Olympics and Paralympics

[silk zephyr]

I was hoping they’d do all the boring speeches at the beginning so I’d miss them but nope I can tell they’re next

[last chasm]

NGL The Wings infront of the Eiffel Tower witht eh Olympic rings on it makes me super proud.

[silk zephyr]

I’m starting to get goosebumps ngl

Making me a lil emotional

[sharp skiff]

I like how they did the doves!

[silk zephyr]

Imagine if the flag fell off her into the Seine. Like I’m sure they have a spare but that would be hilarious

[last chasm]

Music getting serious now

[restive agate]

What is with the Imperial March style music

[last chasm]

Nah its thoroughly tied down.

[silk zephyr]

Peace is coming to save the day

[unique wing]

Omg PLS

[wary shell]

LA is gonna bring the flame into the stadium on skateboard flip

[silk zephyr]

The wind is trying to make it not so

[wary shell]

I hope the flag has like 3 clips

[silk zephyr]

That’s funny Tas because it’s hyping me up 😂

[sharp skiff]

Every time I see the French flag I think of the ms universe contestant screaming France

[wary shell]

https://tenor.com/view/france-squawk-gif-27394149

[unique wing]

Like… on purpose?

[lone dove]

LA's flame is gonna be a big incense burner surrounded by healing crystals and pop-up medspas

[wary shell]

They wanted to send him to the South Pacific

[silk zephyr]

Ok I have full on shivers now this is beautiful

[wary shell]

Only if the transplants have something to do with it

[last chasm]

I love seeing the passing of time from the olypnic games

Gettign to the games that I remember watching

[lone dove]

oh, cut to actual horse, okay

[silk zephyr]

Horsie

[last chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/the-avengers-marvel-jeremy-renner-clint-barton-hawkeye-gif-17148870

[wintry turtle]

Ricallen lives

[unique wing]

Amazing

[wary shell]

A real horse

[silk zephyr]

These kind of things make me so emotional

[restive agate]

I need that armour 💳💥

[wintry turtle]

Clip clop

[last chasm]

NGL Im kinda chocking up from seeing this.

[silk zephyr]

Such a good horsey

[silk zephyr]

So glad it’s not just me

[last chasm]

the Olympic flag on the back of the horse, followed by the nations flags.

AAAAAAAAAA

[silk zephyr]

With all the flags 🥲

[last chasm]

The Olympics always makes me whistful and teary

[silk zephyr]

AND THE RAIN IS STOPPING

[restive agate]

The French flagbearer is SO happy to be there

[silk zephyr]

FOR THIS MAGICAL MOMENT

[sharp skiff]

This is lovely, why am I crying?

[silk zephyr]

They’re all volunteers/performers

[sharp skiff]

What good horses

[wintry turtle]

You’re back!! Hope you caught the us boat!

[last pulsar]

It’s one of my favourite parts about the Olympics

[silk zephyr]

My dad volunteered at London 2012

[sharp skiff]

I did!

[silk zephyr]

Bloody long stage

[last pulsar]

Horsey is a bit soggy

[silk zephyr]

Shout out the percussionists on the stage having the best time as usual

[unique wing]

I’m enjoying reading this channel more than bothering to watch the actual ceremony and the way i know what we mean without having it on… 💀

[sharp skiff]

Truly the Olympics is just me crying for like two weeks straight

That’s my Olympics lol

[cosmic jasper]

https://x.com/abbyemonteil/status/1816909378215363065?s=46

abby monteil (@abbyemonteil) on X

you’re laughing…the minions have come out as french and you’re laughing

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 6:52 PM

[silk zephyr]

Gold at their first Olympics, I cry, first medal for their country, I cry

[limber lotus]

🥇 for you!

[unique wing]

Legitimately this is my entertainment for the afternoon, I’m enjoying myself 🤷🏻‍♂️

[sharp skiff]

Or if it’s a small country

[silk zephyr]

THE STAGE IS THE TOWER

THATS SO CLEVER

[wintry turtle]

Ohhh that is clever I see it

[last pulsar]

https://x.com/Olympics/status/1816929100532945380

The Olympic Games (@Olympics) on X

The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings.

#Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 8:10 PM

[unique wing]

Ooh fair

[silk zephyr]

Oh and it’s raining again

[sharp skiff]

Oh also anytime I hear the Olympics music lol. Immediate tears

[limber lotus]

I love this

Detail 👌🏼

[silk zephyr]

I hope the horsies are getting lots of cuddles and carrots

[last chasm]

It wanted to stop for the Olympic Flag

[wintry turtle]

Oh I just saw miles the fencer I think?

[silk zephyr]

That was important people - I knew because they had people to hold umbrellas over them

[last chasm]

Lol the flag is stuck

[silk zephyr]

I can’t turn the aircon off in my hotel room

So all the adults singing get the words but the kids don’t that’s unfair

[lone dove]

this reminds me, I heard folks outside of America don't get John Williams' incredible Olympics themes on your TV coverage - that so?

[silk zephyr]

Solennité the fucking boring bit

[last chasm]

Other people dont get THE BEST OLYMPIC FANFARE EVER

OH MY GOD WE GOT ANOTHER WICKED TRAILER

And this is the Olympic fanfare

https://youtu.be/V311DMk7_GQ?si=PrJE1WNbOeNCDUXY

[silk zephyr]

We’re learning about the Olympic Laureate - Filippo Grande

Grandi

[unique wing]

We played the Olympic fanfare in my high school band

[wary shell]

https://x.com/artbutsports/status/1816928505869086722?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw there are now General LeBron crossing the Seine memes.

ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) on X

just saw this on the TV and fits much better. but low-hanging fruit any way you slice it

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 8:08 PM

[silk zephyr]

That made me cry

Shout out Filippo Grandi man

Nap time everyone

[unique wing]

As well there should be

[lone dove]

there is also Summon the Heroes, which John Williams composed for the '96 Atlanta games but has become a staple of the coverage in the US https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVRLi1SLfv4

[silk zephyr]

The commentator is translating and we just got “there was something about love there” great thanks for the translation just shut up and let us hear it in French

[last chasm]

Summon The Heroes is also SO ICONIC

Its like John Williams cannot stop making banger of scores

[silk zephyr]

He’ll score his own funeral

[last chasm]

dont remind me

[unique wing]

Probably already has

You can get that locked and loaded in advance

[silk zephyr]

Hes 92 it’s gonna happen

[unique wing]

Omg is he really

I mean makes sense

[silk zephyr]

Yup

[limber lotus]

This bit is boring

[silk zephyr]

Born a year after my granny

[last chasm]

Its going to hit me as hard as Sondheim

[silk zephyr]

I did say it was nap time

[limber lotus]

Light the torch so I can go bed

Not nap

BED Lou

I am old

The children are feral

[unique wing]

waves

[silk zephyr]

We’ve still got Bach to speak

[limber lotus]

I need sleep

[last chasm]

Its almost 5 here jfc

[wary shell]

Im glad to be free of tape delay

[silk zephyr]

Ooo the umbrella holder is getting shaky

[last chasm]

She is getting cold

[silk zephyr]

Will she drop it on his head

[wary shell]

She has to hold it at an angle

And not switch arms

[silk zephyr]

I cerntainly couldn’t do it

Oh English

[last chasm]

Imagine those who cant understand French

[silk zephyr]

He’s speaking in English now

I really fucking hope he doesn’t repeat the whole speech

He’s not

Back to French

To hype up the French team

I think this guy should’ve had a Rishi Sunak moment

[sharp skiff]

The lack of the protections from the rain for this orchestra is deeply disturbing

[wary shell]

What is his title what does he do

[silk zephyr]

I saw some of them putting ponchos over their instruments

[silk zephyr]

President of Paris 2024

[wary shell]

Mm

[last chasm]

They can bill the IOC

[wary shell]

Im glad she was able to change arms

[silk zephyr]

Our commentator is really not enjoying the translating

[last chasm]

ALSO who do you think will win in a deathmatch, IOC, FIFA or the FIA

[wary shell]

IOC

[silk zephyr]

FIFA 100%

[last chasm]

OH MY GOD, we just have subtitles

[wary shell]

Yeah we have subtitles

[silk zephyr]

We don’t have subtirles

[lone dove]

FIFA is on another level I reckon, which is saying something

[silk zephyr]

Just one of the commentators attempting to translate

[wary shell]

Oh god

We just have silent video feed with him speaking and English subtitles

[silk zephyr]

HE LITERALLY JUST SAID “DIDNT QUITE GET THAT”

[unique wing]

I like the immediate answers of both FIFA and IOC. The only consensus is that the FIA just aspires to the level of corruption and mismanagement FIFA and IOC accomplish

[silk zephyr]

And he audibly went “ugh” when Bach started speaking in French

[wary shell]

Nice and simple thankfully.

[silk zephyr]

Wow if only the BBC had discovered SUBTITLES

“In our Olympic world there is no global south or global north” uhhhhh wrong

[lone dove]

😬

[wary shell]

Ah

[last chasm]

oh my god. I just saw a stupid news headline. Y'all want ot see a USA news headline

[limber lotus]

Is it just me or does the guy holding the umbrella look like a young Freddie flintoff?

[silk zephyr]

YES

[wary shell]

What now

[last chasm]

BOOO QUOTING THE SONG

[last chasm]

#random message

[wary shell]

Back to French

[silk zephyr]

He’s declared the games open

Oh god

Macron

Or as my mum insists - Macaron

[wary shell]

Jump scare

I never expect the president of France

[last chasm]

I love how they didnt even put subtitles on Macron

[lone dove]

Macron looks like a man with a permanent wedgie

maybe that's just how disastrously things are going for him

[wary shell]

Probably didn’t have a copy of the prepared speach

[silk zephyr]

Didn’t really need to it was pretty obvious what he was saying

[last pulsar]

Those speeches would have been great if any of it was actually true…

[silk zephyr]

My mum reckons the flame is gonna be on top of the Eiffel Tower

What do you reckon

[last chasm]

jfc another ad and its one of those HE GETS US ads

[last pulsar]

Or right underneath it

[silk zephyr]

Oh no my dad reckons on top of the Eiffel Tower, my mum reckons they’re blowing the tower up

[last pulsar]

Assassin’s creed is back!

[wary shell]

Is it gonna be on top of the rings on the side of the tower

[last chasm]

stares at Notre Dame and sighs

[last pulsar]

No, are we not gonna find out who it was??

[silk zephyr]

OH MY GOD

[limber lotus]

Alexa, play vigilante shit

[last chasm]

NADAL

[last pulsar]

Rafa!!

[silk zephyr]

just to clarify my omg was for Nadal

[last pulsar]

Wow! It’s not even gonna be a French person! That’s how important Rafa is to Paris.

[last chasm]

You are ahead of us lol

[limber lotus]

That’s mad

[last chasm]

I dont think it is just Raga

[silk zephyr]

OMG WHAT IF THE FLAME IS VIRTUAL AND ITS JSUT THE ROWER LIT UP

[last chasm]

Rafa

[silk zephyr]

It’s a relay

[last pulsar]

It better not be. That would be shit.

[last chasm]

The Tower entered the realm of TRON

https://tenor.com/view/daftpunk-tron-gif-4849557

[silk zephyr]

This is fuckin cool

Love a laser show

[last chasm]

Projection mapping is so coooolllll

[lone dove]

the rain is great for this actually

[wintry turtle]

Laserrrrrrssssss

[silk zephyr]

Oh Misty they’ve done it on some cathedrals to show how they would look in medieval times when they were all painted and it’s so crazy cool

[last chasm]

That is Tokyo tower.

[silk zephyr]

Oh they’re leaving the tower

[lone dove]

oh... it's down on the water now

I guessed the laser show was to buy time for him to ride the elevator up the tower

[last chasm]

Nope in the river

[silk zephyr]

SERENAAAAAA

[wary shell]

Time to run around the city of Paris to find the caldron

[last chasm]

OH MY GOD

[wary shell]

That’s a group of people

[last chasm]

SEREEENNAAAA

[last pulsar]

It’s just a relay of tennis players 😭

[silk zephyr]

“The woman has the torch now” no one knows who the woman in white is that’s fucking awkward

[wintry turtle]

Goat boat!

[wary shell]

That’s awkward I mean she was a child at her games

[sharp skiff]

Look at Serena she’s so pretty

[last pulsar]

See THIS is why you reherse

[sharp skiff]

I love her so much

[silk zephyr]

Jesus Christ just LIGHT THE FUCKING CAULDRON

[limber lotus]

I thought it finished at 10

I wanna go beddy byes

[last pulsar]

Same! It’s past my bedtime!

[silk zephyr]

Now they’re causing seizures

[limber lotus]

My kids could light a fire faster than this with flint and stick

[sharp skiff]

I know lol this is taking so long

[last chasm]

NO NEED TO DO A LAP WITH THE FLAME

[limber lotus]

Imagine being this guy performing

[last chasm]

FRENCH SIGN LANGUAGE

[limber lotus]

Waited all this time for this

[silk zephyr]

SHOUT OUT THE INTERPRETERS

[limber lotus]

And it’s wet and people just want you to be on fire

Smh

[last pulsar]

The interpreters always look like they’re having the best time

[wary shell]

Is it time to go to bed (it’s 2pm)

[last chasm]

Its Nadia Comăneci the first person to get a Perfect 10.

[wary shell]

Where are we going

I call it the Serena boat

[restive agate]

I've drunk too much prosecco to get through this, I'm crying at this guy dancing in front of the Eiffel Tower light show

[silk zephyr]

Jesus Christ

[last chasm]

Imagine being on E

[lone dove]

the light show would have been even more insane if it included them just lighting the cauldron there

[silk zephyr]

Is this just a sneak attack and they’ve turned the boat around to go back to the tower

[lone dove]

this is anticlimactic

[limber lotus]

Probably

[silk zephyr]

Omg it’s gonna be at the Louvre

[last chasm]

I was thinking Notre Dame

BUT the Louvre is better

[silk zephyr]

No we don’t want fire back there again

No fires near notre dame

Please

[wintry turtle]

The dancers on the scaffolding were scary enough

[last chasm]

but the SYMBOLISM

[silk zephyr]

I plan to go to a service there next year I don’t need it burnt down AGAIN

[last chasm]

Not in the Notre Dame

In front of it

But I do like the Louve better

[silk zephyr]

Ooo perhaps the Tuileries

To be quite honest at this point they might as well just fucking take it to LA

[restive agate]

Looks like it could be Notre Dame?

[silk zephyr]

Wait I’m gonna cry if it is

[last chasm]

The NBC folks always want to remind us that this is a temporary structure

[silk zephyr]

Jogging up those stairs along the Seine no thank you I could barely walk them

[limber lotus]

God I thought the flame went out

[silk zephyr]

That’s just Paris 😂

[scarlet cedar]

they need to subtitle who these people are

[silk zephyr]

That was clean 😂

My dads done. Also you guys are my friends idc what you think you’re my friend

[sharp skiff]

There needs to be a heist movie based around the Olympics

Why has no one done this yet

[silk zephyr]

Was she meant to keep running?

There’s the Louvre 😍😍😍😍

[sharp skiff]

It’s so pretty

[silk zephyr]

I used to get my McDonald’s in the Louvre

[sharp skiff]

It looks especially stunning in this rain

[silk zephyr]

Yes there’s a McDonald’s in the Louvre and yes it caused a lot of drama

[restive agate]

I love the Louvre 🥹

[wary shell]

I forgot I was watching this

[sharp skiff]

I’m crying again lol

[wary shell]

They took so long to get there

[silk zephyr]

They’re not close to each other

[wary shell]

Yeah

[sharp skiff]

Their little hug was so cuteeeew

[last chasm]

someone just say, LOOK THE BASS PRO SHOP

[silk zephyr]

“Para Olympics” I’m sorry the what

[last chasm]

OH YEAH Dont forget to watch the ParaOlympics

[wary shell]

Memphis will always be famous

[silk zephyr]

THEYRE GOINF TO THE TUILERIES

[last chasm]

https://tenor.com/view/bass-pro-shop-duh-gif-18619332

[wintry turtle]

Oh they’re gonna go all the way up the champs Élysées I bet!!

[sharp skiff]

These people have to run an actual marathon for this torch lol

[silk zephyr]

Don’t I’m gonna cry

[sharp skiff]

That guy, the current torch bearer looks like Joey Essex

[silk zephyr]

Mainly from the PTSD of having to buy a new phone in the Apple Store on the champs

[wintry turtle]

Everyone wave at the Renault flagship store when we pass it

Are they just going to redo the final round of the Tour de France

[silk zephyr]

Oh no I think they’re staying in the Tuileries

They swapping the torch too quickly

[wary shell]

I need a map where are we

[sharp skiff]

That’s the tallest man I’ve ever seen

[wary shell]

Thx

[silk zephyr]

ITS ON THE BASSIN

[sharp skiff]

This is cute how their all gathering the past French olympians, I’m crying once again

[restive agate]

The oldest olympian is gonna make me sob

[sharp skiff]

OH GOD THE OLD GUY IN THENWHEELCHAIR

[last pulsar]

It looks like a hot air balloon

[sharp skiff]

NOW IM REALLY CRYING

[wintry turtle]

He’s 100?!?!?!?

[silk zephyr]

My arm hair is in the air 😂

[last chasm]

ITS A HOT AIR BALLOON

[lone dove]

oh, a balloon...

[last pulsar]

I think that’s probably where the saying comes from

[wary shell]

Oh my god

[sharp skiff]

I kind of love this?

[lone dove]

I mean, that is appropriately extremely French

[sharp skiff]

That’s so smart and French lol

[last chasm]

The Tower acting like a Lighthouse

[limber lotus]

Does around the world in 80 days start in Paris?

[silk zephyr]

1783 a flight from the Tuileries

OH MY GOD

[last pulsar]

I think hot air balloons were invented in Paris

[scarlet cedar]

when is queen elizabeth dropping by?

[last chasm]

That is not fire that is Mist

[silk zephyr]

OH MY GOOD GOD

[restive agate]

It's giving Disney

[silk zephyr]

GUYS CATCH UP WITH ME SO WE CAN FREAK OUT TOGETHER

[wary shell]

So a floating cauldron

[silk zephyr]

why are you not freaking out

It’s so cool

[last pulsar]

Wowwwww

[sharp skiff]

This is really lovely, I love this

[wary shell]

Im too stunned

I was told flabbergasted to speak

[lone dove]

yah I'm just watching in awe

[silk zephyr]

SHES ON THE EIFFEL TOWER

[last pulsar]

Okay, the acid trips were worth it for this

[restive agate]

SHE LOOKS AMAZING

[silk zephyr]

SHE MADE IT

[last chasm]

Whoever fucking throught of the whole ceremony needs all the awards

ok now im crying

[sharp skiff]

SHUT UP CELINE 😭😭😭😭😭

NOT ANOTHER WET PIANO

[silk zephyr]

Thomas Jolly is the artistic director!

[sharp skiff]

HOW MANY BABY GRANDS HAD TO SUFFER FOR THIS CEREMONY?

[last pulsar]

How many babies were harmed in the making of this opening ceremony? 💀

[wintry turtle]

She sounds great

[silk zephyr]

I’m just dab it a lil with a paper towel it’ll be fine 🥴

[sharp skiff]

this is so fucking emotional considering what she’s gone through the past few years

[silk zephyr]

I love it when she sings in French

[sharp skiff]

She’s incredible

[last chasm]

ngl i want the hot air balloon to actually have fire and not that mist

[silk zephyr]

She’s crying

[wintry turtle]

Pour que tu m’aimes encore was a key tenet of my high school French classes

[silk zephyr]

There will be a flame in it but they probably had the mist for ✨drama✨

[last chasm]

She's been through so much.

[sharp skiff]

😭😭😭😭

[scarlet cedar]

i love that the french are just claiming her

[silk zephyr]

Especially when she won for Switzerland 😂

[wary shell]

I respect the hustle

[last chasm]

She's crying

[sleek lion]

I always forget she was an olympian

[last chasm]

Im crying.

[wispy dove]

She was wonderful!

[last chasm]

so much beauty

[wary shell]

Kelly is crying too

[wintry turtle]

Wowowowowow stunning

[silk zephyr]

Idk overall I think I do prefer an opening ceremony in a stadium so the athletes can see it all?

But this was amazing

[last chasm]

I like how it goes through the whole city

the river the life blood of the city

[last pulsar]

I think it makes it more cohesive when it happens in one place, but I agree this was awesome (in the end)

[limber lotus]

Night night besties, see you for the sports in the morning 🫡🫡🫡

[last chasm]

marking the 100th anniversary

[silk zephyr]

Night cutie

[last pulsar]

Okay, off to bed for me! Gotta get up early to start watching ALL THE SPORT

[silk zephyr]

I still haven’t bought discovery+ so I can actually watch everything

[restive agate]

Me right now

[sharp skiff]

I really enjoyed that, it was perfectly French and the Celine performance on top of it was chefs kiss

[silk zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/peanuts-french-snoopy-gif-18335321

[limber lotus]

@unique wing where’s the pride one

[unique wing]

Oh dang I’m not the one who had that

[scarlet cedar]

i thought it was mostly boring, viva london 2012 🫶🏻

[silk zephyr]

My mum also cried at Céline

[silk zephyr]

I cry when I rewatch London 2012 lol

[last chasm]

well my sinuses are open from crying

[unique wing]

@cosmic jasper did you have the right one?

[silk zephyr]

Michael Johnson is saying some of the athletes have already mentioned there were times where there was just nothing going on for them

[limber lotus]

FOUND IT

[silk zephyr]

I like that Nadal got to do it considering it’s his last one

And he’d never get a home Olympics

[wary shell]

I opened up TikTok’s and got this video so we have officially opened the games. https://www.vxtiktok.com/t/ZTNx5gFWg/

[silk zephyr]

Oh the BBC did have a camera on the GB boat they just didn’t cut through the ceremony for it

[last chasm]

God there are some cool shots from the opening.

Kelly Clarkson crying over Celine

[sharp skiff]

OMFG KELLY CRYING ABOUT CELINE HAS ME CRYING AGAIN

[silk zephyr]

Going through the highlights I’m gonna have to watch the beginning of the ceremony it looks insane

[last chasm]

NGL. I was recommended a video of the hilights of the Olympic Torch Relay and it is an amazing feat of logistics

[silk zephyr]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeWPUfXG/

[wispy dove]

What sports are you guys excited for?

[wary shell]

Rowing, canoe, surfing.

The entirety of gymnastics.

[sharp skiff]

Women’s Soccer, swimming, beach volleyball, gymnastics

[wary shell]

Skateboarding won me over last games.

[last chasm]

Shooting, Equestrian, Skateboarding, Archery and Breaking

[sharp skiff]

skateboarding was very fun too

[restive agate]

The gay ones. Rugby, gymnastics, diving, synchronised swimming

reposts Alpine pride pic

[silk zephyr]

Rugby, women’s gymnastics

[sharp skiff]

Also men’s and women’s basketball

[sharp skiff]

Love rowing too

[silk zephyr]

Synchro swimming

[restive agate]

Ooh plus track and boxing because they're our best medal hopes

[scarlet cedar]

i’ll apologise in advance for the person i become in olympic time

[modern bloom]

i'm not apologizing for who I'm about to become

i will watch every single minute of swimming and sailing

[wary shell]

Me during the women’s freestyle swimming

[scarlet cedar]

however i will blow my own horn and say that my love of all sports has allowed me knowledge in a lot of events, including the most niche so i will name myself an olympics encyclopaedia 🫶🏻

[last chasm]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNx53JJG/

[wary shell]

https://x.com/paul_slg/status/1816900434457428339?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw

Paul Smith (@Paul_SLG) on X

Your periodic reminder that town planning used to be an Olympic event.

John Hughes won gold for Team GB in 1932.

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 6:16 PM

The art disciplines.

[lone dove]

as a Minnesotan I am here for Suni Lee!

[wary shell]

Is that the Mpls meaning

[lone dove]

yeah, Mpls is how we write Minneapolis when we're too lazy to spell it out

[wispy dove]

Gymnastics is a big one! Hopefully this year I’ll be able to watch rhythmic too🤞

[lone dove]

(this is also why I was excited to see Norway in the opening ceremony lol)

[wary shell]

I’ve only had a layover in Minneapolis airport

I was interest in the amount of signs in Japanese in the airport

At least when I was there

Skateboarding is tomorrow morning for me

That’s such a quick turn around

Will have split screen quali

[wispy dove]

Oh I got to write down the time!

Who are you rooting for?

[lone dove]

yeah it's a quirk of history from when it was a major connecting hub for flights to/from Tokyo

[wary shell]

Ah like Anchorage.

[wary shell]

I don’t know the competitors yet.

[lone dove]

yeah. easier to fly over the far north than what you'd think is "straight" across the Pacific I guess

[wary shell]

I had take a red eye to MSP to get to Milwaukee so I was already confused.

https://x.com/cl16__fanpagefr/status/1816918517838451004?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw

CL16__FanpageFr 🇲🇨 (@Cl16__FanpageFr) on X

Nice to see you @Charles_Leclerc 👋

#OpeningCeremony

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 7:28 PM

[merry widget]

https://x.com/_eggnonymous/status/1816909471937130535?t=yGTi1885GI3ls3HB-OJ36g&s=19

taylor (@_eggnonymous) on X

things I did not expect to Google today #OpeningCeremony

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 6:52 PM

[wary shell]

I didn’t watch the movies so I was confused

[merry widget]

I saw the movies and i don't remember them being french either 😭

[wary shell]

So they stole them. Typical.

[wary shell]

https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/u-s-figure-skating-team-to-receive-gold-medals-in-special-ceremony-at-2024-olympics-after-ruling-upheld/ I was just thinking of them

I was like when will they get any medal

The ended up moving Us and Japan up and Russia to bronze so Canada is appealing this will never cease

[last chasm]

https://vxtwitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1817024114441191822

[wary shell]

Hi beyonce

[last pulsar]

All sports can be gay if the athletes try hard enough 🫡

[scarlet cedar]

https://vm.vxtiktok.com/ZGeWaTgRC/

[last pulsar]

Time for some diving!

[limber lotus]

3m syncro diving LFG

[last pulsar]

Ooh I like that replay of different points in the dive

[scarlet cedar]

this is one of the sports that i wouldn’t watch outside the olympics but i become a self proclaimed pro during it 😂

[limber lotus]

Maybe it’s the autism but synchronised stuff both really appeals to my brain AND I spot the errors really easily haha

[limber lotus]

But i agree

[last pulsar]

The judges don’t get to watch a replay??

They’ve got to be sharp eyed

Sorry to any American’s here but the USA USA USA chant is really annoying.

[limber lotus]

Nah it’s wild

[last pulsar]

“Not as good as China” feels like it could be a reusable phrase

Love the shot of Tom Daley knitting 🥰

[limber lotus]

I wonder what he’s making this time

[last pulsar]

“The Italians will nuzzle up just behind the Australians”…

[last pulsar]

Looked like it could be a sock

[cosmic jasper]

perks of waking up y the middle of the night

you wake up to queen katie ledecky

[limber lotus]

Awww I always feel sad for anyone who gets it wrong 😭😭

(Even if we get a 🥉 as a result)

[scarlet cedar]

the worst 😂

[sand hearth]

I shrieked!!

[last pulsar]

😮

So close to a GB bronze!

[limber lotus]

Same!

Wooooooooo

🥉

[last pulsar]

They’re disbelieving 🥹

[last pulsar]

Someone fell off the pummel horse 😔

[restive agate]

I cannot keep crying at Olympic village TikToks, why are all the athletes so wholesome 😩

[last pulsar]

People are falling all over the place today

[scarlet cedar]

have you seen the ones of the oceania countries singing????

my absolute favs

[restive agate]

My feed is full of Māori videos https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGeWu4ujx/

[scarlet cedar]

max still killing it on the pommel 🫶🏻

[restive agate]

Yes! Chills every single time 🥹

[silk zephyr]

I’m missing so much today

[silk zephyr]

I’m bringing my laptop to the event tomorrow to put the women’s gymnastics on 😂

[cosmic jasper]

y’all idk if it was talked about but the IOC has an app you can get and track the timings of all events and get alerts for any you want

[wary shell]

It’s the only reason I have any idea what’s happening

[limber lotus]

AND you can favourite things then it will notify you when it happens!

Just in case you hypothetically forget 🙄

[cosmic jasper]

idk what you’re talking about my brain works perfectly i forget nothing

[unique wing]

Shouldn’t he be getting ready for qualis 🧐

[limber lotus]

Dw, it’s a me thing 😉

[unique wing]

Oh I didn’t know that, thank you!

[cosmic jasper]

it’s fantastic

[last pulsar]

Red Bull won’t allow him to play video games anymore so he decided to give gymnastics a go

[wary shell]

Im watching diving replay. You’re telling me their names are Bacon and Cook.

[last pulsar]

I KNOW I couldn’t believe that 😭

[wary shell]

That’s why US diving made them a team

[lone dove]

that's wild on like, at least two levels

[wary shell]

Jumping in pools scare me. The 3m would freak me out. The platform is a no but I will watch every one.

[unique wing]

This is exactly what I was about to say 😂

[last pulsar]

It’s the bendy diving board that freaks me out the most

[wary shell]

For me it’s 100 percent the height

1m springboard is fine

[last pulsar]

I would like to submit for the consideration of the group that tennis is most definitely a gay sport https://www.instagram.com/p/C97VfvwIfwr/?igsh=MWtyaTVvc25ydWd0bg==

andymurray

Rivals, doubles partners, friends and lovers?(see slide 3💋)

Thanks for the 25 years of competition @djokernole and good luck for rest of your career 👏👏

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[last chasm]

Woke up Immediately turn on Equestrian.

[wary shell]

I’ve been watching the diving replay. Too lazy to move. Watching the victory ceremony.

[sharp skiff]

I love the cycling helmets, they make the riders look like flys

[scarlet cedar]

so many of them are decking it in the rain

ouchie

‘murica just binned it

[wary shell]

Whoopsie daisy

[limber lotus]

Cyclists really are a different breed

[wary shell]

They scare me

[scarlet cedar]

oh a silver, go us 🥈

[silk zephyr]

hypothetically

[silk zephyr]

But seriously thank you for letting me know

[wary shell]

Events delayed due to rain.

Unbelievable.

Trying to find an event that’s going

Peacock app sucks as per usual.

Feels like I’m digging to find IndyCar

[scarlet cedar]

cycling is on!!

men’s time trial

[wary shell]

Thx

Got it.

The list of live feeds is long. It’s easier to go in each sport.

Makes me realize I missed most of the Tour de France this year.

[sleek lion]

Do I let peacock win and purchase a sub for the month?

I really don't want to but if it's the only way to watch my events I will

[wary shell]

I think there’s a way if you have a cable log in via NBC Spoets.

But if you don’t have cable it’s really easy.

[sleek lion]

I don't have cable

[wary shell]

There’s also a student discount for 2 dollars a month.

[scarlet cedar]

can you get a free trial?

[limber lotus]

Can you see stuff from earlier? Swimming heats were on, final is later

[wary shell]

Yeah full replays

My friend had the ad version but they only get you when you start the feed and every so often on replay.

[sleek lion]

I'm not a student anymore 😕

And I've been looking for a free trial

[wary shell]

I think they turned it off for Olympics.

[unique wing]

I used my ex-husband's money for the $8 😂

[silk zephyr]

I’m getting discovery+ seeing as the BBC only has two streams but they’ve reduced it to £3.99 a month for the rest of the year for the Olympics which is cool af

Idk why I called it cool af it’s not because it’s bullshit that it’s not all on the BBC anymore but it’s nice for them to reduce the price

[last chasm]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTNxEuJwo/

[silk zephyr]

I’m always amazed he doesn’t drop stitches

[limber lotus]

What are you making tommmmm

[silk zephyr]

Lmao the italian flag bearer lost his wedding ring in the Seine

[wary shell]

Ah well

It was very soggy.

[silk zephyr]

In his statement he’s suggested that they throw his wife’s ring in there too so they can be together and then have a vowel renewal with new rings 🥹

[limber lotus]

Awww

He did a GB cardigan last time

Griff wore it at the welcome home ceremony

Do some speedos

[silk zephyr]

I can make a bobbly scarf and that’s about it

[wary shell]

Irs an idea

[wary shell]

https://x.com/drummermoe/status/1816945763861299256?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw

Melisa Oporto (@drummermoe) on X

If y'all didn't know, Flava Flav is sponsoring the USA Women's Water Polo team after he learned that team members were working multiple jobs just to continue training and competing despite the women's water polo team winning 3 straight (going for four) Olympic gold medals.

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 9:16 PM

Will Powers number one fan is also the US women’s water polo sponsor

[restive agate]

DYING at all those slow mo shots of the Brazilian basketball player falling into the stands

[wary shell]

I love canoe

They gotta do a spin

https://www.vxtiktok.com/t/ZTNxocndM/

[unique wing]

I mean, he wasn't actually doing stitches in that clip

[scarlet cedar]

you are right, he’s just holding it for fun,

[unique wing]

Hush

[silk zephyr]

I didn’t watch the clip

I have 6% battery I can’t be watching things

[unique wing]

omg Lou plug in your phone

[limber lotus]

I love him

[silk zephyr]

There’s no plugs where I am

[sharp skiff]

great basketball game between France and brazil going on rn

[wary shell]

Peacock has a gold zone and I think it’s like nfl red zone in that it switched sports as action happens

So I can go vegetative and it will switch between soccer and handball without me thinking.

Also the men’s team is winning didn’t know they knew how to do that

[sleek lion]

I didn't know we knew how cricket worked and yet

[wary shell]

They were using their PTO. I need Oracle to advance them for 2028.

They’re adding it back to the Olympics and they’ll auto qualify.

[sleek lion]

red bull you heard the lady give them the pto

Ooo I love fiji's jersey

[wary shell]

It looks like a sash.

Frances looks. Well.

It’s something.

It feels like a gradient in photoshop elements

Rugby is so fun

I fear France is gonna get stomped

They should go home

https://x.com/womensgamemib/status/1817245473104974168?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw

The Women's Game (@WomensGameMIB) on X

CANADA HEAD COACH BANNED FOR A YEAR, TEAM DEDUCTED SIX POINTS OVER DRONE GATE 🇨🇦

FIFA bars Priestman & two staffers involved in spying scheme from all football for 12 months ⛔️

Defending Olympic champions now on -3 points. Swift justice, does the punishment fit the crime? 🤔

Twitter · Jul 27, 2024, 5:07 PM

I knew New Zealand asked for their points to be nullified for the first game

France remembered its the gold medal game

[silk zephyr]

FUCKING GO ON

IM CRYING

ALLEZ LE BLEUS

Now DuPont you can come back to 15s

[wary shell]

Yes

[scarlet cedar]

i hadn’t realised rugby union players played

do they usually @silk zephyr or is du pont an exception?

[silk zephyr]

He’s a bloody exception

[scarlet cedar]

i mean as he should be 😂

[silk zephyr]

Gave up on the 6 nations to specialise in 7s

Because he was like I WANT A FUCKING MEDAL

Especially after France failed to qualify in the 7s in Tokyo

[scarlet cedar]

oh no way

that’s kinda cool

[wary shell]

My feed has switched to doubles tennis with Nadal and Alcarez.

Good luck to Argentina you’re gonna need it

[scarlet cedar]

so it’s actually quite interesting to see because they only won the first set on a tie break

think it really solidifies that doubles it’s a separate discipline and the best singles can’t just join together and smash everyone

rafa x carlos is so fun though

[wary shell]

Yup and how the Williams sisters were built different together

[silk zephyr]

Got the 7s medal ceremony on the laptop and the BBC swimming coverage on the TV 😂

[lone dove]

Watching the US men's soccer/football team have their fun against New Zealand before they inevitably get crushed later in the tournament 💀

[last pulsar]

Whilst this is generally true. When you have two great players, they usually can win the tournament.

And when I say great, I mean Williams and Nadal level.

[scarlet cedar]

yes the like absolute best

i do think some people underestimate it though

[last pulsar]

And it’s hard to get two players of that calibre prepared to play together outside of the Olympics, and then of course you’re limited with your choice of partner.

[last pulsar]

Oh 💯 lots of singles players both underestimate it and look down and it.

Which is why it’s so satisfying when singles players lose to doubles specialists 🤭

Not talking about now though, Carlos and Rafa you need to win!

[scarlet cedar]

yes fully team carlos and rafa aha

[last pulsar]

Me and @static tinsel have already decided that a Carlos and Rafa gold medal would heal our souls and the world

[scarlet cedar]

i would second that

[wary shell]

Michael Phelps with the half shave half bun hairstyle

[silk zephyr]

This medal ceremony is brilliant the players have no clue when they should get on the podium

Mission get 12 rugby players on a podium at once

14 sorry

[wary shell]

Also a new Olympic record in women’s 100m butterfly

[silk zephyr]

Yes just saw!

Brilliant!

[scarlet cedar]

not the british commentator saying “i’m not sure she’s fully focused” and then her getting an OR

[limber lotus]

Yeah we slated them for that

As if her smiling makes her less focused wth

[last pulsar]

Don’t you know women only have one brain cell and when it’s being used to smile it can’t be used to do anything else.

[wary shell]

Is that why they ask us to smile

[sharp skiff]

Soaking up all the good feelings in this us mens soccer game, cause they’ll never look this good the rest of the Olympics lol

[last pulsar]

It must be!

[silk zephyr]

My boyyyyy

[scarlet cedar]

swimmers look like thumbs

[silk zephyr]

Oooo the announcement for the anthem was “ladies and gentleman, if you can, please stand for the national anthem” never heard them say “if you can” before!

[scarlet cedar]

they’ve started saying this at football matches

so nice to see

[wary shell]

I hear it last night in the opening ceremonies

First time I’ve heard it as well

[silk zephyr]

I must have missed it last night as I came in half way, but it’s so good to hear as someone who can’t always stand

I’m gonna know La Marseillaise off by heart by the end of this tournament

[wary shell]

Ian Thorpe is a name I hadn’t heard in a long time

[silk zephyr]

Oooo for the gymnastics they’ve got the main stream and then streams for all the different apparatus that’s good

[static tinsel]

He’s come out and gotten divorced since the last time I heard his name

[scarlet cedar]

noticed this earlier!! this will be fun when tracking someone specific in the all around

[silk zephyr]

Definitely!! Although for the men’s right now it seems like there’s only 1 apparatus at a time?

[last pulsar]

Anyone know what time Adam Peaty’s semifinals are?

[unique wing]

Vault is my favorite thing in the olympics

It's like potato chips

It's so fast

[limber lotus]

i can't see it on the schedule rn one sec

[unique wing]

One quick insane thing from each person

And all one right after the other

[scarlet cedar]

20:12 @last pulsar

[limber lotus]

oh, 8:12

apparently

[last pulsar]

Thank you! 💖 Didn’t want to miss it, but wanted to watch the end of the tennis

[scarlet cedar]

ledecky v titmus v mcintosh, let’s GO

[last pulsar]

Pretty sure that’s the first time that comparison has been made 😂

[scarlet cedar]

a second olympics at 17 🤢

that’s disgusting

[wary shell]

For whom

[scarlet cedar]

and people are mad over mini kimi 👀

[scarlet cedar]

summer mcintosh

[unique wing]

jesus

[lone dove]

what a name

[silk zephyr]

What a precise time

[wary shell]

Ah yeah 2021 made her eligible early.

[lone dove]

aside from everything else

[wary shell]

Michael Phelps was 14 at Sydney.

People forget he was there.

A child.

[lone dove]

you can't be named Summer Mackintosh and not have an apple orchard, I think that's definitely a rule

that can be her post-Olympics career pivot, I'd buy cider from her

[limber lotus]

chatting about their "focus" again 🙄

[lone dove]

quarter second up on WR split, wow

I can barely swim at all

[silk zephyr]

Not me thinking “I could def swim quicker than that” 😂😂😂😂😂

[scarlet cedar]

hate to break it to you, lou

[limber lotus]

i'm watching the kids learn at the moment and you forget how hard it is to learn

[wary shell]

The men’s 400 they were like 2.5 above WR and then they ran out of gas

[silk zephyr]

I was a county level swimmer Ailish I’ll have you know

[scarlet cedar]

have they gone too early

[wary shell]

Might

[scarlet cedar]

were you in your second olympics at 17

[wary shell]

Katie is built for the 1500 I don’t know why she does the 400 lol

[last pulsar]

Do people think Ledeky is going to keep going until LA? So she can have a home Olympics?

[silk zephyr]

No I was in your mum

[granite idol]

I mean you learn quick if someone throws you in and it’s swim or drown.

[scarlet cedar]

how old is she??

[wary shell]

Might just do the 1500

[lone dove]

I can see her having a swan song in LA yeah

[wary shell]

27

[scarlet cedar]

how bad is it that that’s old in swimming

[limber lotus]

me and you would be gone mate

[scarlet cedar]

adam peaty being washed at 29 💀

[scarlet cedar]

well past it

our dreams lie in horse events

or shooting

[unique wing]

I love you

[limber lotus]

olympic dreams anyway

32 is washed in f1 as well so i'm fucked

[wary shell]

That’s what they tell Kevin

[silk zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/random-random-citizen-megamind-citizen-super-hero-gif-5727130

Do we think lefecky is pissed

Lefeck

[lone dove]

fr though the biathlon ladies who ski and shoot in the Winter games are the coolest. I don't even like guns really

[silk zephyr]

Ledecky

Jesus Christ

[scarlet cedar]

i love stuff like that

modern penthalon too

[last pulsar]

Macintosh looks more annoyed than Ledeky

[wary shell]

Yeah

[silk zephyr]

Tbh Silver always looks more pissed than bronze

Remember in the diving where China won second and looked like they wanted to kill themselves and Tom Daley got bronze and he jumped in the pool to celebrate

[scarlet cedar]

that happened on my 18th birthday

what a time to be alive

[limber lotus]

and a time to dive

[silk zephyr]

Which Olympics was it

I feel like London but may have been Rio

[scarlet cedar]

yes london

[silk zephyr]

Well happy 18th birthday for 12 years ago

I’m only slightly late

I’m in one of those moods tonight guys apologies 😂

[wary shell]

Still traumatized by Michael Phelps hair check on nbc

[silk zephyr]

Still traumatised by his wingspan it’s freakish

[wary shell]

He was created in a naval lab

That’s why him and Katie are both from Maryland wake up people

[unique wing]

I didn't recognize him at first

It's so much

[wary shell]

I only did bc he’s been in a f1 garage recently

[last pulsar]

Omg they’re showing the French team dancing with they’re medals 🥹

[silk zephyr]

Adam Peary semi is up next

Peaty

[last pulsar]

Yesss I’ve switched over now Rafa and Carlos have won

[wary shell]

NBC showing the lane mix up

Now all swimmers are gonna steal the wrong lane as good luck

The breast stroke is my least favorite to personally do.

[limber lotus]

@last pulsar

adam peaty alert!

[silk zephyr]

That’s some blonde hair

[scarlet cedar]

thanks 🫶🏻 means i’m 30 in 2 weeks 🎉

[wispy dove]

Wait y’all did peacock show the medals being awarded for women 400m swimming? They transmitted the men’s ceremony but I didn’t see it for the women’s

[wary shell]

I think they do it later

After this batch of races are done

[wispy dove]

Ah ok ty!!!

[wary shell]

They have to go get changed

[silk zephyr]

I like the Italian shorts

Not that I’m looking at their crotches

[last pulsar]

His best time is a second faster than anyone else. Ridiculous.

[wary shell]

https://x.com/thompsonalysis/status/1817250964547707123?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw I laughed

virgil von dutch (@Thompsonalysis) on X

congrats to Canada for becoming the first team to ever be punished by FIFA for breaking a rule

Twitter · Jul 27, 2024, 5:29 PM

[silk zephyr]

I feel like it’s just unfair they got punished when they don’t punish anyone else

[limber lotus]

respect to the commentators admiring their bodies

[silk zephyr]

Go on Adam

Awww he’s got a cute lil boy

[wary shell]

Hmm

Good job

[limber lotus]

he'll take it

[silk zephyr]

Is the “Russian” flag teal blue

Yes it is

Sorry “neutral athlete” flag

[last pulsar]

Qin walking out like it’s a runway 😂

[silk zephyr]

It’s because this is actually a rugby stadium 😂

[wary shell]

Was that the man in red doing the push up jump

[silk zephyr]

They had to put things at an odd ankle

Angle

[wary shell]

Individual Neutral Athletes delegation, or AIN (IOC country code after the French name Athlètes Individuels Neutres)

[silk zephyr]

Aka the Russians

[wary shell]

It was so small and my colors were slightly off I thought it was Kazakhstan

[lone dove]

and Belorussians, aka Russia's bootlicking lackey

[scarlet cedar]

https://vm.vxtiktok.com/ZGeWC85gE/

this is so fun

it’s adam peaty playing cat and mouse with kids 😂

[silk zephyr]

There might be a swim off

Amazing

[wary shell]

Aw no not the AIN gone

Oh my god it’s relay

[silk zephyr]

Both the AINs gone!

[wary shell]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-sea-dog-gif-10539169426521065658

https://x.com/panasonicdx4500/status/1817259306292842991?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw I switched to swimming before it got to this point

one dozen rats at a keyboard (@PanasonicDX4500) on X

9 am: “oh hey, peacock has an olympics ‘goldzone’, that looks fun”

2 pm: “if fiji doesn’t come back and beat france in this gold medal rugby sevens match I will kill myself”

Twitter · Jul 27, 2024, 6:02 PM

[silk zephyr]

“You can trace the history of British breast stroke” maybe don’t tho

[limber lotus]

his interview 🥹

[wary shell]

Now I’m gonna.

[static tinsel]

It’s still so crazy to me that Canada could afford drones to fly over their competitors but not give their athletes proper working conditions

[wary shell]

I have a list of crimes Canada gets away with and I have questions about.

[unique wing]

Omg amazing

[restive agate]

Every 4 years, I wish I'd been put into sports at a young age. And then I remember that I hate moving

[silk zephyr]

Highest on the list, whatever French they attempt to speak

[wary shell]

And second is being the reason for the Geneva convention.

[unique wing]

This is the way though

[static tinsel]

Benefit of being neighbors with the us. All your criminal activities get overlooked

[wary shell]

They are hiding behind us right now as we speak.

[unique wing]

The accents!!! Lou the accents 💀💀💀

[wary shell]

They put ketchup on Kraft Mac and cheese.

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-stare-sesame-street-rocco-death-stare-gif-24438342

[silk zephyr]

I’ve always wanted to try Kraft Mac and cheese

[static tinsel]

Wait

What

Is that like only in the us ?

[wary shell]

Canada and Mexico have it too

But it didn’t make it there

[scarlet cedar]

it’s radioactive so yes

[wary shell]

Hey they got rid of most of that

It now uses natural colors.

It’s only 30 percent radioactive.

I like the store brand organic one more anyway.

[silk zephyr]

Yeah we don’t get Kraft over here unless you go to an American shop

[wary shell]

Canada also has Kraft brand peanut butter. They need to answer for that.

[silk zephyr]

And it’s bloody expensive

[wary shell]

I’ve only see it in photos.

I get the natural one in the glass jar I’m a snob

[static tinsel]

With the way I lived off of Kraft Mac and cheese in college. If I ever decide to have children my baby will be born with a sixth finger

[wary shell]

Maybe it will make them win a gold medal

[unique wing]

Is this why we have the Geneva convention??

[static tinsel]

Gonna put them in water polo with their extra dexterity

[wary shell]

One would think, but no.

[wary shell]

Exactly.

https://tenor.com/view/more-cowbell-cowbell-snl-reaction-mrw-gif-14076918

[silk zephyr]

I love it when the swimmers slap their thighs

[scarlet cedar]

we have pot noodles instead for that

staple of uni dinner

[wary shell]

That was me at 17.

The cafeteria had them for 75 cents.

[silk zephyr]

I didn’t eat a pot noodle until I left uni lmao

I eat them now as a trainee solicitor because I have no money 😂

[limber lotus]

have any of the swimmers false started yet?

[wary shell]

They told me it was women first and then I forgot it wasn’t the men again.

[wary shell]

Not yet

[unique wing]

I just want to beat China

[wary shell]

But this is swimming the enemy is Australia

Oh man Simone has the anchor

[unique wing]

Yeah but we haven’t challenged them yet this relay

I just want to hold off China for silver

[silk zephyr]

They did!

Bronze to China

[unique wing]

I’m so F1-pilled I wrote that as “hold off China for P2” before I caught myself 😂

[lone dove]

do I like the swirly op-art triangles pattern on the US suits? I might like it

[scarlet cedar]

that US anchor got it on the dip, slay

[wary shell]

Salute to Simone

[unique wing]

This gold zone is great

[wary shell]

https://tenor.com/view/simone-manuel-usa-usa-swimming-gold-gold-medal-gif-5801594

[unique wing]

Now we get a split screen from the swimmers hugging to a fencing match

[silk zephyr]

Olympic record for Aus, American record for USA, Asian record for China lmao

[wary shell]

Time for them all to take a nap

[silk zephyr]

Oh my god they’re having to walk up stairs right after swimming

That’s torture

[wary shell]

Love a cut to fencing and it’s just a scream

[limber lotus]

is lewis' fencer fencing in this or are there different types?

[wary shell]

I remember that 2008 relay

[restive agate]

It's day 1 and my mother has already called the cat by a gymnast's name by accident

[wary shell]

It changed me

[scarlet cedar]

there’s different types but i’m not sure which he does

[unique wing]

Omg SAME

[limber lotus]

i am also not 100% sure of his real name

[unique wing]

I watched every one of Phelps’s races

[limber lotus]

miles maybe?

[unique wing]

I had a schedule

[unique wing]

I read a really good fic once with them

[scarlet cedar]

yeah i think so 😂

[limber lotus]

so what's his name?

[scarlet cedar]

miles chamley-watson

he’s british born

[unique wing]

Also couldn’t tell you 😂

[scarlet cedar]

he does foil

[unique wing]

With that name, he has to be

[scarlet cedar]

i don’t think he’s very good

[unique wing]

Wow Lewis slumming it I guess

[scarlet cedar]

does better in team

[silk zephyr]

Hunter Armstrong a perfect American name

[wary shell]

I have a younger cousin named Hunter I can’t disagree

[restive agate]

Is it just me that struggles to breathe during the swim events lol

[wary shell]

Damn

[scarlet cedar]

hello to the italian 4 x 100m freestyle relay team 🥵

[last pulsar]

American men are always so aggressive when they celebrate 😭

[wary shell]

They are

[scarlet cedar]

was gonna say that’s why most people hate them but i’ll hold my tongue with all the americans around

[silk zephyr]

That one who put the wrong trunks on is very aggressive

[wary shell]

Maybe that’s why he’s upset

[last pulsar]

It’s not an unreasonable assumption

[wary shell]

Maybe they’re too small

[limber lotus]

wow

huh

[wary shell]

Do we get a snoop dog cam

[last pulsar]

Why is snoop dog there? Has anyone actually figured it out? 😭

[wary shell]

He’s a commentator for nbc

[silk zephyr]

He commentates in the US

It’s actually brilliant

YES SNOOP DOG

[wary shell]

HES DOING DRESSAGE WITH MARTHA STEWART

[silk zephyr]

HES NOT

[restive agate]

What

[silk zephyr]

THATS AMAZING

[restive agate]

I need footage IMMEDIATELY

[last pulsar]

This is like an extension of the acid trip opening ceremony

[silk zephyr]

Still wild to me that the swimming is happening in a rugby stadium

They just plonked a swimming pool

In a rugby stadium

🤯

[wary shell]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C95ZBIQx4CR/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

colbertlateshow

It’s day one of The Paris @olympics, and @marthastewart and @snoopdogg have won gold for most dynamic duo. 🥇

#Colbert

Likes

84361

Instagram

[wary shell]

It looks like what they did to the Indianapolis nfl stadium for the us swim trials.

[restive agate]

Wait is it in La Défense?

[silk zephyr]

Oui

[restive agate]

I was wondering where they suddenly got a pool from

[silk zephyr]

Aldi probably

[wary shell]

What can’t you get at Aldi

[last pulsar]

What you can’t get at Aldi you can get at IKEA

[static tinsel]

I’m watching the replays for football and why is it low key the trenches

[wary shell]

Swim off coming soon

[static tinsel]

Like one of the Dominican players full on kicked a Spanish player in the balls and they’re debating if it’s a red card

[last pulsar]

Omg I thought their surname was Imodium for a second 💀

[wary shell]

Is it a COPA America ref

[limber lotus]

la baguette?!?!

[wary shell]

Beach volleyball uniforms never make any sense to me I’m glad they have leggings

It’s night time and raining

Well finally not at this moment it’s stopped water

The judges do not know the score.

[silk zephyr]

One of the girls that got the first British medal in the diving did it while RECOVERING FROM A BROKEN BACK

[wary shell]

Ahhhhh

[limber lotus]

me and becky having the same reaction

[silk zephyr]

Legit same I was like what the actual fuck

[wary shell]

https://tenor.com/view/in-shock-gif-17553158948252598097

[lone dove]

ah, volleyball, the sport I can't escape being asked if I play (I don't)

[wary shell]

The swim off for the final finals spot was 0.21 apart.

[static tinsel]

https://x.com/alessiawfc/status/1816864344698667217?s=46&t=QN8BCdX2WjNl2cp72IEUNw

🍒 (@alessiawfc) on X

noo i cant 😭

Twitter · Jul 26, 2024, 3:53 PM

😭😭

[wary shell]

Just read that swimming next Olympics is going to be in Sofi. They got a taste of swimming in football stadiums for the games and decided it needed to be done.

8,000 more seats than La Défense Arena for swimming.

[sleek lion]

It's a popular event

So I'm not surprised they want to put it in a huge venue

[wary shell]

Yeah that’s why swimming is week 2 in LA.

So they can do the opening ceremony

And then bring in the temp pool.

They’re going out of their way to build as little as possible. So probs. They’re using the 1932 diving pool.

Softball and canoe slalom is in Oklahoma City to not build a new one.

[wary shell]

https://x.com/samborden/status/1817318893477584916?s=46&t=hQzDunEJ-24RYKJr84ixkw oh it keeps going

Sam Borden (@SamBorden) on X

NEW: US Soccer has been aware of - and victims of - Canada's persistent attempts to spy on closed trainings for years, sources tell ESPN, detailing numerous specific instances as well as the reason why they attempted to deal with it behind the scenes.
https://t.co/p0gmkRV6Wk

Twitter · Jul 27, 2024, 9:59 PM

YOURE SPYING ON US plastic birds on side of building

Can’t trust the birds.

They work for the government

This is gonna ruin the tour

What happens if Canada’s federation is banned? Does the World Cup hosting just go into a dual US-Mexico host? Cut Canada off?

[unique wing]

What tour?

[wary shell]

The World Tour Cup

[wary shell]

https://www.vxtiktok.com/t/ZTNQ6nQnN/

Why did they do her so bad

[wary shell]

https://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/zheng-haohao-2412244 the skateboarders are making me feel old

SKATEBOARDING
Zheng Haohao
CHN
CHN
BIRTH DATE
August 11, 2012
BIRTH PLACE
Guangdong

🥲

[unique wing]

oh NOOOOOO

how does that work

[wary shell]

Skateboarders are usually 11-16

I don’t know the senior status for the sport. Swimming and gymnastics is 14. Doesn’t seem to have that floor in skateboard.

[unique wing]

11 is too young

I refuse

[wary shell]

So skateboarding, surfing and table tennis have no age restrictions

I saw a 7 year old out ranked someone complaining online and had to look it up

It’s 3 per country max so some countries are more young than others

[unique wing]

3 what per country?

[wary shell]

Skateboarder

[unique wing]

Ahhhh

[last pulsar]

Gymnastics time!

Favourite leotard so far is Romania

Mexico’s is really good too

[scarlet cedar]

so team gb’s oldest and youngest athletes are both skateboarding

[restive agate]

Happy Simone Biles day

[last pulsar]

Wow, GB women gymnasts are not having a good day

[silk zephyr]

Oh no don’t tell me that

[last pulsar]

Two of them fell on uneven bars, which is one of their best apparatus apparently. Then there have been little mistakes here and there, going to be almost impossible to make the team final now 😔

[scarlet cedar]

they are not a particularly strong team, imo

sucks for them though

[last pulsar]

Yeh, they’re really missing the Gadirova twins 🫤

Awful luck that both of them are injured at the same time

[silk zephyr]

Oh my babies 😭

[last pulsar]

I feel so bad! 3 out of 5 of them are so young!