!!!

The last one was absolutely ridiculous!

sdandrea1

Rickochet This is an Olympic competition? What's next?

Golf club ho-ing is coming soon to the Olympics. Me and @Par4QC to sweep gold and silver.

Par4QC

sdandrea1 You know damn well we could never compete.
Airlines would lose our equipment. Or break it.

😅

MartinD

Par4QC You know damn well we could never compete.
Airlines would lose our equipment. Or break it.

Isn't that just an opportunity to acquire more? 😉

Bravopilot

Par4QC I'm thinking about how PapaD came up with the Gold-Silver. Age or beauty? However, can be many sub-categories. PapaD was competitive when he had two Ho-ing homes of stuff, now 1.

Stu1961

Rickochet Surely pickleball is going to be there.

The earliest would be 2032 as several “things” have to be done (which can’t be done in three plus years?). The biggest sticking point is that the International Olympic Committee must first recognize it as a sport. According to the Olympic charter, it must be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries and on four continents and by women in no fewer than 40 countries and on three continents.
Given some of the currently included events, “sport” and “widely” must have generously broad definitions 😂

Weirfan

No disrespect to the competitors but I just cant get my head around breakdancing as an Olympic Sport. Thankfully just a one off

rsvman2

Yipsy Real bronze acquires a patina. It can be left as is or it can be polished. But bronze is gonna be bronze, and bronze develops a patina; in other words, it oxidizes.

darpar

I guess we now know why Tom Cruise was at the Olympics.....
He had to pick something up!

Par4QC

Yipsy Their value goes way beyond those figures.
Even that $5 bronze can fetch winners upwards of 100's of 1000's. Depends on the country.

(it would have to be really heavy to be worth $5 in scrap, btw)

Par4QC

Yipsy why people try stealing copper. Not much value.

That's being uninformed. Copper only this week went under $4; it had been over $5. That is per avoirdupois pound, not troy ounces as gold & silver are bought/sold.

I have sold several 1000's pounds of copper. When it was only $2, and felt like I was rich. 😉
Matter of fact, the car I drive today was bought with 'copper' cash.

darpar

Yipsy Not much value.

Probably one of the most valuable scrap metals there is today.
Electricians get ripped off by thieves for copper wire all the time.$$$

Par4QC

darpar The electrician that rewired our hotel always takes the scraps home. His 2 car garage was so full he had to park his $86K truck outside.....that he bought with scrap money. 😲

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