Olympics Thread
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
Watching the high jump last night I was reminded of an Olympic 'take' I agree with (heard it on a Bill Simmons pod a few years ago).
It makes no sense to have events that take place in the middle of other events. The way we do field events is a remnant of the 50s. It's time they moved out of the field, and into their own stadium.
So you'd have a dedicated stadium for the field events, and buy tickets solely to watch the jumps and throws. I reckon it would be much better than having to pause the high jump every time the 800m semis run past.
why though?
The running stadium is going to be no smaller. it's just there is a huge amount of unused grass in it.
Then they need to build another facility. And it's either way smaller, or you are doubling the cost for no benefit. And both would be used less than they are now.
All so you can avoid a slight pause every single athlete is used to?
You could easily reuse another facility, say the archery or shooting range once their comps have concluded.
It's about more than avoiding the pause. It's about giving these guys the crowd and attention they deserve. The long jump pit is on one side of the ground, so 75% of the crowd can't see it properly. Same goes for the high jump mat. The throws are in the middle, so nobody has a good view.
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
You could easily reuse another facility, say the archery or shooting range once their comps have concluded.
Or just schedule better.
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@nta said in Olympics Thread:
Run the jumping and throwing at the same time.
If you throw a thing and hit one of the jumpy people, you win gold.
There's a German who has already managed to hit (and kill) an official.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@nta said in Olympics Thread:
Run the jumping and throwing at the same time.
If you throw a thing and hit one of the jumpy people, you win gold.
There's a German who has already managed to hit (and kill) an official.
No medal. Officials aren't very fast-moving.
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Carrington is amazing!
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@mn5 said in Olympics Thread:
@crucial said in Olympics Thread:
Girl's still got guns!
Does she what. I’d be wary of arm wrestling her at the pub.
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Harvard grad and pretty handy 200m runner
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That Meagan Tapper could run under the hurdles. Only 5 foot 1!
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Olympics Thread:
That Meagan Tapper could run under the hurdles. Only 5 foot 1!
That's some tremendous athleticism to do hurdles and medal!
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seriously who does this...???? world champion Sifan Hassan makes an incredible recovery from a fall at the final bell to win her 1500-metre heat at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Falls over another runner, face plants, gets up, catches pack, out sprints them also to win heat
