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

I used to love the Olympics and watch pretty much anything and everything but I don't feel that bothered this time around, maybe due to the Euro's and a sport burnout!

I'm sure I'll get into it. I always enjoy the swimming, cycling and athletics. The rest of it I'm not too bothered but hopefully GB do well and finish high up the table.

So far the news is dominated by a woman who beat a horse so isn't going and a man who raped a child and is. What a world.
 
staffsblue said:
I saw the piece on the news last night regarding the security arrangements being put in place just to hold the floating opening ceremony on the Seine.
Whole swathes of Paris were cordoned off. Cafes and other small businesses had no customers, and locals and tourists alike were having to make huge detours to get to where they wanted to be.
All seemed a bit pointless to me, just for a show to make Paris and the IOC look self important.
I thought the games were meant to be about sport, not putting on a spectacle.
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All about the show, the sport is a byproduct of it.
 
We have Argentina vs Morocco on one laptop and Australia vs Samoa on the other.

I love rugby sevens. It’s so fast paced and very entertaining.
 
Im sure the opening ceremony will be spectacular and everything, but the idea of closing down half of Paris for a week is just silly. Hold it at the stadium like every other olympic games.
What stadium are the games in anyway, have they had to build one like we did?
 
Watching my first bit of the Olympics, Rugby Sevens, didn't fancy Ukraine v Iraq in the football. As an event I think the Olympics trumps all sporting events.
 
Double R said:
Im sure the opening ceremony will be spectacular and everything, but the idea of closing down half of Paris for a week is just silly. Hold it at the stadium like every other olympic games.
What stadium are the games in anyway, have they had to build one like we did?
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Each countries athletes will be delegated a giant turd to surf on the Seine.
 
25th July

Archery
08:30 - Women's Archery - Individual Rankings - Preliminary
13:15 - Men's Archery - Individual Rankings - Preliminary

Football (Women)
16:00 - Canada v New Zealand - Groups
16:00 - Spain v Japan - Groups
18:00 - Germany v Australia - Groups
18:00 - Nigeria v Brazil - Groups
20:00 - France v Colombia - Groups
20:00 - United States v Zambia - Groups

Handball (Women)
08:00 - Slovenia v Denmark - Groups
10:00 - Netherlands v Angola - Groups
13:00 - Spain v Brazil - Groups
15:00 - Germany v South Korea - Groups
18:00 - Hungary v France - Groups
20:00 - Norway v Sweden - Groups

Rugby Sevens (Men)
13:00 - Samoa v Kenya - Groups
13:30 - Argentina v Australia - Groups
14:00 - United States v Uruguay - Groups
14:30 - Fiji v France - Groups
15:00 - South Africa v Japan - Groups
15:30 - New Zealand v Ireland - Groups
19:00 - 9th - 12th place Rankings
19:30 - 9th - 12th place Rankings
20:00 - Quarter-Final
20:30 - Quarter-Final
21:00 - Quarter-Final
21:30 - Quarter- Final
 
25th July

Team GB Schedule
08:30 - Women's Archery - Individual Rankings - Penny Healey, Bryony Pitman, Megan Havers - Start time could be out as that is just when the event starts.
13:15 - Men's Archery - Individual Rankings - Preliminary - Alex Wise, Tom Hall, Conor Hall - Start time could be out as that is just when the event starts.
 
Double R said:
Im sure the opening ceremony will be spectacular and everything, but the idea of closing down half of Paris for a week is just silly. Hold it at the stadium like every other olympic games.
What stadium are the games in anyway, have they had to build one like we did?
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It's the Stade de France for the athletics.
 
Handball is dumb, way too many subjective calls, people call footballers mard, I think this is the most mard sport. Slovenia v Denmark has had 6 people suspended (2min sin bin) for fuck all.
 
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