2024 Summer Olympics

[darkoshi]

Today I started watching the 2024 Paris Olympics Closing ceremony which I had taped with my Tablo, to find that it recorded less than an hour rather than the full 3 hours I had set it to record. So not only did the Tablo fail to tape the breaking competition, it also flubbed this one.

But that is okay, as the Olympics channel on YouTube now has the full ceremony available!
Full Closing Ceremony ✨ | Paris Replays

I found some clips of the breaking events too!

The artistic swimming is quite amazing too - I wasn't expecting to be so impressed by it:

Watch on YouTube

Video title:
The routine that secured them GOLD! 🥇✨ (synchronized swimming duet)
Posted by: Olympics
Date posted: Sep 2, 2024


Gold to People's Republic of China | Artistic Swimming | #Paris2024 (team swimming)

USA Perform to Michael Jackson | Artistic Swimming | #Paris2024 (team swimming)


So now I'm partway through watching the Olympics closing ceremony as well as the Paralympics closing ceremony. (Maybe I'll finish before the next Olympics comes along...)

Comments

[frith]

From the bits and bobs I heard on the radio, the breaking event could have been of a higher caliber if they'd been better at soliciting participation from the 'breaking community'. Something about expenses keeping people out and a lack of consultation of people who know who's what where? Breaking is cool but as a sport, I lump it in with synchronized swimming, gymnastic dancing and competitive painting. Not exactly Higher, Faster, Stronger material.

[darkoshi]

I'd like to see the breaking performance some people were upset by, where they said it looked like she was jumping like a kangaroo. I'd probably like it. I haven't gotten around to searching for it yet.

[frith]

I hadn't heard of that, I only saw the final showdown for men's gold. I don't watch sports in general, I only watched that one thing because it was break dancing and because somehow Canada did well.