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A couple of weeks ago i knew nothing about the Olympics. Now i can't wait til next years
I am looking forward to the Paralympics, mainly the events that take place on wheels!A couple of weeks ago i knew nothing about the Olympics. Now i can't wait til next years
I was useless at spot at school
I rather like the idea of blokes having an unpaid day off their normal work to compete like they used to.
That always bugs me in competitions.Ironic isn't it that all the mega-sponsorship and prizes + money in sport go to the very few successful ones after they've made it.
More pertinently, why are events like rhythmic gymnastics, synchronised swimming and diving even held at the Olympics? Someone performs something vaguely artistic (but very difficult), the judges make up a score based purely on judgement and no-one knows whether the best competitor has really won.
I can understand the sentiment but having just watched it I am in awe of the effort involved in the achievement.More pertinently, why are events like rhythmic gymnastics, synchronised swimming and diving even held at the Olympics? Someone performs something vaguely artistic (but very difficult), the judges make up a score based purely on judgement and no-one knows whether the best competitor has really won.
Certainly looks harder and more skillful then running the 100m and 200m sprints. I used to do that competitively once and I found just treading water for an extended period was much much harder to do.Yes, did you see the Syncronised Swimming? It is part of the rules that they cannot touch the bottom, so all the lifting and jumping things must really require a LOT of strength just to do, and then, they have to do it all in time with each other and with the music, often under the water, so they can't really hear it, so they need to count the beat and know EXACTLY where they are in the routine!
Making it look like they are effortlessly dancing on the bottom of the pool when it is actually a 3 meter deep pool and the bottom is over 2 meters below them must require a lot of skill to do!
The clue's in the video title - it's a paralympic event - sighted pilot and blind stoker. It's on something like September 3rd. There's also tandem road racing.Now Olympic tandem racing- where was that this year?...
Being part of a corps de ballet or an opera chorus is physically challenging and demands a lot of skill, but I don't see the massed Mozart or the team Tchaikovsky being part of the Olympics any time soon.Yes, did you see the Syncronised Swimming? It is part of the rules that they cannot touch the bottom, so all the lifting and jumping things must really require a LOT of strength just to do, and then, they have to do it all in time with each other and with the music, often under the water, so they can't really hear it, so they need to count the beat and know EXACTLY where they are in the routine!