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Sadly violence is being reported on Australians . The alleged rape and now two channel9 Crew being attacked . The team have been told wear civvies a(non australian identifying uniform ) out side village when not competing .
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Are you suggesting that Australians are being deliberately targeted? And for what reason would this be?Sadly violence is being reported on Australians . The alleged rape and now two channel9 Crew being attacked . The team have been told wear civvies a(non australian identifying uniform ) out side village when not competing .
More of general commentAre you suggesting that Australians are being deliberately targeted? And for what reason would this be?
Not targeted, just happened to be two unrelated incidents involving Australians, by the sound of it. I'd say not wearing the uniform would just be 'big city' safety, so as not to easily identify as a tourist.Are you suggesting that Australians are being deliberately targeted? And for what reason would this be?
and likely to have smart phones and credit cardsNot targeted, just happened to be two unrelated incidents involving Australians, by the sound of it. I'd say not wearing the uniform would just be 'big city' safety, so as not to easily identify as a tourist.
We watched all of Tokyo on 7+ because they took the world feed commentary (not sure who provided it), not Channel Seven people. Even for athletics and swimming events with Australians, there were no Australian commentators. Frankly, it was bliss.I sometimes tune in to the radio because Basil and co are insufferable on TV.
Really odd they have it on mainstream radio in Adelaide and Hobart but not the bigger cities.
I wonder how long it'll take me to get sick of Bruce's rhetorical questions
But wearing a not french sporting uniform means your a sitting duck , unlikely to speak frenchAnybody wearing clothes of any type is likely to have a smartphone & a credit card on them...
Even for athletics and swimming events with Australians, there were no Australian commentators. Frankly, it was bliss.
But wearing a not french sporting uniform means your a sitting duck , unlikely to speak french
Was talking about athletesThe Aussies assaulted so far weren't wearing the Aussie kit.
Yeah, sorry, I should have been more precise. What I was getting at was that they didn't take the Channel Seven commentary, even when the same event was being broadcast on Channel Seven.The world feed commentators for swimming in Tokyo were Mike McCann & Bobby Hurley. Both Australian. But a lot better than Baz & Co or 9's Rooney.
Plenty of Aussie freelancers are recruited for the world feed. Even Bruce McAvaney did some in 2012 when 9 & not 7 had the rights.
Pretty sure Bruce did the swimming with Nicole Livingstone in London. I will dig thru the 2012 swimming thread as I'm sure a few people commented about it.The world feed commentators for swimming in Tokyo were Mike McCann & Bobby Hurley. Both Australian. But a lot better than Baz & Co or 9's Rooney.
Plenty of Aussie freelancers are recruited for the world feed. Even Bruce McAvaney did some in 2012 when 9 & not 7 had the rights.
Yeah that temporary stand they have slated forqsac is really gonna blow their minds.Wait to the world sees Brisbane!
LA are having an absolute laugh putting in what are far and away predominantly American sports of flag football and lacrosse. Hard to believe the IOC have allowed it.The IOC says there are 32 sports in Paris, 28 are core sports and 4 are optional - Breaking, Skateboarding, Sport Climbing and Surfing.
In LA There are 35 sports and 27 are core sports - they dropped Boxing due to disputes with the International Federation's governance. Breaking also goes out and Skateboarding, Sport Climbing and Surfing stay.
So 30 of the 32 sport in Paris will be there in LA.
New ones in LA are Cricket T20, Flag Football, Lacrosse - their T20 version, Squash and Baseball/Softball.
Brisbane will have some selection rights but of the 5 added in LA, I can see them keeping 4 of them as Oz historically has done well in them and kick out Flag Football.
If Boxing doesn't come back for Brisbane it will be interesting to see if they replace Flag Football with a new sport. I reckon Skateboarding, and Surfing stay as Oz does Ok in both of them and Sport Climbing probably stays as its cheap to build the venue and there will be a legacy venue and there are plenty of climbers in Oz.
So in Paris the 32 sports actually cover 45 disciplines when you break up, Aquatics into their 5 sports including marathon swimming, Canoeing into slalom and sprint, Cycling into 5 disciplines, Gymnastics into 3 disciplines, Basketball into normal and 3x3, and Volleyball into beach and indoor.
Lacrosse will be interesting because its a new Sixes version of the game only being around for less than a decade. Bit like Rugby Sevens, but normal lacrosse has 10 on the field but the Sixes only 6.LA are having an absolute laugh putting in what are far and away predominantly American sports of flag football and lacrosse. Hard to believe the IOC have allowed it.
But yeah the host city pick is a sport that heavily favours them. Not sure what Brisbane will pick that is a new sport, that Oz dominates in and enough countries play. Obviously cricket will stay in and we will be big favourites.