Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Ceremonies

[hckošice 16,562]

Just now, clemsonbeav said:

Who is the female athlete in the front row right behind the speaker?  I recognize her, but I forget her name.

Lara Naki Gutmann the best part of this ceremony so far

[stepansevs 218]

Booo. Shut up, again 😄

[Gianlu33 5,908]

1 minute ago, clemsonbeav said:

Who is the female athlete in the front row right behind the speaker?  I recognize her, but I forget her name.

Should be Lara Niki Gutmann

[Agger 1,838]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I do hope France manages to make it feel more 'Olympic' for the athletes. Like, don't let the athletes of many sports feel like it is just a regular World Cup by putting them in some hotel or appartment (or like in biathlon, all countries just spread apart in the entire wide area), make it feel...you know, Olympic, please. The 'Olympic village vibe' is one of the things athletes look forward to, don't deny them that.

With 5 Olympic Villages planned I would guess that some will be rather basic as well. Meanwhile it is also partially the nations themselves making those decisions to go for a hotel instead.

[intoronto 6,826]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

I really, really don't mind about sports being added, my only fear is sports being taken away (and the ones I wouldn't mind, are probably not on the chopping block)  

Quite a few on the block for summer + winter 

[heywoodu 16,429]

1 minute ago, Agger said:

With 5 Olympic Villages planned I would guess that some will be rather basic as well. Meanwhile it is also partially the nations themselves making those decisions to go for a hotel instead.

Mostly the top nations, yes, but in biathlon in this case I believe there wasn't even a choice. Like, it was all just entirely spread.

 

With La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand, I hope at least biathlon and the Nordic sports will be together next time...

[heywoodu 16,429]

1 minute ago, intoronto said:

Quite a few on the block for summer + winter 

I'm gonna read up on that later. Don't wanna spoil my Olympic feelings yet  

[clemsonbeav 415]

7 minutes ago, hckošice said:

So nothing in Tahiti this time ?

Beach volleyball disguised as snow volleyball? aka just sand painted white 

Edited 1 hour ago by clemsonbeav

[avlar 565]

I recall Samaranch, look at Coventry - and I cannot believe she is in charge of the Olympics now

[heywoodu 16,429]

Nice Speech Powered by Enel, TCL, Corona and Samsung.

 

 

Spoiler

And yes, there was the 'Karaoke, Powered by Enel' at the grandstands - or the dance cam, but something like that - and yes, the Italian announcer pronounced Enel exactly in the way you'd secretly hope them to pronounce it