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Re: events you want removing from olympicsTotally agree with your analysis of TT. It's a brilliant game. Have to disagree with you on it's Olympic status, but I'm not going to argue your opinion. After all, the only thing I have is a feel that it just doesn't sit well in the Olympics.(Original post by Ursin)
Table tennis is incredibly dynamic and requires sharp reactions, judgement and a solid knowledge of the effects of different spins on the ball. I'm not having a go at you or anything, I just think it's definitely a credible Olympic sport
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsWhy bother with an Olympics then? Why not just make the Athletics World Champs run on a four year cycle with one year off in every 4?(Original post by mikeyd85)
I'd have no problem with that. Cycling round a track I've never understood tbh - you cycle outside... that's the point... to get some fresh air. Swimming I could maybe let in, as well as rowing, but diving and sync swimming... nope. Gymnastics... I just don't see the appeal.
Given your definition is run faster it seems the only person who's going be eligible for pool/lake based events is Jesus...
But you could argue Olympic Gold in road cycling isn't the pinnacle, sa,e as football, I doubt if you offered Wiggins the chance to swap his Yellow Jersey for an Olympic Gold before today he'd say yes. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsFootball has been in the Olympics for over 100 years.(Original post by Ice Constricter)
Olympic football is a joke. And its not like anyone is gonna miss it.
It even predates the World Cup.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsI'm just responding to the OP's question brah, the thread title is 'events you want removing from the olympics'. If I had to remove an event, it would be that one because it looks like a pile of ****(Original post by social outcast)
so because you dont understand it we should get rid of it
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Oh come on beach volleyball is so sexy!(Original post by pinkpenguin)
Beach Volleyball?
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsI'd have no problem with that.(Original post by roh)
Why bother with an Olympics then? Why not just make the Athletics World Champs run on a four year cycle with one year off in every 4?
Given your definition is run faster it seems the only person who's going be eligible for pool/lake based events is Jesus...
But you could argue Olympic Gold in road cycling isn't the pinnacle, sa,e as football, I doubt if you offered Wiggins the chance to swap his Yellow Jersey for an Olympic Gold before today he'd say yes.
Dynamo would give Jesus a run for his money. If you read all my comments though, I concede that swimming and rowing are valid sports for the Olympics.
Agreed. Let's get rid of that too. TDF > Olympics for sure. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsSo? It's the Olympics ffs.(Original post by Breeze_lovin)
Oh come on beach volleyball is so sexy!
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsI would never actively want to see and event removed, because I can just not watch it, and others enjoy it.
In saying that, I reckon there are probably too many swimming events.
And maybe turn the tennis into a team event, like a mini davis cup. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsHmm, I'd agree with equestrian. But football is a very inclusive sport as you only need something to kick about a bit of land in order to practice. Whereas equestrian...well... you're not likely to get very good at that if you live in some dump abroad.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsSee I think that removes the special element and would decrease standard. I follow swimming more than athletics but these athletes train on a 4 year cycle and thus at their ultimate peak they do more amazing things than if they just prepared for an annual event.(Original post by mikeyd85)
I'd have no problem with that.
Dynamo would give Jesus a run for his money. If you read all my comments though, I concede that swimming and rowing are valid sports for the Olympics.
Agreed. Let's get rid of that too. TDF > Olympics for sure.
Also, from a much more mercenary perspective, each sport benefits financially from the profile of the Olympics and them all being there. The viewing figures for each of their individual world champs, and thus TV and sponsorship revenues, I doubt match those of the Olympics. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsFencing was one of the founding sport disciplines. And it can hardly go on for hours. They used to but they changed it that if no one has scored the 'sudden death', then the winner will be declared at random (a bit weird I know...). And you have to differentiate between Foil, Epee and Sabre. They are VERY different(Original post by whiteing)
Fencing, it were ight, but every single duel seemed to be constant simultanious hits and it went on for hoursssssssss
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsSee, I'd rather have it so athletes aren't on a 4 year cycle. To become a true great would require you to be able to maintain a sufficiently high standard but to also not burn out. I've never been a huge fan of peak and trough training tbh.(Original post by roh)
See I think that removes the special element and would decrease standard. I follow swimming more than athletics but these athletes train on a 4 year cycle and thus at their ultimate peak they do more amazing things than if they just prepared for an annual event.
Also, from a much more mercenary perspective, each sport benefits financially from the profile of the Olympics and them all being there. The viewing figures for each of their individual world champs, and thus TV and sponsorship revenues, I doubt match those of the Olympics.
Now that we (finally) have enough channels to watch the sport of our choice, I think it'd be really interesting to compare said championships to the Olympic figures. I don't doubt what you say there, I'd just like to see those figures compared.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsI think football and tennis are decent candidates for removal, also I'm not really sure why they added golf. These sports don't really need the Olympics as a pinnacle and football just ends up having weird rules restricting the teams.
That's probably just Epee you're talking about. And it goes on for 9 minutes. I do agree that it can be a pretty boring spectator sport at times, but I think mostly it just suffers from the fact that people who don't really understand what's going on watch it and then dismiss it straight away as dull (much like cricket).(Original post by whiteing)
Fencing, it were ight, but every single duel seemed to be constant simultanious hits and it went on for hoursssssssss
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsYes but would you actually miss it?(Original post by TRS-T)
Football has been in the Olympics for over 100 years.
It even predates the World Cup.
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsThat logic could be applied to a lot of sports with the result that we wouldn't be left with a great deal.(Original post by Chief Wiggum)
Football and tennis. The Olympics is not the most important competition in these sports.
The Tour De France and the other Grand Tours are probably more prestigious than the one day Olympic road race. The same is probably true for the NBA compared to Olympic basketball. A sport shouldn't be excluded just because it is popular outside of 16 days every four years.Last edited by Patriot Rich; 01-08-2012 at 17:08. -
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Re: events you want removing from olympicsI think swimming should be cut down a little bit, say two distance events per style rather then the current (4?).
The "freed" space to be allocated to ensure that female athletes have as many competitions to enter as the male ones. I know this wasn't the case in Beijing, not sure if it has been entirely equalised yet. If it is the case, then just restore some of the events lost in other sports (individual pursuit for example).
Also feel that the Olympics should involve athletic ability, as others have said table tennis/golf are highly questionable in this regard. What next, darts?Last edited by RyanT; 01-08-2012 at 17:11.
