Tag: Olympic

Olympic Data Engineering @Azure

The Olympic Games are one of the world’s most celebrated events, bringing together athletes from diverse backgrounds to compete on a global stage. Inspired by Darshil Parmar’s insightful YouTube video on Olympic Data Engineering, this article explores the fascinating world of data engine...

Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2023 (M): Summary

The tournament produced a different kind of pressure on the players. It was only a week-long tournament where every game counts and a simple mistake might cost you a lot. Knowing the results in Pool A, did the higher-ranked teams play complacently with the thought that they would still qualify due t...

Fun Facts of 2024 Paris Olympic

The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony will not be held in a stadium for the first time ever. Instead it will be done on the Seine, the river that crosses the centre of Paris. There will be one new sport for the Paris 2024 edition of the Olympics: breaking. Competition in the dance sport will comprise two ...

Legendary athletes who failed to win gold medals at Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a great leveler. While on the one hand we get to witness athletes rising from relative anonymity to create history, on the other there are eminent athletes who fail to rise to the occasion. As such, Olympics glory remains the lone elusive factor in their otherwise illustrious...

Olympic Giggles in Ancient Greece

Now, back then, it was a ‘men’s only’ club. Sorry, ladies, you had to sit this one out. The ancient Greeks thought only freeborn Greek men could handle the pressure of winning laurel wreaths and eternal glory. “So, no pressure, chaps — just win, and you’ll be r...