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i was rather referring to the prurient interest displayed in the attire of the Swedish ladies in the beach volleyball, where they were penalized, presumably by a male judge, for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms. In the original Olympic games, all competitors were naked.
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Absolutely John, I don't think they had a game of football before going into battle 
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I don’t know… a rugby scrum is kind of like two shield walls colliding (without the shields OR weapons). [bit of a stretch maybe]
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So, it sounds like you must be a big fan of the winter biathlon!
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I will watch some of it (at least watch as much as I can due to timezone differences)
The only thing I don't like, is that we don't see less popular sports; and some of the new sports are weird.
Surfing ? Skateboard ? It might be fun to do, but as an Olympic sport ?
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Maximilien wrote: Surfing ? Skateboard ? It might be fun to do, but as an Olympic sport ?
What makes those sports less qualified than some of the existing ones?
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Using your logic, all sports even spit-wad competitions should be allowed in the Olympics.
Using your logic, including all sports in the entire world, the Olympics would probably take an entire year, every day, to complete; possibly longer.
where does one draw a line in the sand in all of this?
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Slacker007 wrote: Using your logic
What logic? I only asked a question. It wasn't intended to be rhetorical .
But if you want to discus the real reason why sports get added, then as per usual it's all about money. They will continue to add whatever sports they feel will bring in the most viewers/money.
Slacker007 wrote: where does one draw a line in the sand in all of this?
Usually around the beach volleyball net. 
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Funny(more like sexist) thing about beach volleyball. The official international rules specify the MAXIMUM strap size in cm of the bathing suits.
I am surprised that no one has challenged that rule yet.
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musefan wrote: if you want to discus
No thanks, I get too dizzy, all that spinning you know.
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Agree.
In the past I've seen two games of Handball and really liked it. It's not a sport that we ever see down here. No coverage, no news, nothing.
So I'm hoping to see some coverage this time round. Our local channel that is broadcasting the games seems to be promising some good all-round coverage this time. Fingers crossed.
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I wonder when programming will become an Olympic sport? :P
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I'm expecting playing "Candy Crush" and "Angry Birds" to make it first. 
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I haven't cared about the Olympics since just about as long as I can remember - perhaps longer.
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Never cared about the Olympics, never will.
What I do remember from my high school years is that it allowed a girl with "Olympics aspirations", shall we say, to miss a lot of classes for training - and I mean a lot...and it made some jealous. All for...well, let's see...in the best case scenario, she'd get a medal, and perhaps a one-year contract with Disney to be part of their parades where she'd get to wave at people while wearing said medal.
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I have massive respect and admiration for the athletes, coaches and the families and friends that support the insane efforts they make to push themselves to be the best. Not just the best in their country or the World, but the best that's ever been. The willpower, the sacrifice, and above all the shear focus of will is incredible.
However, it seems ego and commercialism has taken front seat to common sense. I understand that training plans are done in a way that an athlete will peak at a certain date, and changing the dates can and will affect training (and lifestyle, and funding, and jobs...) but it will affect everyone equally.
Why not simply say "We're still not OK. We can wait". Let's have a celebration of health and vitality rather than doing this thing while the world is still very much in the grips of the pandemic.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Yep. 71 Covid cases linked to Olympics already, and Japan in the grip of a fourth wave ... just pointless - it's all about the money (and not getting caught cheating drugs tests or you lose that revenue stream).
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One thing in favor of doing it no matter what. A lot of the infrastructure they build, especially the housing, is repurposed after the games. There could be a lot of people in Tokyo waiting for the competition to be over so they can move in.
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It's about who's better at getting away with doping.
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I've lost interest in all sports over the past few years. Between rule changes for "safety" and these overpaid participants whining I have other things to do.
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I begin to understand how a lot of the Japanese feel, Queensland just landed the 2032 olympics. It will probably bankrupt the state. Hopefully we will have got control of the pandemic by then.
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I don't see the point now that it is so highly commercialised. I feel that the commercialisation perverts the supposed essence of 'sport'.
And this Olympics in particular might have been better of being cancelled entirely (which I admit would leave Tokyo in particular, Japan as a whole, and a lot of sponsor very badly out of pocket).
Didn't the Japanese Emperor rather dis the games, despite turning up to open them? Ah yes, he did: He observed that there was a risk of spreading Covid if the games went ahead. That strikes me as something of a very understated but significant criticism. It was unacceptable for him to refuse to open the games and so he did his duty but it was clear that he didn't like the under the circumstances.
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If Ozzy Osbourne passed out on stage, did he rock himself to sleep?
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And would he then roll off the stage?
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That's a Crazy Train of thought, but I Don't Know the answer. It'll be a Revelation when I know for sure.
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