Olympics Paris 2024

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GordonG 2 Aug 2:59pm, 2 Aug 2024 10,540 posts	0 GordonG Anyone remember the days when we'd come back from the Olympics with a total haul of one gold and a couple of silvers?!
EvilPixie 2 Aug 2:59pm, 2 Aug 2024 56,513 posts	0 EvilPixie 😮😮 25 medals! Our target is 50-70 Come on team GB!
EvilPixie 2 Aug 3:00pm, 2 Aug 2024 56,514 posts	0 EvilPixie We have had some shocking times @GordonG
GordonG 2 Aug 3:02pm, 2 Aug 2024 10,541 posts	0 GordonG EvilPixie wrote:We have had some shocking times @GordonG We were poor but happy 🤣
EvilPixie 2 Aug 3:03pm, 2 Aug 2024 56,515 posts	0 EvilPixie It’s the taking part that counts!
TROSaracen 2 Aug 3:09pm, 2 Aug 2024 28,156 posts	0 TROSaracen Yes our typical haul was a gold or two, 5/6 silvers and about 15 bronzes. Our bronzes were usually heroic performances by underfunded and underprepared athletes celebrated like wins.
paulcook 2 Aug 3:17pm, 2 Aug 2024 6,046 posts	0 paulcook The nadir was 1 gold in 1996 (Redgrave & Pinsent I think, unless they were in the 4s then) but otherwise we consistently got 5 golds from Moscow 1980 onwards. Either lottery funding or reaction to Atlanta, or both has catapulted our medals haul.
Nellers 2 Aug 3:31pm, 2 Aug 2024 43,480 posts	0 Nellers A lot of it is simply down to the funding.
HappyG(rrr) 2 Aug 3:35pm, 2 Aug 2024 50,596 posts	0 HappyG(rrr) Did anyone watch the women's sailing 49er (skiff) final? Fab to watch, but controversy as two boats went through the wrong finish line! Might post this on sailing thread, as it's a bit niche! G
NDWDave 2 Aug 3:40pm, 2 Aug 2024 19,838 posts	0 NDWDave HappyG(rrr) wrote:Did anyone watch the women's sailing 49er (skiff) final? Fab to watch, but controversy as two boats went through the wrong finish line! Might post this on sailing thread, as it's a bit niche! G Didn’t see that. I watch a bit of sailing. Got into Sail GP and Americas cup as my old company were a sponsor. That sounds very odd though - how can there be multiple finish lines??

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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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