[Other Sport] Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics ***Official Match Thread***

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Harry Wilson's tackle

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They have not looked after that horse properly.
 




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herecomesaregular

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Cool ceremony then half-empty stadiums and eerily quiet for three weeks of Olympics. Could always hope for the opposite here.
aha, true colours and that bitterness comes out again. Both days I went (handball, hockey, cycling) everywhere was packed and atmosphere going up there on the train, interacting with all the volunteers and the crowds, painting my gf's face while we sat in the Olympic park, brilliant. One of the most memorable days of my life. But maybe that didn't come across well on Swedish tv...

edit - and i've enjoyed this show this evening, no superiority here
 


Dave the OAP

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They don’t use live doves since they all got fried when they released them in South Korea's stadium and they landed on the Olympic flame contraption just as they lit it!
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

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When I lived in Canada it was said the nation was supposed to be a mix of English diplomacy, French cuisine and American know how.

Instead it is a mix of American diplomacy, English cuisine and French know how.

(taps nose and raises eyebrow)
 








Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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aha, true colours and that bitterness comes out again. Both days I went (handball, hockey, cycling) everywhere was packed and atmosphere going up there on the train, interacting with all the volunteers and the crowds, painting my gf's face while we sat in the Olympic park, brilliant. One of the most memorable days of my life. But maybe that didn't come across well on Swedish tv...
Come on. He was watching porn on Swedish TV at the time. ???
 


Algernon

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This ceremony has been inseine.
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Dave the OAP

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How many of those athletes do you think have secretly gone behind that bridge and thrown up through sea sickness
 






dazzer6666

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Yup. Resulting in many events having massive gaps in the stand.
All I managed to get in the ballot (which was massively oversubscribed) was some hockey….and that was a couple of lower-ranked non-medal games. It was rammed. The whole complex was rammed. Several mates were volunteers….it was the same throughout the games.

Here are some eerily quiet clips

 


Dave the OAP

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That certainly isn’t Du Jardin riding that horse
 






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Even the horse has an expression of “WTF was that?”
 




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