In the United States, everyone is following the 2024 Paris Olympics at their own pace

For Americans who want to follow the events of the Paris Olympics, they have to choose between getting up early, sometimes very early, or watching a replay. Report from Philadelphia.

The American basketball players will enter the Olympic tournament on Sunday, July 28, at 5:15 p.m. While it will be 11:15 a.m. on the East Coast, it will be 8:15 a.m. in Los Angeles, on the Pacific Coast. But it is not always easy to follow the competitions from the other side of the world, with a significant time difference. In this sporting goods store in Philadelphia, among the basketball jerseys and shorts, a television installed in front of the cash register is broadcasting the Olympic games.

“We try to put sports on television, to stay up to date with what’s happening around the Leagueexplains the salesman, a sports fan, but who therefore works out of sync with broadcast times. It’s a bit difficult because some matches start very early in the morning for us, three o’clock, sometimes four, even five,” he regrets.

“But it’s still good, because some people who wake up at that time will at least have sports to watch and follow.” Which will be his case, moreover, he who defines himself as a “up early”. “VSIt depends on what I’m doing. I like to get ahead of the game, get up and work out in the morning. If I have the opportunity to wake up around four or five in the morning to start my day, I’ll definitely be able to keep up and be connected.”

But here in Philadelphia, the Olympic madness has its limits. Paul is dribbling with his son on a municipal basketball court, and he doesn’t plan on suffering from jet lag. “During the day, I’ll work, take care of the children. And in the evening, once I’m calm, I’ll turn on the TV and enjoy the reruns.”says the father.

Everything is simpler than when he was a child, he said: “We didn’t have digital recordings and current technology. We had to sit in front of the television on.”

“Nowadays, you just press record and watch whenever it suits you.”

Paul, viewer

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Right next door, a group of young people are playing basketball. They all say they want to watch the competition in Paris. One of them, barely an adult, explains it very well. His generation is the generation of streaming. So why get up early to watch a game? “Even if you miss it, you can go to YouTube. You type in what you want and it will be there. It’s the same thing (as live). It’s not mandatory to watch live, it’s not my priority.”

He assures us that the thrill will still be there. And then, that “get ready for 2032”Caroline adds. After Los Angeles, it will be Brisbane, Australia. This year, there is only a six-hour time difference. “In eight years, it will be 14 hours different”she smiled.