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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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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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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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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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a few DRUNK BONERS posted:They should invent more swimming strokes actually 1500m doggypaddle
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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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a few DRUNK BONERS posted:Backstroke but you go forwards instead of backwards Ah, moonstroking
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Arrhythmia posted:How about this: Summer biathlon. One person runs, the other person shoots and is carried on the runners shoulders. One person runs, the other person shoots at the runners. Also make paintball an Olympic sport
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Lemme run this by you Triples table tennis
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There's something called Medieval Combat Sport, which appears to be larping except with real armor and weapons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkDDBL7jNew
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PT6A posted:one where you just have to pick one and go with it. I learned recently that some equestrian events (jumping events even!) are done with just random horses. Like the host of the event provides the horses and the competitors just use whatever they randomly draw. Pretty goddamn nuts considering how dangerous it can be.
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All of these ideas are better than another loving swim but you know there's some swim federation fucker advocating for 4x50 relays
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Get rid of the 200 m swim, add limboing and sex. https://twitter.com/rodger/status/1422400948991930383
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Thoguh posted:200 meter three legged race. Definitely got a whole big batch of awesome camp games they could be doing: - capture the flag - dodgeball - cornhole They already do ping pong, which I'd argue is not really that far off from these
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sweek0 posted:I want to get rid of any “team” medals for non-team sports. Im looking at gymnastics, horse jumping or judo team medals for example. It’s not a team sport if everyone competes individually and you add their scores together at the end. I think we landed on keeping everything even the swimming but blowing all the other sports out and adding a bunch more so the fact that one person can win like 15 loving swimming medals is no longer an aberration. So is there like team golf in the Olympics like the Ryder Cup? Team diving?
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:Replace Dressage with Kanjam. lol wtf is this nonsense? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq1smuKyfpg Alright, well put it in the Olympics lets see what it looks like on the world stage
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  I've changed my mind we need to add more swimming races. Has anyone ever tried 150 meters? I bet that would be an interesting race
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Aggro posted:All sports should be Olympic sports No jai alai?!?
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ilmucche posted:The guy who organises the barkley marathon also has an indeterminate length race. Competitors run a lap of about 4 and change miles every hour until the winner runs the last lap alone. This is clearly ripped off The Long Walk
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Elephanthead posted:It is too late for horse swimming? Already a long a storied history of horse diving
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Badger of Basra posted:What is an “invasion game” Rugby, handball, water polo?
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