2024 Paris Olympic Games Official Thread - page 2

I should have had my business going by now.

Athing Mu won't be repping the US in the 800m; she fell in the 800m US final. The gold should be a lock for Keely Hodgkinson for Team GB

Also, the fact that the US probably won't win the first break-dancing Gold is crazy.

based on?

no idea what he's basing it on but if i had to guess i feel like japan is going to go hard in break dancing. feel like america kind of been off the bboy sh1t for decades now while japan and even some other countries still love it.

What the hell is this rugby game if opening ceremony is tomorrow

What is the origin of the Olympic Games?

The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece. Sports contests organised at Olympia took place every four years and acquired the name Olympic Games.

We do not know exactly when they started, but the date of 776 BC is often cited in written sources. The exact reasons for the birth of the Games are still unknown, as history has become mixed up with mythology.

The four-year interval between the Ancient Games editions was named an “Olympiad”, and was used for dating purposes at the time: time was counted in Olympiads rather than years.

In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin launched his plan to revive the Olympic Games, and in 1896 the first Games of the modern era were held in Athens.


Was curious for some reason