Summer 2024 Olympics

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone mentioned watching the cross country horse race in Versailles? That was insane.

The course through the forest with different themed jumps was spectacular.

I'd never seen that event before, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it was both stunning and frightening to look at, with the long obstacles, water parts, the gorgeous scenery...My favorite obstacle was the giant deer head.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone mentioned watching the cross country horse race in Versailles? That was insane.

The course through the forest with different themed jumps was spectacular.

I'd never seen that event before, so I have nothing to compare it to, but it was both stunning and frightening to look at, with the long obstacles, water parts, the gorgeous scenery...My favorite obstacle was the giant deer head.

This is the sport that Princess Anne and her daughter Zara did.

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Anonymous wrote:The venue for Fencing is awesome! Also the view from the Archery course. I'm really enjoying the overall visual appeal of these Olympics. 😀

I didn't like the camera angles in archery. They are aimed at you!

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I noticed the shift from years past "human interest story" obsession to more of a focus on highlighting the athletes' ripped and nearly naked bodies.

There was one segment that showed some video about something but the whole time it was blocked by a sultry silhouette of gymnast posing.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why the networks only show US athletes, when I watched it from my home country in Europe all the countries and athletes are equally represented and it is nice to learn about all of the athletes, not just US ones, it is really annoying and Im kind of not into it.

1) They don’t.
2) This is the United States of America. So, duh. No one gives a shit about Cow Ching Mein or whatever winning at <checks notes > … ping pong

It must be so sad to be trapped your whole life with your inferiority complex.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a wonderful story that shows the value of including some athletes who may not qualify on the merits in order to get more countries to participate.-- worth clicking through and reading the whole thread.

Inspiring story without the Twitter crap:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a wonderful story that shows the value of including some athletes who may not qualify on the merits in order to get more countries to participate.-- worth clicking through and reading the whole thread.

Inspiring story without the Twitter crap:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Moussambani

Thank you.
I can't stand that Twitter-in-25-parts storytelling.

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Samsung pulled $1 billion in ads

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Anonymous wrote:Samsung pulled $1 billion in ads

You're a victim of fake news.

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I miss artistry, too, in both gymnastics and figure skating. That said, simone can do things that the human body shouldn't be able to. And Rebeca Andrade is planning to do a vault that could get named after her later this week. Exciting stuff

France and Russia were responsible for the mess in figure skating. Does no one remember 2002?

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This year I haven’t watched any of the NBC packaged prime time shows, I watch the live feed (or on demand) for the individual events. Peacock is doing a great job making the events I want to see available.

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I was watching the men’s gymnastics finale “live” on peacock when it stopped and now it’s gone . Does anybody know how long it’s taking peacock put the replays of the events?

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Anonymous wrote:I was watching the men’s gymnastics finale “live” on peacock when it stopped and now it’s gone . Does anybody know how long it’s taking peacock put the replays of the events?

A couple of hours maybe

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Anonymous wrote:I miss artistry, too, in both gymnastics and figure skating. That said, simone can do things that the human body shouldn't be able to. And Rebeca Andrade is planning to do a vault that could get named after her later this week. Exciting stuff

France and Russia were responsible for the mess in figure skating. Does no one remember 2002?

I was in the building that night in Salt Lake City!

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Anonymous wrote:I was watching the men’s gymnastics finale “live” on peacock when it stopped and now it’s gone . Does anybody know how long it’s taking peacock put the replays of the events?

A couple of hours maybe

Thank you. I was watching the rings. They are all so athletic!