Olympics Thread
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
No it wouldn't. Because that's actually unsafe and a bit silly.
You said 'there's a reason competitors have to complete it in order'. I pressed, and according to you the main reason is 'organisational efficiency'. Which to me isn't much of a reason at all. It's the Olympics, of course they can keep the roads closed and the water staffed. The race only goes for an hour or two.
Now of course for other triathlons it's completely ridiculous.
EDIT: I suppose in my proposal you couldn't have the cyclists and runners together on the same course, but it wouldn't be too hard to split them off so you don't have people run over.
Silly me - I hadn't made the entirely logical leap that the Olympic event was going to be an entirely different format that couldn't be replicated in a single non-Olympic race, ever - so they basically do it this way once every 4 years.
Makes way more sense, as you were
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The Men's pole vault was incredible. The Swedish athlete who won the Gold broke his own world record he set in April and then also smashed the Olympic record. He cleared 6.25m his ninth world record of his career.
Duplantis achieves new heights after pole vault world record adds to gold
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@1kiwi said in Olympics Thread:
The Men's pole vault was incredible. The Swedish athlete who won the Gold broke his own world record he set in April and then also smashed the Olympic record. He cleared 6.25m his ninth world record of his career.
Duplantis achieves new heights after pole vault world record adds to gold
yeah, was great viewing - serious height and such a dominant performance
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@reprobate said in Olympics Thread:
@antipodean can't speak for the masses, but I'm not really up for watching you in your bath mate.
You sound like my neighbours.
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Watched the final of the 3x3 basketball. Soccer really should do similar type format - when I’m watching maybe 2 hours tv in the evening I’m not going to spend 90 minutes watching soccer. The 3x3 was intense fast easy to understand and good crowd involvement.
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@Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:
Watched the final of the 3x3 basketball. Soccer really should do similar type format - when I’m watching maybe 2 hours tv in the evening I’m not going to spend 90 minutes watching soccer. The 3x3 was intense fast easy to understand and good crowd involvement.
Reminds me of a great movie starring Bill Nighy
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I assume for most, the swim is considered the harder discipline, most taxing on the body, while cycling likely the 'easiest'?
Swimming last would suck most in my hypothetical make the triathlon harder....
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I can't believe the Olympics allows soccer to use them as a development ground. It should be either the real deal or nothing at all, or it undermines the importance of a gold medal.
That said, I think they should do a sniff test across all sports and if it's not the pinnacle, or at least on par with the pinnacle, of the sport then it should be axed. Soccer shouldn't be there, I don't think cricket should be added either as it'd be just another tournament in an already full calendar, and we already have World Cups that are the pinnacle of the sport.
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@taniwharugby said in Olympics Thread:
I assume for most, the swim is considered the harder discipline, most taxing on the body, while cycling likely the 'easiest'?
Swimming last would suck most in my hypothetical make the triathlon harder....
And have loads of lifesaving
At least at the amateur level
And so many DNF that the sport would die
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@No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:
I can't believe the Olympics allows soccer to use them as a development ground. It should be either the real deal or nothing at all, or it undermines the importance of a gold medal.
That said, I think they should do a sniff test across all sports and if it's not the pinnacle, or at least on par with the pinnacle, of the sport then it should be axed. Soccer shouldn't be there, I don't think cricket should be added either as it'd be just another tournament in an already full calendar, and we already have World Cups that are the pinnacle of the sport.
One of the best aspects of watching the Olympics is seeing sports you don’t ordinarily get to watch (tv scheduling) or have even known existed (curling)
We don’t need to see more football, golf, tennis, cricket
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@No-Quarter said in Olympics Thread:
I can't believe the Olympics allows soccer to use them as a development ground. It should be either the real deal or nothing at all, or it undermines the importance of a gold medal.
While I don't think football and other pro sports like basketball should be at the Olympics it is even more strange that the men's and women's competition have different selection criteria. The mens is U23 with three over-age players while the women's has no age restriction. Add to that because the Olympics falls outside the FIFA window, clubs don't have to release players, and many didn't.
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@Bovidae said in Olympics Thread:
Maia Ramsden put on the afterburners in the last 100 m to get 6th and advance to the SF of the 1500 m.
She had her momentum checked on the final bend, as 2 of them tried to overtake a slow coach at the same time. so good recovery from that.
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@Dodge said in Olympics Thread:
Have long thought that triathlon just massively favours the best runner given the ability to draft in the cycling, never really been clear why you wouldn’t reverse it, cycle first, then run, then swim
My guess has been the safety element of swimming at the start while least fatigued.
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@canefan said in Olympics Thread:
Down at the water, the sun's out and Dame Lisa has the guns out. Carrington and Hoskin win their K2 500m heat with relative ease
Easing up.
Would be some sort of record if she can notch a 6th gold gong in 5 Olympics.
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So climbing is a thing now?Just saw a bit of BBC coverage, cant believe this is an olympic sport.
