Olympics

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Trying to get into the golf.

Stroke play is a bad format for me. Match play would be much better for an event like this.

Was just thinking the same thing. It’s just like practically every other week on the Tour.
An individual match play or pairs by country would be a much better format imo.
It is nice to see this course. I’d hear about it but never seen it on TV before

 

[ilikecheese]

Was just thinking the same thing. It’s just like practically every other week on the Tour.
An individual match play or pairs by country would be a much better format imo.
It is nice to see this course. I’d hear about it but never seen it on TV before

Like the Ryder Cup where you are playing for your flag.

International stroke play is just a bunch of guys playing golf.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Was just thinking the same thing. It’s just like practically every other week on the Tour.
An individual match play or pairs by country would be a much better format imo.
It is nice to see this course. I’d hear about it but never seen it on TV before

I don't know if it could work with only one course for men and women but a stroke play singles and then match play doubles could be really fun.

 

[Toast]

Thought Stubbelty-Cook was a stone bonking certainty there.
Bbc chatting bubbles.

 

[Wizard]

Thought Stubbelty-Cook was a stone bonking certainty there.
Bbc chatting bubbles.

It's an incredible name. Sounds like something out of Harry Potter

 

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And then there’s the BMX event in which grown men win medals for riding children’s bicycles

 

[Toast]

It's an incredible name. Sounds like something out of Harry Potter

The Italian lad getting a silver in the 800m swimming having had glandular fever recently is some performance.
Nasty illness that.

 

[Wizard]

The Italian lad getting a silver in the 800m swimming having had glandular fever recently is some performance.
Nasty illness that.

Great race from him too. Ahead for pretty much the whole race and did so well to hold on at the end. Really looked like he was going to drop out the medals right at the end

 

[Wizard]

And then there’s the BMX event in which grown men win medals for riding children’s bicycles

Couldn't care what they are riding on, it's great to watch.

 

[Toast]

Couldn't care what they are riding on, it's great to watch.

Get on one of these, or get out of here..

 

[Wizard]

The British women in the BMX has won both her heats so far. Guaranteed to get into the semis now with one heat to go

 

[Martin Alvito]

I love my golf.
Watch it every week.

Absolutely no need for it to be an Olympic sport for me.

Individual glory already available and Ryder Cup etc for teams.

Other opinions I know do vary.

I was talking about this one with my mother this morning, and I staked out the position that I'd be a lot happier if we limited the sports and consequently the coverage. Give me the ancient Greek events - track and field, boxing, wrestling, equestrian. Give me the water events - the swimming, diving and rowing. Give me the artistic gymnastics. Give me the martial events inspired by the original Olympics - the fencing, the archery, shooting and weightlifting.

You can have the rest. I wouldn't have to sit through coverage of things that don't belong in the Olympics if those sports went back to their respective lanes.

Also, the modern Olympics need chariot racing. Just saying. I think we can live without the pankration the same way I can live without MMA.

 

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[verreauxi]

7's rugby has been awesome, as usual.

 

[Wizard]

I was talking about this one with my mother this morning, and I staked out the position that I'd be a lot happier if we limited the sports and consequently the coverage. Give me the ancient Greek events - track and field, boxing, wrestling, equestrian. Give me the water events - the swimming, diving and rowing. Give me the artistic gymnastics. Give me the martial events inspired by the original Olympics - the fencing, the archery, shooting and weightlifting.

You can have the rest. I wouldn't have to sit through coverage of things that don't belong in the Olympics if those sports went back to their respective lanes.

Also, the modern Olympics need chariot racing. Just saying. I think we can live without the pankration the same way I can live without MMA.

I find this opinion a bit weird though because you don't have to watch everything. Watch what you enjoy and forget about the rest. There will be loads of people that enjoy the sports you don't and this is one of the few times they get to see them on a World stage.

I enjoy having loads of random sports involved as I get to see stuff I'd never pay attention to normally (or even have the chance to should I want to)