Olympian1010

I’m going to share this thread I started on X (and hope to update daily) for those interested in fun facts and random stats. I may post of few of them on Totallympics from time to time, but the thread while likely be more active.

My big dumb brain mixed up New Brunswick and Newfoundland for some reason. Apologies.

If only we had a user from to celebrate this announcement @NearPup

Part of the Paralympic Torch Relay visited the celebrations held as part of the 80th anniversary of Paris’ liberation during World War 2.

More information starting to populate the results system. Just about 48 hours until the start of the Paralympic Games

I'll join the jury once more

Well, that was quite the glitch 😅

Western US is going through an odd cold weather pattern at the moment, which brought a dusting of snow to higher elevations in California.

Western US is going through an odd cold weather pattern at the moment, which brought a dusting of snow to higher elevations in California.

Western US is going through an odd cold weather pattern at the moment, which brought a dusting of snow to higher elevations in California.

Cross referencing the results system, and the IPC database... competed at Tokyo 2020, but don't appear in the results system for Paris 2024. Faroe Islands is then set to be unrepresented at the Summer Paralympic Games for the first time since 1984. return after missing Tokyo 2020. Bangladesh last competed at Beijing 2008. Solomon Islands and Vanuatu last competed at London 2012. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Macao, China; Myanmar; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago last competed at Rio 2016. Disclaimer: I checked your question on the fly, so there's a chance I missed an NPC for either category.

Results system is available now: https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/paralympic-games/schedule/grid

In case anyone needs a hype video.

The IPC put out some preliminary entry statistics today (subject to final comfirmation as delegations arrive in Paris): https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024/news/paris-2024-record-number-delegations-and-females-compete set to make their Paralympic Games debut.

Busy few weeks in competitive feature film coming up. TIFF, Venice and San Sebastián all on the docket. I'm still trying to get through everything I missed over the summer, so it might be a while before I'm ready to watch anything from the fall festivals.

On the topic of broadcasting, here's the list of rights holders put together by the IPC: https://www.paralympic.org/paris-2024/news/where-to-watch

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Games Athens 2004…I present some of the greatest badminton reporting of all time

Time to make one of my rare posts about baseball

CIJM released the sports/events program: https://cijm.org.gr/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ta-2026_sports-programme-with-disciplines_05-07-2024.pdf Highlights include the addition of finswimming and roller sports. Canoe Sprint, Rowing and Triathlon also return. Women's football is also listed.

Ask, and you shall receive Mixed Eight Final A begins around 1:33:00 into the video.

I vote: yes.

I noticed no one metioned it during/after the men's marathon, but Yaseen Abdulla placed 33rd in his first ever competive marathon (time: 2:11:41).

I may be responsible for some of the decrease because I can get carried away during live events, but obviously I wasn’t around much this time.

...until the qualification season for winter sports ramps up in just a few months time

Also, becuase I'm not done gift-giving info in this thread. Tennis entries @vinipereira: https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/itf-announces-entries-for-paris-2024-paralympic-wheelchair-tennis-event/