TEAM KOREA (Oh Sang-uk, Gu Bon-gil, Park Sang-won, Do Gyeong-dong) celebrates with their coach, ex-fencer Won Woo-young, after winning gold in the Olympics men's team sabre event
"High-speed trains around France were hit by several “malicious acts” Friday that heavily disrupted traffic on the day of the high-risk opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, according to the national rail company SNCF."
"Government officials denounced the incidents hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which are happening around France, though there was no immediate sign of a link to the Games.
National police said authorities are investigating what happened. French media reported a big fire on a busy western route."
despite all the footage of the currently-happening paris olympics, donna comes across a video of the london games’ opening ceremony.
that same opening ceremony that her grandad and mum oddly refused to turn back on when it first aired — she very-nearly drops her phone when the camera pans over to one of the last torchbearer, hang on a damn moment…
in 1908, the summer Olympics were held in London from April through the end of October
which means the Olympics are happening in the background during the entirety of A Marvellous Light
now I'm thinking about the headache that a flock of international magician-athletes would be, and poor Edwin and Adelaide like REGGIE, PLEASE COME BACK AND DO YOUR JOB, WE'RE FAIRLY CERTAIN THAT POLE-VAULTER JUST FLEW
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908.
The 1908 Games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome but were relocated on financial grounds following the violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, which claimed over 100 lives.