Summer Paris 2024 - General Discussion

[AdelaideGT]

it would have been more appropriate if she sang et the Montreal Olympics in 1976.

it was disappointing that Daft Punk,

a) she was a 6yr old Swiss child back then

b) they were asked - but declined.

 

[AdelaideGT]

 

[Seeds]

Now we can finally enjoy two full weeks of non-stop ads for The Block

Um do people still watch normal tv? By stan for two weeks. It costs virtually nothing. No ads. Every single sports event live.

Why are you watching this on outdated technology. Its the 2020s for crying out loud. Not 1997.

 

[toxic]

Olympic flag apparently got hoisted upside down

 

[Seeds]

I think Brisbane will have to embrace a similar idea for their opening ceremony. Won't have a decent stadium (if the politicians continue to politic) or any remarkable landmarks like a tower, an opera house etc. I think they have to lean heavily into the bay, the river and North Stradbroke and Moreton Islands. Surfing, fishing, beaches, Quandamuka culture etc...

It will be the middle of winter. If its at a windy beach during winter it will be a disaster.

 

[Seeds]

There wasnt enough big spectacle. Too much single characters dancing for a camera.
Was really missing the big stadium crowd noise.

 

[Satan]

Olympic flag apparently got hoisted upside down

Mrs alito likes this

 

[revo333]

The nigerian womens basketball team , were stopped on going on boat , weight issues? , the bus that dropped them off went to the pick up point q. What a fiasco

Too many people on the boat. Sounds like it was Nigeria's muck up.

 

[Plugger35]

The 1972 Munich Olympics must have been crazy to watch when this unfolded live on the old tv..

 

[Barrybran]

Just watching the opening ceremony now. The beheading of Marie Antoinette into metal into Les Miserables into menage et toi was quite the roller coaster.

 

[Barrybran]

What was the name of the rock band?
I have no idea who most of these people are

Gojira

 

[Seeds]

The effing horse from frozen 2 ridden by an ordinary masked bad guy from a second rate star wars disney plus show.


Why did it just keep going and going and going.

 

[Plugger35]

The Ch9 hosts asking if it's late nights or early mornings to watch the Olympics? Do you stay up or get up?

They forgot about the Karl Stefanovic option of staying up all night drinking and burning the candle at both ends.

 

[The Flying Belgian]

Nearly to the end of watch the replay...

The easy option is to go for snark and point out things that didn't work. And there were many. But good on them for trying something different. Tha rain would've been shit whether they were in a stadium or not. I think the experience for the athletes would be overall one they'll never forget. Hopefully no one parked the tiger over the side f the boat.

 

[Plugger35]

The only thing I remember about the 1988 Olympics apart from the doves getting cooked in the Olympic flame.



The great Carl Lewis getting beaten in the 100m sprint, you could see how shocked he was when he got beaten.

Ben Johnson coming from nowhere to power away, Carl said he knew he was doing roids when he was running that fast.

Carl Lewis was clean and he rightfully got awarded back to back 100m gold medals after Ben Johnson got stripped off his.

Moral of the story, cheats never prosper.

 

[Kram]

The only thing I remember about the 1988 Olympics apart from the doves getting cooked in the Olympic flame.



The great Carl Lewis getting beaten in the 100m sprint, you could see how shocked he was when he got beaten.

Ben Johnson coming from nowhere to power away, Carl said he knew he was doing roids when he was running that fast.

Carl Lewis was clean and he rightfully got awarded back to back 100m gold medals after Ben Johnson got stripped off his.

Moral of the story, cheats never prosper.

lol, everyone in the race was on steroids.

 

[Seeds]

The only thing I remember about the 1988 Olympics apart from the doves getting cooked in the Olympic flame.



The great Carl Lewis getting beaten in the 100m sprint, you could see how shocked he was when he got beaten.

Ben Johnson coming from nowhere to power away, Carl said he knew he was doing roids when he was running that fast.

Carl Lewis was clean and he rightfully got awarded back to back 100m gold medals after Ben Johnson got stripped off his.

Moral of the story, cheats never prosper.

Was carl lewis clean though? He has tested positive for drugs since. The person who finished 4th (also from usa) thinks he should be given the gold cos the three ahead of him have all failed drug tests during their careers.

 

[PoopingHindi]

Carl Lewis was clean

 

[Seeds]

Just watching the opening ceremony now. The beheading of Marie Antoinette into metal into Les Miserables into menage et toi was quite the roller coaster.

Best scene from the ceremony.

 

[Plugger35]

lol, everyone in the race was on steroids.

Carl Lewis never got busted for steroids.

Linford Christie who finished 3rd in that race got busted lor steroids later in his career but he was clean back then.

The official medal tally from that race

Carl Lewis Gold

Linford Christie Silver

Calvin Smith Bronze

If any of them were on the roids they would have been tested like Ben Johnson and disqualified too.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Thought a terrific ceremony …yeah there were some misses but to put a magnificent city front and centre was a brilliant idea. Typical French verve

 

[Seeds]

Carl Lewis never got busted for steroids.

Linford Christie who finished 3rd in that race got busted later in his career for steroids but he was clean back then.

The official medal tally from that race

Carl Lewis Gold

Linford Christie Silver

Calvin Smith Bronze

If any of them were on the roids they would have been tested like Ben Johnson and disqualified too.

Lewis did get busted. Team usa decided not to ban him because they believed his shane warne defence of accidently taking 3 banned drugs found in his system.

 

[Underarm]

Um do people still watch normal tv? By stan for two weeks. It costs virtually nothing. No ads. Every single sports event live.

Why are you watching this on outdated technology. Its the 2020s for crying out loud. Not 191997.

Someone is doing very well for themselves....

Cost is $25.

 

[Plugger35]

Lewis did get busted. Team usa decided not to ban him because they believed his shane warne defence of accidently taking 3 banned drugs found in his system.

What are you going to tell me next, the great Bruce Jenner has turned into a woman?

You are living in a fantasy world.

 

[giggler99]

The only thing I remember about the 1988 Olympics apart from the doves getting cooked in the Olympic flame.



The great Carl Lewis getting beaten in the 100m sprint, you could see how shocked he was when he got beaten.

Ben Johnson coming from nowhere to power away, Carl said he knew he was doing roids when he was running that fast.

Carl Lewis was clean and he rightfully got awarded back to back 100m gold medals after Ben Johnson got stripped off his.

Moral of the story, cheats never prosper.

There is a great documentary I watched on this race a while ago called the "The Race that shocked the World" on SBS might still be up on their streaming platform its worth a watch. There was a lot of speculation before the race on Lewis not just Johnson. I think a few others also got found positive along with Johnson from the race too.

The Race That Shocked the World (TV Movie 2012) ⭐ 7.6 | Documentary, Sport

50m

www.imdb.com