Dando
Q-School Graduate
i'm watching the ladies football, not for the football but because Alex Scott is hosting it
So strokeplay, matchplay, team matchplay, doubles comps are all the same are they?
Saw that one of the British shooting team has had to withdraw after testing positive. She as one of the favourites as well.
Surely not out of the realms of possibility to have people shoot in isolation and to compete on their own in solo events, even to allow rounds to be completed later on if need be. Not ideal but surely some concessions are needed to make sure this Games is a competition between the best as I guess that this will not be the last case.
Not aimed at you personally as I’m unaware if you have any involvement in the sport.Like most comments so far, I like the idea of the Olympics but feel it has become bloated in the search to be super inclusive. Orikoru made a good point about the athletics 100m v 200m etc. But other sports are much worse, swimming in particular devalues the prestige of a gold medal when Phelps can win 8 golds at a single games.
Because he was really good at swimming, 8 times??Not aimed at you personally as I’m unaware if you have any involvement in the sport.
But for anyone who has not been involved in Swimming at National or even Regional Level, the comment about Phelps is actually the opposite to how you feel about it and shows a lack of understanding, to win 8 in one Olympics is absolutely incredible, to even compete at that many is at a level nobody on here will probably understand.
He should be revered rather than dismissed.
Because he was really good at swimming, 8 times??
He has a total of 28 Medals, 23 of which are gold, he is probably up there with being one of the fittest people on earth at his prime as well as possibly being the greatest ever Olympian.Because he was really good at swimming, 8 times??
He has to compete multiple times as opposed to his competition that swim a lot less.
Plus different strokes require differing techniques. If it were that simple. They'd all compete in multiple swimming events.
And "really good". He's a sporting legend as worthy of that description as Woods, Federer, Bolt etc
All of this is obviously true, but it doesn't negate @sunshine 's point that there are far too many swimming events at the Olympics. I don't think his intention was to have a go at Phelps was it?He has a total of 28 Medals, 23 of which are gold, he is probably up there with being one of the fittest people on earth at his prime as well as possibly being the greatest ever Olympian.
To maintain that level at 4 Olympics is unreal.
I'm not sure there are too many.All of this is obviously true, but it doesn't negate @sunshine 's point that there are far too many swimming events at the Olympics. I don't think his intention was to have a go at Phelps was it?
Not aimed at you personally as I’m unaware if you have any involvement in the sport.
But for anyone who has not been involved in Swimming at National or even Regional Level, the comment about Phelps is actually the opposite to how you feel about it and shows a lack of understanding, to win 8 in one Olympics is absolutely incredible, to even compete at that many is at a level nobody on here will probably understand.
He should be revered rather than dismissed.
But certainly not the styles.
Well I can see a sensible conversation with you isn't a reasonable expectation. So I'll leave you to it.But why have different styles? Surely swimming is a race, and the winner is the first person past the post regardless of style.
Maybe athletics should even it up a little by adding a 100m running backwards race, 100m hopping on left foot, 100m hopping on right foot, etc.
But why have different styles? Surely swimming is a race, and the winner is the first person past the post regardless of style.
Maybe athletics should even it up a little by adding a 100m running backwards race, 100m hopping on left foot, 100m hopping on right foot, etc.
I'm not sure there are too many.
Maybe if you go down the lengths route I could see a point. But certainly not the styles.
Same for running really. The difference between 100, 200 and 400 is significant imo.
Between 100 and 200 isn't really significant. Look at the list of finalists - there's a huge overlap.
Between 200 and 400 - yes big difference - leaving pure anaerobic effort - big difference in endurance and physiology.
400 - 800 big difference.
800-1500 small difference.
1500-5000 big difference.
5000-10000 small difference.
I could not agree with you more! This is exactly what I was thinking as well. Who the hell came up with stuff like 'butterfly' or whatever else they have - that's just showing off?? Surely you just have a race of a set length at swimming and let people swim it however they find most efficient and we see who the fastest is (i.e. freestyle).But why have different styles? Surely swimming is a race, and the winner is the first person past the post regardless of style.
Maybe athletics should even it up a little by adding a 100m running backwards race, 100m hopping on left foot, 100m hopping on right foot, etc.