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Post by personunknown on Jul 24, 2021 7:30:42 GMT
Anybody have any interest in this? I haven't.
Exemplifies mankind's hubris in the face of covid imo.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 24, 2021 10:06:15 GMT
Totally passed me by so far - they usually do
Apart from football I have very little interest in other sports
Agree that it does feel bizarre to be holding it at all
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Post by stu77 on Jul 24, 2021 12:30:41 GMT
I might watch the 100m and 200m finals that's all.
As with the Tour de France you just suspect that they're all cheating with some untraceable substance
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Post by jsm on Jul 25, 2021 23:11:58 GMT
What? You're not going to watch the skateboarding?
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 26, 2021 5:20:35 GMT
Skateboarding is an Olympic sport?!
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Post by jsm on Jul 26, 2021 5:44:51 GMT
And surfing this year as well
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Post by personunknown on Jul 26, 2021 6:19:04 GMT
And surfing this year as well Vietnam have not entered that competition  |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 26, 2021 7:21:51 GMT
The Olympics should be leading with Skateboarding and Surfing - much more potentially interesting than long jump, swimming, weightlifting etc
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Post by stu77 on Jul 29, 2024 10:59:31 GMT
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Post by personunknown on Jul 29, 2024 12:15:51 GMT
No. Though I will smirk when a few drug cheats get outed. Already, the Canadian football team has been sanctioned for flying a spy drone over the New Zealand traing session.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 29, 2024 12:21:44 GMT
Wow - wonder who signed off on the Last Supper parody as appropriate for a Olympic Opening Ceremony? The organising committee of Paris 2024 has apologised to Catholics and other Christian groups who were outraged by a scene during the opening ceremony that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting with drag queens, a transgender model and a singer made up as the Greek god of wine.
The parody of the biblical scene, performed against the backdrop of the River Seine, was intended to interpret Dionysus and raise awareness “of the absurdity of violence between human beings”, organisers wrote on X.
The committee was forced to apologise after the performance caused outrage among Catholics, Christian groups and conservative politicians around the world.
Dangling dancers on poles on a bridge
“Clearly there was never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. [The opening ceremony] tried to celebrate community tolerance,” the Paris 2024 spokesperson Anne Descamps told a press conference. “We believe this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offence we are really sorry.”
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 29, 2024 12:23:36 GMT
No. Though I will smirk when a few drug cheats get outed. Already, the Canadian football team has been sanctioned for flying a spy drone over the New Zealand training session. It never occurs to me to turn the TV on just to see what's on In fact I don't even have a TV as such but do have access to streaming services So, I never chance upon the Olympics and rarely watch any of it Do keep us posted if there's anything particularly noteworthy |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 29, 2024 13:04:05 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 29, 2024 13:23:29 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 29, 2024 19:11:27 GMT
This is pretty exciting Britain's Tom Pidcock defied a puncture to retain his Olympic mountain bike title in astonishing fashion in Paris. The world champion, who turns 25 on Tuesday, edged out Victor Koretzky with remarkable skill, having once trailed the French rider by as much as 40 seconds. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c29dkdrxnnro |
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