Paris Olympics 2024

[Farm Boy]

Thing is, blue guy was a reference to Dyionisos/Bacchus, not whatever christians think it was.

Not the right chubby guy, hehe.

 

[Quintillus]

Here it falls between the cracks of the other, more popular cycling disciplines, road races and cyclo-cross in winter (comparable to mountainbiking, but not quite the same) pretty much fill the calendar.

Paris 2024: Remco Evenepoel turns in TT for the ages to win Olympic gold ahead of Filippo Ganna and Wout van Aert - Eurosport

Remco Evenepoel put complaints about the course to one side to put in a Tour de Force performance in the men's individual time trial and deliver Belgium's first

www.eurosport.com

Today is mountainbike men's final for example, but most good riders are competing in the road race next sunday, have just finished their time trails last weekend, or are still recovering from the Tour de France,

Tom Pidcock is the only exception I know of...he combines roadracing, mountainbiking and cyclo-cross.

Parijs 2024: Voorbeschouwing mountainbike Olympische Spelen voor mannen – Wie maakt van een vraag een uitroepteken?

Zonder Mathieu van der Poel en Belgische kanshebbers op eremetaal, beginnen de mannen maandag 29 juli aan hun mountainbike-wedstrijd op de Olympische Spelen 2024 in Parijs. Tom Pidcock is titelverdediger en bij gebrek aan een alleenheerser nu ook op voorhand dé topfavoriet. Wie het hem lastig kunne

www.wielerflits.be

Road races certainly have the majority of the attention, even on this side of the pond... even though I can't think of any road races on this side of the pond off the top of my head. But the only road race I can recall seeing on standard cable TV here is the Tour de France. With the Vuelta and Giro also getting more cycling-focused press attention.

But I never could get into watching the Tour on TV. Too long of days, too many of the riders in a few pelotons. This women's mountain bike race was just about the perfect length, and perhaps due to the nature of the course, more dynamic. Interestingly, the champion, Pauline Ferrant-Prévot, is also multi-disciplinary, and planning to switch to road racing next year.

I haven't gotten deep enough into cycling to figure out exactly what the difference between cyclo-cross, gravel riding, and mountain biking is. Especially cyclo-cross versus gravel bikes... they seem pretty similar to me. Mountain biking being... steeper and more obstacles than cyclocross, which I guess is steeper and more gravely than road racing? (And perhaps gravel = crushed limestone?)

So far I've been taking a day off from les JO and did some reading instead.

 

[Snowygerry]

They're different rulesets, resulting in a different bike being used, mountainbikes are sturdier, riders must finish on the same bike they start with I think, although they can apparently change wheels in case off a flat tire.

In cyclocross the bikes are continiously cleaned and repaired and they can switch every lap, in fixed posts, resulting in a faster yet more delicate bike, and a "pitstop strategy" of sorts.

In gravel races they have to do their own repairs iirc, and ofcourse in roadraces each team is followed by a car with professional support crew and several reserve bikes on top, but that means typically the bikes cannot go where the cars cannot follow...

Naturally all these things are also reflected in the courses.

 

[Kyriakos]

Thing is, blue guy was a reference to Dyionisos/Bacchus, not whatever christians think it was.

I suspected as much (without having seen the ceremony, just pics).
But Dionysos is supposed to look young and pretty. This is a bloated smurf
In most art he is basically the same as how Jesus is depicted (the latter also for obvious reason is never ugly/fat).

Speaking of galloi, blue people and Bacchai, the one to the right is Odysseus from a cool french animation of the 80s - and would pass as Dionysos:

On the positive side, Pentheas has nothing to fear by banning the worship of the blue one.

 

[SemiLazyGamer]

This is more gaming talk, but it still ties into the Olympics:

The IOC ditched Mario & Sonic at the Olympic games because they wanted to explore new deals with new partners, but also NFTs and esports.

Olympics ditched Mario & Sonic series to explore NFTs and esports

The International Olympics Committee walked away from its partnership with Nintendo and Sega for the long-running Mario…

www.eurogamer.net

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Thing is, blue guy was a reference to Dyionisos/Bacchus, not whatever christians think it was.

He was a naked blue man wearing overalls as thin as a women's sock that did nothing to adequately conceal his genitals mulling around in a bunch of fruit. What he was is inappropriate no matter the idea behind it.

 

[EgonSpengler]

The US women's rugby sevens team defeated Australia for the Bronze medal. The Aussie women, unable to return home, have applied for asylum in France.


Okay, I made up that last part.

 

[AdrienIer]

If they can merge with our team who finished 5th we'll be unstoppable !

 

[EgonSpengler]

If they can merge with our team who finished 5th we'll be unstoppable !

You still did better than Great Britain.

 

[r16]

oh hey , let us speak about the modesty of some blue person so that we can miss the lesser modesty of some other guy . Like remove that picture , too , shall we ?

 

[Kyriakos]

I am not sure if that was actually what you thought it was (I mean, it was on tv live, so I assume it wasn't? - haven't watched it), but edited it to be safe :S

 

[EgonSpengler]

US men's soccer team through to face Morroco in the quarterfinal on Friday. It'll be 9:00am here, but I happen to have the day off anyway. The winner of that match will face the winner of Spain-Japan in the semi (which will be Monday at Noon, unfortunate timing for me if the US gets there). I know bupkes about Morocco's side. Haven't seen a minute of their games.

Australia's women could get revenge on the United States for their fallen rugby comrades today in the final group match. It's unlikely to be enough to send them through, though. They would have to defeat the US by 2 goals and Zambia would have to beat Germany, either of which would be the upset of the tournament. USA to probably face Japan in the quarterfinal on Saturday morning. (USA vs Japan in both tournaments? It could happen...)

Trampoline is an Olympic event? I am mildly curious to see what the heck that is.

 

[r16]

the world is definitely safer when we don't see Macron's favourite . As the person will be called from now on .

 

[Evie]

He was a naked blue man wearing overalls as thin as a women's sock that did nothing to adequately conceal his genitals mulling around in a bunch of fruit. What he was is inappropriate no matter the idea behind it.

Count yourself lucky: traditionally, the Olympians (the gods) didn't bother with the thin overalls.

Neither did the olympians (the athletes), for that matter. And both of them are *far* more relevant to the Olympics than modern norms of prudishness.

If a thin overall is the worst you have to worry about, you're golden

 

[Kyriakos]

Let's not pretend those in the Paris ceremony look anything like Olympians ^^
Not sure how much clothing the athletes would typically wear, but some of the events did require heavy armor. In a gymnasium, of course, the athletes normally were naked, but that's indoors and in a training area.

 

[Evie]

Considering that Greek art couldn't even figure out whether Dionysos, should have a beard or not, and that the average surviving Olympian art is more identifiable by what they're holding ("Okay, statue is holding grapes, so probably Dionysos") than how they look like I will smile politely at the notion that there was a standard antique appearance of the Olympians.

 

[Kyriakos]

Tbf, many of the olympians were explicitly symbols of beauty and youth, as is also promoted in their ancient statues. Can't be realistically argued that (eg) Apollo, Hermes or Aphrodite would ever be not pretty. Apollo literally was the god of beauty (as well as of other things).
Zeus/Poseidon also have a very standard depiction in all surviving ancient Greek art; muscled middle-aged men with flowing beards. They were symbols of power.

 

[r16]

nobody would have cared for the Olympics ; raising the proletariat that will NOT rebel takes a lot of effort making people lack attention . They were not that important back in the day either , one upmanship thing between hostile centers of power and some prestige for the organizers ... Macron's favourite and a smurf that will not rise for whatever reason , like because he is fat for starters gives Macron his coverage . His Olympics will be remembered . Can't imagine what that gains for people under gender pressure issues , if that's passable and not outright rejection and stuff . It is like people remain already convinced in their former beliefs . The echo chamber calls that satanist rituals , mentions some guy called Alestair Crowley , pedophilia , immigrants are ruining France and Europe and the whole world . These are all actionable notions when the balloon goes up . But yes , Macron will be mentioned as an hero , even if he still doesn't comment whether he will send in the French Army if the North Koreans show up in the field . Beware of the false heroes .

 

[Patine]

Count yourself lucky: traditionally, the Olympians (the gods) didn't bother with the thin overalls.

Neither did the olympians (the athletes), for that matter. And both of them are *far* more relevant to the Olympics than modern norms of prudishness.

That traditional Olympian athlete's uniform of Antiquity did require a practical and pragmatic update, though, when the first Winter Olympics started being held as of 1924.

 

[PPQ_Purple]

Count yourself lucky: traditionally, the Olympians (the gods) didn't bother with the thin overalls.

Neither did the olympians (the athletes), for that matter. And both of them are *far* more relevant to the Olympics than modern norms of prudishness.

If a thin overall is the worst you have to worry about, you're golden

The Olympic games and by relation the opening ceremony are supposed to be family friendly fun for everyone which promotes sports and a healthy life of physical activity. Now imagine someone with children watching the opening.