Paris Olympics 2024

wtf is flag football

It's American football, but you grab rags off people, like touch rugby.

It's actually surprisingly fun to play and watch, they had a 'demo' day down the park near me. It's quite popular in USA now for people who don't like getting absolutely battered.

Whether it's Olympics level or not, don't think so. I imagine it's a Guaranteed gold for usa which is probably why it's added.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/12/paris-olympic-games-la-2028-sports-sailing-golf

"Swimming
OK, not all the swimming. But pretty much all the bits that are just weird forms of swimming. No other sport allows participants to simply do it backwards and call it a separate event with separate medals. "

lol

My American footy hobby lasted until the first tackle. Flag would have been much nicer.

What happened in the Dressage aka Horse Crip Walking, was he there?

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E-sports are next for the Olympics so basically any couch potato can have a go? Thinks Super Mario, Grand Theft Auto etc.

Have a go, yes but a bit like most sports, there's a physical and mental set of skills that most people would lack.

Some of them are physical I think. Zwift was part of that 2023 trial.

It seems like any time a pro gets properly serious about Zwift they tend to do well... so it feels like adding zwift would just be another cycling event... albeit one with powerups

Aussie para cycling team are based in Bordeaux ATM.

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Ethan Hayter and Oscar nilsson-julien visited track league at Herne Hill yesterday evening

A collage of what happens to old stadiums when the ioc have taken their money and left the legacy.
https://youtu.be/ybLEn1DN7io?si=mNsLgMlZwuUT-tl5

Plus the triers
https://youtu.be/oBNXaxdbwgk?si=wtgk3y2FmQqsJFD5

What's really depressing is the media return to almost exclusively football hype.

The top one is interesting - if slightly disingenuous at times.
90 years ago - I think we could expect some degradation.
Sarajevo - extenuating circumstances.
Ski jumps shot in summer, multiple angles of the same stadia etc.

But for eg kayaking and BMX that need something very specific built in a city/region that maybe doesn't have the sport at grass roots level it's tough. There needs to be more temporary structures and/or use of existing infrastructure (and I think there has been esp post Athens which was a shitshow financially).

Saw this on Facebook and wanted one but seems like it is one guy that has made them.

The talk is of legacy and then look at what happens after 5 10 years on. Has there been any in any of the re generation? Or in London case affordable housing?

Not arguing, just discussing the idea of what happens after the money tap stops.

What else can generate the income to cover the costs of a stadium?

Gambling and deals with petrostates ofc 👍

Look at the olympic stadium in East London and how unfit for purpose (lots of expensive modification) to convert to a football stadium. Maybe better thought out at the design and build stage.

Actually how long is that stadium designed to last?

I did a bit of reading on these before it started - there are different models for funding an Olympics, some of which are more successful than others - financially and at avoiding waste. Montreal almost bankrupted the city and it took them about 25 years to pay off the stadium. LA used mostly existing infrastructure or built things that would have a use afterwards, and was possibly the first financial success of modern times.

Athens was a shitshow - within about a year, half the venues were rotting and overgrown. London fucked up with the stadium, but we got a first class velodrome and swimming palace. Selling things like the Copper Box made sense too.

Paris obviously used existing attractions brilliantly. Can't see them knocking down the Eiffel Tower, Grand Palais or Versailles because there's no post-Olympic use for them.

Look at the olympic stadium in East London and how unfit for purpose (lots of expensive modification) to convert to a football stadium.

The big issue there is retaining the ability to convert it back to athletics every so often.

Although the fundamental issue was they only decided what they were going to do with it afterwards.

And they already had Parc Des Princes and Stade de France, along with the ‘24 stadium which was converted/upgraded for hockey. The only brand new facility was the pop used for diving, artistic swimming and water polo. This will be retained and is next to the Stade de France so already has excellent transport connections. The other swimming pool and the warm up pool are temporary structures to be relocated to other Paris neighbourhoods.
We used the excel centre and the O2 to excellent effect as well as Earls Court.
It looks like all the major arenas have a long life ahead of them and the Stade de France is used every year for diamond league athletics so must convert quite cheaply.
LA are using almost totally existing facilities and university halls for the athlete village. The main failing seems to be the cancellation of an upgrade to the rail network in favour of a massive bus network.

They did decide that it wasn't going to be used as a football stadium.