Eliminator to Olympics over Downhill?

[MDJ]

Talk about obscure olympic sports

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-...ne-to-olympics

[jonKranked]

venues, venues, venues.

[FlipFantasia]

do people actually watch that event, at all?

[UiUiUiUi]

venues, venues, venues.

what he said, still a joke... is this mountainbiking?

[jonKranked]

what he said, still a joke... is this mountainbiking?

4-cross got mad drunk one night, hooked up with crit racing.

[SuspectDevice]

None of the crap in that article will actually happen.
In 2011 the UCI was angling to get skateboarding into the Olympics, FFS

If they take out one more track event, it'll be a freaking travesty.
I know that this is Ridemonkey and everyone has an 18" long penis here and stuff but...

[norbar]

venues, venues, venues.

That's a silly argument considering how far some of the venues are in the winter olympics from the host city.

[UiUiUiUi]

None of the crap in that article will actually happen.
In 2011 the UCI was angling to get skateboarding into the Olympics, FFS

If they take out one more track event, it'll be a freaking travesty.
I know that this is Ridemonkey and everyone has an 18" long penis here and stuff but...

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

[jonKranked]

That's a silly argument considering how far some of the venues are in the winter olympics from the host city.

Yea, but with winter Olympics you're talking nearly half the events.

[Bill in Houston]

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.

[Transcend]

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.

[jonKranked]

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.

Hey, Pat McQuaid's in charge. I've got full confidence in him, he's a very competent individual.

[Transcend]

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.

Actually by this reckoning, there is a strong chance with only 1 decent athlete in the last many years.

[Transcend]

Hey, Pat McQuaid's in charge. I've got full confidence in him, he's a very competent individual.

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[jonKranked]

Rockyroads.net

I didn't slather the sarcasm on thick enough?