I had an idea that architecture and poetry were in the Olympics at one time.

rb99:

 

Haven't bothered with Olympics since they let professionals in. They really should go back to the days of proper sports, like Tug-of-War, Croquet and Live Pigeon shooting...

 

i would be in to the live pigeon shooting just to see the meltdown on social media

All sorts apparently - quite like the 1900 Poodle Clipping event, and of course Solo Synchronized Swimming more recently.

rb99:

 

Haven't bothered with Olympics since they let professionals in. They really should go back to the days of proper sports, like Tug-of-War, Croquet and Live Pigeon shooting...

 

The Olympics should include the "slippery stairs" game from Japanese TV. Highly entertaining and a bloody good laugh!

Laugh ? Laughing during the Olympics ? Seriously ? This is a serious global (if not pan-galactic) competitive event. What would the sponsors say to such a radical concept ? They'll be letting Eddie the Eagle back next...

vexxxboy:

 

i would be in to the live pigeon shooting just to see the meltdown on social media

 

Maybe we could add Pistol Duelling (Stockholm 1912 games). (Un)fortunately they were shooting at a mannequin.

I still enjoy watching the Olympics. Not so much the mainstream sports that we see on TV every week but the stuff we don't see that often. Archery, Badminton, Fencing, Gymnastics, Track & Field etc... Its great to see these athletes competing at the highest level and whilst its no longer an amateur endeavour they are not earning the 10's of millions that footballers, golfers etc earn. They deserve their time in the spotlight and it only comes around every 4 years.

Dingbatt:

 

I had an idea that architecture and poetry were in the Olympics at one time.

 

They were. Between the two world wars the arts featured heavily at the Olympics. They were dropped from the competition as government funding into the arts increased and the artists could no longer claim to amateurs. Which is rather ironic as even in the days of the amateur Olympics the athletes were recieving government funding.

jrdobbs:

Maybe we could add Pistol Duelling (Stockholm 1912 games). (Un)fortunately they were shooting at a mannequin.

rb99:

 

All sorts apparently - quite like the 1900 Poodle Clipping event, and of course Solo Synchronized Swimming more recently.

 

Now, Synchronized Poodle Clipping in the pool would be good to watch!

Canada womens football team keeps alive the olympic tradition of cheating.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/350357973/fifa-strips-canada-six-points-bans-coaches-one-year-olympics-spying-scandal

Shame the team wasn't kicked from the games for this but in their defence, it was the staff cheating , not the players.

There's a SM post in that article where a player says they want to defend their gold medal - that's plain wrong. You get to keep your medal from the last games, win or lose. They make a new medal for this games.

So, Im keen on the rowing, where are we at? What other sports do we have a reasonable chance at? The pole vault girl for one? The shot put guy?

I am pretty happy to see the mens 7's finish strong despite missing out on Medals. Beating Argentina who went into the Tournaments heavy favourites, and Ireland too, that's something to hold our heads up over.

Well that was a fun 7s finals day. Topsy turvy but some great games.