Olympics 2024

[Swizzlestick]

Elon Musk has had some interesting things to say on X.

What were they then? Considering his profile picture on Twitter is him in a Satanic outfit, he’s a self confessed ketamine addict and he has children with multiple women. Another selective ‘Christian’.

[Elizabeth]

I notice from the Lancashire League thread that you have a reputation for boring repetitive posts.

[burnmark]

Since when did the Industrial Revolution (part of the 2012 opening ceremony in London) have anything to do with sport?

Quite a bit:

the formation of ‘works’/ factory teams who would play football on their half days off - Sheffield ‘Wednesday’ as an example

Improved transport links to enable teams to travel around the country to play fixtures

Improved and formation of new schools, which improved education and literacy skills which in turn enabled rules to be formulated, codified and recorded

Have a look at this old A Level PE textbook for further info:

https://www.ripongrammar.co.uk/document ... 0sport.pdf

[claretskeith]

Tom Daley and Williams get silver in the diving.

[ŽižkovClaret]

The Opening Ceremony was incredibly French, which is kind of the point. I enjoyed it

[claret2018]

I find it very hard to believe Elon Musk has said something interesting

[BurnleyFC]

We’ve just won gold in some very British, posh horse jumping thingy.

[burnley007]

We’ve just won gold in some very British, posh horse jumping thingy.

Couldn't have described it better myself.

[bart_claret]

We’ve just won gold in some very British, posh horse jumping thingy.

Does the horse get a gold medal seeing as the rider does SFA.

[Rick_Muller]

We’ve just won gold in some very British, posh horse jumping thingy.

Just noticed this on TV - they have some massive grandstands for the fans and they’re by and large empty - popular sport for watching live then

[Falcon]

Football, golf and tennis should not be in the Olympics.

Given they limit the number of sports that get Olympic involvement then involving three sports for which winning Olympic gold is not the crowning achievement, and many top level competitors aren't arsed about, seems vastly unfair on the smaller sports that have to continually lobby for their sport to be included.

[Bosscat]

Just noticed this on TV - they have some massive grandstands for the fans and they’re by and large empty - popular sport for watching live then

The grandstand was actually quite full during the show jumping event ... it emptied very quickly as it is in full sun 30+ degrees ... the Medal Ceremony isn't until after the individual Medals event. So the stands will refill for that

[Bosscat]

Football, golf and tennis should not be in the Olympics.

Given they limit the number of sports that get Olympic involvement then involving three sports for which winning Olympic gold is not the crowning achievement, and many top level competitors aren't arsed about, seems vastly unfair on the smaller sports that have to continually lobby for their sport to be included.

Lacrosse is going to be included in the 2028 LA Olympics our Grandaughter hoping to go with Team GB

[claretskeith]

The LA Olympics will be naff with the TV schedule. One of the great things about this one is that Paris is only an hour ahead.

[Falcon]

Lacrosse is going to be included in the 2028 LA Olympics our Grandaughter hoping to go with Team GB

And good luck to her!

[claretburns]

The LA Olympics will be naff with the TV schedule. One of the great things about this one is that Paris is only an hour ahead.

Agreed, it was the same in Tokyo last time and after LA games 2032 will be in Brisbane

[burnley007]

I would much rather see Fell Running and Iron man events in the Olympics than football, golf or tennis.

Feels much more Olympic

[ŽižkovClaret]

Darts and Snooker would be better Olympic sports than football imo

[Rick_Muller]

The grandstand was actually quite full during the show jumping event ... it emptied very quickly as it is in full sun 30+ degrees ... the Medal Ceremony isn't until after the individual Medals event. So the stands will refill for that

I did wonder if it was something like that, thanks for clarifying for me

[claret2018]

Bring back town planning as an Olympic event!

[claretskeith]

Great race in the mountain bike final. Pidcock of GB was 40 seconds behind after a puncture but clawed his way back and sneaked through to win Gold.

[Vino blanco]

What an incredible race from Pidcock to win gold. That was truly remarkable. That’s what the Olympics is all about.

[burnley007]

Pidcock is at a different level to the rest.

[jdrobbo]

Get in, Tom!!

[Winstonswhite]

Id love to see that winning manoeuvre again. The Frenchman will be kicking himself he didn't show big enough balls- unlike Little Tom

[Commy]

I need to lie down after watching that!

[Hibsclaret]

Incredible stuff.

Nice of the French to boo him. Lovely to see the Olympic spirit is alive and well from the hosts. Sacre bleu!

[claret2018]

It’s a shame they don’t have downhill mountain biking in the Olympics. Now that is a spectacle

[Commy]

Incredible stuff.

Nice of the French to boo him. Lovely to see the Olympic spirit is alive and well from the hosts. Sacre bleu!

Apparently, they were shouting Ruuuuuuuune for the French rider.

[kentonclaret]

The final gold medal winning dive by the Mens Chinese pair was mesmerising, like 2 Catherine Wheels spinning in unison.

[bfcjg]

Triathlon postponed again due to high pollution in the Seine...so it's not just British rivers that are open sewers, it was always a stupid idea to use the Seine. Triathlon is one of the events that I really enjoy.

[ecc]

Opening ceremony was a bit weird but nobody really cares about opening ceremonies.

Celine Dion belting out Edith Piaf in front of the Eiffel Tower was pretty special though.

I care about the bloody cost of it as a French taxpayer when the money could have been used for more pressing purposes.

[CaptainKirk]

Just catching up with stuff I missed - that bike ride gold was pretty impressive!
That's the thing with the the Olympics. You end up watching stuff you would not normally watch.
At the end of the day, top level sport of any type is great.
Haven't even got to the Athletics yet!

[claretburns]

Really enjoy the swimming but Rebecca Adlington is one of them who thinks she is extremely witty but really isn't.

[Bigbopper]

Meanwhile in the boxing an Algerian man who thinks he is a woman fights an actual woman and unsurprisingly knocks her senseless

[claretburns]

Daniel Wiffen gets Ireland first ever male gold medal in swimming, winning 800m freestyle.

[claretburns]

GB currently in the 4x200m relay as the fastest qualifiers and current holders of the gold medal from Tokyo.

[claretburns]

Gold for GB, led after each leg of the race, a great swim.

[dougcollins]

Bring back town planning as an Olympic event!

We wouldn't get through the qualifiers.

[dougcollins]

Triathlon postponed again due to high pollution in the Seine...so it's not just British rivers that are open sewers, it was always a stupid idea to use the Seine. Triathlon is one of the events that I really enjoy.

I've fished in the Seine in the middle of Paris, it has a powerful flow - I thought it was going to prove interesting for the Triathlete swimmers.

[jdrobbo]

Brilliant from Simone Biles and all of her USA team. What a comeback. They’re phenomenal. She’s just unreal.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Enjoyed watching Andy Murray tonight. This guy’s qualities are as close to being “Burnley” as it gets, his never say die approach and resilience is what we represent as a club and always have. It has always elevated us above our true level / size. I think that is why I admire him.

Our swimmers too - great stuff. The anchor leg guy finished 4th in the individual but would easily have won gold from his split tonight.

Really enjoying it. A great time to have no work on.

[Tribesmen]

Daniel Wiffen gets Ireland first ever male gold medal in swimming, winning 800m freestyle.

Yep he was born in Yorkshire , grew up in Northern Ireland and it's an Irish Gold .

Hey take anything as Ireland have only ever won 12 golds in our history .

[HahaYeah]

Meanwhile in the boxing an Algerian man who thinks he is a woman fights an actual woman and unsurprisingly knocks her senseless

He must be so proud.

Footage of the brave Algerian beating the Mexican woman...

https://x.com/treesey/status/1817961956428677130

[claretskeith]

Really enjoy the swimming but Rebecca Adlington is one of them who thinks she is extremely witty but really isn't.

Every other time I've seen her, she's crying.

[Spijed]

He must be so proud.

Footage of the brave Algerian beating the Mexican woman...

https://x.com/treesey/status/1817961956428677130

For those old enough to remember in the 1970's & 1980's there were many question marks over the athletes from countries like East Germany.

[NickBFC]

A fantastic performance yesterday by Nathan Hales winning gold and setting a new games record in trap shooting.

[burnmark]

Gold for the women rowers. Excellent race that they won on a photo finish. They looked out of it at the last 100m

[burnmark]

Gold in the male triathlon also.

[jdrobbo]

Brilliant from Alex Yee in the triathlon and our Quad Skulls Women…both taking golds in the final few seconds, with brilliant last minute attacks.