Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

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Opening Ceremony on Friday. Starts at 17:45 (BST) on BBC1.

BBC and Discovery+ have the rights this year, everything will be aired on Eurosport.

It's nice to have it back in Europe, easier to keep up with it. Great Britain & Northern Ireland finished 4th in Tokyo, hopefully a similar performance here as well.

As usual I'll keep the schedules posted on here, especially the GB athlete schedule.

The actual Olympics kicks off earlier than Friday.
 
Wednesday 24th July
Men's football and men's rugby sevens all day. All group stage games.

Football:
14:00 - Argentina v Morocco
14:00 - Uzbekistan v Spain
16:00 - Guinea v New Zealand
16:00 - Egypt v Dominican Republic
18:00 - Iraq v Ukraine
18:00 - Japan v Paraguay
20:00 - France v USA
20:00 - Mail v Israel

Rugby Sevens:
14:30 - Australia v Samoa
15:00 - Argentina v Kenya
15:30 - France v USA
16:00 - Fiji v Uruguay
16:30 - Ireland v South Africa
17:00 - New Zealand v Japan
18:00 - Australia v Kenya
18:30 - Argentina v Samoa
19:00 - France v Uruguay
19:30 - Fiji v USA
20:00 - Ireland v Japan
20:30 - New Zealand v South Africa
 
Thanks in advance for keeping this thread up to date @MCFC1993

It's a shame Sam Reardon didnt get back to fitness to run in the trials and make the 400m relay team, running 44.7 and taking a second plus off his best after an injury hit season is phenomenal.

Louie Hinchcliffe could well be a fairytale story if he can keep up his progression and make the 100m final and maybe sneak into medal contention. Some achievement to be the first European to win the NCAA 100m championships. And he apparently turned trials down as a kid at City, whilst playing golf off 0.70 handicap.

What is certain and makes the Olympics the greatest sporting event is there will be someone we have never heard about who will capture our hearts and win gold with the support of a nation. And we will all become experts in Taekwondo and Canoe Slalom again.

Really looking forward to the kayak cross.

Bring it on!
 
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This Eurosport thing can fuck off. How is it not treated like the World Cup and mandated that it all has to be on terrestrial TV?

I watched a couple of their broadcasts on a dodgy stream last time and it was shocking. The commentators didn't even know the rules of the sport and were clearly reading it off a cheat sheet, not even trying to hide the fact. They had a co-commentator, but it was just another presenter, not someone who'd actually done the sport.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
This Eurosport thing can fuck off. How is it not treated like the World Cup and mandated that it all has to be on terrestrial TV?

I watched a couple of their broadcasts on a dodgy stream last time and it was shocking. The commentators didn't even know the rules of the sport and were clearly reading it off a cheat sheet, not even trying to hide the fact. They had a co-commentator, but it was just another presenter, not someone who'd actually done the sport.
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Agreed, London 2012 they had to show everything, BBC had 15-20 different streams every day, obviously because it was over here, it should be mandated. How else will they inspire the next generation otherwise.
 
great 12 hrs of running and swimming every day on bb1 while hoping some actual sports are shown on bbc2
 
Anyone know when the ladies beach volleyball is on..asking for a friend
 
MCFC1993 said:
Agreed, London 2012 they had to show everything, BBC had 15-20 different streams every day, obviously because it was over here, it should be mandated. How else will they inspire the next generation otherwise.
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And let's face it, it's our tax money that's paying for it. When the IOC pay all of the athletes for competing, they should be free to sell the coverage to the highest bidder. As it is, almost all of the athletes are funded by their countries, which means from central taxation (or things like the lottery) or their sponsors. So we should get to watch it without it being behind a paywall.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
And let's face it, it's our tax money that's paying for it. When the IOC pay all of the athletes for competing, they should be free to sell the coverage to the highest bidder. As it is, almost all of the athletes are funded by their countries, which means from central taxation (or things like the lottery) or their sponsors. So we should get to watch it without it being behind a paywall.
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Bit of a stretch that.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Worth noting The BBC only have limited and delayed coverage. This is due to the TV deal with Discovery and The IOC.

Discovery will be showing everything but you need a subscription
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Apparently Discovery+ is included with a Sky Sports subscription so worth checking that out if you have Sky.

Otherwise it's £6.99 for the month for Discovery+. I use it to watch the WEC (motor racing ) and I've always found the service works well.
 
jimharri said:
You're saying that absolutely nothing on the Beeb will be actually "live"?
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No. BBC will broadcast the main events and finals but they can only show around 250 hours live(About 6-7 hours a day. That includes BBC 1 and 2 and BBC iPlayer). Contrast that to discovery/discovery+ everything will be live(around 3200 hours)
 
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