Sadiq Khan has said if he is re-elected he will look to put a bid together to bring the Olymoics back to London in 2040 ..read more

Triathlon swim leg maybe cancelled because of pollution in the Seine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/68777061 ..read more

One year out from the games, 119 place have been qualified for the Paris Games These are in Archery 1 x Women's Individual Athletics 1 x Men's 200m 1 x Men's 400m 3 x Men's 800m 3 x Men's 1500m 1 x Men's 110 m Hurdles 1 x Men's Marathon 2 x Women's 100m 2 x Women's 200m 2 x Women's 400m 3 x Women's 800m 3 x Women's 1500m 1 x Women's 10,000m 1 x Women's 400m Hurdles 1 x Women's 3000 M Steeplechase 3 x Women's Marathin 1 x Women's Heptathlon 29 Places in total Boxing 1 x Men's Super Heaveyweight 1 x Women's Bantamweight 1 x Women Welterweight Canoeing 1x Men's C-1 Slalom Diving 1 x Men 3M S ..read more

Gracenote have done their medal predictions for Paris a year out. https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/olympic-games-2024/2024/keely-hodgkinson-and-jessica-gadirova-tipped-for-gold-at-paris-2024-olympics-as-team-gb-medal-rush-l_sto9709982/story.shtml Predicts USA top of course but whilst one would expect France to get a home town uplift; 32 golds feels a bit extra. I think it could be a good battle between France; Italy & GB for top European nation. A lot can change in a year of course and you can already see where things are a bit out of date e.g. No Matt Richards individual medals predi ..read more

2028 Olympic date confirmed as 14th to 30 July 2028. Unless other competitions are moved, I would expect Wimbledon to finish on 16th July and the Open and TDF to end on 23rd July. This would hardly make it easy for competitors in these sports to attend. Am I missing something or are these dates really odd ..read more

Why did Charlotte Worthington not take part in the BMX qualfying ..read more

Now open for applications. I know one or two were asking. https://www.paris2024.org/en/volunteers/?utm_source=crm_email&utm_medium=email_broadcast&utm_campaign=20230321_LANCEMENTVOL_EN_MembresClub ..read more

In February there were 5 prospective bidder, Barcelona, Spain (ultimately within the Catalonia and Aragon region) Lviv. Ukraine Salt Like City Sapporo. Japan Vancouver, Canada Well, since then three have dropped away Livi (who never formalised their bid) hopes were scuppered by Putin Barcelona, when the Catalonian and Aragonese governments couldn't come to an agreement. (It seem the independent members of the Carolinian parliament would have prefer to submit a bid with regions outside of Spain) Vancouver, when the British Columbia government decided the cost were too high to support the bid ..read more

Always an important day. Errm.....it's a phrygian hat, guys! Worn by manumitted slaves in Ancient Rome, adopted by the French Revolutionaries as a symbol of liberty. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11430301/Pariss-2024-Olympic-hat-mascot-likened-clitoris-trainers.html ..read more

Follwing on from the thread about weather Birmingham could host an Olympic games I would like know which city would you like to host the games in the future I would like to see Munich or Barcelona host not sure weather it feasible for Barcelona and not sure weather the facilities from 1992 are still there or being used, as for Munich and watching the European games they could host it but I think they would have to build quite few of stadia and an Olympic village too I'm not sure weather to put any criteria in what city is viable and weather or not they have the facilities but it upto you to ..read more