2024 Paris Summer Olympics

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dainthomas

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Dec 7, 2004
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Honestly their terrible coverage last summer Olympics if you just had Peacock is why I have zero interest this year. There were times last year where they stopped a live broadcast of US athletes to show an ad or only showed certain US athletes on cable and not through streaming. Not to mention their refusal to give you a chance to watch a pre-recorded event before their designated release time. "Sorry even though the event ended 13 hours ago and we have all the video you must wait till 8pm to watch this event because we said so". That allowed plenty of time for random headlines or conversations about a marquee event or major victory/defeat to work their way into your day

Peacock has been showing the events in their entirety without cutting away for ads or stories about individuals. I rather prefer this straight coverage of an event without cutaways to talk about some US athlete's sick grandma watching from Topeka or whatever.

I agree they need to just release the events to streaming as soon as they happen. But they reeeaaaallllly want people to only watch the marquee events like gymnastics or whatever only in the evening. It's weird.
 
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manly

Lifer
Jan 25, 2000
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I find this story hilarious. Accusation sneaking out of the village with her boyfriend. Can't keep it in your pants for a few weeks? She is claiming innocence. Don't see how. Will be interesting to follow up.

Ironically they give the athletes a shit ton of condoms. I guess orgies inside the village are expected and totally OK. 🤣

IIRC a Japanese athlete was sent home last week after being seen smoking.


Also TIL Athens hosted the Olympic Games in 1906! But the IOC retroactively has demoted these games from the official records because they don't fit into the historical 4 year cadence of an Olympiad. According to Wiki, both the 1900 and 1904 games were relative failures, so 1906's success is a big reason the modern Games were not canceled.

 

quikah

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Peacock has been showing the events in their entirety without cutting away for ads or stories about individuals. I rather prefer this straight coverage of an event without cutaways to talk about some US athlete's sick grandma watching from Topeka or whatever.

I agree they need to just release the events to streaming as soon as they happen. But they reeeaaaallllly want people to only watch the marquee events like gymnastics or whatever only in the evening. It's weird.
Peacock has been decent, though their website and the player are a bit lackluster (cannot choose bitrate). AFAICT the replays have been available all day for the women's gymnastics final, but I had a hard time finding the replay for the swimming events that happened yesterday, I think it was available just hard to find it as it was part of a long broadcast replay. The only instance I noticed where the replay definitely wasn't available until US primetime was the opening ceremony.
 

Oyeve

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Oct 18, 1999
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You weren't the least bit clear on that. Anyway, what's the difference? You don't think it's legit unless there's an ocean within 50 yards?
I never said it was not legit. Dude, move the hell on already.
 

nOOky

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Aug 17, 2004
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The beach sure was hot for the US men's match yesterday holy buckets.
 

Dr. Detroit

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Sep 25, 2004
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Stayed up late and watched the women's Triathlon. What an sbsoute fuckin shit show!

Thunderstorms overnight left the river running fast, the bike course was soaked which caused dozens of accidents. Did the best athlete win or the won who survived the course?

Organizers who designed this course with tight turns, uneven cobblestones, and other impediments did the sport no favors. This should have been held outside Paris!

 

Muse

Lifer
Jul 11, 2001
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The BEACH, not the sport. I made myself clear a few times. I can't help it if your reading comprehension skills are lacking.
No you can't, but they're not. You must admit unless your communication skills are lacking that your initial post did not make it clear. Let's not stoop to insults.
 

Muse

Lifer
Jul 11, 2001
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The beach sure was hot for the US men's match yesterday holy buckets.
The one US vs Morocco? That challenge near the end, I thought is was falsely awarded. Elbow did not touch the net, it was clear. They won anyway but it was torturous, the heat. It was the 9th or 10th match point that ended it! A net serve no less.
 
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Muse

Lifer
Jul 11, 2001
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Stayed up late and watched the women's Triathlon. What an sbsoute fuckin shit show!

Thunderstorms overnight left the river running fast, the bike course was soaked which caused dozens of accidents. Did the best athlete win or the won who survived the course?

Organizers who designed this course with tight turns, uneven cobblestones, and other impediments did the sport no favors. This should have been held outside Paris!

Bet you one thing, that won't happen in L.A. in 2028. Rain this time of year can happen (it might be happening now, with a rare tropical moisture event), but it's very unlikely. I grew up there, but the climate IS changing. The weather in L.A., even so, is much more consistent than in Europe. However, heat is apt to be an issue in L.A.!
 

spacejamz

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Mar 31, 2003
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I know nothing about rugby but look at #9 in yellow. Why didn't she join in on the tackle? She seemed to just stand there.

Based on what I saw on the reddit thread, if you miss the tackle you are screwed. the rest of the team has to be prepared for when the ball is passed off to another team mate. There is no 'prevent' defense like in the NFL where you can keep some of your players back. Everyone is on the line covering someone.
 

SteveGrabowski

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Love the gymnastics and swimming, and damn Shinnusuke Oka was unreal on the high bar and the rings and then seeing Katie Ledecky win the 1500 by ~20 meters was super impressive. Then Simone Biles the other day killing shit on one leg. Can't wait to see her in the individuals.
 

HomerJS

Lifer
Feb 6, 2002
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Based on what I saw on the reddit thread, if you miss the tackle you are screwed. the rest of the team has to be prepared for when the ball is passed off to another team mate. There is no 'prevent' defense like in the NFL where you can keep some of your players back. Everyone is on the line covering someone.
If #9 had tacked from the back (not a euphemism) that would have prevented passing the ball. There were only 7 seconds left.

Maybe I'm missing something as a rugby neophyte
 

Red Squirrel

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May 24, 2003
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Impressed how the Turks low key probably sent an assassin who might have got silver on purpose.

He was probably only there to watch the Olympics with his family and while sitting in the stands looking at the program he noticed there was nobody for Turkey so he's like "guys hold my beer I'm gonna go sign up for this" and went down and signed up and got in.
 
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