Olympic Games: Paris 2024

[The Hallucinating Goose]

 

 

Rain?! You call that rain, France?!! Pathetic!!

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

If only they'd gone with this (see thread)......

 

[17 stone giant]

Have really enjoyed watching the opening ceremony. Paris is a beautiful city, especially after dark when everything lights up. A fantastic start to the Olympics. Well done France!

[EggFace]

1 hour ago, Click said:

I have generally watched most of the opening ceremonies for the last 4 or so olympics... Buy I have had to turn this one off, it was very boring. 

 

 

 

The fact that they are all French helped with the decision to turn off....

2012 was the last great Olympics as Brazil, Japan and going by the start of this is pants alongside having Breakdancing and Bmxing but no Greco Roman Wrestling yet both Tae Kwon Do and Karate ( do people still do that Combat sport) is in it.

Rugby 7's yeah/nah.

 

Going catch up with the Proms.

Edited July 26, 2024 by EggFace

[Futtocks]

Once they finally got round to it, the Olympic Flame was a pretty cool spectacle.

But my God, they took their time getting there!

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

1 hour ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

Apart from Seoul 1988, I've watched every opening ceremony since 1984, this is by far the worst and a million miles off what London did in 2012.

The last hour was pretty good though.

[graveyard johnny]

just do the track and field, gymnastics  and the swimming - sack the rest of the hobbies for the privileged- managed to get to 40 without knowing what a velodrome was - never seen one round here 

Edited July 26, 2024 by graveyard johnny

[Maximus Decimus]

57 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

just do the track and field, gymnastics  and the swimming - sack the rest of the hobbies for the privileged- managed to get to 40 without knowing what a velodrome was - never seen one round here 

There's one in Manchester.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

7 hours ago, Maximus Decimus said:

There's one in Manchester.

There's one in York as well.

[gingerjon]

Recommendation for today.

Handball, obviously. On Discovery Plus. 8pm.

France, current gold medalists and hosts, versus Denmark, previous gold medalists and current World Champions.

[M j M]

Cycling is for the privileged now apparently? 

[gingerjon]

6 minutes ago, M j M said:

Cycling is for the privileged now apparently? 

"Anything I don't like is woke and scary and I am the better person for being angry about it online".

Handball though. 8pm.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

38 minutes ago, M j M said:

Cycling is for the privileged now apparently? 

Yeah, course it is! And boxing is only done by public schoolboys as well don't forget!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I'd given up before the end but I'm reading a lot of comments saying they raised the Olympic flag upside down!

[gingerjon]

9 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I'd given up before the end but I'm reading a lot of comments saying they raised the Olympic flag upside down!

It shows they were in distress

[Gomersall]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

It shows they were in distress

Or this dress?

[Gomersall]

3 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

There's one in York as well.

Never knew that?

[Gomersall]

12 hours ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

If only they'd gone with this (see thread)......

 

Unfortunately Plastic Bertrand was Belgian. Otherwise, it works a treat!

[Les Tonks Sidestep]

13 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

Unfortunately Plastic Bertrand was Belgian. Otherwise, it works a treat!

His mother was French so......

[The Hallucinating Goose]

22 minutes ago, Gomersall said:

Never knew that?

Yeah, an outdoor cycle track at the York Sports Village in the east of York.

[JohnM]

12 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

just do the track and field, gymnastics  and the swimming - sack the rest of the hobbies for the privileged- managed to get to 40 without knowing what a velodrome was - never seen one round here 

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/british-racing/velodrome-guide-track-uk-356522

[Spidey]

First medal of the games for Team GB after the Aussies messed up their last dive

[Gomersall]

49 minutes ago, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

His mother was French so......

Curses! The heitage rule again!

[Gomersall]

43 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Yeah, an outdoor cycle track at the York Sports Village in the east of York.

They have a sports village too! You’re a mine of useless information goosey.

[JonM]

1 hour ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

Yeah, an outdoor cycle track at the York Sports Village in the east of York.

And a well-used (flat) enclosed 1km cycling track right next to the velodrome too.