Olympics Thread
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You know what I love most about the Olympics?
That I don't know so much about the rules of these sports that I can just watch, accept judges decisions and the commentary, appreciate the sport, and move on without getting annoyed. God, I have fallen out of love with rugby so much for a few years.
In the weekend I popped my head back into the other parts of the sports pages. Apparently, Rassie has released an hour long whinge video or something in lead up to the test to pressure referees? If, I have got this wrong. Don't correct me. I simply don't even want to know.
I haven't gone into the olympics 7s thread, but when I did to see if the final had happened already, I had to go through a page of referee whinging (from all sides and neutrals) to catch up to the latest post.
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@rapido said in Olympics Thread:
You know what I love most about the Olympics?
That I don't know so much about the rules of these sports that I can just watch, accept judges decisions and the commentary, appreciate the sport, and move on without getting annoyed. God, I have fallen out of love with rugby so much for a few years.
In the weekend I popped my head back into the other parts of the sports pages. Apparently, Rassie has released an hour long whinge video or something in lead up to the test to pressure referees? If, I have got this wrong. Don't correct me. I simply don't even want to know.
I haven't gone into the olympics 7s thread, but when I did to see if the final had happened already, I had to go through a page of referee whinging (from all sides and neutrals) to catch up to the latest post.
Can definitely relate. There were shades of the video ref bullshit that pollutes rugby when the semi finals of the sprints and women’s hurdles were delayed or restart because of some technical or administrative crap. Kills the spectacle.
Been great watching events where officials pretty much do nothing more than pull the starting gun and if you lose it’s because you weren’t good enough and the other guy was better.
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the women's triple jump was funny. the winner was like a metre better than everyone right from the get go. It was like A grade and reserve grade.
Not sure how i feel about the shared gold if i am honest. yes it's a nice touching moment of the olympic spirit, but...
Gold is for the winner. I could handle if neither could clear another cm, but to not even try? And then to carry on like that? come on.
Never being any good at individual sports, i will never know the feeling immediately after a fall. I saw men and women who had 4 years of their lives (at least) destroyed by a fraction of a second's mistake, or, as in the 800m, through no fault of their own. The mental strength required to get over that definitely escapes me
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I'm still amazed at the 100m final. Not often you'll see an Italian faster than their tanks in reverse!
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
I'm still amazed at the 100m final. Not often you'll see an Italian faster than their tanks in reverse!
Between that and the high jump.. they couldnt believe it either.
also amazed at a chinese athlete making the final..you dont often see that either
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
I'm still amazed at the 100m final. Not often you'll see an Italian faster than their tanks in reverse!
Dad was US Army, too. Considering their tactic is generally to take cover until air support arrives, it's still surprising
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
ot sure how i feel about the shared gold if i am honest. yes it's a nice touching moment of the olympic spirit, but...
Gold is for the winner. I could handle if neither could clear another cm, but to not even try? And then to carry on like that? come on.I'm convinced that because it was redemption for both of them, they were terrified of losing in a jump off.
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Watching the high jump last night I was reminded of an Olympic 'take' I agree with (heard it on a Bill Simmons pod a few years ago).
It makes no sense to have events that take place in the middle of other events. The way we do field events is a remnant of the 50s. It's time they moved out of the field, and into their own stadium.
So you'd have a dedicated stadium for the field events, and buy tickets solely to watch the jumps and throws. I reckon it would be much better than having to pause the high jump every time the 800m semis run past.
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
Watching the high jump last night I was reminded of an Olympic 'take' I agree with (heard it on a Bill Simmons pod a few years ago).
It makes no sense to have events that take place in the middle of other events. The way we do field events is a remnant of the 50s. It's time they moved out of the field, and into their own stadium.
So you'd have a dedicated stadium for the field events, and buy tickets solely to watch the jumps and throws. I reckon it would be much better than having to pause the high jump every time the 800m semis run past.
why though?
The running stadium is going to be no smaller. it's just there is a huge amount of unused grass in it.
Then they need to build another facility. And it's either way smaller, or you are doubling the cost for no benefit. And both would be used less than they are now.
All so you can avoid a slight pause every single athlete is used to?
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@mariner4life said in Olympics Thread:
@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
Watching the high jump last night I was reminded of an Olympic 'take' I agree with (heard it on a Bill Simmons pod a few years ago).
It makes no sense to have events that take place in the middle of other events. The way we do field events is a remnant of the 50s. It's time they moved out of the field, and into their own stadium.
So you'd have a dedicated stadium for the field events, and buy tickets solely to watch the jumps and throws. I reckon it would be much better than having to pause the high jump every time the 800m semis run past.
why though?
The running stadium is going to be no smaller. it's just there is a huge amount of unused grass in it.
Then they need to build another facility. And it's either way smaller, or you are doubling the cost for no benefit. And both would be used less than they are now.
All so you can avoid a slight pause every single athlete is used to?
You could easily reuse another facility, say the archery or shooting range once their comps have concluded.
It's about more than avoiding the pause. It's about giving these guys the crowd and attention they deserve. The long jump pit is on one side of the ground, so 75% of the crowd can't see it properly. Same goes for the high jump mat. The throws are in the middle, so nobody has a good view.
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@barbarian said in Olympics Thread:
You could easily reuse another facility, say the archery or shooting range once their comps have concluded.
Or just schedule better.
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@nta said in Olympics Thread:
Run the jumping and throwing at the same time.
If you throw a thing and hit one of the jumpy people, you win gold.
There's a German who has already managed to hit (and kill) an official.
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@antipodean said in Olympics Thread:
@nta said in Olympics Thread:
Run the jumping and throwing at the same time.
If you throw a thing and hit one of the jumpy people, you win gold.
There's a German who has already managed to hit (and kill) an official.
No medal. Officials aren't very fast-moving.
