The current arrangements begun with the 2018 Winter Olympics and continue to the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane.
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The current arrangements begun with the 2018 Winter Olympics and continue to the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane.
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
- Location
- Nottingham
Some weird inexplicable mime from golden tinsel guy.
I don't know what Marcel Marceau would say.
I don't know what Marcel Marceau would say.
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
That's a very tall pianist (closing ceremony)
lazybloke
Ginger biscuits and cheddar
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- Leafy Surrey
Hairy C-3PO is the master of ceremonies
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Kavinsky was very cool! Didn't imagine I'd see favourites of mine at the ceremonies (Gojira at the opening one).
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
I thought the LA bit was kind of weird. Like, all these absolute megastars and a tiny wee crowd? Having lived there it felt very un-LA!
It was good to see the encouragement to get people supporting the Paralympics in a couple of weeks. That doesn't always happen which I think is a great shame.
On the Paralympics, I read that part of their rules is competitors can't have visible tattoos of anything Olympic related because their logo changes, unlike the rings. Seems a bit of a shame, but the Paralympic logos over the years have been a bit terrible to be honest.
I have to admit I laughed when I saw the '58 - '72 one, purely in a "Can you imagine the outrage if they tried that now?" kind of way. It's probably the best one too, certainly clearer than a random squiggle.
It was good to see the encouragement to get people supporting the Paralympics in a couple of weeks. That doesn't always happen which I think is a great shame.
On the Paralympics, I read that part of their rules is competitors can't have visible tattoos of anything Olympic related because their logo changes, unlike the rings. Seems a bit of a shame, but the Paralympic logos over the years have been a bit terrible to be honest.
I have to admit I laughed when I saw the '58 - '72 one, purely in a "Can you imagine the outrage if they tried that now?" kind of way. It's probably the best one too, certainly clearer than a random squiggle.
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Badger_Boom
Veteran
- Location
- York
I wonder how much they paid a design consultancy to tweak the brightness on the latest version?
matticus
Guru
[I know I'll regret this, but ... ] why would there be outrage? No-one's against Friendship, are they??
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Well, no. And there's nothing wrong with the message, but I can guarantee there would be complaints about the wheels being limited/exclusionary.
To be fair, they've tightened up the crescents as well. It was done by Scholz & Friends, who ironically have one of the most inaccessible websites I've seen for a while: https://www.s-f.family/en/
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Did you know that Buckinghamshire is the birthplace of the Paralympics? I discovered this fact recently. https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/county-boundary-lines-challenge.280918/page-6#post-7241436
figbat
Slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
I thought this became fairly common knowledge in 2012 when we had the Olympic mascots Wenlock and Mandeville (representing the 'birth' places of both the modern Olympics and the Paralympics).
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
Edit it's real: https://yougov.co.uk/sport/articles...hink-they-could-qualify-for-the-2028-olympics
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matticus
Guru
This is great news. UK clearly has a deep pool of talent we can tap-up to boost future medal hauls
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I suppose it all depends on what the qualifying criteria are. I mean, I am capable of running in a straight line for 100m. It would take me a while but I could do it. After a bit of practice I could probably do it without a rest half way. Or are they going to insist that I do it quickly?
