Olympic Games Tokyo 2020ish

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jennywren Aug 2021 2:32pm, 7 Aug 2021 16,977 posts	0 jennywren I’d need to learn how to fence and I’d have to have the jumps a lot lower but I’d have a go at it.
rf_fozzy Aug 2021 2:33pm, 7 Aug 2021 15,064 posts	0 rf_fozzy It should be noted that de Coubertin was strongly against women competiting at the Olympics.
NDWDave Aug 2021 2:37pm, 7 Aug 2021 15,392 posts	0 NDWDave Presumably it also favours those who have scratched around on sub-par horses and ridden whatever they can lay their hands? Seems a bit like trying the kitzbuhel downhill skiing on whatever skis and boots have been left at the hire shop
ITG 🇮🇸 Aug 2021 2:40pm, 7 Aug 2021 13,184 posts	0 ITG 🇮🇸 I reckon I'd be quite good at the stabby bits (fencing) and swimming. Mildly afraid of horses thpugh.
swittle Aug 2021 2:43pm, 7 Aug 2021 78,239 posts	0 swittle Such views were not confined to sport at that time, iirc.
NDWDave Aug 2021 2:45pm, 7 Aug 2021 15,393 posts	0 NDWDave I know you are getting on a bit swits but didn’t realise you were around in the 1920s
swittle Aug 2021 2:46pm, 7 Aug 2021 78,241 posts	0 swittle A secret serum, Dave...
Chrisity Aug 2021 3:13pm, 7 Aug 2021 19,249 posts	0 Chrisity What, the Enid Blyton books?
Dvorak Aug 2021 3:18pm, 7 Aug 2021 23,066 posts	0 Dvorak I pondered that ModPent could be made more accessible by swapping the horsey bit for cycling - then I realised that would make it shooty stabby triathlon.
um Aug 2021 3:23pm, 7 Aug 2021 5,016 posts	0 um Add in boxing ... Oh wait, the german coach got thrown out for that