Olympics Thread

[MiketheSnow]

[sparky]

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[sparky]

Central Paris is basically on lock down.

https://twitter.com/cbrennansports/status/1816847671216238784

[sparky]

In other news, Mayor Sadiq Khan wants London to bid to host the 2040 Games.

https://twitter.com/mayoroflondon/status/1816846796267643258

[MiketheSnow]

@sparky said in Olympics Thread:

Central Paris is basically on lock down.

https://twitter.com/cbrennansports/status/1816847671216238784

Isn’t that normal?

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[MiketheSnow]

Opening ceremony has been good

Poor bastards with the downpour

[Donsteppa]

The joys of weather.

One of the smaller nations looked like they'd been floated in on a more modern Scuffy the Tugboat.

[Victor Meldrew]

I'm watching some dance show featuring a huge woman with a TV aerial on her head acting as DJ.

Seriously weird.

[sparky]

I lasted about 25 minutes. I thought it was incredibly dull.

[Victor Meldrew]

Fuck me. There's now some fat bloke dyed blue popped out of a clam and started singing.

[Victor Meldrew]

And he's just dropped his microphone.

[Donsteppa]

Concept sounded great, and lots going on. But it looks like they managed a for-TV spectacle that just doesn't quite work. Well, at least not in the scheme of past Olympic opening ceremonies.

[MiketheSnow]

This has lasted longer than Paris’ resistance to the Nazis

[Victor Meldrew]

Silver horse looks spectacular.

[Bones]

It won't just be mens sevens teams going home before the starting ceremony is complete at this rate.

[MajorPom]

@Victor-Meldrew said in Olympics Thread:

Silver horse looks spectacular.

For 30 seconds yes!

For 30 minutes not so much!

Odd ceremony. Made for TV.

[Bones]

Cotter almost made this bearable

[Victor Meldrew]

@MajorRage said in Olympics Thread:

@Victor-Meldrew said in Olympics Thread:

Silver horse looks spectacular.

Odd ceremony. Made for TV.

TBF, it looked a bit shit on TV

[Victor Meldrew]

@Bones said in Olympics Thread:

Cotter almost made this bearable

Olympics, Rugby, Tennis, Hockey. Is he the world's most versatile commentator?

[Bones]

@Victor-Meldrew said in Olympics Thread:

@Bones said in Olympics Thread:

Cotter almost made this bearable

Olympics, Rugby, Tennis, Hockey. Is he the world's most versatile commentator?

I was just thinking he'd be an excellent addition to F1