Olympics 2024 fans reckon they’ve found ‘dream job’ as video of two Paris Games workers goes viral
OLYMPICS fans are convinced they've spotted someone with the "best job in the world".
After much anticipation, the eagerly-anticipated athletics portion of the Paris 2024 Games is well and truly underway.
The javelin event during Saturday's evening session caught the eye of many, but not for the athleticism of the competitors.
Viewers were more astounded by how the athletes' javelins are collected.
Traditionally, someone would pull them out the ground and run them all the way back to the throwing point.
But Paris 2024 is instead using REMOTE CONTROL CARS.
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Footage of the javelins being placed into the small white remote control cars and being driven back to their point of origin by two workers went viral.
The pair easily have the most most fun jobs of any of the staff at the Games, sitting down and driving the javelins back and forth without so much as barely breaking a sweat.
One watcher of the javelin posted a clip of the duo hard at work with the accompanying caption: "I don't want money, I don't want fame.
"I just want to be one of the two blokes whose job it is to sit on chairs in the Stade de France and drive the remote control cars back and forth collecting the Javelins after they've been thrown at the Olympics.
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"No stress, just sat down with your bestie chatting, driving cool mini-cars and watching Olympians do stuff all around you.
"Best seats in the house, best job in the world."
Viewers of the viral post were quick to comment with a series of hilarious thoughts.
One said: "Imagine their parents saying, ‘You can’t play with remote control cars all the time, it’s not a job!'"
And another said: "bet they're well paid as well hahaha."
One remarked: "Feet up, dream job."
Another chimed: "'Can you work remotely?'"
The men's javelin throw will resume at the Stade de France on Tuesday afternoon, with the women's kicking off on Wednesday morning.
What's happening today at The Games?
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TODAY'S BRIT MEDAL HOPES
More medals to be won in the velodrome with Emma Finucane eyeing gold in the women’s keirin (4.15pm) while Ethan Hayter goes in the men’s omnium (4pm).
The 3m men’s springboard diving final could be a chance for Jack Laugher to claim a fifth Olympic medal (2pm).
World champ and Tokyo silver medallist Bradly Sinden plus London and Rio gold star Jade Jones both go in the taekwondo (from 9.55am).
BRITS TO WATCH
The heptathlon begins at 9am with Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jade O’Dowda taking on the 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put and 200m today.
The 4x100m men’s and women’s relays start with round one this morning (from 10.10am).
And Georgia Hall and Charley Hull have their second round at the golf (from 8am),
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The men’s US basketball team face Serbia at 8pm hoping to book their place in the final.
The all-conquering Netherlands take on Germany for men’s hockey gold (6pm).
And there will be a host of athletics superstars in the finals on the track, with the men’s 200m (Noah Lyles) and men’s 110m hurdles (Grant Holloway) golds all up for grabs this evening from 7pm.
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Still time to get some beach volleyball action with the semi-finals from 4pm right by the Eiffel Tower.
Alternatively, the women’s handball semis feature Sweden vs France (3.30pm) and Norway vs Denmark (8.30pm).
Follow all the action as it unfolds with our Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE blog.