Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Ceremonies

[bestmen 2,917]

I always thought they pronounce it "sossér" ....hé no it's sokér 

[heywoodu 16,429]

3 minutes ago, Agger said:

But it's not without reason that Olympic Blues is considered a thing for the athletes. It's rough for us fans, but for the athletes who have been training for it all their life it's often worse

That's the danger of having nothing besides sports in your life. Every young athlete needs to be made clear how important it is to at least finish a basic bit of education or something. Sure, Bruna does nothing with her diploma in her job, but...she has a regular job, and with winter being more or less over, she's gonna have a lot to do and I do think that will help avoiding Olympic Blues.

[bestmen 2,917]

We gonna play this match of Sokér 

[NearPup 4,118]

2 minutes ago, bestmen said:

I always thought they pronounce it "sossér" ....hé no it's sokér 

Ya because it’s association -> assoc (pronounced a-sock) -> soccer (because at the time the English liked to add -er at the end of words). Rugby was called rugger at the time as well.

Edited 1 hour ago by NearPup

[heywoodu 16,429]

Commentators talking about the fantastic lack of a Medal Plaza. I sadly saw for Utah 2034 there's already a location for that nonsense, for France there isn't....does that mean one can hope we will have the emotional and adrenaline-filled ceremonies also for France 2030?

 

I saw the 'venue ceremony' for the 50k classic today, fine that it was like that today, but if all of them are like that...ugh, just "First place...*name*!"  

[NearPup 4,118]

2 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Commentators talking about the fantastic lack of a Medal Plaza. I sadly saw for Utah 2034 there's already a location for that nonsense, for France there isn't....does that mean one can hope we will have the emotional and adrenaline-filled ceremonies also for France 2030?

 

I saw the 'venue ceremony' for the 50k classic today, fine that it was like that today, but if all of them are like that...ugh, just "First place...*name*!"  

I never want to see a medal plaza ever again. The medal ceremonies were so important for me as a spectator, even the ones I really didn’t want to sit through (and no offense but the men’s 5000m relay def was one of them :P ) xD

 

It gives closure to the event, basically.

Edited 1 hour ago by NearPup

[bestmen 2,917]

Several medals from the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games broke or came loose from their ribbons shortly after their presentation, due to a defect in the fastener

[De_Gambassi 1,363]

3 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Ya because it’s association -> assoc (pronounced a-sock) -> soccer (because at the time the English liked to add -er at the end of words). Rugby was called rugger at the time as well.

Still happen from time to time

[bestmen 2,917]

a-sock-er 

[heywoodu 16,429]

With Joy Beune

 

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