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Michael Phelps got a bunch of medals for doing essentially the same thing over and over again. And then a bunch more for doing the same activity but, like, less efficiently. Like, there's a dumber way to swim that's not as fast so they made it a new event. They used to high jump by just going feet-over the bar, not flopping on their backs. And then everyone in the high jump did the flop because it worked better. They didn't make a new event where some people are jumping a normal jump and others are flopping. Either we trim down these swimming medals or we add a shitload more events across all disciplines: - Mixed medley shot put - Javelin but you throw it with your offhand - Running backwards: 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m, marathon - The equestrian jumping thing is the equestrian all-around and we have individual medals for each of the jumps
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 13:46 |
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# ? Mar 28, 2024 09:00 |
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Agreed, take away all the races except breaststroke
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 13:54 |
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How about downhill skateboard racing. Kind of like bobsledding, but with skateboards. Also needs to have lots of crazy jumps along the way skaters can use as short cuts.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 13:55 |
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Rarity posted:Agreed, take away all the races except breaststroke
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 13:56 |
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Doesnt everyone agree? the enormous amount of swim events are a backhanded way for western countries to rack up the medals. the different events don't really showcase different skills. this is obvious when you look at the most medaled athletes at an olympics, its always swimmers. I'm no expert, but events should show off different skills, even within the same discipline. it'll never happen though because swimming bringss in the big bucks in america.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:03 |
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Good take tbh, although I want the solution to be adding more events to other sports instead of taking away swimming events Honestly I just want the Olympics to be several months long
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:03 |
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Cycling too. I love cycling but there's cycling on the road, cycling on the road by yourself, cycling on mud, cycling indoors, cycling indoors for laps, cycling indoors behind a motorbike, cycling indoors with your mates, cycling on tiny bikes, and doing stunts on tiny bikes Maybe it's just a bit too much bike stuff
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:15 |
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Zephro posted:Cycling too. I love cycling but there's cycling on the road, cycling on the road by yourself, cycling on mud, cycling indoors, cycling indoors for laps, cycling indoors behind a motorbike, cycling indoors with your mates, cycling on tiny bikes, and doing stunts on tiny bikes They actually need more bike events.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:21 |
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Unicycling Osmium, Madison and Keirin in Paris 2024 Also tandem mountain-biking and two-week BMX stage races imo
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:23 |
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surf rock posted:Good take tbh, although I want the solution to be adding more events to other sports instead of taking away swimming events Yes, either solution is fine I just want it to feel consistent. I don't know what the deal is, but the track events don't get the same lack of parity as swimming. Like Usain Bolt won the 100 and 200 and that's it, the end. The women's silver medalist in the 100 switched from the 400 and had to completely switch, she could not focus on both, it wasn't possible. I dunno if it's that the level of competition in track is so much higher, but there actually seems to be a big difference in those distances whereas in swimming it's like everything is basically a sprint except the 800 and 1500, so one person can win, like ... 12 loving events in a single Olympics.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:30 |
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just do one cycling event where they see who can ride the furthest in two weeks, people decide their own breaks etc
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:30 |
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Centusin posted:just do one cycling event where they see who can ride the furthest in two weeks, people decide their own breaks etc I like it. 2 cycling events: 100 m, and Bike Till You Drop
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:35 |
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just add more events. as long as people have fun who cares. only morons look at the medal table anyway. there is no individual pursuit, kilo, or points race on the track. so no where near enough bike events.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 15:01 |
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I'm petitioning the IOC for another 30 BMX events as we speak
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:10 |
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Zephro posted:Cycling too. I love cycling but there's cycling on the road, cycling on the road by yourself, cycling on mud, cycling indoors, cycling indoors for laps, cycling indoors behind a motorbike, cycling indoors with your mates, cycling on tiny bikes, and doing stunts on tiny bikes You'd have an argument except it's different people winning all those events. If you had Jason Kenny winning the road race, TT, Sprint and Team pursuit that would be one thing but we've lost interesting cycling events because the UCI wants to cut down on athletes and meanwhile there's over 9000 swimmers who are seemingly untouchable.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:15 |
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Allowing the superstars to sit out the opening rounds of the relays and then sub in for the final is particularly bullshit. And 50m is a nonsense distance
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:25 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:just add more events. as long as people have fun who cares. only morons look at the medal table anyway. Bring back tug of war, architecture, and pelota.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:32 |
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wasn't there a poetry event
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:33 |
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olympic air guitar please
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:41 |
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i'd watch the 100m backpedal
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:48 |
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Here's what to do. Get rid of the breaststroke and butterfly events, because no one cares how good you are at swimming inefficiently. Maaaaybe keep the backstroke. Cut the distances down to like 100, 400, 1500. Done. This is what will happen when my regime comes to power.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 17:15 |
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There aren't enough swimming medals.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 17:59 |
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dex_sda posted:wasn't there a poetry event The inventor of the Olympics won it in the first competition. He claimed his pseudonyms meant it was a legit win but come on
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:20 |
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They should invent more swimming strokes actually
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:20 |
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a few DRUNK BONERS posted:They should invent more swimming strokes actually Yep.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:21 |
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a few DRUNK BONERS posted:They should invent more swimming strokes actually 1500m doggypaddle
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:21 |
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Here's one: front crawl with you right hand, breast stroke with your left. That'll be another 10 medals.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:21 |
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Skipping should be an event with team races and 8 different distances
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:22 |
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PostNouveau posted:Skipping should be an event with team races and 8 different distances Skipping stones on water. One version where you can bring in your own stone to an indoor venue, and a second where you have to find one on a beach.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:24 |
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Backstroke but you go forwards instead of backwards
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:33 |
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Ralph Crammed In posted:Bring back tug of war, architecture, and pelota. Unironically want polo back, the horsey kind. Don't care if it's just for rich assholes. Hockey + 1000lb animals at top speed + an absurdly large field to account for those 1000lb galloping animals = fun as hell to watch.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:54 |
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HappyCamperGL posted:just add more events. as long as people have fun who cares. only morons look at the medal table anyway. We interrupt this cool and interesting post to watch the same 10 people attempt to qualify for a semifinal in the same swimming race they did yesteday only backwards this time. Will the Belarusian take gold in shotput? Who cares, people are swimming again.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 19:48 |
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a few DRUNK BONERS posted:Backstroke but you go forwards instead of backwards Ah, moonstroking
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 19:53 |
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PostNouveau posted:Skipping should be an event with team races and 8 different distances they invented racewalking instead
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 20:13 |
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New idea: swimming hurdles. Freestyle, over one or more distances, but one of: there's giant obstacles that you have to climb over, or walls that go partway down and you have to swim under them. Or both. And I like the multi-event things like triathlon. We should jam more sports together and see what happens. Let's make more triathlons, like: swimming, rock-climbing and mountain biking. Or BMX, skateboarding, and diving.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 20:27 |
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Triathlon but at the start of the competition they put all the sports in a tumbler and pick out the three events at random
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 20:31 |
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PT6A posted:New idea: swimming hurdles. Freestyle, over one or more distances, but one of: there's giant obstacles that you have to climb over, or walls that go partway down and you have to swim under them. Or both. I’m sure obstacle runs or spartan race or whatever will be in the 2028 olympics, in place of the javelin throw and greco-roman wrestling.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 21:01 |
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There should be underwater swimming events.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 21:23 |
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I have no problem with the number of medals as long as people keep in mind that Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi potentially getting 5 gold is way more impressive. Or like Teddy Riner medaling in loving Judo in five Olympics, and those are just three people off the top of my head.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 21:24 |
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Zoran posted:There should be underwater swimming events. There used to be. They then figured out it's not a great spectator sport when no one can see a thing.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 21:43 |