Talk about obscure olympic sports
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-proposes-adding-eliminator-mountain-bike-discipline-to-olympics
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-proposes-adding-eliminator-mountain-bike-discipline-to-olympics
what he said, still a joke... is this mountainbiking?venues, venues, venues.
4-cross got mad drunk one night, hooked up with crit racing.what he said, still a joke... is this mountainbiking?
That's a silly argument considering how far some of the venues are in the winter olympics from the host city.venues, venues, venues.
yeah that was rather funny, the uci proposed for skateboarding... we got a great laugh out of this...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...
Yea, but with winter Olympics you're talking nearly half the events.That's a silly argument considering how far some of the venues are in the winter olympics from the host city.
Hey, Pat McQuaid's in charge. I've got full confidence in him, he's a very competent individual.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.
Actually by this reckoning, there is a strong chance with only 1 decent athlete in the last many years.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.
Rockyroads.netHey, Pat McQuaid's in charge. I've got full confidence in him, he's a very competent individual.
I was enthusiastically supporting your sarcasm with even more sarcasm. Your meter is broken.I didn't slather the sarcasm on thick enough?
Obviously. I need to make a donation to the UCI, then have a meeting with WASA, the world anti sarcasm association.I was enthusiastically supporting your sarcasm with even more sarcasm. Your meter is broken.
In their defense, I think I did the same thing the last time I was in Kentucky.True Fact:
At CX worlds this past weekend the jeers for the UCI president at the awards ceremony were... loud. USAC president Johnson didn't receive a very warm welcome either...
The entire vibe at worlds was... weird. Even more than normal all of the euros in the poorly fitting suits skulked around avoiding eye-contact with... anyone.
Let's remove ski jumping, figure skating, gymnastics etc. from the olympics then.Still a better idea than skateboarding or freestyle BMX...
An Olympic sport should never have judges. The viewer should immediately know who won, who came second and who came third. Thats it.
As soon as judges come into play, that sport should not be there.
I am sorta with you. Not having any judged events would make the games worse. On the other hand, how many medals do you need to give out for different ways of falling into a swimming pool or rowing a boat.Let's remove ski jumping, figure skating, gymnastics etc. from the olympics then.
What about ski jumping, long jumping, javelin etc. and wind? Changing wind conditions can make or break your performance in these events.IMHO dh will never be an olympic sport as the outcome can be too easily affected by a turn in the weather. Hardly fair is it, to train for 4 years and then have your hopes dashed by it raining half way through race runs.
Exactly. Given the amount of different disciplines in the olympics any excuse used for downhill could be used for some obscure sport that is already in the olympics.What about ski jumping, long jumping, javelin etc. and wind? Changing wind conditions can make or break your performance in these events.
You think? Don't they just wait for the wind to come back down to acceptable levels before they go?What about ski jumping, long jumping, javelin etc. and wind? Changing wind conditions can make or break your performance in these events.
To acceptable levels yes but with a wind that is changing a difference in distance may be huge. A front wind makes you fly waay further than a back wind. So chainging conditions may drop you by 5-10 places if not more if you are really unlucky.You think? Don't they just wait for the wind to come back down to acceptable levels before they go?
Well they need one or two token ones to give the marketing and advertising something to give the lip service to of course.We can all relax they haven't canned syncronised swimming. WTF is that 'sport' doing in the Olympics?
You need some flexible girls for the aftershow party, right?We can all relax they haven't canned syncronised swimming. WTF is that 'sport' doing in the Olympics?
Id bet far more people in the world are interested in synchronized swimming than DH racing.We can all relax they haven't canned syncronised swimming. WTF is that 'sport' doing in the Olympics?
has this popped up on youtube yet?True Fact:
At CX worlds this past weekend the jeers for the UCI president at the awards ceremony were... loud. USAC president Johnson didn't receive a very warm welcome either...