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| #Post#: 268429-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: acl-ny Date: August 14, 2024, 1:14 pm | |
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| More "stuff" re: Chiles and the bronze medal: | |
| The head of a panel that voted to rescind the Olympic bronze | |
| medal for American gymnast Jordan Chiles has a potential | |
| conflict of interest in the matter, The New York Times reported | |
| Tuesday. A Romanian competitor named Ana Barbosu was ultimately | |
| awarded the medal�creating a potential issue for Hamid G. | |
| Gharavi, the head of the special tribunal convened by the Court | |
| of Arbitration for Sport, who counts the Romanian government as | |
| a client. It remains unclear what led to the panel�s decision, | |
| with the court releasing a brief, one-page statement with the | |
| results of their findings. Romania originally lodged their | |
| complaint by arguing that a U.S. coach�s appeal of Chiles� | |
| scoring came just a few seconds too late. After the panel�s | |
| decision, Chiles was knocked to fifth place, taking away her | |
| only solo medal of the 2024 games." | |
| #Post#: 268528-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: Heron Date: August 15, 2024, 1:15 am | |
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| I just miss being able to watch the Olympics. | |
| #Post#: 268584-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: August 15, 2024, 10:29 am | |
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| [quote author=Heron link=topic=2906.msg268528#msg268528 | |
| date=1723702540] | |
| I just miss being able to watch the Olympics. | |
| [/quote] | |
| I was thinking last night that now I have to decide what to | |
| watch instead of simply turning on Olympic prime time. | |
| Just two years and the Winter Olympics will be held. Skating | |
| instead of gymnastics 🤸‍♂️ . Skiing | |
| ⛷️ instead of swimming. And all those crazy sliding | |
| sports instead of track and field. | |
| I love it all, even curling. (That�s an inside joke. My brother | |
| is nuts about curling 🥌. He has the official Olympic | |
| duffel bag used by the women�s curling team two years ago. A | |
| team member gave it to him when he made a wooden curling | |
| decoration for her. They sometimes curl at the same club. | |
| Different leagues. When he�s not curling he makes some pretty | |
| intricate things out of wood and has made a lot of stuff for the | |
| curling club.) | |
| #Post#: 268599-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: acl-ny Date: August 15, 2024, 11:05 am | |
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| The ParaOlympics are coming up soon. | |
| After the Democratic Convention. | |
| 🙂 | |
| #Post#: 268606-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: BethinDC2AZ Date: August 15, 2024, 11:38 am | |
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| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268599#msg268599 | |
| date=1723737916] | |
| The ParaOlympics are coming up soon. | |
| After the Democratic Convention. | |
| 🙂 | |
| [/quote] | |
| Why would they not just fold those into the regular games? | |
| #Post#: 268615-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: acl-ny Date: August 15, 2024, 12:27 pm | |
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| [quote author=BethinDC2AZ link=topic=2906.msg268606#msg268606 | |
| date=1723739924] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268599#msg268599 | |
| date=1723737916] | |
| The ParaOlympics are coming up soon. | |
| After the Democratic Convention. | |
| 🙂 | |
| [/quote] | |
| Why would they not just fold those into the regular games? | |
| [/quote] | |
| As far as I know, they never have, and I'm going to guess it's | |
| because the equipment and venues need to be modified, and they | |
| just can't afford to build two of each venue. | |
| I may google it. . . | |
| I googled. | |
| Basically: | |
| ""Having the Paralympic Games just after the Olympic Games is | |
| the most appropriate situation for the IPC.� In addition, the | |
| logistics and costs created by organizing the two events | |
| simultaneously without reducing the number of events or | |
| participants would be immense." | |
| https://theconversation.com/why-arent-the-olympics-and-paralympics-combined-int… | |
| And this: | |
| https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/information/why-not-combine-the-olympic-and-… | |
| #Post#: 268617-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: LabPartner Date: August 15, 2024, 12:45 pm | |
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| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268615#msg268615 | |
| date=1723742839] | |
| [quote author=BethinDC2AZ link=topic=2906.msg268606#msg268606 | |
| date=1723739924] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268599#msg268599 | |
| date=1723737916] | |
| The ParaOlympics are coming up soon. | |
| After the Democratic Convention. | |
| 🙂 | |
| [/quote] | |
| Why would they not just fold those into the regular games? | |
| [/quote] | |
| As far as I know, they never have, and I'm going to guess it's | |
| because the equipment and venues need to be modified, and they | |
| just can't afford to build two of each venue. | |
| I may google it. . . | |
| I googled. | |
| Basically: | |
| ""Having the Paralympic Games just after the Olympic Games is | |
| the most appropriate situation for the IPC.� In addition, the | |
| logistics and costs created by organizing the two events | |
| simultaneously without reducing the number of events or | |
| participants would be immense." | |
| https://theconversation.com/why-arent-the-olympics-and-paralympics-combined-int… | |
| And this: | |
| https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/information/why-not-combine-the-olympic-and-… | |
| [/quote] | |
| It also keeps the spotlight on those athletes. Not to mention | |
| the different ad revenue streams. | |
| #Post#: 268623-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: acl-ny Date: August 15, 2024, 1:03 pm | |
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| [quote author=LabPartner link=topic=2906.msg268617#msg268617 | |
| date=1723743911] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268615#msg268615 | |
| date=1723742839] | |
| [quote author=BethinDC2AZ link=topic=2906.msg268606#msg268606 | |
| date=1723739924] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268599#msg268599 | |
| date=1723737916] | |
| The ParaOlympics are coming up soon. | |
| After the Democratic Convention. | |
| 🙂 | |
| [/quote] | |
| Why would they not just fold those into the regular games? | |
| [/quote] | |
| As far as I know, they never have, and I'm going to guess it's | |
| because the equipment and venues need to be modified, and they | |
| just can't afford to build two of each venue. | |
| I may google it. . . | |
| I googled. | |
| Basically: | |
| ""Having the Paralympic Games just after the Olympic Games is | |
| the most appropriate situation for the IPC.� In addition, the | |
| logistics and costs created by organizing the two events | |
| simultaneously without reducing the number of events or | |
| participants would be immense." | |
| https://theconversation.com/why-arent-the-olympics-and-paralympics-combined-int… | |
| And this: | |
| https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/information/why-not-combine-the-olympic-and-… | |
| [/quote] | |
| It also keeps the spotlight on those athletes. Not to mention | |
| the different ad revenue streams. | |
| [/quote] | |
| I agree, but . . . I�m pretty sure the number of people watching | |
| is quite a lot smaller. | |
| #Post#: 268632-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: BethinDC2AZ Date: August 15, 2024, 2:20 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268623#msg268623 | |
| date=1723745010] | |
| [quote author=LabPartner link=topic=2906.msg268617#msg268617 | |
| date=1723743911] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268615#msg268615 | |
| date=1723742839] | |
| [quote author=BethinDC2AZ link=topic=2906.msg268606#msg268606 | |
| date=1723739924] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268599#msg268599 | |
| date=1723737916] | |
| The ParaOlympics are coming up soon. | |
| After the Democratic Convention. | |
| 🙂 | |
| [/quote] | |
| Why would they not just fold those into the regular games? | |
| [/quote] | |
| As far as I know, they never have, and I'm going to guess it's | |
| because the equipment and venues need to be modified, and they | |
| just can't afford to build two of each venue. | |
| I may google it. . . | |
| I googled. | |
| Basically: | |
| ""Having the Paralympic Games just after the Olympic Games is | |
| the most appropriate situation for the IPC.� In addition, the | |
| logistics and costs created by organizing the two events | |
| simultaneously without reducing the number of events or | |
| participants would be immense." | |
| https://theconversation.com/why-arent-the-olympics-and-paralympics-combined-int… | |
| And this: | |
| https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/information/why-not-combine-the-olympic-and-… | |
| [/quote] | |
| It also keeps the spotlight on those athletes. Not to mention | |
| the different ad revenue streams. | |
| [/quote] | |
| I agree, but . . . I�m pretty sure the number of people watching | |
| is quite a lot smaller. | |
| [/quote] | |
| And less hoopla. I just felt bad for them getting trotted out at | |
| the closing. Where�s their big flag and torch moment? | |
| #Post#: 268633-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: 2024 Summer Olympics (Paris) | |
| By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: August 15, 2024, 2:29 pm | |
| --------------------------------------------------------- | |
| [quote author=BethinDC2AZ link=topic=2906.msg268632#msg268632 | |
| date=1723749649] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268623#msg268623 | |
| date=1723745010] | |
| [quote author=LabPartner link=topic=2906.msg268617#msg268617 | |
| date=1723743911] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268615#msg268615 | |
| date=1723742839] | |
| [quote author=BethinDC2AZ link=topic=2906.msg268606#msg268606 | |
| date=1723739924] | |
| [quote author=acl-ny link=topic=2906.msg268599#msg268599 | |
| date=1723737916] | |
| The ParaOlympics are coming up soon. | |
| After the Democratic Convention. | |
| 🙂 | |
| [/quote] | |
| Why would they not just fold those into the regular games? | |
| [/quote] | |
| As far as I know, they never have, and I'm going to guess it's | |
| because the equipment and venues need to be modified, and they | |
| just can't afford to build two of each venue. | |
| I may google it. . . | |
| I googled. | |
| Basically: | |
| ""Having the Paralympic Games just after the Olympic Games is | |
| the most appropriate situation for the IPC.� In addition, the | |
| logistics and costs created by organizing the two events | |
| simultaneously without reducing the number of events or | |
| participants would be immense." | |
| https://theconversation.com/why-arent-the-olympics-and-paralympics-combined-int… | |
| And this: | |
| https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/information/why-not-combine-the-olympic-and-… | |
| [/quote] | |
| It also keeps the spotlight on those athletes. Not to mention | |
| the different ad revenue streams. | |
| [/quote] | |
| I agree, but . . . I�m pretty sure the number of people watching | |
| is quite a lot smaller. | |
| [/quote] | |
| And less hoopla. I just felt bad for them getting trotted out at | |
| the closing. Where�s their big flag and torch moment? | |
| [/quote] | |
| I guess you'd have to ask the athletes if they prefer it as is | |
| or would like it to be joined. | |
| Pure guess on my part, and I'm sure there isn't 100% agreement, | |
| but I suspect most para-olympic athletes would rather have the | |
| separate games so that results and records are not constantly | |
| compared. | |
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