My bosses son is a very good junior cyclist, has national and European titles at 17 and is off to the Worlds later in the year in China. The amount of travelling to events is insane, training in wales and GB events in Manchester and London
Yeah, fully agree. The Olympics is ridiculously bloated with stuff like that. You could easily streamline it down to about 30 events with not much effort.
But not as inefficient as backstroke or breaststroke. Perhaps we should make Adam Peaty give his medals back ?Yeah, fully agree. The Olympics is ridiculously bloated with stuff like that. You could easily streamline it down to about 30 events with not much effort.
'The Butterfly' - otherwise known as 'who can swim the fastest using a completely inefficient technique'.
Who?But not as inefficient as backstroke or breaststroke. Perhaps we should make Adam Peaty give his medals back ?
So, no more high jump - using a pole is much better and can go much higher.Yeah, fully agree. The Olympics is ridiculously bloated with stuff like that. You could easily streamline it down to about 30 events with not much effort.
'The Butterfly' - otherwise known as 'who can swim the fastest using a completely inefficient technique'.
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Pole vault is fine, but if someone invented that today you'd think they were off their head wouldn't you?So, no more high jump - using a pole is much better and can go much higher.
No more discuss or shot putt, just chuck the javelin as it goes further (not sure about where hammer fits in - obviously not given it much thought
The running races can all be less than 1 lap, why keep running round when you always end up at the finish line anyway.
That should help slim down the events so the Beeb can show them all.
What were the first triple jumpers thinking? That is just a crazy way to get about
You're talking about competitions not dominations within a sport so it's completely irrelevant. (As usual.
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If this is then taken down to a non-elite level, shall we just bin handicaps in golf?You're talking about competitions not dominations within a sport so it's completely irrelevant. (As usual.
Although I'd go further on cricket - just bin the sport entirely.
How many runners only specialise in 200m? Most of them do 100m as well anyway don't they? If your preferred distance gets cut just train for the closest one that doesn't. You're either good at running or you're not.
That would make sense if you had some people running 405m and other people running 409m etc.
Thousands of Club Athletes train and compete at all different distances you’d want binned.That would make sense if you had some people running 405m and other people running 409m etc.
You're talking about competitions not dominations within a sport so it's completely irrelevant. (As usual.
Although I'd go further on cricket - just bin the sport entirely.
How many runners only specialise in 200m? Most of them do 100m as well anyway don't they? If your preferred distance gets cut just train for the closest one that doesn't. You're either good at running or you're not.
I don't think you need to take Orikoru's too seriously - unless he is making a late bid to take over at the IOC when the current bloke steps aside later this year
Well, there is 1500m as normal people race, and there is 1609m for the weirdos ;-)That would make sense if you had some people running 405m and other people running 409m etc.
Issue with the running though, not everyone is built to be just a sprinter or a marathon runner - some have the genetic profile to be rubbish at 100m but brilliant at 800m for example
And what if your perfect distance is 300m? You're already out of luck as it is. You can't please all of the people all of the time.
