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Да, обратно в България и ежедневието. Преживяването беше неповторимо! Париж и Олимпийските игри бяха сляти в едно по един специален начин. От градините на Тюлери и Лувъра, през Айфеловата кула, та чак до Дефанс.
 
Посетих плажен волейбол под Айфеловата кула, борба в Шамп де Мар, атлетика на Стад де Франс, водна топка в Дефанс арена и колоезденето в центъра на града. Всяко състезание си имаше чара, трибуните бяха пълни, а "купонът" беше неповторим. Трудно се описва с думи атмосферата на съораженията. Ще изпратя снимки на лично съобщение за интересуващите се
 
Относно българското участие, купих билети за "грешните" сесии в борбата. Айк не стигна до битка за медал, но пък видях поредната и последна Олимпийска титла на Михайн Лопес.
 
За щастие пътувах в един полет с борците към Париж и имах честта да им пожелая успех лично, а и чрез националния превозвач  Стюардесите след моя молба им пожелаха успех след кацане, а всички пътници аплодираха бурно.
 
Изживяването остава спомен за цял живот и очаквам ЛА с нетърпение. Пожелавам на всеки във форума да усети същата тръпка, която усетих аз.

Да, обратно в България и ежедневието. Преживяването беше неповторимо! Париж и Олимпийските игри бяха сляти в едно по един специален начин. От градините на Тюлери и Лувъра, през Айфеловата кула, та чак до Дефанс.
 
Посетих плажен волейбол под Айфеловата кула, борба в Шамп де Мар, атлетика на Стад де Франс, водна топка в Дефанс арена и колоезденето в центъра на града. Всяко състезание си имаше чара, трибуните бяха пълни, а "купонът" беше неповторим. Трудно се описва с думи атмосферата на съораженията. Ще изпратя снимки на лично съобщение за интересуващите се
 
Относно българското участие, купих билети за "грешните" сесии в борбата. Айк не стигна до битка за медал, но пък видях поредната и последна Олимпийска титла на Михайн Лопес.
 
За щастие пътувах в един полет с борците към Париж и имах честта да им пожелая успех лично, а и чрез националния превозвач  Стюардесите след моя молба им пожелаха успех след кацане, а всички пътници аплодираха бурно.
 
Изживяването остава спомен за цял живот и очаквам ЛА с нетърпение. Пожелавам на всеки във форума да усети същата тръпка, която усетих аз.

Да, обратно в България и ежедневието. Преживяването беше неповторимо! Париж и Олимпийските игри бяха сляти в едно по един специален начин. От градините на Тюлери и Лувъра, през Айфеловата кула, та чак до Дефанс.
 
Посетих плажен волейбол под Айфеловата кула, борба в Шамп де Мар, атлетика на Стад де Франс, водна топка в Дефанс арена и колоезденето в центъра на града. Всяко състезание си имаше чара, трибуните бяха пълни, а "купонът" беше неповторим. Трудно се описва с думи атмосферата на съораженията. Ще изпратя снимки на лично съобщение за интересуващите се
 
Относно българското участие, купих билети за "грешните" сесии в борбата. Айк не стигна до битка за медал, но пък видях поредната и последна Олимпийска титла на Михайн Лопес.
 
За щастие пътувах в един полет с борците към Париж и имах честта да им пожелая успех лично, а и чрез националния превозвач  Стюардесите след моя молба им пожелаха успех след кацане, а всички пътници аплодираха бурно.
 
Изживяването остава спомен за цял живот и очаквам ЛА с нетърпение. Пожелавам на всеки във форума да усети същата тръпка, която усетих аз.

Portugal has a total of 31 medals in the whole 30 editions of Summer Olympic Games.
 
I was able to witness the number 31 live. 
 
Wish I could go back in time just to say to my younger self, watching his first Olympics of Sydney 2000 and falling in love with the Olympic concept, that 24 years later the dream would become real!
 
So yes, with no doubt, best Olympic Games ever! 

I'm sure that I'll think of others down the line but right now the ones that come to mind are the general enthusiasm that the skateboarders (amongst others) have for each other's performances, the women especially. It just seems a sport filled with positivity.
 
And in a similar note to the marathon, Megan Keith persevering in finishing the women's 10000m the other night, despite being well off her best form. It would have been easier to DNF, especially as she started the final lap after everyone else had finished. Glad the crowd got behind her. A reminder for us all that these are people trying their best. And sometimes their best on the day is just completing the race.

you must not know France well, unlike some countries! In France we are different (Arab, black, Asian, disabled, homosexual, heterosexual, transsexual. but we are all free, equal and fraternal citizens among us... And this ceremony showed tonight our multicultural love

Остават по-малко от 7 часа до старта на церемонията по откриването на Олимпийсктите игри в Париж. Да пожелаем на нашите момчета и момичета да са доволни от това, което успеят да покажат и да защитят своите собствени очаквания! Дано това се покрие и с медали или лични постижения!
Да си пожелаем и на нас приятни емоции и забавление през следващите 17 дни и да чуем българския химн поне няколко пъти!

Big fan of the Brazilian #42 Jhennifer Lopes! 
 
I hope they play Jenny from the Block when she gets a defensive block

The very first Totallympics meeting has happened yesterday night
 
@Pasolini (in the right), @Jan Linha (in the left) and @Sindo (in the middle) at an Algerian restaurant yesterday in Paris
 
 
 
 

Еее, супер. И аз исках да отида, намерих си билети за няколко състезания последните дни, но не успях да разреша проблема с пътя и престоя и се отказах. Ще разказваш и ще пращаш снимки

bulgarian-participation-paris-2024-to-go-2.pdf
 
Това е програмата на всички наши спортисти по време на олимпиадата в Париж с евентуални участия в битки за медали

My first time at Olympics! I hope for a good experience.
 
I will see several sports - beach volley, equestrian jumping, water polo, track cycling, canoe sprint and athletics.
 
Only 1 month to go
 
 

Doing the Olympics properly for a full 17 days out there in Paris - a bucket list item for me was to go to one Olympics and soak as much in as I feasibly can. At the current count I'll be at 18 different sports, most excited for the track cycling, swimming and taekwondo. As a mega sports enthusiast, the excitement levels are on another level!!
 
As for the countries I'll support besides GBR, I always have a soft spot for NZ, Canada and the Refugee team! 
 
ps. I'd be keen if anyone fancies going for a drink / Fan Park during the Games

Here is my schedule for the games. Happy to meet anyone from the forum who will be visiting Paris during these days.
 
Athletics: Mon., 05.08.2024, 10:00
 
Beach volleyball: Mon., 05.08.2024, 17:00
 
Water polo: Tue., 06.08.2024, 14:00
 
Wrestling: Tue., 06.08.2024, 18:15

Here is my schedule for the games. Happy to meet anyone from the forum who will be visiting Paris during these days.
 
Athletics: Mon., 05.08.2024, 10:00
 
Beach volleyball: Mon., 05.08.2024, 17:00
 
Water polo: Tue., 06.08.2024, 14:00
 
Wrestling: Tue., 06.08.2024, 18:15

Here is my schedule for the games. Happy to meet anyone from the forum who will be visiting Paris during these days.
 
Athletics: Mon., 05.08.2024, 10:00
 
Beach volleyball: Mon., 05.08.2024, 17:00
 
Water polo: Tue., 06.08.2024, 14:00
 
Wrestling: Tue., 06.08.2024, 18:15

If we want to organize a sort of Totallympics meeting in Paris we can do it! I can create a Whatsapp group with the users who will be there so we can plan when and where to meet.

Just noticed Try Guys collab video with Olympic channels around breaking.
If anyone interested - from 10:54 mark they explain the Olympic rules and judging system:
 
 

Done !
 

 
every single TV covered second of the Tokyo 2020 on one place (They also added the missing Day 2 Swimming Heats and Badminton Court 1 action of both sessions) so we have really everything in this database.
 
All Days Links are in the opening post of this thread.
 
 
Enjoy !  and good re-watching
 
 
 

Hey fellow Totallympians
 
I have an announcement to make about my role as Prediction Contest manager and the future of prediction contests. From the beginning of the next year, I would like to step down as sole Prediction Contest manager. As my time at the university is coming to and, I would like to focus more of my time on applying for job positions from the beginning of next year. Also one of the reason behind my decisions is that I have been much less active in the threads since I became Prediction Contest manager. Especially during the Olympics with five prediction contests which took most of my time during the day. I felt quite stressed during that period. But I knew the period would be short and end a couple of weeks later. For Beijing 2022 I definitely need some help, as there would probably be more predicton contests than during Tokyo. I know my life will change with more time focused on applying for a job position. Plus I have a personal life that means everything to me and I would like more time for that. 
I plan to still be part of the prediction contest group, but I would mostly only be able to manage 1 contest per month. I would therefore like to ask if someone or more people  on the forum could be interested in being my co-manager/s from the beginning of 2022. I would guide the person/people in how to run the prediction contests. Make prediction design, etc... And by time, that person/people will take over the role as manager/s.
 
 
I hope by getting a co-manager/s, and by time stepping more down, I will find a balance to both manage my work and private life. Also additionally, have more time to be active on this forum in other ways. My passion is athletics and I want to be more active in that thread and also have time for especially winter sports who also gives me great pleasure to follow. 
 
In short, I would like to seek for one or more co-managers at first by the beginning of next year. If anyone is interested to become co-manager or hear more about it, you can send me a PM and we can talk about it.
 
I hope there will be at least someone who would like to take over my role by time. I really enjoy these prediction contest and I know many really appreciate the work me and all those before me have made to make these contests possible. I hope these contests can continue to bring together the community on Totallympics. 
 
That's all from me,
Wumo

All I meant is that rarely a cheater is exposed during major International competitions in these sports (especially Olympics). Usually weightlifting, cycling and athletics are the leaders by miles. Now that I saw the figures from WADA, I have been surprised by the high percentage of dopers in boxing and wrestling. Sorry if I mislead somebody. Apparently equestrian is the absolute "champion" percentage-wise
 
(https://www.wada-ama.org/sites/default/files/resources/files/2019_anti-doping_testing_figures_en.pdf)
 

Imagine if we find out Tandara and Ujah got it from the same source. 
 
 
One of the British papers is bound to try and imply he was poisoned by Italy or Russia or China or any random country. It feels the obvious route the press will go down. I mean the daily Mail article on Ujah calls the investigation into Jacobs a doping probe. 
 
 

from what I read in social media, it seems Taliban took full control of Herat, the third largest city of Afghanistan and they are going to capture Kandahar (the 2nd city) in next few hours or days. Kabul will fall in few weeks, it won't even last till the end of 2021. those corrupt politicians will fly to some western countries and poor people will remain to deal with these monsters. I bet Mr Ashraf Ghani already has his plane ready to fly
 
personally I know more about Herat because that's close to our border and people there have more or less the same culture. so it's just heartbreaking to read such news. reading people's reaction in social media almost makes me cry   what's more disappointing is that the whole world doesn't care. this was easily preventable. 
 
so I guess we won't see Afghanistan at the Olympics anymore. but but but the generous Tommy Bach and his friends will invite few shitty random athletes from Europe with Afghan heritage for the next refugee team to give """hope""" and happiness to all refugees around the world. problem solved.

Boxing and definitely, absolutely wrestling  
 
Because technique is important, like in any sport, but strength, endurance and training hours simply are important too. And just to clarify, I don't mean this as anything towards Bulgaria at all, just specifically about the sports  
 
Sadly there is basically no sport where some form of doping (be that beta blockers to steady the nerves and hands, good old blood transfusions or whatever steroids) doesn't give some form of advantage.

Could you please explain to me what is the state of the Bulgarian anti-doping system? The national anti-doping centre is certified using the same requirements as any other one in EU:
 
https://anti-doping.government.bg/en/
 
Let's also check the medals Bulgaria won at Tokyo:
 
Gold in rhythmic gymnastics - an entirely skill based sport
Gold in karate - a sport where technique is the primary way to win
Gold in boxing - a sport where judges decide your faith regardless of your strength and stamina plus it was in one of the middle weight categories
Silver in pistol shooting - steady hand and good mental strength required
Two bronzes in female freestyle wrestling - again a technique based sport
 
In which of the sports above did you last heard of any notable names worldwide as dopers?