Paris Olympiad 2024

I'm disappointed with the French crowds at the Olympics. Supporting your team is one thing booing the opposition is something else.

I'm glad to see the GB men's hockey team make a good comeback against France and their booing fans.

(01-08-2024 12:32 )Charlemagne Wrote:  I'm disappointed with the French crowds at the Olympics. Supporting your team is one thing booing the opposition is something else.

Maybe the Brits should respond appropriately, by randomly yelling whatever bits of French they can still remember from when they learnt it at school

Apropos, never mind the walking, the sport that bedevils me is the high jump, or the random wiggle over a bar as it seems to be.

Joe Clarke set to go in the Canoe Slalom Kayak final shortly.

No Sir.

5th.

I see that the Italian PM's weighed in the IOC decision to allow boxer's despite being contrary ruling in '23 World Champs's.

It comes after Italian boxer Angela Carini conceded her Olympic Round of 16 fight (after suffering a probable broken nose) with Algeria's Imane Khelif in what has become one of the most controversial Olympic bouts of all time.

It's all down to who is clasified as being a women for the sport. Both sides of the arguements have their supporters.

I think to be honest if she has been thrown out of international competitions the IOC needs to look at this and if further international pressure grows against this result, she/he should gracefully withdraw and hrr italian opponent should be reinstated. There should have been an extra competition for her gender at a single weight class where they don't fight male or female.

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(01-08-2024 12:50 )Doddle Wrote:  {snip}

Just say "why don't you go for a wee wee" in french then that way you're politely telling them to F**k off" lol

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(01-08-2024 12:32 )Charlemagne Wrote:  I'm disappointed with the French crowds at the Olympics. Supporting your team is one thing booing the opposition is something else.

I'fd have to say if the booing continues then IOC needs to step in and warn the French committee that the unsportsmanlike crowd behaviour can not be tolerated much further. I'd give the crowd the middle finger if they booed me.

think the middle finger was invented for the french

something to do with the 100 years war and archers french used to cut there fingers off so it was a sign that they had there fingers and they were gonna rain down arrows on them

french are just mardy bastards remember when they were sulking in the track cycling trying asking why we were head and shoulders above them and Dave Brailesford said it because we had rounder wheels

Def Moody bastards If they burn our lamb again we should burn all french cheeses in retaliation . I bet they were also tried to accuse us of using different tyres!!!

they said we had electric motors in the frames once

(01-08-2024 18:22 )HannahsPet Wrote:  they said we had electric motors in the frames once

Wait a minute - that sounds a lot like them asaying that we were cheating in the Keirin cycling race because the electric bike used is british!!

^ And our tyres were too round .. But both of those were from the Tour and not the Olympics.