I'll be looking out for something suitably obscure that I can become an expert on by the end of the games. Naturally we shall do well in the sitting down sports.
One of my French colleagues just told me how expensive the tickets are (even from the ballot). He said qualifying round of the table tennis was something like €200. I remember getting table tennis final tickets for about £50 and one ticket for all five pentathlon events for £110.
For ticket vfm, 2012 Paralympics was great. Such a buzz around para sport at the time, decent attendance, great atmosphere in main stadium, and some of the actual sport was very watchable as well. Wheelchair rugby as an e.g.
Especially when we won't acknowledge that a lot of the problem can be sorted by forcing private individuals to change their home drainage arrangements.
I'm looking forward to seeing which of the daily "manifestations" will impede the events and whether the endless works to the city will be finished on time.
Just thinking about past olympics and realise the only two this century have stuck with me - 2000 and 2012. The last couple in particular have been unmemorable.
I also loved London 2012, but slightly perturbed at being reminded it was TWELVE YEARS AGO
Insane to think about that.
Barcelona was the best in my lifetime (or at least the ones I remember) but that was probably down to the Dream Team and being obsessed with basketball at the time.
I was reminded yesterday that break dancing is now an Olympic sport so will definitely watch that. Looking forward to Andrew Cotter doing his best to commentate.
I was going to say figure skating and gymnastics but whaaaat there is going to be breakdancing?! Yep that’s the one then that I’m most looking forward to.
Track cycling diving all athletics rowing gymnastics CANT WAIT I have it blocked out in my calendar already. We looked into going to Paris but flippin heck what a palaver
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Christ id forgotten how shit the Olympics is
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I'll be looking out for something suitably obscure that I can become an expert on by the end of the games. Naturally we shall do well in the sitting down sports.
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Women's Pole Vault may get a look.
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can't wait to see the womens track outfits that they're all complaining about.
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Always enjoy the boxing - strong record of Olympic boxers going on to do very well in their professional careers.
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One of my French colleagues just told me how expensive the tickets are (even from the ballot). He said qualifying round of the table tennis was something like €200. I remember getting table tennis final tickets for about £50 and one ticket for all five pentathlon events for £110.
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For ticket vfm, 2012 Paralympics was great. Such a buzz around para sport at the time, decent attendance, great atmosphere in main stadium, and some of the actual sport was very watchable as well. Wheelchair rugby as an e.g.
[Old man rambling, continued page 94, etc]
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are they doing the climbing this time? i enjoyed that in the Tokyo games.
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Any event held in the Seine to see how people get seriously ill.
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I don't care about sport
and watching people run in endless circles to prove who is the best at hiding steroids is probably the worst of the sports
the olympics is just 4 weeks of ruined tv schedules so some muppet can watch the archery semi finals between kazkhstan and bulgaria
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That is a final I'd definitely watch.
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the Seine has had a clear up
Also not sure we’re in any position to judge when it comes to ‘levels of shite in the rivers’ anymore…
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Especially when we won't acknowledge that a lot of the problem can be sorted by forcing private individuals to change their home drainage arrangements.
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Agree we are not in a position to mock Paris but:
Paris 2024: Triathlon swimming could be cancelled because of poor water quality - BBC Sport
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Well that’s £1bn well spent…
Hosting the Olympics is an absolute mug’s game, hopefully it will go the way of the Commonwealth Games soon
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The London Olympics was the best thing to have happened to this country in my lifetime. By absolutely miles, it was perfect. summer 2012 was BRILLIANT
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pleased as I am to have paid for West Ham to have a new stadium with hindsight we probably should have spent the money on other things
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I'm looking forward to seeing which of the daily "manifestations" will impede the events and whether the endless works to the city will be finished on time.
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I’m more interested in the fact they’re in France than the actual games tbh.
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I also loved London 2012, but slightly perturbed at being reminded it was TWELVE YEARS AGO
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Just thinking about past olympics and realise the only two this century have stuck with me - 2000 and 2012. The last couple in particular have been unmemorable.
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Insane to think about that.
Barcelona was the best in my lifetime (or at least the ones I remember) but that was probably down to the Dream Team and being obsessed with basketball at the time.
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Paris should be banned from hosting any sporting event for 10 years after the CL fiasco
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the Olympics is absolutely not in any universe whatsoever shit
it’s fooking brilliant
I’m looking forward to all the sitty down sports, especially equestrianism and sailing; the men’s gymnastics; and the football.
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The Olympics is great when it's great.
2008 ans 2012 were brilliant. Since then. Nah. Sorry.
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I was reminded yesterday that break dancing is now an Olympic sport so will definitely watch that. Looking forward to Andrew Cotter doing his best to commentate.
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I was going to say figure skating and gymnastics but whaaaat there is going to be breakdancing?! Yep that’s the one then that I’m most looking forward to.
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BMX racing was quite fun, I'll watch that.
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Of course there's the beach volleyball.
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Track cycling diving all athletics rowing gymnastics CANT WAIT I have it blocked out in my calendar already. We looked into going to Paris but flippin heck what a palaver
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I’m looking forward to the dressage.
My foals sire will be competing for Norway, super excited to see how he does.
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Nice Scylla - do you know whether the Norwegian rider is a likely/realistic contender for a medal?
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They are ranked 20th in the world.
So a long shot … but the horse is still quite young.
And they are an individual competitor only. Norway didn’t qualify a team.
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