# Summer Olympics 2021 ongoing discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** olympic-sports-track\ **Created:** [July 23, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137 "2021-07-23T12:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/182 "2021-07-26T19:34:53Z")
[Sorry, I meant like this for how I envisioned skateboarding.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he03dVkhLTM) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/183 "2021-07-26T19:36:16Z")
Next week has Park Skateboarding as opposed to Street Skateboarding: [![](https://cdn.dmcl.biz/media/image/202102/o/Tokyo+2020+skateboarding+park.png) ](https://cdn.dmcl.biz/media/image/202102/o/Tokyo+2020+skateboarding+park.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/184 "2021-07-26T19:39:23Z")
So is the skate park that was built for the Olympics going to be left for recreational use after? I’m sure the kids in Tokyo will be very happy if it is. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/185 "2021-07-26T19:39:56Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Next week has Park Skateboarding as opposed to Street Skateboarding: Thanks, should hopefully be cooler and more interesting? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/186 "2021-07-26T21:46:13Z")
The Philippines just got its first gold medal. Ever. Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/187 "2021-07-26T21:50:38Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > The swimming has been pretty good, but there is someone (a coach, or someone in the stands) whistling incredibly loudly and irritatingly, and it is being picked-up by the mic. OK, that irritating whistling must be coming from a coach, providing some info to a swimmer. It must be an American coach, since they are only showing races where there is an American competing. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/188 "2021-07-26T22:52:30Z")
That nation denies that they have any cases, but there’s enough exposure at the South Korean and Chinese borders that it’s there, and with so many of the people having deficient immune systems due to malnutrition, it’s devastated that country. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/189 "2021-07-26T22:57:41Z")
How does that prove it’s an American coach? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/190 "2021-07-26T23:29:45Z")
I guess it was just a hunch. I noticed it when the American swimmer turned her head, the whistling was timed to that. The whistling is probably more noticeable in the absence of cheering crowds. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/191 "2021-07-27T00:03:51Z")
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but really, Tokyo, you couldn’t build a real softball stadium/field for the Olympics??? Playing softball on a baseball diamond looks really, really odd. And cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/192 "2021-07-27T00:19:19Z")
Are you sure it’s not Titmus’ (Australian) coach? Something about that guy makes me want to punch him in the face. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mt1HaI-wLMU/hqdefault.jpg "Dean Boxall Celebration - Ariarne Titmus Women's 400m Freestlye win TOKYO 2020") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt1HaI-wLMU) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/193 "2021-07-27T00:38:53Z")
Watching Rugby and I get a good amount of it, but what constitutes a down(to use a American football term)? Sometimes, they fall and pass the ball to a team mate. Sometimes, it seems like they stop play and reset, like a down. What constitutes a down in rugby? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/194 "2021-07-27T01:45:16Z")
I’m the same way. I can follow rugby for a little while, but then something happens that I don’t understand. When someone gets tackled, he puts the ball down. Most of the time, it’s a teammate that picks it up. But I’ve seen the other team pick it up, too. Sometimes, they just decide to kick. When the ball goes out of bounds, I never know which team gets to throw it back in. And when there’s a scrum, one guy rolls the ball into the scrum then runs around and gets the ball back; what’s the point of that? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/195 "2021-07-27T02:47:33Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but really, Tokyo, you couldn’t build a real softball stadium/field for the Olympics??? Playing softball on a baseball diamond looks really, really odd. And cheap. This has been asked elsewhere, and the consensus answer seems to be, the IOC only accepted baseball/softball back into the Olympics on the condition that they use the same stadium. There is a report that the same thing will happen in 2028 (there will be no baseball or softball in 2024), despite the fact that there are plenty of softball “stadiums” (UCLA, for example) in Los Angeles, although the capacity of the existing stadiums may have something to do with that. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/196 "2021-07-27T02:57:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > One of the swimming commentators has been saying that, during the medley relays, switching from breast stroke to freestyle is “exponentially faster” I do not think that means what she thinks it means. I worry that “exponentially” is starting to be headed in the same direction as the word “literally.” And yes, if it were true, then Michael Phelps would have been clocking in at 30 mph in his freestyles. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/197 "2021-07-27T02:59:01Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > (there will be no baseball or softball in 2024), Why? Is it slipping in and out of permanence? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/198 "2021-07-27T03:13:41Z")
Baseball hit several issues. (Softball too, and probably even worse). It’s really only popular in America, Japan, and other parts of the Americas, the best MLB (and possibly NPB too, but I don’t know) players never went, even for the Olympics the stadiums are a white elephant in most countries unless you can convert it to like a soccer field, and it doesn’t really have an international governing body or world competition. The latter is why the World Baseball Classic was created, but it still wasn’t enough. Though I think that a lot of that is a fig leaf and that it’s the IOC being run by a bunch of corrupt Europeans that had it out for baseball for years. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/199 "2021-07-27T03:16:07Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > I worry that “exponentially” is starting to be headed in the same direction as the word “literally.” I think what she means is this. When the swimmers are doing the breast stroke, they’re going rather slowly; a one-second gap may be only one body length. Then they touch the end of the pool and transition to freestyle. If the gap remains one second, it will look longer because they’re swimming faster. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/200 "2021-07-27T03:21:54Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Baseball hit several issues. Yes, so why is it back now, gone next time, and then back again? I thought it was gone and not returning and now it is back…it’s coming and going every other? Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-olympics-2021-ongoing-discussion/947137/201 "2021-07-27T03:21:55Z")
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