The parenthesis COMPLETELY NEGATES the 1st half of your statment!
Totally with you! The last Olympics got me into it.
Thank you for your service.
I don’t see why it does. You’re the one making absolute statements implying that the USA single-handedly saved the world.
Work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger more than ever hour after hour work is never over…
So the trifecta of bad Olympic events would be synchronized dressage.
Synchronized is silly - why not have synchronized everything? Synchronized Pole Vaulting? Synchronized Marathon? And how about 3 instead of 2, or even 4, or 5…?
Rowing would also be pretty tough to do while smoking.
If ever there was a monument to pointless distinction, it must surely be the shooting events.
10 meter air pistol, 10 meter air rifle, 25 meter pistol, 25 meter rapid fire pistol, 50 meter prone position, 50 meter 3 position, both skeet and trap… Why don’t we just add 35 and 70 meter quick-draw and 50 meter firing from a lawn chair?
And If that’s not absurd enough, let’s consider the fact that a gold medal in 25 meter rapid fire pistol is worth the same in the medal count as a gold in the marathon, or 100 meter sprint or gymnastics all-around.
Plus, why can’t men and women compete against each other in these events? What advantage could one gender possibly have over the other?
There are possibilities for a particularly laid-back cox to light a cigar on the run in. The actual oarspeople, yes, that’s tricky.
The rifles and pistols can be very heavy up to 18 lbs for the men. Muscle strength and endurance come into play in the kneeling and standing positions . Even the air rifles can be up to 12 lbs. Pistols are around three pounds and are fired one handed at full arms length.
Fair enough, if the men are more accurate. Do you know if they are?
Hitler overran most of Europe, and the only reason Britain survived is because our help was UNconstitutional! (not saying we shoudln’t have done it, but merely it’s illegality) WWI was a bloody stalemate until we entered the war. Our Cold War defense spending allowed Europe to have the ridiculously high standard of living they enjoyed.
The women’s course of fire is fewer shots in the same time period giving a bit longer recovery time between shots. (For air rifle/pistol.)
I want to see someone win the gold by using the kill shot method.
Yes, but could you imagine the Men’s Finals in Tug of War that featured the Israeli national team going up against Iran for the Gold Medal?
On this I guess we will disagree…
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I like rhythmic gymnastics, I have no problems at all with judge-scored sports as opposed to games and races. I’m even ok with synchronized swimming. But synchronized diving is just dumb. That, right there, is where I draw the line.
It’s almost perfect, but it’s missing the aspect of “racing where you have to do a funny move instead of a regular move”. So maybe it should be synchronized racedressage.
Now how many weight categories should there be? Eight? Ten?
Diving, especially Sync Diving. It’s subjectively judged, lasts a second or two, and is not all that beautiful or in any way interesting.