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Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony Verdicts and Reviews
jawnbc replied to Sir Rols's topic in Rio 2016 Ceremonies Discussions
The athletes have to be staged a couple of hours before the parade, then are queued up and standing for probably a minimum of 2 hours. If I were competing in the next 2 days I would absolutely skip it.- 157 replies
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Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony Verdicts and Reviews
jawnbc replied to Sir Rols's topic in Rio 2016 Ceremonies Discussions
Oh what a difference a lunchtime start makes for viewing an Olympic marathon Opening Ceremony: Speeches were the only obvious yawn part for me--especially the OCOG head saying everything in broken English followed by Portuguese. He should've tried French rather than English. Bach's speech was OK and his French was pretty good (fur ein Auslander). The national narrative was staged well. Music overall was good rather than awesome: if the general axiom is OC for the global audience and CC for the home crowd, some of this would have worked better in the CC. The acting President getting -
Russian Doping Scandal = BIG Olympic Threat
jawnbc replied to zekekelso's topic in General Olympics Discussion
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I volunteered at Vancouver 2010: volunteer uniform distribution. But I also had a previous paid role at Vanoc in Workforce, so know the volunteer journey very well. Not on here very often anymore. Feel free to email me: jawnbc gmail.
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Budapest 2024
jawnbc replied to breathesgelatin's topic in (Withdrawn) Budapest, Hungary 2024 Olympic Games Bid
I love Budapest. In fact, I'm going back again in June. Marvellous city; lots of hawt men too (but too much smoking). Even if Budapest has a decent plan, Orban is reviled by traditional, Western European elites. His being evolved will kill their chances, like Erdogan did for Istanbul. -
thatsnotmypuppy - discussion thread
jawnbc replied to TeamBlakeUSA's topic in General Off-Topic Discussion
KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY PUPPY YOU PREVERT! -
I live in Auckland. I love the OGs. But having them here makes no sense--and there would not be much of an appetite for it.
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You've calmed down? Really? Just to be clear: assuming neither is doping, the athlete who wins deserves to win. There are no barriers to athletes from dozens of countries to train as hard. In the sports with a technical element (sliding, skiing, etc) when countries like Canada and the US started investing in the technical and athletic sides of the equation they've excelled. Austria's tiny and does very very well. Ditto Norway. And in fact Japan and South Korea have expanded into new winter sport successes in the last half decade. So I don't really buy this "oooh the communists are advanta
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Look, we're happy for you. Those of us who've experienced the Olympics in our countries understand how awesome that is. Congratulations. Those of us who hoped after the ludicrous awarding of Sochi 2014 hoped that with Pyeonchang and Tokyo things were getting back on track. But this entirely selection has been a series of disasters. Neither choice was a good one for the movement. But at least Almaty is a proper mountain city. With extensive experience hosting WINTER sports. Beijing doesn't have that, except for figure skating.