Paris Olympics 2024 #2

[funkyfurry]

And to think, the 100-year-old cyclist was only aged 21 when this ceremony began.

 

[veronica71]

 

[kazizzle]

I met Clare Balding briefly at the UCI world champs in Glasgow last year when I was working at the velodrome. She was very friendly and also always made sure she had the most up to date results or schedules so she was prepared for what was coming up. She came in to our media hub one night looking for a space to work and was perfectly content to just grab a random chair and sit at the side on her laptop - didn’t want to disturb any of the other journalists or photographers at the desks by asking if she could sit down, just was happy to sit on a random chair in the corner and do her stuff. Pretty sure my managers would have bent over backwards to find her a quiet space but she was totally happy to just squeeze in anywhere. Didn’t expect special treatment or anything which I thought she might have done.

 

[HockyRorror]

For everything health wise that Celine has been through, how’s its impacted her career and tours, if this is a last “send off” for her, then I love this for her. She looked stunning and beautiful and sounded fantastic and was absolutely the highlight of the night for France

 

[Diagnosis123]

Even the balloon has had enough

 

[Moot22]

I’m not saying this has been completely shit, but I am now questioning if we even need a tunnel between us.

 

[onlooker101]

Gutted for Adam but how awkward is it that BBC hyped him up so much and are now frantically trying to fill the time in which they probably had some gold medal montage pre planned

I hate the pressure bbc put on certain individuals

 

[JAR21]

He irritates me....some of us were knitting cool things before he came along

Well he annoys me because he thinks transwomen (men) should be allowed to compete in the women's categories. Yet he doesn't use any of those 'women' to birth his surrogate children. He can get in the bin

 

[beebee789]

That last 5 minutes, with the balloon, the music, Celine, were perfect. Shame about the 5 hrs 55 minutes we all had to endure to get there tho. We've all earned Medals for putting up with that tonight.

 

[beebee789]

I liked the animatronic horse initially, but after 3 hours of it the sparkle kinda faded

 

[LaBlonde]

sweet dreams tattlers, here’s a little image for you to think of before you drift off:

 

[Dame Christine Bleakley]

I know everyone is still talking about the opening ceremony but I’m just watching the women’s synchronised diving and I’m fascinated how some of these pairs look SO alike without being related, full on doppelgängers. How do they manage to find people who are not only Olympic level divers but who also look identical?! It can’t be pure coincidence. Not all of them look similar but some really do!

Tom Daley in the stands knitting again. Comes across as such a try hard with this being quirky when the cameras are on him. "I'm so wacky me, I'm totally mad like"

 

[Rayne]

That balloon looks safe

 

[londongirl2001]

For some crazy reason the German commentators in the studio are absolutely loving it all, they say it’s the best they’ve ever seen.
Now you know why Germany doesn’t host Olympic Games.

 

[Diagnosis123]

"anyone got a lighter? flame's gone out"

 

[Brightlycolouredbowels]

The Seine is still not good enough to allow triathlete to train today. They can postponed until Friday, if by Friday the quality is still too bad they will just cut the swimming part off and just do cycling and running
This is actually so embarassing for France because it was 100% sure that the Seine would not be ready for that.

The poor triathletes, training for 3 years only to find it’s more than likely you will only be cycling and running. That’s incredibly unfair to the athletes that are the strongest in the swim. Very poor planning, how can it be a triathlon with only 2 events?

 

[Rayne]

“It was different” he wanted to say it was shit

 

[Diagnosis123]

A night to remember for the audience in attendance. A sensory experience unlike any other

 

[Chilli pepper 19]

This tat annoys the life out of me. The edge of the mane is just so abrupt & solid.
It needed some wispy, fine, soft mane sections over the shoulder cuff.
I've thought about this too much

The beeb had no plan b for anything other than a Peaty gold. I'm gutted for him.
Ah well, relay next.

Why is the lion wearing a hair net? Is it behind the fryer at the local chippy?

I can't wait for Sharron Davies to interview Tom Daley tomorrow. Definitely won't be awkward

 

[Yel]

Does anyone else remember when CDs came out and suddenly albums were 78mins long because they could?

Just because you can fill a long time. Doesn't mean you should. This could have been done in 65 mins.