Paris 2024

[sebastien1214]

But anyway, the Olympic Village was planned from the beginning to be transformed into a residential area after the Games. So they built this Olympic Village as if they were building a new housing area, period. So I'm quite surprised that they expected to have 5-star accommodations, I mean, it's literally like sleeping in someone's house, like in an AirBnB. And the ratio of one bathroom for every 5 people is not something that shocks me in that regard.

[FYI]

As is for (almost) every Games, the OV is always set to be turned into housing after the Olympics. That's usually part of the legacy aspect of the Games. And were those athletes first-timers to the Games? Cause if they weren't, surely they would've had some experience about the bathroom situation at the OV at previous Games. Those particular athletes are probably just accustomed to high-maintenance accommodations.

[Guilga]

1 hour ago, sebastien1214 said:

I mean, it's literally like sleeping in someone's house, like in an AirBnB.

Funny that they are Worldwide sponsors of the games now. Makes you think that as next level advertising.

[DamC]

18 hours ago, baron-pierreIV said:

Not really "lack of bathrooms" as they squeezed too many athletes per apartment.  I mean you cannot change the # of bathrooms because those are calculated for their eventual use as apartments/homes.  Organizers just didn't calculate the ratio of bodies per toilettes and that the athletes are very ultra sensitive to the ratio.  That's the problem with the bigger teams -- they squeezed too many in the rooms assigned to them.  For smaller teams of 6 or less, I am sure they don't have that problem. 

 

There are more bathrooms in each unit now than will be after the year-long transformation into regular apartments. The organizers installed temporary bathrooms to accommodate the important number of athletes sharing each apartments.

[sebastien1214]

In the list of iconic photos from these games, new proposal:

[baron-pierreIV]

4 hours ago, DamC said:

 

There are more bathrooms in each unit now than will be after the year-long transformation into regular apartments. The organizers installed temporary bathrooms to accommodate the important number of athletes sharing each apartments.

Ah, good to know.  Where did they install those?  The buildings look very close to each other.  

Edited July 31, 2024 by baron-pierreIV

[DamC]

Inside the apartments. I assume these temporary bathroom will be turned into kitchens or other rooms in these new units once they're put on the market.

[baron-pierreIV]

Just now, DamC said:

Inside the apartments. I assume these temporary bathroom will be turned into kitchens or other rooms in these new units once they're put on the market.

Ah, maybe the kitchens . . . because you know you have to have plumbing, shower lines, embedded in the infrastructure -- even if they are temporary subs.  

[venuedesignlover]

Are the sites around the seine connected in any special way through special pathways for Olympics spectators? How are people getting around between sites in the historic core of Paris? 

[ejaycat]

From what I've read, the interiors of these Olympic village buildings will be drastically altered, basically gutted.  They'll be removing a lot of interior walls and reconfiguring the spaces into various-sized apartments for low-income and I assume market-rate apartments as well.    

[Victorian]

Went to the ‘Champions Park’ tonight - very overrated. I went to witness Australian medalists yet no Australians were presented on stage - only a handful of medalists for the whole night!

[venuedesignlover]

Watching badminton coverage right now and they when they were shows shots of “Port de la Chapelle Arena”, the adidas arena signage was still on the stadium! Do better Paris, do better IOC

[FYI]

Grindr turns off location services in Olympic village

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7279816

[krow]

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The Daily Beast published in article in 2016 for which a reporter, who identified as heterosexual, used the app at the Rio Olympics and included information about athletes he matched with. 

smh at the MEDIA IGNORANCE you don't match on grindr you can talk to anyone at any time. 

[krow]

it's nice when i get to share my expertise with other enthusiasts on gamesbids.com. 

[Daze]

Came back from our 4 day trip to Paris yesterday evening.

I need to make up my mind for a final verdict. So many impressions.

What I can say for sure is, everyone was really nice and friendly! One thing I didn't expect after our last visit to Paris in 2010. Unfriendly, only french speaking people in every café, supermarket etc.

That completely changed for the better! You could easily switch from french to english now and everyone was happy to help.

Transportation and Organisation at the venues were flawless. Transfer 80.000 people so smoothly out of the Stade de France in to the trains surprised me a lot. I remembered the problems after leaving Wembley after a football match at the 2012 games.

More later

[Rob2012]

1 hour ago, Daze said:

I remembered the problems after leaving Wembley after a football match at the 2012 games.

Unfortunately, it takes time to decant 90k people from Wembley Stadium to Wembley Park Station, but everytime I've been it's been very well controlled with police horses etc. You just have to factor in that extra half hour (sometimes more) when coming home from Wembley, I'm afraid. That's always been the case and is never likely to change.

Edited August 1, 2024 by Rob2012

[Daze]

We arrived through Wembley Park, no problem.

And they guided us to either Wembley Central or Stonebridge Park. It wasn´t that bad.

But I expected sth like this and was surprised how good it was at Stade de France.

 

(Wembley wasn´t sold out that day, between 60 to 70k for Mexico v Senegal)

[mr.bernham]

On 7/30/2024 at 4:45 PM, FYI said:

As is for (almost) every Games, the OV is always set to be turned into housing after the Olympics. That's usually part of the legacy aspect of the Games. And were those athletes first-timers to the Games? Cause if they weren't, surely they would've had some experience about the bathroom situation at the OV at previous Games. Those particular athletes are probably just accustomed to high-maintenance accommodations.

I personally cannot imagine people like LeBron James slumming it in the OV lol. Especially when he can afford to fork out a ton of money on 5-star accommodations.  

[Bear]

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Every person has the right to practise sport without discrimination.

All athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition’s eligibility and entry regulations, as well as all applicable medical regulations set by the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit (PBU) (please find all applicable rules here). As with previous Olympic boxing competitions, the gender and age of the athletes are based on their passport.

These rules also applied during the qualification period, including the boxing tournaments of the 2023 European Games, Asian Games, Pan American Games and Pacific Games, the ad hoc 2023 African qualifying tournament in Dakar (SEN) and two world qualifying tournaments held in Busto Arsizio (ITA) and Bangkok (THA) in 2024, which involved a total of 1,471 different boxers from 172 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the Boxing Refugee Team and Individual Neutral Athletes, and featured over 2,000 qualification bouts.

The PBU used the Tokyo 2020 boxing rules as a baseline to develop its regulations for Paris 2024. This was to minimise the impact on athletes’ preparations and guarantee consistency between Olympic Games. These Tokyo 2020 rules were based on the post-Rio 2016 rules, which were in place before the suspension of the boxing International Federation by the IOC in 2019 and the subsequent withdrawal of its recognition in 2023.

We have seen in reports misleading information about two female athletes competing at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The two athletes have been competing in international boxing competitions for many years in the women’s category, including the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, International Boxing Association (IBA) World Championships and IBA-sanctioned tournaments.

These two athletes were the victims of a sudden and arbitrary decision by the IBA. Towards the end of the IBA World Championships in 2023, they were suddenly disqualified without any due process.

According to the IBA minutes available on their website, this decision was initially taken solely by the IBA Secretary General and CEO. The IBA Board only ratified it afterwards and only subsequently requested that a procedure to follow in similar cases in the future be established and reflected in the IBA Regulations. The minutes also say that the IBA should “establish a clear procedure on gender testing”.

The current aggression against these two athletes is based entirely on this arbitrary decision, which was taken without any proper procedure – especially considering that these athletes had been competing in top-level competition for many years.

Such an approach is contrary to good governance.

Eligibility rules should not be changed during ongoing competition, and any rule change must follow appropriate processes and should be based on scientific evidence.

The IOC is committed to protecting the human rights of all athletes participating in the Olympic Games as per the Olympic Charter, the IOC Code of Ethics and the IOC Strategic Framework on Human Rights. The IOC is saddened by the abuse that the two athletes are currently receiving.

The IBA’s recognition was withdrawn by the IOC in 2023 following its suspension in 2019. The withdrawal of recognition was confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). See the IOC’s statement following the ruling.

The IOC has made it clear that it needs National Boxing Federations to reach a consensus around a new International Federation in order for boxing to be included on the sports programme of the Olympic Games LA28.

 

[StefanMUC]

41 minutes ago, Bear said:

 

Absolutely scandalous that the IOC of all organisations needs to put out such a statement to put culture warriors like JK Rowling in their place.

 

[olimpicgamer]

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[Sir Rols]

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[krow]

please god tell me no one is seriously considering ahmedabad or doha for '36 after the beauty that is this week. the city/venues are unbelievable. 

give it to istanbul, i guess.