Olympics Paris 2024
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Jul 2024
11:35am, 30 Jul 2024
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rf_fozzy
GordonG wrote: Windsurfing in tahiti delayed due to adverse weather. I guess there are worse places to have to be waiting for something! Windsurfing (and the rest of the sailing) is in Marseille. It's just the surfing (why? just why?) in Tahiti. |
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Jul 2024
11:38am, 30 Jul 2024
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rf_fozzy
richmac wrote: If only they had massive lake set out with grandstands and pontoons and facilities just down the road they could sub in at short notice - Oh wait I believe the 10km swims are going to be moved there. Issue with the triathlon is the international ones are all built around the transition area. Might not be straightforward to move. There's also probably a whole series of technical things that would prevent it too. If they'd had a week or two, it's probably doable. But almost certainly not in a couple of days. The relay is going to be pretty dull as a duathlon. |
Jul 2024
11:43am, 30 Jul 2024
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GordonG
rf_fozzy wrote: GordonG wrote:Windsurfing in tahiti delayed due to adverse weather. I guess there are worse places to have to be waiting for something! Windsurfing (and the rest of the sailing) is in Marseille. It's just the surfing (why? just why?) in Tahiti. Sorry, I clearly had too much wind there! |
Jul 2024
12:05pm, 30 Jul 2024
28,706 posts
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richmac
rf_fozzy wrote: richmac wrote:If only they had massive lake set out with grandstands and pontoons and facilities just down the road they could sub in at short notice - Oh wait I believe the 10km swims are going to be moved there. Issue with the triathlon is the international ones are all built around the transition area. Might not be straightforward to move. There's also probably a whole series of technical things that would prevent it too. If they'd had a week or two, it's probably doable. But almost certainly not in a couple of days. The relay is going to be pretty dull as a duathlon. Point is they should *always * have a had a plan B |
Jul 2024
12:19pm, 30 Jul 2024
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EvilPixie
Or plan a should never have been the Seine!
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Jul 2024
12:22pm, 30 Jul 2024
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jda
Well it depends how unexpected and extreme the rainfall was. If they've been checking the river regularly and it's been consistently well below the danger threshold for a good while, maybe they were just unlucky. The recent rainfall has been very extreme and you can't really have a plan B for everything that could theoretically go wrong. Well, in fact they do already have a plan B and C, being firstly postponement and then running it as a duathlon. But maybe it was always touch and go and they were just crossing their fingers and hoping. |
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Jul 2024
12:23pm, 30 Jul 2024
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rf_fozzy
The Seine was always risky. But not a lot can be done at this stage if no alternative.
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Jul 2024
12:26pm, 30 Jul 2024
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jda
A quick google (fancy that!) finds that swimming was safe through 90% of the summer in the relevant area even two years ago, and there's been upgrades since then. So it doesn't seem such a stupid thing to have planned. paris.fr |
Jul 2024
12:30pm, 30 Jul 2024
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paulcook
Think Pixie is spot on. It seems they've been wrongly hellbent on having the swim in the Seine when it's been well documented the potential problems. Insane - sorry! Though a plan B would have at least seemed logical too. |
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Jul 2024
1:01pm, 30 Jul 2024
56,373 posts
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EvilPixie
British triathlon say there is about a 60% chance of tomorrow’s races happening apparently
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