Olympic Games Paris 2024 - AH Thread

Aye... knew when to show a bit of knowledge... when to throw in a witty remark at the absurdity of it and when to shut up.

Now we just need more details on what the unnamed 'Irish gymnast' did to test out these cardboard beds.

Ps There is only one gymnast in the Irish delegation!

Eurosport commentators didn't recognise Tony Parker, and also thought it was the French pole vaulter when it turned out to be a guy with a prostetic leg.

Not a great start to the Olympics!

Also the boring Thomas Bach speech sucked the life out of it, while Macron would have made a better speech if allowed!

Let the games begin!

Could be more than one of him/them?

Was it supposed to be one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse

I'd say if they would do it again, they'd stick with a stadium.

I doubt it, was a fab event and showed off Paris so well. Gonna be a hard act to follow

It's been a good night, thanks for the chats everyone, let the games begin!

Nah, that was magnifique . Much better than your usual opening shite tbh

Interesting too that they only brought in Craig Doyle to present the opening ceremony..

I was watching from the start (4:30pm) on Eurosport and he was sure to remind his fellow host and guests that they were also broadcasting into Ireland as well as the U.K., and he did mention Irish athletes whenever he could…

Darragh Maloney is trending on Twitter for all the wrong reasons….

The few times I did watch on RTÉ he was absolutely brutal…

I didn't even notice as I really wasn't interested in the boring, overlong 'fashion show' bit on the bridge (the music was great) but it's getting a heap of backlash over being an extreme mockery of The Last Supper which I think no one can deny.

Poor, very poor taste on behalf of the organisers.

I watched a lot of it, mainly out of interest because it was not going to be a typical opening ceremony.

The thing about these ceremonies is that they rightly focus on the culture of the host, and if you're not familiar with the culture of the host they can be a bit meh

I didn't know who the heavy metal band were, I didn't know who the famous French women that they had statues of were, I didn't know who the woman singing the national anthem on the roof was, I knew what the Can-Can was, but just about.

So even though the production itself and the use of Paris was good, it was all a bit meh except for the torch relay and the light show at the Eiffel Tower.

This is where for the likes of me London 2012 was different.

Because British culture is omnipresent in Ireland I knew all the cultural references in the London opening ceremony, the bands, the music, the references to the history and places in the UK.

It made for a much more interesting and memorable opening ceremony, but only because I was familiar with the culture already.

French people probably loved tonight.