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ABM
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edited December 2020 in Sports #1

I don't / cannot  partake in all the Olympic Games  But surely the latest addition, Competitive Break Dancing, is taking it a step too far ( pun intended )

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  • Takethedogalong
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    edited December 2020 #2

    I saw that as well ABM. Not quite sure sure which category of Faster, Higher, Stronger it will come under. To be fair, I don’t know much about Break Dancing, so will remain puzzled, but do a bit of reading up. 

  • ABM
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    edited December 2020 #3

    BUMP !!

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited December 2020 #4

    There ya go-

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited December 2020 #5

    I have really missed all the sport this year. Mainly the cycling events here in UK, being able to go to see a live football game.

    I love watching the Olympics as well, although I don’t care for all the politics and huge spending that seems to accompany it nowadays. I just enjoy watching elite athletes doing what they do best, seeing all that effort and determination.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited December 2020 #6

    The problem, as I see it, with some of these new "sports" is the subjective nature of the judging. Fastest, highest, furtherest, heaviest is unequivocal. This cannot be applied to synchronised swimming, surfing, ice dancing, skateboarding etc. I'm not a great follower of sport but ISTM that it detracts from the whole concept of the Olympics.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited December 2020 #7

    A lot are new sports🤷🏻‍♂️, for the purists-the fact there are no chariot races anymore must be a bummer☹️. In Ancient Greece even women could compete👍🏻

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited December 2020 #8

    You need to understand how they are “scored” to appreciate some sports fully. Some sports have two scoring systems, one a tariff of degree of difficulty (based upon things like horizontal and vertical pivots.....ie a double somersault is more difficult than a single somersault) and then their will be an “artistic” score, based upon interpretation of music or how a routine is linked or synchronised.

    I have actually come to appreciate more of the “new” sports, such as the snow boarding, BMX etc....

    Breaking will be a bit like Artistic Gymnastics, by 2024 they will have a tariff system, and an interpretation scoring system. It will require strength, endurance, flexibility, rhythm.

    Squash players are very miffed to be overlooked again though.......

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