2024 Paris Olympics

[sk9tingfan]

I decided to start an official 2024 Paris Olympics thread for a broad range of subjects.

My first contribution are the official track and field outfits for Team USA. Not sure about these, especially those for the women.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/15/1244773342/nike-team-usa-women-uniform-revealing-olympics

 

[skipaway]

From the Daily Beast

“NBC is set to employ a number of new tactics—from celebrity cameos to a number of wackier gimmicks—to draw as many viewers as it can to the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer. Peyton Manning, Snoop Dogg, Kelly Clarkson, Mike Tirico and Jimmy Fallon are all set to assist with the broadcast, according to a deep-dive into the network’s plans published by VarietyWednesday. NBC’s novel approach, which includes live coverage of every event on Peacock, will be a change from the relatively sober coverage garnered by past Olympic games, spurred in part by traditional network TV’s fracturing audience numbers. Expect influencer-hosted watch parties, celebrity anchors, and even mid-event gimmicks like sticking heart-rate monitors on athletes’ parents and displaying the results live on the screen, the trade publication reports. “We’ve got to be innovating, trying things differently, trying to match where the media world is in 2024,” Rick Cordella, president of NBC Sports, told Variety.”

 

[allezfred]

Am going to Paris for the middle weekend of the Games and am currently playing a game of chicken with the hotel booking websites to wait and see how low their prices will go.

 

[Sylvia]

Former Delaware ice skaters Lipinski, Weir to combine for NBC's Olympics Closing Ceremonies coverage (April 10):

Former Delaware ice skaters Lipinski, Weir to combine for NBC's Olympics Closing Ceremonies coverage

Two ice skaters whose careers blossomed in Delaware will once again find themselves broadcasting on one of sports' biggest stages this summer.

www.wdel.com

NBC Sports' press release: https://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/...ny-coverage-for-the-olympic-games-paris-2024/

Team USA media summit took place in NYC this past week: https://www.teamusa.com/

Team Canada's lululemon kit for Paris was unveiled on April 16:

Team Canada x lululemon athlete kit is designed to help athletes feel their best at Paris 2024 Games

Paris is known as the City of Lights and Team Canada athletes are sure to shine at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — thanks not only to their athletic performance, but also thanks to their Team Canada x lululemon athlete kit.

olympic.ca

 

[Icetalavista]

Here’s a thought to get more eyeballs: cover a WAY more varied roster of sports. Bring back those ‘up close and personal’ profiles of athletes of various nationalities. Don’t focus on marquee sports to the exclusion of most other sports. I for one have zip interest in early rounds in swimming, which is soooo tiresomely overcovered in the US because we have medal contenders.

 

[Sylvia]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1781015306237866213

Alex Shibutani attended the Team USA Media Summit Welcome Party at the Central Park Boathouse on April 14, 2024 in New York City: link to 3 Getty Images photos of him
I assume he may have a (photographer's?) role this summer in Paris?

 

[Sylvia]

Re-posting here from the P/C fan thread:

The French article today says "Paris 2024 Olympic Games: skater Gabriella Papadakis will carry the Olympic flame to the Athens stadium
While the Olympic flame has just been lit, this Tuesday, in Olympia, the tricolor skater, of Greek origin, will be one of the seven French bearers on Greek territory."

JO Paris 2024 : la patineuse Gabriella Papadakis portera la flamme olympique au stade d’Athènes

Alors que la flamme olympique vient d’être allumée, ce mardi, à Olympie, la patineuse tricolore, d’origine grecque, fera partie des sept por

www.leparisien.fr

Gabriella will run with the Olympic torch on April 26 in Athens: https://x.com/sportricolore/status/1780642470373527857

"Finally on the eleventh day, Friday, April 26, the Olympic flame will be handed over to Paris 2024 organizers in a ceremony at the all-marble Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Olympic Games of 1896, on 26 April."

Olympic Flame Begins Journey From Ancient Greece to Paris - GreekReporter.com

The Olympic Flame, the symbol of the Olympic Games, was lit on Tuesday in Ancient Olympia and began its long journey to Paris

greekreporter.com

 

[rfisher]

If you can't make it to Paris, the surfing event will be held in Tahiti.

 

[Desperado]

Team Canada's lululemon kit for Paris was unveiled on April 16:

Team Canada x lululemon athlete kit is designed to help athletes feel their best at Paris 2024 Games

Paris is known as the City of Lights and Team Canada athletes are sure to shine at the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games — thanks not only to their athletic performance, but also thanks to their Team Canada x lululemon athlete kit.

olympic.ca

From a far, the white and red options look like someone forgot a big red shirt in the washer and did a load of white clothing.

Even Leylah Fernandez can’t save it (and oversize does no favours to petite people). I trust her tennis outfits (also Lululemon) will be smoking though.

The pink? burgundy? also look like they ran in the wash.

The red option look like camouflage but I see some flowers in there so I’ll allow it.

The black, red and teal (?) option is fine.