North of Robertsbridge
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The sound has been OK on Eurosport 4K - I think the BBC must not have paid enough to get the good stuff, alongside 4K images
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[Other Sport] Paris 2024 Olympics & Paralympics ***Official Match Thread***
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I quite like a campy opening/closing ceremony. Fun bit of national pride and celebration of the games that doesn’t take itself overly seriously and tries something a bit different and ambitious.
Phoenix bit was class. Wildly underrated band.
The LA bit felt very “USA IS THE BEST” presented by The Morning Show, sponsored by Sunny Delight and Viagra. Not got high hopes for the next Olympics.
Phoenix bit was class. Wildly underrated band.
The LA bit felt very “USA IS THE BEST” presented by The Morning Show, sponsored by Sunny Delight and Viagra. Not got high hopes for the next Olympics.
The next Olympics will be great. Yes, it’ll be very American but that’s ok.
Bring it on.
nicko31
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Well done Paris, top show
hart's shirt
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I first got into the Olympics in 1984 with the whole Americana, Carl Lewis and his 4 golds, Rocket Man, the iconic Memorial Colosseum venue, etc.
Having grown up with Hollywood big budget movies and Atari arcade games, America felt like another world...and one that I was in awe of.
With the World Cup in 2026 and Olympics in 2028, it's time to embrace the idea of sport Stateside again. I'd love to be there.
Yes, there's plenty to dislike about modern America, but when it comes to putting on a show, they're gold medallists.
It'll be great.
And let's face it, all of us on this thread will probably be watching again.
Damn! I forgot they’d got the World Cup. The last time they had it, it was a stinker. Dull as ditch water and a washout of a final.I first got into the Olympics in 1984 with the whole Americana, Carl Lewis and his 4 golds, Rocket Man, the iconic Memorial Colosseum venue, etc.
Having grown up with Hollywood big budget movies and Atari arcade games, America felt like another world...and one that I was in awe of.
With the World Cup in 2026 and Olympics in 2028, it's time to embrace the idea of sport Stateside again. I'd love to be there.
Yes, there's plenty to dislike about modern America, but when it comes to putting on a show, they're gold medallists.
It'll be great.
And let's face it, all of us on this thread will probably be watching again.
But we weren’t there, of course. Just qualify and all will be forgotten.
Yes, I loved the ‘84 Olympics for all the reasons you state. I really loved the Barcelona games too, the outdoor diving especially. But they rarely get a mention as an iconic Games these days.I first got into the Olympics in 1984 with the whole Americana, Carl Lewis and his 4 golds, Rocket Man, the iconic Memorial Colosseum venue, etc.
Having grown up with Hollywood big budget movies and Atari arcade games, America felt like another world...and one that I was in awe of.
With the World Cup in 2026 and Olympics in 2028, it's time to embrace the idea of sport Stateside again. I'd love to be there.
Yes, there's plenty to dislike about modern America, but when it comes to putting on a show, they're gold medallists.
It'll be great.
And let's face it, all of us on this thread will probably be watching again.
What really excites me is knowing that there will be people getting up to go training tomorrow, people we haven’t even heard of yet, who are already on count down for LA28.
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I'm pretty sure that the 1984 Olympics was the one where the doping issue reared its head. It seemed to overshadow things.
Snoop Dogg will surely address this?
B-right-on
Living the dream
Thunder Bolt
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The next Olympics is in Paris in two weeks time. I’m looking forward to it.
If the first Olympics you got into was 1984, and you're hoping to be there in 2028, you've had one hell of a long sporting career!I first got into the Olympics in 1984 with the whole Americana, Carl Lewis and his 4 golds, Rocket Man, the iconic Memorial Colosseum venue, etc.
Having grown up with Hollywood big budget movies and Atari arcade games, America felt like another world...and one that I was in awe of.
With the World Cup in 2026 and Olympics in 2028, it's time to embrace the idea of sport Stateside again. I'd love to be there.
Yes, there's plenty to dislike about modern America, but when it comes to putting on a show, they're gold medallists.
It'll be great.
And let's face it, all of us on this thread will probably be watching again.
hart's shirt
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Having just looked in a full length mirror, I think my best chance for 2028 will probably be on the Derny bike in the velodrome.
Give him creative control.
Otherwise, I think they’ll lean hard into Gen Z chill vibes for the music and Hollywood stunts for the rest.
I did not think it was that bad, and to be fair most finals are pretty dull. That said, i'm not sure how the host nation can control the final.. Qatar produced the best final in my living memory ('78 being the first one I watched) and this was arguably the worst host.
Apart from the opening ceremony which was confusing to say the least but must have been greatly hampered by some terrible weather that aside it’s a throughly Well done Paris you put on a great and safe Olympics without overtly policing everything to a standstill and the spectators were also brilliant making for a great atmosphere at all the events, well done team GB just need to turn those silvers to golds, now looking forward to the Para Olympics to start
Massive kudos to the Paris security folk.
So pleased (and frankly surprised) that they got through the whole thing without any major incident. Heaven knows what they've uncovered and headed off along the way.
So pleased (and frankly surprised) that they got through the whole thing without any major incident. Heaven knows what they've uncovered and headed off along the way.
nwgull
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That is the Paralympics. It's a great event, but it's not the Olympics.
Not disagreeing but it was probably the overt policing that kept the peace. Paris was flooded with police. The rest of France must have been a thieve’s paradise
