yoshi
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Macron gets his usual reception one last time
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Basel is only a fairly short TGV ride away. You've got 8 months, you can take your time
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3 seconds in & this is already going to be the party that the Olympic closing should've been (I wonder if that's deliberate to have "Paris 2024" as a single whole?)
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Full circle If it's any consolation, at least this time Paris isn't the only place in Europe where it's raining - been tipping down all day here too! Edit: This is gonna be a short one isn't it - they've put The Last Leg on at 9:30!
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Well there's certainly not gonna be anyone feeling underwhelmed by the Paralympic performance - second place & 49 golds (I hope there's something still available now to get it to 50) I'd imagine the US will be coming for us on home soil though, so let's enjoy overall silver while we can
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That still feels a bit low for a country like Germany - & it's sad to hear about the funding struggles etc. It feels like your whole sporting system really needs to host an Olympics soon - I hoped after 2012 that Paris would be next in Europe, & now I really hope Germany is next. I hope you don't miss the chance with this focus on only 2040.
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Yay - I was wondering how Brazil was getting on when you suddenly fell off the top section a few days ago
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Channel 4 are showing it live & in full - although they're doing that weird thing they did with the opening of listing it as two programmes even though it clearly isn't. Also it might be a surprise to you @Olympian2004 but I'd certainly hope & expect the broadcaster of the next host country would show the entire closing ceremony. I hope LA 28 will increase the profile of the Paralympics in the US
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Ah... but surely it's not just Hidalgo who sees the Games as a success & wants to keep a memorial to it? I'd have thought whoever does make the decision (Macron?) would be receptive*. *In fact I almost wonder if Anne is being cynical/clever & trying to bounce whoever does make the decision on the cauldron into making it...if they keep the cauldron, there's the memorial - & you don't need those rings on the Tower anymore. I don't know if that is what she's doing, but if I was her, that's what I'd do
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Shame you can't get closer than that, maybe they're planning a more elaborate sequence around it for the closing of the Paralympics than they did for the Olympics? Is there any more news from Hidalgo on the matter of keeping it? I really hope they do, & don't move it either. It fits so beautifully there, & its rise must stay within view of the Eiffel Tower...
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There's a blast from the past! I don't know how exactly it works in France, can Macron just name anyone (seemingly regardless of the results of the actual election...), because if he can then he could've had Estanguet if he'd just waited another week . I did joke during the Olympic closing ceremony that I wasn't sure if he'd be more likely to be president of the IOC or president of France in 10 years... (Or if all else fails, there's a load of Phryges gonna be needing something to do soon)
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She's chosen the wrong thing to stay in place - keep the cauldron, move the rings I don't know Paris well, so it may be that Parc de la Villette is there anyway, but I'd have thought something should belong permanently in Saint Denis. Either the rings or Sequana's horse
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This deserves noting - it's raining gold! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/live/c4gdvje37wyt (Not sure the top of the table makes great reading for the global Paralympic movement though. Top has 30 golds, second has 23, third has...8. Is that normal?)
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Yeah I don't really like that tbh. The giant Olympic rings are for the current host city, in their buildup & during their games. Maybe they could have a small set like the one outside the velodrome in London, in the Trocadero or Saint Denis. If Paris wants a large permanent memorial of 2024, which they totally deserve to have...well there's a massive & rather beautiful hot air balloon/ring of fire by the Louvre which I get the sense most people would like to see stay there for future generations to see & admire, like that other temporary landmark of Paris
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Hmm not quite sure what the point of that message is, unless it's just trying to tell Swinney (I think he's still First Minister? I confess to not following Scottish domestic politics all that closely but I think he's stayed on after the General Election hasn't he) to pull his finger out & say yes already?
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That horse is surprisingly beautiful up close - for some reason I was expecting it to look a bit more clunky/industrial in daylight. There surely must be somewhere prominent in Paris that's crying out for something to fill it for her to go on permanent display, as a normal public artwork?
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I do find it quite funny that nestled in with the megacities & capitals that have hosted major multi sports events since the 80s is little old Victoria. It's not even the flagship city of its province, even if it is the official capital . What's even stranger is that Canada haven't shown any interest since, apart from the Halifax debacle - surely they could hammer something together for Toronto out of the facilities left over from the 2015 Pan Am? The CGF would give it to them like a bullet from a gun...Canada's lack of interest is one of the main things that makes this latest Commonwealth Games crisis feel terminal.
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Great ending sequence from the sighting of the torch through to Christine & the fireworks
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The cauldron looks even more beautiful with the different camerawork tonight. Born to be Alive a great choice for an ending song too
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So many torches! And it looks like 3 lighters up there. (That cauldron is so beautiful. I really hope they don't just keep it, but keep it where it is) Make it 5! And they tell us who they are!
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Oh it's all trees, that's why there's no people. This bit with the flame has been nice
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No people around the cauldron to watch again? I hoped they'd learned from the Olympics that a crowd would really help the long walk
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Oh they formed the three boomerangs, just like in the rendering!
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I love how for France & basically everyone else Bolero can be played at any occasion, but for Brits, hearing it at any kind of summer sport is deeply odd (This is a nice sequence though tbf)