Bully Wee Villa Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 Fear not, Mellanius. Only 1,433 days to go. BBC News - The Hollywood Olympics: All you need to know about Los Angeles 2028 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8lyrgxvdgo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 2 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Fear not, Mellanius. Only 1,433 days to go. BBC News - The Hollywood Olympics: All you need to know about Los Angeles 2028 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8lyrgxvdgo 544 days until the Winter Olympics and they are far superior imo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 I like both, tbf. At least Winter Olympics Milan/Cortina should have its events on at a sensible time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Haven't really been able to watch a Winter Olympics since Sochi so looking forward to Milan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Unfortunately both LA 2028 + Brisbane 2032 will be less amenable viewing times. US finish top on Silvers... although North American media rank by total medals anyway IIRC. GB's lowest finish since Athens 2004 - probably a few reasons: Lottery funding that ramped up from 2005-2012 has fallen back; more nations have started investing similarly (particularly Japan/France/Australia eyeing Tokyo/Paris/Brisbane); new sports added we've less tradition in; 14 Gold against 22 Silver/29 Bronze reflects many near-misses whereas Japanese... and Dutch ... 'over delivered' at le crunch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Btw... New sports at Los Angeles 2028: * Baseball-Softball * Cricket * Flag american football * Lacrosse * Squash Sports not returning: * Breakdancing * Boxing may be removed New disciplines within existing sports: * beach sprint Rowing replaces lightweight Rowing * obstacle course running replaces showjumping within Modern Pentathlon Athletics will now be held during the opening week with Swimming during the closing week and in line with Paris 2024 the groupstages of several team sports may begin in the week preceding the opening ceremony 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Cricket ffs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Apart from the Closing Ceremony, yep. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 5 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Cricket ffs. Some of the applicants for Brisbane 2032 are hilarious... Baseball-Softball and Cricket want back in again (latter understandably given Australia tbf), also Netball though this causes an unusual equity issue given there is not a mens program to speak of. However we then enter very odd territory with Lifesaving, Team Frisbee, Trail Running - which I think is basically orienteering? - plus Rugby League want 'Rugby XIII 9s' which surely won't happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 56 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Btw... New sports at Los Angeles 2028: * Baseball-Softball * Cricket * Flag american football * Lacrosse * Squash Sports not returning: * Breakdancing * Boxing may be removed New disciplines within existing sports: * beach sprint Rowing replaces lightweight Rowing * obstacle course running replaces showjumping within Modern Pentathlon Athletics will now be held during the opening week with Swimming during the closing week and in line with Paris 2024 the groupstages of several team sports may begin in the week preceding the opening ceremony They may as well remove boxing as any semblance of fairness and integrity went right out of the window in the last fortnight. Even the darkest days of the pro game would have struggled to match some of these decisions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Unfortunately both LA 2028 + Brisbane 2032 will be less amenable viewing times. Looks like the summer Olympics is rotating between Americas/ Europe and Africa/Asia in terms of timezones so should get one in 2036. I also suspect the big events like athletics and swimming in LA will be scheduled for primetime on the US east coast so might not be too late so maybe ending 2am instead of 5am. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Btw... New sports at Los Angeles 2028: * Baseball-Softball * Cricket * Flag american football * Lacrosse * Squash Sports not returning: * Breakdancing * Boxing may be removed New disciplines within existing sports: * beach sprint Rowing replaces lightweight Rowing * obstacle course running replaces showjumping within Modern Pentathlon Athletics will now be held during the opening week with Swimming during the closing week and in line with Paris 2024 the groupstages of several team sports may begin in the week preceding the opening ceremony The last bit will screw with me more than any of the new sports, as long as I can remember swimming has always been the focus of week 1 and then athletics comes in. At least 2 of the new sports just seem like the Yanks wanting to boost their medals a bit more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 18 minutes ago, Fuctifano said: The last bit will screw with me more than any of the new sports, as long as I can remember swimming has always been the focus of week 1 and then athletics comes in. Mexico City 1968 was essentially the last occasion! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 When does the actual closing ceremony start? Got Fred Siriex(sic) greeting over talking to people who finished third in some diddy sport 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Least we won't need to hear about Fred's bronze medal again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 14 gold seems quite poor given recent standards. Like the yanks they've suddenly started caring about Silvers and Bronzes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 Having Athletics in the opening week is mental. That tends to produce some of the most memorable moments, they risk making the second half of the Olympics an anticlimax. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 Eurosport ...get the BBC to feck 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: 14 gold seems quite poor given recent standards. Like the yanks they've suddenly started caring about Silvers and Bronzes Taken as a whole there have clearly been more occasions when an athlete or team has lost in SFs or Final, come up short in last stage, etc... e.g. previous games Gold/Silver/Bronze balance has been fairly even - except London 2012 (which is no surprise as hosts usually over-perform with extra £, familiarity and before a home crowd - indeed for all their staging is being lauded France have rather misfired finishing 5th on 16/26/22): Great Britain at recent Olympic Games Athletes - Gold/Silver/Bronze/Total - Rank Edited August 11 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 At least it's not pishing down this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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