Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Test Events

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[De_Gambassi 1,312]

 

[De_Gambassi 1,312]

Swimming in the Seine is kinda of a sad running joke here since Jacques Chirac, then Paris Major, promised that he will personally swim in it after he cleans it. Which he obviously never did.

 

Hopefully, everything will be ok.

 

 

Edited August 17, 2023 by De_Gambassi

[De_Gambassi 1,312]

Not a bad perspective for the finish line 

 

[Rafa Maciel 1,675]

58 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Swimming in the Seine is kinda of a sad running joke here since Jacques Chirac, then Paris Major, promised that he will personally swim in it after he cleans it. Which he obviously never did.

 

Hopefully, everything will be ok.

 

 

It can't be any worse than the water they swam in at Sunderland WTCS 

[Grassmarket 4,166]

4 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

Swimming in the Seine is kinda of a sad running joke here since Jacques Chirac, then Paris Major, promised that he will personally swim in it after he cleans it. Which he obviously never did.

 

Hopefully, everything will be ok.

 

 

Back in the 30s there used to be regular swimming races in the Seine. People had different perceptions of risk in those days though.  

[De_Gambassi 1,312]

43 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Back in the 30s there used to be regular swimming races in the Seine. People had different perceptions of risk in those days though.  

Yeah, and back then, there were industries all over the place and zero fucks were given.

 

 

 

Coupe de Noël in the early XXe century.

Edited August 17, 2023 by De_Gambassi

[De_Gambassi 1,312]

Must be said,  is having a fantastic summer with a lot of new or confirming very solid gold medal contenders.

 

 

[Rafa Maciel 1,675]

Men's Triathlon Test Event

 

1.)  Alex Yee

2.)  Vasco Vilaca

3.)  Dorian Coninx

[Grassmarket 4,166]

6 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

Must be said,  is having a fantastic summer with a lot of new or confirming very solid gold medal contenders.

 

 

Doesn’t work with every sport every time, but with the Lottery funding system being 25 years old, we have got a lot of experience in managing an Olympic cycle & peaking at the right time.