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Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 3:50 pm
by Which Tyler
Lizard wrote:Stones of granite wrote:kk67 wrote:They should replace one of the wimpy legs (horses) from the Pentathlon and replace it with a hand-to-hand combat discipline.
Enough of this 'officer' balls,......let the grunts have a go.
Jousting. That's what we need.
You may jest, but
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/ ... ition-2020
Is that not the same link this entire thread is about? (clue, post #1)
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:00 pm
by Discreet Hooker
The Moss Side Fencing team withdrew from the Olympics due to a misunderstanding .
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 9:42 am
by Stones of granite
Which Tyler wrote:
Is that not the same link this entire thread is about? (clue, post #1)
I feel a bit silly now.
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 2:07 pm
by BBD
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 11:44 pm
by kk67
Discreet Hooker wrote:The Moss Side Fencing team withdrew from the Olympics due to a misunderstanding .
Well, in fairness,.....why not machete, broadsword, Mjölnir, Nunchucks.
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 6:08 am
by Which Tyler
kk67 wrote:Discreet Hooker wrote:The Moss Side Fencing team withdrew from the Olympics due to a misunderstanding .
Well, in fairness,.....why not machete, broadsword, Mjölnir, Nunchucks.
Because there's only one Mjölnir, so 2 people could only fight over it. Besides, if any mortal could use it, I'd want some drug testing done stat.
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:10 pm
by kk67
Which Tyler wrote:kk67 wrote:Discreet Hooker wrote:The Moss Side Fencing team withdrew from the Olympics due to a misunderstanding .
Well, in fairness,.....why not machete, broadsword, Mjölnir, Nunchucks.
Because there's only one Mjölnir, so 2 people could only fight over it. Besides, if any mortal could use it, I'd want some drug testing done stat.
Ok,...so no Bronze in the Hammer. Blimey....I thought Kimi was a pain.
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:14 pm
by Lizard
It's getting silly now. The IOC has provisionally recognised muaythai (ok, but now there's already boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo and 2 types of wrestling) and....
...cheerleading. I shit you not.
Presumably, they can at least run cheerleading at the same time as some other sport, basketball perhaps, which the contestants can actually cheer for.
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:00 pm
by Eugene Wrayburn
ffs
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:30 pm
by Which Tyler
they've (nearly) been recognised as sports, as is chess IIRC. Not even being suggested for entry in the Olympic s
Re: The next olympic sport?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:09 am
by Digby
Does cheerleading differ that much from say synchronised swimming or say gymnastics in how they set about scoring the event?
I still think squash should be in the Olympics and I'm not convinced that football, golf and tennis should be there. And I still wonder why there are so many weight categories in boxing and weightlifting and so on, but only one height category in the high jump. But the Olympics just run was very successful with plenty to watch and some tinkering will not change that.
