Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

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Originally Posted by fomofo

I am curious about the "nature break" he describes starting at 27:35. That's a typical thing? One rider just drains the pickle while being pushed along by a teammate? 'Finally I'm like after a minute doing 600 watts I'm like "Tyler you gotta put it away, pinch it off, lets get going!"' LoL

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Originally Posted by TBS

Yup it’s a thing.
Most times riders will do it on an easy downhill. If early in stage and nothings going on, riders may dismount en masse to pee. But if late in the race and shit’s heating up, then yes, teammate has to push

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Funny, I just Google'd and found this. Posted for anyone else curious, just to elaborate on your comments...

Peeing on the bike can have other benefits, especially if temperatures dip in the mountains or the windswept French countryside. "In races that are soaking wet and freezing cold, I like to piss myself," Cavendish says. "It warms me up for a split second. You get warm and you don’t have to fuss around."

https://www.gq.com/story/how-riders-...tour-de-france

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Originally Posted by warthog

Paris to Lyon or Grenoble, and then bus I would think.

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I did the train to Lyon once. I think it’s buses after that, anyway for Chamonix I think it’d be better going towards/through Geneva.

Felt terrible for the American woman who wrecked 3 times during the time trial this morning. How you don’t come away with a broken arm/kneecap from that is beyond me.

french lady fencer chokes big time and looses gold to china.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74UD2A8YNL0

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Originally Posted by plugboots

I did the train to Lyon once. I think it’s buses after that, anyway for Chamonix I think it’d be better going towards/through Geneva.

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There is a train from Lyon to Cham


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Welp - I really thought this year was the year USMWP was going to be competitive… yikes.


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Originally Posted by plugboots

I did the train to Lyon once. I think it’s buses after that, anyway for Chamonix I think it’d be better going towards/through Geneva.

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Yeah, I meant Geneva.

Back to the Olympics, big tennis day Monday!

The record-extending 60th Lexus ATP Head2Head clash between Djokovic and Nadal will take place second on Court Philippe-Chatrier not before 1:30 p.m. local time, following the women's singles match between top seed Iga Swiatek and Diane Parry.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djok...onday-schedule

You change trains in Bellegrande (close to Lyon) and then that train goes all the way to Cham.

BTW, how about that fucking KD today? 8 for 8 in the first half, including a contested, fall away buzzer beater to end it! Damn!

KD coming off the bench too. Doesn't seem fair. Love it!


Picture-perfect Olympic barrels in Tahiti:
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Thanks to Canadian Broadcasting for the great ad-free streaming coverage.

I like to watch sports at the Olympics I would normally never watch. In that spirit, the women's team archery final was a real barn burner. What I saw of Street skateboarding was pretty disappointing, I get that the difficulty of those routines is off the charts, but if the whole reason to have the sport in the Olympics is to be telegenic, there has to be more flippy spinny stuff. Hoping for more pizzazz from the park competition.

The choices on the Peacock app have been great, Search for the sport you want and it’s either live or you can watch a replay. That said.
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watching women’s volleyball on the peacock app seems very appropriate

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Originally Posted by mud

The choices on the Peacock app have been great, Search for the sport you want and it’s either live or you can watch a replay. That said.
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Does the Peacock app have commercials?

Absence of russian athletes and fans is very pleasing

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Originally Posted by dan_pdx

Does the Peacock app have commercials?

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Depends on your plan, I have basic and they are minimal, not annoying at all and I hate commercials.

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Originally Posted by mud

Depends on your plan, I have basic and they are minimal, not annoying at all and I hate commercials.

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It also probably depends on what you’re watching. I don’t remember any commercials in the women’s MTB replay. There are occasional commercials in the prime time or main live feeds.

Yes the mountain biking and water poll was add free , gymnastics had maybe one or two ads today on live stream.

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Originally Posted by Lvovsky

Absence of russian athletes and fans is very pleasing

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Russia is crushing it in their “brics games.” Congrats to sole competitor Aleksandr Maltsev for taking home the gold in synchronized swimming against fierce competition

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Originally Posted by fomofo

Back to the Olympics, big tennis day Monday!

The record-extending 60th Lexus ATP Head2Head clash between Djokovic and Nadal will take place second on Court Philippe-Chatrier not before 1:30 p.m. local time, following the women's singles match between top seed Iga Swiatek and Diane Parry.

https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djok...onday-schedule

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Stoked for this. I hope Rafa sends Djoker packing - his final French Open seeding, much like this draw, was tough so it would be a fantastic capstone on a wonderful career to get one more W in the final head to head of the Big 4 era.

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Originally Posted by MultiVerse

KD coming off the bench too. Doesn't seem fair. Love it!


Picture-perfect Olympic barrels in Tahiti:
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I knew surfing in Tahiti was nice. I didn’t know it was that nice until seeing the coverage. Wow.

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Originally Posted by dan_pdx

Thanks to Canadian Broadcasting for the great ad-free streaming coverage.

I like to watch sports at the Olympics I would normally never watch. In that spirit, the women's team archery final was a real barn burner. What I saw of Street skateboarding was pretty disappointing, I get that the difficulty of those routines is off the charts, but if the whole reason to have the sport in the Olympics is to be telegenic, there has to be more flippy spinny stuff. Hoping for more pizzazz from the park competition.

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Love all this. CBC is my favorite outlet for a non-Bob Costas sob story filled Winter Games.

Also, the Olympics (preferably Winter) are my favorite sporting event by a mile, for this very reason you point out. Here’s world class athletes getting to showcase why they’re badass to the world every 4 years in sports that wouldn’t even be featured on The Ocho.

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Originally Posted by Lvovsky

Absence of russian athletes and fans is very pleasing

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Fact.



Paris is so far putting on such a show here. The beautiful city, amazing athletes and venues are bringing out all the big names. It’s been really fun to follow along and I wish I was there in person to be a part of it all.

Kenny Albert calling the water polo--in the grand tradition of Doc Emrick. Seems appropriate to have hockey announcers call that sport. They had one underwater shot in US v Italy with a guy yanking another guys speedo half way down his butt. And a player expelled for a punch to the face. Great sport to watch--not a lot of screwing around. Swimming OTOH is terrible unless you fast forward to the actual start of the next event. Wish I could have DVR'd my kid's swim meets.

And there is no doubt that fencing is the hardest sport to follow. There is no way to tell who touched who without the announcer telling us.

Meet yer upstate olympians.

https://www.syracuse.com/sports/2024...-in-paris.html


go team!

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Originally Posted by fomofo

Back to the Olympics, big tennis day Monday!

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I guess I never thought about it before, but apparently the surface must be chosen by the host country, and of course the French chose clay. Good news for Rafa.

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Originally Posted by old goat

Kenny Albert calling the water polo--in the grand tradition of Doc Emrick. Seems appropriate to have hockey announcers call that sport. They had one underwater shot in US v Italy with a guy yanking another guys speedo half way down his butt. And a player expelled for a punch to the face. Great sport to watch--not a lot of screwing around.

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They’ve figured out how to broadcast it over the past 8 years. It used to be a really challenging watch…. Yesterday’s Serbia / Montenegro game was highly entertaining.


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