Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Ceremonies

[Agger 1,838]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

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.

While it certainly helps, I don't think it's quite that easy

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6 minutes ago, NearPup said:

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.

Exactly! Plus it's awesome if you're at the event. You and everyone around you witnessed it, you should see and hear the athletes you saw fighting be awarded.

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1 minute ago, Agger said:

While it certainly helps, I don't think it's quite that easy

It isn't the only thing of course, but I have no doubt it helps to be able to actually do something besides just sports. It can make the 'black hole' somewhat smaller at least, even if it doesn't take it away entirely.

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I can't appreciate watching  matchs of  a-sock-er never

 

Why did you put in my head this ugly word , i will nightmarite tonight 

[heywoodu 16,429]

Nice to see Norway still managed to score something at the very end  

[bestmen 2,917]

Im blue dabadi dabada 

[Agger 1,838]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Exactly! Plus it's awesome if you're at the event. You and everyone around you witnessed it, you should see and hear the athletes you saw fighting be awarded.

But let's be honest. At least half leaves the venue before.

Also have to say that the podiums were placed in a way that certainly were for the VIP's. Honestly felt rather off to be on the main stand at Antholz and seing them from the side and in Tesero it felt miles away. Personally I don't mind a medal plaza.

But there's no doubt that it isn't ideal with the games spread out as much which it will afterall also be in 2030

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Now the announcement for the athletes commission. Bruna voted for Won (and the Hungarian cross-country skier Adam Konya).

 

Won won!

[heywoodu 16,429]

Just now, Agger said:

But let's be honest. At least half leaves the venue before.

Also have to say that the podiums were placed in a way that certainly were for the VIP's. Honestly felt rather off to be on the main stand at Antholz and seing them from the side and in Tesero it felt miles away. Personally I don't mind a medal plaza.

But there's no doubt that it isn't ideal with the games spread out as much which it will afterall also be in 2030

Hmm, a lot leave, yes, but also a lot push towards the area where the podium is. Like in Tesero it was insane how tighly-packed the left part of the grandstands became, same for Antholz (although that was already insane during the races).

 

But for me, the main thing is not so much for the fans, but for the athletes: it's awesome to have the medals awarded when the emotions are still all the way there. Don't give it hours (or sometimes even a whole day) to let things settle down, let a surprise winner step on the podium with the disbelief still being there fully and so on.

[Agger 1,838]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Now the announcement for the athletes commission. Bruna voted for Won (and the Hungarian cross-country skier Adam Konya).

 

Won won!

Did she only vote for Won to give you the chance to write that?