Talk about obscure olympic sports
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-proposes-adding-eliminator-mountain-bike-discipline-to-olympics
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-proposes-adding-eliminator-mountain-bike-discipline-to-olympics
Eliminator to Olympics over Downhill?
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venues, venues, venues.
do people actually watch that event, at all?
what he said, still a joke... is this mountainbiking?
4-cross got mad drunk one night, hooked up with crit racing.
That's a silly argument considering how far some of the venues are in the winter olympics from the host city.
yeah that was rather funny, the uci proposed for skateboarding... we got a great laugh out of this...
never really expected it to happen be it skatboarding or xce
Yea, but with winter Olympics you're talking nearly half the events.
One of the main criteria for adding a new game to the Olympics is that the US cannot be good at it. Therefore, Downhill doesn't have a chance. Sorry.
An event that hasn't even has a full season... and the events it did have were total **** by all accounts. The UCI is so out of touch it's unreal. Luckily, it has no chance of actually making it in as they would have to eliminate yet another cycling event already on the calendar, not that their isn't enough track cycling events already.
That said, the IOC and WADA are angling to remove cycling altogether if the UCI can't get it's **** together vis a vis testing and cooperation.
That said, the IOC and WADA are angling to remove cycling altogether if the UCI can't get it's **** together vis a vis testing and cooperation.
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Hey, Pat McQuaid's in charge. I've got full confidence in him, he's a very competent individual.
Actually by this reckoning, there is a strong chance with only 1 decent athlete in the last many years.
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I didn't slather the sarcasm on thick enough?
Apparently, no.
I was enthusiastically supporting your sarcasm with even more sarcasm. Your meter is broken.
Obviously. I need to make a donation to the UCI, then have a meeting with WASA, the world anti sarcasm association.
I do really have to wonder if the UCI sees xce as a potential easy moneymaker event (easily set up, minimal infrastructure, urban based... Etc). The problem is that no one gives 2 sorry f*cks about it so why not try pushing it into the Olympics for some instant credibility? They clearly aren't in a good spot with road racing at the moment.
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True Fact:
At CX worlds this past weekend the jeers for the UCI president at the awards ceremony were... loud. USAC president Johnson didn't receive a very warm welcome either...
The entire vibe at worlds was... weird. Even more than normal all of the euros in the poorly fitting suits skulked around avoiding eye-contact with... anyone.
At CX worlds this past weekend the jeers for the UCI president at the awards ceremony were... loud. USAC president Johnson didn't receive a very warm welcome either...
The entire vibe at worlds was... weird. Even more than normal all of the euros in the poorly fitting suits skulked around avoiding eye-contact with... anyone.
In their defense, I think I did the same thing the last time I was in Kentucky.
The only people in America who would watch that crap event in the olympics are Lopes parents.
Still a better idea than skateboarding or freestyle BMX...
An Olympic sport should never have judges. The viewer should immediately know who won, who came second and who came third. Thats it.
As soon as judges come into play, that sport should not be there.
An Olympic sport should never have judges. The viewer should immediately know who won, who came second and who came third. Thats it.
As soon as judges come into play, that sport should not be there.
Let's remove ski jumping, figure skating, gymnastics etc. from the olympics then.
Yes. Seriously, WTF are they doing in there?
I firmly think that if an original Olympian were to see the state of what the Olympics has become, he'd be disappointed.
Judges deciding the medals? Pfft!
As I said: Gold, Silver and Bronze should be obvious to the viewer.
I firmly think that if an original Olympian were to see the state of what the Olympics has become, he'd be disappointed.
Judges deciding the medals? Pfft!
As I said: Gold, Silver and Bronze should be obvious to the viewer.
I am sorta with you. Not having any judged events would make the games worse. On the other hand, how many medals do you need to give out for different ways of falling into a swimming pool or rowing a boat.
Olympic DH or a Rampage style competition would be by far the most exciting thing in the summer games. Have the events far away if necessary, just have them early so the athletes can get on with the serious business of using as many of the free condoms as possible.
What about ski jumping, long jumping, javelin etc. and wind? Changing wind conditions can make or break your performance in these events.
I'm not saying I want to see DH, freestyle BMX, skateboarding, XC eliminator or any other sport discussed here in the Olympics, just saying there are pretty comparable sports already in.
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Exactly. Given the amount of different disciplines in the olympics any excuse used for downhill could be used for some obscure sport that is already in the olympics.
You think? Don't they just wait for the wind to come back down to acceptable levels before they go?
Yes, but I think there might be some maximum time for waiting? And even if the wind is down when you start the approach, there might be a sudden gust when you are at the jump lip/plank.
To acceptable levels yes but with a wind that is changing a difference in distance may be huge. A front wind makes you fly waay further than a back wind. So chainging conditions may drop you by 5-10 places if not more if you are really unlucky.
Well they need one or two token ones to give the marketing and advertising something to give the lip service to of course.
You need some flexible girls for the aftershow party, right?
And they can hold their breath pretty long too.
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Id bet far more people in the world are interested in synchronized swimming than DH racing.
Should not be any "sport" in the Olympics where medals are based on judging. Everything should be based on time, distance, speed or points in the case of team sports. Of course this will never happen as you could never get rid of events like ice skating and now modern day versions of revenue enhancers such as half pipe snowboard etc.
Best Olympic sport? Two words - horse dancing.
has this popped up on youtube yet?