Paris Olympics 2024

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Welcome back Olympic fans!! Paging @MadAsHell

More info to follow in the next day or so including a comprehensive guide to all the team* events that Australia is involved in, as well as an overview of out medal chances in the various sports (apparently we are a realistic chance to gain around 50 medals including 12+ Gold medals)

Although the opening ceremony isn't on until the early hours of Saturday morning, a number of the team events start off tomorrow (Wednesday)

For the Women and the Men ... 

*Waterpolo,  Field Hockey,  Beach Volleyball,  Basketball,  Rugby 7's,  Football,  Equestrian Team,  Basketball 3 x 3 (Australia isn't represented in the Volleyball or Handball or the Men's Football)

[Macca 17,034]

Australia's representation (Team Sports) Wed 24th July - Wed 31st July

• Wed 24th July 11.30pm - Men's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Samoa

 

• Thurs 25th July 3.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Kenya
• Thurs 25th July 10.30pm - Men's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Argentina

 

• Friday 26th July 3.00am - Women's Football - Matilda's vs Germany
• Friday 26th July 5.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Quarter Finals x 4

 

• Sat 27th July - 4.00am - Opening Ceremony

 

• Sat 27th July 5.30pm - Equestrian - Team Dressage
• Sat 27th July 7.00pm - Men's Basketball - Boomer's vs Spain
• Sat 27th July 7.00pm - Swimming Heats
• Sat 27th July 9.15pm - Men's Hockey - Kookaburra's vs Argentina
• Sat 27th July 11.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Sweden
• Sat 27th July 11.30pm - Men's Rugby 7's - Semi Final
• Sun 28th July 12.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Semi Final

 

• Sun 28th July 2.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs China
• Sun 28th July 3.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Bronze Medal Match
• Sun 28th July 3.45am - Men's Rugby 7's - Gold Medal Match
• Sun 28th July 4.30am - Swimming Finals
• Sun 28th July 4.05am - Women's Water Polo - Stinger's vs China
• Sun 28th July 6.30pm - Equestrian - Team Cross Country
• Sun 28th July 6.30pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs Spain
• Sun 28th July 7.00pm - Swimming Heats
• Sun 28th July 8.45pm - Women's Hockey - Hockeyroos vs South Africa

 

• Mon 29th July 3.00am - Women's Football - Matilda's vs Zambia
• Mon 29th July 3.30am - Women's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Great Britain
• Mon 29th July 4.30am - Swimming Finals
• Mon 29th July 5.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Italy
• Mon 29th July 6.00pm - Men's Hockey - Kookaburra's vs Ireland
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Women's Basketball - Opal's vs Nigeria
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Equestrian - Team Jumping (Final)
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Swimming Heats
• Mon 29th July 11.00pm - Women's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Ireland

 

• Tues 30th July 1.00am - Women's Hockey - Hockeyroos vs Great Britain
• Tues 30th July 4.30am - Swimming Finals
• Tues 30th July 5.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Quarter Finals x 4
• Tues 30th July 6.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs USA
• Tues 30th July 5.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Poland
• Tues 30th July 6.30pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs Serbia
• Tues 30th July 7.00pm - Swimming Heats
• Tues 30th July 9.30pm - Men's Basketball - Boomer's vs Canada
• Tues 30th July 11.30pm - Women's Rugby 7's - Semi Final
• Wed 31st July 12.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Semi Final

 

• Wed 31st July 2,00am - Women's 3 x 3 Basketball - Australia vs Canada
• Wed 31st July 3.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Bronze Medal Match
• Wed 31st July 3.45am - Women's Rugby 7's - Gold Medal Match
• Wed 31st July 3.45am - Men's Hockey - Kookaburras vs Belgium 
• Wed 31st July 4.30am - Swimming Finals

 

n.b, I'll endeavour to update the above a couple of times a week but as you can see, there's a lot going on and it just keeps coming

As for the other sports and for the Australian individuals involved, I'll copy & paste up a few summaries from the net (to follow)

Edited July 23 by Macca

[Macca 17,034]

Every Aussie competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and their medal chances rated

A few excerpts (click on the link above for any of the other sports)

SWIMMING

July 27 – August 4

Dolphins team

Abbey Connor – Women’s 200m Butterfly

Alexandria Perkins – Women’s Butterfly 100m

Ariarne Titmus – Women’s 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle

Ben Armbruster – Men’s 100m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle

Bradley Woodward – Men’s 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke

Brendon Smith – Men’s 400m Individual Medley

Cameron McEvoy – Men’s 50m Freestyle

Elijah Winnington – Men 400m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle

Elizabeth Dekkers – Women’s 200m Butterfly

Ella Ramsay – Women’s 200m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley, 400m Individual Medley

Emma McKeon – Women’s Butterfly 100m

Iona Anderson – Women’s 100m Backstroke

Isaac Cooper – Men’s 100m Backstroke

Jaclyn Barclay – Women’s 200m Backstroke

Jamie Perkins – Women’s 400m Freestyle

Jenna Forrester – Women’s 400m Individual Medley

Jenna Strauch – Women’s 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke

Joshua Yong – Men’s 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke

Kaylee McKeown – Women’s 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley

Kyle Chalmers – Men’s 100m Freestyle

Lani Pallister – Women’s 1500m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle

Matthew Temple – Men’s 100m Butterfly, 200m Butterfly

Maximillian Giuliani – Men’s 200m Freestyle

Meg Harris – Women’s 50m Freestyle

Mollie O’Callaghan – Women’s 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle

Sam Short – Men’s 1500m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 800mFreestyle

Sam Williamson – Men’s 100m Breaststroke

Se-Bom Lee – Men’s 200m Backstroke

Shayna Jack – Women’s 100m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle

Thomas Neill – Men’s 200m Freestyle, 200m Individual Medley

William Petric – Men’s 200m Individual Medley 200m, 400m Individual Medley

William Yang – Men’s 100m Freestyle

Zac Stubblety-Cook – Men’s 200m Breaststroke

The Dolphins are tipped to return home with a suitcase full of medals after the Paris Games, with one third of Australia’s Olympic medals expected to come from the pool.

Australian superstars Ariarne Titmus, Kaylee McKeown, Cameron McEvoy, Elijah Winnington and Sam Short are each favourites to win individual golds, while the relay teams rarely miss out on a spot on the podium.

Medal chances: Strong

 

ATHLETICS

August 1 – August 11

Australian Team

Women’s 100m: Ella Connolly, Bree Masters

Women’s 200m: Torrie Lewis, Mia Gross

Women’s 400m: Ellie Beer

Women’s 800m: Claudia Hollingsworth, Abbey Caldwell, Catriona Bisset

Women’s 1500m: Jessica Hull, Georgia Griffith, Linden Hall

Women’s 5000m: Rose Davies, Isobel Batt-Doyle, Lauren Ryan

Women’s 10,000m: Lauren Ryan

Women’s Marathon: Sinead Diver, Genevieve Gregson, Jessica Stenson

Women’s 100m Hurdles: Michelle Jenneke, Liz Clay, Celeste Mucci

Women’s 400m Hurdles: Sarah Carli, Alanah Yukich

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: Amy Cashin, Cara Feain-Ryan

Women’s 20km Racewalk: Rebecca Henderson, Jemima Montag, Olivia Sandery

Women’s High Jump: Nicola Olyslagers, Eleanor Patterson

Women’s Pole Vault: Nina Kennedy

Women’s Long Jump: Brooke Buschkuehl

Women’s Discus Throw: Taryn Gollshewsky

Women’s Hammer Throw: Stephanie Ratcliffe

Women’s Javelin Throw: Mackenzie Little, Kelsey-Lee Barber, Kathryn Mitchell

Women’s Heptathlon: Camryn Newton-Smith, Tori West

Women’s 4x100m Relay: Connolly, Kristie Edwards, Ebony Lane, Masters, Aleksandra Stoilova, Torrie Lewis

Women’s Marathon Racewalk Relay: Jemima Montag, Rebecca Henderson, Sandery, Allanah Pitcher

Men’s 100m: Rohan Browning

Men’s 200m: Calab Law

Men’s 400m: Reece Holder

Men’s 800m: Peter Bol, Joseph Deng, Peyton Craig

Men’s 1500m: Adam Spencer, Oliver Hoare, Stewart McSweyn

Men’s 5000m: Morgan McDonald, Stewart McSweyn

Men’s Marathon: Brett Robinson, Patrick Tiernan, Liam Adams

Men’s 110m Hurdles: Tayleb Willis

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase: Matt Clarke, Ben Buckingham

Men’s 20km Racewalk: Rhydian Cowley, Kyle Swan, Declan Tingay

Men’s High Jump: Yual Reath, Brandon Starc, Joel Baden

Men’s Pole Vault: Kurtis Marschall

Men’s Long Jump: Christopher Mitrevski, Liam Adcock

Men’s Triple Jump: Connor Murphy

Men’s Discus Throw: Matthew Denny

Men’s Javelin Throw: Cameron McEntyre

Men’s Decathlon: Ash Moloney, Daniel Golubovic

Men’s 4x100m Relay: Rohan Browning, Caleb Law, Joshua Azzopardi, Jacob Despard, Sebastian Sultana, Lachlan Kennedy, Christopher Ius

Men’s Marathon Racewalk Relay: Rhydian Cowley, Kyle Swan, Declan Tingay, Will Thompson

Australia has sent a strong athletics team to Paris with our athletes in great form across track and field.

There are a host of genuine medal contenders including in women’s high jump, with Tokyo medallist Nicola Olyslagers and 2022 world champion Eleanor Patterson in action.

Matthew Denny, competing in his third Olympics, is a chance in the men’s discus throw after becoming the Diamond League champion last year, while pole vaulter Nina Kennedy has been in blistering form this year.

Mackenzie Little will be in contention for a women’s javelin medal — she recorded a personal best at the London Diamond League meet last week, sending her javelin 66.27m to secure gold.

Also, Jemima Montag is a contender for a podium finish in the women’s 20km walk, while keep an eye on Peter Bol and Jessica Hull in the men’s 800m and women’s 1500m respectively.

Medal chances: Strong

 

CYCLING TRACK

August 5 – 11

Australian team: Alexandra Manly, Chloe Moran, Georgia Baker, Kristina Clonan, Maeve Plouffe Sophie Edwards, Conor Leahy, Kelland O’Brien, Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Glaetzer, Matthew Richardson, Oliver Bleddyn, Samuel Welsford

Australia historically has a superb record in cycling track events, with the nation’s gold medal chances resting on the men’s team sprint and women’s madison events.

Matthew Glaetzer, Leigh Hoffman and Matthew Richardson won gold in the men’s team sprint at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships at the same venue in Paris.

Medal chances: Strong

 

ROWING

July 27 – August 3

Australian team

Women’s Single Scull (W1x): Tara Rigney

Women’s Double Scull (W2x): Amanda Bateman, Harriet Hudson

Women’s Pair (W2-): Annabelle McIntyre, Jessica Morrison

Women’s Quad Scull (W4x): Caitlin, Laura Gourley, Rowena Meredith, Ria Thompson

Women’s Four (W4-): Olympia Aldersey, Lily Alton, Molly Goodman, Jean Mitchell

Women’s Eight (W8+): Paige Barr, Bronwyn Cox, Sarah Hawe, Giorgia Patten, Georgina Rowe, Lucy Stephan, Jacqueline Swick, Hayley Verbunt, Katrina Werry

Men’s Pair (M2-): Patrick Holt, Simon Keenan

Men’s Four (M4-): Fergus Hamilton, Alexander Hill OAM, Tim Masters, Jack Robertson

Men’s Eight (M8+): Kendall Brodie, Ben Canham, Angus Dawson, Jack Hargreaves, Josh Hicks, Joseph O’Brien, Alexander Purnell, Spencer Turrin, Angus Widdicombe

Australian men’s and women’s fours will be looking to defend their Olympic titles this year, having won gold at Tokyo in 2021.

Meanwhile, both of Australia’s eight teams are expected to be medal contenders in Paris.

Medal chances: Strong

 

SAILING

July 28 – August 8

Australian team: Breiana Whitehead, Evie Haseldine, Grae Morris, Jim Colley, Matt Wearn, Olivia Price, Shaun Connor, Brin Liddell, Conor Nicholas, Nia Jerwood, Rhiannan Brown, Zoe Thomson

Defending gold medallist Matt Wearn has a strong chance of another podium finish in the men’s dingy having won the Paris test event.

The Perth native also won gold at the World Sailing Championships in 2023 and 2024.

Medal chances: Strong

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Great work above Macca.

Haven't been online much this year, so apologies for my late arrival.

I can advise as an early warm up for the games, the Football and Mens Rugby 7's kicks off tonight! Olyroos aren't there, but our mens Rugby 7's are in action at 11:30pm and 3:00am against Samoa and Kenya. Then I think our Matildas will take the field tomorrow night.

And in other great news, Roy & HG are back for their daily Olympic Coverage!

I'm listening to Roy and HG - Bludging on the Blindside | INTRODUCING: People, medals and cheese on Podbean, check it out! https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-n7htx-1fb6aa1b

[Macca 17,034]

1 hour ago, MadAsHell said:

Great work above Macca.

Haven't been online much this year, so apologies for my late arrival.

I can advise as an early warm up for the games, the Football and Mens Rugby 7's kicks off tonight! Olyroos aren't there, but our mens Rugby 7's are in action at 11:30pm and 3:00am against Samoa and Kenya. Then I think our Matildas will take the field tomorrow night.

And in other great news, Roy & HG are back for their daily Olympic Coverage!

I'm listening to Roy and HG - Bludging on the Blindside | INTRODUCING: People, medals and cheese on Podbean, check it out! https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-n7htx-1fb6aa1b

Welcome back TD

Can we match or surpass Tokyo when we won 17 Gold medals? 

Can we beat the Brits?  The Olympic 'Ashes' haha

Ch9 look to be covering every single sport with the 9Now app so the coverage looks to be very good

So it's 24/7 Olympics for me (in-between shortened days at work) apart from the 3 Demon games played on 2 of the Saturday nights (Giants & Port) & the Friday night (Doggies)

I can see us doing well in the pool again although expectations are high.  And as always, we're sure to be very competitive in the Rowing, Cycling, Sailing and in some of the Track & Field

But I love the team events which fall into the same sort of category as the Cricket Test team and of course, the MFC

If we could snag 2 or 3 gold in the team events (we're entered in 14 or 15 sports I believe, we'll be doing well

But they are hard to win 

And it's great that Roy & HG are back (thanks for the link) ... during the day I may well tune into TalkSport radio as that UK station will be providing an overview of each day at the Olympics

Also, Ch9 will be doing a Paris 'Encore' highlights package at 12noon every day until 3pm.  Might be Todd Woodbridge hosting

The Opening ceremony could be spectacular too as it's being held on the River Siene! 

Anyway, let's see if the Mens Rugby 7's can kick things off well.  As you know, in that version of Rugby, any team can beat any team on any given day (so we're a chance)

And the Matilda's too of course.  An opening win helps their chances enormously

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Beating the efforts of 2020/21 will be tough. I think their goal should maybe be around how we went in 2008 - 14 G, 15 S, 17 B should be a good ball Park for them to aim for. Main thing is to avoid the disappointment of 2012 & 2016.

If there's one event for me to put my house on for a gold medal for the Aussies this Olympics, it's the women's 4x200m Freestyle relay. While it could be tough work for us in the team events this Olympics. Matildas and our Hockey teams are probably as good a chance as anyone.

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Good tough fought opening win for our Mens Rugby 7's team over Samoa to kick off the games 21-14. The Pacific Island nations are always difficult in the 7's.

Here's hoping the win at the start of the games is a good omen for things to come!

[Macca 17,034]

Was a good match too, fast & furious! 

Next up is Kenya at 3.00am and our final group match is at 10.30pm tonight against Argentina

Points differential can matter if we're to advance (the top 2 teams from each of the 4 groups advance to the Q/F's)

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Got the chocolates 21-7 against Kenya in the middle of the night. So a guarantee spot in the Quarter Finals. A win over Argentina would obviously help with a better draw, so touch wood they can keep the form rolling this evening.

[Macca 17,034]

Every Aussie competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and their medal chances rated

Roy & HG Podcast

Full Schedule

 

Australia's representation (Team Sports) as well as other Notable Individual Events - Thurs 25th July - Wed 31st July

• Thurs 25th July 10.30pm - Men's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Argentina

 

• Friday 26th July 3.00am - Women's Football - Matilda's vs Germany
• Friday 26th July 5.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Quarter Finals x 4 (Australia Represented)

 

• Sat 27th July - 4.00am - Opening Ceremony

 

• Sat 27th July 5.00pm - Rowing - Heats
• Sat 27th July 5.30pm - Equestrian - Team Dressage
• Sat 27th July 7.00pm - Men's Basketball - Boomer's vs Spain
• Sat 27th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Sat 27th July 9.15pm - Men's Hockey - Kookaburra's vs Argentina
• Sat 27th July 10.30pm - Cycling - Women's Individual Time Trial
• Sat 27th July 11.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Sweden
• Sat 27th July 11.30pm - Men's Rugby 7's - Semi Final
• Sun 28th July 12.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Semi Final

 

• Sun 28th July 12.32am - Cycling - Men's Individual Time Trial
• Sun 28th July 2.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs China
• Sun 28th July 3.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Bronze Medal Match
• Sun 28th July 3.45am - Men's Rugby 7's - Gold Medal Match
• Sun 28th July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Men's 400m Freestyle (Final)
• Women's 400m Freestyle (Final)
• Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (Final)
• Men's 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay (Final)
• Sun 28th July 4.05am - Women's Water Polo - Stinger's vs China
• Sun 28th July 5.00pm - Rowing - Heats
• Sun 28th July 6.30pm - Equestrian - Team Cross Country
• Sun 28th July 6.30pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs Spain
• Sun 28th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Sun 28th July 8.45pm - Women's Hockey - Hockeyroos vs South Africa
• Sun 28th July 10.10pm - Cycling Mountain Bike - Women's Cross Country (Final)
• Sun 28th July 10.10pm - Canoe Slalom - Women's Kayak Semi Final

 

• Mon 29th July 1.45am - Canoe Slalom - Women's Kayak Semi Final
• Mon 29th July 3.00am - Women's Football - Matilda's vs Zambia
• Mon 29th July 3.30am - Women's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Great Britain
• Mon 29th July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Men's 400m Individual Medley (Final)
• Women's 100m Butterfly (Final)
• Men's 100m Breaststroke (Final)
• Mon 29th July 5.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Italy
• Mon 29th July 5.00pm - Rowing - Heats & Semi Finals
• Mon 29th July 6.00pm - Men's Hockey - Kookaburra's vs Ireland
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Women's Basketball - Opal's vs Nigeria
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Equestrian - Team Jumping (Final)
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Mon 29th July 10.10pm - Cycling Mountain Bike - Men's Cross Country (Final)
• Mon 29th July 10.30pm - Women's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Ireland
• Mon 29th July 11.00pm - Equestrian - Jumping Individual (Final)

 

• Tues 30th July 1.00am - Women's Hockey - Hockeyroos vs Great Britain
• Tues 30th July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Women's 400m Individual Medley (Final)
• Men's 200m Freestyle (Final)
• Men's 100m Backstroke (Final)
• Women's 100m Breaststroke (Final)
• Women's 200m Freestyle (Final)
• Tues 30th July 5.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Quarter Finals x 4
• Tues 30th July 6.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs USA
• Tues 30th July 4.00pm - Triathlon - Men's Individual (Final)
• Tues 30th July 5.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Poland
• Tues 30th July 5.30pm - Rowing - Q/F's & S/F's
• Tues 30th July 6.30pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs Serbia
• Tues 30th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Tues 30th July 9.30pm - Men's Basketball - Boomer's vs Canada
• Tues 30th July 11.30pm - Women's Rugby 7's - Semi Final
• Wed 31st July 12.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Semi Final

 

• Wed 31st July 2,00am - Women's 3 x 3 Basketball - Australia vs Canada
• Wed 31st July 3.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Bronze Medal Match
• Wed 31st July 3.45am - Women's Rugby 7's - Gold Medal Match
• Wed 31st July 3.45am - Men's Hockey - Kookaburras vs Belgium 
• Wed 31st July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Women's 100m Backstroke (Final)
• Men's 800m Fresstyle (Final)
• Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (Final)

Edited July 25 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Thanks for the breakdown Macca.

And great to see the Mens 7's get a 22-14 over Argentina and top their group. Hopefully a kind draw for the Quarter Finals later tonight will now await. Very happy for the men, as their previous Olympic campaigns have been left wanting and the Women have been our only real serious chance.

[Macca 17,034]

1 hour ago, MadAsHell said:

Thanks for the breakdown Macca.

And great to see the Mens 7's get a 22-14 over Argentina and top their group. Hopefully a kind draw for the Quarter Finals later tonight will now await. Very happy for the men, as their previous Olympic campaigns have been left wanting and the Women have been our only real serious chance.

Great win to the Aussies against a highly rated opponent (Puma's) Very impressive!

There's only 3 groups so we now play the 7th* ranked team (overall) in the Q/F's ... if we had have lost against Argentina we may have been up against Fiji or France in the Q/F's

So we've given ourselves a good chance to advance to S/F's

But as we've seen, a number of the teams are very good so we'll need a bit of luck

*That team might be the USA

Edited July 25 by Macca

[Damo 3,374]

Mens Surfing 

July 28, Sunday

Men’s round 1

3:00 AM

Teahupo’o, Tahiti

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Wallabies do it again, this time with a 18-0 win over USA. That means it's now a Semi Final against the Flying Fijians on Saturday evening our time. A win will ensure our first (or one of our first) medals for the games in the early hours of Sunday morning. A loss will put us in a bronze play off match against one of France or South Africa.

 

Meanwhile we won't talk about the Matildas 0-3 thump to reality...

[Damo 3,374]

I was surprised and dismayed at the Aussie swimmers taunting the US team. I thought it was uncalled for. Yanks are often weird but unerringly polite. It was talking the talk.

[Macca 17,034]

2 hours ago, MadAsHell said:

Wallabies do it again, this time with a 18-0 win over USA. That means it's now a Semi Final against the Flying Fijians on Saturday evening our time. A win will ensure our first (or one of our first) medals for the games in the early hours of Sunday morning. A loss will put us in a bronze play off match against one of France or South Africa.

 

Meanwhile we won't talk about the Matildas 0-3 thump to reality...

Yes, Matilda's outclassed by a much superior team, but they are not out of it.  8 of the 12 teams advance to the Q/F's, so a win and a draw in the remaining 2 group matches would probably see the Matilda's advance 

Women's football in Australia is on the up and the sky is the limit, but there's still a fair way to go to catch up the European teams

As for the Men's Rugby 7's, a terrific achievement to reach the S/F's.  Fiji will be very tough but we're playing well. At least 1 win from the remaining 2 games secures a medal so there's a lot to play for

Looking forward to the opening ceremony!

[MadAsHell 4,215]

18 hours ago, Damo said:

I was surprised and dismayed at the Aussie swimmers taunting the US team. I thought it was uncalled for. Yanks are often weird but unerringly polite. It was talking the talk.

Don't poke the bear. Has always been a motto I think we should use when it comes to the American Swim team.

[MadAsHell 4,215]

So a bit of a mixed bag with the opening ceremony. For the most part I thought it was good.

Having it on the river front by boat etc and some of their set pieces were quite impressive. Gives Brisbane some options for 2032 so they don't have to go with the small rectangular stadium option.

While on the negatives, some of the set pieces were just plain weird (probably very Europe)! Also I didn't get the mass other nation and in particular American influence in the names for the opening ceremony. Lady Gaga, Michael Phelps, Carl Lewis, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams. None of them French. I always thought the point of the opening ceremony was to showcase your nation and your people and their accomplishments. But maybe that's just me??

Edit: I'm also not sure how I feel about the Olympic Flame/Cauldron. I mean what they've done is impressive. However, it feels a little odd with it not being at the Athletics stadium...

Edited July 26 by MadAsHell

[Macca 17,034]

Well I thought the opening ceremony was fantastic.  What they achieved couldn't have been done in the confines of a stadium

And considering it was never going to be held at the main stadium, it was exceptionally well done and has maybe set the standard for future opening ceremonies

Colourful and very different (and typically French), I loved it!

Edited July 27 by Macca

[Macca 17,034]

On 26/07/2024 at 10:10, Damo said:

I was surprised and dismayed at the Aussie swimmers taunting the US team. I thought it was uncalled for. Yanks are often weird but unerringly polite. It was talking the talk.

I think you'll find that it was a couple of our athletes responding to the USA's swimming coach not being gracious in defeat, and then outrageously claiming that they'd won the swimming meet when they had clearly been well beaten by the Aussies

Team victory is traditionally measured in Gold medals (first) and the scoreline from that swimming meet was the Aussies (10 Gold) and the USA (3 Gold) The Americans won the most overall medals but they can't have it both ways

And if another reference was the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay strumming their air guitars back at the Sydney Olympics, that was in response to Gary Hall Jr stating that the USA would smash the Aussies like guitars

It seems to me that the brash & boastful yanks are starting the fires.  But that's ok, it takes all types

Edited July 27 by Macca

[Jibroni 5,009]

Didn't mind the opening ceremony, it was different which is not surprising with the French.

As for sports I'm looking to watching the Boomers, Volleyball, Cycling and binging on Athletics.

[Macca 17,034]

2 minutes ago, Jibroni said:

Didn't mind the opening ceremony, it was different which is not surprising with the French.

As for sports I'm looking to watching the Boomers, Volleyball, Cycling and binging on Athletics.

Yes, in-stadium opening ceremonies often showcase a nation's achievements and classic features

So the French decided to take us to those areas instead.  I'm surprised it hasn't happened before and I'm betting it will certainly happen again

As for the sports, I can honestly say I can embrace any sport (rock climbing, skateboarding included) but the swimming, Track & field, Rowing & Cycling along with any of the team sports win out.  Sailing I like too but towards the pointy end mainly

[Macca 17,034]

Every Aussie competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and their medal chances rated

Roy & HG Podcast

Full Schedule

• Sat 27th July 5.00pm - Rowing - Heats
• Sat 27th July 5.30pm - Equestrian - Team Dressage
• Sat 27th July 7.00pm - Men's Basketball - Boomer's vs Spain
• Sat 27th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Sat 27th July 7.30pm - Demons vs Giants 
• Sat 27th July 9.15pm - Men's Hockey - Kookaburra's vs Argentina
• Sat 27th July 10.30pm - Cycling - Women's Individual Time Trial
• Sat 27th July 11.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Sweden
• Sat 27th July 11.30pm - Men's Rugby 7's - Semi Final
• Sun 28th July 12.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Semi Final

 

• Sun 28th July 12.32am - Cycling - Men's Individual Time Trial
• Sun 28th July 2.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs China
• Sun 28th July 3.00am - Men's Rugby 7's - Bronze Medal Match
• Sun 28th July 3.00am - Surfing - Men's Round 1
• Sun 28th July 3.45am - Men's Rugby 7's - Gold Medal Match
• Sun 28th July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Men's 400m Freestyle (Final)
• Women's 400m Freestyle (Final)
• Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (Final)
• Men's 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay (Final)
• Sun 28th July 4.05am - Women's Water Polo - Stinger's vs China
• Sun 28th July 7.48am - Surfing - Women's Round 1
• Sun 28th July 5.00pm - Rowing - Heats
• Sun 28th July 6.30pm - Equestrian - Team Cross Country
• Sun 28th July 6.30pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs Spain
• Sun 28th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Sun 28th July 8.45pm - Women's Hockey - Hockeyroos vs South Africa
• Sun 28th July 10.10pm - Cycling Mountain Bike - Women's Cross Country (Final)
• Sun 28th July 10.10pm - Canoe Slalom - Women's Kayak Semi Final

 

• Mon 29th July 1.45am - Canoe Slalom - Women's Kayak Semi Final
• Mon 29th July 3.00am - Women's Football - Matilda's vs Zambia
• Mon 29th July 3.00am - Surfing - Women's Round 2
• Mon 29th July 3.30am - Women's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Great Britain
• Mon 29th July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Men's 400m Individual Medley (Final)
• Women's 100m Butterfly (Final)
• Men's 100m Breaststroke (Final)
• Mon 29th July 7.48am - Surfing - Men's Round 2
• Mon 29th July 5.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Italy
• Mon 29th July 5.00pm - Rowing - Heats & Semi Finals
• Mon 29th July 6.00pm - Men's Hockey - Kookaburra's vs Ireland
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Women's Basketball - Opal's vs Nigeria
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Equestrian - Team Jumping (Final)
• Mon 29th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Mon 29th July 10.10pm - Cycling Mountain Bike - Men's Cross Country (Final)
• Mon 29th July 10.30pm - Women's Rugby 7's - Australia vs Ireland
• Mon 29th July 11.00pm - Equestrian - Jumping Individual (Final)

 

• Tues 30th July 1.00am - Women's Hockey - Hockeyroos vs Great Britain
• Tues 30th July 3.00am - Surfing - Men's Round 3
• Tues 30th July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Women's 400m Individual Medley (Final)
• Men's 200m Freestyle (Final)
• Men's 100m Backstroke (Final)
• Women's 100m Breaststroke (Final)
• Women's 200m Freestyle (Final)
• Tues 30th July 5.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Quarter Finals x 4
• Tues 30th July 6.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs USA
• Tues 30th July 7.48am - Surfing - Women's Round 3
• Tues 30th July 4.00pm - Triathlon - Men's Individual (Final)
• Tues 30th July 5.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Poland
• Tues 30th July 5.30pm - Rowing - Q/F's & S/F's
• Tues 30th July 6.30pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs Serbia
• Tues 30th July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Tues 30th July 9.30pm - Men's Basketball - Boomer's vs Canada
• Tues 30th July 11.30pm - Women's Rugby 7's - Semi Final
• Wed 31st July 12.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Semi Final

 

• Wed 31st July 2,00am - Women's 3 x 3 Basketball - Australia vs Canada
• Wed 31st July 3.00am - Surfing - Men's Q/F's x4 
• Wed 31st July 3.00am - Women's Rugby 7's - Bronze Medal Match
• Wed 31st July 3.45am - Women's Rugby 7's - Gold Medal Match
• Wed 31st July 3.45am - Men's Hockey - Kookaburras vs Belgium 
• Wed 31st July 4.30am - Swimming - Finals
• Women's 100m Backstroke (Final)
• Men's 800m Freestyle (Final)
• Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (Final)
• Wed 31st July 5.24am - Surfing - Women's Q/F's x 4
• Wed 31st July 7.48am/9.00am - Surfing - Men's & Women's S/F's x 2 
• Wed 31st July 10.12am/10.53am - Surfing - Men's & Women's Bronze Medal Matches
• Wed 31st July 11.34am/12.15pm - Surfing - Men's & Women's Gold Medal Matches
• Wed 31st July 4.00pm - Triathlon - Women's Individual (Final)
• Wed 31st July 5.54pm - Rowing - S/F'S & Final's
• Wed 31st July 6.00pm - Equestrian - Dressage Team
• Wed 31st July 7.00pm - Diving - Women's Synchro 10m Platform Final
• Wed 31st July 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Wed 31st July 9.15pm - Women's Hockey - Hockeyroos vs USA
• Wed 31st July 10.00pm - Women's Water Polo - Stingrays vs Netherlands
• Wed 31st July 10.44pm - Cycling BMX - Men's Final 
• Wed 31st July 11.30am - Canoe/Slalom - Women's Canoe Single S/F

 

• Thurs 1st August Canoe/Slalom - Women's Canoe Single Final
• Thurs 1st Aug 1.30am - Women's Basketball 3 x 3 - Australia vs Germany
• Thurs 1st Aug 3.00am - Women's Football - Matilda's vs USA 
• Thurs 1st Aug 3.00am - Surfing - Reserve Day
• Thurs 1st Aug 4.30am - Swimming Finals
• Women's 100m Freestyle Final
• Men's 200m Butterfly Final
• Women's 1500m Freestyle Final
• Men's 200m Breaststroke Final
• Men's 100m Freestyle Final
• Thurs 1st Aug 3.30pm - Athletics - Men's 20km Walk Final
• Thurs 1st Aug 5.00pm - Women's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Germany
• Thurs 1st Aug 5.00pm - Women's 3 x 3 Basketball - Australia vs China
• Thurs 1st Aug 5.20pm - Athletics - Women's 20km Walk
• Thurs 1st Aug 5.30pm - Rowing - Finals/Semi's
• Thurs 1st Aug 6.00pm - Men's Beach Volleyball - Australia vs Qatar
• Thurs 1st Aug 6.30pm - Men's Hockey - Kookaburra's vs New Zealand
• Thurs 1st Aug 7.00pm - Swimming - Heats
• Thurs 1st Aug 9.00pm - Women's 3 x 3 Basketball - Opals vs USA
• Thurs 1st Aug 9.30pm - Women's Basketball - Australia vs Canada
• Thurs 1st Aug 10.43pm - Sailing - Men's Skiff Medal Race
• Thurs 1st Aug 11.00pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs France
• Thurs 1st Aug 11.43pm - Sailing - Women's Skiff Medal Race

Edited July 27 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Great win first up for Boomers 92-80 against their nemesis Spain! They have the group of death, so I thought they were every chance to go winless this campaign, even if they didn't even play badly.

Good to see some strong swimming heat performances as well. Think we're a good chance to get Gold in two events early this morning and outside shots in the other two.

[MadAsHell 4,215]

Kookaburras get the chocolates 1-0 against Argentina in their opening match. A good win against one of the tougher opponents in their group. Sets them up for a good campaign.