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Olympics 2024
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I still remember the Barcelona diving, which created some iconic images, even if the venue itself is pretty underwhelming up close! It's the location on the hill which created the magic.MrWalker said:
As was the marathon in London the beach volleyball in Horse Guards Parade, the shooting in Thamesmead and the Horse Dancing in Greenwich Park.ME14addick said:se9addick said:
No one will ever be able to compete with Paris for venues. They’ve won that for eternity.sam3110 said:Thailand win the gold in the lightweight Taekwondo, in the middle of the Grand Palais (what an amazing venue btw) but what's the scoring all about? VAR replays to see one girl gently tap her toe on her opponent's headguard
Certainly agree with that, the use of a rugby stadium for the swimming allowed so many more people to watch and create a good atmosphere. The archery was held at the Palace of Versailles and the aerial shot of the range, with the palace in the background was amazing.
Every Olympics has its iconic venues. Paris matches a long line of amazing hosts.
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A great pole vaulter has failed a drugs test. So far that's 4, pretty unknown competitors, 2 in Judo.0 -
London has equally ‘beautiful buildings’ only ours have been cleaned up.Rothko said:You can't get into an arms race with Paris on having beautiful old buildings, the advantages of not being bombed in the WW2, Paris is a museum of a city, where London changes and evolves. Paris has been ready to host an Olympics since 1998, it was the whole point of building Stade de France and had grand Olympic Park plans in 2012 in Saint Denis, but that's had to change as that part of the city changed.The legacy of the London games compared to other host cities has been pretty good. When the temporary photo shoot venues have been removed what’s the legacy of the Paris games going to be for Parisians and France ?3 -
Jade Jones was talked up last night by BBC, out in the very first round!0
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The Wiff Waff and Climbing the Walls are both entertaining events. Less so the sailing, which I'm finding hard to follow.1
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Mainly transport as the big upgrades have been to the Metro, cleaner Seine, new Aquatics centre, new housing in Saint Denis from the Village.letthegoodtimesroll said:
London has equally ‘beautiful buildings’ only ours have been cleaned up.Rothko said:You can't get into an arms race with Paris on having beautiful old buildings, the advantages of not being bombed in the WW2, Paris is a museum of a city, where London changes and evolves. Paris has been ready to host an Olympics since 1998, it was the whole point of building Stade de France and had grand Olympic Park plans in 2012 in Saint Denis, but that's had to change as that part of the city changed.The legacy of the London games compared to other host cities has been pretty good. When the temporary photo shoot venues have been removed what’s the legacy of the Paris games going to be for Parisians and France ?0 -
And they still haven’t finished the blooming church! 😜killerandflash said:
I still remember the Barcelona diving, which created some iconic images, even if the venue itself is pretty underwhelming up close! It's the location on the hill which created the magic.MrWalker said:
As was the marathon in London the beach volleyball in Horse Guards Parade, the shooting in Thamesmead and the Horse Dancing in Greenwich Park.ME14addick said:se9addick said:
No one will ever be able to compete with Paris for venues. They’ve won that for eternity.sam3110 said:Thailand win the gold in the lightweight Taekwondo, in the middle of the Grand Palais (what an amazing venue btw) but what's the scoring all about? VAR replays to see one girl gently tap her toe on her opponent's headguard
Certainly agree with that, the use of a rugby stadium for the swimming allowed so many more people to watch and create a good atmosphere. The archery was held at the Palace of Versailles and the aerial shot of the range, with the palace in the background was amazing.
Every Olympics has its iconic venues. Paris matches a long line of amazing hosts.7 -
Could still get a chance to go for bronze if the Macedonian who beat her gets to the final.sam3110 said:Jade Jones was talked up last night by BBC, out in the very first round!0 -
Many of the Paris venues were built before the Olympics but with the Olympics in mind, like the Velodrome, the Arena La Defense, the white-water facility, shooting centre and the climbing centre.
They have a wonderful mix of lasting venues, temporary arenas in iconic locations and historic backdrops. They've also renovated Stade de France and built a huge new university accomodation village (used as the Olympic Village)0 - Sponsored links:
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If you think the BBC is jingoistic, come over here and watch it on French TV!NornIrishAddick said:
I have to admit that I find the BBC coverage largely annoyingly jingositic (it's better on the Red Button).iaitch said:
And what a great couple of finals they were.sam3110 said:BBC are so frustrating, just endlessly twaddling on about any old shit, meanwhile on Eurosport they are simultaneously showing the men's discus final and the women's pole vault
Kept flicking between Eurosport and BBC, all talk talk talk on the beeb no action. Why do they need three people to discuss things.
Eurosport have Iuan Thomas who is a good summariser and gives his opinion.
I get that there are Team GB athletes doing brilliantly (as are many) and that they have reasonable chances of getting medals, but they seem to be too keen to ignore other exceptional stories for endlessly going on in studio discussions about either the potential or the performance of UK athletes.
Just a bitter Norn Irish man (who cannot get the RTE coverage because it's blocked...
This has nothing to do with the Olympics happening in Paris, but it‘s particularly bad now.
French TV jumps from one sport to the other based on the fact that a Frenchman/woman is taking part to the detriment of all other competitors. The most recent was a cut to a Frenchman coming third in a competition and they didn‘t even go to the effort of mentioning who won gold or silver!1 -
Far too much diving and gymnastics given airtime over other sports on the beeb IMO, there has been barely a sniff of some of the other disciplines, like Water Polo, Volleyball, Basketball and weightlifting, for instance.
I get that some of them are more niche or things Team GB don't compete in, but I'd rather see 10-15 minutes of that instead of Balding or someone else licking the arse of some ex Olympian about their own niche sport that they don't actually show for half an hour2 -
I'm no fan over the extended talking sessions but part of being a sports fan is knowing that you have to pay for the streams and the money charged by Discovery for cameras pointing at every event, often with commentary, is great value. To be fair I think that the BBC coverage has curated pretty well and has showed highlights of at least some of those things you mentioned.
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And by using existing facilities and temporary site, they have attempted to keep the cost of the Games within reason. That's one legacy that the host city's population can do without. The 2012 legacy is questionable. Certainly was good for Stratford and environs (and West Ham of course).Rothko said:
Mainly transport as the big upgrades have been to the Metro, cleaner Seine, new Aquatics centre, new housing in Saint Denis from the Village.letthegoodtimesroll said:
London has equally ‘beautiful buildings’ only ours have been cleaned up.Rothko said:You can't get into an arms race with Paris on having beautiful old buildings, the advantages of not being bombed in the WW2, Paris is a museum of a city, where London changes and evolves. Paris has been ready to host an Olympics since 1998, it was the whole point of building Stade de France and had grand Olympic Park plans in 2012 in Saint Denis, but that's had to change as that part of the city changed.The legacy of the London games compared to other host cities has been pretty good. When the temporary photo shoot venues have been removed what’s the legacy of the Paris games going to be for Parisians and France ?0 -
It got things paid for, or at least started, be that Overground, or Crossrail, DLR extensions, and that part of east London needed the money spent on it, which benefits London, and if London works, the rest of the country gets the moneyDugdaleclass said:
And by using existing facilities and temporary site, they have attempted to keep the cost of the Games within reason. That's one legacy that the host city's population can do without. The 2012 legacy is questionable. Certainly was good for Stratford and environs (and West Ham of course).Rothko said:
Mainly transport as the big upgrades have been to the Metro, cleaner Seine, new Aquatics centre, new housing in Saint Denis from the Village.letthegoodtimesroll said:
London has equally ‘beautiful buildings’ only ours have been cleaned up.Rothko said:You can't get into an arms race with Paris on having beautiful old buildings, the advantages of not being bombed in the WW2, Paris is a museum of a city, where London changes and evolves. Paris has been ready to host an Olympics since 1998, it was the whole point of building Stade de France and had grand Olympic Park plans in 2012 in Saint Denis, but that's had to change as that part of the city changed.The legacy of the London games compared to other host cities has been pretty good. When the temporary photo shoot venues have been removed what’s the legacy of the Paris games going to be for Parisians and France ?2 -
https://deadline.com/2024/08/bbc-olympics-commentator-misgender-shot-put-raven-saunders-1236034392/
Who'd want to be a commentator?
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Sinden through to Semis in the Taekwondo after kicking his opponent in the head, which I was screaming at the telly for him to do. 😀0
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Especially at the Olympics, football etc you can try to write down and remember anything needed about 30 odd players.swordfish said:https://deadline.com/2024/08/bbc-olympics-commentator-misgender-shot-put-raven-saunders-1236034392/
Who'd want to be a commentator?
There's a couple of thousand athletes just in the athletics I think.
Poor bloke calls someone in the women's shot put a woman and gets called out and has articles written about it.3 -
Should have put in the research really, shouldn't he/she/they? (Whatever Steve Backley's preferred pronoun is)swordfish said:https://deadline.com/2024/08/bbc-olympics-commentator-misgender-shot-put-raven-saunders-1236034392/
Who'd want to be a commentator?2 -
Sailing was a nonsense. Medal events abandoned due to "lack of wind" where the flags & sails were certainly not limp. GB given a "penalty" on the start line but were unaware it was for them. & carried on.swordfish said:The Wiff Waff and Climbing the Walls are both entertaining events. Less so the sailing, which I'm finding hard to follow.
And the wall climbing ??? Medal events were knockouts based on a single run that takes 5 seconds!! Why not have best of 3.....hardly taking up much time. Compared to the BMX where they had 6 heats before the final. And athletes who have 2 or 3 heats for races over 800 or 1500 metres !!2 - Sponsored links:
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Loses in the semi. In the QF he scored points at will, but he couldn't get anywhere near the Jordanianswordfish said:Sinden through to Semis in the Taekwondo after kicking his opponent in the head, which I was screaming at the telly for him to do. 😀0 -
I like the VAR in the taekwondo.0
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Great win by Aldridge in the kite sailing for gold!0
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Who cares about other events, I'm only watching Kite sailing from now on
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A good system, and this referee was nice and quick tooBrentfordAddick said:I like the VAR in the taekwondo.0 -
Who would have thought that would have been our next Gold. Was it called by the experts 😉😄cafcpolo said:Great win by Aldridge in the kite sailing for gold!0 -
Just watching the cycling and the leader is on a motorbike. Bit unfair!8
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An expensive crash that0
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She had silver in the worlds and been up there most qualifying races. Just didn't cock up like the windsurfer did!golfaddick said:
Who would have thought that would have been our next Gold. Was it called by the experts 😉😄cafcpolo said:Great win by Aldridge in the kite sailing for gold!0
