ManUtd1999
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Fixed that for you.Boxing pretty much one of the worst sports.
Boxing today is about enriching Dana White. The days of Ali, Tyson, Holyfield and others are gone.
Fixed that for you.Boxing pretty much one of the worst sports.
Feck off with that. The only problem with swimming at the olympics is they don't have enough races. Should do the 50m for every style too, not just free styleYeah, exactly. I’m particularly bitter because my favourite sport, climbing, was only allocated two medals in total last olympics, one men and one woman’s. Climbing has three very clearly distinct disciplines so they had to combine them into a single event, which was a mess. The equivalent of making a runner perform well in a 100m sprint, a 5km run and a marathon to win a medal.
This time round they four medals, so only have to combine two of three disciplines. Which is less shit but still not ideal. I think there’s over 30 medals available in the swimming. Almost always won by privileged white athletes. Give them medals for men and for women over all the various distances but breast-stroke, butterfly and backstroke can feck off.
The IOC have been town deaf with some decisions, like the planned removal of wrestling. It seems to favour sports which require a lot of money to be good inYeah, exactly. I’m particularly bitter because my favourite sport, climbing, was only allocated two medals in total last olympics, one men and one woman’s. Climbing has three very clearly distinct disciplines so they had to combine them into a single event, which was a mess. The equivalent of making a runner perform well in a 100m sprint and a 10km run to win a medal.
This time round they four medals, so only have to combine two of three disciplines. Which is less shit but still not ideal. I think there’s over 30 medals available in the swimming. Almost always won by privileged white athletes. Give them medals for men and for women over all the various distances but breast-stroke, butterfly and backstroke can feck off.
The world is 71% water Pogue, how many % mountains is it?They have to, because there’s a million different events. It’s kind of mad how many different types of swimming they give medals for. Like having medals for the 100m running race, walking race, crawling race and hopping race.
Feck off with that. The only problem with swimming at the olympics is they don't have enough races. Should do the 50m for every style too, not just free style
Orie fight right?Boxing pretty much one of the worst sports in the Olympics, full of ridiculous decisions with no explanation
The world is 71% water Pogue, how many % mountains is it?
I rest my case.
It’s 0% velodromes, that’s for sure. So let’s bin all the indoor cycling bollocks anyway. Another bugbear of mine. Also horse riding. Unless they start awarding the medals to the horses.
That’s what the Olympics really needs. More swimming medals.
That sounds like a great idea. Imagine a podium of horses.It’s 0% velodromes, that’s for sure. So let’s bin all the indoor cycling bollocks anyway. Another bugbear of mine. Also horse riding. Unless they start awarding the medals to the horses.
And this is after they reformed the judging when it was found to be corrupt.Orie fight right?
Velodromes definitely exist.
I don’t believe you. Indoor cycling is an AI generated fiction. No human would invent a sport so boring and confusing. Have you seen the one where they start off cycling really really slowly? What the feck is that all about?
The helmets are a huge problem. You hardly ever get knockouts or knockdowns so nearly all the results are decided by the idiot judges. Then again, without the helmets it's probably unsafe for people to go through so many full throttle fights in such a short space of time.Boxing pretty much one of the worst sports in the Olympics, full of ridiculous decisions with no explanation
Imagine watching team GB winning everything in a sport you don’t understand from an Irish perspective and then tell me how exciting that is.I remember watching a few events when GB were winning everything and understanding none of it but it seemed exciting.
Imagine watching team GB winning everything in a sport you don’t understand from an Irish perspective and then tell me how exciting that is.
A velodrome is incredibly fun to ride on.I don’t believe you. Indoor cycling is an AI generated fiction. No human would invent a sport so boring and confusing. Have you seen the one where they start off cycling really really slowly? What the feck is that all about?
Yeah, the horse stuff can pheck right off. I don't care how much of an olympic legacy sport it is.It’s 0% velodromes, that’s for sure. So let’s bin all the indoor cycling bollocks anyway. Another bugbear of mine. Also horse riding. Unless they start awarding the medals to the horses.
A velodrome is incredibly fun to ride on.
Australia have embarrassed everyone they've played.Not going well for Irish women's 7s. Australia are lethal
Last olympics and only the menWhen, and why, did boxers stop wearing head guards?
They’re not using head guards. They changed the point scoring so it’s not computerised any more. I felt like it was better previously for amateur boxing. Everyone knew who was winning and there was less chance of bullshit judging.The helmets are a huge problem. You hardly ever get knockouts or knockdowns so nearly all the results are decided by the idiot judges. Then again, without the helmets it's probably unsafe for people to go through so many full throttle fights in such a short space of time.
I’d counter that with something similar and make references to a bike.Ah here. You’re basically forcing me to make a “your mum” joke.
Agree with the 50 m ideas for every stroke. In the world championship, they’ve been done that for a long time. Some of the biggest swimmers in the world are only specialist in 50m too( not sure about that but I remember the one from Australia).Feck off with that. The only problem with swimming at the olympics is they don't have enough races. Should do the 50m for every style too, not just free style