Paris Olympics 2024 Thread

[CatsbyAZ]

 💩 Let's start the Olympics on the right foot - by stepping in, or swimming in(?), Poop?

Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics?

From Vox–

"A key promise in Paris’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics was that its famous river, the Seine, would be cleaned up in time to host open water swimming events...swimming has been banned in the Seine for a century because the Paris sewer system is designed to dump wastewater into the river during heavy rain when the sewers get overwhelmed by stormwater."

"Paris officials took on a $1.5 billion USD infrastructure project that included a massive underground tank and tunnel system that could hold excess sewage during heavy rain to minimize contamination of the Seine. Paris officials will test water quality daily ahead of the Olympic games...but the likelihood of open water swimming taking place will also depend on weather and luck."



https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1810717410132922729

[Cincydawg]

My wife was aghast.  

[Honestbuckeye]

I always look forward to the Olympics.  

[FearlessF]

My wife was aghast. 

not me

I assume Europe is polluted

Trump had the cleanest water! 

[MaximumSam]

With streaming... interested in how they televise things.

[LetsGoPeay]

Men's basketball will be very interesting. I can see the US finishing out of the medals. The French team will be very good. Their guards are suspect but with the homecourt advantage and Wemby they might be the favorite. I think Wemby will come out of these Olympics as one of the best three players in the world along with some combination of Luka, Giannis, and Jokic. 

[Cincydawg]

I think since they added pros I started to lose interest, but I lost interest in a lot of things about that time, or just was really busy.

I doubt I'll watch a minute this time around.  I miss the East German judges.

[ELA]

Men's basketball will be very interesting. I can see the US finishing out of the medals. The French team will be very good. Their guards are suspect but with the homecourt advantage and Wemby they might be the favorite. I think Wemby will come out of these Olympics as one of the best three players in the world along with some combination of Luka, Giannis, and Jokic.

Agreed

[ELA]

💩 Let's start the Olympics on the right foot - by stepping in, or swimming in(?), Poop?

Can Paris fix its poop problem before the Olympics?

From Vox–

"A key promise in Paris’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics was that its famous river, the Seine, would be cleaned up in time to host open water swimming events...swimming has been banned in the Seine for a century because the Paris sewer system is designed to dump wastewater into the river during heavy rain when the sewers get overwhelmed by stormwater."

"Paris officials took on a $1.5 billion USD infrastructure project that included a massive underground tank and tunnel system that could hold excess sewage during heavy rain to minimize contamination of the Seine. Paris officials will test water quality daily ahead of the Olympic games...but the likelihood of open water swimming taking place will also depend on weather and luck."



https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1810717410132922729

Paris sewers have been of interest since Victor Hugo

[847badgerfan]

I think since they added pros I started to lose interest, but I lost interest in a lot of things about that time, or just was really busy.

I doubt I'll watch a minute this time around.  I miss the East German judges.

Yeah, Olympics don't do much for me anymore. NBC will not be getting my attention.

[utee94]

My kids like them so I'm sure we'll watch some.

I like the sprints, and the hurdles, and swimming. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I'll watch. 

Which is to say more accurately, it will be on the TV while I'm WFH if there's no golf on. How much of it will actually be more than background noise, I can't say. 

[MaximumSam]

I still have Peacock - not sure how they will set up viewing and what time things are, but I could see watching a lot of it, when I never have much before. Being able to pick whatever event I want to watch is a gamechanger.

[GopherRock]

The last Olympics (February 2022 is so damn long ago!) was the reason why we got Peacock in the first place.

Actually having everything live is a game-changer. 

Paris is 7 hours ahead of CDT.