London 2012 Summer Olympics |OT3|
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Yes. I think the IOC wants the focus on the track for the last week which I think is shortsighted. They could eg extend the velodrome a few days and put back the individual pursuit, Madison or time trials, maybe do the same in some other areas too.
If you're into athletics that's great, but the world is a varied place and you need to be flexible IMO
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Beach Soccer is also possible, Blatter and the Rio 2016 head want it.
They expected to beat the host nation's medal target?
It's a Silent Hill monster. KILL IT.
You guys are close if your swimming team performs.
I have the wierdest boner right now.
Swimming is over?
I guess the truth is that track & field isnt that interesting to begin with. The relays and sprint distances are interesting but everything else is a chore. The field part is really tough to follow, the events take forever, the tv coverage is bad and they arent even that exciting. On entertainment value alone, swimming beats track & field quite comfortably.
Had they performed I think he means.
Which is true I guess, we did better than I expected outside of the swimming. It was complete fail the swimming that cost us (6 gold at Beijing to 1 in London).
Can't figure out where Germany expected to pick up so many extra medals.
Darth Sonik
we need more FPS games
Rugby Sevens being in the Olympics is a bit of a joke. It's a fun game that allows for more teams to compete than the full 15 a side code.
But it's the equivalent of putting in 5 aside football, one on one/two on two basketball or dare I say it beach volleyball.
I guess it's going to be a boon for the various pacific islands Olympic chances. Good luck to them.
But it's the equivalent of putting in 5 aside football, one on one/two on two basketball or dare I say it beach volleyball.
I guess it's going to be a boon for the various pacific islands Olympic chances. Good luck to them.
Good Job Bob
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That'd be awesome.
Diprosalic
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will that bmx track destroyed after the olympics. seems pretty cool.
Psychotext
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It's not an expectation but a goal, a best case scenario, they didn't actually expect to make it. Even in 1992, Germany didn't get that many medals, I think.
Attack its weak point?
Skellig Gra
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Ha, The Netherlands are quite awesome at BMX
They should be after all that daily biking around town. Amsterdam proper can be one gnarly BMX course itself. lol
No, but it'll be tamed a little. That area will be a bike park including the velodrome. I hope they have cycle hire there because I'd love to visit but travelling with bikes is tricky
Diprosalic
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sweden tries to take our gold away! screw you sweden
well actually they ask for a second gold to be handed out which i think should happen.
well actually they ask for a second gold to be handed out which i think should happen.
Why tamed? It looks amazing, i'll admit it might be dangerous for the amateurs/noobies. Though apparently there's a 95% replica in the netherlands, papendal. Just not as visually pretty as this one ;p
CrunchinJelly
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I guess Ogogo forgot to remove those jalapeños.
I seem to remember hearing that it and the velodrome will become part of the same 'velopark' complex, and both will remain.
Agreed. Seems silly.
Rugby 7s is not a joke of a sport. It's fantastically quick paced and a tournament only lasts a weekend, making it fit easily into the Olympics.
15s would not work. The World Cup takes over a month to finish. It is difficult for professional players to play more than once a week.
15s would not work. The World Cup takes over a month to finish. It is difficult for professional players to play more than once a week.
StealthGoblin
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Feel like I wasted a lot of time watching the BMX now. Thought she'd do better than that.
Seems like a lot of effort to get to a race like that.
Seems like a lot of effort to get to a race like that.
There's still Liam over on the men's side, but I don't think he's got as much of a chance. Then again, better than sixth has to be possible, surely?
Their second gold ever, apparently.
CrunchinJelly
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One race seems harsh.
3 heats, lose two riders for the first two heats and you have a final of 4 riders fighting it out for the medals.
3 heats, lose two riders for the first two heats and you have a final of 4 riders fighting it out for the medals.
Darth Sonik
we need more FPS games
I agree that it's a great spectacle and a fun watch, and that 15's wouldn't work.
I guess it becoming an Olympic event will make it be taken more seriously by the Big Rugby Nations. Which it isn't to date.
Exactly what i think too.
Most people also watch the Track and Field in the traditional montage style so commonly used by the broadcasters, basically mixing 4 competitions at the same time, with 80 % focus on running.
Watching the montage mode is basically killing any opportunity of getting into the competition because you are only served, 1-2 jumps/throws every 10 mins in between some running.
Still, it baffles me how normal people, tend to think the olympics is all about swimming or track and field. (By the way, swimming is way more intense and exciting than the sprinting).
I have tried to explain to people how exciting biking, archery, fencing, shooting and gymnastics can be but everyone basically, thinks that all those sports are "boring" even though they never watch them. I personally get more emotional when watching these nail biting tense sports than say most T&F.
"When is Bolt running?" is like the most typical comment from non-dedicated watchers. Also, i personally easily find a team to cheer for in whatever sport i watch. Meanwhile, some people, only seem to be able to get excited about a sport, when it is their own country competing.
Most people and including the TV studio people seem to only care what their own country is competing in sans Bolt...(no kidding). The only thing the channels and newspapers in my country focuses on is our own athletes of the day, even though the only thing that happened was that a woman was competing in wrestling preliminaries and getting beaten in the quarter finals...or that we finished 4th in sailing...
All the headlines will still be about that wrestling quarter final and that 4th place in sailing. Even though, there has been some truly spectacular and exciting other things happening in other events, no one will discuss it...unless there was a scandal or someone beat a world record...
At-least with big countries like USA, China and Britain i understand if their media is mostly only focusing on their athletes performances since all those 3 countries, have actually had gold raining down everyday and had so many exciting events happening including their own countries.
However, with smaller countries, who has won 6-16 medals i do not understand, how the media still are focusing solely on their own athletes, even when they are competing in at most like 3 events per day, and most of the time, they finish really bad...
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