And of course the synchronised swimming!
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
Quote from: UK Redsox on July 19, 2021, 04:31:54 PMYep, 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-jumpingI'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.
Quote from: paul_e on July 19, 2021, 04:54:15 PMQuote from: UK Redsox on July 19, 2021, 04:31:54 PMYep, 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-jumpingI'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.
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.