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Olympics Paris 2024

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Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Aug 2024
9:12pm, 11 Aug 2024
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Little Nemo
But that hill :-o
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Aug 2024
9:55pm, 11 Aug 2024
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Little Nemo
Air! :-)
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt
Aug 2024
10:26pm, 11 Aug 2024
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Great dad joke from IOC president.
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Aug 2024
10:41pm, 11 Aug 2024
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Shouldn't he be wearing a helmet? :-o
Lip Gloss
Lip Gloss
Aug 2024
10:43pm, 11 Aug 2024
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That’s what I said
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Aug 2024
10:46pm, 11 Aug 2024
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The Hollywood sign with the rings was cool
HappyG(rrr)
HappyG(rrr)
Aug 2024
8:07am, 12 Aug 2024
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I'm gonna miss all day sport on TV! Just watched highlights of closing ceremony and montage of medals. Both great. :-) G
Surrey Phil
Surrey Phil
Aug 2024
10:31am, 12 Aug 2024
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Closing ceremony was so much better than the opening one.

The Olympic flame has not been a focal point unless picked up on an aerial shot during one of the events. Fine if you happen to be in and around Paris but not inside the stadium. So for a bit of it to suddenly appear inside a gas lamp without watching the whole of it fade out was disappointing. I thought it was treated more like a child's birthday cake rather than a poignant part of the closing ceremony.

As the LA Coliseum has a permanent cauldron, things should be better next time.

Glad that the women's marathon medal ceremony was included. However, they should not have excluded the tradition of the men's marathon medal ceremony to do so. It would have been much better to have had both rather than swapping one for the other.
EvilPixie
EvilPixie
Aug 2024
10:34am, 12 Aug 2024
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Apparently there was a women’s theme?
No idea!
johnsy
johnsy
Aug 2024
10:40am, 12 Aug 2024
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Back to daytime TV while I WFH, until the Paralympics starts in 2 weeks time.

About This Thread

Maintained by Curly45
Couldn't find a thread so thought I would start one.

Who else is off to watch or who is watching at home?

We're doing Lille and Paris and a mix of sports. Currently trying to find travel insurance that includes ticket cancellation as some of the trains in the UK might be difficult and we have some internal French trains to do as well.

Also need to work out the new Paris metro ticket/app combo (Navigo I think).
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