Olympics, who's watching ?

[DefTrap]

BBC just showed highlights of break dancing.
WTF..

Many folk moan about some sports in olympics.
But this isn't a sport. It's a dance

I'm sort of the same. A "sport" should be one where there is a reasonable chance of you getting sweaty and/or you have to be "athletic" - otherwise it shouldn't be in the Games.

Golf. Shooting. Etc. Nope, sorry. I appreciate these are skilled, but you may as well be good at tiddlywinks.
I realise that this rule leaves the door open to Dancing stuff, but the OC should just veto that out of hand.

I imagine there's a lot of lobbying (bribery and corruption) involved but FFS these people need to act -not- like they're at the big table at the Parish Council.

[Mr. Dazzle]

The Olympics used to have an arts section with gold medals for things like Poetry and Town Planning.

It's supposed to be about being really good at shit, no? Well the modern Olympics are anyway.

[Count Steer]

Breakdancing didn't bother me at all, neither did Greco-Roman wrestling, Taekwondo, nag dancing, hopping about waving a streamer, synchronised swimming etc etc.


I just didn't watch them.

[gremlin]

For once I find myself in agreement with a Gruaniad column:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/artic ... iling-golf

[cheb]

For once I find myself in agreement with a Gruaniad column:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/artic ... iling-golf

I got to the bit where they whined about the super rich and stopped reading.

[Yorick]

For once I find myself in agreement with a Gruaniad column:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/artic ... iling-golf

I love the swimming and rowing. A show of strength and application.

[Count Steer]

For once I find myself in agreement with a Gruaniad column:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/artic ... iling-golf

I thought they made some good points too, the stuff about the food, lack of air- con and the general disadvantage of poorer nations etc.

It is sort of turning into a mega-Cirque du Soleil event for global TV. Having the next one in LA/Hollywood is probably appropriate.

[gremlin]

Anything that needs to be judged strikes me as ripe for scrapping. If it needs a jury of experts to decide the winner, it's not really a sport, is it?

[Yorick]

Anything that needs to be judged strikes me as ripe for scrapping. If it needs a jury of experts to decide the winner, it's not really a sport, is it?

I mainly agree. But gymnastics and diving should stay.
Boxing is a true sport. Maybe fight till one goes down?

[Yorick]

Indeed, boxing and wrestling were in original Olympics. And horse racing.

https://olympics.com/ioc/ancient-olympi ... rts-events

[gremlin]

Anything that needs to be judged strikes me as ripe for scrapping. If it needs a jury of experts to decide the winner, it's not really a sport, is it?

I mainly agree. But gymnastics and diving should stay.
Boxing is a true sport. Maybe fight till one goes down?

Bare knuckle. In a seedy dockside warehouse. Jeering, cut-throat onlookers exchanging cash noisily.

[Mr Moofo]

Anything that needs to be judged strikes me as ripe for scrapping. If it needs a jury of experts to decide the winner, it's not really a sport, is it?

I mainly agree. But gymnastics and diving should stay.
Boxing is a true sport. Maybe fight till one goes down?

Bare knuckle. In a seedy dockside warehouse. Jeering, cut-throat onlookers exchanging cash noisily.

Synchronised boxing could be good
Mixed boxing could be a laugh - and would get ride of all the issues
I still think synchronised skateboarding in a goer
And I reckon it's time to bring back the three legged race rather than the relay