Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

[nickwm21]

The problem with hosting the Olympics is the velodrome. Most sport arena’s / venues you already have, or can build temp, or can build and reuse / repurpose. But a velodrome… you have to build velodrome…. Then you have velodrome…


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[stealurface831]

til a velodrome is an indoor cycling arena.

[BmillsSkier]

You guys made me look. Atlanta’s Velodrome for the 96 games was a massive steel based temporary track taken down after the games. It was an outdoor track.

Ironically there is another outdoor velodrome by the airport that has been in continual use since 1972. Weird.

[bodywhomper]

Make velodromes great again

[Dantheman]

Keely Hodgkinson destroyed that 800 m final. Led from the front the whole race, Pre would have smiled.

Also, Gabby Thomas, wow.

[Thaleia]

Interesting point. We have a somewhat local velodrome due to the Pan AM Games. Don't believe there's any others anywhere near here.

[fomofo]

Men's doubles badminton, gold medal match, China-Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). Most raucous crowd, most intense competition I've seen at the games so far. (And I did catch the mixed judo final.)

Cool to see Adam Ondra at the sport climbing (boulder) competition today as well.

[The AD]

You guys made me look. Atlanta’s Velodrome for the 96 games was a massive steel based temporary track taken down after the games. It was an outdoor track.

Interesting. I'd imagine a velodrome is similar to a pool. You can make world-class temporary pools now--like the one in Paris (even if it was a bit shallow) and in Rio (even the building was temporary there). This has got to be the way going forward rather than building a massive amount of new infrastructure that is ridiculously outsized once the Games are over.

[bodywhomper]

Temporary mountains.

[old goat]

artificial rapids take some doing.

Nadia Comeneci looking good.

[The AD]

Temporary mountains.

Should work. They can store them somewhere in the summer just like they do with the moguls.

[bodywhomper]

I am very pro velodrome. My very nice steel colnago road bike came into my possession (for a song) when a surgeon needed to make room in his stable for a track bike. This was in the boot heels of the 2004 games.

I wonder if athletes doing stuff in the Seine had to waive rights for legal action due to getting sick before being able to enter the river.

I wish the peacock coverage was a little better, especially with their highlights vids. I wanted to show the fam the mixed 4x400 WR heat, but couldn’t find via peacock. We still enjoyed watching the race.

[old goat]

The New Orleasn/Swedish pole vaulter is impressive.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

HOLY SHIT!!!!!

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

I'm not dropping a spoiler but HOLY SHIT!!!! Wife and I were SCREAMING