Paris Olympics 2024

[MadAsHell 4,217]

Mariafe/Clancy have just defeated the highly ranked Brazilian pair 24-22, 21-14 in an amazing effort. They really have worked their way into this competition nicely. They'll now go up against the Swiss in the Quarter Finals.

[MadAsHell 4,217]

Silver to Australia and Meg Harris in her only individual race! Well done young girl. The shocked look on her face was priceless.

[MadAsHell 4,217]

The Kookaburras have been knocked out in the Quarter Finals 0-2 by a very good Netherlands team. It's been quite a disappointing tournament for them by their own expectations.

Here's hoping Hockeyroos can keep the flag flying tomorrow.

[MadAsHell 4,217]

More silver with our womens Medley team. Unfortunately with two gold medals on the final night, USA still ended up edging out Australia for winning the battle in the pool for this Olympics. Was still a great meet though!

[MadAsHell 4,217]

Two more medals to Australia. Silver & Bronze to Olyslagers & Patterson in the high jump!

Looks like we'll have our first day of this games with no medals. Still a nice bag of medals for the day though.

[MadAsHell 4,217]

The Opals do what they need to do and get the win 79-72 over France to secure a Quarter Final spot. Still TBA as to who it will be. But hopefully with the two wins, they should be able to avoid USA.

[Macca 17,132]

5 hours ago, MadAsHell said:

Two more medals to Australia. Silver & Bronze to Olyslagers & Patterson in the high jump!

Looks like we'll have our first day of this games with no medals. Still a nice bag of medals for the day though.

Yes, the medals keep coming but in terms of the Gold medals, they will be tough to attain from here on in.  Sailing & Track Cycling might deliver a couple and maybe a few more elsewhere in the other sports (Canoe Slalom Kayak Cross tonight for the Women's & Men's?) 

But there's usually a couple of surprise Gold medals and we may well end up challenging the 17 Gold we attained in Athens & Sydney

But to win a medal of any colour is quite the achievement and we only have to look at the joy on the athletes faces when they win a Silver or Bronze (any Nation) 

It would be nice to be able to say to anyone that you've won an Olympic Medal!! 

So well done to all our medallists overnight.  Kudos!

Edited August 5, 2024 by Macca

[Macca 17,132]

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

Roy & Hg Podcast

Full Schedule

 

• Mon 4.00pm - Triathlon - Mixed Final (Team Australia)
• Mon 6.00pm - Women's Hockey Q/F - Australia vs China
• Mon 6.05pm - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Mon 7.45pm - Men's Gymnastics - Parallel Bars Final
• Mon 8.38pm - Women's Gymnastics - Balance Beam Final
• Mon 9.35pm - Men's Water Polo - Sharks vs Japan
• Mon 10.23pm - Women's Gymnastics - Floor Exercise Final
• Mon 11.30pm - Canoe Slalom - Women's Kayak Cross Q/F
• Mon 11.52pm - Canoe Slalom - Men's Kayak Cross Q/F (Noèmie Fox,  Tim Anderson,  Tristan Carter)

 

• Tues 12.15am - Canoe Slalom - Women's & Men's Kayak Cross S/F's & Final's
• Tues 3.00am - Athletics - Men's Pole Vault Final (Kurtis Marschall)
• Tues 3.00am - Surfing - Men's S/F's (Jack Robinson)
• Tues 4.12am - Surfing - Women's S/F's
• Tues 3.46am - Cycling - Women's Teams Sprint Final
• Tues 4.30am - Athletcs - Women's Discus Final
• Tues 5.15am - Athletics - Women's 5000m Final (Rose Davies)
• Tues 5.24am - Surfing - Women's & Men's Bronze & Gold Medal Matches
• Tues 5.47am - Athletics - Women's 800m Final

 

• Tues 6.00pm - Equestrian - Jumping Individual Final
• Tues 6.05pm - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Tues 10.30pm - Men's Basketball - Q/F Boomers vs Serbia
• Tues 10.43pm - Sailing - Women's Dinghy Medal Race
• Tues 11.00pm - Diving - Women's 10m Platform Final
• Tues 11.43pm - Sailing - Men's Dinghy Medal Race

 

• Wed 1.30am - Skateboarding - Women's Park Final
• Wed 3.00am - Women's Water Polo - Q/F Australia vs Greece
• Wed 3.35am - Athletics - S/F's
• Wed 3.55am - Cycling - Men's Sprint Final
• Wed 3.57am - Athletics - Women's Hammer Final
• Wed 4.15am - Athletics - Men's Long Jump Final
• Wed 4.50am - Athletics - Men's 1500m Final
• Wed 5.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Q/F Australia vs Switzerland
• Wed 5.14am - Athletics - Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
• Wed 5.40am - Athletics - Women's 200m Final

 

• Wed 3.30pm - Athletics - Race Walk Marathon Mixed Relay
• Wed 6.05am - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Wed 7.00pm - Women's Basketball - Q/F Australia vs Serbia
• Wed 8.35pm - Sport Climbing - Women's Speed Q/F's, S/F's & Final
• Wed 10.00pm - Water Polo - Men's Q/F
• Wed 10.43pm - Sailing - Mixed Multihull Medal Race
• Wed 11.35pm - Water Polo - Men's Q/F
• Wed 11.43PM - Sailing - Mixed Dinghy Medal Race

 

• Thurs 1.30am -  Men's Skateboarding - Park Final
• Thurs 2.04am - Men's Cycling - Teams Pursuit Final
• Thurs 2.57am - Women's Cycling - Teams Pursuit Final
• Thurs 3.00am - Athletics - Women's Pole Vault Final (Nina Kennedy)
• Thurs 4.25am - Athletics - Men's Discus Final
• Thurs 5.20am - Athletics - Men's 400m Final
• Thurs 5.43am - Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase

 

• Thurs 3.30pm - Marathon Swimming - Women's 10km
• Thurs 6.05pm - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Thurs 7.20pm - Canoe Sprint - Q/F's,  S/F's,  Finals
• Thurs 8.46pm - Sport Climbing - Men's Final
• Thurs 10.35pm - Women's Water Polo - S/F
• Thurs 11.00pm - Men's Diving - 3m Springboard
• Thurs 11.00pm - Women's Weightlifting - 59kg Class

 

Edited August 5, 2024 by Macca

[Macca 17,132]

The Hockeyroos finally get it back to 2-3 but we haven't handled China's press very well at all

One quarter to save our Olympic campaign

[Macca 17,132]

Hockeyroos disappointing but we had our chances (5 short corners in a row led to zero conversions)

In my view, the better team won as we were well short of our best.  And China played very well (especially their press and defence)

The curse of the knockout QF's continues

 

Anyway, at least 5 chances to medal tonight

Noèmie Fox,  Tim Anderson & Tristan Carter in the Canoe Slalom Kayak Cross have all advanced to the QF's

Kurtis Marschall in the Men's Pole Vault has a good chance to medal

Jack Robinson in the Men's Surfing can win his SF and Rose Davies is an outside chance in the 5000m Final

The Sharks play Japan in their final group match but I'm not sure we can move from 2nd place anyway (based on head-to-head)

[MadAsHell 4,217]

Disaster for the Hockeyroos with their 2-3 loss to China. And our Hockey teams have been eliminated in consecutive days in the Quarter Finals. This marks just the second time in the last 10 games that neither of our Hockey teams have medalled.

To add insult to injury, this is the second games in a row that the Hockeyroos have topped their group, only to be knocked out first up in a Quarter Final. Where to from here???

[Macca 17,132]

12 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

Disaster for the Hockeyroos with their 2-3 loss to China. And our Hockey teams have been eliminated in consecutive days in the Quarter Finals. This marks just the second time in the last 10 games that neither of our Hockey teams have medalled.

To add insult to injury, this is the second games in a row that the Hockeyroos have topped their group, only to be knocked out first up in a Quarter Final. Where to from here???

We're running out of teams, TD!

Men's & Women's Water Polo,  Men's & Women's Basketball and the Women's Beach Volleyball are our remaining 5 chances

I'd say our best chance are the Stingers and then maybe the Women's Beach Volleyball or the Opals*

The Boomers can reach the S/F's but it gets tough from there whilst if the Sharks can continue their great form, they may snag a medal

*If the Opals win their Q/F match their likely SF opponent will be the USA

 

Edited August 5, 2024 by Macca

[Macca 17,132]

The Sharks leading 7-3 against Japan

We can't move from 2nd place in our group but the other group could see a change in order of the top 4, depending on who wins against who

Think I'm right in saying we could end up playing any 1 of 4 opponents (Italy, Croatia, USA or Greece) ... again, depending on the results in the last round of games

And any of the 4 opponents will be hard to beat but also, all are beatable if the Sharks continue to bring their A game

[MadAsHell 4,217]

Not a great night for our teams it seems with the Sharks going down to the previously winless Japan 13-14, after blowing a 4-0 lead.

Looked like they played their back up goal keeper and they were assured of 2nd in their group anyway, but you'd like to take winning form into the Knockouts. Next up the Quarter Finals.

[Macca 17,132]

25 minutes ago, MadAsHell said:

Not a great night for our teams it seems with the Sharks going down to the previously winless Japan 13-14, after blowing a 4-0 lead.

Looked like they played their back up goal keeper and they were assured of 2nd in their group anyway, but you'd like to take winning form into the Knockouts. Next up the Quarter Finals.

It looked like we were trying a few different moves out there tonight including a number of backhand shots (some came off, others didn't)

Our focus will be on the QF match-up but we'll be playing a team ranked either #3, #5, #6 or #8 in the world!  And we are ranked #9 but apart from tonight, we've played like men on a mission

It's going to be tough as I'm not sure we've ever made a SF at Olympic level before (Men's)

But we're in with a shot!

Much might depend on how well Milos Maksimovic plays, as he's got match-winning capabilities

Anyway, the Kayak Cross Q/F's start soon and we've got 3 representatives (was a shame that Jess missed a berth but her Sister Noèmie got through winning her heat last night)

Edited August 5, 2024 by Macca

[MadAsHell 4,217]

Gold to Australia and Noemie Fox! What an effort. What a family!!!

[Macca 17,132]

Just now, MadAsHell said:

Gold to Australia and Noemie Fox! What an effort. What a family!!!

Unreal!  A star is born!

And we're back on the Gold Medal Train

[Macca 17,132]

Jack Robinson takes out the Silver medal in the Men's Surfing... couldn't catch a break but the local Tahitian surfer wins with a stunning opening wave

[MadAsHell 4,217]

With 6 days of competition to go, the race is on to see if Australia can make this their most successful Olympics or not. Can they do it?

Currently already our 5th most successful, we're only 1 Gold & 4 Silver (or 2 Gold) away from making it our 4th most successful. Is there anyway we could get 5 more Gold or 4 Gold & 5 Silver to make it our most successful? I think it's a tall ask, but you never know. Jess Hull, Track Cycling, Sailing and Nina Kennedy are all chances. Will be an interesting last few nights.

[MadAsHell 4,217]

On my above post, this article breaks down some of our chances. Some are more likely than others IMO.

https://www.foxsports.com.au/olympics/paris-olympics-2024-australian-medal-chances-to-come-after-recordsetting-start-best-aussies-in-action-schedule-results-latest-news/news-story/8353307e18db4c3e1733ec1702ab8d47

[Macca 17,132]

5 hours ago, MadAsHell said:

With 6 days of competition to go, the race is on to see if Australia can make this their most successful Olympics or not. Can they do it?

Currently already our 5th most successful, we're only 1 Gold & 4 Silver (or 2 Gold) away from making it our 4th most successful. Is there anyway we could get 5 more Gold or 4 Gold & 5 Silver to make it our most successful? I think it's a tall ask, but you never know. Jess Hull, Track Cycling, Sailing and Nina Kennedy are all chances. Will be an interesting last few nights.

We might do ok in the Canoe Sprint races as well as a couple of other sports 

If we get to 45 medals (currently 33) I'll give us another 4 more Gold.  So 17 all-up, but maybe even 19 or 20 if augers well and with luck on our side

But I'm reasonably optimistic about our chances.  I usually prefer to be a realist but for the sake of the exercise, being a realist is a bit boring, TD

I reckon the Brits will exceed 20 Gold so they should get past us.  As will France and possibly Japan.  So top 6 might have to do 

Gold medal chances

Sailing 1

Cycling 1 maybe 2

Track & Field 1 maybe 2

Canoe Sprint 1 maybe 2

Teams events - maybe 1 (Stingers?)

Boxing maybe 1

Edited August 6, 2024 by Macca

[Macca 17,132]

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

Roy & Hg Podcast

Full Schedule

• Tues 6.00pm - Equestrian - Jumping Individual Final
• Tues 6.05pm - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Tues 6.30pm - Canoe Sprint - Doubles, Fours, 500m Men's & Women's Heats
• Tues 10.30pm - Men's Basketball - Q/F Boomers vs Serbia
• Tues 11.00pm - Diving - Women's 10m Platform Final (Melissa Wu & Ellie Cole)
• Tues 11.43pm - Sailing - Men's Dinghy Medal Race (Matt Wearn)

 

• Wed 1.30am - Skateboarding - Women's Park Final (Arisa Trew, Ruby Trew)
• Wed 3.00am - Women's Water Polo - Q/F Australia vs Greece
• Wed 3.35am - Athletics - S/F's - Men's 400m, Women's 400m Hurdles
• Wed 3.55am - Cycling - Men's Sprint Final (Aust Qualified 3rd)
• Wed 3.57am - Athletics - Women's Hammer Final
• Wed 4.15am - Athletics - Men's Long Jump Final
• Wed 4.50am - Athletics - Men's 1500m Final
• Wed 5.00am - Women's Beach Volleyball - Q/F Australia vs Switzerland
• Wed 5.14am - Athletics - Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
• Wed 5.40am - Athletics - Women's 200m Final

 

• Wed 3.30pm - Athletics - Race Walk Marathon Mixed Relay
• Wed 6.05am - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Wed 7.00pm - Women's Basketball - Q/F Australia vs Serbia
• Wed 8.35pm - Sport Climbing - Women's Speed Q/F's, S/F's & Final
• Wed 10.43pm - Sailing - Mixed Multihull Medal Race
• Wed 11.43PM - Sailing - Mixed Dinghy Medal Race

 

• Thurs 1.30am -  Men's Skateboarding - Park Final
• Thurs 2.04am - Men's Cycling - Teams Pursuit Final
• Thurs 2.57am - Women's Cycling - Teams Pursuit Final
• Thurs 3,00am - Men's Water Polo - Q/F Sharks vs USA
• Thurs 3.00am - Athletics - Women's Pole Vault Final (Nina Kennedy)
• Thurs 4.25am - Athletics - Men's Discus Final
• Thurs 5.20am - Athletics - Men's 400m Final
• Thurs 5.43am - Athletics - Men's 3000m Steeplechase

 

• Thurs 3.30pm - Marathon Swimming - Women's 10km
• Thurs 6.05pm - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Thurs 7.20pm - Canoe Sprint - Q/F's,  S/F's,  Finals
• Thurs 8.46pm - Sport Climbing - Men's Final
• Thurs 11.00pm - Men's Diving - 3m Springboard
• Thurs 11.00pm - Women's Weightlifting - 59kg Class

 

• Fri 2.15am - Women's Cycling - Keiren S/F/s,  Final
• Fri 3.27am - Men's Cycling - Omnium Points Race Final
• Fri 3.30am - Men's Weightlifting - 73kg Final
• Fri 3.35am - Athletic's - Women's 1500m S/F
• Fri 4.00am - Athletics - Women's Long Jump Final
• Fri 4.25am - Athletics - Men's Javelin Final
• Fri 4.30am - Athletics - Men's 200m Final
• Fri 5.25am - Athletics - Women's 400m Hurdles Final
• Fri 5.30am - Men's Boxing - S/F Charlie Senior
• Fri 5.45am - Athletics - Men's 110m Hurdles Final
• Fri 6.02am - Women's Boxing - S/F Caitlin Parker

 

• Fri 3.30pm - Marathon Swimming - 10km Final
• Fri 6.05pm - Athletics - Heats & Preliminaries
• Fri 6.30pm - Canoe Sprint - S/F's & Finals
• Fri 8.35pm - Sport Climbing - Men's Boulder, Lead Final
• Fri 11.00pm - Women's Diving - Springboard 3m Final
• Fri 11.00pm - Weightlifting - Men's 89kg Final

 

• Sat 2.00am - Men's Cycling - Sprint Final
• Sat 2.09am - Women's Cycling - Madison Final
• Sat 3.30am - Athletes - Women's 4 X 100m Final
• Sat 3.30am - Weightlifting - Women's 71kg Final
• Sat 3.37am - Athletics - Women's Shot Put Final
• Sat 3.47am - Athletics - Men's 4 x 100m Final
• Sat 4.00am - Athletics - Women's 400m Final
• Sat 4.13am - Athletics - Men's Triple Jump Final
• Sat 4.25am - Athletics - Women's Heptathlon 800m Final
• Sat 4.57am - Athletics - Women's 10.000m Final
• Sat 5.45am - Athletics - Men's 400m Hurdles Final

 

• Sat 4.00pm - Athletics - Men's Marathon
• Sat 5.00pm - Women's Golf - Round 4
• Sat 7.40pm - Canoe Sprint - Women's & Men's S/F's & Finals
• Sat 8.35pm - Sport Climbing - Women's Boulder Lead Final
• Sat 11.00pm - Diving - Men's 10m Platform Final

 

Edited August 6, 2024 by Macca

[Macca 17,132]

Noemie Fox - Champion in the Kayak Cross

 

 

 

 

[Macca 17,132]

Brave effort by the Boomers but Serbia just too good in the end

Serbia's defence stepped it right up in the 2nd half and we ran out of avenues to score

Better team won

[MadAsHell 4,217]

4 minutes ago, Macca said:

Brave effort by the Boomers but Serbia just too good in the end

Serbia's defence stepped it right up in the 2nd half and we ran out of avenues to score

Better team won

Agreed. Shattering after such a good start to the game. It will be very interesting to see how the team looks in 4 years time. Likely no Mills, Delly or Ingles anymore by LA 28.