Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Venues

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

The Paris La Défense Arena is turning into an olympic swimming pool

 

 

[Ted 143]

51 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

The Paris La Défense Arena is turning into an olympic swimming pool

 

 

What kinds of sports events does the arena normally host? Basketball, volleyball...? 

[phelps 8,286]

16 minutes ago, Ted said:

What kinds of sports events does the arena normally host? Basketball, volleyball...? 

rugby and concerts

[George_D 1,473]

 

[phelps 8,286]

just more failed tests on the river Seine...

 

but now it comes up a plan B, according to the newspaper Nice Matin 

 

https://www.nicematin.com/jeux-olympiques/debit-trop-fort-et-bacteries-fecales-la-seine-encore-trop-polluee-a-un-mois-de-louverture-des-jo-2024-930525

 

https://www.nicematin.com/jeux-olympiques/jo-2024-et-si-nice-recuperait-les-epreuves-de-triathlon-929936

[phelps 8,286]

and suddenly...

 

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240704-water-quality-in-the-seine-improves-ahead-of-paris-olympics-tests-show

 

what a farce! 

[NearPup 3,496]

6 minutes ago, phelps said:

and suddenly...

 

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240704-water-quality-in-the-seine-improves-ahead-of-paris-olympics-tests-show

 

what a farce! 

Vite, allons tous chier dans la Seine!

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

17 minutes ago, phelps said:

and suddenly...

 

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240704-water-quality-in-the-seine-improves-ahead-of-paris-olympics-tests-show

 

what a farce! 

I know you have been around this topic for a long time, but you may have read at least one of the article on the subject. It has been said for ever that the quality of the water would imrpove with the weather. And the weather was extraordinary shit during june. There is really is no need to put your tinfoil hat.

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

A not-too-bad-vue from the dressage venue

 

 

 

[phelps 8,286]

15 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

I know you have been around this topic for a long time, but you may have read at least one of the article on the subject. It has been said for ever that the quality of the water would imrpove with the weather. And the weather was extraordinary shit during june. There is really is no need to put your tinfoil hat.

look, I'm used to the same narrative every week here in Milan (and every Summer in general in Italy)

 

in Milan they say there's always too much pollution, but guess what? it's only about stopping the private circulation on weekends, never Monday through Friday, when people must go to work 

 

if the air is heavily polluted, it's 365 days/year, not 260

 

in many places close to the big cities, they say people can't bath because of E.Coli and other bacteria through the cold months, but suddenly, each and every Summer, when you're at risk of losing many tourists, the sea water becomes crystal clear and clean...

 

so, if they say that the river Seine is not healthy (and for what I know, it's years that bathing is prohibited there, not just from yesterday and the recent shitty weather days), I just can't trust politicians that from one day to another change that evaluation only because the Olympics are at the door (or because of a couple of sunny days), 'cause the quality of a big river (not to mention the sea) can't change that much that quickly

 

that's biology

 

then, there's politics and politicians...and unfortunately they take the final decisions

 

p.s. always ready to ask for pardon if I'm (really) wrong