Official Paris Olympics 2024 thread

[Biffer]

Got to feel sorry for Josh Tarling. Fourth in the time trial. Two seconds off a bronze, twelve from a silver. Had a puncture during the race, had to change bike. Probably cost him fifteen seconds. Only 20

[Blackmac]

Jesus. Evenpoel faster in the pouring rain than Bradley Wiggins was in 2012 on a dry day.

[yermum]

Anna Henderson is a local rider to me. Started out riding with my club and regularly rocked up to our local club 10 and our races. Great to see her do so well.

[SomersetJock]

Can we not just get rid of this opening ceremony nonsense. It’s as if everyone has given up since Danny Boyle set the bar so high in 2012 !

In fairness watching Susan Boyle naked mud wrestle Anne Widdicombe would have been a better watch than that bag of shite last night

[Blackmac]

Can we not just get rid of this opening ceremony nonsense. It’s as if everyone has given up since Danny Boyle set the bar so high in 2012 !

In fairness watching Susan Boyle naked mud wrestle Anne Widdicombe would have been a better watch than that bag of shite last night

I'm sure I saw that at one point.

[BnM]

Forked out for discovery. BBC seems to be studio waffle interspersed with a bit of sport this morning. The TV app is not very good but could be worse.

Turns out ad free was a bit selective, ad free, maybe, sometimes.

[Enzedder]

FIFA have handed out 1 year bans and a 6 point penalty to Canada for spying in the women's football.

I mean, how dumb is that? Spying against NZ (unless that was just practice for the real thing later)

[SomersetJock]

FIFA have handed out 1 year bans and a 6 point penalty to Canada for spying in the women's football.

I mean, how dumb is that? Spying against NZ (unless that was just practice for the real thing later)

With a bloody drone as well, not as if it wasn’t going to be spotted

[Enzedder]

NZ's favourite medal colour in the women's 400 freestyle (tin).

We had some high hopes for something from Fairweather.

[tabascoboy]

Voilà

:smug:

the great thing is that it has the fascist frothing at the mouth

Well according to those who know the truth about these things the opening ceremony was nothing but unbridled Satanism and an attack on Western civilisation by anti-Christian Cultural Marxists

[C69]

Bloody Hell GB girl Davidson robbed in the boxing against the Turkish lass.

[Niegs]

Watching the swimming relay... so many teams wearing parkas when the walk on?

Oddly, there was someone with an Israel flag despite no Israel team in the pool?

[Blackmac]

I understand that the French spent €1billion cleaning the Seine prior to the Olympics. All triathlon events in the river have just been cancelled due to high levels of pollution.

[SaintK]

I understand that the French spent €1billion cleaning the Seine prior to the Olympics. All triathlon events in the river have just been cancelled due to high levels of pollution.

Thought it was triathalon swimming practise that has been p[ostponed.
Reports saying that all the heavy rain in Paris over the past few days has caused a spike in pollutants in the river. It should return to safe levels in a day or two.

[boere wors]

I understand that the French spent €1billion cleaning the Seine prior to the Olympics. All triathlon events in the river have just been cancelled due to high levels of pollution.

Thought it was triathalon swimming practise that has been p[ostponed.
Reports saying that all the heavy rain in Paris over the past few days has caused a spike in pollutants in the river. It should return to safe levels in a day or two.

In general the water quality has improved indeed, but high amounts of rain cause the sewerage to flow over, feces are then washed directly into the rivers

[Openside]

Bloody Hell GB girl Davidson robbed in the boxing against the Turkish lass.

That was extraordinary, I can only assume there are more important things to do other than be aggressive and punch your opponent in the head

[Openside]

Watching the swimming relay... so many teams wearing parkas when the walk on?

Oddly, there was someone with an Israel flag despite no Israel team in the pool?

Well there are plenty of Palestinian flags despite there being no Palestine in the world

[Blackmac]

I understand that the French spent €1billion cleaning the Seine prior to the Olympics. All triathlon events in the river have just been cancelled due to high levels of pollution.

Thought it was triathalon swimming practise that has been p[ostponed.
Reports saying that all the heavy rain in Paris over the past few days has caused a spike in pollutants in the river. It should return to safe levels in a day or two.

In general the water quality has improved indeed, but high amounts of rain cause the sewerage to flow over, feces are then washed directly into the rivers

You would think that €1billion would have gone somewhere to mitigate that risk at least for the duration of the games. It's an extraordinary amount of money for a temporary fix.

Scotland did itself a huge service a few decades ago when it introduced separated waste and rainwater systems to mitigate these problems but I suppose it's very difficult to retro fit to large cities.

[C69]

Bloody Hell GB girl Davidson robbed in the boxing against the Turkish lass.

That was extraordinary, I can only assume there are more important things to do other than be aggressive and punch your opponent in the head

And another one.
Eccles loses to the Pole.

[Biffer]

Bloody Hell GB girl Davidson robbed in the boxing against the Turkish lass.

That was extraordinary, I can only assume there are more important things to do other than be aggressive and punch your opponent in the head

And another one.
Eccles loses to the Pole.

I don't understand boxing scoring. The Pole had a point deduction in the last round but three judges still gave her the round 10-9. So where the point deduction?

[Openside]

Bloody Hell GB girl Davidson robbed in the boxing against the Turkish lass.

That was extraordinary, I can only assume there are more important things to do other than be aggressive and punch your opponent in the head

And another one.
Eccles loses to the Pole.

Just came onto say the same - pointless sport if the results are a mystery

[Blackmac]

That was extraordinary, I can only assume there are more important things to do other than be aggressive and punch your opponent in the head

And another one.
Eccles loses to the Pole.

Just came onto say the same - pointless sport if the results are a mystery

Olympic boxing is best avoided for your blood pressure and sense of fairness.

[sturginho]

Errigo is out, Olympics are officially cancelled

[Lobby]

Forked out for discovery. BBC seems to be studio waffle interspersed with a bit of sport this morning. The TV app is not very good but could be worse.

Turns out ad free was a bit selective, ad free, maybe, sometimes.

TBF to the BBC their coverage is severely hampered by them only being allowed to broadcast or stream just 250 hours of live coverage. Discovery+ paid top dollar to be the main broadcaster, and this allows them to air 3,800 hours live.

The BBC just haven't got the funds to compete when it comes to sports broadcasting. Mind you, its still irritating when their Olympics programmes consist of 60% presenters waffling in the studios, 10% documentaries about how wonderful Tom Daley is and just 30% sport.

[Margin__Walker]

Forked out for discovery. BBC seems to be studio waffle interspersed with a bit of sport this morning. The TV app is not very good but could be worse.

Turns out ad free was a bit selective, ad free, maybe, sometimes.

TBF to the BBC their coverage is severely hampered by them only being allowed to broadcast or stream just 250 hours of live coverage. Discovery+ paid top dollar to be the main broadcaster, and this allows them to air 3,800 hours live.

The BBC just haven't got the funds to compete when it comes to sports broadcasting. Mind you, its still irritating when their Olympics programmes consist of 60% presenters waffling in the studios, 10% documentaries about how wonderful Tom Daley is and just 30% sport.

Yeah, I wondered what was going on at first, as the offering on iPlayer is noticeably thin this time around.

[BnM]

Andy's doubles starting now

[Biffer]

Forked out for discovery. BBC seems to be studio waffle interspersed with a bit of sport this morning. The TV app is not very good but could be worse.

Turns out ad free was a bit selective, ad free, maybe, sometimes.

TBF to the BBC their coverage is severely hampered by them only being allowed to broadcast or stream just 250 hours of live coverage. Discovery+ paid top dollar to be the main broadcaster, and this allows them to air 3,800 hours live.

The BBC just haven't got the funds to compete when it comes to sports broadcasting. Mind you, its still irritating when their Olympics programmes consist of 60% presenters waffling in the studios, 10% documentaries about how wonderful Tom Daley is and just 30% sport.

I don't think it's 250. Might be two channels with 250.

259 would be about 80 hours a week for three weeks. So eleven hours a day total. Over two channels broadcasting for twelve hours each, I don't think tht quite adds up.

I look back fondly on the London games where iplayer covered every single sport live at all times. 17 or 18 streams available at one point.

[boere wors]

Thought it was triathalon swimming practise that has been p[ostponed.
Reports saying that all the heavy rain in Paris over the past few days has caused a spike in pollutants in the river. It should return to safe levels in a day or two.

In general the water quality has improved indeed, but high amounts of rain cause the sewerage to flow over, feces are then washed directly into the rivers

You would think that €1billion would have gone somewhere to mitigate that risk at least for the duration of the games. It's an extraordinary amount of money for a temporary fix.

Scotland did itself a huge service a few decades ago when it introduced separated waste and rainwater systems to mitigate these problems but I suppose it's very difficult to retro fit to large cities.

Yeah i think that is the problem, the infastructure is old and space limited. I have read that they have built several new rainwater reservoirs in the city. But capacity is still not enough.

[BnM]

How the hell did they win that

[GrahamWa]

That was unbelievable. WOW.

[vball]

Marchand ...what a bloody great swim. Scott was quick in his semi final.

And Murray ... talk about being happy. He was overjoyed !!

[Slick]

Superb from Murray and the other one!

[Dinsdale Piranha]

In general the water quality has improved indeed, but high amounts of rain cause the sewerage to flow over, feces are then washed directly into the rivers

You would think that €1billion would have gone somewhere to mitigate that risk at least for the duration of the games. It's an extraordinary amount of money for a temporary fix.

Scotland did itself a huge service a few decades ago when it introduced separated waste and rainwater systems to mitigate these problems but I suppose it's very difficult to retro fit to large cities.

Yeah i think that is the problem, the infastructure is old and space limited. I have read that they have built several new rainwater reservoirs in the city. But capacity is still not enough.

It has cost about £5 billion to mitigate the same issue in London and taken several years. It's not a quick fix.

[S/Lt_Phillips]

Superb from Murray and the other one!

It was so good the BBC were showing it on both their live streams at the same time!

[Slick]

Thought it was triathalon swimming practise that has been p[ostponed.
Reports saying that all the heavy rain in Paris over the past few days has caused a spike in pollutants in the river. It should return to safe levels in a day or two.

In general the water quality has improved indeed, but high amounts of rain cause the sewerage to flow over, feces are then washed directly into the rivers

You would think that €1billion would have gone somewhere to mitigate that risk at least for the duration of the games. It's an extraordinary amount of money for a temporary fix.

Scotland did itself a huge service a few decades ago when it introduced separated waste and rainwater systems to mitigate these problems but I suppose it's very difficult to retro fit to large cities.

We still manage to pump sewage into the rivers and seas though.

Don’t get me started…

[Big D]

Thought it was triathalon swimming practise that has been p[ostponed.
Reports saying that all the heavy rain in Paris over the past few days has caused a spike in pollutants in the river. It should return to safe levels in a day or two.

In general the water quality has improved indeed, but high amounts of rain cause the sewerage to flow over, feces are then washed directly into the rivers

You would think that €1billion would have gone somewhere to mitigate that risk at least for the duration of the games. It's an extraordinary amount of money for a temporary fix.

Scotland did itself a huge service a few decades ago when it introduced separated waste and rainwater systems to mitigate these problems but I suppose it's very difficult to retro fit to large cities.

Long way to go. But new builds having separate storm and sewage systems have been a help.

The old infrastructure of old cities like London and Paris would take billions and years to fix. The Thames Tideway project cost £5b and will be finished 9 years after it started.

[Big D]

Great effort by Peaty.

Unbeatable at his peak, swimming 2 seconds quicker than they are now and has come back after depression, alcohol and injury to will his way to a silver. Also holds most of the quickest times ever.

[sturginho]

Highlight of the entire games is starting now, men's épée final

[Sandstorm]

Highlight of the entire games is starting now, men's épée final

Could this sport BE any more posh and exclusive?

[Enzedder]

Looking at the lack of effort on show from our attendees (not sure about being athletes), I am wondering if these will be our worst games for 50 years