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Olympics 2024
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SELR_addicks said:
Which ones of you think you could do it?
I could do the first half lap in the Velodrome in the Cycling when they are playing cat and mouse and going dead slow but after that I would be screwed 🤷🏻♂️1 -
Think I'd have a good chance at qualifying for the women's boxing.SELR_addicks said:
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Have you got that extra bit, to go all the way?O-Randy-Hunt said:
Think I'd have a good chance at qualifying for the women's boxing.SELR_addicks said:
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Depends on the weather.guinnessaddick said:
Have you got that extra bit, to go all the way?O-Randy-Hunt said:
Think I'd have a good chance at qualifying for the women's boxing.SELR_addicks said:
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I understand the criticism of the opening ceremony, but for me it was a brave and creative call not to confine things to a stadium, especially with drums and dancing and stuff followed by the almost endless parade of countries.charlton_hero said:
The opening and closing ceremonies were the worst I've seen. The sport, the venues and the backdrops were awesome.seth plum said:These Olympics have been excellent.
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
And trying to utilise the whole city was a harder call than just a stadium and I think took a lot of courage from the organisers to risk so much, no rehearsal and tons of rain could have ruined it, but for me it worked.1 -
One major reason was it was different to every opening ceremony I have seen in the past, so it can be argued it was the best non stadium opening there has ever been.Hal1x said:
There must have been two opening ceremonies then, because certainly the one I saw (possible the rehearsal as it was raining) was pisspoor, pretentious and boring? Cant think why you liked it?seth plum said:These Olympics have been excellent.
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
In terms of detail, well one feature I liked was interspersing the introduction of the teams with events.
I have also been to Paris, love the place (despite the food) so I possibly related to it more.
I wonder if the Americans will revert to a stadium opening, or try to imitate Paris with a backdrop of freeways, the Hollywood sign, film studios and fast food outlets. In four years technology will have advanced so much each of us might have a personalised ceremony experienced on headsets.0 -
Agreed it was different but by no means was it any good, there may be a good reason why this type of opening has been rejected by every other host city. Oh and by the way, caught a little bit of snobbery on your lips there.seth plum said:
One major reason was it was different to every opening ceremony I have seen in the past, so it can be argued it was the best non stadium opening there has ever been.Hal1x said:
There must have been two opening ceremonies then, because certainly the one I saw (possible the rehearsal as it was raining) was pisspoor, pretentious and boring? Cant think why you liked it?seth plum said:These Olympics have been excellent.
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
In terms of detail, well one feature I liked was interspersing the introduction of the teams with events.
I have also been to Paris, love the place (despite the food) so I possibly related to it more.
I wonder if the Americans will revert to a stadium opening, or try to imitate Paris with a backdrop of freeways, the Hollywood sign, film studios and fast food outlets. In four years technology will have advanced so much each of us might have a personalised ceremony experienced on headsets.
The most memorable opening ceremony moment was probably from the USA, by the way, with the arrow fired to light the flame.0 -
I'm particularly impressed by the men who reckon they could get to Olympic standard in football in 4 years, given that it involves being under 23 at the time of the tournament. That would be great, but there's a minor difficulty...SELR_addicks said:
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Have loved this olympics. Don't care about the ceremonies, they are not sport, but everything in between, top notch.2
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Think you’re allowed a couple of over age players - maybe that’s what they’re aiming for!Swindon_Addick said:
I'm particularly impressed by the men who reckon they could get to Olympic standard in football in 4 years, given that it involves being under 23 at the time of the tournament. That would be great, but there's a minor difficulty...SELR_addicks said:
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Wasn’t the arrow Barcelona?Hal1x said:
Agreed it was different but by no means was it any good, there may be a good reason why this type of opening has been rejected by every other host city. Oh and by the way, caught a little bit of snobbery on your lips there.seth plum said:
One major reason was it was different to every opening ceremony I have seen in the past, so it can be argued it was the best non stadium opening there has ever been.Hal1x said:
There must have been two opening ceremonies then, because certainly the one I saw (possible the rehearsal as it was raining) was pisspoor, pretentious and boring? Cant think why you liked it?seth plum said:These Olympics have been excellent.
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
In terms of detail, well one feature I liked was interspersing the introduction of the teams with events.
I have also been to Paris, love the place (despite the food) so I possibly related to it more.
I wonder if the Americans will revert to a stadium opening, or try to imitate Paris with a backdrop of freeways, the Hollywood sign, film studios and fast food outlets. In four years technology will have advanced so much each of us might have a personalised ceremony experienced on headsets.
The most memorable opening ceremony moment was probably from the USA, by the way, with the arrow fired to light the flame.0 -
Agreed, the closing ceremony somehow took over 3 hours, yet hardly anything happened. That centrepiece section where the alien came down and they built the rings took forever, while the musical bit was completely overshadowed by what the LA section provided. When by far the most memorable part of the evening was the LA section, and Tom Cruise abseiling down, something is wrong.charlton_hero said:
The opening and closing ceremonies were the worst I've seen. The sport, the venues and the backdrops were awesome.seth plum said:These Olympics have been excellent.
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
Even the US filmed section seemed overlong, normally you would expect more of that to be in the stadium, so that all the Paris athletes and spectators could enjoy it, rather than having all the bands performing on Venice Beach on screen.
I did like the extinguishing of the flame, that was a nice moment.0 -
Not that memorable seeing as it was in Barcelona. And it missed, you can see the flaming arrow go past the target.Hal1x said:
Agreed it was different but by no means was it any good, there may be a good reason why this type of opening has been rejected by every other host city. Oh and by the way, caught a little bit of snobbery on your lips there.seth plum said:
One major reason was it was different to every opening ceremony I have seen in the past, so it can be argued it was the best non stadium opening there has ever been.Hal1x said:
There must have been two opening ceremonies then, because certainly the one I saw (possible the rehearsal as it was raining) was pisspoor, pretentious and boring? Cant think why you liked it?seth plum said:These Olympics have been excellent.
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
In terms of detail, well one feature I liked was interspersing the introduction of the teams with events.
I have also been to Paris, love the place (despite the food) so I possibly related to it more.
I wonder if the Americans will revert to a stadium opening, or try to imitate Paris with a backdrop of freeways, the Hollywood sign, film studios and fast food outlets. In four years technology will have advanced so much each of us might have a personalised ceremony experienced on headsets.
The most memorable opening ceremony moment was probably from the USA, by the way, with the arrow fired to light the flame.The 84 Los Angeles Olympics had the Jet Pack man.The 96 Atlanta Olympics had Muhammad Ali lighting the flame
Beijing still top for me, followed by London.0 -
Nothing matches the lighting of the cauldron in Seoul 88.
They incinerated the 'doves of peace' they had released earlier in the ceremony.4 -
When they finally returned to the stadium (after midnight) most of the athletes had wandered off and the stadium was half full. The last singer did it her way in front of an emptying house.killerandflash said:Rothko said:
Didn’t have enough control over it, and Venice Beach, well why notkillerandflash said:Bit odd to have the LA segment all filmed in LA, rather than in front of the athletes in Paris.
But it meant a long section of the ceremony with all the athletes in Paris stuck watching music on big screens0 -
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I had wondered about that. Tom Cruise leaving the stadium did feel like the end of a very long evening, even if it wasn't!Dugdaleclass said:
When they finally returned to the stadium (after midnight) most of the athletes had wandered off and the stadium was half full. The last singer did it her way in front of an emptying house.killerandflash said:Rothko said:
Didn’t have enough control over it, and Venice Beach, well why notkillerandflash said:Bit odd to have the LA segment all filmed in LA, rather than in front of the athletes in Paris.
But it meant a long section of the ceremony with all the athletes in Paris stuck watching music on big screens0 -
Ceremonies are always shit.Hats off to Paris tho, not sure if it’s cos I WFH most days but I’ve watched loads of it and it’s been fantastic.1
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Ive always thought the medal scoring system to be poor in that realistically only golds count for anything. If you were to give 3 pts for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze this is what the final medal table would look like:
G S B Pts Total 1 United States404442250 2 China402724198 3 France162622122 4 Great Britain142229115 5 Australia181916108 6 Japan20121397 7 Italy12131577 8 Netherlands1571271 9 Germany1213870 10 South Korea1391067 5 -
If you were to weight it more to gold and silver and give gold 5pts, silver 3pts and bronze 1 pt then the table remains the same:
G S B Pts Total 1 United States404442374 2 China402724305 3 France162622180 4 Great Britain142229165 5 Australia181916163 6 Japan201213149 7 Italy121315114 8 Netherlands15712108 9 Germany12138107 10 South Korea13910102 0 - Sponsored links:
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I liked Diana Ross missing the pen but that was a world cup i guess.0
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The Olympics brought back some good memories of London 2012 for me. I think the French public bought into it and helped their competitors as we did when we were hosts. Looking forward to 2028.
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Then why did the USA finish above China?Covered_End_Lad said:Ive always thought the medal scoring system to be poor in that realistically only golds count for anything. If you were to give 3 pts for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze this is what the final medal table would look like:G S B Pts Total 1 United States404442250 2 China402724198 3 France162622122 4 Great Britain142229115 5 Australia181916108 6 Japan20121397 7 Italy12131577 8 Netherlands1571271 9 Germany1213870 10 South Korea1391067
Oh yeah, more silvers.0 -
As soon as farting becomes an Olympic sport i'm ready to go...0
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They should have got you down to Marseille.soapy_jones said:As soon as farting becomes an Olympic sport i'm ready to go...1 -
Content warning: viewer discretion required. Not safe for vegetarians.Sven_the_Viking said:Nothing matches the lighting of the cauldron in Seoul 88.
They incinerated the 'doves of peace' they had released earlier in the ceremony.
https://youtu.be/8dgXRXVScFM?si=0IQ95nhoK108Wlba
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Some people need to read the script. The whole intent was to take the city, not just the stadia to the athletes and involve the city and its people with the Olympic experience. Hesitant at first they ultimately hugely embraced it matching attendance records on a par with London.
It is what sport is supposed to be about in breaking down barriers between and engaging with people. In France that is no small task.
Yes the style was different, you don’t rush the French at anything. Go to a restaurant for Sunday lunch you can be there for 3-4 hours. Live with it. Maybe they have it right maybe they don’t. C’est la vie! Though as with the opening and closing ceremonies it got lost along the way a few times they delivered an excellent “ sensational games” not least due to doubling their own usual medal count.
They added some really nice touches with the Champions Arena where people could interact with medal winners.
I think team GB & NI did a very good job. They did probably leave anything up to 10 medals out there whether that is just down to the way of sport being sport or a move away from the Brailsford theory of marginal gains only they can know. It did seem like an awful lot athletes had had a really difficult preceding 12 months while a significant number delivered personal bests only to find it just wasn’t quite good enough.
There will need to be a review of Lottery funding but in an upward trend. These games are only going to get harder and harder. If we are going to continue to compete then people will continue to need to be empowered.
It was pleasing to see King Charles lll acknowledge the worthy success of Commonwealth Athletes. He was no doubt able to reflect on the emblazoning of the Union Jack across the medal ceremonies for UK & NI, Australia, New Zealand where as Head of State and indeed of Canada, Jamaica, St Lucia and Grenada (a collective population of circa 140mn) he saw his subjects bring home 175 medals including 53 Gold.
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i told you it was memorableseth plum said:
Wasn’t the arrow Barcelona?Hal1x said:
Agreed it was different but by no means was it any good, there may be a good reason why this type of opening has been rejected by every other host city. Oh and by the way, caught a little bit of snobbery on your lips there.seth plum said:
One major reason was it was different to every opening ceremony I have seen in the past, so it can be argued it was the best non stadium opening there has ever been.Hal1x said:
There must have been two opening ceremonies then, because certainly the one I saw (possible the rehearsal as it was raining) was pisspoor, pretentious and boring? Cant think why you liked it?seth plum said:These Olympics have been excellent.
Certainly on a par with London, with the extra glory of a great opening ceremony not confined to the stadium.
For me the finish to the triathlon, with a local to me mixed race competitor winning was the most thrilling event, it was very relatable.
In terms of detail, well one feature I liked was interspersing the introduction of the teams with events.
I have also been to Paris, love the place (despite the food) so I possibly related to it more.
I wonder if the Americans will revert to a stadium opening, or try to imitate Paris with a backdrop of freeways, the Hollywood sign, film studios and fast food outlets. In four years technology will have advanced so much each of us might have a personalised ceremony experienced on headsets.
The most memorable opening ceremony moment was probably from the USA, by the way, with the arrow fired to light the flame.0 -
Okay, yes used as a tiebreaker but a team who has 15 gold and 0 silvers could be ahead of a team with 14 golds and 70 silvers just feels wrong.North Lower Neil said:
Then why did the USA finish above China?Covered_End_Lad said:Ive always thought the medal scoring system to be poor in that realistically only golds count for anything. If you were to give 3 pts for a gold, 2 for a silver and 1 for a bronze this is what the final medal table would look like:G S B Pts Total 1 United States404442250 2 China402724198 3 France162622122 4 Great Britain142229115 5 Australia181916108 6 Japan20121397 7 Italy12131577 8 Netherlands1571271 9 Germany1213870 10 South Korea1391067
Oh yeah, more silvers.1 -
Listening to the Radio 5 Live discussion at the end of the games one of the points made was that the organisers had been worried everyone in Paris would clear off on their summer holidays as usual and the atmosphere would be dead. So having the opening ceremony spread around the city to grab people's interest would seem to make a lot of sense.
Yes, it was a bit slow for my taste. Long periods of not much happening. But then most ceremonies have a long period when nothing's happening except athletes processing in, most of them from countries I've barely heard of. In the long run we'll remember the horse galloping along the river and we'll forget how bored we were of it after 5 minutes. And I'll remember the abseiling and the ceremony with the flame long after I've forgotten the over-long dance piece.
So overall I liked the ceremonies. And the sport was great. And Team GB did pretty well. By historical standards, compared to the improvement that started in the run-up to 2012 they did incredibly. What's not to like?2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylUF32pwvtI
