Olympics Paris 2024
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29 Jul
12:59pm, 29 Jul 2024
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jda
Of all the non-sports in the world, horse dancing has to be one of the most absurd. Why not dog obedience trials too? Or "biggest marrow in show"?
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29 Jul
1:08pm, 29 Jul 2024
30,877 posts
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fetcheveryone
jda wrote: Obviously chess should be included. Beach chess? |
29 Jul
1:09pm, 29 Jul 2024
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GordonG
Totally agree that any sport where Olympic gold isn't the ultimate, shouldn't be in the Olympics. And I really can't get on with any event that contains an element of dancing, or where the biggest deciding factor isn't human effort (e g. If I wore the latest sprinting shoes, Bolt would still beat me in plimsolls, but after a bit of training on how to drive an F1 car, I'd beat Hamilton if he was in a Ford Fiesta)
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29 Jul
1:10pm, 29 Jul 2024
10,507 posts
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GordonG
fetcheveryone wrote: jda wrote:Obviously chess should be included. Beach chess? Synchronised chessing. |
29 Jul
1:11pm, 29 Jul 2024
22,787 posts
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rf_fozzy
Surely it's going to have to be human chess.
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29 Jul
1:14pm, 29 Jul 2024
15,084 posts
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Little Nemo
A bit of training to drive an F1 car?!? I admire your confidence!!! Like I always say if you don't like a particular sport being in the Olympics don't watch it. There's always something else on. Eg. Djokovic vs Nadal right now on the extra channel 
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29 Jul
1:20pm, 29 Jul 2024
5,982 posts
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paulcook
Skateboarding medalists 14, 15 and 16. Sounds extraordinary though I have memories they were even younger in Tokyo.
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29 Jul
1:23pm, 29 Jul 2024
10,508 posts
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GordonG
loving the MTB, but there's something about the voice of the male commentator on BBC that grinds on me.
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29 Jul
1:32pm, 29 Jul 2024
17,544 posts
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jda
Did Discovery just have the two Brits the wrong way round? They had Aldridge at the front, Pidcock further back, then an advert break so I changed to BBC and they swapped!
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29 Jul
1:37pm, 29 Jul 2024
10,509 posts
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GordonG
the official listing (as shown on BBC) was Aldridge then Pidcock. Pidcock was definitely 15th or so on the first lap but I'm not sure when it changed.
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