France at Paris 2024

[Rob2012]

Paris, you're looking soooo sexy today.

[sebastien1214]

Ultimately, the €1.5 billion spent on it might have been worth it

[sebastien1214]

LEON MARCHAND !!! The New Phelps.

[FYI]

That reminds me, someone was baffled at the OC why Michael Phelps was there. Well, he’s there commenting with Mike Tirico for all the swimming events.

And the crowds at basically all the venues are so crowded!! Even the basketball venue in Lille was a PACKED house!!!

[yoshi]

I don't know much about swimming, I don't follow swimming, I can't even swim () but that is an unreal achievement. What an atmosphere too. Am I right in calculating that France are now top of the table?

Edit: yes you were... for all of about 4 minutes until China turned up. 

Double edit: Waa I do not like the broadcast fading the crowd noise down during La Marseillaise  I stayed tuned in instead of checking out other sporting action because I wanted to hear the crowd. 

Edited July 31, 2024 by yoshi
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[Sir Rols]

2 hours ago, yoshi said:

I can't even swim ()

4 hours ago, sebastien1214 said:

LEON MARCHAND !!! The New Phelps.

A few more games and maybe. By Brisbane perhaps.

But certainly the top contender now for Star of the Paris games.

Magnifique, Roi Leon!

[FYI]

Star of the Paris Games? Did you see the scene at City Hall & elsewhere? France is going absolutely NUTS over Leon Marchand! Even Michael Phelps was going bonkers watching with Mike Tirico. lol

 

[sebastien1214]

Teddy Riner. True french legend.

[Guilga]

20 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

Teddy Riner. True french legend.

Indeed. He pulled a Cathy Freeman too, with that gold after lighting the calduron with Marie-JO. Thankfully, the judo final for the girls today ensured that my country didn't pulled something from Sydney as well, so we are both happy!

[sebastien1214]

Riner in judo, the 4th medal for Marchand, and now the historic triple of men's BMX (first time that we have had an all-French podium at the Summer Games since... Paris 1924, in gymnastics)

Already a historic day for France.

[sebastien1214]

There are 9 days left of competition and we have already surpassed our Tokyo total.

Tokyo: 33 (10/12/11)
Paris: 36 (11/12/13)

[yoshi]

You only wanted to come top 5 - at this rate top 1 might be in reach  The 1-2-3 was a special moment - I thought the crowd noise in London would be hard to top but wow. 

[sebastien1214]

Complicated evening for the Argentinians who will not be able to sing their racist songs on the bus after being eliminated from the football tournament by us.

[Rob2012]

Always nice to see a bit of sporting karma being dished out

[yoshi]

Lol! I know Rob (that one ^) won't like this but even though I don't normally pay any attention to Olympic football, as an Arsenal fan I do hope France win the gold for Thierry

[sebastien1214]

I didn't think we'd make it to the semi-finals to be honest. With all the refusals from the clubs, the final team selected is a bit like our U23 B team or even our C team. Now, opposite us, Egypt looks beatable, so I want to say that we're almost doomed to go to the final. But Spain or Morocco... it's more complicated.

Now, I wait without much hope for the results of our women's team today. In their tradition of disappointing us every time, I don't see them eliminating Brazil, but... you never know what happens.

[Guilga]

30 minutes ago, sebastien1214 said:

Now, I wait without much hope for the results of our women's team today. In their tradition of disappointing us every time, I don't see them eliminating Brazil, but... you never know what happens.

If it is any consolation, we don't see us eliminating you either, given how we progressed so far. So, let's all hope for the best tomorrow for either side.

[Nacre]

On 7/31/2024 at 12:06 PM, FYI said:

And the crowds at basically all the venues are so crowded!! Even the basketball venue in Lille was a PACKED house!!!

I think le basket is popular in France, and the best stars show up for the Olympics unlike in mens football, so Olympic basketball is a relatively big draw. And the French have some amazing players too (Victor Wembanyama!), albeit none of them guards.

2 hours ago, sebastien1214 said:

I didn't think we'd make it to the semi-finals to be honest. With all the refusals from the clubs, the final team selected is a bit like our U23 B team or even our C team. 

How much do people in France care about the mens football tournament given that so few of the star players are competing?

[krow]

you know who really sucks? spain.

like, you're the next country over. get it together.

Edited August 3, 2024 by krow

[Sir Rols]

I was crossing my fingers for Andorra to medal in the kayaking and go ahead of them

[krow]

i'm not cutting monaco any breaks either. 

albert better teach those twins how to push a bobsled or something more useful than skimming off the top of their tax haven. 

[FYI]

Well, the other next country over, Germany, is doing even worse, relatively speaking. They only have seven medals, thus far, with a population almost twice as big. Not good.

[sebastien1214]

Meanwhile in team judo:

[Palette86]

 

[yoshi]

2 hours ago, sebastien1214 said:

Meanwhile in team judo:

What's going on there, I thought they had weight divisions?!