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Offline Villa Lew

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What a day
« on: July 19, 2021, 10:17:00 AM »
Wow what a day yesterday was, can't ever remember the Sports Arena being so busy. Talk about spoilt for choice, The Open, The British Grand Prix, The Tour De France, T20 International and a Bears match to boot. A sport fans perfect day, then next weekend, it's the start of the Olympics and the Lions first test match, but most important of all Villa are playing Stoke.
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Re: What a day
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2021, 01:54:18 PM »
I might keep an eye on the road cycling in the Olympics, but that's about it.

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Re: What a day
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2021, 02:23:21 PM »
And of course the synchronised swimming!
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Re: What a day
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2021, 02:31:03 PM »
Quote from: Villa Lew on July 19, 2021, 02:23:21 PM
And of course the synchronised swimming!

Not a sport. It's a competitive art

See other threads for my (way too) in depth analysis of what should and should not be in the Olympics
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Offline paul_e

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Re: What a day
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2021, 04:23:57 PM »
Personally I think things like synchronised swimming, diving, eventing and gymnastics add something to the olympics and it would be a shame to remove them (and I assume they cover most of the events you dislike being included).

I'm assuming that your definition is that it shouldn't be included if there's a need for subjective opinions to decide placings and, if so, I do understand the point but personally I'd love the olympics to embrace all the quirky and bizarre sports that are out there. If I were to remove anything it would be the sports where the competitors don't view an olympic gold as the pinnacle of their career, things like Tennis and Football where it's more of a distraction than anything.
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Re: What a day
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2021, 04:31:54 PM »
Yep, subjective scoring and anything involving a horse.

I can't find my detailed post (must have been on an old version of the forum)

I think that the two sports that I was most unsure about were boxing and ski-jumping
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Re: What a day
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2021, 04:54:15 PM »
Quote from: UK Redsox on July 19, 2021, 04:31:54 PM
Yep, subjective scoring and anything involving a horse.

I can't find my detailed post (must have been on an old version of the forum)

I think that the two sports that I was most unsure about were boxing and ski-jumping

I'm willing to concede on 'anything with a horse' and Boxing is covered by my 'not the pinnacle' thing (although personally I prefer the structure of amateur/olympic boxing to the clusterfuck that is the professional sport).

I love things like gymnastics and ski-jumping though, I'd go so far as to say rhythmic gymnastics is my biggest guilty pleasure in the entire thing. It's stupid and largely pointless but I just enjoy watching them piddling about dancing with a ball or a ribbon. I also think there's an incredible amount of training and skill involved and I do enjoy watching people making complicated stuff look very easy.
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Re: What a day
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2021, 04:58:18 PM »
Quote from: UK Redsox on July 19, 2021, 04:31:54 PM
Yep, subjective scoring and anything involving a horse.

I can't find my detailed post (must have been on an old version of the forum)

I think that the two sports that I was most unsure about were boxing and ski-jumping

To eliminate the subjectivity boxing should be included on the proviso that they have to continue fighting until one of them is unconscious.
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Re: What a day
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2021, 06:29:41 PM »
Quote from: paul_e on July 19, 2021, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: UK Redsox on July 19, 2021, 04:31:54 PM
Yep, subjective scoring and anything involving a horse.

I can't find my detailed post (must have been on an old version of the forum)

I think that the two sports that I was most unsure about were boxing and ski-jumping

I'm willing to concede on 'anything with a horse' and Boxing is covered by my 'not the pinnacle' thing (although personally I prefer the structure of amateur/olympic boxing to the clusterfuck that is the professional sport).

I love things like gymnastics and ski-jumping though, I'd go so far as to say rhythmic gymnastics is my biggest guilty pleasure in the entire thing. It's stupid and largely pointless but I just enjoy watching them piddling about dancing with a ball or a ribbon. I also think there's an incredible amount of training and skill involved and I do enjoy watching people making complicated stuff look very easy.

When you have someone like Simone Biles who has FOUR signature moves named after her already, then she deserves to compete on the biggest stages going for her sport.
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Offline paul_e

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Re: What a day
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2021, 08:08:23 PM »
Quote from: Somniloquism on July 19, 2021, 06:29:41 PM
Quote from: paul_e on July 19, 2021, 04:54:15 PM
Quote from: UK Redsox on July 19, 2021, 04:31:54 PM
Yep, subjective scoring and anything involving a horse.

I can't find my detailed post (must have been on an old version of the forum)

I think that the two sports that I was most unsure about were boxing and ski-jumping

I'm willing to concede on 'anything with a horse' and Boxing is covered by my 'not the pinnacle' thing (although personally I prefer the structure of amateur/olympic boxing to the clusterfuck that is the professional sport).

I love things like gymnastics and ski-jumping though, I'd go so far as to say rhythmic gymnastics is my biggest guilty pleasure in the entire thing. It's stupid and largely pointless but I just enjoy watching them piddling about dancing with a ball or a ribbon. I also think there's an incredible amount of training and skill involved and I do enjoy watching people making complicated stuff look very easy.

When you have someone like Simone Biles who has FOUR signature moves named after her already, then she deserves to compete on the biggest stages going for her sport.

Absolutely, she was probably the best thing about the 2016 games, she was incredible. She is primarily who I was thinking of when I mentioned people making things look easy. Like Usain Bolt sometimes you have to just admire an athlete who is so far out in front of their competitors that they might as well be doing a different sport.
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Re: What a day
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2021, 02:05:32 PM »
According to reports of her training sessions, it sounds like she is going for number 5.

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During a training session on Thursday she practised a series of sharp routines that included a vault so difficult that no other woman has ever attempted it in competition.
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