# Paris 2024 Olympics
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340
**Category:** Just for Fun
**Tags:** sports, athletes
**Created:** [July 28, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340 "2024-07-28T21:22:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/1 "2024-07-28T21:22:41Z")
Olympics fans, share your thrills!
Today’s thrill for me: the upset win by Canadian Eleanor Harvey in fencing. It was a hard fought match with brilliant work on both sides.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmt4E6gugSw)
What are some of the events and athletes you’re watching?
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/2 "2024-07-28T21:23:45Z")
(Celine Dion’s performance at the opening ceremony was a heart-mover too 😇 Loved it!)
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWBolTVhpl8)
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### Author:  [@Davina\_Davis](https://talkingsober.com/u/Davina_Davis)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/3 "2024-07-28T21:25:05Z")
Loving the surfing! Such a stunning place too!! Excited for gymnastics and break dancing.
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/4 "2024-07-28T21:33:15Z")
> [@Davina\_Davis](#):
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> Loving the surfing!
Me too. I wouldn’t mind being in Tahiti for this 🤩
https://www.youtube.com/embed/tGt7f0vd_wo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/5 "2024-07-28T21:42:45Z")
> [@Davina\_Davis](#):
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> break dancing
Super pumped for this too. Breaking (break dancing) is an exciting new event on the program.
I wonder if the attendees of DJ Kool Herc’s party in 1973 would have seen the future of breaking in the Olympics? 😇
https://www.youtube.com/embed/1MJQcPmNC50?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TMBWCcYs3o)
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### Author:  [@DamianUK](https://talkingsober.com/u/DamianUK)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/6 "2024-07-28T21:49:09Z")
> **[South Korea wrongly introduced as North Korea at Olympics](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmj2r1403jpo)**
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> South Korea said it would request a meeting with International Olympic Committee Chairman Thomas Bach.
That’s gonna go down well 😲…
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### Author:  [@Davina\_Davis](https://talkingsober.com/u/Davina_Davis)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/7 "2024-07-28T23:13:12Z")
I wonder if the kids in my 1980s jr high that drug around the cardboard and boomboxes would ever have dreamed it, either! Pretty fantastic 😁
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### Author:  [@Runningfree](https://talkingsober.com/u/Runningfree)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/8 "2024-07-28T23:35:20Z")
I’m always excited for gymnastics and track & field!l and swimming, all the swimming stuff
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### Author:  [@SinceIAwoke](https://talkingsober.com/u/SinceIAwoke)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/9 "2024-07-28T23:37:54Z")
Our hometown hero, [Elle Purrier St Pierre](https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=elle%20st%20pierre&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5), a farm kid from Northern Vermont is coming back for a second try at the 1500 meters. Heats are Tuesday. Go Elle, go fast!
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/10 "2024-07-29T00:35:31Z")
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/11 "2024-07-29T01:15:53Z")
I’m excited for swimming too. I love the sport: it’s so intense and focused - one lane, one swimmer, one direction, no distractions - and that focus makes it a thrilling sport to watch. (Especially that closing lap when it gets really intense!)
I’m excited for basketball too. Canada’s playing Olympic basketball for the first time since I was in school! 😳 We shall see. They need to play a little more intensely than they did today if they want to get to the podium 😒 😇
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### Author:  [@Seb](https://talkingsober.com/u/Seb)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/12 "2024-07-29T10:51:33Z")
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/13 "2024-07-29T11:37:26Z")
Australia is killing it! Talk about thrilling contest 🤩
> **[Australia come from behind in epic 6-5 win at 2024 Paris Olympics as Zambia's...](https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/australia-come-from-behind-in-epic-6-5-win-at-2024-paris-olympics-as-zambias-banda-sets-hat-trick-record/)**
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> Australia came back from 5-2 down to win their first game of the competition
[https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-australia-swimming-bf6207ee40b78db41347293f887294bf](https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-australia-swimming-bf6207ee40b78db41347293f887294bf)
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/18 "2024-07-29T15:32:40Z")
I didn’t get a chance to watch skateboarding at the 2020 Games - this will be great to see!
There’s an official Olympics Skateboarding channel on YouTube: it has replays from 2020; maybe they will also stream replays from this year?
[https://m.youtube.com/@OlympicsSkateboard/videos](https://m.youtube.com/@OlympicsSkateboard/videos)
Failing that, it’s worth checking around online, there must be somewhere it can be streamed live.
The Olympics website has an overview of the sport, including videos and an explanation of the rules:
> **[Olympic Skateboarding | Paris 2024 Olympics](https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/skateboarding)**
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> The world's top Skateboarding athletes will gather at the Paris 2024 Olympics (Jul 26-Aug 11, 2024). Get the latest Olympic Skateboarding updates here.
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/19 "2024-07-29T15:33:40Z")
That explains your passion for running today I suppose 😇
Any pics of you in your track days?
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### Author:  [@Runningfree](https://talkingsober.com/u/Runningfree)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/21 "2024-07-29T16:14:25Z")
I’m watching them now!! I didn’t even know skateboarding was an olympic event. I’m watching it on peacock
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### Author:  [@Tragicfarinelli](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tragicfarinelli)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/23 "2024-07-29T18:13:17Z")
Tom Daley getting silver with his dive partner this morning gave me all the feels ❤❤❤
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### Author:  [@Tetrax](https://talkingsober.com/u/Tetrax)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/24 "2024-07-29T18:20:53Z")
What a ride from GB’s Tom Pidcock, taking mountain bike cross-country gold from the Frenchman at the last, after getting a puncture and falling 40 seconds behind. Suffice to say the French crowd were not happy.
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/27 "2024-07-29T20:55:52Z")
Wow - you are absolutely right, that was incredible!
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNO7SCTyNcw)
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### Author:  [@Matt](https://talkingsober.com/u/Matt)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/paris-2024-olympics/185340/28 "2024-07-29T20:56:51Z")
Oooh that was nice 🤩
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_j1hQ4zogE)
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