Olympics Paris 2024

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LindsD 1 Aug 10:00am, 1 Aug 2024 69,086 posts	0 LindsD Oi! My breaststroke is very fast
jda 1 Aug 10:01am, 1 Aug 2024 17,558 posts	0 jda AIUI the rule used to specify contact but once slo-mo cameras revealed that everyone lifted all the time, they modified the rule to state that it must appear to the naked eye as if contact is maintained! A bit like cricket where bowlers were supposed to keep their arm straight until it was discovered that none of them did.
Ocelot Spleens 1 Aug 10:07am, 1 Aug 2024 39,381 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens So they're not walking.
Nellers 1 Aug 10:19am, 1 Aug 2024 43,460 posts	0 Nellers They're Race Walking, OS, which I'd say is a different thing to just walking.
GordonG 1 Aug 10:19am, 1 Aug 2024 10,523 posts	0 GordonG of all olympic sports, walking - not least due to the issues mentioned above - is the one I'm least interested in. Oh, and the dancing gymnastics thingy.
Nellers 1 Aug 10:24am, 1 Aug 2024 43,461 posts	0 Nellers Fencing. It comes down to who hit first and often it's by fractions. So if you're actually duelling, which is where the sport started, and you stab your opponent first but they get you just a fraction later you're still both just as dead, so it's a draw, right? Seems like a silly way to judge that particular sport to me. (It's not something I've studied in great details and I'm sure I'll be told about the great skill and athleticism that is required and that there's a lot more to it that that, and I'm sure it's true. Still, both dead. Seems pretty cut and dried to me. ;-))
Ocelot Spleens 1 Aug 10:25am, 1 Aug 2024 39,385 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens The not walking but not running event then.
IdristheDragon 1 Aug 10:27am, 1 Aug 2024 8,469 posts	0 IdristheDragon Bronze in women’s double skulls 😊
paulcook 1 Aug 10:29am, 1 Aug 2024 6,016 posts	0 paulcook Interesting thought Nellers. Don't they also have about 15 rounds anyway, so they'd both be dead 15 times!
Pothunter 1 Aug 10:59am, 1 Aug 2024 9,233 posts	0 Pothunter Silver for Helen Glover and co in the W4- cracking race and they just couldn’t sneak ahead of the Dutch on the line

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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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