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Post by Nik on Aug 1, 2024 20:47:02 GMT
Did someone on here nearly take part in the Olympics? Judo? If not for an injury.
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Post by ldjh79 on Aug 1, 2024 21:08:23 GMT
Yes good memory, It was a signature of a poster on the other board pretty certain
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Post by malc on Aug 2, 2024 7:37:14 GMT
Love the Swimming, Cycling, Track and Field etc but Football should be f*cked off from the Olympics. I'd can Tennis off too. And I like both sports. But the Olympics should be the pinnacle. It's not like they are amateurs like in Boxing either. Bung golf in there too for me Golf isn't even a sport. And wasn't it board admin who almost went to the Olympics in Judo but for injury?
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Post by Count de Stockport on Aug 2, 2024 8:07:59 GMT
Did someone on here nearly take part in the Olympics? Judo? Dressage
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Post by gibbo on Aug 2, 2024 11:40:02 GMT
but Football should be f*cked off from the Olympics. Would normally agree, but France v Argentina could be an interesting one tonight.
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Post by hedleyverity on Aug 2, 2024 13:07:45 GMT
Was it the Mens or women’s team the poster was looking to compete in? Ahead of his/her time with that one they were
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Post by Henry Pratt on Aug 2, 2024 13:23:26 GMT
With regard to what sports should be in, I've got a slight issue with sports that are judged. The commentator on the diving said the judges don't see a replay - well, let them, I'd say. Anything to improve the accuracy. Even so, there are some highly dodgy results - particularly in boxing, I understand. Problem is, if you get rid of judged sports, you're losing a lot of very high-quality sport.
Not sure why golf and football aren't legitimately Olympic sports. Or any sports, really. The days of amateurism are long behind us, thankfully, so all sports should be eligible. Not sure you could accommodate everything logistically (where are bowls, petanque, kabaddi, pelota, squash, etc?), but I don't think the IOC do a bad job, really, in what they allow in.
That said, a return of town planning, underwater swimming and standing high jump would be nice.
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Post by desmond on Aug 2, 2024 13:33:08 GMT
With regard to what sports should be in, I've got a slight issue with sports that are judged. The commentator on the diving said the judges don't see a replay - well, let them, I'd say. Anything to improve the accuracy. Even so, there are some highly dodgy results - particularly in boxing, I understand. Problem is, if you get rid of judged sports, you're losing a lot of very high-quality sport. Not sure why golf and football aren't legitimately Olympic sports. Or any sports, really. The days of amateurism are long behind us, thankfully, so all sports should be eligible. Not sure you could accommodate everything logistically (where are bowls, petanque, kabaddi, pelota, squash, etc?), but I don't think the IOC do a bad job, really, in what they allow in. That said, a return of town planning, underwater swimming and standing high jump would be nice. Interesting comment this morning that the judges were scoring the Chinese highly regardless of the quality of the dive.
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Post by Henry Pratt on Aug 2, 2024 13:35:34 GMT
With regard to what sports should be in, I've got a slight issue with sports that are judged. The commentator on the diving said the judges don't see a replay - well, let them, I'd say. Anything to improve the accuracy. Even so, there are some highly dodgy results - particularly in boxing, I understand. Problem is, if you get rid of judged sports, you're losing a lot of very high-quality sport. Not sure why golf and football aren't legitimately Olympic sports. Or any sports, really. The days of amateurism are long behind us, thankfully, so all sports should be eligible. Not sure you could accommodate everything logistically (where are bowls, petanque, kabaddi, pelota, squash, etc?), but I don't think the IOC do a bad job, really, in what they allow in. That said, a return of town planning, underwater swimming and standing high jump would be nice. Interesting comment this morning that the judges were scoring the Chinese highly regardless of the quality of the dive. Yeah, that's what I said upthread. The commentator was saying what they were looking for in terms of synchronicity, etc, and even a once every four years pleb like me could see it wasn't happening, and they were getting better marks than others who were better synchronised.
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Post by bigmartin on Aug 2, 2024 13:50:19 GMT
With regard to what sports should be in, I've got a slight issue with sports that are judged. The commentator on the diving said the judges don't see a replay - well, let them, I'd say. Anything to improve the accuracy. Even so, there are some highly dodgy results - particularly in boxing, I understand. Problem is, if you get rid of judged sports, you're losing a lot of very high-quality sport. Not sure why golf and football aren't legitimately Olympic sports. Or any sports, really. The days of amateurism are long behind us, thankfully, so all sports should be eligible. Not sure you could accommodate everything logistically (where are bowls, petanque, kabaddi, pelota, squash, etc?), but I don't think the IOC do a bad job, really, in what they allow in. That said, a return of town planning, underwater swimming and standing high jump would be nice. Interesting comment this morning that the judges were scoring the Chinese highly regardless of the quality of the dive. Same with that American gymnast I thought (Byles?). Don't get me wrong, she's fantastic. But she nearly ended up in Luxembourg on her jump landing and still got marked highly. There's definitely a 'hype' premium. Which isn't me even saying she didn't deserve to win, but it seems obvious to me there's a clear bias. I do prefer sports where scoring is transparent and linear.
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Post by bigmartin on Aug 2, 2024 13:52:53 GMT
I absolutely love the fact that, when they tee off on a sailing boat race, the commentator says "... made a slow start".
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Post by edjelley on Aug 2, 2024 14:36:56 GMT
Bit of controversy over the women's boxing it seems?
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Post by bigmartin on Aug 2, 2024 14:49:23 GMT
Bit of controversy over the women's boxing it seems? It's interesting because, if Mrs Big is to be trusted and believed, the Algerian boxer IS actually a woman and not trans. Apparently she was born with a different chromosome but is a biological woman. Same kind of thing I imagine as that Kratochvilova a while back perhaps? End of the day, if she's a woman she's a woman. "Some girls are bigger than others".
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Post by Nik on Aug 2, 2024 15:51:03 GMT
Bit of controversy over the women's boxing it seems? It's interesting because, if Mrs Big is to be trusted and believed, the Algerian boxer IS actually a woman and not trans. Apparently she was born with a different chromosome but is a biological woman. Same kind of thing I imagine as that Kratochvilova a while back perhaps? End of the day, if she's a woman she's a woman. "Some girls are bigger than others". She competed at the last Olympics and lost in the quarter finals. No matter what people's views are on transpeople, this woman is simply competing as permitted and is being villainised as some kind of evil manifestation of woke.
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Post by hedleyverity on Aug 2, 2024 15:56:24 GMT
If we're talking about sports that should or shouldn't be in the Olympics, maybe 2 people belting each other in the head is one that shouldn't?
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