Quaker2001

NBC messed up big time with Tokyo because they were touting Peacock as their big new streaming service, but didn't really advertise the fact they'd only have coverage of certain events. And some of the live events they did have were on the free version rather than the subscription service. Plus, I interacted with some people that weren't aware that every event could be live streamed through their app if you have a cable subscription. They fixed that for Beijing. All of the streaming was there, so you get everything with the basic subscription tier. I remember back in the day the thinking was "wouldn't it be great if NBC had a pay-per-view where you could get all the Olympics." Well, that's exactly what we have now. For $5, sign up for Peacock for the month and cancel right after. Sure, technically that's a paywall, but that's an unbelievably good deal for the country that once put a $125 price point on the Olympics Triplecast. Looking forward to clapping back at the "it's the Olympics, they should be free" crowd next summer when they're complaining that $5 is too expensive. For.. the.. entire.. Olympics!

I've heard a lot about this arrangement for the past few Olympics and sorry to hear for European fans of the Olympics that it's continuing. Apologies on behalf of an American company that is doing this all to you. I guess for some it's a good thing, but definitely not in certain countries where there used to be much better coverage. And I'll say this on behalf of 1 of the few Americans who doesn't detest NBC's coverage of the Olympics.. we don't have it as bad as many people would have you believe. Yes, NBC's coverage is full of commercials and sticks with certain athletes sometimes ignoring the rest of the world. But we have everything streamed and it's all under 1 umbrella. So if you know what you're looking for and are willing to deal with a poorly designed interface to access those streams, it can be a very pleasant experience

Kinda feels like they may have done that to stagger the women's 400m and the 400 hurdles. But yea, that's definitely going to cause issues for countries who have athletes in the finals that would normally run in the prelims for the relay

Wow, would not have guessed that either. Looks like the top ranked teams are #21 and #43. Although that's with a limited number of tournaments played, so they'll be able to jump up the rankings as they start playing more

Similar to Tokyo, there was all sorts of fear-mongering that the Olympics were going to become a mass super-spreader event and it was irresponsible to hold it in the first place. With both Olympics, there was news of positive cases (and especially in the case of Beijing, about all the prevention and containment measures), but the competition was largely unaffected and every event was held to completion. That was no small feat especially with Tokyo before vaccinations were as readily available. No question the Beijing games were almost completely devoid of any real joy. Who knows what it would have looked like if not for COVID and China did get to put their best foot forward

Again, it's the same story with the Olympics. Speaking of Brazil, remember in 2016 when everyone was scared that Zika was going to be a major problem or that the water quality in Rio was going to make everyone sick? Actually, most people probably don't because no one talked about it after the Olympics, especially since it was a non-issue. In the lead-up to the 2022 Olympics, a lot of people were talking about human rights issues in China. Since February, I can probably count on 1 hand the number of times I've seen any mention of the Uighurs. I guess that stopped being a think after China was out of the spotlight. So yes, it'll be the same deal here. About 5 minutes after the World Cup ends, no one is going to care about Qatar anymore. Migrant worker deaths will be yesterday's news. People who are in an uproar over these things will move onto some other political issue. And the cycle will start over again until the next host country starts getting talked about.

It's a lot like the Olympics that way. All we ever hear about in the lead up to the games is negative media stories. For Beijing 2022, those all got amplified. But once the Olympics started, the focus was rightfully on the athletes and the competition. I'm sure that will happen to a large extent here. There's a lot of down time between matches though, so I'm sure we'll still hear a lot from fans who are on the ground in Qatar, especially if they're unhappy with their experiences there

Well, still a lot closer than Tahiti is to Paris

A lot of these "interested parties" will move further into the process and some will undoubtedly drop out once they realize what is required to host an Olympics. No, Seoul is not a no brainer by any stretch of the imagination. We'll see how much support the Germany bid has (and remember it's Rhine-Ruhr, not specifically Berlin). Yes, it's possible we're headed towards a future where only a handful of countries can host the Olympics. Given the IOC's requirements, a lot of that is on them, but at least hopefully this "new norm" version of thinking will make it easier

What a crying shame that Canada, a country with some of the most deep-rooting winter sports traditions, has now put 2 cities forwarded in consecutive cycles and had to abandon both.

Good draw for . Most of the tougher teams are on the Australia side of the bracket and they get the New Zealand half.

It's a fair point. I know volleyball is a lot like tennis that way where a match can be relatively short or run really long. I'm old enough that I remember volleyball in the Olympics before rally scoring, so I can only imagine how long some matches took then. And I do remember the start of some matches from Tokyo delayed because the previous match ran long. So if that's no longer an issue, then perhaps this has some value, even if it means fewer games being played

Yea, I don't get it either. Makes sense for basketball where asking teams to play multiple days in a row is a tough ask. Not so much with volleyball. And now instead of sessions including 2 games, your ticket only gets you 1.

They didn't list the bronze and gold medal matches. There are 36 preliminary round games (so it's likely the 3 groups of 4 format from basketball). 4 QF for each gender, 2 SF. Dates and times for the rest are TBD

English language version of the PDF.. https://olympics.nbcsports.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/07/Paris-2024-Olympic-Sport-Events-Schedule.pdf

I'm an idiot, I missed that from your post.

Please tell me this is satire and not actually serious.

Yup. Learn.. to.. pass.. the.. stick. The country with the best passes won it. US can't just rely on speed and nothing else anymore

holds off to win the women's 4x100! What a race!!

No stopping Jumbo it seems.

I saw a story about her talking about whether or not she wants to keep doing the event. Can't quite tell if she's serious or if she's kidding

Pogacar has cracked! Vingegaard going up to the Hautacam with Van Aert.

And here we go! Pogacar attacks and Vingegaard follows him down the mountain. Nevermind.. probably a smart idea to allow McNulty to catch back up, so they're back together on the descent

This is going to be fun. Tadej has his helper. Vingegaard has no one. And Thomas has cracked, so that's probably the end of his day

defeats and is headed to the Olympics! Both US soccer teams will be represented in Paris