*Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Thread: I think we’ve reached peak art

[daruma]

i thought that was pitbull.. mr worldwide.. would've made sense..

 

[maxelite]

Showtime!

No actual stadium for the opening ceremony? Interesting.

Team delegations will be on boats on the Seine River during the Parade of Nations

 

[noblekane]

what time is the opening ceremony local usa time?

 

[maxelite]

what time is the opening ceremony local usa time?

It is live on NBC right now. Replay at 730 ET.

 

[IATT]

Is that 400 men's free really that competitive between Kim Woo-Min and the Aussies?

Zero clue after the 2 free.. don’t really follow the 400-1500 frees on the men’s side regularly just like I barely follow the 1650 when it comes to NCAAs (and outside of certain years don’t really follow the 500 free either)

On the women’s side I’ll follow the 400 and 800 frees since those should be tight especially the 400 with ledecky, McIntosh and titmus (going be interesting to see causals react to ledecky getting 3rd.. or getting silver in the 800)

But biggest thing with the men’s side was the favorite dropping out, ahmed Hafnaoui

 

[Sinner]

Team delegations will be on boats on the Seine River during the Parade of Nations

Yes, I just realized this!

The logistics and organization of this fascinates me... especially when all the countries have different sized teams!

 

[B Sox]

This looks pretty cool, but feel like there’s something really special about having everyone in the same stadium.

 

[lynchpin33]

Asking here since I’m not sure where else to ask. Are those team USA Polo blazers for sell anywhere?

 

[rolaholic]

what time is the opening ceremony local usa time?

Right now, started at 130 EST

 

[rolaholic]

She's not French but Lady Gaga actually killed that , hell of a performer

 

[T0INE]

The Nastee EYE-talian gonna be the face of NBC's Olympic coverage?

 

[noblekane]

michael jackson returned from the dead?

 

[rolaholic]

What's this assassin's creed *** parkour dude they're following around la seine and the rooftops?

 

[rolaholic]

They got him ziplining between buildings and over the seine too ****

Dunno if it beats Daniel Craig Bond skydiving with the Queen yet but it's cool

 

[Moheezy]

I don't know. The idea of the boats feels better than the execution.

 

[B Sox]

Spygate

 

[daruma]

Asking here since I’m not sure where else to ask. Are those team USA Polo blazers for sell anywhere?

Team USA Opening Ceremony Blazer

Ralph Lauren

www.ralphlauren.com

 

[daruma]

I don't know. The idea of the boats feels better than the execution.

yeah each country feels rushed + all the athletes are too close to each other imo

 

[rolaholic]

yeah each country feels rushed + all the athletes are too close to each other imo

They've got countries sharing boats too

I kinda like them doing the ceremony outside in the city streets for a change though, the stadiums are always cool but this make it feels a bit more distinctive

 

[noblekane]

ima need a photoshop of that lebron goofy face on this assassins creed guy

 

[noblekane]

the illuminati out here making gold medals

 

[maxelite]

They've got countries sharing boats too

I kinda like them doing the ceremony outside in the city streets for a change though, the stadiums are always cool but this make it feels a bit more distinctive

I sort of agree. Paris is an iconic city so Im sure they wanted to put it on full display

 

[noblekane]

gay sailors bringing down the ark of the covenant

 

[rfx45]

this presentation looks awkward and just all over the place then they got this video packages spliced in

 

[rolaholic]

Dude literally walking through French history scenes in between