Olympics Thread
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
After Melbourne bailing on hosting the Commonwealth Games, is there a chance that Brisbane will do the same on hosting the 2032 Olympic Games?
Are local politicians and Brisbane residents behind what it a massive undertaking?
Doesn't seem to generating much excitement
Neither did Sydney during the mid-90s in the lead-up to the games. Like Brisbane the focus was on cost, bureaucratic bungles, impact on residents etc etc etc
And then the flame was lit and everything was forgotten.
I expect the same will happen with Brisbane.
I recall the celebrations and party when Samaranch announced Sydenee. Contrast that to Brissy's kind of 'oh, yeah, nearly forgot, we're hosting the Olympics' reaction.
True. But also the Brisbane thing was a bit of a fait accompli, while Sydney was a hotly contested battle. Ironically the thing that got us ahead of Beijing in 92 was bribing delegates from the Caribbean, so maybe the fait accompli thing was preferable even if it did have less fanfare.
@barbarian The Brisbane announcement was around the time of Covert. Can honestly say there isn't that much excitement in the South East where it will be held. If anyone remembers Expo 88, there was a real buzz around and to a lesser extent the 82 Commonwealth Games.
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I actually don't hate the idea of building Olympic infrastructure on the cheap.
With full crowds for 2 weeks the TV focus will be on the events.
However
When the 'cheap' option of QSAC upgrade costs $1.6 billion anyway you are better off spending slightly more and having a modern stadium that will be used moving forward for AFL/cricket/other with the Gabba near the end of it's life.
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
After Melbourne bailing on hosting the Commonwealth Games, is there a chance that Brisbane will do the same on hosting the 2032 Olympic Games?
Are local politicians and Brisbane residents behind what it a massive undertaking?
Doesn't seem to generating much excitement
Neither did Sydney during the mid-90s in the lead-up to the games. Like Brisbane the focus was on cost, bureaucratic bungles, impact on residents etc etc etc
And then the flame was lit and everything was forgotten.
I expect the same will happen with Brisbane.
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NY Times lists
Images
https://archive.md/2m9h0Fencing and table tennis for me
But I think I posted far better images than these during the Games
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NY Times lists
Images
https://archive.md/2m9h0Fencing and table tennis for me
But I think I posted far better images than these during the Games
@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:
Images
https://archive.md/2m9h0Fencing and table tennis for me
But I think I posted far better images than these during the Games
Most of those, the vast majority of them, are bog standard shots you'd expect a tourist to get.
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@barbarian London 2012 wasn't a particularly popular concept until the Games started either.
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian London 2012 was a particularly popular concept until the Games started either.
assuming you mean wasn't, and even that would be a massive understatement, mainly because, being British I think everyone assumed it would be a massive failure and nothing would work. Seems to be a fairly consistent view within host cities in the build up though.
I think it does an amazing thing for the national psyche if its done well and that is worth a fair chunk of cash. I'll be fascinated to see how long the pride and feel good factor lasts within Paris, could genuinely have an effect on the presidential election.
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@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian London 2012 was a particularly popular concept until the Games started either.
assuming you mean wasn't, and even that would be a massive understatement, mainly because, being British I think everyone assumed it would be a massive failure and nothing would work. Seems to be a fairly consistent view within host cities in the build up though.
I think it does an amazing thing for the national psyche if its done well and that is worth a fair chunk of cash. I'll be fascinated to see how long the pride and feel good factor lasts within Paris, could genuinely have an effect on the presidential election.
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@SBW1 There a site called Greatest Sporting Country which measure performances across a number of sports in addition to the Olympics. New Zealand was actually named the sportiest nation in the world in 2016. If the table of medals is anything to go by the nations ahead of us were probably outliers who had very few competing. Any nation with at least 5 medals we pretty much blew away.
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
After Melbourne bailing on hosting the Commonwealth Games, is there a chance that Brisbane will do the same on hosting the 2032 Olympic Games?
Are local politicians and Brisbane residents behind what it a massive undertaking?
Doesn't seem to generating much excitement
Neither did Sydney during the mid-90s in the lead-up to the games. Like Brisbane the focus was on cost, bureaucratic bungles, impact on residents etc etc etc
And then the flame was lit and everything was forgotten.
I expect the same will happen with Brisbane.
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
After Melbourne bailing on hosting the Commonwealth Games, is there a chance that Brisbane will do the same on hosting the 2032 Olympic Games?
Are local politicians and Brisbane residents behind what it a massive undertaking?
Doesn't seem to generating much excitement
Neither did Sydney during the mid-90s in the lead-up to the games. Like Brisbane the focus was on cost, bureaucratic bungles, impact on residents etc etc etc
And then the flame was lit and everything was forgotten.
I expect the same will happen with Brisbane.
Nah this is completely different. There was genuine enthusiasm for the Sydney Games despite the bureaucratic BS and ticketing debacles. There is zero, and I mean zero interest here. Nobody wanted it and nobody would care if it's dumped. Sydney is an Olympic city, Brisbane most certainly is not.
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Don’t know if it’s an ingrained thing because of my age and when I started watching the Olympics but my preference is for 1957-1986
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@MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:
This guy had a tragic life really, those 2 Golds were stripped from him after it was discovered he played semi professional Baseball.
It wasnt until 30 years after his death that that decision was reversed.From the sounds of it he was an extraordinary athlete.
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@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
After Melbourne bailing on hosting the Commonwealth Games, is there a chance that Brisbane will do the same on hosting the 2032 Olympic Games?
Are local politicians and Brisbane residents behind what it a massive undertaking?
Doesn't seem to generating much excitement
Neither did Sydney during the mid-90s in the lead-up to the games. Like Brisbane the focus was on cost, bureaucratic bungles, impact on residents etc etc etc
And then the flame was lit and everything was forgotten.
I expect the same will happen with Brisbane.
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
@booboo said in Olympics Thread:
@sparky said in Olympics Thread:
After Melbourne bailing on hosting the Commonwealth Games, is there a chance that Brisbane will do the same on hosting the 2032 Olympic Games?
Are local politicians and Brisbane residents behind what it a massive undertaking?
Doesn't seem to generating much excitement
Neither did Sydney during the mid-90s in the lead-up to the games. Like Brisbane the focus was on cost, bureaucratic bungles, impact on residents etc etc etc
And then the flame was lit and everything was forgotten.
I expect the same will happen with Brisbane.
I recall quite a bit of excitement in Melbourne during the late 90s for the Sydney Games. Lots of promotion, volunteer call outs, trips being planned.
About the only time in all y time in Oz that Melburnians were all in on something in Sydney…
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Seth Godin today
https://seths.blog/2024/08/the-paradox-of-lottery-thinking/
And the poll he references
Amazing
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I saw those results - the highest ranking sports were the ones perceived to involve the least athleticism. Shooting, archery and then at 10%, table tennis and badminton. Having played badminton to a decent level when I was younger, I can guarantee that the 10% who believe they could qualify for the Olympics have never played it. The Olympians are impossibly good, I've played against guys who made national squads when they were younger and they strolled around making me run to all corners - I didn't get a single point unless they messed around.
