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

jimharri said:
Wow.

Thanks for the reply.
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Think the only country who can show everything live for free is France due to them being the host nation.

The director of sport for the BBC said yesterday some major events won't be shown live on the BBC due to the contract between The IOC and Discovery.

www.theguardian.com

BBC chief warns viewers could miss big Olympic moments due to ‘pinch points’

Television viewers could miss key live moments in the Olympics if events happen simultaneously, the BBC has warned
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
 
Eccles Blue said:
The video went straight to the FEI and has not been seen apart from that apparently. She's being investigated by both the FEI and British Equestrian Federation and British Dressage.
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If it is what I am hearing it is it will be on certain niche portions of the dark web shortly.

I knew equestrians were close with their horses but it can go too far!
 
They and us have pointed out that he would not have been selected under our selection rules.
 
journolud said:
Wonder how and why this four year old video has emerged now rather than, oh I don’t know four years ago when she was allegedly beating her horse up
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She knew what she had done all along and seems only sorry now she has been caught out. If this video had not come to light she would have carried on competing in this olympics without a second thought. Another Gordon Elliott.
 
The Olympics for me was always a big event, loved watching amateur sports men and women becoming heroes and producing incredible performances, but sadly that ended a long time ago for me.

Most of the people involved now are professional and a lot of sports destroyed by the drug takers , especially athletics.

All about money and putting on a "show".
 
Keeper! said:
The Olympics for me was always a big event, loved watching amateur sports men and women becoming heroes and producing incredible performances, but sadly that ended a long time ago for me.

Most of the people involved now are professional and a lot of sports destroyed by the drug takers , especially athletics.

All about money and putting on a "show".
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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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