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Re: Olympic Games
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2024 7:44 pm
by ElvisJJonesRambo
Risking: $220.00 To Win: $100.00
Gabrielle Thomas wins 200m gold -220
Re: Olympic Games
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2024 7:58 pm
by ElvisJJonesRambo
Olympics Basketball 302243 USA 1st Half -1450* vs Brazil
Free money. Seems silly to lay that kind of wood. But hey, they aint' losing 1H, or game.
Re: Olympic Games
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2024 1:39 am
by ElvisJJonesRambo
Serbia vs USA in Men's hoops was a classic.
Re: Olympic Games
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 2:07 pm
by warspite1
Spent the last couple of days in Paris to see the cycling at the velodrome. Really nice atmosphere with lots of colour, flags, and noise. The French were out in force as expected, but there was very strong support for the Dutch, the British and also the Australians.
Always really nice to see strong support for the home nation - not always been the case - and the French team responded with a record haul of gold and medals post war so congratulations to them.
Cycling has been a bit of a disappointment relatively for Team GB - but that applies to a number of sports unfortunately.
Re: Olympic Games
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 10:51 pm
by ElvisJJonesRambo
Insane, unbelievable.
I cannot stand his politics, let alone Steve Kerr, LeBron, but I leave politics off the court.
But what Steph Curry did was unreal.
I will be awarding Steph Curry an additionally GOLD MEDAL from ElvisJJonesRambo.
(my 4th medal awarded).
He deserves 2 medals, and certainly one from me.
He made 4 of 4 from downtown crunchtime in a hostile Paris crowd.
The Euros are full of NBA studs. France and Serbia.
Great game by Unibrow Davis, old man Durant.
LeBron too many turnovers.
Congrats USA, but I know what rally you'll be attending.
The romance is over between you and me.
But my all-in bet to win the gold, thanks you.
50,000,000 Elvis fans can't be wrong,
-EJR
Re: Olympic Games
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 12:07 pm
by birom
jhyden wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:54 pm
Orm wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:14 pm
The Paris games begin soon. Any events you are looking forward to watch?
Golf was one of the first modern sports to codify its rules in 1744 in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the end of the 19th century, the first women’s tournaments were established. Today, there are more than 60 million golfers and over 30,000 golf courses worldwide.
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE RULES
Golf is a straightforward game in principle and is effectively explained in its first rule: “The Game of Golf consists of playing a ball with a club from the teeing ground into the hole by a stroke or successive strokes in accordance with the Rules.” Players use different clubs based on varying criteria, including distance to the hole and playing surface.
The golf format at the Olympic Games is stroke play, which consists of counting the number of strokes a golfer takes to complete an 18-hole course played four times over four days. The player with the lowest number of strokes at the end of the four rounds wins the tournament.
OLYMPIC HISTORY
Prior to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, golf had featured on the Olympic programme on just two occasions: in 1900 and 1904. The sport made its Olympic comeback in Brazil and was contested again at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021.
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/golf
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best wishes to all
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I watched the golf at the Olympics — it was interesting to follow the competition, especially in the final days. I noticed that many athletes had prepared for this tournament in a special way, and that created some real tension. Normally, I don’t watch golf, but this time the event wasn’t boring at all. On the contrary, I actually liked the atmosphere.