Olympic Games
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Takethedogalong replied on 14/12/2020 00:12
ABM replied on 27/12/2020 22:25
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 27/12/2020 22:48
Takethedogalong replied on 28/12/2020 17:33
Posted on 28/12/2020 17:33
I have really missed all the sport this year. Mainly the cycling events here in UK, being able to go to see a live football game.
I love watching the Olympics as well, although I don’t care for all the politics and huge spending that seems to accompany it nowadays. I just enjoy watching elite athletes doing what they do best, seeing all that effort and determination.
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cyberyacht replied on 29/12/2020 08:40
Posted on 29/12/2020 08:40
The problem, as I see it, with some of these new "sports" is the subjective nature of the judging. Fastest, highest, furtherest, heaviest is unequivocal. This cannot be applied to synchronised swimming, surfing, ice dancing, skateboarding etc. I'm not a great follower of sport but ISTM that it detracts from the whole concept of the Olympics.
Rocky 2 buckets replied on 29/12/2020 08:57
Takethedogalong replied on 29/12/2020 10:51
Posted on 29/12/2020 08:40 by cyberyachtThe problem, as I see it, with some of these new "sports" is the subjective nature of the judging. Fastest, highest, furtherest, heaviest is unequivocal. This cannot be applied to synchronised swimming, surfing, ice dancing, skateboarding etc. I'm not a great follower of sport but ISTM that it detracts from the whole concept of the Olympics.
Posted on 29/12/2020 10:51
You need to understand how they are “scored” to appreciate some sports fully. Some sports have two scoring systems, one a tariff of degree of difficulty (based upon things like horizontal and vertical pivots.....ie a double somersault is more difficult than a single somersault) and then their will be an “artistic” score, based upon interpretation of music or how a routine is linked or synchronised.
I have actually come to appreciate more of the “new” sports, such as the snow boarding, BMX etc....
Breaking will be a bit like Artistic Gymnastics, by 2024 they will have a tariff system, and an interpretation scoring system. It will require strength, endurance, flexibility, rhythm.
Squash players are very miffed to be overlooked again though.......
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