2024 Paris Olympics megathread

[Admiral Yi]

How it is counted wrong? Yes. We do total medals which isn't perfect, but vastly preferable to just pretending this isn't the Olympics but some other event where only first matters.

Dude, that's all of life.

[garbon]

From BBC:

The Golden Voyager is glad to have all his alien friends on stage now as they are very kindly helping to assemble the Olympic rings, but not until they've had a roll around in them.

I guess he needs to be grateful for the help?

[Sheilbh]

Actually is this what happened because of Christian complaints?

Maybe - but also everyone in Britain loved the 2012 opening cermony and the closing ceremony was an absolute embarrassing mess of the type we'd expected it all to be. Looking at French responses and I feel something similar is happening here

[Zoupa]

Could be wrong but I think that was a change made in American reporting of medals after they were overtaken by China on golds

Although I think they should do it like a league table - gold = 3 points etc

Someone did just that and it changes very little:

[Josquius]

Surely this ceremony will have been prepared long in advance of the games?

Someone did just that and it changes very little:

Britain beats Australia.
This is all that matters.

[The Brain]

Surely this ceremony will have been prepared long in advance of the games?

No it's improv. Golden Boy was a guy in line at a post office.

[Sheilbh]

Someone did just that and it changes very little:

I'm now fully convinced seeing that it moves Britain above Australia

Although I basically have zero issue with how the table is displayed (outside America). Winning is a big thing that should count for a lot.

[Josquius]

Someone did just that and it changes very little:

I'm now fully convinced seeing that it moves Britain above Australia

Although I basically have zero issue with how the table is displayed (outside America). Winning is a big thing that should count for a lot.

Tory

[The Brain]

Honest question: do Americans refer to silver and bronze medallists as Olympic champions?

[The Brain]

There appears to be some kind of pop group performing.

[garbon]

What a celebration for the athletes...

[Josquius]

Phoenix and Kavinsky.... I mean. I know them. Ish. But not really at the international superstar level. 

Most of the closing ceremony was mystifying weirdness - they had the guy who organised it on French tv before hand really bigging it up - but I did like the bit with the audience wrist bands doing pixelated animations.

[The Brain]

TBF it's not like France has a lot of international superstars.

[Sheilbh]

TBF it's not like France has a lot of international superstars.

Should have just done a three hour Jean-Michel Jarre concert.

[The Brain]

TBF it's not like France has a lot of international superstars.

Should have just done a three hour Jean-Michel Jarre concert.

*affirmative Todd Rivers noises*